Новости за 12.08.2018

Recently, when we reported that Ben Affleck and Fox had picked up the rights to the McDonald’s Monopoly scam story that Jeff Maysh wrote about for The Daily Beast, we noted that it must’ve involved a “really fast and really intense bidding war” since Affleck and Fox had snatched up the rights just a few days after the…

James Dolan, the owner of the New York Knicks and a longtime friend of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, has recorded a bluesy folk song with his band JD & The Straight Shot about Weinstein’s fall. The song is called “I Should’ve Known,” but according to The New York Daily News (via Vulture), Dolan says it’s not…

Remember when you first saw Jared Leto’s take on the Joker for the Suicide Squad movie? Remember the way the unhinged madness of his various “ha ha ha” tattoos sent a chill down your spine? His was the very face of chaos, a man who had looked into the black void of society and come out laughing on the other side. Now,…

With more than 5.6 million articles, Wikipedia is an invaluable resource, whether you’re throwing a term paper together at the last minute, or checking to see if back-to-back hot-dog eating contest wins got you onto your town’s list of famous residents. We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in the 250th entry in our…

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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, August 12. All times are Eastern.

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