In 2001, doing press for Shallow Hal, Gwyneth Paltrow spent a lot of time talking about the fat suit she wore to play Rosemary, the film’s romantic lead. She spoke in particular about an experiment that she and the film’s makeup-effects designer had undertaken to test the suit’s credibility out …
Read More »Raven-Symoné Says She ‘Got Catfished’ To Join ‘The View
There’s a new podcast that takes us behind the scenes from past and present moments from ABC’s daily talk show, The View. In the most recent episode of The View: Behind the Table (October 12), co-host Sara Haines sits down with former co-hosts Raven-Symoné, Candace Cameron Bure who were both …
Read More »Will Smith Lauded for Giving Bonuses to ‘King Richard’ Cast Members
Will Smith has always been celebrated for his generosity throughout his career and has been again for what he has done recently for some of his co-workers on the upcoming biopic, King Richard. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Smith was paid a hefty salary of up to $40 million for …
Read More »'My Health Has Been a Hot Topic,' Says Wendy Williams, Giving an Update on Her Recovery
Wendy Williams attends the 2019 NYWIFT Muse Awards on December 10, 2019 in New York City. Photo: Lars Niki (Getty Images) Seven weeks after the start of the Wendy show’s 13th season, how’s she doin’? Well, Wendy Williams says her journey to health—and back to the famed purple chair on …
Read More »Animals of the Future
Dani Choi In June of this year, not long before the midwinter solstice, catastrophic floodwaters draining from the Gippsland Plain, in southeastern Australia, left in their wake an otherworldly phenomenon: Translucent spider silk, extending half a mile in some places, trailed over riverbanks, roadsides, and fields, rising into glistening spires …
Read More »Man Charged With Murdering Two Mothers In Separate Incidents
St. Petersburg police on Wednesday (Oct. 13) charged a man, who was already behind bars in connection with the death of a 35-year-old woman, with the murder of a second woman. Ken Knight, a spokesman for the St. Petersburg Police Department, said investigators don’t believe the shootings were related and …
Read More »Yeezy Apparel Ordered To Pay Almost $1M In Settlement Over Shipping Practices
A Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge has ordered the companies behind rapper Ye’s clothing and sneaker brands to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit tied to the brand’s advertised shipping timeframes. NBC News reports a suit was filed on behalf of the people of California by the Los Angeles, Alameda, …
Read More »Observing a One-Year-Old: The Transactional Satisfaction of Flushing the Toilet
Photo: Panama Jackson Being a baby is probably hard. You can’t use words to effectively communicate so you have to use a mix of cries, Obama-sized hopes and the baby version of prayers to see even the most minimal of desires through. For instance, if you’re a baby and you’re …
Read More »How Self-Reliant <em>Was</em> Emerson?
Vedran Štimac In the lead-up to the bicentennial of American independence in 1976, a graduate student sent a proposal to an editor at a trade publisher in New York. Would he consider taking on a book about the Minutemen and their “shot heard round the world,” set painstakingly in a …
Read More »Washington Football Team To Retire Sean Taylor’s Number
On Nov. 27, 2007, NFL player Sean Taylor was shot and killed in a botched burglary at his Miami, Florida home. He was only 24 years old. The Washington Football Team is now honoring him by retiring his number. According to ESPN, Taylor’s No. 21 jersey will be retired, which …
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