TORONTO — Alessia Cara says she’s stepping away from her social media feeds after a recent onslaught of negative comments. The Grammy-winning pop singer took to Instagram late Monday to share a number of screen shots from her Twitter account that showed users criticizing her appearance and firing obscenities at her. The 22-year-old singer says…
Click:Feng Shui jewelry for luck and success Users complained that Facebook blocked their attempts to share stories published by popular anti-establishment blog Zero Hedge, citing the violation of community standards, ‘abusive’ content, and ‘errors’ among the reasons. “Over the weekend, we were surprised to learn that some readers were prevented by Facebook when attempting to…
The director for the upcoming Ghostbusters movie, Jason Reitman, has said his movie is intended to appeal to fans of the first two films. In an interview on Bill Burr’s Monday Morning Podcast (via The Playlist) Reitman, the son of the original films’ director Ivan Reitman, made several comments that perhaps distance this movie from the 2016…
OKLAHOMA CITY — The world’s best softball will return to Oklahoma City this summer with the World Cup of Softball XI at ASA Hall of Fame Complex – OGE Energy Field – INTEGRIS Field from July 4-10. Highlighted by the top 10 teams in the world, the week-long event returns to Oklahoma City for the first…
Before you get your hands on Kingdom Hearts 3 — currently available in Japan and available in other territories beginning on January 29 — players intending to stream the long-awaited sequel. Kingdom Hearts 3’s title menu includes a warning notice before you stream. A pop-up window then appears, detailing that streaming of the game is…
OTTAWA — The CBC apologized to NDP MP Christine Moore on Thursday for failing to meet all of its editorial standards. The network said in a story published on its website last May that Moore was the subject of allegations of sexual misconduct involving a former soldier. CBC’s article was picked up by other media…
Three Venezuelans, who rammed a barrier blocking a border bridge in Venezuela before defecting to Colombia, seem to have paid little care about the well-being of civilians and injured several people. The incident occurred on Saturday morning amid a larger confrontation there, over the attempts by Venezuela’s US-backed opposition to force a delivery of ‘humanitarian…
Takasaki City, Japan — Fresh off a Gold Medal performance at the 2016 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women’s World Championship last month, the USA Softball Women’s National Team landed in Takasaki City, Japan for the 2016 Japan Cup. Team USA will participate in an exhibition game against Team Honda, a Japan Softball League professional…
There’s been a lot of excitement about “RuPaul’s Drag Race” getting its first-ever Canadian contestant since the season lineup was announced last month. And the enthusiasm has only grown since Canada’s official Twitter account posted a message of congratulations to Brooke Lynn Hytes in early February. Despite the very American name, the drag queen —…
A man threatening to sue MIT Tech Review for using his photo to illustrate an article on how hipsters come to look alike has ended up proving the writer’s point better than any study ever could – the photo wasn’t of him at all. Apparently offended at being called a hipster – as most hipsters…