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 Watch David Blaine spit up a living frog for some reason
We guess we should never underestimate David Blaine. The magician appeared on The Tonight Show to perform some fun, chill card tricks with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots. Then, he spit out a living frog, because David Blaine loves a grand finale. What the frog, David Blaine? Pink announces pregnancy with Instagram photo
Pink and her 5-year-old daughter, Willow, put on their gauziest dresses Saturday to announce a new member of the family is on the way. The singer filled the internet in with a lovely outdoor photo posted to Instagram with the caption "surprise!" The child will be the second for Pink and her husband, Corey Hart. Read more... BONUS: Jennifer Aniston blasts the way women are depicted by the mediaHow accurate is Netflix's 'The Crown'?
LONDON — Move aside Lady Mary, the leading lady on everyone's lips right now is Queen Elizabeth II. The nation watched Her Majesty celebrate her 90th birthday this year, but now the world is getting a glimpse into the early days of HRH's reign with the release of Netflix's transfixing new show The Crown. The famously private royal family has always endeavoured, successfully or not, to keep its family squabbles and intrigues out of the spotlight. But with a family as well known as the royals and a public thirsty for gossip, rumours abound about what really went on behind closed doors at the palace Someone sent Hillary Clinton 1,000 roses after the election
As much of the country has been in mourning this week, people are concerned about the woman herself who lost the presidential election. The activist group Ultraviolet sent Hillary Clinton 1,000 red roses to help her through the painful week, Clinton's digital director posted on Twitter.
Clinton, digital director Jenna Lowenstein said, distributed the roses to her staff.
Nutella fans, rejoice: the 'Nutella burger' has arrived
If you really, really, really love Nutella, listen up: Fly to Italy, head to a McDonald's and chow down on a Nutella burger. The "Sweety con Nutella," which was announced by McDonald's Italia in a Facebook post on Thursday, does not include an actual hamburger patty (phew). Instead, it's a hearty helping of hazelnut spread sandwiched between two glistening buns. Sweet! For now, the treat is only available in Italy. But if you want to create your own, just put some Nutella between some buns. Delicious, no?. BONUS: When the office snacks run out and things get desperate‘Jurassic Park’ reimagined as a classic arcade game
When it first came out, Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park was at the cutting edge of CGI. Now it looks a little dated, sure—but how would it look as an old-school adventure game in 8-bit animation? Our CineFix series, 8-bit Cinema, "gamifies" your favorite movies and TV shows into '80s arcade- and NES-inspired action (although this is a smidge more advanced, for a proper T-Rex). Subscribe to CineFix for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/cinefix Read more... More about Mashable Video, 8 Bit Cinema, Jurassic Park, Movies, and Cinefix Read More »Paris concert venue attacked by terrorists reopens, one year later
The Paris concert hall that was the site of last November's horrific terrorist attacks reopened on Saturday. The Bataclan, where terrorists killed dozens during an Eagles of Death Metal show in 2015, hosted Sting as its reopening act.
7 can't-miss apps: Lip Sync Battle, 'Mikey Jumps,' Travello and more
With the world still reeling from Tuesday's election, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps. Each weekend, we round up a few of our favorite new and updated apps. This week's list includes an update to Viber that allows businesses to better connect with their customers, and some fun games like Lip Sync Battle and Mikey Jumps to get your mind off the election. Check out the gallery below to see our top picks. If you're looking for more items to fill up your phone, take a look at our last roundup of can't-miss apps. More about Weekly App Roundup, Apps And Software, and Tech Read More »HTC Vive accessory lets you cut the cord in VR
Next to the creation of full body haptic suits to give us real-time touch sensations in virtual reality in the near future, the holy grail for today's VR is a high-end tetherless headset. Now, the VR headset viewed by many as arguably the best available, the HTC Vive, is getting just that. Developed by one of the companies participating in the Vive X $100 million accelerator program, the device is called TPCAST and provides the first wireless solution for the HTC Vive, allowing users to walk around in VR environments without fear of getting entangled in wires and falling in the real world. Read more... More about Accessories, Htc Vive, Oculus Rift, Virtual Reality, and Vr Read More »Australia to send its own refugees to Trump's America
Although its president-elect has strongly denounced refugees and Muslims, Australia will send asylum seekers to the U.S as part of a one-off resettlement deal. On Sunday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that asylum seekers interned in Australia's regional processing centres would be eligible for the new program, with women, children and families to be prioritised. The two centres on Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea are part of a system set up in 2001 to send anyone who arrived by boat seeking asylum offshore while their refugee claim was assessed. The program was intended to deter further "irregular" arrivals. Read more... More about United States, Refugees, Australia, and World Read More »'Silicon Valley' stars say they were harassed by Trump supporters
Like coming face to face with a living comment section, Silicon Valley stars Kumail Nanjiani and Thomas Middleditch had an ugly encounter with a couple of Trump supporters Friday. The comedians were at a bar in Los Angeles when two 20-something white men approached them, Nanjiani recounted on Twitter The guys immediately wanted to argue about his opposition to Trump, Nanjiani wrote, but when he tried to end the conversation, the situation escalated.
Acer's ultra-light Swift 7 is a formidable foe to Apple's MacBook
The push to make the thinnest, lightest, most portable laptop is proving fruitful. Case in point: the Acer Swift 7. According to Acer, the Swift 7 is the thinnest notebook PC in the world. When closed, it wouldn't be impossible to mistake it for a tablet with a keyboard attached, only thinner. At least, that's the case with my tried-and-true iPad Pro and Magic Keyboard Cover combo. While there's more to a laptop than its size, let's start there. Razor thinThe Swift 7 doesn't have a tapered design, where it's thicker in the back and slowly gets thinner towards the front where the trackpad is. Some manufacturers use this design technique to claim an unrealistic number for the thinness of their laptops. Read more... More about Mashable Choice, Windows 10, Laptops, Reviews, and Swift 7 Read More »'Saturday Night Live' takes it easy on us with powerful Hillary Clinton opener
All eyes were on Saturday Night Live following Tuesday's election, with viewers curious how the show would handle Donald Trump's win. Many wondered whether Alec Baldwin would make another appearance as the President-elect in full-on gloat mode, or whether the show would find a new Trump surrogate now that he's poised to assume the mantle of Commander in Chief. In the end, the show did perhaps the only humane thing after such a contentious campaign (and the raw feelings it provoked on both sides): turn the spotlight away from Trump to focus on Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton, who performed a poignant rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." Read more... More about Election 2016, Hillary Clinton, Kate Mckinnon, Donald Trump, and Saturday Night Live Read More »'Fantastic Beasts' reviews are in: What critics think of J.K. Rowling's first screenplay
LOS ANGELES — Magic is finicky, isn't it? According to all our modern wizarding lore, be it Harry Potter, Doctor Strange or otherwise, you have to nail the incantations, swirl your hands just right and land the flourish perfectly to make the spell work. Does Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them do the trick? Ehhhhhh, yes and no. The sight of the beasts themselves is indeed fantastic, as is the lavish '20s New York that director David Yates presents, according to the first wave of critics who published reviews Saturday night (many of whom appear to be Harry Potter experts standing in for their respective outlets' regular reviewers). Read more... More about Warner Bros, Eddie Redmayne, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Harry Potter, and Movie Reviews Read More »Mark Zuckerberg still won't admit that Facebook influenced the election
More people get their news on Facebook than ever before, but Mark Zuckerberg is still convinced fake news on Facebook was not that big a deal during the presidential election. Writing on Facebook Saturday, the CEO again responded to critics who have lambasted the social network for not doing more to combat the spread of misinformation. Instead, he wrote it was "extremely unlikely hoaxes changed the outcome of this election in one direction or the other." "We don't want any hoaxes on Facebook. Our goal is to show people the content they will find most meaningful," Zuckerberg wrote in the post. Read more... More about News Feed, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Media, Facebook, and Apps And Software Read More »Dave Chappelle tackles Donald Trump in hilarious and heartfelt 'SNL' monologue
Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump was conspicuously absent from this week's Saturday Night Live, with the show's cold open instead focusing on Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton, who performed a poignant rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." The show left the political jabs to host Dave Chappelle, who opened his monologue by noting, "I didn't know that Donald Trump was gonna win the election — I did suspect it. It seemed like Hillary was doing well in the polls, and yet... "I know the whites. You guys aren't as full of surprises as you used to be." He continued, "America's done it, we've actually elected an internet troll as our president. The whites are furious…I haven't seen white people this mad since the O.J. verdict." Read more... More about Donald Trump, Saturday Night Live, Dave Chappelle, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »'SNL' just gave us the 'Walking Dead'-'Chappelle's Show' crossover of our dreams
At first, Dave Chappelle wasn't planning on reviving any of his Chappelle's Show characters on Saturday Night Live, but then The Walking Dead went and killed Glenn, and all bets were off. Ten years after the iconic comedy series left the air, Chappelle dusted off some of his most beloved Chappelle's Show personalities as part of a spoof of the zombie show. Chappelle, dressed as Negan, lords over a lineup of potential victims including Tyrone Biggums, Lil Jon, black white supremacist Clayton Bigsby (sporting a "Make America Great Again" hat, natch), Silky Johnson and white anchorman Chuck Taylor. Read more... More about Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live, The Walking Dead, Chappelle S Show, and Entertainment Read More »37 hidden clues I only spotted when I reread 'Harry Potter' in my 20s
LONDON — It's really no big shock that J.K. Rowling went on to write crime fiction. Some people — including me — were a bit surprised at first with the route she took after finishing the Harry Potter series, but in hindsight it makes beautiful sense. Each and every Harry Potter book has a mystery at its core. Despite the fantasy backdrop and the themes of adventure and coming-of-age that run through the series, every individual story is packed with the elements you might normally find in a crime tale: there are red herrings, countless clues, detective work, and normally at least one major twist or revelation at the conclusion. Read more... More about Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts, Uk, Jk Rowling, Clues, and Harry Potter Read More »So your state legalized marijuana: 6 things to know
Recreational marijuana won big at the polls on Tuesday, with California, Massachusetts, and Nevada approving those laws and Maine’s measure leaning toward yes, tripling the U.S. population living in pot-friendly states. The laws allow adults to grow, consume, and give away marijuana — but the patchwork of laws and marijuana’s federal status mean that it can be tricky to stay on the right side of the law. So if your state has recently given the green light to light up, here are a few things you should know: 1. Cannabis on campusBecause most colleges get federal money, and pot is still illegal under federal law, universities — private and public — will probably prohibit you from using pot anywhere on campus. Washington State University wrote a very direct post on its website in 2012 when recreational marijuana was legalized for individuals 21 and older. “What will change on campus?” it asks. “Essentially nothing.” University policies there and at other schools prohibiting marijuana remain in place. Read more... More about Legal Marijuana, Weed, Marijuana, and Us World Read More »When Native American activists took control of Alcatraz for 18 months
1969 John Trudell, a Sioux activist, looks out across San Francisco Bay from a teepee on Alcatraz Island. Image: AP On March 8, 1964, a small group of Sioux made landfall on Alcatraz Island, which had been abandoned as a prison the previous year. They invoked the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie in reclaiming the surplus federal property as Native land, and spent a few hours singing and drumming before being removed by federal marshals. That occupation was small and brief, but was noticed by Native Americans across the country who were suffering under federal policies of relocation and termination, by which the government was encouraging Native Americans to leave reservations for cities and seeking to end federal recognition of tribal sovereignty. Read more... More about Native American Heritage Month, Indigenous Rights, Protest, Standing Rock, and Native Americans Read More »Scarlett Johansson kicks ass in the first 'Ghost in the Shell' trailer
From manga to anime to star-powered Hollywood blockbuster, the first look at director Rupert Sanders' Ghost in the Shell is here. The adaptation controversially stars Scarlett Johansson as The Major, a human-cyborg construct that fights the worst of the criminal underworld as the head of an elite task force, Section 9. Even in a post-Doctor Strange world, this one looks pretty trippy. Ghost in the Shell arrives in theaters on March 31, 2017. Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock get real about the U.S. election on 'SNL'
Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock seem to have this whole "U.S. presidential election upset" pretty well figured out. Rock made a surprise appearance on this week's Chappelle-hosted Saturday Night Live to participate in a gentle-yet-firm skewering of Super Tuesday. Their target? Liberals that gripped tightly to misplaced certainty that Hillary Clinton had the election buttoned up. In other words: white privilege. And hey, guess what: they're not wrong. Sometimes humor hurts. Dave Chappelle and Kate McKinnon had a 'derotic' make out session on 'SNL'
Kenan Thompson tried so hard to play his bartender straight in this Saturday Night Live sketch. But in the end, he broke — and broke hard. In Thompson's defense, it's tough to keep a straight face when Dave Chappelle and Kate McKinnon are sitting a few feet away, drunkenly smashing their tongues together. The short-lived lust story of Sheila Sovage and Corey Dipships isn't necessarily good SNL, but Thompson's break — so joyful and unrestrained — is a winner. 7 smoky beers to challenge your taste buds
Smoked beer — Rauchbier in German —traditionally acquires its particular flavor from heating malted barley over an open fire, though craft brewers these days are finding many ways of imparting a smokiness in their brews. Often evocative of bacon, bonfires, and/or whisky, it’s one of the more divisive genres of beer out there. Here are seven eclectic examples to try. All achieve smokiness in different ways, and all with excellent results. De Molen — Rook & VuurMonday's supermoon will be the biggest and brightest until 2034
A full moon the likes of which we haven't seen for almost 70 years will grace skies around the world on Monday night. The "supermoon — so named because the moon will be both in its full phase and at its closest point to Earth during its orbit at the same time — will be the closest of its kind since 1948. This cosmic coincidence won't happen again until 2034, according to NASA. So, how can you see it? Basically, just look up. From Sunday night through Monday night, the moon will be big, bright and shining just about 216,486 miles from Earth's surface. If you have good weather, you should be able to spot it. Read more... More about Skywatching, The Moon, Moon, Moons, and Supermoon Read More »New Zealanders flee tsunami after powerful earthquake
Residents on New Zealand's eastern coastline fled their homes early Monday morning after powerful earthquakes triggered a tsunami. Officials urged residents in Wellington, Christchurch, the Chatham Islands and other coastal areas to move inland or seek higher ground after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck shortly after midnight local time. A magnitude-6.5 temblor hit shortly after about halfway between Wellington and Christchurch, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. Cars clogged the roads and tsunami sirens blared on New Zealand's South Island as waves approached the northeastern coast. Emergency officials warned of tsunami waves as high as 5 meters, or over 16 feet, along certain stretches of South Island. Read more... More about Evacuation, New Zealand South Island, Wellington, Christchurch, and Tsunami Waves Read More »Leslie Jones finds virgin love on 'Saturday Night Live'
Leslie Jones got real about love on Saturday Night Live this week. No, not really. But when the world is an angry, confusing hellscape and nothing makes sense anymore, poking fun at grown-ass adult virgins is always a safe, comforting fallback. It's not a coincidence that The 40-Year-Old Virgin was a huge hit during the George W. Bush administration. So thank you, Kyle Mooney, for putting on a brave face and letting SNL take away your manhood for four minutes. And thank you as well to Leslie Jones, for continuing to make us laugh when you have every reason not to. Pack of mongooses turns game of golf into a soothing nature special
Mongooses don't usually evoke feelings of warmth and affection. But when TheEuropeanTour tweeted a clip of a group of mongooses interrupting a golf event last week, it appeared that these small creatures are much cuter than you might have expected. Soon the commentators began narrating the incident, turning the whole scene into something ripped from Planet Earth.
Here's Dave Chappelle singing 'Creep' at the SNL after-party
After gifting the country with a hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, Dave Chappelle gifted lucky after-party attendees to a top-notch karaoke performance of Radiohead's "Creep." Questlove shared a piece of the performance on Instagram early Sunday morning.
The musician captioned the clip: "In a life full of highlights? I'm glad I waited til 5:22am for this...." Read more... More about Saturday Night Live, Tv, Entertainment, Watercooler, and Video Read More »Hillary's weak economic messaging is to blame for President Trump
In the aftermath of Donald Trump's electoral college victory, many on the left and around the world are looking for someone to blame, but it might have been the messaging. Fingers have pointed in many directions. Some have blamed the Democratic National Committee for conspiring to side with Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders. Some have blamed women voters for not turning out in larger numbers. Some have blamed the media for giving Trump free coverage. However, the fault may lie with Clinton's inability to convince key voters in those valuable swing states that she understood their economic anxieties and that she would have their backs if they elected her commander-in-chief. Read more... More about Messaging, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Election 2016, and Us World Read More »Amy Adams' alien 'Arrival' can't top 'Doctor Strange' at the box office
Marvel has another November hit on its hands. For the second weekend in a row, the trippy Doctor Strange is #1 at the domestic box office, with an estimated $43 million. It's a #2-peat as well for Trolls, which hangs on in second place with an estimated $35.1 million. In both cases, the continuing success can be credited to lingering interest and repeat viewingsStrange ticket sales dropped just 49 percent over the weekend — which is the lower end of normal for movies in their second weekend. After opening with an almost identical box office total to Marvel's only other November release to date, Thor: The Dark World — $85.7 million then versus $85.1 million now — Strange is looking like the bigger hit. The Sorcerer Supreme's $43 million second weekend is far ahead of Thor's $36.6 million in weekend two. Read more... More about Trolls, Doctor Strange, Arrival, Box Office, and Film Read More »Sorry Trump, the 'New York Times' is actually adding subscribers
President-elect Donald Trump isn't letting his new job get in the way of blasting people on Twitter. On Sunday morning, he directed his ire at the New York Times. SEE ALSO: Anti-Trump protests spread across nation
The problem with Trump's claim? According to the Times, the publication isn't losing subscribers — it's gaining them at a rapid pace.
Bruce Springsteen rescued by veterans after motorcycle breaks down on Veterans Day
After a motorcycle breakdown left Bruce Springsteen stranded by the side of a New Jersey road, a group of bike-riding veterans aided the musician in finding his way home. According to a Facebook post from the Freehold American Legion Post 54, Dan Barkalow, Bob Grigs — both of them Post 54 riders — and Ryan Bailey were out for a Veterans Day ride when they came across a motorcyclist stranded roadside near New Jersey's Allaire State Park. Barkalow pulled up to assist the motorcyclist and was surprised to meet Springsteen — a native of Freehold Borough — whose bike had broken down. Read more... More about Bruce Springsteen, Music, Watercooler, and Pics Read More » | ||||
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