A new direct flight from Beijing, a hotel with signage in Chinese and lunar new year celebrations are all part of a tourism effort.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/travel/las-vegas-nevada-asian-tourism.htmlMark Hamill reads Trump tweet in his creepiest Joker voice and nails it
Is President-elect Donald Trump trying to tell us something with his supervillain-style tweets? Mark Hamill, who knows a thing or two about dark forces in the universe, is here to help us find out.
Most know Hamill as a Jedi master, but he’s also the voice of the Joker in the Batman animated series. As a special treat, Hamill recorded himself delivering Trump’s infamous New Year tweet in his most sinister Joker voice and released the clip Saturday.
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Trump’s remarks just work better if you imagine he’s got a diabolical plan for Gotham City. Read more…More about Twitter, Batman, The Joker, Mark Hamill, and Donald Trump
CineFix hits 2 million YouTube subscribers
If there was one cool thing from 2016, it’s all of you 2 million fans supporting CineFix on YouTube! Thanks for a great start to the new year in crossing this bridge.
Visit CineFix for more episodes and movie-related content. Read more…More about Youtube Stars, Youtube, Thank You, 2 Million Subscribers, and Cinefix
Mariah Carey and New Year’s Eve: Is the Fantasy Over?
A panel discusses the singer’s disastrous live moment and how her voice — and persona — has shifted over the course of her three-decade career on the Popcast.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/arts/music/popcast-mariah-carey-new-years-eve.htmlReport: Mob of men seen groping multiple women
Reports of mass sex assaults against women on New Year’s Eve in Bangalore, India, have sparked calls for action. CNN’s Ravi Agrawal reports.
CNN World http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/UBhigd_X08k/india-new-years-sexual-assault.cnnIndia sure loves WhatsApp: 14 billion messages sent on New Year's Eve
Whether you’re in a fish market in India, or in a classroom, or on a bus, one thing that truly captures the zeitgeist of the country is the constant buzzing “ping! ping! ping!” WhatsApp notifications you hear everywhere. On the last day of 2016, Indians outdid themselves on those notifications.
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Indians sent 14 billion messages on New Year’s Eve using WhatsApp, Facebook said Friday, adding that this was higher than the previous record the company had in the country.
On Oct. 30, the day India celebrated the festival Diwali, more than 8 billion messages were exchanged using the service. Read more…More about Whatsapp, Facebook, Texting, India, and Tech
Mariah Carey and the Art of the Disaster
Team Mariah is working to ensure the artist’s performance on New Year’s Eve doesn’t make her the next Janet Jackson.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/arts/music/mariah-carey-new-years-eve.htmlIndian Official Blames Women’s Western Dress for Sexual Harassment
An unruly crowd on New Year’s Eve in Bangalore again brought sexual assault and street safety to the fore, with some politicians faulting the victims rather than the assailants.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/world/asia/bangalore-official-blames-womens-western-dress-for-mass-molestation.htmlISIS claims Turkey nightclub shooting
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly New Year’s attack at an upscale Istanbul nightclub which left 39 dead.
CNN World http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/1RBmNt-UZFo/index.htmlIstanbul: First Darkness, Then Terror
The New Year attack reinforces a sense that this nightmare is Turkey’s new reality.
NYTimes New Year's Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/opinion/istanbul-first-darkness-then-terror.html