Why obama won nobel prize

The primetime event honoring and closing out their inauguration featured pop stars, newcomers, and rock legends alike. Highlighting a broad swath of America’s rich musical landscape, it included performances by Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Jon Bon Jovi, and Ant Clemons. The day before the event, Tim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard were added to the festivities. The pair performed their newly released unity-themed “Undivided” from Nashville. … [Read more...] about ‘Celebrating America’: Katy Perry, Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters Rock Inauguration Concert

Slowtide x Grateful Dead “Truckin” Towel, $34.95, available at Slowtide This is an officially-licensed collaboration between Slowtide and the Grateful Dead. This also marks the fourth time the two have worked together. The blanket and towel collection follows a limited-edition Grateful Dead phone case collab with tech accessories brand, Casely, that just got re-stocked last fall. … [Read more...] about Grateful Dead’s Sold-Out, Surf-Inspired Blanket Collaboration Just Got Restocked

Universal's horror-thriller Get Out has become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon, making headlines for scoring a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes in its opening weekend, while easily taking the top spot at the box office. After dropping just 21% this weekend, Get Out has taken in over $75 million domestically, from just a $4.5 million budget. During a new interview, writer-director Jordan Peele reveals that he almost put in an alternate ending that was even more dark than the original ending. There will be SPOILERS below if you haven't seen Get Out yet, so read on at your own risk. … [Read more...] about Get Out Has a Darker Alternate Ending Says Director

Ironically, back in May, the MTV Movie Awards put together a spoof video that depicted Get Out as a romantic comedy, which debuted just days before the awards ceremony. It's worth noting that Get Out did win two MTV Movie Awards this summer, with LilRel Howrey winning for Best Comedic Performance, playing Rod Williams, the TSA agent best friend of Daniel Kaluuya's Chris Washington, with Kaluuya taking home the Next Generation Award. While the MTV Movie Awards are never usually any sort of awards-season indicator, it's worth noting that the Academy invited a record-breaking 774 new members into its ranks as part of its sweeping diversity initiative, and it wouldn't be surprising if Get Out ends up becoming a dark horse Oscar contender as well. Get Out opened with a surprising $33.4 million, en route to a $253.4 million worldwide gross from just a $4.5 million budget. Entertainment Weekly broke the news about Get Out competing as a comedy, and hopefully we'll have more on the movie's … [Read more...] about Get Out Is Competing as a Comedy at the Golden Globes

“There is blame on both sides. I have no doubt about it – and you don’t have any doubt about it either,” he bellowed to reporters during the gobsmacking Trump Tower presser, calling them dishonest. It was particularly stunning, coming about 24 hours after Trump delivered his Charlottesville statement do-over from a podium at the White House. In that speech, delivered after two days if withering criticism for his original statement about the violence, Trump condemned neo-Nazis and white supremacists for the Charlottesville violence, in which a white supremacist plowed his car into marchers, killing a woman, and two state troopers died in a helicopter crash while on duty. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Presser Flies Off Rails When He Pulls Both-Sides-At-Fault Stance On Charlottesville Violence From Pocket