Not only did he take on the alphabetical challenge in the midst of the prank phone call, he did it all in an elderly British accent, never cracking...not even once! Even when he asked, "Zoologically speaking, would you say it's accurate for the stick bug to say, 'I am Groot?'" Pratt didn't even bust a smile. To put that in perspective, he got through a nearly four-minute prank phone call, in a British accent, talking about a stick bug baby Groot without laughing. How...how do you do it, Chris Pratt?!
South African mountaineer Ryan Sean Davy takes a 'selfie' as he climbs on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest South African mountaineer Ryan Sean Davy, who was arrested in Nepal for attempting to climb Mount Everest without paying the $11,000 permit fee, says he planned to turn himself in at the end of the season and serve the jail time as punishment A South African caught attempting to climb Mount Everest without an $11,000 permit said Thursday that he couldn't afford the hefty fee but had always planned to turn himself in and serve jail time as punishment. Ryan Sean Davy was arrested on Tuesday after handing himself into authorities in Kathmandu, a week after he was found hiding in a cave near Everest base camp without a permit. He told AFP at a police detention centre that he knew he would have to eventually turn himself in -- and likely face jail time -- because he wanted to release a film and book about his Everest adventure. "I realised that...
Turkey's ruling party on Sunday reappointed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as its chief after a nearly three year break, swiftly exploiting a key change agreed in a controversial referendum on expanding his powers. In a precisely choreographed special congress in Ankara, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) elected Erdogan -- the only candidate -- to replace Prime Minister Binali Yildirim as chairman. Erdogan had rejoined the AKP on May 2 after a slim majority of voters on April 16 approved sweeping changes to create an executive presidency, which critics fear could lead to one-man rule. Under the old constitution, the head of state had to sever ties with their political party and Erdogan in August 2014 left the AKP and stepped down as chairman after his election as president. Taking the reins of the party will give Erdogan day-to-day control over its decision making, appointments and strategy as it prepares for elections in 2019. It also gives Erdogan respon...
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