Новости за 19.10.2015

Gwen Stefani’s real estate in the pop cultural consciousness is, at present, largely occupied by her role as The Voice’s sole woman judge and girl-power megaphone.

In his latest on-camera appearance as Mom, the busy mother character who’s never quite sure whether or not she’s getting enough calcium, actor Cole Escola shares the dangers of sugar, women named after shells, and warning shots.

Once upon a time—midcentury America, to be precise—you couldn’t turn to the Google search bar with all your most deeply personal and/or random questions. Instead, there was the New York Public Library and its very patient librarians.

Hello. It’s God.

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Twenty-somethings are facing surprising new competition when it comes to finding nice condos in cool urban areas: their own dang parents. The baby boomers are coming for your city’s best apartments and—unlike you—they’re ready to pay premium.

Weight Watchers has gotten a new backer who happens to be one of the biggest media names in the world: Oprah Winfrey. The OWN channel owner has purchased a 10 percent stake in the diet company and added her name to their board. Because counting calories is part of how you’re going to live your best life.

Donald Trump has made a name for himself building ugly buildings and saying vile words. His persona is basic, crude, and unappealing, and perhaps because his is such a brightly burning trash fire, he has earned the right to speak without the threat of punishment—his ratings are so high that media outlets actually suffer if they take the high road and ignore him.

Have you ever funeralized a pet? Well, it was probably lovely but not as real as the service held for a goldfish named Nemo. His favorite song was “679” by Fetty Wap featuring the Remy Boyz, which was reprised by Jazmyn Gleaton and her little sister, Jayla.

Sanders actually describes his underwear reserves as “ample.”

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“I could tell you 100 stories and it wouldn’t cover what the people I’ve met have to say,” Sindy writes to me, shortly before 1 a.m. her time. She has spent the past year in Kurdistan, where she works with individuals who have escaped the horrors of ISIS.

After reportedly declining to do a Bill Cosby impression for Saturday Night Live’s 40th Anniversary special, Eddie Murphy revived his old act while being honored at the Kennedy Center in D.C. on Sunday night.

Last week, Donald Trump whined that the mean Department of Homeland Security isn’t giving him a Secret Service security detail because he’s a Republican. Today, an unreliable report says he’s getting one, along with Ben Carson. Even if it’s not true, we must ask: What’s the best code name for the Donald?

Any way you slice it, it really does seem like a bold move to be making a balls-out Western revenge fantasy starring a cast nearly completely made up of white men in the year 2015. Whatever! The trailer for this movie, directed by recent Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu, absolutely blew me away. Take a look for yourself and marvel at the snowy nightmare-scape, the terse words exchanged over crackling fires, and a CGI bear attack. A BEAR ATTACK. God, remember that Grizzly Man documentary? Читать дальше...

First there was a Tinder for dog lovers, and now there’s an app that matches people to adoptable dogs, based on the user’s personality.

First of all, James Franco had a bar mitzvah at age 37, and secondly, Miley Cyrus performed at it while wearing a blue thong leotard, Star of David wristbands and silver thigh-high boots.

A federal judge has ruled Maryland to start phasing out Confederate flag license plates this fall. Attorney General Brian Fosh said the flag was a “symbol of hate and division and did not have a place in government.”