ENTERTAINMENT







‘HAMSTER’ CRYPTO CRAZE HAS TAKEN IRAN
BY: JON GAMBRELL & NASSER KARIMI ... Cab drivers and bikers tap away furiously on their mobile phones as they wait at red lights in the Iranian capital during an early June heatwave. Some pedestrians in Tehran are doing the same. They all believe they could get rich … continue reading

DOES THE BIBLE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT?
BY: DAWN WILSON... The explosion of entertainment and amusement options today is overwhelming: TV, movies, sports, gaming, partying, gambling, apps on cell phones, and more … continue reading

TIKTOK WILL NOT BE SOLD, CHINESE PARENT TELLS US
BY: JOÃO DA SILVA ... TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance says it has no intention of selling the business after the US passed a law to force it to sell the hugely popular video app or be banned in America … continue reading

CHRISTIAN SINGER OLIVIA LANE WAS AN ATHEIST UNTIL SHE SAW JESUS IN HER LIVING ROOM
BY: AGOD UPDATES ... Christian singer Olivia Lane Guyton shares her testimony of the moment she went from being an atheist to a Christ follower. It happened when she saw Jesus Christ … continue reading

AT HIS FAREWELL CONCERT, DADDY YANKEE ANNOUNCES HIS NEWFOUND FAITH IN JESUS
BY: EMILY BROWN ... nternational superstar Daddy Yankee has announced his retirement from secular music to dedicate his life to a newfound faith in Jesus. The “King of Reggaeton” … continue reading

AMERICANS ARE FOLLOWING THE NEWS LESS CLOSELY THAN THEY USED TO
BY: NAOMI FORMAN-KATZ ... Americans are following the news less closely than they were a few years ago, according to a new … continue reading

WHY ARE PEOPLE MAD AT DISNEY? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
BY: JOHN GULLION ... Disney World and nostalgia … continue reading

GEN Z DON’T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THEY’RE TRAVELING ANYWAY
BY: MONICA PITRELLI ... Gen Zs aren't easing into the travel market — they are exploding into it. Despite their youth … continue reading

WHEN YOU REALIZE YOUR FAVORITE NEW SONG WAS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY ... AI
BY: CHLOE VELTMAN ... Music fans responded with disbelief this week to the release on streaming and social media platforms of the viral song "Heart on My Sleeve." … continue reading

STICKS, STONES AND KNUCKLEBONES
BY: JOANNA THOMPSON ... Dice have been around for most of recorded history. Used in everything from board games to divination … continue reading

ISRAELI WONDERLAND MAGIC KASS DRAWS THOUSANDS PER DAY
BY: DANIELLE NAGLER ... In the Judean desert, a new oasis has been drawing thousands of visitors a day … continue reading

NEW M.I.A EMBRACES CHRISTIANITY AFTER VISION OF CHRIST
BY: JEANNIE ORTEGA LAW ... Popular mainstream artist M.I.A. says she became a born-again Christian after having a vision … continue reading

CHINESE FILM ABOUT DEFEATING AMERICA IN KOREAN WAR TOPS GLOBAL BOX OFFICE
BY: JOHN HAYWARD ... According to box-office data compiled by a Chinese-owned tracking service, the number one movie worldwide this week is The Battle at Lake Changjin, a three-hour-long epic about Chinese forces defeating American troops in the Korean War that was partly funded by the Chinese Communist government … continue reading

THESE ARE THE BEST DRONE PHOTOS OF THE YEAR & THEY WILL BLOW YOUR MIND
BY: MIHAI ANDREI ... From a shark hole in a heart-shaped salmon school to social-distanced protests, these photos are something else. This photo from Australian photographer - Jim Picôt won the grand prize, and it’s not hard to understand why. A hungry shark is inside a salmon school … continue reading

4 CLASSIC DISNEY MOVIES WITH DEEP MEANINGS YOU HAD NO IDEA ABOUT
BY: ALEXANDER NYLAND, B.A. ... Many classic Disney movies will be familiar to us all. They will have been a large part of many people’s childhood. It is glaringly obvious to see that classic Disney movies have held an important and enduring place within popular culture for most of the last century … continue reading

I'VE WORN ALEXA-ENABLED GLASSES FOR TWO WEEKS. THEY'RE DRIVING ME BANANAS
BY: GEOFFREY A. FOWLER ... What do you call it when there's a little voice in your head only you can hear? A hallucination? Amazon calls it progress. I've been living with its latest talking artificial intelligence product, called the Echo Frames, for two weeks. They're glasses with tiny speakers and a microphone … continue reading

BOOK BURNING AT HBO!
BY: JOHN NOLTE ... THBO Max Blacklists ‘Gone With the Wind’ - The Woke Taliban have won HBO Max announced on Tuesday it is blacklisting Gone With the Wind (1939), and with it, Hattie McDaniel’s performance for which she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar of 1940. McDaniel was not only the first black actor … continue reading

VIRTUAL MUSIC STAR HATSUNE MIKU TO PERFORM AT COACHELLA
BY: KRISTEN HOUSER ... The international sensation is heading to Indio. On Thursday, organizers announced the 2020 lineup for arguably the most-hyped music festival in the world: Coachella. As rumored, Rage Against the Machine, Frank Ocean, and Travis Scott are set to headline the April event — but sharing the stage … continue reading