(#1) Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump in the Polls Post Democratic National ... [Newsweek]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held a 6- percentage-point lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll with new wording that was released on Friday, the day after she formally ...
(#2) Welcome to Asia's Latest Organic Retreat: North Korea [TIME]
But for a growing number of Chinese, the ultimate escape is the ultimate in oppression: North Korea. To be clear, North Korea isn't suddenly a land of milk-and-honey baths, and woe betide anyone who requests a chemical peel at a Pyongyang hotel.
(#3) A Brief Refresher on the Jason Bourne Universe [Vulture]
ALICIA VIKANDER as Heather Lee in "Jason Bourne," the action-thriller in which Matt Damon returns to his most iconic role. Paul Greengrass, the director of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, once again joins Damon for the next chapter of ...
(#4) Rules Delay at PGA Championship Sinks Sport Into Quagmire Yet Again [New York Times]
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Jordan Spieth was making a stirring, rousing run up the leaderboard Friday, finally bringing some sparkle and star power to a drowsy 2016 P.G.A. Championship, when golf's pesky rule book once again elbowed its way into the ...
(#5) Orlando Bloom Helped Write Katy Perry's D.N.C. Speech [Vanity Fair]
Thursday evening, at the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Katy Perry spoke briefly and performed “Rise” and “Roar” (song titles which sound like they could double as names for branded celebrity fragrances, no?), before ...
(#6) Khizr Khan, Father of American Muslim Soldier Killed in Iraq, Shames Donald Trump [The Intercept]
However, the words of Khizr Khan — a Pakistani Muslim immigrant, whose son, Capt. Humayun S.M. Khan, was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for saving the lives of fellow soldiers in Baquba, Iraq, in 2004 — were not about the ...
(#7) Marc Mezvinsky's Net Worth: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know [Heavy.com]
Chelsea Clinton (R) sits with her husband Marc Mezvinsky during the closing Plenary session of the seventh Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) at the Sheraton New York Hotel on September 22, 2011 in New York City. (Getty).
(#8) Arthur memes have officially taken over the Internet [The Independent]
2016 has arguably been the year of Mr. Krab as far as popular memes go, but now, the four-eyed aardvark Arthur has taken the crown from the money hungry crustacean. Arthur is the lead character of the PBS kids show of the same name, which first aired ...
(#9) Lollapalooza day one: Lana del Rey's anti-charisma, J. Cole's momentum issues [Chicago Tribune]
12:15 p.m.: The newly expanded Lollapalooza got off to a slow start Thursday as gates opened about 40 minutes late. Organizers tweeted that they were watching the weather at Grant Park. Light rain fell on the restless crowd waiting outside the main ...
(#10) All-Star Game mlssoccer.com [MLSsoccer.com]
Cech, the Arsenal goalkeeper, commented Wednesday that he hoped Montreal Impact striker Didier Drogba wouldn't score in the 2016 AT&T MLS All-Star Game “because for a whole year, he will text me with a picture of the goal, probably.” Cech almost got ...
(#11) How Will Amazon.com (AMZN) Stock React to Video Content Spending? [TheStreet.com]
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Amazon.com (AMZN) said it plans to double its video content spending in the second half of 2016. The announcement was slipped into the e-commerce giant's strong 2016 second quarter results yesterday, CNBC.com reports.
(#12) Watch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Hilariously Skewer Trump at DNC [RollingStone.com]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was both hilarious and serious at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night, targeting Donald Trump with wit and candor. "I'm Michael Jordan, and I'm here with Hillary," the basketball legend said to the audience, which gave ...
(#13) Cara Delevingne wears raver buns and jumpsuit as Suicide Squad promo tour rolls on [Daily Mail]
And on Friday Cara Delevingne was certainly demonstrating model behavior as she left her hotel in New York City to continue promotions for Suicide Squad. The 23-year-old stunned in a black jumpsuit with mesh detailing along the top before participating ...
(#14) Secret recordings emerged and the Chandra Levy case rapidly unraveled [Washington Post]
This week, prosecutors and defense attorneys were set to travel to a California meeting, preparing for the retrial of the man charged with killing Washington intern Chandra Levy in 2001. But that travel plan changed abruptly and the murder case crumbled.
(#15) Internet star Hayes Grier hospitalized after dirt bike accident [USA TODAY]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Internet celebrity and former Dancing with the Stars contestant Hayes Grier is recovering after a dirt bike accident. A spokeswoman for the 16-year-old social media star says Hayes is "under great care" at a hospital in North Carolina.
(#16) Actor-turned-radio host Jerry Doyle dead at 60 [Fox News]
Actor and syndicated radio host Gerard "Jerry" Doyle has died in Las Vegas at age 60. Clark County coroner John Fudenberg said Thursday that an autopsy was scheduled, and it will take several weeks and toxicology tests to determine a cause of death.
(#17) PETA wishes Warren Sapp well after shark attack, sends fake lobster [Miami Herald]
Sapp, who spent 10 seasons in the NFL with the Buccaneers and Raiders, is now selling merchandise like t-shirts and hoodies with the hashtag #sappfishing with a caricature of himself sacking a quarterback with a shark's head. The score reads 2-0.
(#18) Jennifer Granholm's DNC Speech Was the Most Bizarre Moment of the Entire ... [Mic]
Jennifer Granholm, a former two-term governor of Michigan, used Thursday night's Democratic National Convention stage as an apparent opportunity to audition for Saturday Night Live. Or at least, that's what the string of strange, confusing and ...
(#19) Constance Wu Slams Matt Damon Casting in 'The Great Wall': It Perpetuates a ... [Variety]
“Fresh Off the Boat” star Constance Wu criticized the casting of Matt Damon in “The Great Wall,”, arguing that is perpetuates a stereotype that heroes are played by white men. “We have to stop perpetuating the racist myth that only a white man can save ...
(#20) Watch the Trailer for Mel Gibson's WWII Drama 'Hacksaw Ridge' [Yahoo Movies (blog)]
The unofficial Mel Gibson Hollywood blacklist — initiated by his various meltdowns and controversies — has apparently ended, since this November, he'll debut his first directorial effort since 2006's Apocalypto. And as illustrated by its first ...
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