Why I love a Seaside Weepie 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if (msgIsString) { json…
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Most people know the late Harry Belafonte as a singer, but he was so much more than that. Born March 1, 1927, to Jamaican immigrant parents in Harlem, his birth name was Harold George Bellanfanti, Jr. He was raised Catholic (his father was of Sephardic Jewish descent as well as Afro-Jamaican, but Judaism is passed through the maternal line) and grew up in Harlem as well as Jamaica, where he lived with his grandmother for several years and first heard the work songs…
Does anyone else feel that The Witcher Season 3 Episode 8 might not be leading to the shake-up we expect when Geralt returns? He isn’t dead. He hasn’t been mutilated or maimed. He literally walks off with Jaskier and Milva to continue his search for Ciri. What are we missing here? How will the announced change of witcher be handled? After spending over half the previous outing on Ciri’s desert ordeal, this offering provides the more familiar rotating narratives as our core three are still spread out geographically. Geralt is convalescing in Brokilon. Ciri’s got herself tied up in Korath.…
Dishes that are rich in flavor and aroma from combinations of spices such as earthy turmeric, warm cloves and sharp ginger—commonly known as curries in the West—have starred in cuisines throughout South and Southeast Asia, from India to Indonesia, for centuries. Not all the spices used in each place are native to that spot, though, which points to a robust ancient spice trade. But how ancient those culinary traditions are, where they originated, and how far the spices traveled are questions archaeologists have long been trying to answer. New evidence of the use of nonnative spices, found during an archaeological…
As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work.So, you finally got your hands on Taylor Swift concert tickets, which is no easy feat. We’d argue that the only thing more exciting than seeing the multihyphenate star perform live is figuring out what you’re going to wear for the occasion. Who better to draw inspiration from for Swift concert outfit ideas than the singer herself? Her onstage wardrobe is glamorous, eye-catching, and full…
“Systems!” My friends and Marie Kondo’s internet shout. “All you need is a system. As long as you always put your things down in the same place, you’ll never lose anything again,” they say, as I stagger in the door carrying children’s backpacks, a bag of dirty laundry, my waist pack, and a sack of dog food.Like Elizabeth Bishop, I have developed losing into a fine art. I hid my Kindle from the 5-year-old, and now I can’t find it. My husband borrowed my wallet to grab the car insurance card; while I was looking for that, the dog got…
Disturbed brought fire and unexpected rain with them to their show at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion outside of Houston, Texas, on Thursday night (July 27th). A pyro display during the set-closing “Inside the Fire” set off the venue’s emergency sprinkler system, pouring water all over the stage and the band. “Well, last night in Houston was a first,” tweeted frontman David Draiman the next day. “Our pyro set off the fire suppression system onstage at the end of the set for a surprise rain shower onstage lol.” The band itself tweeted, “Houston, we have a problem! Thank you for…
Netflix has released the official Rustin photos for its forthcoming biographical drama, featuring Colman Domingo as the unsung civil rights hero Bayard Rustin. The film is scheduled to arrive in select theaters on November 3, followed by its streaming debut on November 17. Who’s the Rustin Cast? In addition to Colman, the photos also unveiled the first look at the main cast including Chris Rock as Roy Wilkins, Glynn Turman as A. Philip Randolph, Audra McDonald as Ella Baker, and Aml Ameen as Martin Luther King Jr. The film also stars Gus Halper, CCH Pounder, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Johnny Ramey,…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Elisa Shoenberger has been building a library since she was 13. She loves writing about all aspects of books from author interviews, antiquarian books, archives, and everything in between. She also writes regularly for Murder & Mayhem and Library Journal. She’s also written articles for Huffington Post, Boston Globe, WIRED, Slate, and many other publications. When she’s not writing about reading, she’s reading and adventuring to find cool new art. She also plays alto saxophone and occasionally stiltwalks. Find out more on her…
The 2023 Emmy Awards will no longer be handed out in September. Variety reported Thursday afternoon that vendors had been told the telecast would not proceed as planned on September 18. The news isn’t surprising: The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes have halted production on most TV shows and movies. We should expect more to be grounded until a fair deal is reached that gives the WGA and SAG-AFTRA what they deserve. It’s unclear when FOX and the Academy are planning for the event to go ahead, but without actors in attendance, there won’t be much of an event. It makes…
Correlations observed between tested physical parameters (I. temperature, II. pH, and III. salinity) and microbial FIB contamination measurements within sampled sites. (A). E. coli and (B). Enterococcus. Credit: Water (2023). DOI: 10.3390/w15132339 A University of Southern Mississippi (USM) graduate and one of her former professors have collaborated on a project they hope will change the way researchers look at contamination along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Dr. Maitreyee Mukherjee, an assistant professor of biology at West Texas A & M and former faculty member at USM, had this research published in the journal Water along with her former students, USM alumna…
Coi Leray is giving fans a sneak peek at her upcoming music video look. On July 24, the rapper posed in silver chainmail bikini and wild platform boots while working on a new project with fellow hip-hop star Busta Rhymes. “On set for @bustarhymes new video !! This shit is a MOVVVVVVIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE i alway wanted to be in a Busta video,” she wrote on Instagram. Leray also shared an Instagram Reels video of herself dancing in the metallic two-piece to the tune of Sexyy Red’s “Hellcats SRTs.” Leray’s barely-there swimsuit top featured a prominent chest cutout showcasing her sternum tattoos…
As he sat down across from me, my patient had a rueful expression on his face.“I had a date,” he announced. “It didn’t go well.”That wasn’t unusual for this patient. For years, he’d shared tales of romantic hopes dashed. But before I could ask him what went wrong, he continued, “So I asked a chatbot what I should do.”Um. What? Simulations of human conversation powered by artificial intelligence—chatbots—have been much in the news, but I’d never had a patient tell me they’d actually used one for advice before.“What did it tell you?” I asked, curious.“To tell her that I care…
Not everything always goes according to plan. But it’s some of those potentially disastrous moments during a show that somehow humanize our favorite rock stars more than ever and make us love them all the more. Such was the case Thursday (July 6) when Paramore’s Hayley Williams recovered quite nicely after an onstage gaffe left her without a microphone mid-song during her performance of “The Only Exception.”The emotionally-charged song typically yields a strong response from Paramore’s audience, and Hayley needed that energy after inadvertently sending her mic stand, with the mic still in it, tumbling off the front of the…
The Coen brothers are some of the best directors of the modern day. Their retirement (at least from making movies together) was kind of worrying. Luckily, it appears the whole thing was only temporary. The brothers have directed some of the biggest classics in modern cinema, from No Country For Old Men to The Big Lebowski.From what they’ve said in the past, it’s mostly been an issue of burnout. They didn’t find it fun making movies anymore. The whole studio production system was just something they had been through so many times, it didn’t feel worth the hassle anymore. Sometimes the compulsion to create…
We all know how the lullaby goes, but now astrophysicists have finally caught up — reproducing the eerie thrumming sound of a star’s “twinkle, twinkle” for the first time. By simulating the turbulent waves of gas that travel through a star’s innards toward its outer surface, scientists recreated the innate fluctuations of light produced by the cosmic furnaces. Then, by converting these waves into sound waves, the researchers offered us the best idea yet of what stars would sound like if we could hear them.The result is a spectral, high-pitched airplane cabin whine accompanying a rapid heartbeat. The ethereal noise and…
Prom Mom by Laura Lippman What’s it About? Prom Mom is the story of Amber, who is desperately trying to get away from her tabloid past. She is compulsively drawn back to the city of her youth and the prom date who destroyed everything she was reaching for. Reading Laura Lippman is as addictively satisfying as crunching on potato chips from a freshly opened bag but without the salt or calories. She celebrated her 25th anniversary as a fiction writer in 2022 and each new publication should be heralded with fanfare. Her work is contemporary noir, bittersweet as the darkest…
[This interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike authorization.] It’s time to rediscover your love for Bones (if you ever lost it), and what better way to do that than with the stars? Emily Deschanel (who played Dr. Temperance Brennan) and Carla Gallo (who recurred as Daisy Wick) have reunited for a rewatch podcast, to go through the episodes, share behind-the-scenes stories, and interview key cast and crew members. The launch of Boneheads with Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo (A Bones Rewatch Podcast) has been delayed due to the actors strike. But while you wait, below, Deschanel talks about…
Male harbour seals use complex vocalisations to try to attract femalesimageBROKER / Alamy Stock Photo Male harbour seal pups may learn the complex vocalisations they use to woo females years beforehand. Social mammals like humans and naked mole rats learn calls and sounds from close contact with other members of their species. Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) spend their lives alone apart from a few weeks of puppyhood. “They are raised solely by their mothers for a couple of weeks, and then they get nourished and swim off,” says Diandra Düngen at the Max … Read The Full Article Here
Depending on the kind of shopper you are, the words “Amazon Prime Day” could cause excitement or sheer terror. We love a great deal as much as the next person, but, like Black Friday, Amazon’s Prime Day sales have grown over the years to include literally tens of thousands of discounts. Whilst it’s a great opportunity to save, especially on those big-ticket items you already had on your list, there’s no doubt that scrolling through all the deals to find the best ones can be extremely time consuming.Fret not. We know you lead busy lives and that you trust our expert judgement—after all, it is our job to…
Here at WIRED, we love fanny packs (or waist belts, bum bags, whatever you want to call them). Before the resurgence of all things the 1990s, this might have been an unpopular confession. But now, we’re just happy to share our affection with a wider audience.Fanny packs don’t make your back sweat or twist your spine. You can carry the weight in your front, swing it around to the back, or sling it over a shoulder. They can go from the hiking trail to the bar without skipping a beat, and they can hold your train ticket and fit into…
The first Saw X trailer has been unleashed and, along with glimpses of Tobin Bell’s’ reprisal of the long-deceased villain John “Jigsaw” Kramer and his latest arsenal of lethal torture devices, the new preview teases the return of Shawnee Smith’s victim-turned-accomplice Amanda from the horror franchise’s original trilogy. The reunion between psychotic mastermind and protégé marks the first time Bell and Smith have shared the screen since 2006’s Saw III, which saw the demise of both characters. Bell has starred in almost every subsequent entry of the franchise via flashbacks, while Smith’s Amanda last appeared in 2009’s Saw VI. Although…
Director Martin Brest has reflected on how much his movie Gigli changed in postproduction. Brest had a successful directing career behind him, having helmed movies like Beverly Hills Cop, Midnight Run, and Meet Joe Black. That all changed when he wrote and directed Gigli, a 2003 romantic crime comedy movie notable for starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez while they were romantically involved in real life. It also starred Al Pacino, who Brest had directed in an Oscar-winning performance in Scent of a Woman. However, the movie was met with overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and became one of the…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Yashvi Peeti loves literature, and considers poetry to be her favourite form of self expression. She is fierce, goofy and affectionate. As a brown woman trying to find her voice and let it be louder, she tries to be as self aware as possible. To reach her, drop an email at yashvi8910 at gmaildotcom. View All posts by Yashvi Peeti Yashvi Peeti loves literature, and considers poetry to be her favourite form of self expression. She is fierce, goofy and affectionate. As a…
We’re gonna need more pink! As Mattel’s globally beloved Barbie hits theaters for her first live-action film, HGTV presents Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge, a four-part competition set within a life-size version of the 11.5-inch doll’s iconic abode. The series premieres Sunday, July 16 at 8/7c on the network. “We thought, let’s create a brick-and-mortar location for something that hasn’t existed but [taps] the nostalgia of the people that watch our network,” notes HGTV head of content Loren Ruch, who was also behind 2019’s equally evocative A Very Brady Renovation. “Then we [added] a competition layer.” Hosted by model and past Barbie…
For years, unrecycled plastic bottles have been dumped in landfills. Now, thanks to new research from UBC Okanagan, those bottles may have a second life in that landfill — stabilizing its earth walls. Used plastic bottles and textiles pose an increasing problem for landfills worldwide. Researchers say nearly a hundred million metric tons of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), also known as microplastics, are produced globally each year — with a fraction of that number being recycled — making it one of the largest sources of plastic waste. “One way we can manage plastic waste is through integrating it into geotechnical construction,”…
Gigi Hadid is on a girls’ trip vacation and letting the bikini photos from paradise speak for themselves. The model posted two Instagram grid posts featuring her in two different two-pieces. Her first featured her in a gorgeous pink print bikini. In the second carousel, she showed off a giant dragon tattoo on her leg. She didn’t specify whether it’s temporary or permanent but did allude to it in her “mornin! ” caption:On her Instagram Story, she also noted the ink, writing, “Am I in my girl w a dragon tattoo era ?!”InstagramThe second bikini shot Hadid shared showed her…
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked how can there be a pre-screening committee for web series, films or other programmes which are directly released on online platforms.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit observed that it always felt pre-censorship is impermissible.”How can there be a pre-screening committee for web series? There is particular legislation. Unless you say OTT (over-the-top) is also a part of it… you must say that existing legislation must apply to OTT. Various questions will arise because transmission occurs from other countries”, the bench said.The top court was hearing a plea filed by Mirzapur…
Muse performed a revised setlist in Malaysia one week after the country’s government prematurely canceled a performance by The 1975. The revision was announced via concert promoter Hello Universe ahead of Muse’s show on July 29th at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium as part of their ongoing “Will of the People” world tour. Concert organizer Adam Ashraf told Rojak Daily, “They called us shortly after [The 1975] incident went global. After discussions, they decided to pull one song out of the setlist due to the title of the song. It’s nice to know they’re eager to entertain while also respecting…
Mission: Impossible always goes for grander and grander heights. The 7th entry in the series is no different. Tom Cruise hasn’t slowed down a bit even though he’s getting older, and it really shows in one specific scene from the new film, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Here’s the thing about heightening these movies though. They’re all about spectacle. You can’t just get bigger and better by being more dangerous. There’s a certain art to it.The train scene in Dead Reckoning is an incredible example of that. As they explain in the featurette below, you can’t really just go out and buy…