Kara Dennison

Kickstarter Project Aims To Hide Booze In A Tablet

Kickstarter campaigns exist for nearly everything you can imagine, from indie films to specialty clothing to items you may never in your life have a need for. But there’s one Kickstarter campaign lately that’s been getting a great deal of attention — mainly because it’s apparently a clever new way to sneak alcohol around in […]

8y ago

Ford Trucks Now Being Made In New U.S. Plant

Starting this week, the Ford Motor Company has moved production of its F-650 and F-750 trucks to its plant in Cleveland — the first time ever the company’s medium-duty trucks have been assembled outside Mexico. According to Fortune, this decision to move production to their Ohio Assembly Plant represents a $168 million investment on behalf […]

8y ago

disney|James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones To Reprise Role As Mufasa

Disney fans will be hearing a few familiar voices in the new The Lion Guard animated series, including Simba’s father himself: James Earl Jones will be returning to the role of Mufasa for the series’s kick-off TV movie this fall. Jones’s signature deep, booming voice was introduced to a post-Star Wars generation when he first […]

8y ago

Country Music|Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks Performs In Cleveland For First Time In 19 Years

Just after ending the first leg of his world tour, country singer Garth Brooks has added a new stop to the next leg: Cleveland, a city he hasn’t performed in for almost two decades. Country music news website the Boot says that Brooks has been using the downtime between legs of the tour to reexamine […]

8y ago

Hackers Cut Brakes On A Corvette To Highlight Car Security Issues

Modern cars are wired to support our favorite gadgets and be Internet-ready — and hackers are showing that this presents unique problems. Less than a month after two hackers ran a demonstration where they took control of a Jeep Cherokee via the Internet, a team of researchers has shown that savvy hackers could cut the […]

8y ago

Slimmed-Down Windows 10 Now Available

Amidst the updates, glitches, and workarounds, Microsoft is doing something new with Windows 10: they’re making it smaller. Dubbed “Windows 10 IoT Core” (“IoT” stands for “Internet of Things”), this new, lighter version of Windows 10 is intended for tech creators and creatives. Microsoft announced it this past Monday on their blog, targeting it specifically […]

8y ago

sci-fi|star wars

‘Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One’ First Look

With most Star Wars news and hype seeming to center around the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, the internet was caught off guard when they were shown what are believed to be photos of another movie in production: the spin-off prequel titled Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. The set photos posted by […]

8y ago

manchester united|soccer

Man United Manager Sings Beatles Hit For His Birthday

The only proper way to celebrate one’s 64th birthday is with a particularly well-known Beatles ballad, and that’s what Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal did. Sort of. Van Gaal was caught on video delivering a brief snippet of the Beatles’ “When I’m 64” during a post-game press conference today, and Bleacher Report was quick […]

8y ago

Football|jim harbaugh

Jim Harbaugh Answers Kids’ Questions At Press Conference

University of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh had a very different kind of press conference this week; in addition to the usual questions thrown at him by the press, Harbaugh was also asked for his opinions on big issues like homework and the importance of milk in a football player’s diet. Five of Harbaugh’s questions […]

8y ago

anime|Attack On Titan|playstation

Playstation 3, PS4, And PS Vita Will Soon Have An ‘Attack on Titan’ Game

Playstation 3 isn’t out of the game yet, despite the Playstation 4 and PS Vita gaining popularity. Anime fans will be happy to know that a new game based on Attack on Titan — the manga and anime series that has been taking the world by storm since its debut in 2009 — has been […]

8y ago

beijing|china|Frozen|olympics

Similarities to “Let It Go” Noted in Chinese Olympic Anthem

The song “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen seemed inescapable for several months, with innumerable YouTube covers of the song and children playing it on repeat. Now, it seems it’s made its way to the upcoming 2022 Olympics as Chinese internet users are claiming that their country’s anthem is more than a little reminiscent of […]

8y ago

ed westwick

‘Gossip Girl’ Star Teases Possible Reunion

Former Gossip Girl co-stars Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford found themselves reunited — in a way — this past Tuesday while promoting their respective new ABC dramas. But will the two reunite in a more tangible way on television? Depends on whom you ask. While making the rounds to promote his new, darker show Wicked […]

8y ago

89-Year-Old Bridesmaid At Granddaughter’s Wedding

The bridesmaids at Christine and Patrick Quinn’s wedding last May included an unlikely — and now extremely popular — member: Christine’s 89-year-old grandmother, “Nana” Betty Govern. The photos from the Quinn wedding, taken by Sweetwater Portraits, went viral after they appeared in the Huffington Post‘s Weddings feature. Nana Betty was one of Christine’s four bridesmaids […]

8y ago

nascar|racing

Kenny Wallace In Final NASCAR Race

Kenny Wallace, 51-year-old NASCAR driver and Fox Sports analyst, drove his final NASCAR race on August 1 at Iowa Speedway, ending a career spanning a quarter of a century. Wallace, a stock car driver who started his NASCAR career driving for Dale Earnhardt Sr. in 1988, is probably better known for his television work. He […]

8y ago

Grand Theft Auto|video games

‘GTA V’ Goes Full RPG With New Fan-Created Mod

Grand Theft Auto V — or any GTA game, for that matter — undeniably offers a wealth of different experiences for its players, added to with mods from Rockstar Games and fellow players alike. But now, thanks to a player who goes by the name LogicSpawn, the sandbox game is taking another big leap: it’s […]

8y ago

bob saget|full house|john stamos|Lifetime

Bob Saget And More Seen In ‘Unauthorized Full House Story’ Clip

Comedian Bob Saget — or, rather, Saget as portrayed by actor Garret Brawith — can be seen dishing out off-color career advice to his young co-stars in the first clip from Lifetime’s Unauthorized Full House Story. Yesterday, TV Line released the first official clip from the TV movie, which is set to air on August […]

8y ago

the flash

‘The Flash’ Season 2: Killer Frost Is Coming

Fans of the CW series The Flash already know Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow, one of the assistants at S.T.A.R. Labs looking after Barry Allen. But fans of the Flash comic series jumped at her name, as well as her strong ties to Ronnie Raymond, expecting that in the not-too-distant future, we’d see her reappear […]

8y ago

nike

Nike Designs New Cooling Helmet For Athletes

Nike, already well known for their sports gear, is now going from our feet to our heads: they’ve released images of a “cooling helmet” prototype to keep athletes from overheating. In a press release today, Nike announced that they are working with Olympic runner Ashton Eaton to construct a new piece of headgear that, when […]

8y ago

EDM

Tomorrowland Music Festival Rocks Belgium This Weekend

Don’t confuse it with the Disney movie or theme park attraction: this Tomorrowland is all about music. Specifically, Belgium’s Tomorrowland festival is the world’s biggest electronic dance music festival, held during the last weekend of July in the appropriately named Boom, Belgium. Running since 2005, Tomorrowland brings together musicians from all over the globe in […]

8y ago

Meet Benjamin Franklin in ‘Living History’ Event

This summer, tourists can meet Benjamin Franklin — or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof — during a special interactive history event at the Joseph Priestley House in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. August 2 is “Oxygen Day,” the day English scientist and clergyman Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in his laboratory. His historical home, the Joseph Priestley House, […]

8y ago