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 A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir just resigned over Trump inauguration gig
First Elton Jonn unequivocally said no. Then the Rockettes finally got a hall pass to pull out. Then, as the hunt for talent at Donald Trump's inauguration got more desperate, reports surfaced that bookers were being offered ambassadorships to haul in big names. None were forthcoming. But at least the January event had teenage classical singer Jackie Evancho and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir lined up. Now, it looks like even the latter isn't a safe bet. A member of the choir, Jan Chamberlin, announced Thursday on Facebook that she was quitting the group over its decision to play the event, saying that it would be an endorsement of "tyranny and fascism." Read more... More about Inauguration, Trump, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Mormon, and Entertainment Read More »The best and most underrated movies of 2016
Time to finally say goodbye to 2016! It's been a rough year but here's to the amazing films that made it all worthwhile. Subscribe to CineFix for more videos. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Nocturnal Animals, The Handmaiden, Arrival, and Moonlight Read More »Sikh NYPD officers finally allowed to wear turbans in 'major change' to uniform policy
The New York Police Department is allowing Sikh officers to wear turbans instead of traditional caps, and grow their beards up to half an inch long for religious reasons, Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced Wednesday. Speaking at a graduation ceremony for new recruits at Madison Square Garden, O'Neil said there were some 160 Sikh officers that could benefit from the new rules. In the past, Sikh officers had to wear a patka (a turban worn by members of the Sikh faith to exhibit honor, courage and piety) under a cap and also weren't allowed any beard growth above 1 millimeter, as they interfered with gas masks, the Associated Press reports. Now, as long as they get approval, they can proudly wear a navy blue turban with the NYPD insignia attached. Read more... More about Nypd, Turban, Sikh Officers, Sikh, and Watercooler Read More »An Unforgettable Year
Well, 2016 has been a year. From tear gas in parliament to super-human athletic feats, this year had its fair share of big moments, to say nothing of the election of Donald Trump. Here's to seeing 2016 out, and keeping our fingers crossed for 2017. Hillary Clinton speaks at the Black Women's Agenda Symposium Workshop in Washington, DC, USA, 16 September 2016 EPA/JIM LO SCALZO President Barack Obama shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, speaks to the media for the last time as PM after Britain voted to exit the European Union. His wife Samantha and their children look on as they leave 10 Downing Street, in London, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Read more... More about 2016, Photos, and Us World Read More »Our absurd political reality summed up in one tweet
Donald Trump is back to fanning the flames of his love affair with Russian president Vladimir Putin. In a tweet (with no spelling mistakes!), Trump praised Putin's decision to wait on expelling any U.S. diplomats from Russia in retaliation to President Barack Obama's sanctions announced Thursday.
The Russian foreign minister had made it very clear the country would not take Obama's decision lying down, but then Putin stepped in and told everyone to calm down and wait for Trump's arrival in three short weeks. Read more... More about Tweets, Trump, Putin, Russia, and Social Media Read More »The harrowing tale of Ryan Seacrest getting stuck in a Times Square elevator
Ryan Seacrest, a man who wants nothing more than to make New Year's Eve a little more rockin', was cruelly victimized by the very cruel year he's trying to usher us out of in cloud of confetti. Yes, 2016, the first unit of time to become sentient and actively plot the destruction of all humanity, trapped Seacrest in an elevator in Times Square a mere day before hosting Rockin' New Year's Eve. In fact, he was under the very crystal ball that will drop and deliver us into 2017's probable continuation of misery.
Uber says there will be 'no surprises' with fares on New Year's Eve
Math can be difficult. Just ask Facebook. That being so, Uber has a gift for you this New Year's Eve. No, it's not free rides. The holiday is one of Uber's busiest, and therefore most-lucrative, nights of the year. Instead, as part of Uber's annual tip sheet to attempt to ease the onslaught of hate on surge pricing via social media, Uber recounted that the app's "upfront fares" feature will offer you "no surprises." Expect to see less tweets with screenshots like this:
See the 'Ghostbusters' trap Slimer without any special effects in this homemade remake
Who you gonna call? Watch CineFix's homemade Ghostbusters take down a plastic-bag Slimer with plunger-powered proton packs and only in-camera effectsHomemade Movies ain't afraid of no ghost. Subscribe to CineFix for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/cinefix Read more... More about Mashable Video, Ghostbusters 1984 Movie, Ghostbusters, Homemade Movies, and Cinefix Read More »13 people who had a great 2016 (who you can actually be happy for)
Unless you've been living under a rock, everyone knows that 2016 has been the hottest of absolute hot trash. That said? There've been a handful of people who actually did have a pretty decent 2016—who are not Donald Trump—who collectively, we can genuinely be happy for. In no particular order, they are: 1. Gucci ManeThe Atlanta rapper and East Atlanta Santa got out of jail this year looking great—if not different enough to inspire a conspiracy theory that he was a clone. He got his life together, dropped some new songs, and celebrated an engagement to long-time girlfriend Keyisha Kaoir at an Atlanta Hawks game. As Guwop himself would put it: BURRRR, indeed. Read more... More about Gucci Mane, Beyonc, Chance The Rapper, Lists, and Humor Read More »What we do and don't know about Russia's interference in the presidential election
On Thursday, the U.S. government formally retaliated against Russia for allegedly interfering with the U.S. presidential election. The Obama administration's actions represent one of the most aggressive responses to a cyberattack in the history of the United States. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a joint report formally accusing Russian intelligence operatives of gaining access to a “U.S. political party"—presumably the Democratic National Committee. Along with the release of the report, the Obama administration imposed further sanctions against Russia and expelled 35 Russian diplomats from the country. Read more... More about Russian Hack, Russian Hacker, Hacking, Russia, and Elections Read More »California is making it much harder to use your smartphone while driving
It's time to use that Amazon gift card for a phone mount for your car — California is cracking down. Starting Sunday a new law is making it even harder to use your phone in the car. Throughout the state you already can't text, scroll around, click or look at messages on your phone while driving, and we've been long trained to never bring our phones to our ears while talking. But starting Jan. 1 2017, you can't even have your phone in your hand or out to click or swipe something. It will have to be mounted to your windshield or dashboard — only then can you tap your screen to make sure that that new Google Maps route delivers you out of traffic hell. Read more... More about Hands Free, Smartphones, California, Law, and Tech Read More »Obama calling a last minute meeting to save Obamacare
Just because 2017 is the year Donald Trump takes over the White House doesn't mean President Barack Obama doesn't get to squeeze as much as possible out of his last few weeks in office. Obama is, in fact, jumping into the new year with a meeting Wednesday with congressional Democrats. The purpose of this gathering? To figure out how to save Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), from getting annihilated by Trump and Republican lawmakers. Obama will be back in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to meet with House and Senate Democrats, according to an invitation reportedly sent to members Friday. It's supposed to be a strategy session on how to stop Republicans from gutting the law without a solid replacement health care plan. Read more... More about Congress, Trump, Obama, Health Care, and Business Read More »2016 is the year that just won't quit. Literally.
In the nick of time, we're getting just what we needed: more of 2016. To keep this relentless year going, we get to enjoy an extra second, known as a leap second, on Saturday Dec. 31. The extra time is all about syncing the earth's rotation with the world's atomic clocks. Since it doesn't take a perfect 24 hours for the planet to rotate on its axis, every few years we add a leap second. The earth's rotation is actually slowing down, even if just a bit. The extra second, which was last added in June 2015, gets added onto Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) at 11:59:59 p.m. on Dec. 31. So instead of moving along to the first second of Jan. 1 we'll have 11:59:60 p.m. to celebrate this year. Read more... More about 2016, Clocks, Watercooler, and Conversations Read More »7 ways online dating became more advanced in 2016
LONDON — A lot can change in a year. No, we're not talking about politics. We're talking about the realm of online dating. If you've been off the dating scene for a while, things have changed a little bit since you were last swiping. Naturally, we've made you a little catch-up guide to make sure you're prepared to hit up the dating scene in 2017. Here are seven things that changed in the realm of online dating over the past year. Tinder launched on TVImage: tinder 2016, the year that Tinder became your favourite party game. Read more... More about Dating Apps, Online Dating, Uk, Bumble, and Tinder Read More »How livestreaming dominated 2016
In June, House Democrats live streamed a sit-in to protest the Republican majority's inaction on gun control. But to the general public, the House floor footage was only available on social media, with even CSPAN broadcasting Periscope feeds. That moment in itself was yet another indicator that live streaming is the future. The genre has grown in popularity over the last year, with many increasingly jumping in the space in hopes of becoming the go-to platform for live programming. Digital video giants — including YouTube, Facebook and Instagram — have made livestreaming a priority as users increasingly utilize the format. More and more apps — such as musical.ly's sister app live.ly — have popped up in hopes of becoming as popular as Snapchat. Read more... More about Instagram, Periscope, Flurry, Youtube, and Live.Ly Read More »7 tech resolutions you should make in 2017, and how to keep them
Each year, our phones, social media accounts, laptops, smart assistants, fitness trackers and other tech somehow swallow up even more of our time. For the new year, here are a handful of resolutions that aim to improve our relationship to the technology that rules our lives: Image: DUSTIN DRANKOSKI/MASHABLE 1. Start taking cybersecurity seriously2016 was the year personal cybersecurity came to the forefront. In what was described as the worst hack ever, more than 500 million Yahoo email accounts were leaked. Cybercriminals created a gigantic bot net built from insecure "Internet of Things" devices (like web-connected thermostats and coffee makers) that brought down major websites across the internet. Even the Democratic National Committee was compromised. Read more... More about Windows, Mac, Iphone, Tech Utility, and Utility Read More »Can an app change human behavior? This behavioral economics professor is banking on it
Whether personal or professional, change is hard. And the cumulative data is not on our side. Take something obviously detrimental, like smoking. A mere 4% to 7% of people successfully quit without the aid of medication or outside help. Even experiencing a traumatic event — like the death of a loved one or being diagnosed with cancer — only leads to a 20% success rate. Not to be a killjoy, but as the Washington Post found, roughly 25% of New Year resolutions fall apart within the first two weeks. And even when it comes to our work — where money’s on the line — “70% of [management-led] transformation efforts fail.” Read more... More about Work Life and Business Read More »Trump says Happy New Year in the most Trump way
President-elect Donald Trump tweeted his New Year's wishes on Saturday morning, and they do not disappoint. Choosing to steer clear of a neutral, hopeful message for the future, Trump instead sent a tauntingly boastful signal to his enemies. Presumably the tweet was also directed at his vanquished rival for the presidency, Hillary Clinton, who won the popular vote by nearly 3 million but lost in the Electoral College. One person that may not be on Trump's enemies list, but which is on such a roster among most Congressional Republicans as well as President Obama, is Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read more... More about Hacking, Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton, President Elect Trump, and Politics Read More »How to never touch anyone ever again
Physical contact? On one hand, it's a vital form of human communication. On the other, it's terrible. Touching other people is one of humankind's greatest fallacies. We all know touching people exposes us to germs, maybe diseases and definitely weird sweat, but we do it anyway. This is f*cking ridiculous. Well, it's time to slip on your latex gloves and take a stand. Your gross body is your own, and it doesn't have to touch other gross bodies if it doesn't want to. If you love someone? Stay away from them. If you hate them, please do the same. Here's how. Read more... More about Lists, Humor, and Watercooler Read More »From Kimye vs. Taylor to Kimye vs. Bette Midler: The best celebrity feuds of 2016
For a lot of us, famous and normals alike, 2016 was a narrative we would like to be excluded from and that we never asked to be a part of. But if nothing else, it was a great year for celebrity gossip. Thanks to social media, egos and impulse control had a banner year — for better and most certainly for worse. Here are the best celebrity feuds of a very petty year. 6. Selena Gomez vs. Justin BieberImage: darren calabres/AP Jelena is over, but the wounds haven't healed. Gomez defended Beliebers that were upset by a series of photos Bieber Instagrammed of his girl of the moment, Sofia Richie, commenting, "If you can't handle the hate then stop posting pictures of your girlfriend lol." Read more... More about Bette Midler, Celebrities, Mariah Carey, Demi Lovato, and Taylor Swift Read More »China announces a 'game-changing' step for elephant conservation
China, the world's largest market for ivory, announced this week that it will shut down its trade in such goods by the end of 2017. This will close down the world's largest commercial ivory market, and could help elephant populations stabilize and recover in Africa. The decision to close down its domestic commercial elephant ivory trade is being hailed as a potentially transformative step toward protecting Africa's elephants, which are being slaughtered for their valuable tusks that are made of ivory. “This is a game changer for Africa’s elephants,” said Aili Kang, the executive director for Asia at the Wildlife Conservation Society, in a statement. "I am very proud of my country for showing this leadership that will help ensure that elephants have a fighting chance to beat extinction." Read more... More about Ivory Trade, China, Elephant Poaching, Elephants, and Environment Read More »Ronda Rousey lost her first fight in more than a year in just 48 seconds
After more than a year of anticipation, the fate of the most famous UFC fighter to date, Ronda Rousey, was decided in just 48 seconds on Friday. Brazilian fighter Amanda Nunes defended her women's bantamweight champion title by dispatching Rousey with a vicious flurry of strikes in the first round, leaving no doubt about the end of Rousey's long reign as the UFC's top female fighter. The defeat followed weeks of promotional appearances leading up to the fight, during which Rousey refused to address the media and would only stick around long enough for the public to get a glimpse of her newly ripped physique. Her fighting form, deadly serious scowls and complete silence, led many UFC watchers to wonder if the world was about to see a new version of Rousey, one who had learned from her shocking loss at the boxing-centric hands of Holly Holm in November 2015. Read more... More about Mma, Sports, Ufc, Ronda Rousey, and Amanda Nunes Read More »Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds to be buried together
Carrie Fisher, the world famous actress best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, will be buried together with her mother, the iconic actress Debbie Reynolds, according to Reynold's son Todd Fisher. The two renowned actresses died one day apart, on Dec. 27 and 28. A date for the funeral has not been set, but the joint funeral will be private, according to Reynolds' son. The two actresses will be interred at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, where Lucille Ball and other famous celebrities are buried. More about Halloweentown, Singing In The Rain, Hollywood, Star Wars, and Carrie Fisher Death Read More »This VR device promises to make both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive wireless
The virtual reality smorgasbord set to hit CES is just a few days away, but standout companies are already popping up, including one with a unique HMD solution. Atlanta-based KwikVR is promising a wireless VR headset device that works perfectly with both the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. Weighing less than one pound, the device can be attached to your belt and features two USB ports and an HDMI port. The company claims that the device delivers low latency and "guaranteed native resolution" along with 5GHz Wi-Fi connectivity. Nevertheless, as I've mentioned recently, tetherless VR headsets sound great until the accident reports start coming in. Read more... More about Accessories, Ces, Htc Vive, Oculus Rift, and Virtual Reality Read More »Snapchat's 10 most popular lenses of 2016
Snapchat is insanely powerful. Not only has it changed Facebook (for better or worse), it has popularized the term "vomiting rainbow" and transformed selfies. Just over a year ago, Snapchat introduced lenses, a feature that recognizes objects such as faces and overlays them with animated filters. It's one of the app's most addictive features in part because the options change daily. More than 150 million people every day open the app to see what they can become. Everyone from President Barack Obama to Kim Kardashian have sported a flower crown this year. Read more... More about Business, Tech, Celebrities, Snapchat Filters, and Snapchat Lenses Read More » | ||||
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