The Rookie’s Titus Makin Weighs In on Brutal Twist, and How the Racist Cop Arc Was Personally ‘Devastating’

RELATED STORIES The following contains major spoilers from the Feb. 14 episode of ABC’s The Rookie. This week on The Rookie, Officer Jackson West (played by Titus Makin) went “all in” in his quest to take down his TO, Doug Stanton (Brandon Routh). Alas, just as he set out to do so — by first […]

Trump wrote a letter personally inviting Putin to the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow and said he couldn’t wait to meet ‘beautiful’ women there

AP President Donald Trump reportedly wrote a personal letter inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. The letter would be the first known instance of Trump’s direct outreach to the Russian leader.  The special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is said to be keenly focused on Trump’s interest in […]

Ray Donovan Boss Explains That 'Painful' Premiere Twist: 'I Didn't Personally Want to Do It'

The following story contains gargantuan spoilers from Ray Donovan‘s fifth-season premiere — proceed at your own peril. Ray Donovan kicked off its fifth season on Sunday with a twist that was as game-changey as it was heartbreaking: Abby is no longer among the living.  Early into the time-tripping episode, it was revealed that Paula Malcomson’s cancer-battling matriarch […]

A 9-year-old asked NASA for a job defending Earth from aliens — and the space agency personally responded

NASA When NASA posted a job description for its “planetary protection officer” role, the space agency was fishing for candidates with advanced degrees and experience working on interplanetary missions. What it did not expect, however, was an earnest letter from nine-year-old Jack Davis: a fourth-grader who wrote the space agency asking if he could apply. […]

Distractions can be hugely destructive or personally beneficial — but it depends how you use them

Alex Segre/Shutterstock Is distraction a curse or a blessing? Not giving full attention to what we should be doing makes us miss deadlines, fail classes, and crash into other drivers. Distraction certainly has a price. Nonetheless, we love our distractions! Social media, spectator sports, movies, books, TV shows, the news, video games — what would […]