LOS ANGELES — For big, fun, populist popcorn movies, 2015 was a grand fireworks show with a blowout finale. For quiet adult dramas and prestige films, it started with a pop … and ended in a fizzle. That’s why I … Read More
This little squirrel was up a creek without a paddle, quite literally, until one flood surveyor in Fenton, Missouri managed to rescue him with a kayak. “I saw this little guy jump and try to swim for a bigger tree … Read More
Cats might have sharp teeth, sharper nails and badass personalities, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not like the rest of us. They’ve got feelings, too. Take this super chill cat, who sits next to a super chill toaster. All … Read More
A Florida family taking a Christmas cruise was shocked by the scene of a terrible death on board a Carnival Cruise Line ship. On Sunday, electrician Jose Sandoval Opazo, 66, was killed while working on an elevator on the Carnival … Read More
2015 was a year filled with mishaps on airplanes: drunk passengers, brawls, weird items being confiscated by TSA. But one Southwest Airlines passenger is ending 2015 on a positive note. A New York mom posted on Southwest’s Facebook page on … Read More
Russia on Wednesday sentenced a blogger in the city of Tomsk to five years in a Siberian prison for “inciting extremism and hatred” after he criticized Russian military intervention in Ukraine in videos he posted to YouTube and Vkontakte, Russia’s … Read More
Fire broke out in a 63-story hotel located near the Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai on New Year’s Eve. The fire reportedly started on the 20th floor, and the hotel was evacuated. Initial reports say there have been 14 minor … Read More
Foodbeast might want to kill you. In a new video, the artery cloggers of the Internet stuff three In-N-Out burgers (and a heaping of fries) into a crust and create the monstrosity that is the In-N-Out Pie. It’s almost like … Read More
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is remembering America’s deadly year of gun violence, one tweet at a time Using data from shootingtracker.com and Reddit, the Democrat is tweeting details of each mass shooting that happened in 2015. “For my 2015 year … Read More
Cities across Asia celebrate the New Year: A giant bell was rung in Seoul; revelers danced in Beijing’s Forbidden City; fireworks were ignited from a skyscraper in Taipei; balloons were released in Tokyo. Read more… More about Beijing, New Years, … Read More