An ensemble of France's finest has enough fun to ensure we do too in this short, haphazard sequence of sketches, but it's slight even by Dupieux's casual standards. For a film featuring bloody interspecies warfare, rampant murder and mutilation, a pessimistic treatise on environmental pollution and (maybe) the end of the world — all crammed into just 77 minutes — “Smoking Causes Coughing” feels both rather jaunty and entirely inconsequential.

Mark Cuban's Mavericks Won't Play the National Anthem Before Games AnymoreBy Joseph AllenUpdated Feb. 10 2021, 12:54 p.m. ET Source: Getty ImagesMark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has never been shy about his political views. Now, news has broken that Mark has requested that the team no longer play the national anthem before home games. Thus far this season, the team has not played the anthem during any of its 11 home games, and a spokesperson for the team said that they are not planning to play the anthem moving forward.

It’s not quite fair to say that Illinois officials are doing nothing to defuse the most threatening pension time bomb in America. Darn close to nothing, that’s fair, which explains why the ratings agencies Fitch and Moody’s have put the state on their negative watch lists. The Land of Lincoln is heading toward yet another downgrade of its battered bond ratings if this near-paralysis keeps up. To say “nothing,” however, ignores Squeezy the Pension Python.

Is 'Teen Mom OG' Star Amber Portwood Attending College in Indiana?By Toni SuttonUpdated March 30 2021, 8:59 p.m. ET Source: Instagram Usually, reality star Amber Portwood makes headlines for either domestic disputes or child custody. Back in 2019, the Teen Mom OG cast member received a felony charge for domestic battery against her then-boyfriend and the father of her child Andrew Glennon. In January, Amber was granted a restraining order against Andrew during the pair’s custody battle, which she filed in December.

A man who travelled to Dubai, UAE has returned only to find out that his wife got pregnant for their gatemanThe woman is currently five months pregnant, and people are pleading with the man to forgive her and still live with herThe story posted on Twitter by @Postsubman is attracting a lot of reactions from users who are advising the manAfter spending eight months in Dubai, a man has returned to find out that his wife is pregnant for their gateman.