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What could have been a cringeworthy misfire of tweens fumbling toward sex instead turns into a winning comedy that gets the sweetness-to-raunch ratio miraculously right.
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Casio isn’t afraid of nostalgia. It has inspired some of the most novel entries in their G-Shock line, and the new models announced this week by the Japanese watchmaker are no exception.
The “Neo Tokyo” series looks back to a 1980s-era vision of the future as found in epic Japanese Anime/Manga films like the 1988 epic Akira. There are four watches, each bearing blacked-out bezels and hands in red, blue, and yellow—colors intended to evoke city lights at night.
Of course the G-Shock DNA blends digital and analog, so Neo Tokyo watches function as stylish updates to the DW6900, GA140, GA700, and GAS100 model lines.
Here are some ways the Neo Tokyo line differs from the base models:
The video embedded above gives further details on the features found in the Neo Tokyos. Of course, they also have complications (additional functions) found in most G-Shocks, such as shock resistance, 200M water resistance, a stopwatch, countdown timer, and multiple time formats.
The DW6900, GA140, and GA700 models all cost an easily affordable $99 while the GAS100 is $150.
The Neo Tokyo line goes on sale in September 2019 at G-shock retailers and online at gshock.com.
The creator of Desperate Housewives is back with a new dark comedy on CBS All Access that shifts between three different storylines. It stars Lucy Liu, Ginnifer Goodwin and Kirby Howell-Baptiste.
The saxophonist and clarinetist, a student of Sidney Bechet and thusly a specialist in early styles, died Aug. 4 at the age of 91. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1988.
The professional cat advocate and caretaker has penned a new guide, Tiny but Mighty, on how to adopt neonatal kittens, who are often too vulnerable to be housed in standard animal shelters.
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Dave Chappelle is returning to Netflix with another stand-up special–and this time he’s got Morgan Freeman to back him up.
Chappelle’s fifth Netflix special, his latest in a reportedly blockbuster $60 million deal, is called Sticks & Stones. In this trailer Morgan Freeman narrates as Chappelle swaggers across a salt flat in leather pants, aviator shades and a remarkably long t-shirt.
“If you say anything, you risk everything,” Freeman intones in his famous baritone. “But if that’s the way it’s gotta be, okay, fine, fuck it. He’s back, folks.”
We don’t get any snippets of the actual stand-up special itself. The official Netflix description drops a few hints:
Unflinching and boundary-pushing, Dave gives his provocative perspective on the tidal wave of celebrity scandals, the opioid crisis, and more — in trademarked Chappelle fashion.
Sounds like a must-watch to us. Dave Chappelle’s Sticks & Stones starts streaming on August 26 on Netflix.
GM just revealed the very reasonable base price of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. As promised, it’ll cost less than $60,000—exactly $5 less.
No big deal, right? Well, the press release’s fine print included an arguably more interesting nugget of info: the entry-level mid-engine ‘Vette will have a blistering top speed of 194 mph.
As we previously reported, its 6.2-liter V8 is also good for a three-second zero-to-60 mph time, and the supercar crawls into sub-three territory when the Z51 performance package is equipped.
This is all to say that the Stingray offers serious bang for your buck. While not technically a 200-mph car, it’s damn close. And for the amount of money it costs to buy every other supercar/hypercar in that exclusive club, you could load a garage full of Stingrays.
Serious gearheads will say that speed and acceleration are all for naught if a car can’t get around a corner with finesse, but there are other features that indicate the Stingray will be a legitimately good track-day ride.
“We’ve packed a lot of performance into the Corvette Stingray at this price when you consider an eight-speed dual clutch transmission, small block V-8 and engine-mounted dry sump oil system are all standard,” said Tadge Juechter, Corvette executive chief engineer.
The Stingray’s base 1LT trim, priced at $59,995, also gets active handling and launch control, Michelin Pilot Sport ALS run-flat tires, and Brembo brakes.
But it’s definitely not hard to go higher: The 2LT trim will start at $67,295 and the top-level 3LT trim will start at $71,945. The graphic below includes details on all three packages:
Anyone who plans one buying one should hurry up and do so, because the new Corvette Stingray is almost sold out.
