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“Wonder Woman” Punches Haters In The Face & Soars To $100 Million Opening

Wonder Woman Smashes Box Office, Wins The Internet Wonder Woman  came thru and crushed the buildings with an Earth-stopping $103.3 million opening at the box office that shattered expectations, redefined the superhero movie genre and punched ALL the haters in the face. Hailed as an essential piece to the Justice League universe, the Gal Gadot -led summer smash became the best-reviewed superhero movie of all-time with the highest domestic opening for a female director (Patty Jenkins) EVER. Oh yes, it’s LIT and had the whole entire internet in a TIZZY. Peep all the must-see  Wonder Woman hysteria on the flip. https://twitter.com/megsauce/status/871179290238308354 https://twitter.com/4eyedRaven/status/871226722850557952/photo/1 https://twitter.com/tragichapters/status/870635910081028096 https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/871707013151162369 https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/871603195952250880 https://twitter.com/JesabelRaay/status/871423873132056576 https://twitter.com/Dorky06/status/871240612049244160 https://twitter.com/wondermann5/status/871530306850783232 https://twitter.com/Daniel_Eliesen/status/871713766555045889

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“Wonder Woman” Punches Haters In The Face & Soars To $100 Million Opening

U.S. Swimmers Take Carpool Karaoke to Olympic Heights

The Opening Ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics will air live from Brazil on Friday night. But we don't need to see thousands of world class athletes parading around with their flags to get us in the mood for these epic Games. A handful of U.S swimmers have gone ahead and done the inspiring deed for us already… carpool karaoke style! In the following piece of amazing footage, Olympians Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Nathan Adrian, Elizabeth Beisel, Caeleb Dressel and others have teamed up for the ultimate take on James Corden's classic segment. The begins with Dressel and Beisel asking everyone to buckle up. Safety first, people. Safety, always. From there, the group breaks into some Taylor Swift , briefly Shaking It Off, before Phelps, in another vehicle, asks if anyone is going to play some music during their drive. Next up, we have a a car packed full of female Olympians… who plead NOT to select “Call Me Maybe” as their karaoke song. It's been done before , that's all. Many times. No offense to Carly Rae Jepsen. The talented women therefore opt for Fifth Harmony’s “BO$$.” Solid selection. Around the five-minute mark, Nathan Adrian bursts out in song-and-dance while performing the Pokémon theme song in a way we never thought was possible. It almost makes the whole Pokemon GO craze worthwhile. There are plenty of Lochte dance moves to enjoy, a few more Pokemon references and just an epic video to enjoy overall. Sit back and take it all in now:

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Megyn Kelly Cracks Up Over Donald Trump, We Can’t Blame Her

Megyn Kelly tried, and failed to keep a straight face while discussing Donald Trump's Wednesday town hall in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Fox News anchor was a target last August when Trump disliked her questions, and after insinuated that she was probably on her period (oh yes, and he called her a “bimbo” on Twitter). Though they buried the hatchet in May, but the Republican nominee brought it up again on Wednesday night. “I meant her nose or her ears or her mouth,” Trump said to a roaring crowd. “But these people are perverted and they think it was another location. Unbelievable. I cut it short ― because I was talking about either taxes or economic development, so I said, ‘or wherever.’ And I wanted to get back on the subject. I should have finished it out, I would have been much better. So they lied.” When the camera cut back to Kelly, she was visibly embarrassed that the issue was brought up at all. “What is he doing? Relitigating every controversy from the primary season?” Kelly said. Another controversial issue Trump rehashed was the time he made fun of New York Times reporter Serege Kovaleski. Kovaleski suffers from arthrogryposis, which limits the functioning of his joints. “I won’t make the motions because if I do, they’ll say something, you know,” Trump said, referring to his mimicking Kovaleski's disability. But wait!  Trump is very good to the disabled!  “Nobody’s better to people with disabilities than me. I spend millions and millions of dollars on buildings taking care of people with disabilities,” he claimed. In the video, Kelly – who had two guests on the segment, one of whom is a Trump supporter – mentioned that federal law requires buildings to be wheelchair accessible. “But they’re very expensive in his buildings, Megyn, let me tell you,” the Trump supporter joked. Watch the segment to see why Kelly couldn't contain herself.

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AMC Theaters Banning Costumes; Theater Stocks Down Following Tragedy: Biz Break

Also in Friday afternoon’s round-up of news. Warner Bros. has not seen any indication that the tragic shooting earlier today in Colorado at a Dark Knight Rises showing has had any influence on the pic’s ticket sales. In other news, Taylor Kitsch may lead a racing movie franchise and Kevin Costner to play inspiring real-life coach. AMC Banning Costumes in Wake of Tragedy The theater chain said it’s not going to allow guests into its theaters “in costumes that make other guests feel uncomfortable and we will not permit face-covering masks or fake weapons inside our buildings.” Deadline reports . No Slowdown in TDKR Ticket Sales (so far) North American midnight figures for The Dark Knight Rises came in at $30.640M  from 3,825 locations for a $8,010 per location average. Following the tragedy, numbers were still brisk with $500K grossed just in Manhattan by 10am, Deadline reports . Theater Stocks Drop Following Shooting Exhibitors’ shares fell Friday after the deaths of 12 people early Friday morning at a Cinemark theater in Aurora, CO. Shares of Cinemark and Regal Entertainment Group both declined 4%, Variety reports . Taylor Kitsch Zooms to Need For Speed Kitsch is in line to play the lead in Dreamworks’ Need For Speed , based on a series of EA car racing video games of the same name. It’s set for a February 2014 release, Zap2it reports . Kevin Costner in Talks for Disney’s McFarland Costner would star in the true story about a coach in the predominately Latino community of McFarland, CA who formed a high school track team that became champions despite numerous social and physical obstacles in the ’80s, THR reports .

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iLounge sounds attenuation alarm on Verizon iPhone [video]

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The iPhone 4′s antenna situation truly is the story that just will not die. Now that the antenna gripes of the GSM iPhone has been exhausted, why not move on to the heir apparent… the CDMA iPhone. iLounge has published a seven minute YouTube video showcasing a karma sutra of death grips that can affect the signal quality of your Verizon iPiece. It’s not much of a secret that all cellular phones can… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Boy Genius Report Discovery Date : 08/02/2011 23:21 Number of articles : 2

iLounge sounds attenuation alarm on Verizon iPhone

Geo-modeler and Sydneysider Peter Olsen

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Cross-posted from the Official Google Australia Blog Retired software engineer Peter Olsen discovered SketchUp shortly after it was acquired by Google in 2006. He published his first model to Google Earth’s “3D Buildings” layer in July 2008. Two and a half years later, he has 68 buildings in Google Earth—some as far away as Italy and Peru. Peter is a Sydneysider, so it’s not surprising that he focused… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Official Google SketchUp Blog Discovery Date : 09/02/2011 00:40 Number of articles : 2

Geo-modeler and Sydneysider Peter Olsen

New Lemur Species Discovered in Madagascar

Photo: Russell A. Mittermeier / Conservation International According to researchers exploring in the forests of Madagascar , they’ve stumbled upon a species of lemur previously unknown to the world of science — though its future may already be in jeopardy. Researchers suspect this new lemur, which has even yet been named, will eventually be classified among the island’s growing l… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bird-Friendly Glass Among BuildingGreen’s Top 10 of the Year

Happy Orange Bird via Sam Howzit , Flickr. The folks at Arnold Glas are chirping about an award for Ornilux from BuildingGreen , as a Top 10 green building product of 2010. The Ornilux bird-friendly, spider-inspired glass was spotlighted earlier this year by TreeHugger. So I guess we… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Roof of Hot Air Makes a Picnic Pavilion the Perfect Autumn Hideaway

Image via Reflex Déco From Dutch designers Overtreders W comes “Het dak dat opgaat in rook,” or the “roof that goes up in smoke.” It’s a fitting name, since this innovative picnic pavilion consists not only of the usual tables and chairs, but also of an inflatable roof, filled with hot air heated by a wooden stove in the center of the pavilion and kept in place by wooded stilts…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Micro-Architecture: An Eco-Hut That Would Turn Lincoln Himself Green

Images Courtesy of Yeta Here at TreeHugger, we love architecture and design that makes outdoor life more enjoyable, especially when it keeps things simple. And here’s a great example of exactly that, from Italian architect Flavio Galvagni and the firm Lab Zero : Yeta, the wooden micro-architectural structure that shows us just how far log cabins have come since the time of honest Abe…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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