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Alas! Poor Trick Is A Bag (PHOTO)

In Lifestyle, Uncategorized on June 30, 2012 at 9:07 am

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GQ UK posted this image to their Twitter feed this afternoon with the text in the url containing a line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

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Google Nexus 7 Tablet Is Combat Ready

In Lifestyle, TECH on June 28, 2012 at 10:29 am

Sick of tablets yet? Well guess what? Tablets are here to stay and Google wants you to enlist its new Nexus 7 tablet in your quest for fast, cool, light mobile entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »

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Drake, Chris Brown Offered A Milli Each To Fight In Cali

In Lifestyle on June 28, 2012 at 10:25 am

 Drake & Chris Brown, if they agree to duke it out in front of live audience in a boxing ring in Cali, will earn a million dollars each from Celebrity Boxing.  Will you pay to watch two black millionaire’s beat each other up? Read the rest of this entry »

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Carmel Anthony Gets Waxed Off Court (DETAILS)

In News on June 27, 2012 at 8:11 am

NY Knick Carmel Anthony is the latest celeb to be immortalized in wax by Madam Tussaud. The figure was unveiled yesterday in Times Square and looks very real-so much so that it drew the same hate Menlo feels on the court.

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Bigots Not Too Sweet On Gay Oreo Cookie (DETAILS)

In LGBT on June 27, 2012 at 7:51 am

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A rainbow colored Oreo, created by Kraft in solidarity of gays and Gay Pride this month, is leaving a terrible taste in the mouths of homophobes.

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Anthony Davis Copyrights Unibrow Ahead Of NBA Draft (DETAILS)

In Lifestyle, Uncategorized on June 27, 2012 at 7:32 am

Kentucky Wildcat Anthony Davis lead his team to a championship in March and has his sights and career  set far into the future. How can we tell? He’s copyrighted the other attribute he’s best known for: his unibrow.

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Victor Cruz, Amar’e Stoudemire & More Check Out Calvin Klein (PHOTOS)

In Lifestyle, Uncategorized on June 24, 2012 at 10:05 am

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American athletes are fond of Calvin Klein so it’s no surprise that his S/S 2013 show was filled with some giants in the front row this afternoon in Milan.

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M.I.A, Dizzee Rascal Make London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony Playlist (LIST)

In Lifestyle, News on June 22, 2012 at 1:10 pm

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The playlist for the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics has leaked! Opening the games will be 86 songs belonging to top British recording artists inclouding David Bowtie, the Beatles, M.I.A and Dizzee Rascal. Complete list of artists and songs below. Allegedly

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Samsung Galaxy S3 Launches In NYC (PHOTOS)

In TECH on June 20, 2012 at 2:36 pm

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I am at the Samsung Galaxy S3 launch at Skylight Studio in Soho where Tom Pendelton is about to launch the latest flagship phone from the Korean giant.

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“Papo Y Yo” PS 3 Game Takes Aim At Latinos, Alcoholics (DETAILS)

In Latino on June 20, 2012 at 9:45 am

“Papo & Yo,” a new, Latino themed video game scheduled for publishing by Sony sometime this year, is something different altogether from the gang-bangers and cartel games featuring Latinos.  As far as we can tell, there are no stereotypes. Read the rest of this entry »

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Nokia Pureview, 41 Megapixel Camera Phone, Is Coming To America (DETAILS)

In TECH on June 19, 2012 at 10:06 am

Nokia stays catching Ls even when its on the verge of winning. Once a powerful manufacturer of great mobile phones (remember the Nokia 7710, the first touch screen phone with expandable memory slots?), Nokia is laying off thousands and seeing its stocks decline on Wall Street and in the eyes of its fan-boys, including yours truly. Read the rest of this entry »

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Arizona Artist Builds Half Ton Transformers Wine Rack Made From Auto-Parts (PHOTOS)

In TECH on June 17, 2012 at 5:03 pm

Another reason to love Craigslist besides the hooker ads and cheap electronics: cool finds like this half ton, wine rack made from discarded auto parts.

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