A U.S. Army private is accused of planning a violent attack on his own unit with the Order of the Nine Angles — a neo-Nazi satanic group based in the U.K., sometimes called the O9A or ONA — according to a grand-jury indictment unsealed Monday. Ethan Melzer, a 22-year-old soldier …
Read More »Hannibal Buress Announces New Standup Special 'Miami Nights'
Hannibal Buress has announced plans to premiere his new standup special on YouTube in July. Dubbed Miami Nights, the special will focus on Buress’ arrest during the 2017 Art Basel Miami; bodycam footage from that arrest — where Buress yells “This cop is stupid as fuck” into the camera — …
Read More »Why Older People Might Suffer Most, Post-Pandemic
Thanks to advancements in medicine, skin care, and elective cosmetic treatments, our picture of aging has changed radically over the past several decades. More people are dyeing their hair when it turns gray, and we now have a better understanding of the impact of exercise and nutrition on both physical …
Read More »What 'Bad Education' Got Right — and Wrong — About the Real-Life Scandal
The only thing better than a fictionalized version of a real-life scandal is one that prominently features Long Island accents, and HBO‘s Bad Educationticks all those boxes and more. Based on a mid-2000s scandal in Roslyn, a well-off suburb of New York City, the movie tells the story of Superintendent …
Read More »Celebs Are Bored: Walton Goggins Makes Hump Day Cocktails, Yells at the Sky
As much of America continues to self-quarantine, the propensity to go stir crazy increases with each passing day. Celebrities are no different: bored out of their minds while sitting at home indefinitely. Maybe they are ceaselessly launching Instagram Lives just for some human connection. Maybe they’re teasing us with some …
Read More »The Reason You're Exhausted Is 'Moral Fatigue'
A few short weeks ago — in what now feels like a different lifetime — most of us went about our days making a series of low-impact decisions and not thinking twice about them. Bacon-egg-and-cheese sandwich from the cart outside the office for breakfast? Don’t mind if I do. A …
Read More »How Some Molecular Biophysicists Are Trying to Find a Cure for COVID-19
As COVID-19 (otherwise known as novel coronavirus) spreads around the globe and the United States — where it has killed an estimated 27 people as of this writing — health care experts and scientists are working around the clock to try to find a vaccine or cure. One of these …
Read More »Philadelphia Flyers' Mascot Gritty Absolved After Alleged Altercation With Fan
Philadelphia Flyers mascot/local legend/leftist icon/all-around internet hero, Gritty, has been cleared of any wrongdoing after an alleged altercation with a young fan, NBC News reports. The alleged incident took place back in November during a meet-and-greet with the portly, bug-eyed, ceaselessly rambunctious mascot for season ticket-holders at the Wells Fargo …
Read More »The 2010s Was the Decade of Bad Men. Will the 2020s Be Better?
In 2016, the writer Chuck Klosterman wrote an essay for the New York Times speculating about which musician will be taught in history classes 300 years from now as emblematic of American rock music. After going through all the usual suspects — the Beatles, the Stones, Elvis, Dylan — he …
Read More »Ryan Reynolds Recruits 'Peloton Wife' for Spoof on Viral Ad
Following the release of a viral, controversial Peloton ad on Thanksgiving, Ryan Reynolds recruited the actress at the center of the commercial for a spoof from his Aviation gin company. Peloton, a company known for its exercise bikes, released its 30-second Christmas commercial earlier this week featuring a man who …
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