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The Incredible Way I Learned Ben Affleck Was Batman, 10 Years Ago Today
Oh, won’t you look at the time? It’s Make-You-Feel-Old-O’Clock. Yes, it’s one of those days we write about something that feels like it was yesterday, but was almost certainly not yesterday. And today that something is Ben Affleck’s casting as Batman. The date was August 22, 2013, and the news of Affleck’s casting in the…
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Bill Gates Office Accused of Asking Women Candidates About Porn Habits During Job Screening
Women job candidates were allegedly asked sexually explicit and personal questions while interviewing for a position at Bill Gates’s private investment office, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The women went through an extensive screening process and were reportedly asked intrusive questions including if they ever “danced for dollars” or had an affair, what…
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The Old Guard 2 Adds Some Ex-Superheroes to Its Immortal Cast
Back in 2020, The Old Guard served as a fun, exciting action movie that put character over spectacle and wound up being one of the better movies of that year. A movie about a group of immortal warriors functioning as an black ops team isn’t a premise you do just the one time, doubly so…
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6 Ways Uncanny AT&T Ads Predicted the Future in 1993
In 1993, telecom giant AT&T launched an advertising campaign that somehow predicted quite a lot of aspects of how we work and live today. The “You Will” ad series, directed by now-famed thrill-master David Fincher, was an eerily accurate look at what life in the mid to late 2000s would look like. The ads, narrated…