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The Ryugyong Hotel: A Monumental Symbol of Ambition and Waste in North Korea's History

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  The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, stands out as one of the most prominent examples of what is considered the biggest waste of money in human history. This colossal structure, envisioned as a 105-story pyramid-shaped skyscraper, was intended to be a symbol of North Korea's power, modernity, and architectural prowess. Construction on the Ryugyong Hotel commenced in 1987, with ambitious plans for a luxurious and imposing building that would dominate the skyline of Pyongyang. However, the project faced a series of challenges that ultimately led to its abandonment and earned it the infamous moniker "Hotel of Doom." One of the significant setbacks was the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Soviet Union had been a key supporter of North Korea, providing financial assistance for various projects. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, this crucial financial backing vanished, dealing a severe blow to the ambitious hotel project. Construction came to an abru...

Bill & Ted Face the Music Feels As Unstuck in Time As Its Characters

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  Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves) are not stoners, but they do seem like they could and maybe even should be, which is why Reeves   felt compelled to clarify the point   in a recent interview. Pot feels like such a handy explanation for the characters’ indomitable state of dazed good-naturedness, even when confronted with time-travel and the afterlife, that the association has lingered even though the pair never actually smoke any of it. Bill and Ted are the most wholesome of a run of late-’80s-early-’90s dirtbag duos like Beavis and Butthead and Wayne and Garth, but they’re also relics of a stretch of time in which California stereotypes alone could amount to half of a premise for a film or a TV show. The joke at the center of the   Bill & Ted   franchise is that two genial doofuses from the San Gabriel Valley turn out to be the most important people in all of humanity, and because of that, the high points of history an...

‘Black Panther’ Star Chadwick Boseman Dies of Cancer at 43

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    The actor also played groundbreaking figures like James Brown, Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall. Chadwick Boseman, the actor who found fame as the star of the groundbreaking film “Black Panther” and who also portrayed pioneering Black figures such as Jackie Robinson, James Brown, and Thurgood Marshall, died on Friday. He was 43. Read More Click Here: