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According to Bloomberg (the news agency) Bloomberg (the mayor turned brief presidential candidate) spent more than $1 billion to fund his momentary attempt at becoming the 2020 nominee for the Democrats. This revelation is not the first one to point out how much money the former NYC mayor just threw away on a completely doomed […]
A Connecticut man is in custody after he broke into a closed restaurant and spent four days drinking liquor and eating food. The New Haven Police Department reportedly found Louis Angel Ortiz asleep with a bottle of rum inside a local restaurant on Tuesday. Police were responding to reports of a robbery in progress when they discovered the 42-year-old man. […]
It’s no secret the music industry has been severely impacted by the coronavirus. Over the last month, a growing number of festivals, tours, and other live gigs have either been postponed or canceled because of the widespread lockdowns, resulting in financial losses for almost everyone involved. And although there’s no doubt most big-name artists will be just fine, French […]
The first-round of stimulus checks have found their way into Americans’ bank accounts, and while this would seem to be a good time for a social experiment to learn what crazy things people would do with free(ish) money, it turns out it’s actually much more dull (and practical) when played out in real-life. Early data […]
Dame Dash‘s legal woes just got a lot more complicated. But according to the judge, Dash did not have the grounds to market the 2017 fim, and was “apparently incapable of exercising ordinary civility” during the January trial. According to a report from the New York Daily News, Dash was belligerent throughout the trial, and even accused an attorney of […]
In an “unprecedented” move, the Treasury Department has ordered the IRS to print Donald Trump‘s name on the coronavirus stimulus checks—marking the first time a president’s signature has appeared on an IRS disbursement. According to the The Washington Post, the last-minute decision was finalized Monday, as the government prepares to mail $1,200 paper checks to tens of million of Americans. The […]
In wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ricky Gervais had some things that he needed to get off his chest, and The Sun gave him the freedom to speak his mind. Gervais first directed his attention at people who previously complained about health care workers before turning the spotlight on those celebrities who have publicly struggled […]
In a move befitting our current era, the 2020 LVMH Prize will see the equal distribution of the award among the eight finalists previously selected by a committee of fashion voices back in February. Tuesday also saw word that the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers itself—originally slated for June 5—had been called off due […]
Though much can be said about the snail’s pace at which urgent government assistance moves, particularly during a time when many around the country need help (financial or otherwise) as quickly as possible, it’s hard to levy any kind of argument against free money. But as with practically every other aspect of the COVID-19 era, there’s […]
An Indiana man found an enormous surprise waiting for him at the bank. Volunteer firefighter Charles Calvin went to the ATM to withdraw $200 from his checking account when he saw that he had a bit more money than normal. He told WGN 9 that he had an $8.2 million balance. Calvin was expecting a $1,700 check […]
