Bill Gates enjoys sharing his favorite recent reads on his Gates Notes blog. But this time, the Microsoft co-founder decided to share five of his all-time favorites. (His write-ups are a little different than the casual book recommendations you migh…
Mike Tyson infamously bit a chunk out of Evander Holyfield’s ear in the 1997 WBA Heavyweight Championship fight. But now the two former opponents have joined to sell marijuana gummi candies shaped like ears with bites out of them. The candies are ca…
I think about Wordle way too much. My two-step strategy of beginning with TRAIN and then trying CLOSE as the second word got me to a near-100 winning streak before I blew it a month back, when I guessed VAULT instead of FAULT. Whoops. My FAULT.So I …
My dear mother-in-law died a year ago, and despite her best-laid plans to get her affairs in order before she passed, she didn’t quite manage it. That means I’m constantly on the phone these days with everyone from the IRS to attorneys to CPAs. And …
A new trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water, came out on Wednesday, taking fans back to the world of the blue-skinned Na’vi for the first time since 2009. The full Avatar 2 trailer follows a teaser trailer that came out in May and drew 25 million vie…
Netflix dropped the first trailer for season 5 of The Crown on Thursday, giving a first look at Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II. But who are we kidding? Most viewers’ focus will be on Elizabeth Debicki, Diana, Princess of Wales, and to a …
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Ben Simpson-Vernon, a veterinarian in England, went viral recently with two TikTok videos. The first listed the five dog breeds he’d never choose (sorry, pugs), and the second listed five dog breeds he would pick (yay for mongrels!)….
Clam mayonnaise? Yep, clam mayonnaise. That may not be your thing, but game company Cards Against Humanity is now selling it — and each jar has a batch of treasures submerged inside.You can buy the clammy condiment, which the company says is a “tan…
When news spread on Tuesday that beloved actress Angela Lansbury had died at 96, I wanted nothing more than to settle in front of the TV and watch her in one of her most iconic roles, that of widowed mystery author and sleuth Jessica Fletcher in Mur…
Keanu Reeves has played some iconic characters in his 58 years, including Ted in the Bill & Ted movies, John Wick and Neo in The Matrix films. But he has yet to play the role his 10-year-old self would like to see him tackle. In an interview on …
Think your cat’s big? Not compared with Fenrir. Fenrir is 18.83 inches (47.83 centimeters) tall, and the Guinness Book of World Records has named him the world’s tallest living domestic cat.His name, Fenrir, comes from one of Saturn’s moons, Guinnes…
It’s-a him. Chris Pratt as Mario in the movie. OK, so co-producer Chris Meledandri confirmed back in 2021 that Pratt wasn’t going to use the stereotyped voice of the video game plumber in the upcoming animated Mario film. But on Thursday, …
Enjoying HBO Max’s House of the Dragon? Me too. At least, what I can see of the Game of Thrones prequel. Seven episodes in, it’s fair to say the show is abnormally dark, and I don’t mean gloomy and pessimistic, though it is those things. I…
Popular YouTuber Dream has been a household name among gamers for years — but they never knew what he looked like. Until Sunday, when he revealed his face in a long-awaited video that earned more than 1 million views in under 45 minutes.”What do I do?…