Earlier this week, the Hallmark Channel pulled four ads for wedding website Zola because they featured a same-sex couple, bending to pressure from conservative group One Million Moms. Now it seems Hallmark is bending back the other way, pledging to reinstate the blushing brides after widespread backlash. A Hallmark Channel spokesperson initially told the New […]
Goo goo g'joob, Watchmen fans. HBO's first — and perhaps only! — season of Watchmen is now officially over and wow, what an ending. Jon Osterman, the being known as Doctor Manhattan, is dead? Maybe? Or is that Angela Abar's job now? It's more certain in the case of Lady Trieu, crushed beneath the weight of her own technological marvel (le […]
YouTuber David Dobrik took it upon himself to play Santa for a few fortunate strangers this Christmas, randomly distributing thousands of dollars in a surprise giving spree. While the vlogger's video uploaded Dec. 14 opens with a surprisingly violent Christmas skit, the holiday spirit truly shows its face when fellow YouTuber Erin Gilfoy confesses she f […]
Look. At one point or another, everyone's found themselves doing something a little unholy at a Denny's. The DIY music scene is known to throw shows wherever it can. Whether under a bridge or in a friend's friend's unfinished basement, dedicated artists can take any space and turn it into a decent venue. Denny's may be known for its […]
Baby boomers were the real snowflakes all along. A study published on Dec. 10 in Psychology and Aging found that although individuals tend to become less sensitive as they age, overall, millennials were less sensitive than baby boomers. It's the largest recorded study on narcissism ever conducted, Insider reports, with a study group of nearly 750 people […]
If you thought that maybe with Disney's 2012 purchase of Lucasfilm, or its 2019 purchase of 21st Century Fox, or the launch of Disney+ we'd finally get a new release of the de-specialized versions of the original Star Wars trilogy, we've got bad news. In an interview promoting the upcoming Rise of Skywalker, Abrams told Now This that, actuall […]
Baby Yoda has officially gone to the locals, but at least it's still cute. A horde of infants dressed as the internet's sweetheart lined up at a Sacramento Kings NBA game on Friday for what could have been a riveting race for the Best Baby Yoda. About a dozen Yoda hat-wearing babies waited at the starting line. Wriggling in their parents' arm […]
Frozen 2 continues to make all the money. The current weekend sees Disney Animation's latest crossing $1 billion at the global box office, making it the Disney label's third release to reach that milestoneFrozen 2 now joins Disney Animation's fellow billion dollar earners Zootopia and the original Frozen. The long-awaited sequel hit theaters i […]
After months of waiting, Apple's new, powerful (and expensive) Mac Pro is here, cheese grater casing and all. And while we've gotten up close with it in the past, the folks at iFixIt have done their thing and popped it open for all to see. Known for their tear-downs of new tech in an effort to help users understand how they can fix their own devic […]
The Hallmark Channel, producer of all your favorite schmaltzy Christmas movies, is facing a stiff online backlash after pulling multiple ads featuring same-sex couples kissing. The ads were pulled as a result of pressure from the conservative group, One Million Moms. The controversy started when Hallmark aired a series of ads for wedding planner site Zola, […]