The Emmys happened! There were victories, losses, smiles, tears, etc. etc. Honored shows include: Transparent, House of Cards, The Americans, Veep, Inside Amy Schumer, Mad Men, and Game of Thrones. (E!) Andy Samberg of SNL fame hosted and made some jokes. (USA Today) The View (it’s still on air!) finds itself with fewer sponsors after […]

Addition: Seemingly positive Columbia football coverage in the local paper. Coach Bagnoli is also bringing something new to the program: a philosophy of fun. (New York Times) Subtraction: Media magnate James Dolan and his family announced they will sell Cablevision to European firm Altice for $17.7 billion, including the assumption of debt. Knicks fans, don’t […]

Skype has released its own emoji/GIF hybrid that seems akin to trying to make “fetch” happen. Be prepared for your parents’ questions about what that new button on The Skype does. (Tech Crunch) Spotify wants to make Music Snobs even more unbearable by giving them the power to prove that they discovered a musician first. We […]

If you aren’t quite ready to toss your apple products yet but don’t want to seem like you’re buying into the hype, feel free to mock the new “Rose Gold iPhone” as just another symptom of late-stage capitalism. (New Yorker) Bwog does not condone the man bun, but we at least refrain from taking drastic […]

Novak Djokovic, who took the US Open title last night instead of Roger Federer. Though a tough match, it’s not nearly as dramatic as the sister-sister match we saw earlier. (NY Times) Fatherhood, as people are actually debating the positive (or potentially) negative effect of Mark Zuckerberg becoming a father will have on his company’s […]

Celebrate the start of this Fall season by getting lost in a corn maze in Maryland. Oh, and did we mention that maze is shaped like Taylor Swift’s face? (MTV) Now that Brosé season is officially over, here is a list of wines for you to enjoy this autumn. (The Guradian) New York Fashion Week […]

We all forgot that he was running, but former Governor of Texas Rick Perry has decided to end his campaign for presidency. In a speech where he announced his withdrawal, he said that there is a “tremendous field of candidates” running for the Republican nomination. Yeah, okay. (New York Times) Apparently state officials in Louisiana, in […]

Books have spines; the New Zealand Film and Literature Board of Review, not so much. The group has caved to pressure from Christian advocacy groups and instituted a temporary national ban on the sale of Ted Dawe’s bildungsroman Into the River for its profane language, sexual content, and depictions of drug and alcohol use. The book had not previously garnered much […]

The Atlantic’s Citylab put together an article using the story of a street artist both celebrated and sued to explore the contradictory mainstream appeal of outlaw urban art. And there is no way for you to talk about it without coming across as the worst as you will be: A) a Columbia kid telling someone […]

Queen vs. Queen: Today, Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria to become the longest reigning English monarch.   Congratulations you old bag! (Wall Street Journal) Sister vs. Sister: Serena Williams totally unexpectedly beat her sister Venus Williams in the U.S. Open last night and now moves on to the semi-finals. Christian vs. Christian: The Westboro […]

Up: Bernie Sanders continues to lead Hillary Clinton in the polls in NH. We truly are feeling the Bern (and it’s not from a VD) (Politico) Down: The infamous Kim Davis is requesting that the Kentucky Governor frees her from jail (CNN) Up: Abel used to be unknown when he dropped The Trilogy, so find out how […]

Ever find your sweet tooth unsatiated after eating a fruit salad? Scientists discovered earlier this week that the naturally-occurring sugar in fruit “leaves people hungrier and makes them greedier for glucose.” (The Times) Workers at various branches of Aldi supermarkets in Berlin were shocked when they found boxes of bananas void of the fruit. Instead, the […]

The curfew in Baltimore, which was instated in response to the events over the past few weeks, was lifted yesterday. The National Guard is starting to retreat from the city as well. (Baltimore Sun) Every bad health class in high school gone even more wrong: Ebola can now be transmitted through unprotected sex with treated […]

Bernie Sanders announced that he’s running for president in the 2016 election. At the age of 73, however, he’s more likely to be seen leisurely hobbling. (Politico) Bernie Sanders raised $1.5 million in 24 hours. One thing he couldn’t raise? Himself up after he slipped in the bath tub last night. (CNN) Bernie Sanders wants […]

Representatives of the Afghan government are set to attend talks with the Taliban as the militant group ramps up its attacks across the country. The dignity of a nation falters before desperate reason as a decade of war comes to compromise. (Wall Street Journal) Crime and civil strife in the Philippines have seen marked declines ahead of Manny Pacquiao’s historic […]