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‘Ben-Hur’ Remake Is ‘Forgettable and Foolish,’ and 8 Other Unholy Reviews Movie has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 37 percent Paramount remade the 1959 movie “Ben-Hur,” which won 11 Academy Awards — but critics are saying that the remake doesn’t even come close to the classic. “Cheap and cheesy at every level, this ‘Ben-Hur’ barely qualifies as an epic,” wrote Seattle Times critic Soren Andersen, who contributed to the movie’s 37 percent Rotten Tomatoes score. “If each generation gets the movie spectacles they deserve... Читать дальше...

Few concepts are more poorly understood or more abused than skepticism. The best example of this abuse is to attribute the moniker of "climate change skeptic" to those who ignore the overwhelming data concerning global warming.

The shortest definition of skepticism is "an attitude of doubting the truth about a claim or statement." Something a bit more meaningful would be "suspending judgment and applying systematic reservation about a claim or statement."

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By the grace of God, MTV aired an episode of “Catfish: The TV Show” on Wednesday night featuring a man who believes he’s been in a relationship with Katy Perry for six years. 

(AP) — The father of a California congressman was sentenced Thursday to a year and a day in federal prison after prosecutors said he illegally funneled nearly $270,000 in contributions to his son's campaigns. A federal judge also fined Babulal Bera $100,000 for violating federal election laws, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Sacramento. Prosecutors sought the one-year prison term, while probation officers and defense attorneys said the 83-year-old Bera should be spared incarceration because of his age... Читать дальше...

EXCLUSIVE: Unable to get their funds out of China, the would-be buyer will now forfeit a hefty deposit.

RAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) — The state has given a round of almost $200,000 in grants to 23 Greenbrier County small businesses damaged by floods.

RAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) — The state has given a round of almost $200,000 in grants to 23 Greenbrier County small businesses damaged by floods.

Under a prior energy rate structure, current rooftop solar customers cost nonsolar ratepayers in Nevada $36 million, according to an updated study from Energy + Environmental Economics, the firm that valued rooftop solar as a benefit to ratepayers in ...

New Yorkers breathed a collective sigh of relief around 1:20 p.m. today when a seriously foul sculpture of Donald Trump with his junk out was removed from Union Square by the NYC Parks Department.

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Moments into Monalisa Johnson's stint at Clark County Jail, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, one thing immediately stuck out to her. 

It was one of the filthiest places she had ever been.

"I'd never seen anything like it," Johnson told Business Insider. "There was mold growing, gnats flying up out of drains. Black mold, green mold, every kind of thing you can think of was growing around the showers and in the toilets and the sinks."

Johnson was a participant on the... Читать дальше...

The Obama administration said Thursday that a $400 million cash payment to Iran seven months ago was contingent on the release of a group of American prisoners.

Cantora disse que se sentiu lesada, já que a imagem faz parte da capa do seu disco. “O trabalho artístico que eu faço é avesso a isso, e aí acordei com o ACM Neto me chamando de Cláudia!”, disse em entrevista ao BuzzFeed Brasil.

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks again ticked higher Thursday as the continuing rebound in oil prices gave energy companies a lift. The gains were modest, however, as investors have been avoiding big moves. The dollar weakened further, and compared to the yen it’s at its lowest in almost three years. On Thursday: The Dow Jones

Officials acknowledged the payment was linked to the prisoner release.

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Tim Cook doubles down on Apple's investment in China as demand for the iPhone drops off. As Ryan Brooks reports, Cook hopes his strategy will be the saving grace in what used to be Apple's largest market overseas.

The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): MEDAL ALERT: Helen Maroulis of the United States defeated Japan's Saori Yoshida 4-1 in the 53-kilogram … Click to Continue »

Lee Brady has been a professor, a theater critic, an actor, theater director and producer. By the end of the meal, they had a plan to start a theater company that would soon become a reality. In addition to staging original plays, the group holds staged readings through its monthly Salon Series; promotes the creation of new short plays by lesbians and youth through, respectively, its LezWrites! and Girlwrights programs; and from the very beginning has produced the New Works Festival that brings... Читать дальше...

After a day of alleged developments, Brazilian investigators are attempting to set the record straight—they say Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen...