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Rowan Atkinson is the latest aging comedian to bemoan cancel culture. The star famous for his character of Mr. Bean likened cancel-happy social media to a “medieval mob.” “The problem we have online is that an algorithm decides what we want to see, which ends up creating a simplistic, binary view of society. It becomes a case of […]
George Blake, a former British spy turned Soviet secret agent, died in Moscow at the age of 98, Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti confirmed to CNN. “Books have been written about him, films have been made. In intelligence, he was highly respected and appreciated,” a spokesperson for Russian foreign intelligence agency SVR said on Saturday. “He himself jokingly said: […]
In today’s monolith round-up, a trio of somewhat mysterious new structures have been spotted over the past few days on Britain‘s Isle of Wight, San Luis Obispo, California, and near the Joshua Tree National Park, representing the latest development(s) in a stunt that hopefully has some sort of payoff at some point. While it would be nice […]
A group of cool parrots housed together at a UK zoo had to be split up because they learned to swear and, more importantly, seemed to really be enjoying it. These five foul-mouthed birds, who go by: Billy, Tyson, Elsie, Jade, and Eric, arrived at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park back in August via donations from […]
On Sunday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was hospitalized “for tests” because of “persistent” COVID-19 symptoms 10 days after he tested positive, CNN reports. Johnson reportedly went to the unspecified London hospital after his doctor advised him to do so. A press release from his office called the move “precautionary.” On March 26, Johnson revealed he had tested positive […]
A rather angry looking tortoise was fingered as the culprit behind a Christmas day house fire in England. According to USA Today, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service rescued the 45-year-old reptile from a home in the city of Essex. Coincidentally, it was discovered that the tortoise started the fire by accidentally knocking over his heat lamp which […]
Following accusations from Wiley that he’s a “culture vulture,” Ed Sheeran issued what he says will be his one and only response. “I never said no to doing a song for you after we made You for No.5,” Sheeran wrote on Instagram. “You wanted to release ‘if I could’ the same week as my debut single on […]
The long-awaited revival of British crime drama Top Boy is finally hitting Netflix later this month, and Drake had a big role in making it happen. The series was originally canceled following its second season on Channel 4 in the U.K., but as an executive producer, Drizzy made sure it would get the Season 3 it deserved. […]
