Tag: Trying

25 MAR

The Umbrella Academy spoilers: What was Leonard trying to achieve with Vanya?

Leonard Peabody/Harold Jenkins (played by John Magaro) on The Umbrella Academy was the villainous antagonist from the first series on Netflix. Leonard manipulated Vanya (Ellen Page) into a relationship in the hopes of getting closer to The Umbrella Academy. However, his true intentions for Vanya has been left up for debate after the character failed […]

11 MAR

Is Supergirl Even Trying to Hide Her Secret Identity Anymore?

It’s kind of ironic that so much of Supergirl‘s fourth season has focused on Kara’s struggle to conceal her secret identity from her enemies, because if you look at her recent behavior, it doesn’t seem like she’s trying very hard at all. Before we get too deep into this, here’s a quick disclaimer: I understand […]

04 FEB

YouTube is trying to prevent angry mobs from abusing “dislike” button

Enlarge (credit: Valentina Palladino) YouTube’s dislike button can be a source of anxiety for many creators, and now YouTube is considering a number of options to prevent viewers from abusing that tool. Tom Leung, director of project management at YouTube, posted an update to the Creator Insider channel recently in which he detailed some “lightly discussed” […]

30 JAN

After $200,000 was raised for the Fyre Festival caterer who never got paid, a new GoFundMe is trying to repay the construction workers who were stiffed

Netflix In Netflix’s new documentary about Fyre Festival, it was revealed that the festival creators never paid a significant number of workers.  First a GoFundMe page raised over $ 200,000 for caterer Maryann Rolle. Now another page is trying to crowd source $ 400,000 for the local day laborers who worked overtime to build out […]

02 JAN

Army war hero pleads guilty to trying to smuggle over $1 million of cocaine into the US hidden in gutted punching bags on a military aircraft

Reuters/Carlos Jasso An Army Special Forces veteran pleaded guilty to two drug trafficking conspiracy counts, admitting he attempted to smuggle nearly 90 pounds of cocaine from Colombia.  Master Sgt. Daniel Gould was charged in August after officials at the US Embassy in Bogota discovered cocaine in gutted-out punching bags. An X-ray scan revealed the cocaine […]

01 JAN

Police arrest 4 men trying to snatch over $500,000-worth of tequila on NYE

Police in Hillsborough County, Florida, have crashed what might have become an especially boozy New Year’s Eve bash when they caught four men emptying a stolen truck of some 996 cases of tequila, worth over half-a-million dollars. Four suspects were apprehended by police as they were removing the haul from a semi-trailer they had just […]

21 DEC

Fragile commodity: Woman arrested for trying to sell underage girl’s virginity (VIDEO)

A venturous lady from Saint Petersburg attempted to cash in on the virginity of a 15-year-old girl she met online. She managed to find a generous buyer in Moscow for the unusual article…but he turned out to be an undercover cop. A hotel room with a large bed, white sheets and dimmed lighting was rented […]