2018 Verizon IndyCar Series - DXC Technology 600

INDYCAR goes NO LIMITS TEXAS as the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series continues at Texas Motor Speedway, located at Fort Worth, Texas, for the DXC Technology 600 and behind all that 600-mile drama, this longest race in IndyCar history packed a lot of unexpected turns in the heat of the battle.

Josef Newgarden lead the race which turned out into a scorching heat of drama in the midst of the hot summer night. Matheus Leist's car caught fire after numerous laps and then followed by Tony Kanaan's wall crashed. Following Newgarden's pit stop, Simon Pagenaud storms through the lead while Zach Veach lightly nudged the wall and Marco Andretti's car faced clutch problems. As Robert Wickens passed Pagenaud for the lead, Dixon charges through. However, Wickens' crashed through Ed Carpenter with just 77 laps to go, throwing them out of the race. The biggest trouble occurred in Texas Motor Speedway is where Will Power crashed through Canadian freshman Zachary Claman De Melo

After a disastrous Texas night, Scott Dixon nicked his 43rd career win with Simon Pagenaud placed 2nd and Alexander Rossi placed 3rd. Following the race, Dixon is now in the top of the overall standings by 357 points, 23 points ahead of Alexander Rossi, and 36 points ahead of Will Power, whose crash cost him his lead.

The next race is at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, for the KOHLER Grand Prix on the 24th of June, 2018.

Things we learned from Aqours Third Love Live concert

The Aqours Third Love Live! Tour WONDERFUL STORIES kicked off at Saitama Super Arena, the first of the three venues covering their third live tour, and throughout the course of this live event, fans were treated by the Aqours heroes performing songs as heard from last year's season of Love Live! Sunshine!! TV series, as well as some skits and other extras in store for them.

So, in case you never been there, the Aqours heroes dropped the bomb with some big announcements in store for the fans. First off, the title of the LLS film and the showing date was announced. The LLS movie will be called Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over The Rainbow and it will be hitting cinemas on the 4th of January, 2019. What a way to start 2019 with Aqours' one last goal in this film.

Also coming next year is their 4th single. Not much info has been given but we're pretty confident that it will be coming next year so take your guesses on which one of the Aqours heroes will be their center girl for the new song.

Those who are ready to renew their Aqours Club membership for 2018 are in for the treat because this year's Aqours Club CD SET features this year's anthem, titled Hop・Step・Wa--i! and it's available starting June 30 along with a box set full of goodies that will keep you prepared for this year's Aqours Club events reserved for members like you.

Wrapping up the concert is their 4th live, titled SAILING TO THE SUNSHINE, happening to the Tokyo Dome this November 17 to 18, with their 4th live's anthem titled Thank you, FRIEND, coming this August 1st. While this is a long wait for fans, they'll better be prepared for that song because it might strike the School Idol Festival game soon.

With these announcements in store, the Aqours fever is alive and kicking, leading up to the film that will serve as their one last hurrah for the Aqours heroes.

Bubble Gang - June 8, 2018

On the June 8, 2018 episode of Bubble Gang...

- Bundol gags

- Meeting with dummies

- Preparing a burial

- Bea Bangenge ruins her pal's puppy

- Istambay, Istambay Sa Looban, Ano Pa Ang Hinihintay N'yo Dyan, Bakit Di Pa Kayo Maglapitan, Para Makinig Na Ng...KWENTUHAN?!

- Internet in the 1800's

- Communication then and now

- Basa-basa-pik!

Ocean's 8

At the turn of the last decade, there was the Ocean's trilogy of films where Danny Ocean assembled an all-star cast of thieves sharing the same objective to perform an impossible heist against a casino mogul. It started out with 11 and then ended to 13, giving a total of three films featuring different A-list celebrities ready, willing, and able to get the heist done in a snap. Fast forward to 2018 and at last, the Ocean's films are back but not what you're expecting it to be.

Ocean's 8

Titled Ocean's 8, this so-called fourth installment of the Ocean's film series features a totally new direction, involving an all-female lead characters, while delivering the same heist scheme that the previous three films had. It features an all-star ensemble of Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, AWKWAFINA, Rihanna, and Helena Bonham Carter. In this film, Bullock plays Debbie Ocean, who summons a ragtag group of ladies to perform an impossible heist during the annual Met Gala at New York City. Nothing could be prepared for this new kind of heist.

While this film signals the grand return of the Ocean's film series, it isn't as great as 11, 12, and 13, but for an all-female lead of characters, it sure is original and fresh off the hook. You'll have plenty of reasons why this new film is all perfumes and lipsticks while experiencing a new kind of heist, although if they were honest some say this heist film has transformed into a chick flick in the same way 2016's Ghostbusters were when they used an all-female lead.

In the end though, although it sounds downright feminist for a heist film, Ocean's 8 is slick, slippery, and smooth, just like the previous three films, and for getting the most fun out of this film, it really is priceless in every single angle and there's so much to appreciate this fresh new take on the Ocean's films, proving that less is more when comes to this.

My rating: 3.9 out of 5.

Let's Do The News! (June 9, 2018)

- CNN journalist Anthony Bourdain died at the age of 61. His close friend found dead in his hotel room, committed suicide. According to the CNN, Bourdain was in France, working for his upcoming episode of his award-winning "Parts Unknown" series. His sudden death rattled television viewers worldwide.

- Porsche unwrapped their 70th birthday present which is a concept car tribute to the 356 Roadster, known as the 911 Speedster Concept. In addition, they've announced the name of their electric sportscar called the Taycan.

Porsche 911 Speedster Concept

- Hypercars are making a comeback as part of the imminent revision of the World Endurance Championship by 2020.

- John Lasseter, chief creative officer of Pixar, is reportedly leaving Disney at the end of the year.

- Check out the trailer for the third and final installment of the How To Train Your Dragon films, called The Hidden World, hitting theaters this March 2019.

TTFN!!!

Warriors defends title after defeating Cavaliers at NBA Finals Game 4

Last year, the showdown between Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers scored one in the NBA history books as for being the first rivalry between the two teams to continue for three straight years. Now, history has been rewritten again as for this is the fourth time the Warriors and Cavaliers face each other.

The first two games, the spotlight is on the Warriors thanks to their home field advantage at the Oracle Center, and despite the last-second blunter by JR Smith, it all goes pretty well for the Warriors. On the latter two games they faced, at the Cleveland Cavaliers' home turf Quicken Loans Arena, the Warriors soldiered on until they finished the Finals with a full four-game sweep.

At the score of 108-85, the Golden State Warriors nicked their third title thanks to the trademark third-quarter run that left the Cavs thinking what could have been.

URL: http://tv5.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23733147/golden-state-warriors-unstoppable-title-run-nba

Congratulations to the Warriors for their back-to-back title win at the NBA Finals!

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: Pompeo: N.Korea’s Kim told me he was ‘prepared to denuclearize’

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that Kim Jong Un had personally informed him that North Korea is ready to give up its nuclear arsenal.

US President Donald Trump is due to meet Kim on June 12 in Singapore for a summit called to press Pyongyang to end its nuclear and long-range missile programs.

“He has indicated to me personally that he’s prepared to denuclearize. That he understands that the current model doesn’t work,” Pompeo said.

“That he’s prepared to denuclearize and that, too, he understands… that this has to be big and bold and we have to agree to making major changes.”

Following the summit, Pompeo will fly on to China, Japan and South Korea to brief the key regional players on the next steps in the diplomatic effort.

“I will provide an update and underscore the importance of implementing all sanctions imposed on North Korea,” Pompeo told reporters at the White House.

Source: AFP