FX’s drama about Russian spies in 1980s Cold War America ended its six-season run this week, and on as high a note as ever. Praised for its attention to detail and the incredible performances of its two leads, Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell, ‘The Americans’ flew under the radar as …
Read More »New To Netflix in June 2018
Welcome, welcome, welcome, binge-watching aficionados. Here at Man of Many, when we’re not sipping on martinis and writing about bomb timepieces, we like to whack a bit of triple-butter explosion in the microwave, put our feet up and surf the streaming menu, dining on the best of what Netflix has …
Read More »A Man Is Bringing Historical Photos to Their Original Locations, and We’re in Awe
Elvis, the Doors, JFK, MLK… He’s got shots of them all. Read more: twentytwowords.com
Read More »Jim Rogers explains why you shouldn’t diversify your portfolio too much
REUTERS/Bobby Yip Owning a mix of assets is an “Investing 101” way to minimize risk. But oddly enough, Jim Rogers is not a fan of diversification. Diversifying beyond about 30 securities doesn’t bring any additional benefits in reducing overall portfolio risk. Diversification is generally considered one of the basic tenets …
Read More »Drake Addresses Blackface Image On Pusha T’s Diss Track Cover — But What About The Alleged Secret Child??
Drake has broken his silence about one detail from Pusha T‘s diss track, The Story Of Adidon. As we reported, Pusha used a photo of a young Drake in blackface makeup for the cover image, which was taken by photographer David Leyes. In the song, Pusha also alleges that Drake …
Read More »Well Okay Then: Colorado’s Okayest Barista Competition Hits Denver
As professional brewers of coffee, many baristas dream of ascending the heights of competition, besting their foes to be crowned the… okayest barista? Sure, it may not sound as glamorous as being named the “best barista,” but it certainly sounds like more fun, at least when it comes to the …
Read More »Watch reporter’s colleagues realize he’s alive
Video of the ATR newsroom show Russian reporter Arkady Babchenko’s colleagues reacting to the news that he was not murdered. Read more: cnn.com
Read More »How ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ became subversive, guerrilla TV
On a cloudy day in Los Angeles, the stars and director of Picnic at Hanging Rock gather at the city’s landmark Greystone Mansion for another kind of picnic, held to talk about the new Amazon miniseries. With its creepy backstory and haunted history, the mansion is a fitting setting for …
Read More »Pinterest gives advertisers a way to show promoted videos that take up the screen
Pinterest is continuing its push into video as a potential avenue for advertisers by today saying that it will offer advertisers a promoted video tool that takes up the width of the entire screen. While Pinterest normally offers users a grid that they can flip through — compressing a lot …
Read More »Oath hires NFL vet Natalie Ravitz as comms chief as it preps OTT video
On the back of a big merger and rebranding under owner Verizon, and preparing to launch an OTT video strategy, the companies formerly known as Aol and Yahoo (which also owns TC), and now known as Oath, has been making a lot of changes in its executive bench. Today comes …
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