A late-night push to start the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, has people on Twitter fighting back Thursday. On Facebook, people are excited for a new season of “Better Call Saul” and Woody Harrelson joining the Star Wars universe. Social Cues is our look at what’s trending across social media. …
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Social media is mourning the passing of Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher, who died on Tuesday. Some tributes, however, weren’t taken so well by the Twitterverse. Cinnabon rubbed many the wrong way with a tweet that seemed to be part tribute to the actress, 60, and part advertisement. “RIP Carrie Fisher, you’ll always have the best buns in the galaxy,” …
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One of the most original, weirdest (in a good way), critically-acclaimed TV shows to debut in 2016 was “Atlanta.” And in a year that brought us “Stranger Things” and “Westworld,” that’s saying a lot. The half-hour FX surrealist comedy-drama follows Earnest “Earn” Marks, portrayed by Donald Glover (no relation to Danny), as he attempts to venture into the music business …
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Jeff Bezos’ elves were busy. On Thursday morning, just three days before Christmas, a crew of Amazon employees darted around the company’s warehouse on the fifth floor of a Midtown Manhattan office building. They roamed the narrow aisles to fill brown paper bags with new orders of toiletries, Amazon devices and canned foods. Workers then brought carts filled with these …
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Last-minute gift shopping is never fun, but leave it to social media to make things even worse. A trending hashtag offers up horrible ideas for presents, unless your loved ones enjoy stale candy. Also trending on Twitter is President-elect Donald Trump’s latest appointee, with a new role for Kellyanne Conway in the White House. Social Cues is our guide to …
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Anyone who’s watched “Star Wars” knows the Millennium Falcon spaceship malfunctions frequently, often at the worst time possible for Han Solo and Chewbacca. Maybe if the pair had a multi-tool handy, they would have been in better shape. This Millennium Falcon multi-tool ($29.99, £24, AU$41) from ThinkGeek does a lot more than previously-licensed Star Wars multi-tools that served mostly as …
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I haven’t seen “Rogue One” yet, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to dig the music. This despite the fact that, for the first time in “Star Wars” history, someone other than John Williams wrote the score. That someone: Michael Giacchino, whose credits include such little-known films as “Star Trek” (2009), “Star Trek Into Darkness,” “Up” and “Ratatouille,” and such …
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If you’re on social media, chances are you’re chatting about “Rogue One.” The latest Star Wars flick is trending hard on Facebook and Twitter. Also on Facebook, people are chatting about President Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s remarks on Russia’s cyberattacks and the 2016 election. Social Cues is our guide on what’s trending across social media. Here’s what people are talking …
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You’ve bought your tickets, cleared your schedule and are navigating the internet carefully for the next few days until “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” finally hits theaters. In the days leading up to a big release like this, spoilers and rumors run amok. Click on any links that contain information on the new Star Wars movie and you run …
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