3,600-year-old disposable cup shows even our ancestors hated doing dishes
A disposable cup sits in a museum gallery, fully intact even after being cast aside thousands of years ago. But this isn’t a vision of the…
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The surprising ads once used to sell tours to deadly volcano
With hindsight, it looks embarrassingly inappropriate, but long before New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupted killing at least 16 people…
Continue Reading Thousands of ‘penis fish’ washed up on a California beach
A horde of large, fat worms descended upon a central California beach, spooked out of their burrows by a bomb cyclone. Wildlife enthusiast David Ford…
Continue Reading ‘Watchmen’ connects its threads in a strange but satisfying finale
The following contains spoilers about the “Watchmen” season finale, “See How They Fly.” The “Watchmen” finale…
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg and German railway company trade tweets about ‘overcrowded trains’
Greta Thunberg’s tweet about riding on the floor of a train didn’t sit well with German railway company Deutsche Bahn, which said she had…
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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is restarting a program that allows people to go through security and meet loved ones at the gate without…
Continue Reading Scarlett Johansson rescues ‘SNL’ cast from Thanos in ‘Avengers’-themed monologue
Scarlett Johansson hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the sixth time, but this time, she also starred as a hero. In an…
Continue Reading Scarlett Johansson calls Colin Jost’s proposal a ‘whole James Bond situation’
Scarlett Johansson describes the proposal from her fiancé Colin Jost as “a very special moment” and “a lovely special…
Continue Reading Miss Jamaica crowned 2019 Miss World
Jamaica’s Toni-Ann Singh was crowned Miss World on Saturday. “To that little girl in St. Thomas, Jamaica and all the girls around the…
Continue Reading Colin Firth and his wife announce their separation
British actor Colin Firth and his Italian wife Livia have separated after 22 years of marriage, according to the couple’s publicists.…
Continue Reading UNESCO removes ‘anti-Semitic’ Belgian carnival from heritage list
A Belgian carnival has been removed from UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list after officials found the “recurrence of racist and…
Continue Reading Linda Ronstadt’s biggest gamble
In the late 1970s, Linda Ronstadt was the biggest female rock star in America. She had a string of platinum records, she packed concert halls and her…
Continue Reading Miss World 2019: How to watch and what to expect
International pageant season continues, and this week it’s the Miss World organization’s turn to crown a global beauty queen.…
Continue Reading Sally Field arrested at Jane Fonda’s climate protest
Sally Field was the latest star to join Jane Fonda’s weekly climate protests. She left Friday’s rainy demonstration in front of the…
Continue Reading 13 best things to do in the Brazilian state of São Paulo
The biggest city in Brazil justifiably hogs the superlatives — the biggest this! The most that! The tallest this! The longest that! — but…
Continue Reading Nicki Minaj pays tribute to Juice WRLD in touching speech
Nicki Minaj paid tribute to Juice WRLD and couldn’t help but get emotional. Minaj, who was being awarded the 2019 Billboard Women in…
Continue Reading Danny Aiello of ‘Do The Right Thing’ and ‘Moonstruck’ dies at 86
Danny Aiello, a prolific actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as pizzeria owner Sal in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right…
Continue Reading Olivia Wilde addresses controversy around her ‘Richard Jewell’ character
Olivia Wilde is addressing the controversy surrounding the portrayal of her character, journalist Kathy Scruggs, in Clint Eastwood’s new film,…
Continue Reading ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ takes flight after the rise of the ‘Star Wars’ trolls
“Star Wars” has always enjoyed a strong bond with fans, which has become one of its defining features. Yet as “The Rise of…
Continue Reading A new Museum of Ice Cream flagship is opening in New York City
New York’s hottest museum’s got pastel pop art, its own subway and a line out the door and around the block. It also might not really be…
Continue Reading TLC’s new ‘Hot & Heavy’ series faces backlash
TLC has a new reality show about plus-sized women and their thinner love interests and it’s turning into a bigger deal than the network may…
Continue Reading Jason Aldean talks trauma of Vegas shooting
Jason Aldean recently performed in Las Vegas, two years after 58 people were killed during one of his performances. The country superstar was playing…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift honors women and slams Scooter Braun in Woman of the Decade speech
Taylor Swift used her moment as a Billboard honoree to do what she’s been doing — speak her truth and advocate for creatives. The singer,…
Continue Reading The luxury yacht that turns into a submarine
It looks like something straight out of a James Bond movie, but this concept might just signal that the future of superyachts is sub-aquatic. Dreamed…
Continue Reading An octopus caught a bald eagle in a death grip. Thanks to some salmon farmers, the eagle survived
A team of salmon farmers are feeling pretty proud after they were able to rescue a bald eagle from an octopus off the northwest tip of Canada’s…
Continue Reading Desert hunting with the falcons of Abu Dhabi
Twelve-year-old Mohammad is the first to spot the tracks. Jumping from the SUV driven by his father, Ali, he races a few yards over the desert sands…
Continue Reading ‘Survivor’ contestant Dan Spilo ‘removed’ from competition
For the first time in the history of the long-running competition show “Survivor,” a contestant was pulled from the series over an issue…
Continue Reading Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In the Heights’ trailer debuts
We now have a look at Lin-Manuel Miranda bringing one of his Broadway hits to the big screen. The first trailer for “In the Heights”…
Continue Reading Kristen Dahlgren’s reporting on cancer symptoms may have saved her life
Cancer was the last thing on NBC correspondent Kristen Dahlgren’s mind. Dahlgren shared her story Wednesday with “Today” and said…
Continue Reading ‘Surviving R. Kelly Part II’ — what we know
“Surviving R. Kelly” had a such an impact that Lifetime is airing a sequel. The original six-hour docuseries scored more than 26 million…
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