Новости за 28.05.2017

Takuma Sato, the former Formula One racer who's been driving in the IndyCar series for nearly a decade, won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, making him the first Asian driver to win the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

War is coming to Westeros in Game of Thrones Season 7 in a way we've never seen before. The new trailer and preview photos give us a hint of the damage that Daenerys' dragons could do in open combat against the Lannisters, and now that our Khaleesi is in the thick of the action, the producers promise, "there’s a pace and urgency that’s very palpable. This is the end game."

It's been a year since Harambe was killed, but the internet will never forget.

Netflix charts the early reign of Queen Elizabeth II in its biopic series The Crown... and the IRL queen is apparently a fan.

At first there was the unicorn latte, then the charcoal latte, and even the avocado latte... 

Even though he was busy destroying postwar alliances and praising autocrats, it was nice to have President Trump away from the United States for a week, especially away from Twitter. 

The declining popularity around Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean movies continues — in the U.S., at least — with the release of Dead Men Tell No Tales.

We. Love. Food.

There is no denying this fact. From food's humble beginnings as something we all need to survive, it has developed into something that pretty much counts as a hobby now, whether it's eating it, making it, or taking pictures of it.

SEE ALSO: Prepare your sweet tooth: A Nutella café is coming to the U.S.

Luckily for us, there are all sorts of ways we can display our love of food, from clothing to cute accessories. And here we've created a list of some of the best food pins you can purchase on the internet. Читать дальше...

WOW.

Stephen Amell stars in The CW's hit DC Comics superhero series, Arrow. But did you know he's also an IRL superhuman who possesses powers above and beyond the normal person?

SEE ALSO: DC Comics heroes get a streaming service all to themselves

It is well known that Amell performs many of his own stunts on Arrow, but you never really know how much is physical prowess and how much is the illusion of fictional TV. That's why the star's #RedNoseDay appearance on American Ninja Warrior is so damn impressive. Читать дальше...

Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron was faced with a nearly insurmountable challenge this week: how to shake President Trump's hand without losing his own.

The other day, we finally got our first look at the new Spider-Man: Homecoming movie poster. And it was pretty bad.

Dear filmmakers: If you're going to remake an old story, you better damn well do it right.

Some would argue that the word "bromance" does not belong in the world of politics, but they'd be wrong. It's hard not to get swept up in the budding friendships of international leaders with all the photo ops and viral videos. 

The Simpsons continues to pull zero punches when it comes to the increasingly disastrous presidency of Donald J. Trump.

If there were Snaps of Evan Spiegel's super-secret weekend wedding, they've already self-destructed.

Speaker Ryan is one of the most unpopular politicians in the country — and he's polling particularly poorly among one 8th grade class.

Image: Library of Congress

When Axis and Soviet forces invaded Eastern Europe and the Balkans in the early years of World War II, they sent thousands of refugees fleeing south and east to escape the chaos

Many fled across the Mediterranean, hopping from island to island in search of safety.

To manage this exodus, in 1942 the British established the Middle East Relief and Refugee Administration (MERRA) and set up a constellation of camps in Egypt, Gaza, and Aleppo, Syria, providing havens for over 40,000 displaced Europeans.

Saturday evening stargazers were treated to one of the trippiest natural phenomenons Earth has to offer: a naked eye-visible aurora borealis.

Not everything that's created on the internet stays on the internet — sometimes things just might make it on a podcast.

Earlier this week, 18 women dressed up in red cloaks and white bonnets, stood in pairs in the rotunda of the Texas state capitol, and began chanting, "Shame!" in unison. They didn't stop shouting for eight minutes. 

Yesterday was a big deal for all the fans of James Cameron's Avatar. 

Pandora – The World of Avatar – located in the Animal Kingdom Park in the Walt Disney World Resort – opened to guests staying at Disney resort hotels at 7am, and then to the general public an hour later. Needless to say, people were eager to get in on the action.

The main attractions of the park are the two rides, Avatar Flight of Passage and Na'vi River Journey, and people lined up to get on them early. Like really early. Читать дальше...

The king of Belgium is apparently not amused by his appearance in a recent Burger King ad.

Although it's no longer "America's favorite pastime," baseball is still at the heart of the county's popular culture and, along those lines, its Hall of Fame just hit a home run by adding Homer Simpson to its ranks. 

Change.org is getting some major support from tech billionaires to create real social movements.