ALFONSO CUARÓN’S 2001 MOVIE Y Tu Mamá También features two young Mexican men who throb with lust and impatience and so initiate a road trip with one of their cousins-by-marriage from Spain. The explicit driving forces in the story — sex, escape, an invented dream beach — propel the characters across a backdrop of national […]
Best Buy shares fall after reporting second-quarter revenue and same-store sales misses
Investors were pessimistic even though Best Buy reported earnings that beat expectations by 9 cents and raised its guidance for the fiscal year. Source: Business News –
Trump gloats after MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell apologized and retracted a claim that Trump had loans backed by Russian billionaires
Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images President Trump in a tweet Thursday attacked MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell, who earlier apologised for reporting that Trump’s Deutsche Bank loans had been guaranteed by Russian oligarchs. "Crazy Lawrence O’Donnell, who has been calling me wrong from even before I announced my run for the Presidency… was again forced to apologize," tweeted […]
Dozens of Chinese military trucks enter Hong Kong overnight for a ‘routine’ rotation of troops that could be part of China’s intimidation strategy
Screenshot/People’s Daily China Dozens of Chinese military vehicles entered Hong Kong on Thursday morning for what state media called a "routine rotation" of its officers stationed in Hong Kong. Chinese state media reported on the movements as it was happening — a contrast to previous years where they publicized the rotation of troops only after […]
A new survey shows Disney Plus has a huge advantage in signing up subscribers, but shouldn’t be considered a Netflix killer (DIS)
Disney Before Disney had begun to market its Netflix competitor, Disney Plus, in earnest, researchers at UBS found a lot of people in the US were already aware of and interested in the service, which has been billed as hub for Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and other quintessential Disney brands. Thanks to its existing global […]
Google’s latest, explosive #MeToo claims are yet another sign of a destructively permissive culture built up over years
Troy Wolverton/Business Insider Google has been rocked once again by explosive #MeToo allegations after former employee Jennifer Blakely detailed her affair with the firm’s top lawyer, David Drummond. In a Medium post, Blakely alleged that the pair had a son together, and that Drummond subsequently abandoned her and struck up an affair with another Google […]