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.featured-image-inner (end) .featured-image (end) .featured-image-wrapper (end) (Header Photo Credit: US Army Europe) CBS and Paramount handed down new Star Trek Fan Film guidelines and most fans are livid: At the time of writing, the official post on Star Trek’s Facebook page had 1,300+ comments. 1,300+ “angry” and “sad” reactions. Tweets from Trekkie lawyers like Ryan Kairalla and…
This post contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 10 of Game of Thrones. Proceed at your own peril. HBO What an EXPLOSIVE finale. HBO HBO Not only was the R+L=J theory confirmed, but so was another incredibly popular fan theory: that Cersei Lannister would go full Mad Queen and blow up King’s Landing with wildfire. And SHE DID IT….
This post contains spoilers for the Season 6 finale ofGame of Thrones. HBO YOU GUYS. THEY DID IT. THEY ACTUALLY FREAKING DID IT. HBO After years of dropping hints, fan speculation and one massive tease earlier this season, Game of Thrones finally took us inside the Tower of Joy. We saw Lyanna Stark dying in her bed of blood. We saw her…
View this image › People await word of whether the Supreme Court would rule on the pending abortion provider restrictions case on June 23, 2016. Chris Geidner/BuzzFeed ID: 8987431 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down two provisions of a Texas law imposing restrictions on abortion providers. The case, Whole Woman’s Health v….
As I taught, I lived in a locked compound under complete surveillance: Every room was bugged, every class recorded. I scribbled down conversations as they happened and buried my notes in a lesson plan. I wrote at night, erasing the copy from my laptop each time I signed off, saving it to USB sticks…
Signet CEO Mark Light. CNBC screengrab Mark Light – who runs the company that owns Kay Jewelers, Zales, and Jared’s Galleria – is having a particularly hard few weeks. It started when BuzzFeed published a story about women across the US who believe that the diamonds in their engagement rings are being switched out when…
People have been reporting incidents of racism believed to be fuelled by the result of the EU referendum, including alleged racist graffiti and cards reading “no more Polish vermin” posted through letterboxes. Suspected racist graffiti was found on the front entrance of the Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) in Hammersmith, west London, early on…
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK U.S. business investment, already heading for its worst slowdown since the global financial crisis, could decline further as Britain’s vote to leave the European Union creates more risks for companies, economists say. With growth tepid at home, North American companies as diverse as plane maker Boeing Co (BA.N), Ford Motor Co (F.N),…
A rally by a small group of neo-Nazi demonstrators at the state Capitol on Sunday erupted into a violent clash with protesters that left at least 10 people injured – five of them stabbed – and closed down streets as more than 100 police in riot gear and on horseback intervened to halt the mayhem….
Photo: AP The Reuters Digital News Report is co-sponsored by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, and is available online at digitalnewsreport.org. Reuters is launching their 2016 Digital News Report at the Tow Center this afternoon. Click here for the livestream. Check back later for Emily Bell’s presentation of Tow research on the close relationship…