Troy Warren

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Ikea Now Sells Its Own Plant-Based ‘Meat’ So You Can Assemble the Meatballs Yourself

Ikea Now Sells Its Own Plant-Based ‘Meat’ So You Can Assemble the Meatballs Yourself

By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.ComTroy Warren for CNT #FoodieLike similar products on the market, Ikea's plant-based mince can be used just like ground beef.If anyone were to ask you what Ikea is, you'd likely just say it's a furniture store. But as anyone who's ever actually shopped there knows, when you set foot in Ikea, you never know what you'll walk out with. (Swedish meatball scented candle, anyone?) And no, Ikea doesn't have a full-blown grocery department like Walmart or Target, but the chain does offer an intriguing selection of food and drink in its Swedish Food Market, and recently,…
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Trump tirade on ‘racist’ DAs echoes other racist tropes

Trump tirade on ‘racist’ DAs echoes other racist tropes

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, Associated PressTroy Warren for CNTFormer President Donald Trump recently told a mostly white crowd at a rally in Texas that his legal troubles are the fault of Black prosecutors he called racistsNEW YORK (AP) — Looking out at a sea of faces at a Texas fairground, most of them white, former President Donald Trump seethed about his legal troubles and blamed them on malicious prosecutors.“These prosecutors are vicious, horrible people. They’re racists and they’re very sick, they’re mentally sick,” Trump said, before warning his audience: “In reality. They’re not after me, they’re after you.”He repeated his…
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Joe Rogan apologizes for racial slur after video surfaces

Joe Rogan apologizes for racial slur after video surfaces

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks Spotify’s popular U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan has apologized after a video compilation surfaced that showed him using a racial slur in clips of episodes over a 12-year span NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify's popular U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan apologized Saturday after a video compilation surfaced that showed him using a racial slur in clips of episodes over a 12-year span. The mea culpa came after Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter India.Arie posted the compilation on Instagram and announced that she was removing her music from Spotify's streaming service because of it. Spotify…
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GM Hopes to Deliver 400,000 EVs in North America by 2024

GM Hopes to Deliver 400,000 EVs in North America by 2024

BY CALEB MILLER | CarAndDriver.ComTroy Warren for CNT #CarsCEO Mary Barra presented the ambitious goal and announced a third electric truck factory to investors on Tuesday General Motors CEO Mary Barra told investors Tuesday that GM plans to deliver 400,000 EVs by the end of 2023, according to Automotive News.Barra also said that GM will build a third electric truck factory to supplement Factory Zero and the Orion assembly plant, which will be converted to build the Silverado EV.GM sold fewer than 25,000 EVs last year but plans to launch several electric models in the next two years. Nearly every automaker has…
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Amazon Spent $13B on Video, Music Content in 2021

Amazon Spent $13B on Video, Music Content in 2021

BY ALEX WEPRIN | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #Digital #EditorsPicksThe cash was spent on original shows for Prime Video and for paying musicians through Amazon Music.As the streaming video wars heat up, the amount of cash the major players spend on content is rising accordingly.According to its annual report filed Friday morning, Amazon spent $13 billion on video and music content in 2021, a $2 billion increase from 2020 when it spent $11 billion on content.“Total video and music expense includes licensing and production costs associated with content offered within Amazon Prime memberships, and costs associated with digital subscriptions and…
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‘Moonfall’ Actor John Bradley Explains That Wild Ending

‘Moonfall’ Actor John Bradley Explains That Wild Ending

BY JAMES HIBBERD | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #EntertainmentThe actor breaks down that surprisingly emotional climax and gives his take on the film's cryptic final line.[This story contains a major spoiler about the ending of the 2022 film Moonfall.]If 20 minutes into Roland Emmerich’s apocalyptic disaster film Moonfall you attempted to guess the film’s ending, you certainly would never have bet that the film’s conspiracy theorist C.K. Houseman would heroically sacrifice himself to save the planet and end up with his consciousness replicated in an AI supercomputer in the moon’s core, chatting with avatars of his mother and cat. In…
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Shake Shack Started a Dating Site That Gives You a Free Chicken Sandwich When You Match with Someone

Shake Shack Started a Dating Site That Gives You a Free Chicken Sandwich When You Match with Someone

By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.ComTroy Warren for CNT #FoodieEating and bonding are intrinsically tied together. But even though everyone can go so far as to place their own delivery order from a different restaurant these days, DoorDash understands the connecting power of food. The delivery giant has teamed up with Shake Shack — which recently added a Buffalo chicken sandwich to the menu — to create a chicken sandwich-themed dating site.Available from now until February 15, Eat Cute is described as a "spicy dating site to help singles find their perfect match over their shared love of Shake Shack's new Buffalo…
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Southwest to Bring Back In-Flight Alcohol Sales

Southwest to Bring Back In-Flight Alcohol Sales

DONALD WOOD |  TravelPulse.ComTroy Warren for CNT #TravelSouthwest Airlines announced it would restart alcohol sales on its flights this month after nearly two years.According to Reuters.com, Southwest paused alcohol services in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic and extended the decision last year due to a surge in alcohol-related flight disruptions by passengers.The carrier revealed alcohol services would resume on February 16.The airline revealed it would serve wine, vodka, tequila, rum and other cocktails on most of its flights of 176 miles or longer. In addition, officials expanded its line-up of non-alcoholic beverages to include tonic water, apple…
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WORLD NUTELLA DAY February 5, 2022

WORLD NUTELLA DAY February 5, 2022

Troy Warren for CNT #CelebrationsWORLD NUTELLA DAYWorld Nutella Day celebrates what happens when hazelnuts and chocolate collide. For example, millions of people celebrating on February 5th each year!It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention. Adding hazelnuts when cocoa is hard to come by may have been an Italian trick during hard times. In the 1800s, in the northern Italian city of Piedmont, they made a paste of chocolate and hazelnuts at a time when the nuts were abundant, but the cocoa was not.At the end of World War II, cocoa was once again difficult to come…
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