It’s one of the most eagerly-awaited movies of the year, and while it won’t be out for awhile, there’s already big expectations. After all, The Hunger Games broke box office records and made a superstar out of Jennifer Lawrence, so it’s unsurprising that the teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 has gotten […]
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“Fifty Shades Of Grey” Trailer Debuts
Posted 7/24/2014 8:57 pm by Ron HoganIt’s the movie event of every middle-aged housewife’s year. The best-selling book Fifty Shades of Grey underwent a strange trip to the multiplex, but it looks like the long-awaited movie is finally becoming reality. No matter what happened, be it a change in lead actor or behind-the-scenes turmoil or aggressive fan responses to pretty much […]
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“Weird” Al Scores Number One Album After 30 Years
Posted 7/23/2014 11:03 pm by Ron Hogan“Weird” Al Yankovic first got attention back in the 1970’s with homemade recordings of parody songs performed by a boy and his accordion on the Dr. Demento radio show. Dr. Demento is long gone from the airwaves, but Weird Al seems to be stronger than ever some 30 years after he first took a swing […]
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Apple Patent Unveils iWatch
Posted 7/22/2014 9:07 pm by Ron HoganThe wrist is the latest battleground for the technologically-forward end user. You’ve got your tablet, your smartphone, your computer, and even your eyeglasses are connected to the Internet and are more capable than ever, but what about your wrist? There are already some smartwatches available, but it won’t really matter until Apple’s got its entry […]
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Facebook Mentions, A Celebrity-Only Facebook App
Posted 7/19/2014 11:12 am by Ron HoganEveryone wants to talk to celebrities. No matter how crazy the celebrity, everyone wants to be friends with them and get a little attention from one of the more interesting celebrities on social media. Twitter makes this much easier than Facebook, which isn’t exactly as user friendly or celebrity friendly as Twitter, but they’re actively […]
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Kindle Unlimited: All You Can Read For $9.99
Posted 7/19/2014 8:25 am by Ron HoganAmazon is looking to take up all your spare time. If you’re an Amazon Prime member, you’ve had streaming movies and television shows for awhile, with the recent addition of streaming audio files from Amazon’s library. Now they’re looking to turn their record-breaking Kindle device into a portable library in the truest sense of the word. […]
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Airliner Shot Down Over Ukraine
Posted 7/18/2014 8:08 am by Ron HoganIt seems odd to fly a plane over a war zone, but some 300 flights a day took place over the disputed eastern regions of Ukraine, mostly at heights between 33 and 37,000 feet. That’s high enough to avoid most surface-to-air missiles possessed by the Russia-backed insurgent groups. However, that’s no longer safe, and the […]
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Ron Howard To Direct Beatles Documentary
Posted 7/16/2014 7:17 pm by Ron HoganIt’s really a great merger of two of the world’s biggest icons. One’s a child star who became an adult star who became one of the most acclaimed directors of all time. The other is a rock and roll band that became a cuddly pop rock act and then became one of the biggest bands […]
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Pilot Flying J, Browns Owner Paying $92 Million Penalty
Posted 7/14/2014 7:49 pm by Ron HoganAs it turns out, greed is still good, Gordon Gekko. After all, using ill-gotten gains, you just might make enough money to buy a professional sports franchise, where only the sleaziest of men can survive. It’s just a shame it has to happen to the Cleveland Browns. Pilot Flying J has agreed to pay a […]
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LeBron James Is Going Back To Cleveland
Posted 7/11/2014 2:10 pm by Ron HoganIt all started with The Decision, the hour-long television special in which LeBron James fled his home state Cleveland Cavaliers to “take his talents to South Beach” and become a member of the star-studded Miami Heat. Playing alongside fellow supervillains Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, LeBron James won MVPs and NBA titles, and made it […]
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“How To Survive The Bulls Of Pamplona” Author Gored By Bull
Posted 7/10/2014 9:27 am by Ron HoganEven under the most controlled of circumstances, bulls are dangerous. In Spain, where bull fighting is still a revered sport in most locations where it isn’t banned and matadors are still something of a heroic figure when they don’t poop their pants running away from the bull, the bull is both a figure of sport […]
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J.K. Rowling Writes New Harry Potter Short Story
Posted 7/09/2014 10:47 am by Ron HoganGoofy glasses, forehead scar, and quidditch are all hallmarks of one particular person, the creation of author J.K. Rowling is known all around the world and has created legions of superfans in every place where good children’s literature is appreciated. Rowling’s become a multi-multi millionaire off the back of Harry Potter, and grown-up novels aside, […]
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Roller Coaster Derails, Hits Tree
Posted 7/08/2014 8:21 am by Ron HoganEveryone likes a good roller coaster. Well, most people like a good roller coaster, even if I am not one of them. Not that I think they’re inherently unsafe, even though they do occasionally get stuck upside down and the riders have to be carefully evacuated from them, but I’m just not a big fan […]
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Flavor Flav’s Fourth Of July Was Awesome Until Cops Showed Up
Posted 7/07/2014 11:10 am by Ron HoganFlavor Flav is a lot of things, particularly a rapper and failed business owner, but one thing he’s not is a good neighbor. At least not according to the other folks in the Finisterre Homeowners Association, which represents the Las Vegas, Nevada neighborhood in which Flav resides. There, he’s more likely to be known as the […]
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Hurricane Arthur Steams Towards North Carolina
Posted 7/03/2014 8:36 am by Ron HoganIf you have plans for a Fourth of July party and you live on the eastern coast of the United States, prepare to have those plans disrupted by an unplanned guest named Arthur. Namely, Hurricane Arthur (not your Uncle Arthur, he’s still in Boca). The first tropical storm of the season has matured into the […]
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Serena Williams Leaves Wimbledon With Mystery Virus
Posted 7/02/2014 5:37 pm by Ron HoganSerena Williams is no stranger to controversy. After all, when she’s not dominating Grand Slam tournaments, she’s suffering some pretty severe medical problems. It’s not Serena’s skills that have her in the news, it’s her medical issues. A disoriented and distressed Serena Williams had to pull out of Wimbledon, suffering from a mysterious virus. Serena […]
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