In an age where technological advances take place the blink of an eye, these old robots are finally being put to rest. Yes, Chuck E. Cheese announced plans to retire its most recent iteration of their animatronic musical group, Munch’s Make Believe Band. It is being phased out to appeal to the more sophisticated cultural …
Yesterday, iconic Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner died of natural causes at age 91 at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills surrounded by family. Over the years, Hefner, a proponent of free speech and a champion of civil rights, published articles by heavy literary hitters including Jack Kerouac, Roald Dahl, Kurt Vonnegut, and Norman Mailer, …
If you’ve seen any Victorian photography with children, chances are you’ve seen them without really seeing them—shrouded figures lurking, but hidden, in plain sight. To the modern eye, they look sinister, but in the 19th-century they were nothing more than utilitarian. Meet the “hidden mothers” of early photography. If you ever tried to shoot photos …
Juror No 59: “Your Honor, totally he is guilty and in no way can I let him slide out of anything because…” The court: “OK. Is that your attitude toward anyone charged with a crime who has not been proven guilty?” Juror No 59: “It’s my attitude toward his entire demeanor, what he has done …