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Extra, Extra: Robert De Niro Tells NYU Grads They're "F**ked"
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Ben Yakas
Published May 22, 2015
Modified May 22, 2015
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Published May 22, 2015
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- The State Department dumped 296 Hillary Clinton emails on Benghazi this afternoon.
- Thom Yorke is soundtracking a new exhibit by Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood.
- This bulldog who loves boats but hates lifejackets is a beautiful creature.
- Robert De Niro had some words for NYU Tisch grads: "You're fucked."
- Boston police don't let people get away with transit blow jobs.
- There is nothing less cool than this NY Times article on Hillary Clinton 'capturing the cool.'
- Rock climbing as art.
- There will soon be three Starbucks housed at the Empire State Building.
- And finally, may you be as lazy as this puppy over Memorial Day weekend:
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