Boo-ravo to Chipotle for announcing that it will begin delivery of its food. The fast-food Mexican food chain is joining Starbucks in teaming up with Postmates, an app-based delivery service. Chipotle is our life, but is it worth the $5 starting cost for delivery? Through this new system, it may cost around $20 for your Chipotle burrito, and that's without the guacamole.
Boo to male Marvel actors who are paid millions to dress in tights but can't handle a simple round of press interviews. It seemed like a typical celebrity meltdown when "Iron Man" actor Robert Downey Jr. grew tired of personal questions in an interview with Channel 4 News and walked away on camera. Then, "Avengers" stars Jeremy Renner and Chris Hemsworth joked that Scarlett Johansson's character was a slut and a whore. In this day and age, that's just not a smart move in any media setting.
Bravo to Comcast dropping its bid to absorb Time Warner Cable. The companies are bad enough separately, but a merger would have created an anti-competitive nightmare.
Boo to Adam Sandler's upcoming movie "The Ridiculous 6." The film has reportedly seen approximately a dozen Native American actors walk off the set because of the script's cultural insensitivity.
Bravo to Gov. Doug Ducey for allowing married same-sex couples to adopt and foster children in the care of the state. While we certainly didn’t expect it, it’s an important step toward equal rights and will help alleviate some of the strain on the state’s adoption system.
Boo-ravo to the Chinese scientists who successfully edited the genomes of human embryos. While this advancement is equally fascinating and terrifying, we won't be seeing any genetically altered humans in our population anytime soon as the team did not try to establish a pregnancy and only performed tests in abnormal embryos.
Bravo to the official release of the Apple Watch. After several celebrities, including Drake, teased the watches at Coachella and rumors of watch shortages, it will be nice to finally see them available for purchase and put to use.
Boo to Sheriff Joe Arpaio for hiring a private agent to investigate the wife of the U.S. District Judge that was hearing a case about him. At the time, Arpaio was under investigation for using racial profiling in his law enforcement tactics. Arpaio confirmed this information in a contempt hearing Thursday.
Bravo to the U.S. Senate for getting its act together and confirming Loretta Lynch as the next US attorney general. After the third-longest fight to confirm an attorney general in the history of the office, it’s good to finally see a deal being made.
Boo to Phoenix Mercury's Brittney Griner being arrested on suspicion of assault after getting into an argument with fiancee Glory Johnson. Griner had helped the Mercury to the 2014 WNBA championship, and with Diana Taurasi playing a year overseas, the team could be in store for quite a different season in 2015.
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