As of right now, 9:00PM UTC on June 18th, 2012, approximately 1.4 tweets per second are flooding the Twittersphere containing the hashtag #endfossilfuelsubsidies. With the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development only two days away, environmental activist agencies across the globe are harnessing the power of the social web to protest the nearly one [...]

Last night, San Francisco Giants’ pitcher, Matt Cain made history by becoming the 22nd pitcher in the league to throw a perfect game, and the first pitcher in Giants’ franchise history to do so. After the last out was made fans quickly took to Twitter to share their enthusiasm, joy, and awe at such a [...]

On Sunday night (June 10th), Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 66th Annual Tony Awards for his third year in a row at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. In the weeks before the big night, Harris was reportedly slightly worried about seeming too “redundant” with his participation in the traditional types of big, showy [...]

With all of the frenzy over Friday’s mega-IPO of Facebook, many would have expected the majority of the fanfare to have died down a bit by now. But as it turns out, only now, is the real news breaking concerning Facebook’s IPO. As reported by many news outlets, there’s speculation that Morgan Stanley didn’t properly [...]

After some controversy that led to Eddie Murphy canceling as this year’s host for the Oscars, and last year’s lackluster performance by a James Franco and Anne Hathaway combination, the Academy went for a safe bet this year. They turned to their “Old Faithful”, Billy Crystal, who had previously hosted eight other times. How was his return [...]

At tonight’s 84th annual Academy Awards ceremony, the focus was not only on the nominees, but even more so on their attire. As has become customary, the red carpet, which now starts more than three hours prior to the ceremony, has a show of its own. All the actors, actresses, directors, producers, and spouces parade [...]

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