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A mall in Thailand has swapped lift buttons for foot pedals in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as well as help restore normalcy and get shoppers spending again. Customers at Bangkok’s Seacon Square were surprised and confused this week to find pedals in front of the elevators and inside, but they …
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The Academy Museum is now the proud owner of Florence Pugh’s iconic floral dress from “Midsommar.” The organization behind the Oscars was the highest bidder in an auction held by A24, with proceeds going to coronavirus relief efforts. The final bid went for $65,000, per A24’s website, though the Academy Museum declined to confirm the …
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Ben Roethlisberger’s haircut has turned into a Pennsylvania political scissor fight. During his daily briefing Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf indirectly criticized Roethlisberger’s recent trip to Norman’s Cut N Edge Barbershop in Sewickley, Pa, to get his hair cut and beard trimmed following a workout with his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates. Later on Tuesday, the attorney …
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Brad Pitt surprised graduating seniors at Missouri State University with a special video message from quarantine. The video was posted on MSU’s Twitter feed and starts with the university’s president, Clif Smart, alongside mascot, Boomer the Bear, saying he had special guest to deliver a message to students of the class of 2020, who were …
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The Michael Jordan 10-part documentary, “The Last Dance” about his final season with the Bulls drew almost widespread acclaim. One of his former teammates, however, thinks it was 20 hours of propaganda, calling out Jordan for alleged lies, throwing others under the bus and labeled it a “so-called documentary.” In a radio interview with ESPN …
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Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has taken to social media to rail against long-ago partner David Gilmour for considering him “irrelevant” and “banning” him from the group’s website and social media, complaining that his solo projects are not allowed to come up for mention while those of Gilmour’s wife are promoted. In a video …
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Walmart exceeded Wall Street expectations with its quarterly revenue and earnings on Tuesday and reported record US online sales after consumers rushed to stock up on necessities during the coronavirus pandemic. Shares in the world’s top brick-and-mortar retailer were up 2 percent in morning trading and about 7 percent so far this year, far outpacing …
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Whatever was ailing Michael Jordan in the famous “Flu Game” wasn’t bad pizza, says the man who claims to have delivered the food to the Hall of Famer that night. Initially, it was reported at the time Jordan had “flu-like symptoms” in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals against the Jazz. Then during “The …
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Lilly Wachowski, the younger half of the sibling duo behind the Matrix movies, ripped entrepreneur Elon Musk and White House adviser Ivanka Trump on Sunday for mentioning the “red pill,” a reference to a key symbol in the trilogy. In the original Matrix, reality as we know it is an illusion maintained by machines, a computer program into …
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In 1917, Bolsheviks under Lenin seized control of Russia in the famous October revolution, ending a short-lived experiment with constitutional democracy and replacing it with a one-Party socialist state. As the revolution swirled through the streets of St. Petersberg, a girl of 12 watched many of the events from the balcony of her family’s house. …
A mall in Thailand has swapped lift buttons for foot pedals in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as well as help restore normalcy and get shoppers spending again. Customers at Bangkok’s Seacon Square were surprised and confused this week to find pedals in front of the elevators and inside, but they …
