Pokemon is officially celebrating its 25th anniversary next week, but Nintendo is kicking off the festivities early with a variety of new merch, events, and more. The latest collaboration is with apparel brand Levi’s, so if you’re looking to add some new Pokemon gear to your wardrobe, now’s a great …
Read More »Donald Trump Resigns From The Screen Actors Guild
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that former president Donald Trump has resigned from the Screen Actors Guild as the union moved through a disciplinary procedure that could have resulted in ousting him. Basically, he quit before they could toss him out. Trump sent a letter to union president Gabrielle Carteris …
Read More »The SEC Is Apparently Looking For Evidence Of Fraud Around GameStop Stocks
After a tumultuous week that saw GameStop’s previously flagging stock rise to prices of over $400 per share, sources cited by Bloomberg claim the SEC is looking over social media and forum posts for evidence of market manipulation. The investigation will also look into other companies caught up in the …
Read More »AMC Stocks The Next Target Of Reddit Traders
The stock market has been going through some interesting ups and downs recently, and it’s all thanks to a group of Reddit users who are targeting certain stocks to push their value to incredible levels. GameStop was targeted first, and now, they’ve set their sights on AMC Theatres. Stock prices …
Read More »Disney Removes Culturally Insensitive Depiction Of Indigenous People From Jungle Cruise
Disney has announced that changes are in store for the Jungle Cruise attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, with the main impetus for the change being to address “the negative depictions of ‘natives.'” In a post on the D23 website, Imagineering exec Chris Beatty describes what the changes will …
Read More »Ryan Reynolds Makes Raunchy Twitter Joke About 2010 Sesame Street Appearance
An eagle-eyed fan watching Sesame Street reruns with her child recently spotted actor Ryan Reynolds singing while wearing the letter A way back in 2010. That’s pretty much all the setup you need to appreciate and understand the deadpan crack (no pun intended) Reynolds made when responding to the excited …
Read More »Comedian Dave Chappelle Tests Positive For COVID-19
Comedian Dave Chappelle has tested positive for COVID-19, according to The New York Times. Chappelle was set for a weekend of shows with comedian-podcaster Joe Rogan in Austin, Texas at the Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater, but the shows have now been canceled. “Dave Chappelle is quarantined after testing positive for …
Read More »These Memes Prove Inauguration Day Belonged To Bernie Sanders
Yes, yes, Wednesday saw the end of the Trump-Pence administration and the beginning of the Biden-Harris one–but the moment and arguably the day belonged to Bernie Sanders. Chances are if you’re reading this, you’re already well aware that a photo of the United States senator from Vermont attending the inauguration …
Read More »Pizza Hut Wants To Deliver Pizzas By Drone
When drone technology first started to emerge as a new viable, flyable conveyance the pitch by engineers and companies emphasized the pragmatic: Drones would be a way to make unmanned deliveries, for example, of textbooks to students who live far away from schools. Many years later, and the promise for …
Read More »Six Asteroids Will Pass Close To Earth Today
Six asteroids will pass by Earth on January 20, which just so happens to be Inauguration Day in the US (via ZME Science). Fortunately, or unfortunately–depending on if you have a nihilistic wish for 2021 to just be over already–the asteroids will not collide with our planet. According to ZME …
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