The great Snow White war heated up again today, with the debut of the trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman. Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth star in the title roles. Charlize Theron is also featured. It’s described as an epic action-adventure that imagines Stewart’s character as more of a warrior than the famous Disney [...]
Toyota Motor Co will recall more than 420,000 vehicles in the United States to replace an engine component that could trigger steering problems, the automaker said on Wednesday. Toyota Motor is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide — 420,000 in the United States — for a potential steering problem. The defect involves the crankshaft pulley [...]
Rapper and actor Heavy D, who played an influential role in shaping rap music in the late ’80s and early ’90s with a fusion of New Jack Swing and reggae, has died. He was 44. The self-proclaimed “overweight lover” of hip-hop became one of rap’s top hit-makers with wit and a positive vibe. Andrew [...]
It will be impossible for this Breeders’ Cup Classic to live up to the theatrics of one year ago when Blame narrowly outlasted Zenyatta in an absolute thriller, yet the scene remains largely the same: Churchill Downs is once again playing host, and once again the boys figure to have their hands full with a [...]
With daylight savings coming to an end Sunday, the Windsor fire service says it’s also a good time to change your smoke alarm batteries. “In order for smoke alarms to do their job, they need to have working batteries,” said Chief Bruce Montone. “Once a year, old batteries should be replaced with new batteries. [...]
Two big things happened last night on Conan O’Brien’s show. O’Brien officiated a gay wedding between his costume designer, Scott Cronick, and Cronick’s partner, David Gorshein. And he welcomed Triumph the Insult Comic Dog back to the show by sending him to Occupy Wall Street. The results are hilarious and smutty enough that we can’t [...]
That’s my response to the question “Does the Siri outage reveal its success?” posed by Darrell Etherington at GigaOM today. Etherington’s post will be one of many Apple apologies that you’ll read, following Siri’s collapse yesterday. There are conflicting reports about timing, but five to six hours is fairly consistent. Siri, Apple’s new voice [...]
Four of the 5 world marathon majors have already been contested this year, and all four of them have resulted in a men’s course record. The 5th major goes off Sunday, and Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, one of the leading contenders in the New York City Marathon, believes another record could be going down. [...]
Andy Rooney, 60 Minutes commentator dies at 92
Andy Rooney, television’s most celebrated curmudgeon, died Friday night, about one month after ending his 33-year run as the closing essayist on CBS’ top-rated newsmagazine 60 Minutes. Legendary CBS News commentator Andy Rooney, known to millions for his dry commentaries on mundane topics, died Friday night in New York. Andy Rooney was 92. Andy [...]
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