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 This giraffe birth livestream is driving the internet insane
The internet may occasionally come to your rescue, but it is not patient. Earlier this week, viewers rallied around a YouTube livestream of a pregnant giraffe named April waiting to give birth at the Animal Adventure Park in New York. The stream was briefly taken down following explicit content reports from pranksters, but under pressure from the web, YouTube quickly reinstated it. SEE ALSO: YouTube livestream of pregnant giraffe briefly pulled for nudity and sexually explicit content Apparently the old saying that "no press is bad press" stands true, because the stream, which probably would have gone unnoticed by the majority of the internet, got major attention after the controversy. That was Thursday, it's now Sunday and April the giraffe has yet to give birth. Read more... More about Youtube, Livestreaming, Giraffe, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Oh hey, Nokia's releasing some underwhelming Android phones
Nokia is back — sort of. The famous Finnish company is now owned by HMD, but it had a major presence at this year's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. It was the perfect balance of hype, novelty and nostalgia — the goal being to convince journalists that HMD is taking this whole Nokia thing seriously. And while the pinnacle of this nostalgia-fest was the resurrected Nokia 3310, HMD was also there to show off a portfolio of inexpensive Android phones. The company promised a global launch for its top phone, the Nokia 6, and introduced two new, cheaper Androids; the Nokia 3 and the Nokia 5. Read more... More about Hmd, Mobile World Congress 2017, Mobile World Congress, Nokia, and Tech Read More »Sean Spicer was once a terrifying White House Easter Bunny
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is having one hell of a weekend. He riled up journalists with his decision to exclude certain outlets from a press gaggle, he's targeting his own staff for leaks, and he got in a fight with a journalist over where he was born. But there's another specter of Spicer's past circulating around the web: his tenure as a terrifying Easter Bunny.
NASCAR drivers wears badass 'Star Wars' helmet
While NASCAR fans will be focused on Sunday's big Daytona 500 race, a driver on Saturday got plenty of love for his badass helmet. Brennan Poole drove Saturday's Powershares QQQ 300 while wearing a helmet painted to resemble Luke Sywalker's headgear from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The helmet, designed by BEAMdesigns, comes complete with Rebel insignia and even smudges meant to look like wear and tear. It's pretty awesome. Read more... More about Brennan Poole, Nascar, Star Wars, Entertainment, and Sports Read More »Half of the world's species could become extinct, biologists say
Here's the sobering truth: Around half the species on Earth today could disappear by middle of the century, unless we humans can tackle climate change and slow our population growth. That's a view shared by leading biologists and ecologists, many of whom are gathering in the Vatican this week for a wonky but optimistic-sounding conference: "How To Save the Natural World on Which We Depend." Scientists estimate that by mid-century, as many as 30 to 50 percent of all species could face extinction. "The living fabric of the world ... is slipping through our fingers without our showing much sign of caring," the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which organized the conference, said on its website. Read more... More about Population, Population Growth, Global Warming, Climate Change, and Sixth Extinction Read More »Chance the Rapper buys out every screening of 'Get Out' at theater so fans can watch for free
He's got his city doing front flips. That's what happens when you buy out every showing in a movie theater for a day so your fans can see Get Out for free. Chance the Rapper, you're a true American hero.
Get Out is dominating the box office this weekend, bringing in $30.5 million in the U.S. to beat out The Lego Batman Movie for the number one spot. The Stepford Wives-inspired horror movie, directed by Jordan Peele (of Key & Peele fame), got plenty of love from critics — as well as from Chance. Read more... More about Film, Chicago, Jordan Peele, Get Out, and Chance The Rapper Read More »The brilliant way weather geeks paid tribute to 'Twister' star Bill Paxton
Hundreds of storm chasers and weather geeks mourned the death of U.S. actor Bill Paxton this weekend. Paxton, who was 61, starred alongside Helen Hunt in Twister, the 1996 film that helped inspire a new generation of storm chasers — those thrill-seekers who track down dangerous weather events for the sake of scientific data, a rush of adrenaline, or both. In the movie, Paxton and Hunt play a struggling couple that teams up to create an advance weather alert system, putting them square in the path of violent tornadoes. Read more... More about Extreme Weather, Storm Chasers, Texas, Oklahoma, and National Weather Service Read More »Your guide to the 2017 Oscars, in highly accurate charts
If you've been meaning to catch the Oscar-nominated films of 2017 before the ceremony, you are sadly out of time. Never fear, our annual collection of highly accurate charts are here to explain what you don't know. Quick, scroll through before they start the show so you too can have an Oscars Take Online™. Image: max knoblauch Image: max knoblauch Image: max knoblauch Image: MAX KNOBLAUCH Image: MAX KNOBLAUCH Read more... There's a really good reason why stars are wearing blue ribbons on the Oscars red carpet
There is no way the 89th annual Academy Awards was not going to get political. Some actors and actresses kicked things off before the show even began on Sunday night by wearing blue ribbons attached to tuxes and gowns while they strode upon the red carpet on their way into the event. The blue ribbons donned by those at the Oscars are meant to show support for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the national non-profit legal organization defending individual liberties and rights.
Here's 5 species to celebrate on International Polar Bear Day
Polar bears have become the poster child for all the horrible things we're doing to the planet. But they're also a symbol of hope. Wildlife groups are fighting to save the Arctic-dwelling species as their habitat steadily melts and toxic chemicals pile up on the ice. On Monday, conservationists will celebrate International Polar Bear Day to highlight the small but important steps people can take to help preserve the bears' homes — namely by cutting greenhouse gas emissions to slow the pace of global warming. Yet polar bears are far from the only species to galvanize wildlife lovers and drive conservation efforts. Read more... More about Sea Ice, Global Warming, Climate Change, World Wildlife Fund, and Conservation Read More »All the best and worst looks on the Oscars 2017 red carpet
Let's be honest — we're all just here to see what type of tiny bowtie Lion's Sunny Pawar selected for tonight's red carpet (classic black, FYI). Elsewhere on the carpet, the film industry's A-list showed up in velvet, sequins and a surprising number of white tuxedos. Taraji P. HensonImage: Frazer Harrison/Getty Tarell Alvin McCraney and David OyelowoImage: Frazer Harrison/Getty Image: Frazer Harrison/Getty Cynthia ErivoImage: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Sunny PawarImage: Frazer Harrison/Getty Leslie MannImage: Frazer Harrison/Getty Read more... Adorable quokka is either in attack mode, or it really, really wants a hug
It'd be hard to tell if a quokka was angry at you. The fluffy marsupial's often dubbed "the world's happiest animal" thanks to its cheerful disposition and trust of humans. So we're not sure if this incredible picture snapped by 21-year-old Campbell Jones from Perth, Australia, is of a quokka aggrieved, or if it just wants to give him a hug. Campbell told PerthNow he was cycling around Rottnest Island, where the quokka is native to. He stopped to get a selfie with the marsupial, but it wouldn't let him get away so fast. Read more... More about Rottnest Island, Watercooler, Animals, Quokka, and Quokkas Read More »Please, for the love of God, stop saying 'Hidden Fences'
Have previous award show flubs taught us nothing? On Sunday's Oscars red carpet, People Editor-in-Chief Jess Cagle tossed out the first "Hidden Fences" of the night. Upon realizing his mistake, he apologized and corrected himself. As was (and is still) the case at the Golden Globes earlier this year, "Hidden Fences" is not an actual film.
Fences, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, is an Oscar-nominated movie. Read more... More about Oscars 2017, Videos, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Video Read More »Jimmy Kimmel calls 'Tanna' cast 'Moanna' dancers on the Oscars red carpet
Gowns and glamour are the norm on the red carpet, but for a brief moment on Sunday night, the Academy Awards were brought way back down to earth. A few members of the Tanna cast rocked up to the red carpet in traditional garb, representing the Yakel people of Tanna, Vanuatu, where the Best Foreign Language-nominated film is set. There was dancing, there was colour, there were smiles and hey — the night is young. While Jimmy Kimmel mistakenly (and ignorantly) called the cast "'Moana' dancers" on Twitter, other people all the world are rooting for them. SEE ALSO: Oscar-nominated 'Tanna' is just one non-English speaking Aussie film you should see Read more... Everything from pandas to the ACLU were championed at the Oscars
Actors and actresses came to the 89th Academy Awards to collect gold statuettes, but also took the opportunity to represent organizations and causes dear to them. The stars walked the red carpet with everything from ribbons to stuffed animals in tow. Jackie Chan showed up on the red carpet with two stuffed panda animals, or what he called his "two baby boys." "I am the ambassador of pandas," he explained to Ryan Seacrest. "After earthquakes, they get hurt and I raise them." Image: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Read more... Oscars 2017: Full winners list
Will La La Land go 14 for 14? Will Casey Affleck come out on top, or Denzel Washington? Will stars get political? Count on it. Below, a full list of winners from the 2017 Academy Awards. Best picture: Lead actor: Video about sauce actually a clever take on coming out of the closet
What kind of sauce do you like? Ketchup? Barbecue? Mustard? Perhaps a mix of them all? It's a simple difference, but as the folks at huge LGBTQ pride parade, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have pointed out in a new video, coming out about your sauce preferences (or sexuality) doesn't have to be a big deal. Marriage equality is yet to be legal in Australia. Coming out can still be a scary thing. The Sydney Mardi Gras parade (taking place on Mar. 4) goes a way to changing that. Read more... More about Sydney Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras, Lgbt Rights, Lgbt Issues, and Video Read More »Your BFF Emma Stone wore a Planned Parenthood pin to the Oscars
Emma Stone stunned on the Academy Awards red carpet in Givenchy, Tiffany & Co and...Planned Parenthood. The actress, who is the favorite to pick up her first Oscar tonight, is using her big moment to make a statement with a subtle Planned Parenthood pin right below the gown of her dress strap. Here's the logo: And here's Stone's, well, stones.
Well played, Emma. Read more... More about Fashion, Oscars 2017, Awards Show, Academy Awards, and Planned Parenthood Read More »Jimmy Kimmel wasted no time in making a few Trump jokes at the Oscars
Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel didn't take too may jabs at President Donald Trump during the opening monologue on Sunday. But when he did, they were pretty good. "Maybe this is not a popular thing to say but I want to say thank you to President Trump. I mean remember last year when it seemed like the Oscars were racist?" That was among the few jokes about the president the host made to kick off Hollywood's biggest night. He opened the monologue by saying while many advised him to "say something to unite" viewers, he "can't do that." Read more... More about Tv, Film, Jokes, Donald Trump, and Jimmy Kimmel Read More »Mahershala Ali shines in 'Moonlight,' wins Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
The 2017 Oscars started out just right. The first award of the night went to Mahershala Ali Ali (who also had a role in Hidden Figures) plays Juan, who along with Teresa (Janelle Monáe) takes in the young Chiron (Alex Hibbert) when he wishes to stay away from a turbulent home life with his drug-addicted mother Paula (Naomie Harris, nominated for Best Supporting Actress). "I want to thank my teachers, my professors," Ali said in his acceptance speech. "I had so many wonderful teachers and one thing they consistently told me...was that it wasn't about you, it's not about you, it's about these characters. You are in service to these stories and these characters and I'm so blessed to have had an opportunity. It was about Juan, it was about Chiron, it's about Paula." Read more... More about Best Supporting Actor, Mahershala Ali, Moonlight, Academy Awards, and Oscars 2017 Read More »There's a very good reason stars wore blue ribbons at the Oscars
Stars who rocked the statement include model Karlie Kloss, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ruth Negga in an effort to show support for the American Civil Liberties Union Surprise! 'Fantastic Beasts' and 'Suicide Squad' now both have Oscars
Talk about an upset. Science fiction and fantasy movies haven't always fared well at the Academy Awards, but within minutes of each other, Suicide Squad and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them won Oscars for makeup and costume design, respectively. These are big — and confusing — wins for Warner Bros. and fans of both DC's comic books and Harry Potter.
Ava DuVernay's Oscars dress has more meaning behind it than you think
Everyone is watching the 89th Academy Awards, which makes it a prime place for celebrities to represent causes and organizations dear to their hearts. Director Ava DuVernay used her red carpet moment to subtly comment on Trump's travel ban by highlighting a gown designed by a studio from a majority-Muslim country as an act of solidarity.
'Moana' star gets whipped in head with a flag mid-Oscars performance
Oh, the perils of live performance. Despite getting whipped in the head with a flag mid-performance, 16-year-old Moana star Auli'i Cravalho performed like a true professional at Sunday's Oscars. Cravalho, who voices the titular Moana, sang "How Far I'll Go," the film's Oscar-nominated song. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Behind her, a group of background dancers waved large swaths of blue fabric, one of which caught her in the head mid song.
But don't worry about Cravalho. She took it in stride.
Your first cry at the Oscars is meeting one of the real-life ‘Hidden Figures’
Sorry, "In memoriam" segment. One of the biggest tear-worthy moments of the Oscars on Sunday came early on in the night thanks to an appearance from one of the real-life Hidden Figures. Katherine Johnson — a physicist, space scientist and mathematician — joined Taraji P. Henson (who plays her in the film), Janelle Monae and Octavia Spencer on stage to present an award. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list And the moment brought out a lot of emotions from viewers.
'The Walking Dead' recap: Negan's having some personnel issues
This recap contains spoilers for The Walking Dead Season 7, episode 11, titled "Hostiles and Calamities."If you thought the La La Land soundtrack was full of earworms, you'd probably forgotten all about "Easy Street," huh? Luckily, if the Oscars aren't your bag, The Walking Dead is here to offer you a pickle-eating, doctor-burning alternative to Hollywood's most glamorous night, and you can rest assured that no one's going to be winning any prizes in Negan's world any time soon. After one solid episode and one legitimately good one, the show took two steps back with episode 711, "Hostiles and Calamities" — although for an installment focused on the show's most consistently irritating character, I guess it's remarkable that the hour wasn't as calamitous as it could've been. Read more... More about Amc, Negan, The Walking Dead Recap, The Walking Dead, and Entertainment Read More »Jimmy Kimmel's joke sounded better when women did it first
Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel made a pretty good point about the impossible beauty standards actresses face in Hollywood — a point a lot of actresses in Hollywood have already made. That includes Amy Poehler and Tina Fey when they pretty much made the same exact joke a couple years ago hosting the Golden Globes. People on Twitter were quick to notice. Kimmel notes that Andrew Garfield dropped 40 pounds for his role in Silence that, "an astonishing physical transformation that hasn’t been attempted since every actress in every role ever." Read more... More about Awards Show, Oscars 2017, Jimmy Kimmel, Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler Read More »You'll cry just as hard at Viola Davis' Oscars speech as you did at 'Fences'
Watch out, Grammys — Viola Davis is coming for you. Now only one win away from an EGOT, Viola Davis has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her powerhouse performance as Rose Maxson in Fences, beating Lion's Nicole Kidman, Moonlight's Naomie Harris, Hidden Figures star Octavia Spencer and Manchester By the Sea's Michelle Williams. Davis gave a speech that was every bit as emotional and affecting as her Fences performance: This is Davis' first Oscar win and third nomination at the Academy Awards — she was previously in the supporting category in 2009 for Doubt, and up for the Lead Actress award in 2012 for The Help. Read more... More about Oscars 2017, Oscars, Tony Awards, Denzel Washington, and Fences Read More »Iranian film 'The Salesman' wins best Oscar in biggest political statement of the night
Director Asghar Farhadi's absence at the Oscars on Sunday spoke almost as loudly as the award itself. The Iranian filmmaker, who won his second Oscar for The Salesman, did not accept the award in person because he and other members of the film's cast boycotted the awards following President Donald Trump's travel ban. "It’s a great honor to be receiving this valuable award for a second time," Iranian-American engineer Anousheh Ansari said reading a statement from Farhadi on stage. "I’m sorry I’m not with you tonight, my absence is out of respect for the people of my country and those of the other six nations who have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the U.S." Read more... More about Asghar Farhadi, Oscars 2017, Film, The Salesman, and Iran Read More »Nicole Kidman is a great actress and a terrible clapper and that is okay
Important Oscars update: Nicole Kidman claps weird. Clapping, of course, is a joining of the hands with fluctuating levels of force as a sign of glee or respect. It's hard to do weird, but Nicole Kidman is managing it quite well. Look, we know this is a strange thing to call out — it's petty. To be honest with you, we've held off quite a bit but we just can't remain silent any more: Nicole Kidman claps in an unorthodox way. Could celebrities be... not just like us? Take a look at Kidman's clapping below. See?
5 years later, celebrities put their hoodies up for Trayvon Martin
On Feb. 26, 2012, an unarmed teenager carrying iced tea and candy was shot and killed on a Florida street. His name was Trayvon Martin, and five years on, the movement inspired by his death lives on. Left for dead by a Neighborhood Watch volunteer, the fate of Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin's son fanned the flames that became the Black Live Matter movement. An image of Martin dressed in a hoodie was seared on the American conscience, and the act of "putting your hoodie up" became a protest against a culture that makes instant criminals of black boys. Read more... More about Oscars 2017, Ava Duvernay, Kerry Washington, Instagram, and Twitter Read More »The Oscars red carpet was its own live action 'Beauty and the Beast'
It's a tale as old as time...Hollywood takes something that was already pretty popular and decides to do it again and again until it's everywhere you look. This year, it's Beauty and the Beast, which you probably know is getting the live action treatment starring Emma Watson unless you've been imprisoned in a weird castle where dishes come to life for the past few months. The stars seem to have taken the hint. Here are all the Academy Awards looks that double as late auditions for the classic Disney tale. Leslie Mann as BelleMore about Leslie Mann, Emma Stone, Academy Awards, Red Carpet, and Fashion Read More »Justin Timberlake had everyone dancing with his opening Oscars number
The 89th Academy Awards felt like the Grammy Awards when Justin Timberlake came out of nowhere to open up the show on Sunday night and charm the tuxes and dresses off the crowd. Host Jimmy Kimmel enlisted the help of Timberlake's catchy "Can't Stop The Feeling," from the movie Trolls, and the performance filled the very expensive room with awkward dancing and smiles. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Timberlake threw in a bit of "Lovely Day,” by Bill Withers during his performance while managing to sneak in a dance with his wife, Jessica Biel. The reactions to the performance were mixed, with folks in the audience seeming to have a great time and more skeptical Twitter audience. Read more... More about Entertainment, Conversations, Oscars 2017, Justin Timberlake, and Entertainment Read More »Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling recreated their 'Mickey Mouse Club' days at the Oscars
It's a big Oscars night for both Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake. Gosling's nominated for Best Actor for his role in La La Land. Meanwhile Timberlake's been running around all night promoting that song from Trolls and photobombing his wife. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list So, considering the pair's shared history, it's cool these two had a chance to catch up during Sunday's show. They go way back— both Timberlake and Gosling were stars on The Mickey Mouse Club in the '90s. Image: Kevin winter/Getty Images Image: kevin winter/Getty Images Image: kevin winter/Getty Images Timberlake (top right) and Gosling (bottom left) during their time on 'The Mickey Mouse Show'. Image: Disney Pictures/REX/Shutterstock Read more... What did Ryan Gosling whisper in that woman's ear at the Oscars?
When Jimmy Kimmel brought out a bunch of tourists from a bus to the Oscars to help themselves to celebrities' personal belongings, there was one standout couple — Gary from Chicago and his fiancee, Vicky. Ryan Gosling, sensing the cameras love the duo, leans in for a Lost in Translation moment to whisper something either sacred or profane in Vicky's ear. Now we have the great mystery of Oscars 2017. So what is it? Perhaps he says, "You're welcome for saving jazz." Maybe he whispers, "Hey girl, I just figured this out. It's pretty coolLa La Land means..." Gosling takes a dramatic pause. "It's Los Angeles." Read more... More about Celebrities, Oscars 2017, Academy Awards, Ryan Gosling, and Watercooler Read More »Jimmy Kimmel took time at the Oscars to tweet at Donald Trump
President Donald Trump has yet to tweet about this year's Academy Awards. It's a departure from his usual Oscars Twitter strategy, which essentially involves scream-tweeting about how much he hates the show. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list For example:
In hopes of getting Trump's opinion of this year's show, Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel carved some time out to egg on Trump via Trump's favorite medium.
Gary from Chicago deserves a lifetime achievement Oscar
Gary from Chicago got more time at the Oscars than 98% of all award winners tonight and you know what? That's okay. Gary from Chicago — now a household name — started as a member of the tour group that Jimmy Kimmel brought into the ceremony as part of a prank. Gary confidently waltzed into the theater unsurprised, wearing shorts and holding his fiancée Vicky's purse. Gary recorded most of the bit on his purple cell phone, taking breaks to kiss Meryl Streep's hand and get married by Denzel Washington. Gary also took a selfie with what appeared to be Mahershala Ali's Oscar but not Ali himself. Read more... More about Watercooler, Oscars 2017, Watercooler, Conversations, and Pics Read More »Here's to the ones who dream: Emma Stone wins Best Actress Oscar
The City of Stars shined for actress Emma Stone on Sunday. The La La Land actress took home the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Mia in the Los Angeles-based musical. This was the second nomination for Stone, who previously received a nod for Birdman. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Stone received high praise for her portrayal of a struggling actress. Damien Chazelle's modern-yet-throwbacky musical, which co-stars Ryan Gosling as musician Seb, was nominated for a whopping 14 Oscars. The nominees this year included Natalie Portman (Jackie), Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins), Isabelle Huppert (Elle) and Ruth Negga (Loving). Read more... More about Ruth Negga, Isabelle Huppert, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, and Emma Stone Read More »Casey Affleck wins Best Actor after all
For Casey Affleck, the acting was ultimately enough to overcome the allegations. Affleck won the Oscar for Best Actor on Sunday night for Manchester by the Sea, a powerfully subtle performance that made him the front-runner for the honor since the film premiered more than a year ago at Sundance. It was one of those performances that earned the "nominee" tag the minute the credits first rolled. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list But in September, after old rape allegations took Nate Parker's Birth of a Nation out of the running, Mashable was first to resurface a pair of civil sexual harassment lawsuits — settled out of court — that had the potential to similarly haunt Affleck. Soon, many outlets followed suit, and some Oscar voters, women in particular, began saying privately that they could not support him. Read more... More about Casey Affleck, Oscars 2017, Movies, Entertainment, and Film Read More »The best reactions to the biggest Oscars f*ck up of all time
For about a minute there, it seemed that La La Land had won Best Picture at the 2017 Oscars. But in what is probably the biggest screw up in Oscars history, due to an envelope mix-up, Best Picture presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced the incorrect winner. What.The.Fuck. Mid-way through the cast and crew of La La Land's acceptance speech, they paused, explained the error, and awarded the Oscar to its rightful owner: Moonlight. Image: ABC Best Oscars fuck-up ever?
Jimmy Kimmel trolled Matt Damon at the Oscars because what else did you expect
The feud of the decade that you thought would be over by now is definitely not over. Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel's hilarious, and sometimes overdrawn, bit in which they low-key hate each other made it's way to the 89th Academy Awards where Kimmel took as many jabs as he could at his mortal enemy, Damon. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Whether it was pretending to be deeply moved by Damon's 2011 We Bought A Zoo, or slipping in subtle jabs throughout the night, it was clear that the fight between the two is not going to die any time soon. The gag escalated when Damon joined Ben Affleck on the stage to present an award and Kimmel, who was conducting the live orchestra, silenced the actor by drowning him out with the swell of strings. Read more... More about Oscars 2017, Conversation, Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Entertainment Read More »Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone read 'Mean Tweets' at the Oscars
Poor Ryan Gosling. He and other Hollywood celebs had to read insults directed at them in an Oscar version of Jimmy Kimmel's classic "Mean Tweets" bit. Will Natalie Portman ever recover? Does Jeff Bridges wear pants? Can an Academy Award soothe the sting of being insulted on the internet for Emma Stone? SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Don't worry, time and money and fame heal all wounds. Read more... More about Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Jimmy Kimmel, Mean Tweets, and The Oscars Read More »Oscars shocker: 'La La Land' announced as Best Picture, but 'Moonlight' wins
Steve Harvey just took a very deep breath. Warren Beatty, presenting Best Picture on Sunday night, took a long beat after opening the envelope to name La La Land as the night's top honor to conclude the four-hour telecast. Moments later, producer Jordan Horowitz took the stage to give his acceptance speech for the outcome everyone was expecting. "There's a lot of love in this room," Horowitz said. "And let's use it to create and champion bold and diverse work ... toward empathy." SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list But as his colleagues began taking their turns, Horowitz returned to the mic to say: "There's been a mistakeMoonlight won." Read more... More about La La Land, Moonlight, Oscars 2017, Movies, and Entertainment Read More »This one tweet explains that truly bizarre Oscars Best Picture mixup perfectly
In what is certainly the weirdest moment in Oscars history, the incorrect Best Picture winner was announced on stage to finish off the 89th Academy Awards. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway first announced La La Land as the big winner of the night. The cast and crew walked onstage and began to make their speeches, only to be stopped halfway through — the correct winner was actually Moonlight. Comedian Jackie Jennings quickly pointed out a perfect explanation for the bizarre mistake.
Netflix and Amazon finally win Oscars
Hollywood finally likes streaming services enough to give them Oscars. Digital giants Netflix and Amazon both took home their first-ever Oscars on Sunday — but not for the films you may expect. Iranian film The Salesman, which Amazon is distributing in the U.S., and Netflix's documentary The White Helmets won for Best Foreign Film and Best Documentary Short, respectively. This marks the first time either service has picked up Hollywood's highest honor. It underscores their efforts to get acknowledged as part of the entertainment industry, rather than disrupters of it. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Read more... Tortoise adopts a tiny bunny, proving even so-called rivals can be pals
Admit it: It's hard to resist the sweetness of an interspecies friendship. Take this tortoise named Wamba who's somehow become best buddies with a tiny "hare" in their short time together. Bucking the age-old fable about the two animals being rivals, the cottontail bunny made its way into the tortoise's warm shelter during a cold night. It was a safe place for the bunny, who had plant matter stuck around its neck. Both reside at The Ritz-Carlton at Dove Mountain in Arizona, and photos of the pair were shared on the hotel's Facebook page. The tortoise could've kicked the bunny out, but instead, itdid the opposite. Read more... More about Hare, Tortoise, Bunny, Watercooler, and Animals Read More »The best and worst moments of the craziest Oscars ever
In a major break from tradition, the 2017 Oscars were far from boring. From wins for fan-fueled films like Suicide Squad and Fantastic Beasts to political messages and that ending, the 89th Annual Academy Awards were full of emotionally exhausting surprises — and became one unforgettable night. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list BestMoonlight swings an upset In the most insane Oscar plot twist ever, the La La Land team was mid-acceptance speech when they stopped to declare that Moonlight actually won best picture. "This is not a joke," repeated producer Jordan Horowitz (probably because Jimmy Kimmel was in the vicinity) before Warren Beatty returned to show the winning envelope to the camera. Read more... More about Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, La La Land, Academy Awards, and Oscars 2017 Read More »Twitter quickly made a glorious meme out of that massive Oscars mess
What La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz lost in a Best Picture Academy Award, he gained in memes. Just as the La La Land producers began thanking people for the shiny new Oscar they won for Best Picture, frantic men in headsets interrupted with a very unexpected announcement. It turns out the underdog Moonlight had actually won. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list To prove that it wasn't some lame Jimmy Kimmel bit that involved making further fun of Matt Damon, Horowitz held up the actual card that proved Moonlight's win.
Here's how Ryan Gosling reacted to that wild Best Picture twist
Just when the cast and crew of La La Land thought they'd won Best Picture at 2017 Oscars, the Academy pulled a Steve Harvey and gave the award to Moonlight, its rightful winner. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Here's how La La Land star Ryan Gosling reacted to the news:
This is the look of a man who knows he's been beat. This is the look of a man who knows he did not, in fact, save jazz. This is the look of a man who knows Moonlight deserved it more. Read more... More about Oscars 2017, Watercooler, Watercooler, and Pics Read More »Even police are making jokes about that monster f*ck up at the Oscars
Everyone's still catching their breath after rubbernecking at that calamitous end to the 2017 Oscars. In case you missed it (where have you been?) La La Land was at first announced as winner of Best Picture. But midway through the speeches, it turned out Moonlight was the actual recipient of the award, leading to one of the most awkward, but thrilling moments in the award show history. Of course, the perennial jokesters at Australia's Queensland Police were quick to stick the boot in further.
A play-by-play of how 'La La Land' won (but really lost) the Best Picture Oscar
Now that we've had a few minutes to breathe, let's unravel how one of the weirdest moments in awards show history actually went down. It started, as trouble often does, with Bonnie and Clyde — Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, the stars of the classic film, had the honor of giving the night's biggest award away. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Beatty had the wrong envelope. He was understandably pretty confused, so he stalled as much as he possibly could before letting Dunaway figure out what to do, because delegating unpleasant tasks is the easiest choice.
Emma Stone calls B.S. on Warren Beatty: 'I was holding my Best Actress envelope'
Who you gonna believe — Warren Beatty, Emma Stone, or some other, even weirder version of the truth? Beatty told millions of people watching the Oscars' jaw-dropping, history-distorting mishap Sunday night that he mistakenly called out La La Land as the Best Picture winner — before it went to Moonlight in a stunning turnaround — because he had the wrong envelope in his hand. That envelope, he said, "said 'Emma Stone, La La Land.'" His suggestion: Someone had mistakenly handed him the envelope for Stone's Best Actress win, which she'd accepted just moments before. Read more... More about Emma Stone, Warren Beatty, Moonlight, La La Land, and Oscars 2017 Read More »All the times the Oscars threw shade at Donald Trump
We can always rely on awards season to be a self-congratulatory parade of beautiful and talented people reflecting on how beautiful and talented their friends are, but this year, the circuit has also been pretty consistent in calling out President Donald Trump and his actions since taking office. The 2017 Oscars were no exception. Host Jimmy Kimmel kicked things off during his opening monologue with a few subtle jabs, including the fact that the Academy Awards were being broadcast in "225 countries that now hate us," before going for the jugular: "I wanna say thank you to President Trump — remember last year when we thought the Oscars were racist?" he quipped. Read more... More about Gael Garcia Bernal, Jimmy Kimmel, Oscars 2017, Oscars, and Donald Trump Read More »People want to #DeleteUber after its last tweet in the Philippines
In a miscalculated move, a promotional tweet from Uber on Sunday has gotten many in the Philippines shaking their fists at the ride-sharing company. The tweet has now been deleted, but Uber tweeted out a promotion on Sunday on the eve of a planned jeepney strike, offering free trips to users "affected by the activities tomorrow." Image: Twitter Jeepneys are modified minibuses common in the Philippines, commonly used by the masses for public transportation. 40 percent of intra-city commutes in Manila are taken on jeepneys. A jeepney minibus. Image: DELA PENA/EPA/REX/Shutterstock The jeepney strike was organised to protest a government order to phase out old jeeps, and new hoops for jeepney operators to jump through, Rappler reports. Read more... More about Ride Hailing Apps, Strike, Philippines, Deleteuber, and Uber Read More »Finally, a phone that's perfect to bring to an EDM festival
Tons of phones have been announced at Mobile World Congress this year, but none look as electrifying as the Alcatel A5 LED. It features lights on its backside that can be programmed to get the party started. Whereas some Android phones have an LED light for notifications, the Alcatel A5 LED has 35 large LEDs and hundreds of little ones that can display a variety of different light shows when you get a notification or incoming call. The LEDs can even pulse to music like an equalizer. The light effect is similar to the pulsing LED lights on the JBL Pulse speaker. Read more... More about Mwc2016, Mwc 2017, Mobile World Congress, Leds, and Led Read More »Modular phones aren't quite dead yet, but the Alcatel A5 doesn't impress
Modular phones were supposed to be the next big thing in mobile. But interest in phones with swappable parts waned as companies like Google and LG abandoned their pet projects. All hope isn't lost, though. Lenovo's still staying the modular course with its "Moto Mods" for the Moto Z phones, and now you can add Alcatel's A5 to an extremely small list of device's with customizable components. Alcatel's A5 is "modular" in the same sense the Moto Z is: it offers something more like augmentation than a full device overhaul. Left to right: Regular cover, Extended battery cover, A5 without cover, LED cover, and Speaker with kickstand cover. Image: raymond wong/mashable Read more... Dev Patel brought his mom to the Oscars and the internet can't get over them
Dev Patel might have lost the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor but has won the internet by a mile after he appeared on the Red Carpet hand-in-hand with his mother. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list While he looked dapper in a cream blazer and a black bow tie, his mother Anita stunned in her black-and-gold traditional sari. People are rightfully in love with the smashing duo.
This seal delightedly hugging a toy version of itself is your new wallpaper
There are few things cuter than a seal — except perhaps for one hugging a plushie version of itself. This seal at Mombetsu Land, an attraction in Japan's Hokkaido prefecture, was handed a soft toy seal by zoo staff. It was clearly love at first sight for the seal, who even let its furry new companion go for a ride on its back. Image: MOMBETSU LAND/TWITTER Image: mombetsu land/twitter And we're clearly not the only ones who are swooning. The tweet by Mombetsu Land has gone on to be shared some 24,000 times.
India's Paytm hits 200 million mobile wallet users
In a country where cash is still king, a mobile app that offers online transactions is seeing 700,000 new users join the platform each day. India’s Paytm has hit 200 million wallet users, CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said Monday. SEE ALSO: India's largest mobile wallet app Paytm gets regulatory nod to operate its own Payments Bank With this milestone reached, Sharma is also setting his company a new goal to get half a billion Indians to do online transactions using his app in the next four years. Even though the six-year-old mobile wallet app has been fairly popular among urban Indians for years, it wasn’t until November last year when prime minister Narendra Modi declared the vast majority of cash invalid in the country that its relevance skyrocketed. Read more... More about Demonetization, Online Payments, Paytm, India, and Business Read More »A traditional Japanese painting of Iron Man will look perfect in your grown up apartment
Unlike a lot of fan art you've got hanging up on your wall, this one's going to kick up the classiness a notch. Behold Marvel's Iron Man rendered in a Japanese ink-wash technique called sumi-e.
Japanese artist Ikuyoan drew Iron Man using thick, dark lines of ink to frame the superhero. You can watch Ikuyoan's process as he draws Iron Man in a more modern, conventional form: This isn't the first time Iron Man has been drawn in sumi-e. Here's another painting done in the same ink-wash that shows how gorgeous the style is: Read more... More about Japan, Iron Man, Marvel, Art, and Entertainment Read More »HP embraces 'lapability' with new Pro x2 detachable PC
It's been four years since Microsoft introduced its first Surface tablet and at least two since they coined the term "lapability," which is another way of saying, "This device is really comfortable on your lap." In that time, Windows system manufacturers have slowly but surely adopted Microsoft's strategy of stuffing full-blown Windows PCs into tablets that can marry with keyboards and turn into lap-friendly ultra-portable devices. In general, Microsoft's designs for the Surface Pro 3 and 4 have been the range's apex, and most partners have offered only pale imitations. Read more... More about Tablets, Microsoft, Hp Pro X2 612 G2, Mobile World Congress, and Hp Read More »Sony's Xperia XZ Premium is the world's first phone with a 4K HDR screen
The word overkill doesn't seem to be in Sony's vocabulary. A year and a half after introducing the Xperia Z5 Premium, the world's first and only smartphone with a 4K display, Sony's now one-upped itself with the Xperia XZ Premium, the world's first phone with a 4K HDR screen. The display's not the only thing that's bonkers on the Xperia XZ Premium. The phone's camera is also the world's first to be capable of recording slow motion video at a ridiculous 960 frames per second. By "normal" standards, the Xperia XZ Premium's 5.5-inch 4K (3,840 x 2,160) HDR screen is totally unnecessary, but I guess when you're Sony and you have so little of the mobile pie, you've got to aim for the stratosphere or throw in the towel. Read more... More about Hdr, 4k, Xz Premium, Android, and Smartphones Read More »China's capital is replacing tens of thousands of taxis with electric cars to fight pollution
China's capital city is doing something huge about its perennial pollution issue. Almost 70,000 petrol powered taxis in Beijing will gradually be replaced with electric vehicles, and any new taxis on the road must be electric, according to a report by the National Business Daily. The project to replace all the current petrol powered cars is estimated to cost taxi operators $1.3 billion (9 billion yuan). Some 67,000 of Beijing's 71,000 taxis currently run on petrol. A conventional car is estimated to cost around $10,000, with an electric vehicle double that amount, at $20,000. Read more... More about Pollution, Taxi, Electric Cars, China, and World Read More »Adele is pretty stoked that Emma Stone and Moonlight won big at Oscars
Adele and Emma Stone are BFFs since at least 2015, when they were pictured having dinner together with Jennifer Lawrence in New York. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list So when the star of La La Land won a Best Actress Oscar last night, Adele posted a heartwarming homage on Twitter. It shows Adele in black and white giving a thumbs up to the TV while Stone was doing her acceptance speech. Adele, fresh from her Album of the Year Grammy, also praised Moonlight, winner of Best Picture after a stunning mix-up:
I can't believe how much I love this Samsung stylus that looks like a Staedtler pencil
I never thought I'd say this in a million years, but Samsung made a stylus I actually want. Alongside announcements for its new Galaxy Tab S3 and Galaxy Book tablets that come with the most advanced S Pen Samsung's ever made, the company surprised everyone with a special edition Staedtler-branded S Pen that resembles the iconic black and yellow pencil. Pencil-like design aside, the Staedtler S Pen works almost exactly like the S Pen that comes included with the new tablets. Hover the 0.7mm tip near the screen and the familiar Samsung Air Command bubble will pop up with a variety of features like Smart Select, Translate and Magnify. Read more... More about Mwc 2017, Mobile World Congress, Mwc, Galaxy Tab S3, and Galaxy Book Read More »These realistic versions of Pokémon are pure nightmare fodder
Ever wondered what Pokemon would look like if they existed in real life? Not exactly cute and cuddly, if these pictures are anything to go by. SEE ALSO: Oscar-nominated movies get poster remakes featuring 'Pokémon,' 'Overwatch' and 'Star Wars' British artist Joshua Dunlop gave fans a new perspective on what the creatures could look like through a series of photos on his Instagram feed.
'Homeland' sees 'The Return' of some old friends
This recap contains spoilers for Homeland Season 6, episode 6, titled "The Return." Refresh your memory with our recap of episode 605.Homeland threw a big curveball at us right at the end of the episode — which was appropriately titled "The Return," since it brought back Astrid (Nina Hoss), a German intelligence agent who also happens to be Quinn's (Rupert Friend) former lover. But let's back it up a bit, because Astrid wasn't the only familiar face in "The Return." The conspiracyThere are several threads happening at once — one with Carrie (Claire Danes), one with Saul (Mandy Patinkin) and one with President-elect Keane (Elizabeth Marvel) — that all seem to be pointing to the same thing. Read more... More about Rupert Friend, Claire Danes, Homeland, Homeland Recap, and Entertainment Read More »Now we know: The Best Picture Oscar debacle was the accountants' fault
Warren Beatty, you're off the hook. You too, Faye Dunaway. And to La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz: You handled this as well as anyone could have. The blame for the Best Picture Oscar snafu has finally been owned: PricewaterhouseCoopers, the London-based accounting and "professional services" firm that has handled the Academy Awards winners for years, admitted Sunday night that they messed up. Beatty was handed the wrong envelope. PricewaterhouseCoopers' statement, sent to Mashable later Sunday night, reads: The key here: There are always two identical winners' envelopes, kept by PwC officials standing on opposite ends of the stage. Read more... More about Moonlight, La La Land, Oscars 2017, Movies, and Entertainment Read More »Stop throwing coins into ponds, this sea turtle ate a whole bunch and needs surgery
Years of eating coins dropped at the bottom of a pond has rendered a sea turtle in pain, and headed to the surgery ward. The 25-year-old Thai sea turtle was discovered living in a pond in Si Racha, a town on the east coast of Thailand, according to the Bangkok Post. Vets conducted a CT scan and discovered a lump of coins measuring an alarming 20 x 23 x 30 cm (7.8 x 9 x 11 in.) in the turtle's body, pressing down on its ventral shell (or the turtle's belly), causing it to be cracked, swollen and infected. Scans also showed a fish hook in her intestine. Read more... More about Animals, Sea Turtles, Thailand, and World Read More »Twitter can't get enough of Dev Patel and Andrew Garfield's bromance at the Oscars
We have very bad news for Ryan Reynolds. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list It looks like Andrew Garfield has a new bromance, just weeks after the two made out upon losing the Golden Globes' Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy to Ryan Gosling. At the Academy Awards ceremony, Garfield was pictured in a very warm embrace with Lion star and fellow Oscar nominee Dev Patel. Many people on Twitter couldn't cope with the cuteness and openly asked for the two actors to kiss:
Lily Allen quits Twitter after trolls attack her over son's death
Lily Allen has taken a break from Twitter following a barrage of abuse from online trolls over the weekend. The singer was attacked after revealing she has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after her son was stillborn at six months in 2010. Allen's friend Dennis has since taken over her account and is blocking trolls in an effort to stop the abuse.
University student takes on student political party with viral online campaign, gets rape threats
A 20-year-old student from Delhi University (DU) has been receiving rape threats on social media, according to reports. Gurmehar Kaur, a student of Lady Shri Ram College, has been viciously attacked by right-wingers for starting an online campaign against ABVP, the student wing of India's ruling political party, which clashed with students and journalists in a city college on Wednesday. Kaur took a stand against the issue and came under the face of attack. “I have been getting a lot of threats on social media. I think it is very scary when people threaten you with violence or with rape,” she told a local television station. Read more... More about Religion, Politics, Twitter Trolls, Twitter Reactions, and Online Abuse Read More »India's financial capital is also its richest city and home to its wealthiest man
Mumbai, India's financial capital and also home to its richest man, is the country's wealthiest city ahead of national capital Delhi and the IT city of Bangalore — also known as India's Silicon Valley. According to the New World Wealth report, Mumbai is home to 46,000 millionaires and 28 billionaires along with a total wealth of $820 billion. Capital Delhi is home to 23,000 millionaires and 18 billionaires with a total wealth of $450 billion, while Bangalore with a total wealth of $320 billion houses 7,700 millionaires and 8 billionaires, many of which likely belong to the country's booming technology sector. Read more... More about Mumbai, Billionaire, India, Cities, and Wealth Read More »McDonalds is coming for hipsters and their artisanal coffee
We've all been there. You're standing in a super-hip coffee shop, scouring the intimidating list of obscure-looking hot drinks. But, all you really want is a good old fashioned coffee. The White Helmets aren't happy about their Oscar win for a very important reason
Netflix finally won an Oscar for the 40-minute documentary The White Helmets, although the director, Syrian cinematographer Khaled Khatib, was reportedly denied entry to the U.S. at the last minute. SEE ALSO: Netflix and Amazon finally win Oscars The White Helmets, which is streaming on Netflix, is a harrowing look at the Syria Civil Defense, a group of ordinary Syrians who work tirelessly to rescue civilians affected by the civil war and extract people from the rubble.
India's prime minister wants everyone to tell their friends about this app
After creating a cash vacuum in the country, India's prime minister wants citizens to give digital payment solutions a try. And he needs the help of the countrymen for that. On Sunday, Narendra Modi appealed to all the residents of India to promote BHIM, a mobile payments app that his government launched in December last year. Modi is urging every Indian to spread the word to their friends, and more. "I appeal to the people that each of us should teach at least 125 persons about downloading BHIM App and procedure of making transactions through it,” he said in his monthly radio podcast. Read more... More about Digital Payments, Paytm, Bhim App, India, and Narendra Modi Read More »Meryl Streep's hilarious reaction to that Oscars mix-up is the perfect meme for 2017
There have been many reactions to what will go down in history as the biggest screw-up in Oscars history — but nothing can even remotely beat Meryl Streep's face in the audience. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Just look at her:
Closer:
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Fujifilm under fire for sexist camera demo featuring topless female model
Fujifilm UK is facing criticism for featuring a topless female model in a demonstration of its new camera, the medium format GFX 50s. Photographer Danny North — who attended the demo of the £6,000 ($7,445) camera — took to Twitter to express his anger and disappointment at the brand.
Everyone's doing it in Ariana Grande and Future's video for 'Everyday'
Ariana Grande collaborated with Future on the track 'Everyday' which is on her 2016 album Dangerous Woman. The song is all about sex — all the time, anywhere, whenever the mood strikes. And so is the newly released video. For three-and-a-half minutes, the camera swings lazily through a nondescript city as passers-by pause to gawk at random couples getting it on in all sorts of places. The street, the office, the laundromat, even the bus. The new video arrives just weeks after Grande hit back at sexist trolls on Twitter for treating her like a prize to be won. Read more... More about Future, Ariana Grande, Everyday, Music, and Entertainment Read More »The Oscars made a big mistake during the In Memoriam
A lot of famous people died in 2016 — producer Jan Chapman wasn't one of them. The Oscars on Sunday accidentally put a picture of the Australian producer instead of designer Janet Patterson during its In Memoriam portion of the show. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Patterson, who designed looks for films including Far From the Madding Crowd and The Piano, died in October 2016. Chapman, a producer who is still alive, worked with Patterson on films such as The Piano and Bright Star. Chapman confirmed the mistake, and her vitality, to Variety Monday morning. “I was devastated by the use of my image in place of my great friend and long-time collaborator Janet Patterson. I had urged her agency to check any photograph which might be used and understand that they were told that the Academy had it covered," she told Variety. "Janet was a great beauty and four-time Oscar nominee and it is very disappointing that the error was not picked up. I am alive and well and an active producer.” Read more... More about Jan Chapman, Janet Patterson, Oscars, Oscars 2017, and Entertainment Read More »Chrissy Teigen was definitely asleep during the Oscars
It doesn't matter if you're riding a subway or in the audience during Hollywood's biggest night—you gotta respect the subtle nap. Chrissy Teigen understands this, and her ability to nap anywhere was fortunately demonstrated at the 89th Academy Awards where she was caught snoozing through some of the important moments of the night.
The camera occasionally panned to audience members like Meryl Streep and Matt Damon during the acceptance speeches of Emma Stone and Casey Affleck, but if you look closely, a few rows back lies a supermodel taking a power nap on the shoulders of John Legend. Read more... More about Conversations, Watercooler, Oscars 2017, Chrissy Teigen, and Watercooler Read More »Dodge baggage fees with this jacket that doubles as a secret carry-on luggage
The Airport Jacket features several compartments to store everything you need for travel and cuts out those pesky baggage fees. Read more... More about Flight Baggage, Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Stylish Jacket, and Carry On Luggage Read More »Cookie Monster and Kerri Doherty to host 'The Mashable Show' at SXSW, live on Twitter
Can't make it to SXSW in Austin this year? Fear not. Mashable and Twitter have you covered. This year, we're partnering with Twitter to stream "The Mashable Show" at SXSW 2017. We'll be delivering a lively stream of obsessive SXSW coverage, focused on the best of Interactive, Film and Music, and we’ll dive into all things Austin. The 90-minute show will stream exclusively on Twitter on March 10, 11 and 12 at 1pm EST. Yes, that's right. We'll be live right on your Twitter feed. So no matter where you are, you'll have a front row seat to the best live music, film, comedy, and tacos that Austin has to offer. Read more... More about Mashbash, Twitter, Sxsw 2017, Sxsw, and Marketing Read More »Despite the envelope flub at the Oscars, 'Moonlight' wins Best Picture and that's what matters
The takeaway from the Oscars this year shouldn't be the historic envelope screw-up that led to 'La La Land' getting the Best Picture award for like two minutes. It's that 'Moonlight's' win is historic. It's the first time a film featuring an LGBT character has won. It's also the first time an all-black cast has won. Read more... More about Screw Up, Envelope, Ryan Gosling, Mahershala Ali, and Real Time Video Read More »Steve Harvey slyly jokes about Oscars blunder after everyone drags him into it
As you probably know by now, a monumental mistake occurred at the end of the Oscars on Sunday night. La La Land was announced as winner of Best Picture, and the entire cast and crew had already gone up to the stage to accept the award before it was discovered that in fact Moonlight was the rightful winner. We now know the blunder was the result of presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty having been given the wrong envelope. However, in the heat of the moment, responses and reactions were flying fast and hot on Twitter, and inevitably Steve Harvey was mentioned. He was mentioned many times. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Read more... John Oliver compares the Republican replacement for Obamacare with a thong
Republicans want to repeal Obamacare, but they are discovering (finally) that many people actually need the health care coverage that the Affordable Care Act provides to survive. John Oliver dedicated a segment to Obamacare on Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight, explaining its benefits and its weaknesses. He also points out that Republicans haven't come up with any sort of viable alternative to Obamacare, despite the fact that they want to get rid of it so desperately. Oliver also compares Obamacare with a goat, and the closest thing the Republicans have to a plan with a thong. Classic. Read more... More about Last Week Tonight, Republican, Obamacare, John Oliver, and Watercooler Read More »Never mind the Oscars, Britain hosted its own awards ceremony... for kebabs
The world watched the Oscars with bated breath on Sunday night, but another awards ceremony was also taking place with something of a more culinary focus. Britain hosted its very own equivalent of the Oscars — the British Kebab Awards. Nice. With 1.3 million kebabs sold every day across Britain, it's safe to say the much-loved kebab is an institution in the UK. Seventeen kebab shops from across the UK won awards in categories ranging from Best Kebab Van to Best Fine Dining Restaurant. The winner of the kebab van award went to Atalay Kebab Van in Thame, Oxfordshire, while Veyso's in Hertford won the award for best Fine Dining Restaurant. Pizza King Kebab House in Edmonton was named best takeaway in London Chrissy Teigen and John Legend continued to be irritatingly cute at the Oscars
The Oscars were an incredibly long and bizarre emotional rollercoaster. From Viola Davis winning her first Oscar to an ending that would put the Miss Universe fiasco to shame, the 2017 Oscars were more than we could handle. Luckily we had Chrissy Teigen and John Legend to keep us entertained throughout the night. From handing out awards for the cutest baby to falling asleep during the show, there was a lot to watch between these two. Here are a list of Hollywood's most relatable couple's best Oscar moments. 1. When Chrissy met Sunny Pawar. Read more... More about Oscars 2017, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »The first-look at Samsung's Galaxy S8 was probably just leaked in this video
Samsung broke more than a few hearts when it didn't show off the highly-anticipated Galaxy S8 at this year's Mobile World Congress over the weekend. That doesn't mean Samsung fans are gonna be left in the dark, though. Officially, all we got from Samsung over the weekend was a buzzy promo video hyping the S8's official unveiling on March 29. Unofficially, newly-leaked video just surfaced, claiming to show an actual working Galaxy S8 for the first time. The video was posted by UK-based accessory site MobileFun, which provided no real context to prove the footage is legit. We don't see much, since the footage only lasts for a few seconds, but the leaked phone boasts the massive edge-to-edge screen design we've been expecting from the S8, so it's hard to just pass off as a fake. Read more... More about Leak, Galaxy S8 Plus, Galaxy S8, Samsung, and Tech Read More »Ripples in space and time carry the future of space science
Billions of years ago, two black holes merged in a violent explosion that rippled the fabric of our universe. Those cosmic ripples — known as gravitational waves — produced by this collision spread far and wide in all directions, carrying with them information about the black holes that brought them into being. In September 2015, that information made it to Earth. While these weren't the first gravitational waves to reach our planet, they were the first we could observe. Two powerful tools known as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatories (LIGO) were able to directly observe the gravitational waves sent out by the two black holes, opening up a new way for scientists to study the inner-workings of some of the most extreme objects in the universe. Read more... More about Astronomy, Space Exploration, Gravitational Waves, Ligo, and Within Read More »You can now watch YouTube on Comcast's X1
Competition between Google and Comcast keeps heating up—but that doesn't mean they can't work together. Comcast announced the introduction of YouTube to its X1 platform on Monday, putting YouTube, Google's video behemoth in position to pursue its subscription ambitions. Comcast subscribers with the X1 service will now be able to browse and watch YouTube's video library through their TV interface. Some YouTube content will also appear in the X1's "On Demand" menu. Image: comcast The deal provides YouTube with a slot on one of the biggest U.S. cable TV platforms alongside other premium offerings like Netflix. That could help YouTube add new subscribers to its Red subscription service, which has been around for more than a year. Read more... More about Comcast, Youtube, Google, and Business Read More »Wife presents husband with 'Best Husband' Oscar and it's relationship goals
Actors and actresses aren't the only people that deserve to get all dressed up, be honored by their peers and win fancy awards. Regular humans do amazing things everyday that aren't starring in a sad movie about the sea. That's why Regine Brown's mom held her own version of the Oscars and presented her husband with the award for "Best Husband."
The game that reveals how hacktivism thrives when government becomes oppressive
Hacking is well-known in gaming, indicative of a predilection for hacker culture but often without the culture itself. By contrast, hacktivism — the intersection of hacking and social activism — has gone relatively unexplored in gaming. Hacking as gameplayThe Deus Ex games, most notably Mankind: Divided, focused on technology as a way to subvert power structures and ultimately overthrow the corrupt establishment. Though the gameplay focuses on infiltration, technology is how Jensen pulls apart the Illuminati, byte by byte. Shadowrun used hacking (or in the Shadowrun vernacular, decking) and technomancy (decking through use of magic) as a tool for stealing from and embarrassing the handful of MegaCorps that run the game’s world. Some deckers, namely the environmental hacktivists from the fictional Salish-Shidhe region (formerly British Columbia), see technomancy as a necessity to ensure the future survival of their land. When a MegaCorp comes sniffing around, eager to exploit the bounties of the Salish-Shidhe, they aren’t afraid to drive them back with everything they have, including technomancy. Read more... More about Watch Dogs 2, Hacktivism, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »'Middle-earth: Shadow of War' game revealed after Target screw-up
You might have heard rumors over the weekend, but now it's official: we're going back to Middle-earth. Whether or not it intended to do so, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment revealed Middle-earth: Shadow of War on Monday with a trailer, a release date, and a promise of more to come. It would have been a big surprise, but Target inadvertently stole all of WB's thunder. The retailer grabbed headlines on Sunday with a product listing for the upcoming game. The listing — which we now know was real — eventually disappeared, but not before the internet seized all of its juicy details and box art. Read more... More about Middle Earth Shadow Of War, Wb Games, Gaming, Entertainment, and Entertainment Read More »AT&T fires the latest shot in the war over unlimited data, here's what it means for you
AT&T's feeling the pressure from its other wireless competitors. And today, it's showing. AT&T announced its new "unlimited" wireless plans on Monday. We're putting "unlimited" in quotes because once you use 22 GB of data, AT&T starts slowing you down. The new plan also offers 10 GB of hotspot tethering, for when you're stuck with your laptop, and don't have WiFi. The plan costs $90 per month for one line, and $145 for two lines. Each additional line (up to eight) runs an additional $20. It's the second new "unlimited" plan from AT&T in the last two weeks. The first plan offered a slightly less appealing deal at $100 with no hotspot data. Read more... More about Business, T Mobile, Wireless Carrier, At T, and Business Read More »Oppo's new tech brings eye-popping zoom to smartphone cameras
Prior to its event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday, China's Oppo — currently the fourth largest smartphone maker in the world — promised to shake the world of smartphone photography with its "5x" technology. Now, we know what Oppo was referring to: A 5x lossless zoom, previously unheard of on a smartphone (unless it had a huge, bulging lens on the back). Oppo's technology consists of two lenses. One is fairly standard, and another is what Oppo calls a "periscope" lens — a horizontally-positioned telescope lens that gets its light through a prism, similar to the way a submarine periscope works. The entire setup is only 5.7mm thick, meaning it could easily fit on a smartphone with a tiny bump. Read more... More about Smartphone Camera, Oppo, Mwc, Mwc17, and Mwc2017 Read More »Here's another way to bury your pet — grow it into a tree
Grow your loved one's remains into a remembrance tree thanks to the 'Living Urn'. The system works by placing your loved ones remains into the bio urn, adding a special root protection formula, as well as a growth mix...and then plant and watch it grow. Read more... More about Real Time Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, Life Events, and Life Science Read More »The Oscars showed yet again why it's never over till it's over
Your voice matters. Your vote matters. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got another reminder last night that there is no such thing as a sure thing, despite whatever you're hearing/reading/predicting. The 89th Oscars were — for the most part — a triumph for diverse filmmaking and nuanced stories, with Moonlight ultimately clinching Best Picture from alleged sure-thing La La Land. The last-minute plot twist had many comparing Moonlight's win to the 2016 election, which should have been a lifelong wake up call to remember that if people are voting on something, anything can happen. Read more... More about Election 2016, Voting, La La Land, Moonlight, and Oscars 2017 Read More »All hail Viola Davis, queen of the post-Oscars wardrobe change
Viola Davis had a very big Sunday night, winning the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Rose Maxson in Fences. Her Oscar win makes her the first black woman in history to win a Tony, Emmy and an Oscar. Just add her to the list of national treasures, right next to Lin-Manuel Miranda. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Not only did she get the honor she deserved from the Academy, she then moved everyone to tears with an incredible acceptance speech, expressing how thankful she was that she became an artist: “because we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life,” she said. Read more... More about Fashion, Oscars 2017, Viola Davis, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Brie Larson brought Emma Stone to tears at the Oscars, but in a good way
We wish we could be in that hug. The 2017 Academy Awards were filled with emotional moments from Viola Davis winning her first Oscar to the cast of Hidden Figures bringing a real life hero on stage with them. But, one moment that brought everyone to tears was when Brie Larson was filmed hugging Emma Stone after she won Best Actress. Larson had begun crying when Stone turned to greet her and, in turn, Stone began crying as well.
Brie Larson, like everyone else, didn't seem thrilled with Casey Affleck's Oscar win
As 2016's Best Actress winner, Brie Larson was tasked with presenting the award for Best Actor at the 2017 Academy Awards. On Sunday night, that award went to Casey Affleck for his role in Manchester By the Sea, despite the allegations of sexual harassment against him. And like the rest of the internet, Larson did not seem pleased.
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If you'd told me last year that the Mobile World Congress — the biggest mobile industry event of the year apart from the iPhone launch — would be dominated by Nokia and BlackBerry, I'd call you names. Slightly offensive, silly names. But it's exactly what's happening, and it's not just due to the absence of Samsung's Galaxy S8, whose launch date got shifted to late March. There's a genuine feeling that users are sick of the big-screened, battery-draining smartphone, and they want something different. Take BlackBerry's KEYone for example. It's an Android smartphone with a physical keyboard, and while that set of traits would've gotten it immediately laughed off a few years ago (as proven by BlackBerry's now non-existent market share), this year it's the phone that stands outOur article about that phone was shared more than any other MWC news item this year, and we could see the interest firsthand at BlackBerry event in Barcelona, which also generated tons of buzz on social media. Read more... More about Blackberry Keyone, Nokia 3310, Blackberry, Nokia, and Mwc2017 Read More »'EVE Online' developers want to make VR sports — vsports — a thing with 'Sparc'
The unfortunate reality about sports is that they're severely limited to what the laws of physics and the human body can allow and endure. That's where "vsports" come in. CCP Games, the developer behind EVE Online, announced Sparc today, a brand new competitive virtual reality game self-described as a vsport — or VR sport. The game looks like an intense, first-person version of Pong except players' hands act as the paddles as the game ball whips back and forth across the futuristic arena. "Players use their motion controllers to throw projectiles at their opponents from a distance, and in turn defend themselves by dodging, blocking or deflecting the incoming attacks," CCP Games said in a release. Read more... More about Virtual Reality, Vr, Sparc, Gaming, and Vsport Read More »Here are the world's 12 scariest drug-resistant superbugs
In a world awash in antibiotics, dangerous infections are getting even harder to fight. The problem? Bacteria are outsmarting the drugs meant to wipe them out at a faster pace than new antibiotics can be discovered and produced. To address the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance, global health officials on Monday listed a dozen antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" that pose the greatest threats to human health. The first-of-its-kind list is meant to steer public and private research dollars toward developing new antibiotics for these particular families of bacteria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The announcement is also designed to push public agencies to support more research by pharmaceutical companies, which currently lack financial incentives to develop new drugs aimed at rare, but deadly, superbugs. Read more... More about Drug Resistance, Public Health Crisis, Public Health Experts, Public Health, and Hospital Acquired Infection Read More »How 'Moonlight' made Oscars history
Moonlight's big night at the Oscars was a historic night and not just for the stunning way in which the filmmakers found out they had won "Best Picture." SEE ALSO: Despite the envelope flub at the Oscars, 'Moonlight' wins Best Picture and that's what matters Rather, Moonlight broke new ground for Oscar winners, becoming both the first film featuring a completely non-white cast to win the Best Picture Oscar and the first film focused on an LGBTQ character to win Hollywood's top prize. The big night for Barry Jenkins' coming-of-age indie drama came the day after Moonlight swept through the Independent Spirit Awards, winning all six categories it was nominated in. Read more... More about Moonlight, Barry Jenkins, Oscars 2017, Entertainment, and Film Read More »Halle Berry apparently relaxed after the Oscars with a quick skinny dip
Showing up to the Academy Awards without the pressures of prepping an acceptance speech or maintaining a poker face seems like a dream—one that Halle Berry was lucky to live out Sunday night at the 89th awards ceremony. Berry ended her dreamy night with the only way an Oscar award winner should relax: a dip in a pool. "After a long award show a girl can't wait to take it off!" Berry wrote on social media. The video shows the actress running in slow motion through greenery and towards a pool, where she strips down, leaving her gown poolside before jumping in all to the tune of Bruno Mars' "Versace on the Floor." Read more... More about Oscars 2017, Halle Berry, Conversations, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »The dramatic Oscars mishap also happened in 1964
Long before there was Warren Beatty, Sammy Davis Jr. was the king of awkward moments on live television. Yep — this isn't the first time a presenter has incorrectly announced the winner during a live broadcast, and after last night's short-lived "Best Picture" win for La La Land, people are throwing it back to a similar (but less cringeworthy) flub that went down at the 1964 Academy Awards ceremony. On Sunday night, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway incorrectly announced La La Land had won the Oscar for Best Picture. In the cringe-worthy moments to follow, Moonlight was rightfully awarded the Oscar. Read more... More about Moonlight, Steve Harvey, Warren Beatty, La La Land, and 1964 Read More »Let's read way too much into this cryptic video of Lorde drinking soda
The new era of Lorde is upon us, and god bless, there are snacks. The singer appears to have taken a television ad out in her native New Zealand announcing new music out this Friday, a week before her Saturday Night Live performance. Right now, we just have this bootleg video to work with: Lorde is just sitting in the backseat of a car, possibly after hitting up a drive-thru, while some music plays. Most critically, the ad advertises two dates and locations as well — March 2 and 3 in New York City and New Zealand respectively, meaning something will likely happen in both places simultaneously when the time difference is factored in. Read more... More about Pop Star, Music, Lorde, Entertainment, and Music Read More »Mahershala Ali is the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar
There are many reasons to applaud Moonlight's victory at the 89th Annual Academy Awards, one of which is that a black Muslim man won Best Supporting Actor in Trump's America. Mahershala Ali, 43, became the fifth black actor to win an Oscar for his or her supporting role, and the first-ever Muslim to take home an acting Oscar in history, per the LA Times. "Regardless of theology, or however you see life, or relate to worshipping God — as an artist, my job is to tell the truth and then try to connect with these characters and people as honestly and deeply as possible," Ali told the Los Angeles Times. Read more... More about Academy Awards 2017, Academy Awards, Oscars 2017, Oscars, and Moonlight Read More »Why are other mobile phones shining right now? Because Samsung isn't
Out of the dozens of smartphones announced at Mobile World Congress every year, the only ones that have historically mattered were Samsung’s flagship Galaxy phones. In years past, the Korean electronics giant uses MWC in Barcelona as a global stage to launch new Galaxy S phones. This year, however, was different. Following the disastrous Galaxy Note7 launch that saw the phones explode due to faulty batteries (and eventually led to two global recalls and the phone's discontinuation), Samsung faced a tough call. It could have stuck to its schedule and announced the Galaxy S8 at MWC this year, and risked looking like it was rushing a new device out the door in a push to get everyone to forget about the Note7. Or it could've delayed the Galaxy S8, to give consumers more time to forgive and forget, giving itself more time to ensure its batteries are 100 percent safe and won’t explode. Read more... More about Mobile, Phones, Smartphones, Nokia, and Android Read More »Viola Davis is the first black woman to win an Emmy, Tony, and now, an Oscar for acting
Viola Davis is now part of an exclusive club of 23 actors who have won the triad of awards. She's also the first black actress to do so for her acting. Read more... More about Oscars, Oscar S, Real Time Video, Real Time Video, and Real Time Read More »New Windows 10 update warns users against installing apps from outside the Windows Store
Windows users, take note: a potentially annoying update is headed your way. Microsoft is currently testing an update to Windows 10 that will prevent you from installing apps from outside the Windows Store, MSPowerUser reports. The feature is similar to a feature on Macs, which by default prevents users from installing apps from "unidentified developers". The update is set to release in April in the upcoming Creator's Update. As of now, the feature will be turned off by default. It's supposed to help protect casual users from malware and bloatware, but it could impact developers who release their apps via direct downloads from their websites rather than via the official Windows Store. The company is also reportedly working on a ChromeOS-like version of Windows 10 that will completely prevent installing Win32 apps. Read more... More about Windows, Microsoft, Windows 10 Cloud, Windows 10, and Tech Read More »'Fake news' jokes dominate after Oscars best picture flub
"It is true, it's not fake," said Moonlight director Barry Jenkins during his jaw-dropping acceptance speech, which followed a roller coaster of events that led to his movie being named best picture on Sunday night. In the moments before Jenkins spoke those words, actor Warren Beatty and actress Faye Dunaway took the stage and declared La La Land the winner. The cast and crew of La La Land walked on stage. Producer Jordan Horowitz gave his acceptance speech ... then realized the winning card said Moonlight. More about Academy Awards, Oscars, Best Picture, Fake News, and La La Land Read More »Move over Emily Dickinson, Grindr has a poet in residence
Poetry and sex have always shared an inextricable bond. The passion, the lyrical use of language—is there anything better than a love poem to get a young maiden (or man) to go out with you? Now, the bond between dating and sweet, sweet words is getting more intimate than ever: Grindr has hired its first poet in residence. One Tokyo restaurant's success and failure is decided by pandas having sex
Panda sex: It doesn't have to last long. It doesn't have to be good. It just has to happen. That's what matters to Totenko Co., anyways. Totenko is a Tokyo-based restaurant company who's flagship location is "within walking distance" of the Ueno Zoo, according to Grub Street. And when pandas at the zoo love on each other, it can bean big business for them. A 52-second affair between giant pandas Shin Shin and Ri Ri last week sent Totenko Co.'s stock up 2.9 percent—more than five times their three month average, according to Bloomberg—much to the quiet, gentle pleasure of stockholders. Read more... More about Japan, Panda, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Here's what it was like being on stage during that unbelievable Oscars mix-up
If you are alive in the world today, you have undoubtably heard about last night's incredible Oscars mix-up, where Moonlight walked away with an unexpected (no, seriously unexpected) Best Picture award. When Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway incorrectly announced La La Land as the award's winner, producer Jordan Horowitz was the first of his colleagues to deliver an acceptance speech onstage. He was also the first to realize something was very wrong. “I’m holding the envelope and the award, and I had just given my speech, and there are people on the stage with headsets, and I thought, ‘That doesn’t seem right,’” Horowitz told The New York Times. Read more... More about Producer, Academy Awards, Oscars 2017, Moonlight, and La La Land Read More »9 apocalyptic movies to get you in the mood for 'Logan'
Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart's latest X-Men romp Logan is about as far from conventional superhero fare as it gets. It's a Western, a road movie, a dismal, barren portrait of a world that has stamped out its heroes and left them to rot. In an interview with Mashable, Jackman emphatically stated that he wouldn't even call it a superhero movie. For the mutants in the movie, it's the end of the world. Don't believe us? Check out these uplifting post-apocalyptic movies and see if Logan doesn't have more in common with them than you'd think. More about Lists, Inauguration, Apocalypse, Movies, and Entertainment Read More »If footage of this ethereal jellyfish doesn't calm you, nothing will
A cosmic jellyfish floats through the sea in a new video from an underwater robotic craft tasked with exploring the deep ocean off the coast of American Samoa and Samoa. The Okeanos Explorer ship — operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) — caught sight of the jellyfish on Feb. 21 during a dive in the Utu seamount, a previously unexplored area, according to the agency. The researchers who caught sight of the jellyfish noted that it has two sets of tentacles and the yellow glowing structures dotting the outside of the jelly appear to be reproductive organs, with its red digestive system in the middle. Read more... More about Ocean Research, Oceans, American Samoa, Noaa Okeanos, and Okeanos Explorer Read More »Disney XD sprinkles a same-sex kiss into a cartoon and it feels just right
The year is 2017Moonlight is Best Picture and Disney cartoons have innocent glimpses of same-sex couples. All is well. Well, for these two things, anyway. Star vs. the Forces of Evil airs on Disney XD, and is only the second show in Disney's history to be created by a woman, the first being 1997's Pepper Ann. In "Just Friends, Season 2, episode 39, the main characters attend a concert where they're serenaded by a charismatic boy band. Everyone in the audience is overwhelmed by the sheer romance of the song "Just Friends" and they start kissing. Read more... More about Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil, Disney Xd, Disney, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »Beyoncé's mom accidentally went live on Instagram and we have so many questions
Can someone make sure Beyoncé's mom is OK? For some unknown reason Tina Knowles Lawson, also known as the creator Beyoncé and Solange, started streaming a live video on her Instagram account earlier today. While celebrities are no stranger to holding live streams on the platform, it seemed like Lawson had no idea she was filming herself. For the brief moments that the stream existed, viewers could see that she was walking by a bush of leaves. Image: mstinalawson Image: mstinalawson The comments on the live stream consisted of fans asking if she was OK or if she knew that she was currently live in Instagram. Read more... More about Solange Knowles, Beyonce, Instagram, Watercooler, and Watercooler Read More »This app lets you donate to charity whenever someone on Twitter pisses you off
A new donation platform helps people turn a moment of rage into charitable giving, simply by replying to an infuriating tweet. Trigger, an amazingly passive-aggressive Twitter-based app, lets you react to hostile social media posts in a positive, productive way. Creator Isaac Alfton said the app provides social media users with a sort of agency whenever they're "triggered" online. The company calls it "retaliatory giving," inspired by Alfton's own frustrations with his feed as it overflowed with offensive and angering posts. After seeing so many 140-character social and political hot takes, he wished there were an easy way to give to charity as a spiteful response. Read more... More about Nonprofits, Charity, Social Good, Donate, and Donations Read More »In-N-Out, photo booths, and more: Celebs rage after craziest Oscars yet
There's no party quite like the after party. Or in this case, three of the biggest Oscars after parties, which featured everything from mini pot pies and Instagram in-jokes to a temporarily missing Casey Affleck. The Oscars mix-up, aka "#envelopegate"—during which La La Land was announced as Best Picture, but Moonlight actually won—didn't keep Hollywood's biggest stars from having as much fun as possible on their big night out. SEE ALSO: Oscars 2017: Full winners list Here's a round up of the best see-and-be-seen party moments. The Governors BallDecorations are displayed during the 89th Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball. Image: Getty Images Read more... Witness the strange beauty of the first self-driving race car
Roborace, Formula E's long-developing autonomous racing series, just unveiled its first self-driving race car at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It's called the Robocar, and it doesn't look like anything we've ever seen before. If the appearance is jarring, just consider how much space you save when there's no need for a cockpit to hold a driver's seat (or, for that matter, a driver). The design was first teased last March in a tantalizing video that showed off the initial digital mock-ups. It's the brainchild of Daniel Simon, who's best known for creating the slick futuristic aesthetic of movies like Tron: Legacy and Oblivion. Here, he puts his imagination genius to the real-world pavement. Read more... More about Formula E, Racing Car, Autonomous Vehicles, Self Driving Cars, and Mobile World Congress Read More »iPad artist turns his side hustle into official NBA art
Strong, thick digital ink lines give Robert Generette III's sports figures shape, while comic book-bright colors bring them to life. They’re not just sketches on an Instagram feed, but bodies in motion, pitching, shooting baskets, running, punching, yelling. Often at full-tilt. This is sports as it should be depicted and as masters like the late LeRoy Neiman have done before him. But where Neiman's sports illustrations were bright, splashy and chaotic. Generrett's are concise. The energy that Neiman tended to splash out is contained inside of Generette's works, so that they vibrate with a barely-contained energy. Read more... More about Russell Westbrook, Pencil, Ipad, Sports, and Entertainment Read More »George W. Bush sides with the media against Trump
George W. Bush is back, baby. The 43rd president of the United States had his fun playing with ponchos at Trump's inauguration, but now it's time to get down to business. On Monday, Bush visited NBC’s Today and publicly took a side in Trump's war against the media. And FYI, Trump — he chose the media. To recap: In case we weren't all aware of President Trump's negative feelings towards the media and "fake news" outlets like CNN, he was sure to remind us with a dramatic statement on President's Day, of all days. On Feb. 17, Trump celebrated the holiday by using Twitter to declare that he views media as the "enemy of the American people!" Read more... More about Nbc, Today Show, Video, Politics, and Conversations Read More » | ||||
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