British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, and in doing so has scored a victory for speculative authors worldwide.
In the season three finale of the comedy-reality show Nathan for You—which returns to Comedy Central for its fourth season on September 28th in the US—host and creator Nathan Fielder impersonated Corey Calderwood, a part-time arcade worker, wearing a bodysuit and 3D-modeled mask of Calderwood’s face. Then he pulled off an incredibly bombastic stunt to turn the self-described “nobody” into a local hero.
Mario—the beloved Nintendo mascot and video game icon—has left the plumbing profession.
Hurricane Harvey is quickly gaining strength as it moves in toward Texas, having upgraded from a Tropical Depression to a Category 2 Hurricane in less than a day. At this rate, the storm is predicted to become a Category 3 Hurricane by the time it hits Texas’s Gulf Coast, which would make it the strongest hurricane to hit the US in nearly 12 years.
Between the late-night offerings of Comedy Central, HBO, TBS, and the major networks, there’s plenty of political satire for US viewers to choose from. But Saturday Night Live wants to add one more option to the mix.
1. U up? On the surface world, walking around in the harsh wind under an unrelenting sun?
Sean Spicer has resigned as Donald Trump’s White House press secretary. And you know what that means: There’s a job vacancy just waiting to be filled.
Today (June 26) marks 20 years since the publication of the first book in JK Rowling’s momentous Harry Potter series. And it truly is a day to celebrate: Rowling overcame financial difficulty, depression, and a dozen publishing house rejections before her incredible story was introduced to the world.
As the weather turns warmer, you may feel the urge to reach for something cool to eat. But you’d be doing yourself a favor by swapping that frozen yogurt for some Buffalo wings.
Facebook CEO—and Harvard dropout who isn’t doing too badly for himself—Mark Zuckerberg delivered the commencement address at his alma mater Thursday (May 25). Speaking to the class of 2017, Zuckerberg followed in the footsteps of fellow dropout-turned-billionaire Bill Gates by first acknowledging the irony of the situation.
Have you ever noticed how everyone except me is bad at texting? They are, and their badness makes the world worse. Here is what is wrong with how everyone except me texts:
I just voted in the most toxic election of my lifetime, and I feel amazing. I skipped all the way to my local polling station, where I smiled at a woman who couldn’t pronounce my name. I took my sweet time filling out the ballot; my pencil was forced down upon the paper with a potency I usually reserve for driving tent stakes into the earth. It’s as though I just gave birth to the chubby electoral baby I’ve been carrying to term for however long I’ve been forced to know Ted Cruz exists.
With the government of Ecuador cutting off Julian Assange’s internet access this week, the WikiLeaks editor-in-chief suddenly has a lot of free time on his hands. Ecuador has “temporarily restricted“ Assange’s wifi at its embassy in Britain—where Assange has been seeking diplomatic refuge since 2012—after Wikileaks released a series of hacked documents from Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Wave after wave of disturbing Donald Trump news is taking a toll on Americans’ psyches. With each new day unearthing more terrible information about Trump’s past, it’s hard to imagine what could possibly come next. In an effort to save readers additional stress in the coming weeks, we’ve looked into our crystal ball to predict a list of all the shocking Trump news that will break between now and Election Day.
