Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Terminator Genisys was a flop in the United States, making just $89 million here. But now Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return to the franchise has scored a monster opening day in China, which means it will probably wind up being considered a hit overall. And a sequel just got much more likely. Genisys made $27.4 million on…
AddThis Button Begin NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – That’s one way to enjoy your retirement. Jon Stewart, a lifelong wrestling fan, seems to have settled on at least one part of his post-“Daily Show” career: Professional wrestling. Stewart hosted the WWE’s “SummerSlam” at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn Sunday night, where he disrupted a match by…
Protecting the innocent doesn’t necessarily have to overlap with the execution of bad guys, but don’t tell that to Batman. As the following supercut from YouTuber Mr Sunday Movies shows, the Caped Crusader doesn’t just occasionally end the life of a supervillain after extended fights and with great regret. No, he brings death and…
If your only source of information were Fox News, what would it teach you about women? If this supercut from the liberal-leaning watchdog group Media Matters for America is anything to go by, nothing good. In this six-minute video, Fox hosts and guests repeatedly belittle, insult, harass, and objectify women — including women Fox anchors…
Photo Jon Stewart hosts WWE SummerSlam 2015 at Barclays Center. Credit Jp Yim/Getty Images Hard on the heels of his retirement from “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart hosted World Wrestling Entertainment’s 28th annual SummerSlam on Sunday, and divided wrestling fans by influencing the outcome of a key match. Other fans were just unimpressed. Mr. Stewart…
On July 11, 2000, in one of the more unlikely moments in the history of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Orrin Hatch handed the microphone to Metallica’s drummer, Lars Ulrich, to hear his thoughts on art in the age of digital reproduction. Ulrich’s primary concern was a new online service called Napster, which had debuted…
Some freshmen students at Duke University are protesting the assignment of Fun Home, claiming reading it would violate their Christian beliefs. Fun Home is an award-winning, New York Times best-selling graphic novel and memoir that was adapted for the theatre and recently won five Tonys, including the coveted Tony Award for Best Musical. The book and the Broadway…
Following the five more women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual abuse in August alone, a new report claims that his publicity team has had a eureka moment: Just say that the allegations are a big racist attack on an old, kind black man. Radar Online says that it spoke exclusively with an “insider,” and…
AddThis Button Begin WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — The IRS is getting pressured to begin cracking down on televangelists following a John Oliver segment on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight.” Oliver blasted televangelists this past Sunday for what he called “seed faith,” where they tell donors they will reap the rewards by giving money to them. “They preach something…
“Bitches ain’t shit.” But that reality rap ain’t for you, girl. That line is for them. For those women. Those women gotta change their ways to rid themselves of the label. Until then, how will men respect them? It’s a curious dynamic. Until you can figure that out, gon’ and let them play the song,…