17 hours agoNew York StateComments Off on Naoshi Arakawa Made Kaori and Kosei Incredibly Contrasting Characters to Better Express the Themes of Your Lie in April
Your Lie in April also explores the complexity of human relationships, from the bonds of friendship to the depths of romantic love. The show portrays the intricacies of human emotions and how they shape our relationships with others. There are various themes that surround the story that can touch the human heart in various ways. […]
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17 hours agoNew York StateComments Off on Elden Ring: How To Get Overpowered Early In The Game
Quick View Smithing Stones Are Very Important for Upgrading Your Weapons Bleed Builds Can Be Very Overpowered and Deadly Level Up Vigor And Pick A Good Keepsake Rune Farming Can Give You a Good Boost Early On Elden Ring can be pretty tough when you’re just starting out. With enemies lurking around every corner, it’s […]
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17 hours agoNew York StateComments Off on Tom Holland’s Response to Timothée Chalamet’s “Ultimate Rizz Master” Comment Has us Convinced They’re the Next Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s infectious bond gave fans the time of their lives when the duo appeared during Deadpool & Wolverine promotions. Reynolds was already popular for his amazing sense of humor and that coupled with Jackman’s wittiness added fuel to the fire. However, there may be a new hit friendship in Tinseltown which […]
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17 hours agoNew York StateComments Off on Cristin Milioti’s Performance in The Penguin is Making Me Mad Because It Reminds Me of the Most Royal Fumble in TV History
Cristin Milioti’s performance in The Penguin’s driving me crazy, and not in a good way. Every time she absolutely nails a scene, it takes me back to one of the biggest TV letdowns ever. I just can’t help but think about how her incredible talent was once wasted in a role that had so much […]
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17 hours agoNew York StateComments Off on Driver ditches new $75k Rivian at ‘significant loss’ months after buying it – SUV needed major repair at just 578 miles
A DRIVER is out thousands after he was forced to sell his brand new EV with just 800 miles on the odometer.
Just months after dropping $75,000 on the stylish Rivian with tons of add-ons, the driver had to head to the mechanic for a serious repair.
A driver is out thousands after he sold his brand new Rivian at a reduced price following a surprise visit to the mechanic (stock)[/caption]
The driver had to get steering systems replaced after putting just 500 miles on the car[/caption]
On the outside, the silver Rivian R1S looks like a dream car.
It’s fashioned with enviable features like a jet black interior, large monitor, and off-road capabilities unique to the outdoor-friendly brand, according to the listing on Cars & Bids.
Passengers can enjoy three full rows pf seats in the R1S, which is one of the few EVs to rival gas powered trucks with its expansive size.
Plus, the driver opted for extra modifications like a window tint, vinyl wrap to emphasize the chrome trim, and glossifier to make the emblems shine.
They even shelled out an extra $900 to fit the cars with running boards underneath the doors, making the massive SUV easier to enter and exit.
However, once the driver hit 578 miles in his fresh new ride, he had to take it to the shop.
According to the CarFax, the accident history is spotless, but the service history shows the Rivian got a steering column and steering column control module replaced.
Replacing parts just months after buying a new car can’t feel good, but the driver actually said it wasn’t the reason he sold.
On the listing, he wrote that the car wasn’t “suited for out family at this time.”
The issue was “mainly a usability and ergonomics thing for my wife who also isn’t comfortable driving it around due to sheer size and truck-like attributes,” he said.
“I love driving it, but alas it isn’t as great a fit for everyone as I had hoped.”
Even though the gorgeous ride was just lightly used, the driver still faced a serious value decrease.
Drivers should be warned that the second a brand new car is driven off a dealership’s lot, it drops anywhere from 5% to 15% in price.
After one year, drivers can expect their new car to be worth about 80% the original price.
This Rivian owner took a pretty significant hit, and sold the car for just $67,313 after an auction where is scored eight bids.
Why aren't people buying EVs?
In January, many EV makers reported slow demand. Reuters said there are a few valid reasons for a slow in demand:
High initial costs. Many automakers, like Tesla, Hyundai, and Ford have conducted “price slashes” on their flagship EVs to attract new buyers, though demand remains slow.
Higher insurance costs. Some insurance companies cite fire risks, high costs of battery replacement, and higher vehicle weight as reasons for higher premiums.
Charging anxiety. A large percentage of people remain fearful of being in a situation where they won’t be able to charge if they run out of battery due to a lack of infrastructure.
Range anxiety. In many instances, EVs still don’t have the range and infrastructure of gas-powered vehicles.
Poor performance in extreme temperatures. Reduced range in extremely hot or cold weather makes potential buyers wary.
Rivian is continue to expand its presence in the US market with its latest design – the R2.
The R2’s initial prototype launch featured a trove of new specs for the upcoming EV.
Rivian expects the car to hit the US market in 2026 with a $45,000 starting price tag.
The initial prototype has a shorter wheelbase than the production R1S.
Inside, the SUV has two rows of seating for five passengers.
The R2 carries over some standard Rivian specs – extra storage in the front row, a hand-carved wooden dashboard, and the company’s famous flashlight in the door.
But the car also points the company in a slightly new direction with some distinct details.
The rear window can roll down, and the charging port can be used to plug into Tesla’s charging stations.
17 hours agoNew York StateComments Off on Jeopardy! fans fume at ‘questionable’ category name as they spot not one but two errors that host Ken Jennings missed
JEOPARDY! fans have blasted the show after one “questionable” category left them baffled.
Viewers found themselves scratching their heads when host Ken Jennings failed to spot the bizarre errors.
Jeopardy! fans are furious by one ‘questionable’ category[/caption]
The three contestants were being asked questions about ‘pop stars’[/caption]
Fans were baffled by two of the answers – with country singer Blake Shelton being one[/caption]
Contestants Stephanie Cooper, Tristan Brown and Will Wallace all picked questions from the Pop Stars category – yet fans have complained the questions weren’t actually about pop stars.
For $16,0000, Ken also asked, “Leroi Moore, Boyd Tinsley, Carter Beauford and Stefan Lessard, his ‘band’ are 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees.”
Will answered correctly with rock jam group Dave Matthews Band.
Fans shared their frustrations online, venting that Blake Shelton and Dave Matthews Band are not pop stars.
One angry viewer complained, “Some questionable inclusions in the Pop Stars category. I wouldn’t consider either Blake Shelton or Dave Matthews to be pop stars.”
Another added, “In the broadest sense they do perform popular music, although I agree that as typically used today, ‘pop star’ usually means American Idol-type performers.”
Someone else wrote on Instagram, “Not sure I agree with Dave Matthews being a ‘pop’ star, but I didn’t get that answer anyway! lol”
And one Jeopardy! fan fumed: “Real loose interpretation of pop star.”
Despite the confusion over the true definition of a pop star, the installment of the ABC gameshow – which aired on Tuesday night – was a nail-biting one.
Newly-crowned champion Tristan went head-to-head with Stephanie and Will Wallace in a bid to win the episode.
But Tristan then blew his first place after Will, who had struggled to get out of negative, won the show.
As they answered questions in the Pop Stars category, Will was at one point -$200.
However, he managed to turn it around and went on to steal the show.
By Final Jeopardy!, Ken pointed out that there was just $1,000 between first and third place.
Jeopardy! Contestant Rules
Passing Jeopardy!'s online Anytime Test is hard enough, but there are also many rules players must follow once they make it to the stage:
The returning champion is always at the leftmost podium and keeps playing until they lose.
Contestants don’t have to say “who is” or “what is” in the first round but must do so in Double Jeopardy! and Final Jeopardy.
Contestants can change their responses as long as Ken Jennings or the judges haven’t made a ruling.
The minimum wager for a Daily Double is $5. The minimum wager for Final Jeopardy! is $0.
Written responses in Final Jeopardy! do not have to be spelled correctly, but they must be phonetically correct (the judges decide this).
If there’s a tie after Final Jeopardy, the tied players enter a bonus clue shootout, and whoever buzzes in first correctly wins.
If all three contestants wager everything in Final Jeopardy! and are incorrect, leaving them with $0, there will be no returning champion (it’s happened before—six times).
Giving them their final clue, Ken then said, “For much of the 1920s, he lived on Eddy Street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District.”
Will shared his answer of Hammett [Dashiell], and won an extra $9,399. This saw his total creep up to $18,799.
Tristan, however, plummeted to $0 and Stephanie also went down to $5,400 with wrong answers.
Falling Tristan and Stephanie’s falls, Will was declared the winner.
“Congrats Will, very tightly contested game,” said one fan on Reddit, as viewers rushed online to discuss the game.
Meanwhile, this is not the first time fans have raised questions about Jeopardy! this week.
Host Ken Jennings failed to spot Blake Shelton and Dave Matthews band in the pop stars category[/caption]
Will stole the crown from Tristan following a nail-biting game[/caption]
17 hours agoNew York StateComments Off on North Korean troops INSIDE Russia as US confirms 3,000 men serving as ‘cannon fodder for desperate Vlad in Ukraine war’
AT LEAST 3,000 North Korean troops are now inside Russia with US officials fearing they have been shipped in to help Putin fight his bloody war against Ukraine.
Many more are yet to come as North Korea aims to deploy a total of 10,000 soldiers by the end of the year, reports claim.
Tyrant Putin and ruthless dictaoitor Kim Jong-un have been forging a close relationship to form an ‘Axis of Evil’[/caption]
Worrying new video evidence shows North Korean troops in Russia being kitted out with military equipment before being sent to Kursk[/caption]
Rescuers work at a Ukrainian children’s hospital that was damaged during a Russian missile strikes[/caption]
A handout from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) shows what it claims to be North Korean troops were gathered at Russia’s Ussuriysk military facility[/caption]
The US revealed on Wednesday that at least 3,000 soldiers have put their boots on Putin’s land after Ukraine’s military intelligence claimed North Korean troops were to help push back its forces.
And the US now appear to back this claim, with US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirming it’s a “high concerning probability” the North Korean soldiers are there to fight.
He warned: “After completing training, these soldiers could travel to western Russia and then engage in combat against the Ukrainian military.”
Earlier on Wednesday Defense Secretary Austin warned that if this were the case, it would be a “very, very serious issue”.
He believes the then-alleged North Korean deployment could be due to an embarrassing shortage of Russian recruits.
Austin said: “This is an indication that he [Putin] may be even in more trouble than most people realize.
“He went tin cupping early on to get additional weapons and materials from DPRK and then from Iran.
“And now he’s making a move to get more people — if that is the case, if these troops are designed to be a part of the fight in Ukraine.”
The US determined the North Korean soldiers were transported via ship in October from the Wonsan region to the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok.
Tyrant Putin and ruthless dictator Kim Jong-un have been forging a close relationship to form what has been dubbed an “Axis of evil” against the West.
And Pyongyang is now committed to helping out the desperate Russian leader to win his meatgrinder war against Ukraine.
Dramatic videos from the Far East of Russia allegedly shows Kim’s soldiers being given battlefield equipment and taking part in strict military training.
One video being shared online is said to feature a voice saying: “The handsome allied soldiers from North Korea have arrived.
“I hope the war will now end.”
Footage purportedly shows North Korean troops in eastern Russia undergoing training ahead of deployment[/caption]
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un posing with troops during an inspection at a training base on October 2[/caption]
North Korean troops taking part in training at a base of the Korean People’s Army’s special operations forces at an undisclosed location in North Korea[/caption]
Russia and North Korea have so far denied the troop movements.
Pyongyang said reports of them sending troops abroad are simply “groundless rumours”.
Despite Kim’s cronies brushing off the claims, South Korean intelligence reports that troops are being issued fake military IDs before being shipped off to Siberian regions like Yakutia and Buryatia.
‘DON’T DIE ON FOREIGN SOIL’
Ukraine has asked North Korean troops to surrender rather than die for their dictator.
A message written in both Korean and Russian says: “We appeal to the fighters of the Korean People’s Army not to die senselessly on foreign soil.
“You should not repeat the fate of hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers who will never return home.
“Surrender now and Ukraine will shelter you, feed you and warm you.”
A video shared by Kyiv’s forces shows a PoW camp built to accommodate North Korean troops who choose to surrender.
It says: “The prisoners of war in the camp will be kept in large, warm and bright rooms with separate sleeping quarters.
“They will receive three meals a day, including meat, fresh vegetables and bread.”
DESPERATE VLAD
Officials have also detected signs that North Korea is relocating family members of soldiers chosen to be sent to Russia to special sites to isolate them.
World leaders say if North Korean troops are seen in Ukraine then it would be a clear sign of desperation from a paranoid Vlad.
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb told Reuters: “We’re just seeing how desperate Russia is.
“Its allies are not too many around this world.
“It relies on Iranian weapons, it relies on North Korean soldiers. How much worse can it get?”
At the end of last month, small North Korean tanks, named Bulsae-4, were even spotted fighting in Ukraine.
North Korea has denied supplying the Kremlin with ballistic missiles and artillery shells.
But reports say Kim has even pledged to send 15,000 tunnellers to Ukraine to dig a Hamas-style underground front.
Russia is using “dark” ships with their GPS turned off so they can’t be tracked to ship some of the containers.
In return, Putin is said to be protecting his pal at the UN by vetoing bodies supposed to enforce the sanctions against North Korea.
Rescuers work at the site of a damaged building after a missile strike in Kyiv[/caption]
A drone view shows residential buildings destroyed by a Russian missile strike in Ukraine[/caption]
17 hours agoNew York StateComments Off on Big Ten announces college kick-off times for Week 9 including major broadcasting changes for Georgia-Florida
THE Big Ten has announced a major change to college kick-off times for the rest of the season.
While many fans expected to see Penn State in a prime-time matchup, the Week 9 schedule has revealed a shock twist.
Penn State had its whiteout game moved to noon in Week 9[/caption]
Multiple other teams are having games moved around their schedules[/caption]
Penn State is hosting Ohio State on November, a game that they slotted for their annual whiteout game.
The school typically does their traditional whiteout against their biggest opponent of the year.
Ohio State is their biggest opponent this year, but TV viewers won’t see the late-night, white out crowd this year.
Instead, Fox called in an audible to have Penn State versus Ohio State as their featured matchup for Big Noon Kickoff.
It makes sense why Fox would want to feature the two schools on their flagship college football program.
Penn State is currently ranked as the No. 3 school in the country while Ohio State is the No. 4 ranked school in the country.
The loser of this game will have a much harder time making it into the Big Ten Championship game.
While Fox is licking their chops at having the matchup on their network, Penn State fans are furious about having to move their whiteout and shared that fury on social media.
“Does anyone know when the deal with @CFBONFOX ends? I want to mark the days off on my calendar,” one fan said.
“Bizarre to play this game at noon,” another fan said.
Other fans recognized that Fox may have scheduled the game that way to ensure it doesn’t clash with a potential Game 7 in the World Series.
“Game 7 of the World Series or PSU-OSU game at night. Which one do you think is going to win out??” one fan said.
“Fox is worried about a possible game seven in the World Series,” another fan said.
Penn State isn’t the only school to have their game times moved around recently.
Georgia‘s schedule is extremely volatile and subject to change thanks to the strength of their matchups.
College football top 25 rankings
BELOW are the top 25 rankings of college football's best programs for Week 8
Oregon (7-0)
Georgia (6-1)
Penn State (6-0)
Ohio State (5-1)
Texas (6-1)
Miami (7-0)
Tennessee (6-1)
LSU (6-1)
Clemson (6-1)
Iowa State (7-0)
BYU (7-0)
Notre Dame (6-1)
Indiana (7-0)
Texas A&M (6-1)
Alabama (5-2)
Kansas State (6-1)
Boise State (5-1)
Ole Miss (5-2)
Pittsburgh (6-0)
Illinois (6-1)
Missouri (6-1)
SMU (6-1)
Army (7-0)
Navy (6-0)
Vanderbilt (5-2)
The Bulldogs just had their November 2 game against Florida moved to 3:30 pm ET on ABC.
They also have two more games that haven’t even been scheduled yet.
November 9 against Ole Miss is subject to flexing either into an afternoon or night game.
The November 16 game against Tennessee is also subject to those same rules.
As the season rolls along and networks continue to get an idea of the top teams, more and more games will be moved around like this.
Georgia had a Week 9 game against Florida flexed into the afternoon[/caption]
17 hours agoNew York StateComments Off on Zayn Malik gives huge tour update after ‘heartbreaking loss’ of One Direction bandmate Liam Payne
ZAYN Malik has given fans a huge update on his tour after speaking out on the “heartbreaking loss” of his One Direction bandmate Liam Payne.
The singer had pulled out of his upcoming dates in light of Liam’s sudden death aged 31 last week.
Zayn Malik has shared an update on his tour[/caption]
Zayn paid tribute to Liam last week following his tragic death[/caption]
Liam Payne died on Wednesday, October 16, after falling from a hotel balcony[/caption]
Liam and Zayn found fame together as members of One Direction back in 2010, alongside Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan.
Zayn was due to perform in San Francisco on Wednesday, October 23.
But in light of the tragic news of Liam’s passing, Zayn last week opted to step away from his shows.
He previously wrote on his Instagram Stories: “Given the heartbreaking loss experienced this week, I’ve made the decision to postpone the US leg of Stairway To The Sky tour.
“The dates are being rescheduled for January and I’ll post them as soon as it’s all set in the next few days.
“Your tickets will remain valid for the new dates. Love you all and thank you for understanding.”
The star has now shared his new rescheduled dates for the North America leg of the tour which will run throughout January and February.
Zayn will perform seven US shows, kicking off in Washington on January 21, and concluding in San Francisco on February 3.
He’ll also stop off at stadiums in New york, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
As news of the heartbreaking news of Liam’s death spread around the world, One Direction released a statement together, before they each made their own separate tributes.
Zayn shared a picture of him and Liam cuddled up together in the back of the car as he reflected on their friendship and the time they spent together.
He wrote: “Liam I have found myself talking out loud to you, hoping you can hear me, I can’t help but think selfishly that there was so many more conversations for us to have in our lives.
“I never got to thank you for supporting me through some of the most difficult times in my life.
“When I was missing home as a 17-year-old kid, you would always be there with a positive outlook and reassuring smile and let me know you were my friend and that I was loved.”
He added: “When it came to the music, Liam, you were the most qualified in every sense.
“I knew nothing in comparison, I was a novice child with no experience and you were already a professional.
“I lost a brother when you left us and can’t explain to you what I’d give to just give you a hug one last time and say goodbye to you properly.
“I will cherish all the memories I have with you in my heart forever”.
Liam is survived by his family, including his sister Ruth, and his seven-year-old son, Bear.
Liam was on holiday with girlfriend Kate Cassidy (pictured) before he died[/caption]