As the SAG Award winners were announced, however, the only award of the evening for Ozark went Bateman’s way for his portrayal of Marty Byrde. However, it didn’t stop thousands of fan across the globe from showing their support for the series as it narrowly missed out on a handful of other prizes. And following […]
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Did Free Pens Cause the Opioid Crisis?
Chiara Zarmati Early in Dopesick, a book examining how Purdue Pharma helped addict an alarming number of Americans to opioids, Beth Macy writes about the army of drug reps who pushed the painkiller OxyContin. In its approach to sales, Macy shows, Purdue was scientific. Using information purchased from a data-mining firm, the company determined which […]
Marcus Rashford pens emotional Southgate tribute as England stars react to World Cup exit
England’s fairytale came to an end in the semi-finals as Croatia recorded a 2-1 victory in extra-time. Kieran Trippier’s early free-kick put the Three Lions in the driving seat in Moscow, but Ivan Perisic levelled midway through the second half and Mario Mandzukic’s extra-time strike sent Croatia through to Sunday’s final against France. But England’s […]
Marine Le Pen’s ISIS tweets: French politician faces 3yr jail term as formal probe launched
Marine Le Pen could face up to three years in prison after a French judge opened a criminal probe into her posting of graphic images to her Twitter feed in 2015. The tweets showed victims of Islamic State executions. Three images, one showing the decapitated body of US journalist James Foley, were posted to the […]
Honey traps and hackers: MP pens fantasy letter of Russia to Boris Johnson ahead of Moscow trip
Honey traps, hacks and sleep deprivation tactics could be used against Boris Johnson in Russia, a paranoid MP has warned… by writing a public letter in a national newspaper. The British foreign secretary is set to meet his counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Friday as Downing Street sends a top minister to Moscow for the first […]
Martin Scorsese Pens Essay Calling Rotten Tomatoes ‘Hostile to Serious Filmmakers’
The animosity between the film industry and internet “aggregators” has been simmering since the summer, but it’s just kicked up a notch with the introduction of legendary director Martin Scorsese into the fray. Scorsese penned an excoriating essay against Rotten Tomatoes, Cinemascore, and other digital aggregation sites, calling them “hostile to serious filmmakers,” and a bane on […]
Today in Elon Musk: ex-Weezer bassist pens melancholy ode to his peer
Love him or not, there’s no arguing that Elon Musk possesses a near-mythic ability to generate effusive headlines, giddy anticipation and, perhaps, overblown stock valuations. After all, this is the man who wants to colonize Mars and whisk long-distance travelers through depressurized tubes at near-supersonic speeds — but also a man running a much-hyped electric […]
Benchmark pens open letter to win over Uber employees
Upping the stakes in an already epic round of backbiting on Uber’s board, Benchmark today sent an open letter to Uber employees explaining why it decided to sue founder Travis Kalanick. The influential VC firm then posted the open letter on Google Docs and posted a link on Twitter. An open letter to Uber employees […]