You probably recognize Brittany O’Grady from HBO’s hit series White Lotus, in which she plays the incredibly disinterested and secretive Paula opposite Sydney Sweeney. While on-screen she comes across as cold and passive, the 26-year-old actress is quite the opposite in person. She was warm, bubbly, and constantly smiling when we caught up at the Bumble and bumble Meatpacking flagship salon to celebrate her partnership with the brand. She’s the face of bumble’s latest campaign promoting the Hairdresser’s Invisible Oil Primer. While seemingly totally different from Paula, O’Grady has one thing in common with her White Lotus character: her beautiful…
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5 reasons your sales team needs a telephony system — This is a guest post by Yeastar. A good sales performance hinges on many factors, including the way you enable the sales activity and whether your customer interactions are professional and efficient. Read The Full Article Here
Shonka Dukureh, the singer and actress who recently portrayed blues legend Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton in Baz Luhrmann’s new film Elvis, has died. Dukureh was found dead in her Nashville apartment Thursday (July 21), the Metro Nashville Police Department told local outlet The Tennessean. The department then issued a statement via its official Twitter account confirming the news and stating that no foul play was evident in Dukureh’s death. She was 44 years old.According to The Tennessean, Dukureh was found unresponsive by one of her two children, who went to the neighbor’s apartment for help. The medical examiner is…
Now that Prey has hit Hulu, it’s time to look back at the Predator franchise and snobbishly rank the films according to our personal tastes. There are quite a few Predator films to sift through in this day and age, and while many of them suck, almost all bring something to the table. Well, maybe not AVP, but you get the gist7. Alien v PredatorThe novelty of seeing the famed xenomorph and Predator on screen together for the first time isn’t enough to propel Paul W.S. Anderson’s creatively flaccid “franchise starter” to anything beyond the $5 bin at Wal-Mart. Human characters lack…
It is obvious from the picture that the surface of the Moon is anything but even. The changes in the topography reveal themselves in the shadows and light. But it is not immediately possible to see how much it changes. How deep are the craters, and how does it look if we need to go into even more detail? Credit: NASA/JPL. The surface of the moon and rocky planets—Mars in particular—are of huge interest to anyone trying to explore our solar system. The surface must be known in as much detail as possible, for missions to land safely, or for…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Crossroad: The Long Way Home? This is a book about choices. It is our choices more than anything else that determines our destiny. Talent plays a part and so does luck & opportunity but I believe the primary factor is our choices. If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Crossroad: The Long Way Home, what would they be? My main character is good natured but flawed in many aspects; “Aint No Stoppin Us Now” by McFadden and Whitehead. or “Man in the Mirror” by…
“Have you heard of Sauron?” The new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, unveiled as part of the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, introduces the villain — as well as his mentor, Morgoth, Middle-earth’s first Dark Lord) — that fans of J.R.R. Tolkien know well. The new video is all about the darkness coming for Middle-earth and as it warns, “if the evil rising is left unchecked, it will take us all.” “You have been told many lies of Middle-earth,” the trailer, which you can watch below, also reveals. Watch it to discover the legend…
Photography via instagram.com/haileybieber/ The perfect warm-weather glow, sans the skin damage. By Jillian Morgan Date July 25, 2022 Everyone wants to look like a sun-kissed glazed donut these days (thank you, Hailey Bieber!), and it’s not hard to see why. Summer has always meant dewy skin and barely-there makeup. But the 2022 edition of the perennial trend has seen an old beauty technique popularized via TikTok: sunburn blush. The best part is that you don’t actually have to get a sunburn to achieve the look (so don’t ditch your SPF and brimmed hats just yet). By applying a heavy dose…
A year ago, when Valve announced the Steam Deck, I was absolutely riveted. I’m not a PC gamer—after eight to 10 hours of work each day, the last thing I want to do is be at a desk—but this new device offered something different: the ability to play PC games on a handheld. Prior to its arrival, anyone who wanted to play such games on-the-go had to hope they were available on Nintendo’s Switch. The Steam Deck offered an appealing alternative, one that lets players port their games from Steam onto a handheld and take them anywhere.So I ordered one.…
A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist and Infowars owner Alex Jones to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim $4.1 million in compensatory damages and $45.2 million in punitive damages Jones has spent almost a decade arguing that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School — which left 28 people, including 20 children, dead — was a hoax, and that the parents of the victims were “crisis actors” upholding the lie. One set of parents, Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, sued Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, in 2018 for defamation. In a verdict signed…
Larry David was almost dead. Pretty pretty pretty pretty prettyyyyyyyyy dead.That’s the surprising insight into the previous season of the show provided by Curb Your Enthusiasm showrunner Jeff Schaffer. In a new interview, Schaffer revealed that there was a very good chance that Season 11 could have been the series’ last. And if that was the case … Larry would have died.That’s one way to end a comedy show!Schaffer told The Hollywood Reporter they “shot as if [Season 11] was going to be the last one ever” in order to be prepared for the real possibility that David would decide he didn’t want to make additional…
[]Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old temple dedicated to the Egyptian sun god Ra at the site of Abu Ghurab, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Cairo. []The temple was built sometime during ancient Egypt’s fifth dynasty (circa 2465 B.C. to 2323 B.C.) — a “period in which the cult of the sun reached its apex with the construction of a new type of monument specifically devoted to the sun god, commonly known as ‘Sun Temple,'” said Massimiliano Nuzzolo, co-director of the archaeological dig and a researcher at the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Dark Tide? I’ve been a scuba diver for about 30 years, and I wanted people who don’t dive to get a chance to see how amazing it is. And I love writing mysteries. Tada! The Fin Fleming Sea Adventure series was born. If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Dark Tide, what would they be? Pretty much anything by Jimmy Buffet. What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write? I love reading mysteries, but I read…
The long-gestating revival of Criminal Minds is finally moving forward, and we have a first look to prove it. Paget Brewster took to social media this week to reveal that production is officially underway, complete with a photo. “Oh, hi Guys,” Brewster began in her post. “This is my first @criminalminds hair and make up from this morning…. I hope you’re all excited for a slightly older, sassier, no filters, grey-haired Prentiss.” “And if you aren’t, that’s cool, just tell someone else.” Brewster has been with the series since Criminal Minds Season 2 back in 2006, and has been…
Bella Hadid. Photography courtesy of Imaxtree It’s a look anyone can pull off. By Natalie Michie Date July 27, 2022 You know what we’re letting go of this year? Eyebrows, apparently. No, we’re not shaving them off, but with some bleach and even more guts you can get the space alien meets Bella Hadid face that has taken over TikTok. Not convinced? Let me explain. Thanks to social media, the ultra-minimalist DIY is becoming as common as eyeliner. And even though bleached eyebrows have long been used to make a statement on runways and red carpets, the look isn’t new.…
5 reasons your sales team needs a telephony system — This is a guest post by Yeastar. A good sales performance hinges on many factors, including the way you enable the sales activity and whether your customer interactions are professional and efficient. Read The Full Article Here
The public image of Metallica’s James Hetfield had always been that of a beer sucking, hard-case, lone wolf… but as the biggest band in thrash drifted into their Black Album era, Hetfield finally allowed himself to become vulnerable, opening up about his childhood trauma through “The God That Failed” and “The Unforgiven.”Hetfield grew up in a Christian Science household, where all medical science was curtailed in favor of prayer. “It was very alienating for me as a child, being raised in this religion and how I couldn’t attend certain health classes at school. They’d get their health books out and I wasn’t…
When Discovery acquired Warner Bros from AT&T to become the new media entity known as Warner Bros. Discovery, the purchase included the HBO Max streaming service. But Discovery already had its own streaming service, Discovery+. Which meant now that the new company exists, they are essentially competing with themselves for potential subscribers, who might only have a certain amount of dollars each month to spend on streaming.It seemed inevitable that Warner Bros. Discovery would combine the two services — and they will. The company announced during its earnings call today that they are planning to join HBO Max and Discovery+ into…
Fires in parts of France, Spain and Portugal have already burned more land so far this year than in all of 2021. The fires that have torched through Europe are on course to make 2022 a record year for forest loss on the continent, as scientists warn climate change is already contributing to ever fiercer blazes. Fires in parts of France, Spain and Portugal have already burned more land so far this year than in all of 2021—some 517,881 hectares (5,000 km2), or the equivalent area of Trinidad and Tobago. “The situation is much worse than expected, even if we…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Acceptable Limits? I was positive I would never write a rock star romance because it felt too far out of my personal experience. That’s why in an earlier book I made a secondary character a rock star and named him Todd (a name you won’t find on any of the sexy male character lists–until now!) I thought that was the end of our brief acquaintance, although even then he had charisma. Then I watched an interview with an aging musician who talked about the creative process and I realized…
Weddings are never dull events. The relationships during Good Trouble Season 4 Episode 14 were front and center; some took some significant steps while others took some steps back. However, those final moments brought all the drama. It’s always lovely when Jazmin guest-stars during an installment, and it was beautiful to see her happy, in love, and married. Despite Jazmin not appearing on the series with the frequency of other characters, she’s had such an incredible arc over time. She’s come a long way in her family after so many years of a strained relationship with her parents, who didn’t…
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images SIX months ago world leaders made grand promises to act on climate change. A war, an energy crisis and an inflation spike later, it is hard to find signs that the vows made at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, UK, are being honoured. Germany is building new gas terminals in haste, the UK is mulling classifying gas production as a green investment and Chinese coal production was up 10 per cent in the first four months of the year. Yet climate change marches inexorably on regardless. India has been hit by earlier heatwaves than usual. The…
“Pretty Little Liars” Season Six. Photography courtesy of Getty Images Alison DiLaurentis went from being an iconic mean girl to a forgettable character. Here’s why that’s a problem. By Natalie Michie Date July 27, 2022 Was there ever a teen villain so elusive? “A” mercilessly tormented the main characters of Pretty Little Liars throughout its seven season run. But for many years, clique dictator Alison DiLaurentis (played by Sasha Pieterse) was the true villain of Rosewood High. On July 28, the Pretty Little Liars reboot Original Sin will revive the franchise with a new batch of teen girls caught up…
When OpenAI announced last week that its art-making AI system DALL-E is now available in beta, the company also gave users lucky enough to get off the waiting list what appeared to be a great gift. “Starting today,” the company wrote in a post, “users get full usage rights to commercialize the images they create with DALL-E, including the right to reprint, sell, and merchandise.” To be clear, this doesn’t mean OpenAI is relinquishing its own right to commercialize images users create using DALL-E. Dig into the terms of service and you’ll find only the promise that “OpenAI will not…
James Franco will portray Fidel Castro in an upcoming film called Alina of Cuba, Variety reports. The film centers on Alina Fernandez (Ana Villafañe), the illegitimate daughter Castro had with Cuban socialite Natalia Revuelta (Mía Maestro). Alina of Cuba follows Fernandez’s life as a critic of Castro’s regime. Fernandez, who is serving as an on-set creative and biographical consultant to the film, supported Franco’s casting as her father. The movie is directed by Miguel Bardem and written by Jose Rivera and Nilo Cruz, and is slated to begin filming in Colombia on August 15th. Behind-the-scenes footage of the film will be featured…
Call of Duty games usually have betas that let users try out the multiplayer before launch and this year’s entry is no different. And not only did Activision announce those beta dates, but it also revealed when it would be speaking more about its multiplayer and the next version of Warzone, which also pertains to its new mobile iteration.Pre-Order now for early access to the #MWII Open BETA! The #MWII @Playstation Early Access Beta starts September 16, with Early and Open access Betas to follow on all platforms. https://t.co/cLMlBb41mV pic.twitter.com/2GZ0laKE9C— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) August 7, 2022The game has multiple different beta…
In the deep subsurface that plunges into the Earth for miles, microscopic organisms inhabit vast bedrock pores and veins. Belowground microorganisms, or microbes, comprise up to half of all living material on the planet and support the existence of all life forms up the food chain. They are essential for realizing an environmentally sustainable future and can change the chemical makeup of minerals, break down pollutants, and alter the composition of groundwater. While the significance of bacteria and archaea is undeniable, the only evidence of their existence in the deep subsurface comes from traces of biological material that seep through…
Prior to 2008, my home was filled with people, noise, and love. My husband, our three children, and countless friends of theirs would show up for dinner or to spend the night. Our house was bustling. In 2008 our oldest son left for college—Purdue University. In 2008 my husband was laid off from his job selling lumber and began a third-shift job at a local box store. In 2009 our daughter left for college—Hanover College. My once busy life dwindled down to lonely and quiet nights, after getting home from work and putting our youngest son to bed. I had…
Did the trip to Jamaica bring everyone together? On Welcome to Plathville Season 4 Episode 12, Ethan, Olivia, Micah, and Moriah went on a trip to Jamaica to celebrate Ethan’s birthday. Meanwhile, Micah and Moriah confronted Olivia about her issues with Kim. Elsewhere, Barry arranged a river trip, but Olivia had plenty of thoughts about Kim turning up. How did it all play out? Use the video above to watch Welcome to Plathville online right here via TV Fanatic. Catch up on all your favorite shows and reviews and join in the conversations with other fanatics who love TV as…
This week, Victoria Beckham attended what is undoubtedly one of the weddings of the year—the nuptials of Vogue Editor in Chief Edward Enninful and his partner, Alec Maxwell. Naturally, we were excited to see what VB chose to wear for the occasion and, thanks to the Instagram feed of her friend and plus-one to the celebration, fashion critic Anders Christian Madsen, we were able to see her look in all its glory. Opting for a white floor-length satin gown complete with string-like straps and ornate lace detailing, Victoria Beckham was striking. But white? For a wedding? Had Beckham finally missed a style beat?…