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So a few weeks ago, Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver hit the headlines for buying a whole bunch of Russell Crowe memorabilia.
The auction of stuff included, of all things, the backs of seats sat on by famous people like Denzel Washington and Crowe, a vest from Les Misérables, and a jockstrap worn by Crowe in Cinderella Man.
Crowe amassed more than $3 million in sales at the auction, which you’d assume would go straight to his coffers.
But not so fast: The actor ended up donating that money to a koala chlamydia ward at Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo, after promising on Twitter that Oliver’s “random act of kindness is going to be honoured in a cool way.” Read more…
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Adele just sailed into her 30th year and threw a Titanic shindig to celebrate.
The Grammy-winning artist celebrated her three-decades on Earth with a birthday party themed around James Cameron’s 1997 Best Picture winner.
Posting three images on Instagram on Sunday, Adele looks every inch Kate Winslet’s character Rose DeWitt Bukater. According to her caption, “super fandom” describes her love for Cameron’s film — and the photos prove it.
A post shared by Adele (@adele) on May 6, 2018 at 4:41pm PDT Read more…
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We're so fine with this fact about Groot in 'Avengers: Infinity War.' Just fine.
May 7, 2018Spoiler Alert: This article discusses the shocking ending of Infinity War, which you really should have seen by now.
We’re not crying you’re crying everyone’s crying.
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has revealed an overwhelmingly sad fact about Groot in Avengers: Infinity War and yeah, we’re not ok.
What’s all this blubbering about? Groot’s final line, uttered as he once again evaporates from our lives into a cloud of Infinity Stone-inflicted nothingness. Thanos, ya jerk.
Gunn hopped on Twitter to answer a question on this line from a fan on Sunday, and dropped this devastating truth nugget: Read more…
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OK, so it’s no surprise extreme cold can cause havoc with electronics.
Take something as simple as power: Batteries freeze in sub-zero temperatures, causing the voltage to drop, which makes the camera think the battery is flat.
In a new video, Antarctic photographer Anthony Powell explains how he gets around issues like this by modifying the battery. It can be a dicey situation for the electronics inside the camera when it gets below -40 degrees Celsius (-40 degrees Fahrenheit), depending on the brand.
Oh, and there’s the troubling matter of power cables simply snapping when they freeze. Fun stuff. Read more…
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