Eric Reads The News is a daily humor column which skewers politics, pop culture, celebrity, shade, and schadenfreude. . Greetings from the year 2021, where Michael Bloomberg has somehow managed to billions his way into the White House and, true to his promise, pivoted the East Room into an open office concept in which he
Like comedy or horror, “thriller” is a genre of entertainment that’s meant to provoke a physical response in the viewer: In this case, stress. A great thriller will raise your blood pressure and make you forget to breathe. In the same way you watch a horror movie to feel controlled fear, you watch a thriller
Get your noisemakers and goofy glasses ready because New Year’s Eve is almost here! Pretty soon, we’ll be saying goodbye (or good riddance, depending) to 2019 and hello to 2020. If you’re planning to watch along as the ball drops in Times Square, we’re here to help! We’ve rounded up all of the tune-in options
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies on Tuesday said its full-year revenue would likely jump 18% in 2019 to 850 billion yuan ($121.72 billion), lower than its earlier projections, as a U.S. trade blacklisting curbed growth and disrupted its ability to source key parts. FILE PHOTO: The Huawei logo is pictured at the IFA consumer tech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has asked a court for permission to turn over the contents of Parnas’ phone and other documents to a House of Representatives panel for use in the Trump impeachment inquiry, his lawyer said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian-American
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares were mostly lower on Tuesday, in their last trading day of the decade as investors locked in profits after a buoyant year of gains, driven in recent weeks by hopes of an imminent U.S.-China trade deal. FILE PHOTO: Passersby are reflected on a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in
Protesters and militia fighters gather to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the main gate of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters and militia fighters gathered on Tuesday outside the main gate of the U.S. embassy compound in
When we look back on photos from the first two decades of the 21st century, it will perhaps be tougher than ever to pick the era from the clothes. These were decades of constant change; when trends cycled in and out more quickly, and men discovered a new appreciation for what they wore and why
Stepping into a new decade can be a real motivator, at least for LL Cool J. The veteran “I’m Bad” rapper has revealed he’s working on new music with fellow hip-hop heavyweight Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest. LL took to social media on Sunday to announce the news, sharing that “I just started recording
We’re in the final hours of 2019, and Nitti Gritti and FuntCase just had to do it to em one last time. Nitti is a fantastic chameleon in the studio, able to materialize anything he can possibly think up, and FuntCase is the legendary dubstep producer that he is. When the two get in the studio
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retailers including Walmart Inc will add “Do Not Sell My Info” links to their websites and signage in stores starting Jan. 1, allowing California shoppers to understand for the first time what personal and other data the retailers collect, sources said. FILE PHOTO: Walmart’s logo is seen outside one of the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders passed a stress test this month after a heart attack required him to have two stents inserted in an artery in October, doctors to the Democratic presidential candidate said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign rally at Venice Beach in Los Angeles,
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s major stock indexes slipped from record highs on Monday as investors booked profits from gains made this month after the United States and China reached a trade deal. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq posted their biggest one-day percentage declines in about four weeks.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Monday filed hate crime charges against a man accused of going on a stabbing rampage during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home north of New York City, saying the suspect kept journals containing references to Adolf Hitler and “Nazi Culture.” The United States Attorney’s Office for the
It’s been something of a breakthrough year for intermittent fasting. Chances are you’ve had a workmate drag out the tea room chat with talk of “5:2” this or “the 16:8″ that, while it was also the most searched diet term of the year, according to Google’s annual report. Some people think of intermittent fasting as
Play video content Justin Bieber‘s showing off the countless hours of artwork he’s accumulated — all over his body — in a series of up-close and personal vids. Bieber just shared the tattoo shots while chillin’ poolside with his shirt off … revealing his ink starting from his colorful Crocs and working his way up