6:32 PM ET ESPN staff Now that Major League Baseball has a start date for its pandemic-shortened season, it faces tough realities in markets where the coronavirus is skyrocketing, especially Houston, where a senior health official says he could oppose the games if current trends are not reversed – and …
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Irresistible by Jon Stewart skipped the theater, now you can stream it at home
Focus functions Do you remember the cinemas Me neither, especially. When all of the amphitheater-style COVID incubators closed this spring, Hollywood made some difficult calls and began casting movies on streaming services instead of waiting for a theatrical release. Jon Stewart’s political comedy Irresistible has just received the same direct-to-digital …
Read More »Have you already seen Ninjala?
Arena Brawler celebrates one million downloads The new multiplayer title from GungHo Online Entertainment Ninjala It is now live, bringing with it a stream of bright and colorful characters, exaggerated weaponry, and more gum than you can stick to the school desk. And it seems things have gotten off to …
Read More »Lo and behold, Zuckerberg decides to label Trump’s lies just as Unilever and top advertisers revolt
The same day we heard that Unilever had decided to withdraw its top ad dollars from Facebook and Twitter for the remainder of this election year, Mark Zuckerberg has just announced that the company, after months of word-of-mouth justifications, will begin tagging posts. . by politicians who spread misinformation or …
Read More »A debate on identity and race asks: Are African Americans ‘black’ or ‘black’?
For advocates of black capitalization, there are grammatical reasons: it is a proper name, referring to a specific group of people with a shared political identity, shaped by colonialism and slavery. But some also see it as a moral problem. It confers a sense of power and respect on black …
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