The message of this movie–shot over the course of three years in comedy clubs in the United States, Canada and Britain-is that women stand-ups have more to overcome than their male counterparts. “They look at you twice,” says comic Carrie Snow. “Once to see your tits, and once to see what you do.” Society conditions people to believe that females have no sense of humor, says Kim Wayans. Those complaints sound genuine....
Speaking to Total Film magazine (June 2020, issue #299), Jenkins said that she has “really hit the pause button because the truth is, where that plotline was coming from was our state of being six months ago.” The award-winning TV and movie director said that she wants to make sure that she is “totally absorbing whatever the result of this pandemic is.” RELATED: Star Wars’ Oscar Isaac Is Unlikely to Return as Poe Dameron...
For those who may not know, The Game Awards is the video game industry’s annual awards show to celebrate the best of the best in gaming across multiple categories. This is the 7th year for The Game Awards, and it continues to be hosted and produced by Geoff Keighley, who founded the now annual event in 2014. Gaming fans are always treated to big-name appearances, big game reveals, and entertainment throughout the night....
McGinn used to work for the Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel, but he currently runs a for-pay website where he provides insight. A user on the message board Orange Mane has listed those scores from McGinn for several players, including most of the notable quarterbacks. MORE: Notable Wonderlic test scores from past NFL players Before we dive into the actual scores, here’s how Wikipedia describes the Wonderlic: The last part of that description is important because many may not realize the test is timed....
Woods shot a four-under 66 for the second round in succession to reach eight under for the tournament, four strokes back from leader Brooks Koepka. Aiming to win his 15th major championship but first since 2008, the 42-year-old feels the course in Missouri is there for the taking after some heavy rain this week. Asked what it will take for him to win, Woods said: “Another low round. The golf course is playing soft, it’s gettable, you have to make birdies....
How To Play Wordle Wordle has been a viral sensation since the beginning of 2022. It seems to be everywhere in the English-speaking world. There are also thousands of clones, copycats, and similar games that have also popped up since January. There is a Fortnite-themed version of Wordle, Pokemon copycats, and even Wordles with additional letters or words added to the mix. Despite its viral nature, there are still plenty of word puzzle fans who have yet to try it....
How To Play Wordle Wordle is a browser-based game now owned by the New York Times. This is the original version, and all hints and rules will be about this version of the game. The NYTs Games site can be accessed from any device with a browser, so players will need to head there to play Wordle. Here’s how to do it: RELATED: The Wordle Archive Shut-Down Removed a Valuable Practice Tool...
Wordle’s success is surely at least in part a result of its simplicity, which means almost anyone can play regardless of their previous experience with word puzzles. Each day the player is tasked with working out a new five-letter word, in six attempts or fewer. After each guess the letters light up, letting you know how accurate you were. If a letter goes green it is both in the word, and where you placed it....
In a post shared on Mumsnet earlier in November, under the username Marleymerm, the worker explained that they did at least 40 hours of overtime over a month, with their boss asking them to “stay late” or “just come in a few hours at the weekend,” as they had a deadline approaching. The poster wrote: “I worked it and wrote it all in my time sheet, I work in an office so we don’t have clock-ins or anything....
According to state officials, the time capsule is believed to be buried in or around the cornerstone pedestal of the former Robert E. Lee statue. Construction workers used ground-piercing radar devices, metal detectors and other pieces of construction equipment to try and locate the copper time capsule After crews removed three separate pieces of cornerstone weighing between 500 and 8,000 pounds (225 and 3,620 kilograms), and other large stones around the perimeter, crews ended their 12-hour search, according to Clark Mercer, the chief of staff to Virginia Gov....
WADA confirmed Tuesday that a database containing information, including confidential medical data, was accessed illegally in cyber-attacks that are “ongoing.” Russian track and field athletes along with some athletes from other sports were banned from competing in the Rio Olympic Games last month after an independent commission found evidence of state-sponsored doping. MORE: WADA ‘dissapointed’ with IOC’s Russia verdict And WADA gave details of another twist in the doping scandal on Tuesday....
The anonymous woman, known as u/oceanbluewizard, posted about her situation in Reddit’s popular “Am I The A**hole” forum where it received nearly 11,500 upvotes and 1,400 comments. The post can be found here. She explained that after her family discovered her father had an affair with a woman resulting in a child, they went no contact. Family Estrangement Going no contact refers to deliberately cutting off all communication with a particular person—often a toxic parent....
After seeing the flag near the city of Eldon, Missouri, Amanda Burrows started a GoFundMe page on May 3 to collect money for her own sign right next to it that reads: “Equality, bigger than hate.” “As a society we’ve evolved past owning our neighbors,” Burrows wrote on the donations page. “I respect the history of our country and do not wish to live in a place where we can’t have differing opinions....
The video, found here, was posted to TikTok on December 16 by Shaina Kay Cardwell (@shainakaycardwell). Already, the post has received more than 650,000 views and over 36,000 likes. “When I was about to go on a Hinge date and decided to Google him and saw he was arrested for aggravated kidnapping,” read the video’s text overlay. In the post’s caption, Cardwell wrote: “Better not.” In a video response to a commenter who wanted to know “what happened next,” Cardwell said: “I told him I realized I actually wasn’t ready to date again yet and then proceeded to block him on all social media platforms....
CBS affiliate station WBTV reported that the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident as arson after the woman—identified as 49-year-old Christie Louise Jones—was trying to set an ex-boyfriend’s house on fire but targeted the wrong one. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence says, “1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury, fearfulness, post-traumatic stress disorder, use of victim services, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases, etc....
HOAs are typically formed within communities or neighborhoods in order to set certain regulations, expectations, and standards for the maintenance of properties under their jurisdiction. In order to buy a home within an HOA, the homeowner automatically joins the association, pays dues, and follows the association’s rules—if a homeowner doesn’t comply, they might face harsh penalties such as fines or even legal action. Defenders of HOAs feel that they’re helpful in keeping their neighborhoods well-maintained....
Published on Reddit’s r/AmITheA**hole forum, a woman under the username u/pluto902 shared her story in order to receive feedback from the “AITA” community. The viral post has over 6,000 upvotes and 2,000 comments. “My friend didn’t have a necklace to go with her dress so I offered her one of mine,” the OP began, “She kept telling me how much she loved the necklace so I told her she could keep it as I never wear it anyway....
Sally Mitchell was left baffled when she came across awful online comments about the U.K. harbor village of Mevagissey - including people moaning about the sun being too bright. It is one of Cornwall’s most beautiful destinations, attracting thousands of tourists every summer–but not everyone has enjoyed their time there. Tripadvisor reviews complain about seagulls being noisy, hills that are too steep or roads too narrow. Others have posted comments like “not as nice as we hoped” and “unless you are a fan of lighthouses don’t bother....
Officers from Gloucestershire Police had found her body near the English-Welsh border on Tuesday night at 11.30pm near the A4136 between Coleford, in Gloucestershire and Monmouth, in Wales. They discovered the body after stopping two people walking along a road. Gareeca Conita Gordon, 27, from Birmingham, has been charged with murdering Ms Netts. Mahesh Sorathiya, 38, of Wolverhampton, is accused of assisting an offender, namely Gordon, on or before May 12....
In my case, I think I may have had an easier time dealing with this fear because my first taste of leadership came in a situation in which I was a blissfully ignorant outsider. It was in college, when I became president of the Cambridge Union debating society. Since I had grown up in Greece, I had never heard of the Cambridge Union or the Oxford Union and didn’t know about their place in English culture, so I wasn’t weighed down with the kinds of overwhelming notions that may have stopped British girls from even thinking about trying for such a position....
