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  Each Overwatch hero is a special snowflake. Different guns, different abilities, different movement speeds, different quirks. Learning to excel with one hero doesn’t mean you’ve mastered Overwatch. Playing a hero the “right” way only gets you so far, of … Continue reading →

Hollywood voice double Marni Nixon, whose singing was heard in place of the leading actresses in such classic movie musicals as West Side Story, ‘The King and I and My Fair Lady, has died. She was 86. Michael Kirsten, senior … Continue reading →

Everybody makes mistakes, but not every mistake costs its victim boatloads of cash. In Scotland, a restaurant diner was shocked to realize that he’d accidentally tipped more than £1 million on a £100 meal. Oops.  The Evening Express reports that … Continue reading →

Never before has there been a better use of a retirement plan than to flawlessly recreate, shot-for-shot, Taylor Swift’s infamous “Shake It Off” music video. The Julia Wallace Retirement Village in New Zealand enlisted the help of its 50-odd residents … Continue reading →

Look around the page. Your internet is now very clean and familiar. Squarespace has made everyone’s personal website look like the inside of Monocle magazine, and every app is much the same — and not by accident. The Windex-ing of … Continue reading →

The annual Comic-Con tidal wave has subsided, and it’s left in its wake the devastation of countless missed sneak peeks at your favorite works of film and TV. That’s what the Monday after is for, right? Hunch down in front … Continue reading →

An African teenager is giving Celine Dion a run for her Canadian money. When blogger Barack Nyare Mba‘s friend sent him a video of his 17-year-old Samuel’s stunning French rendition of Celine Dion’s “The Power Of Love,” Mba knew the … Continue reading →

SINGAPORE — Pokémon Go isn’t out here yet, but the Singapore police force knows its audience. On Sunday, it tweeted a reminder to watch your belongings when you’re out so you’re not a target for pickpockets and the like. Its … Continue reading →

Footage released Monday of the “torture” of juvenile boys has again drawn attention to accusations of institutional racism being levelled at the justice system in Australia.   The Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre in the Northern Territory is being accused … Continue reading →

SAN DIEGO — The Pokémon Go phenomenon just screams for a South Park treatment, but here’s the problem: By the time new episodes roll around in September, it’ll feel a little stale. But what if Trey Parker and Matt Stone … Continue reading →