TL;DR: This renewed Dyson upright vacuum cleaner is valued at $449, but you can snag one from Amazon this Prime Day for only $279.99 — a savings of $169 This Prime Day deal sucks, but in a good way. If you head over to Amazon right now (as of this writing that is), you can […]
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TL;DR: Name your price to get the access to the knowledge-packed Complete Copywriting Mastery Bundle, usually priced at $1,393. It’s a tale as old as time: the catchy Instagram photo didn’t make you buy the product; its caption did. You may not realize it, but copy has the power to make or break sales. Without […]
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Dystopian fiction is by definition a showcase of the worst case scenario. To write it, creators must take horrible realities and stretch them to their logical, if pessimistic, conclusion. In a lot of ways The Handmaid’s Tale does dystopia fairly well — it draws upon modern misogyny, extremist pseudo-Christian ideology, and observable human rights abuses […]
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Forget about reading and writing — there’s another “R” of life that takes precedence: Refurbished. The term typically refers to a device — say, a laptop, tablet, or smartphone — that’s been gently used, but later fixed up by an authorized repair center or reseller so that it works and looks good as new. It’ll […]
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What if instead of learning high school Spanish from Mr. Jones and Chemistry from Mrs. Adams, you had learned cinematography from Steven Spielberg or business from Sheryl Sandberg? Bet you’d be super rich and famous, right? SEE ALSO: Take an online writing course taught by Margaret Atwood Well, it’s not too late. Thanks to the […]
Continue readingFrom its red stalker to its eerie strangers, this suspenseful classic set a template for horror – but its sexual intimacy adds a dramatic counterpoint few films can match This week sees the restored rerelease of Nicolas Roeg’s eerie masterpiece Don’t Look Now from 1973, adapted by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant from the short […]
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Even when Ryan Reynolds is blatantly promoting his own stuff, we still can’t get mad at him. He just does it so damn well. SEE ALSO: 69 times Ryan Reynolds was hands down the funniest actor on Twitter Reynolds has previously advertised Aviation Gin — the company he’s owned since early 2018 — with the […]
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One British TV channel has taken a step towards eliminating the standing trend of all-male comedy writers’ rooms by outright requiring women writers on all submitted projects. ITV Comedy Controller Saskia Schuster announced the policy change at the Channel 4 Diverse Festival, an event dedicated to improving representation in TV and film, as an extension […]
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Forget everyone else, this is the only influencer you need to follow from now on. A dad named Omar from Austin, Texas is finally getting the Instagram engagement he deserves after all of his hard work influencing. When Omar recently found out exactly what it means to be an influencer, he decided to give it […]
Continue readingThis tweet of Keanu Reeve not touching women when he takes a photograph with them is going viral with over 26,000 retweets and 123,000 likes as of the writing of this post: Lol Keanu ain’t taking no chances. pic.twitter.com/nnfIOZKbT1 — Kemoy Lindsay (@KemziLinzi) June 9, 2019 You can’t really see it in the way the […]
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