As though launching his own meme coin days before the inauguration wasn’t potentially corrupt enough, three months later, President Donald Trump had his crypto team announce a special dinner party for the 220 top holders of $TRUMP, calling it the “most EXCLUSIVE INVITATION in the World.” It temporarily juiced the …
Read More »'Mario' Creator Shigeru Miyamoto Touts Nintendo's New Theme Park: 'Joy Like Nothing Else'
Today, the Mushroom Kingdom officially welcomes theme park goers in Orlando, Florida, through the gates with the grand opening of Super Nintendo World. One of five areas that make of the new Universal Epic Universe — which also includes Celestial Park, the monster-themed Dark Universe, and worlds based on The …
Read More »Tom Cruise Wants You to Know That It's Just Not a Movie Without Popcorn
Audiences around the world are in a state of thrumming anticipation as they await the release of Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, the eighth and ultimate installment in the long-running spy thriller franchise. The movie promises to once again raise the bar for death-defying stunts by star Tom Cruise …
Read More »How Kip Williams Remade 'Dorian Gray' for the TikTok Generation
Few people likely associate Oscar Wilde’s famed 1890 novella The Picture of Dorian Gray with the tech-laden, scroll-heavy social media of the 21st century. But for Tony-nominated director Kip Williams, this landmark work of queer literature and the fast-paced digital landscape of TikTok are a perfect fit — and the …
Read More »A Momfluencer's Son Drowned. Now Other Parents Are Rethinking How Much They Share Online
On Sunday, three-year-old Trigg Kiser died following a drowning incident. According to local NBC affiliate 12 News, authorities responded to a call in Chandler, Arizona, where they found the boy unconscious after being pulled out of a pool. The child was airlifted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The circumstances of the …
Read More »Covid Vaccine Boosters Won't Be Available for Healthy Adults Under 65. How Will That Work?
On May 20, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials announced that Covid-19 vaccines will no longer be available to everyone. Instead, annual boosters will be limited to people ages 65 and older, and those with certain medical conditions that put them at high risk for severe infection. In a …
Read More »His Wife Went Missing. The Way He Responded Convinced Cops He'd Killed Her
When Jennifer Farber Dulos, a Brooklyn-raised daughter of great wealth and privilege, a member of the Brown Class of 1990 and once a member of the New York’s downtown literary elite, vanished after dropping her five kids off at the New Canaan Country School on the morning of May 24, …
Read More »Hannah Kobayashi Reflects on 'Loss and Pain and Suffering' Six Months After Disappearance
Hannah Kobayashi still isn’t quite ready to talk about what happened. In November 2024, the 30-year-old was reported missing when she wasn’t on her scheduled connecting flight from LAX to New York City, where she was meeting a family friend. When she was found in December, having traveled down to …
Read More »These Esports Players Are Training Like F1 Racers
Tucked away in a nondescript complex in Santa Monica, California, is a one garage-doored building surrounded by palm trees. It’s easy to miss, with an entrance hidden far from public view on the rear side of its plain slab exterior — which is important given the exclusive clientele that come …
Read More »Palm Springs Bombing Suspect Apparently Promoted Human Extinction
Guy Edward Bartkus, the 25-year-old man suspected of bombing a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California on Saturday in a suicide attack that injured four others, left behind what the FBI described as “anti-pro-life” writings full of “nihilistic ideations.” His apparent opposition to human procreation would seem to explain the …
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