Almost 600 pages of transcripts from meetings and phone calls between US President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin paint a picture of a time when the West liked Russia because Moscow did what it was told. “You have guided your country through a historic time and you are leaving a legacy that will […]
Tag: 1990s
This Bugatti EB110 video is a great reminder of the 1990s supercar boom
Raphael GAILLARDE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Bugatti in 2018 is precisely where corporate parent Volkswagen wants it to be. The Alsatian automaker is once again known the world over for making what some consider to be the ultimate road car: a V16 engine with four-digit horsepower, a top speed so fast no tire can handle it, and […]
Avengers 4: Will Captain Marvel TIME TRAVEL forward from the 1990s?
WARNING SPOILERS FOR AVENGERS INFINITY WAR AHEAD She was only teased in the end credits scene, but a dying Nick Fury sent a distress call to Captain Marvel as he turned to ash. Fans will know Larson’s upcoming solo movie is set in the 1990s, when Fury had both eyes. But just where has she […]
‘I slept with a pump-action shotgun beside my bed’: Putin reveals details of life in 1990s Russia
Vladimir Putin had to protect himself with firearms due to criminality in Russia during the pro-market reforms of the 1990s, and even considered taking a side-job as a taxi driver, the president revealed in an interview. The revelations emerged in a documentary about Putin, made by Russian journalist Andrey Kondrashov. In the film, one of […]
A math formula from the 1990s can help investors make smart bets on the exploding ICO market
ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images) The initial coin offering market is off to a red-hot start in 2018, according to new data from Autonomous NEXT. RBC analyst Mitch Steves outlines a way to value the network of ICOs in a note to clients. Bitcoin may be down nearly 50% from its all-time high set in December, […]
Ivanka Trump had a ‘punk phase’ in the 1990s
Charles Sykes/Invision Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter and top White House adviser, had a “punk phase” in the 1990s, she revealed in her mother’s new memoir, “Raising Trump.” “One day after school, I dyed my hair blue. Mom wasn’t a fan of this decision. She took one look at me and immediately went […]
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck Land 1990s Boston Crime Drama Pilot at Showtime
How do you like these apples: Showtime has ordered a drama pilot for City on a Hill, a gritty thriller based on an original idea by Ben Affleck and Chuck MacLean and chronicling the clean-up of Boston’s early-1990s crime problem. Affleck will executive-produce the project with Matt Damon, director Gavin O’Connor, James Mangold and Jennifer […]
The states where gun crime has gotten worse since the 1990s
Amid the many high-profile mass shootings of recent years, there has been a familiar and mildly comforting refrain: that despite the awful headlines, gun violence is down from its early 1990s peak. Tragedies like Aurora, Newtown, and San Bernardino are horrific, this line of thinking goes, but the everyday carnage in America — while still […]
There’s a good chance Melania Trump would have been deported if Trump’s new immigration rules had been in place in the 1990s
REUTERS/Carlos Barria On Nov. 4, the Associated Press reported that it had obtained documents showing that Melania Trump—then known as Melania Knauss or Knaus—had been paid for modeling work performed in 1996 while she was staying in the United States on a B1/B2 visitor visa. A lawyer representing Melania Trump said the documents were not […]