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Bloody New Year Has All the Cheesy '80s Horror You Crave, and Then Some
Gizmodo,
The title Bloody New Year feels overly obvious: surely, this is yet another holiday-focused slasher movie in which shrieking teens get picked off one by one. And while there’s a bit of that, this 1987 British release—also known as Horror Hotel and the far more spoiler-y Time Warp Terror—is also far, far weirder than… Read more...
Our Favorite Beefs of 2023
Jezebel,
2023 was a big year for many things—celebrity divorces, reality TV scandals, orca revolutions—and a not-so-big year for sportsmanship and the high road. Rather, it was a year defined by beef, by simmering conflicts that boiled over into full-on, petty wars, Twitter feuds, and other nastiness. In 2023, far-right… Read more...
Florida woman sues Hershey because chocolate mini pumpkins didn't have pre-carved faces like on the bag
Boing Boing,
A woman in Florida is suing Hersheys, which owns Reese's, because the company's pumpkin-themed Halloween chocolates didn't have faces carved in them as depicted on the bag. Cynthia Kelly filed a federal class-action lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Florida, alleging several Reese's products don't match their photos as depicted on the wrappers. — Read the rest The post Florida woman sues Hershey because chocolate mini pumpkins didn't have pre-carved faces like on the bag appeared first on Boing Boing.
She removed Trump from the ballot. Now, she's defending her decision.
Politico Picks,
“I do not have the discretion to choose, or decline to do, my duty,” Shenna Bellows said.
Startups Yearly: The biggest startup stories from 2023
TechCrunch,
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Thank you for subscribing to Startups Weekly. This week, I’m taking my parents to Yosemite to explore the snowy peaks and to see if my car can handle snow. In lieu of a regular Startups Weekly, I figured I’d dive […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Elliot Page’s No. 1 Comfort Movie is E.T.
The Cut,
“I bawl my eyes out every time,” he says. “We really need it sometimes.”
The Border Crisis
The New Yorker,
Dexter Filkins reports on the chaotic situation at the southern border. Plus, a poet whose writing on the DeafBlind experience is full of humor and life.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's Writers on Giving Cal a Scene-Stealing Counterpart
Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi games are firmly embedded in the years before the original trilogy, and keep the focus on a core cast of wholly new heroes and villains. It’s what made Star Wars Jedi: Survivor from earlier this year so excellent: the games take advantage of that relative freedom from the timeline and offer up… Read more...