Entertainment | Film

Russell Crowe Is Right, If You Think ‘Master And Commander' Is Boring, You Need To Grow Up

The 2003 epic film about masculine virtue isn’t for woke zoomers and permanently adolescent millennials. "Master and Commander" is a film for real adults.

Entertainment | Film

Woody Harrelson And Kevin Costner Star In Netflix’s ‘The Highwaymen,’ A Movie By And For Bitter Dads

Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson star in ’The Highwaymen,’ a revisionist take on Bonnie and Clyde that doesn’t quite have guts.

Entertainment | Film

How shapeshifter Bill Belichick has beaten a league built for parity for 18 years

The New England Patriots head coach is an economics major, and his exploitation of market inefficiency has helped him dominate the NFL

Entertainment | Film

Ridley Scott Moving Forward With ‘Gladiator 2’; Peter Craig To Write Script For Paramount

EXCLUSIVE: While he has been eyeing other projects that include a coming of age Merlin movie at Disney, Ridley Scott has begun forward progress on a sequel to Gladiator, the 2000 film which garnere…

Entertainment | Film

Ridley Scott’s bringing the Battle of Britain to the big screen · Newswire · The A.V. Club

rhaps wanting to remind the public of the role his homeland played in ending World War II, Ridley Scott is planning to direct a movie about the Battle of Britain.

I am not a Ridley Scott fan, but I can see him doing a fantastic job with The Battle of Britain.

Music | Bands

How Eddie Van Halen 'scared the hell out of a million guitarists' - BBC News

How Eddie Van Halen changed the sound of rock music forever, one riff at a time.

Music | Bands

Cops and Surgeon Who Tried to Save John Lennon’s Life Recall Night of ‘Bedlam,’ Nearly 40 Years Later

Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, is up for parole next year.

What a terrible night.

Music | Bands

Merle Haggard: 30 Essential Songs

From the defiance of

Music | Bands

RIP, Franny Beecher, guitarist for Bill Haley & the Comets

Norristown native also played wiht Benny Goodman and Buddy Greco.

Music | Bands

Kiss won't play at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction over members dispute 

The 40-year-old group is unable to agree on which lineup should perform during the April 10 ceremony in New York City, and has decided not to plug in at all.

Books | Books

8 facts that will convince you to read a book instead of binge-watching TV tonight - Business Insider

Binge-watching suddenly doesn't look so attractive.

Books | Books

New Data Analysis Suggests Only Six Book Plots Exist

Everyone who secretly thought that all novels have the same plot can feel vindicated by new research supporting that suspicion. Sort of.

Books | Books

What Bill O’Reilly’s new book on Ronald Reagan gets wrong about Ronald Reagan - The Washington Post

Bad sources and old misconceptions persist in "Killing Reagan"

This is very interesting. These are pro-Reagan authors slamming Bill O' Reilly's book. I haven't read it yet. I am not sure that I will (not just because if this article, but because I question the scholarship of his books, they are clearly meant for a very mass market).

Books | Books

UK bookseller takes Kindles off shelves to make room for books

A large book retailer in the UK has decided to pull Kindles from its shelves after "pitiful" sales to put physical books back in their places.

This is great news!

Books | Books

7 (Fairly) New Books Every Middle-Aged Person Should Read This Summer

Now that nearly everyone in the world has finished The Goldfinch, we need some other book recommendations to get us through the summer. Huff/Post50 turned to its Facebook community to find out wha

I have a few years until "middle age," but these are good books for all of us.

Entertainment | Television

15 Must-See TV Shows for Architects and Architecture Lovers

We picked architecture shows that include interesting world-building, unique design, and even ones that feature architects as characters.

Entertainment | Television

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the New Perry Mason

One writer's reluctant journey towards enjoying the dark HBO reboot of 'Perry Mason,' starring Matthew Rhys.

Entertainment | Television

Jimmy Kimmel Knows Who's Really Replacing Bill O'Reilly | The Huffington Post

Entertainment | Television

Leave It To Beaver: Classic TV star reunited with his classic car - CBS News 8 - San Diego

A star of classic television is reunited with his beloved classic car. Tony Dow of Leave it to Beaver sold his Chevy Corair more than 50-years ago and on Wednesday he got it back. 

This is a crazy, and pretty neat, story.

Entertainment | Television

Matthew Weiner Is Still Trolling ‘Mad Men’ Theorists With Even More Charles Manson Allusions

Matthew Weiner resurrected his favorite game in last night's 'Mad Men' episode: Screw with the Charles Manson theorists.

Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous

How Crime Scene Analysts Collect and Preserve Fingerprints | WIRED

A veteran analyst explains the work of gathering fingerprints that can link a suspect to a crime—even after it rains.

Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous

Life in Alaska in the Round-the-Clock Darkness of Polar Night | The New Yorker

Coralie Kraft writes on the photo series “Polar Night,” by the photographer Mark Mahaney, which chronicles a two-month winter period of uninterrupted darkness in Utqiagvik, Alaska.

Yikes! This is definitely NOT for me.

Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous

The 18 Best City Parks in America

From well-known emerald gems like LA’s Griffith Park in Los Angeles, to underrated spots like Forest Park in St. Louis or Falls Park in...

Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous

This video series teaches you all the Photoshop basics for free

Popular YouTube channel TastyTuts has put together this 33-video Beginner's Guide to Adobe Photoshop—a godsend for anybody who wants to learn Photoshop from scratch.

Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous

What Makes a Genius?

Some minds are so exceptional they change the world. We don’t know exactly why these people soar above the rest of us, but science offers us clues.

Humor | Funny Stuff

22 Words That Have A Totally Different Meaning In The South

It's more than a region, it's a state of mind.

Most of y'all won't get this.

Humor | Funny Stuff

Back-To-School Preparation Tips For Parents | The Onion - America's Finest News

With millions of children heading back to school next week, parents across the country are stocking up on supplies, getting in touch with teachers, and setting expectations to help their kids succeed.

Humor | Funny Stuff

Palestinians Starting To Have Mixed Feelings About Being Used As Human Shields

BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP—Saying they’ve begun to reevaluate their stance as the latest outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence has escalated, hundreds of residents of the Gaza Strip told reporters Friday they are starting to have mixed feelings

Humor | Funny Stuff

New Social Media Startup Launches, Shuts Down Within 45 Minutes

PALO ALTO, CA—FrendTrend, a new social media startup that branded itself as “a fun, intuitive way to connect and share with friends online,” celebrated its long-awaited launch at 9 a.m.

Humor | Funny Stuff

10 Party Moments Only Sober People Understand

Home Improvement | Do It Yourself

23 DIY Repurpose Projects for Almost Anything: From Coffee Filters to Toilet Paper Tubes

Turn trash into treasure with these clever ideas to repurpose recyclables into usable goods for your home.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

AT&T is reportedly in talks to merge its media business with Discovery

AT&T acquired WarnerMedia for $85 billion just three years ago

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

How Intel is leveraging AI to drive sales

Intel is adopting AI internally to bolster its sales and marketing efforts, including through the use of natural language processing.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Wall Street Gears up for Second Bout Against Reddit Traders

US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics, business, health, and education.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

The next round of PPP loans will soon be available. Here's what you need to know to apply

The latest coronavirus relief bill allocated $285 billion to another round of the Paycheck Protection Program. Here's how small businesses should prepare.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

4 Mistakes Your Startup Is (Likely) Making With Customer-Relationship Management

Make sure you get it right the first time around.

Travel | Travel

Airbus has patented a jet that could take you from Tokyo to Los Angeles in three hours

Over four times the speed of sound

Travel | Travel

Use a 'Fake' Location to Get Cheaper Plane Tickets!

I can't explain airline pricing but I do know some plane tickets can be cheaper depending on where you buy them or, even better, where you appear to buy them from....

I will be trying this.

Travel | Travel

Attendees of this festival slept on hammocks that hung across the Italian alps » Lost At E Minor: For creative people

That’s definitely going on my NOT-bucket-list list. At Italy’s biggest slackline festival, the International Highline Meeting, attendees (or slackers, as t

Yeah. I will skip this.

Travel | Travel

8 Travel Hacks for Your Next Vacation | Mental Floss

Contrary to the saying, getting there is not always half the fun. Don’t let airport hassles, dead phones, and suitcase disasters get in your way. Instead, try these convenient travel hacks to make your vacation the relaxing trip it should be.

These are great tips. especially the one about why you need to delete your cookies when you search for deals!

Travel | Travel

The 99 problems with flying!

While there are probably a thousand things that make flying absolutely awful, we narrowed it down to the worst 99.

This list is pretty comprehensive!

History | History

8 of History's Strangest Taxes

History is full of kings and governments who have tried to earn money by taxing anything from beards to bachelors.

History | History

The fastest man-made object is a manhole cover that was blasted into space by an underground nuclear test

It was “going like a bat!”

History | History

Son of a pilot shares how a West Point ring saved his father from the Nazis during WWII

Son of a pilot shares how a West Point ring saved his father from the Nazis during WW2

History | History

Beware Political Agendas That Come With Thanksgiving 'Myth-Busting'

Revisionist histories are nearly always written (or posted to the internet) with an agenda in mind — it's no different for the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving.

History | History

How Wild Bill Hickok Became an American Legend

Wild Bill Hickok personified the archetype of the gentleman gunfighter in the history of the American West. HowStuffWorks looks at his life and times.

Health & Fitness | Health

Baking soda: A safe, easy treatment for arthritis?

Baking soda is a kitchen staple and go-to home remedy for many conditions. But how and why might it help to treat inflammatory diseases such as arthritis?

Health & Fitness | Health

There's new evidence that Silicon Valley's favorite diet could help delay aging

A new study in animals suggests that significantly slashing calorie intake could come with some positive benefits, but more studies in people are needed.

Health & Fitness | Health

The colors you see behind your eyes could hold clues for scientists about treating depression

As sophisticated as our brains are, they can be easily fooled. Take vision for example: Our eyes gather in information about the outside world and signal to the optic nerve, which turns this info into electrical signals in a part of the brain called the v

Health & Fitness | Health

9 Ways To Fall Asleep Faster (Without Counting Sheep)

By Alex Orlov for Life by DailyBurn If you feel wide awake when your head hits the pillow at night, you're not alone. Approximately 60 million Americans report having experienced insomnia in any given year, according to the National Institute of N...

I definitely need more sleep!

Health & Fitness | Health

Pain Really Is All In Your Head And Emotion Controls Intensity : Shots - Health News : NPR

Humiliation, fear and unpredictability all turn up the volume on pain, research shows. And meditation can turn down pain's intensity, according to scientists who are starting to figure out why.

This is a very interesting discussion on what causes pain.

News | News

Wisconsin father sets new pushup world record to raise money for family of fallen first responders

A Wisconsin father of three accomplished one of his greatest goals – completing 1,500,231 push-ups to set a new world record for most push-ups done in a year. The best part though? It was all to raise money for the families of fallen first responders.

News | News

United Airlines Says It Wants 50% Of Pilots Trained In Next Decade To Be Women Or People Of Color

United Airlines announced on Tuesday that it would increase the number of women and people of color who become pilots, setting a goal for 50% of the 5,000

This is insane.

News | News

Fact Check: Did Military Play 'Hit the Road Jack' Outside White House on Trump's Last Day?

On Donald Trump's last day as president, social media was full of memes and posts to mark the end of his term.

Fact check: No, the media just lied as usual.

News | News

Closed California versus open Florida, who is outperforming the other?

Nearly a year since COVID-19 first touched the United States, California, and Florida – both of which have responded to the pandemic in their own ways – are yielding vastly different results.

News | News

FTC and State AGs v. Facebook: Monopolization Law Faces Biggest Challenge in Decades

The FTC and attorneys general of 48 states recently filed antitrust lawsuits against Facebook for allegedly monopolizing the “personal social network services” market. Jonathan Rubin and Jennifer M. Oliver, partners at MoginRubin LLP, say the agencies wil

Politics | Politics

California Bans Single-Family Zoning In Most Neighborhoods Statewide

Mere days after surviving a vigorous and expensive recall attempt, California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom wasted no time quietly signing three authoritarian housing bills into law....

Definitely the most stupid state.

Politics | Politics

CNN: Biden's Agencies Bringing Afghans 'With No Documents' to U.S.

Afghans are arriving in the U.S. despite having "no documents whatsoever" after having been screened and approved Biden's agencies.

Politics | Politics

Dennis Prager: Crisis in Afghanistan & Tyranny in Australia | PragerU

Pulling our remaining 2,500 troops out of Afghanistan? Dennis was against it. And he was against it for the reasons we are now witnessing today. Also in the news: chaos, mandates, and tyranny in Australia. Dennis, as always, provides needed perspective an

Politics | Politics

Twitter Suspends Journalist for Repeating CDC Vaccine Data the Big Tech Giant Doesn't Like

Twitter Suspends Journalist for… Sharing CDC Data on Vaccines?
There’s an old saying about shooting the messenger: Don’t.
It’s not a very clever saying, but it’s still go...

Politics | Politics

Kamala Harris Visits Walter Reed For ‘Routine Appointment’ Days After Meeting COVID-Positive Texas Dems

Vice President Kamala Harris made a previously unannounced visit to Walter Reed Medical Center Sunday for a “routine doctor’s appointment,” according to Fox News.

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

This is how much exercise you really need to stay healthy at 40, 50, and 60

Researchers followed 5,000 adults around for 30 years and learned a thing or two about what keeps people healthy.

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

How much exercise do I need at 40 or 50? This study tells you

Researchers followed 5,000 adults around for 30 years and learned a thing or two about what keeps people healthy.

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

This is your brain on video games

Given the immense power that games have to alter our consciousness, it’s natural to wonder what long-term effects they might have on our brains.

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

Why Do We Call a Leg Cramp a Charley Horse? | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

A new kind of doctor's office charges a monthly fee and doesn't take insurance — and it could be the future of medicine

Direct primary care is a new movement of doctors and healthcare providers who don't accept insurance — instead relying on a monthly membership fee.

Food & Drink | Food & Drink

The 31 Best Steakhouses in America

Want to know where to eat steak in the United States? We've got you covered right here.

Food & Drink | Food & Drink

Instead of sipping, here's what you should do when your waiter serves you a sample glass of wine

There's a certain etiquette that diners should follow when ordering a bottle of wine at a restaurant.

Science & Technology | Tech News

This site tells you if Google’s new ad tech is ‘spying’ on you

Google vowed a few weeks ago to stop allowing advertisers to track users online with third-party cookies, a move intended to improve user privacy. But Google also said at the time that it would introduce FLoC (or Federated Learning of Cohorts), a new tech

Science & Technology | Tech News

DuckDuckGo uses App Store privacy labels to call out Google for ‘spying’ on users - 9to5Mac

Google is slowly updating its many iOS applications with App Store privacy labels, detailing the type of data it collects from users. The Google and Chrome applications were recently updated with these new labels, and DuckDuckGo is already using them to i

Science & Technology | Tech News

Apple urges iPhone, iPad users to update operating system immediately after security flaws 'may have been actively exploited’

The security flaws impact the iPhone 6s and later, the iPad Air 2 and later, the iPad mini 4 and later, and the iPod touch (7th generation).

Science & Technology | Tech News

The next iPhone might have an in-screen fingerprint scanner | Engadget

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company’s engineers see this as an “S” kind of year after they built so many improvements into the iPhone 12.

Science & Technology | Tech News

Leading computer scientists debate the next steps for AI in 2021

What do we need to push AI to the next level? A panel of experts hosted by Montreal AI discussed possible answers.