Lil Uzi Vert Is an Unlikely Star for the Streaming Era

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  11 minutes  |  2141 words  |  Tandra Barner

The current top hip-hop artist in the world idolizes Marilyn Manson and Hayley Williams, has Super Mario and anime tattoos, wears women’s clothing and stands at a proud 5’5″. Lil Uzi Vert, the 25-year-old self-professed rock star from Philadelphia, has rejected convention at every step of his young career. He makes strange genre-fluid music, releases albums on a haphazard basis and openly feuds with labels, journalists and other artists who have tried to corral him. [Read More]

Lorenz Hart (Broadway Lyricist) - On This Day

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  719 words  |  Billy Koelling

Full Name: Lorenz Milton Hart Profession: Broadway Lyricist Biography: One half of the famous Broadway musical and songwriting team of Rodgers and Hart with composer Richard Rodgers. Together the wrote for 26 Broadway shows (including "Jumbo", "Babes In Arms", and "Pal Joey"), and several movies between 1919 and 1943. Some of the pair's most enduring songs include: "I Wish I Were In Love Again," "My Funny Valentine," "Where Or When," [Read More]

McDonald's Chocolate Triple Thick Shake (32 oz.) - Top 10 Worst Fast-Food Meals

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  52 words  |  Martina Birk

1,160 Calories

Despite the Big Macs and Quarter Pounders that dominate the McDonald's menu, this shake has more calories than any other item, and with 27 g of fat, it has more jiggle's worth than two McDonald's cheeseburgers.

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Medicine: Hypnoanalysis | TIME

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  725 words  |  Billy Koelling

A psychologist of the U.S. Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pa., 30-year-old Robert Mitchell Lindner, this week gives the public one of the few play-by-play accounts of a psychoanalytic treatment ever published. His book, Rebel Without a Cause (Grune & Stratton; $4) is a complete stenographic transcript of the analysis of a young criminal. Harvard Criminologists Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck call Lindner’s work a milestone in criminology. It is also a pioneering study in hypnoanalysis. [Read More]

New York Giants' Jason Pierre-Paul Injured in July 4 Fireworks Mishap

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  214 words  |  Martina Birk

July 6, 2015 3:55 AM EDT Jason Pierre-Paul, defensive end for the New York Giants, reportedly injured his hand while lighting fireworks at his Florida home on the night of July 4. The NFL confirmed the incident on Sunday evening, noting that it could “potentially impact Pierre-Paul’s future with the Giants,” but Dan Graziano and Adam Schefter at ESPN later tweeted that his injuries — burns on his palm and three fingers, and possible nerve damage — likely will not prove “career threatening” and that the “prognosis is not terrible. [Read More]

News and Trends

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  330 words  |  Billy Koelling

Getty ImagesPeople have been taking photos of themselves and sharing them with friends, family and Internet strangers for years. Yet it wasn’t until 2012 that a name for these self-portraits, typically made to post on a social networking website (or send in a text message), really hit the big time. Selfies are often snapped at odd angles with smartphones and include some part of the photographer’s arm. The crowd-sourced definition for selfie, courtesy of Urban Dictionary, includes a helpful note: “A selfie is usually accompanied by a kissy face or the individual looking in a direction that is not towards the camera. [Read More]

Nikyatu Jusu on making her directorial debut with Nanny and exploring West African mythology [

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  972 words  |  Kelle Repass

Raised in Atlanta to Sierra Leonean parents, the writer/director never misses the opportunity to put her rich heritage on display through her unique style of storytelling; making black women and people feel seen all over the world. Jusu does this and more in her directorial debut ‘Nanny,’ which received the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and made her the second Black woman director ever to take home the biggest prize at Sundance. [Read More]

Now Youve Got No Excuse: Government Report Shows Healthy Food Doesnt Cost More Than Junk Food

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  671 words  |  Billy Koelling

Maren Caruso / Getty Images Sure, I’d eat better—if only healthy food didn’t cost so darn much. Does this excuse sound familiar? Well, you can’t get away with using it any longer. The truth, according to a new government study, is something that many consumers concerned about both nutrition and money have proclaimed for years: Healthy food isn’t expensive. Or at least it doesn’t have to be. The study, from the USDA’s Economic Research Service, points out that one way researchers in the past have figured out which foods provide the most bang for the buck is flawed: [Read More]

Photo of Kim Kardashian and Meek Mills' now-famous meeting emerges after Kanye West's accusation

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  143 words  |  Billy Koelling

West called out his wife, Kim, for meeting with Mill at the Waldorf hotel. In the photo which has now surfaced online, Kim is spotted with Mill and philanthropist, Clara Wu at a restaurant in what appeared to be an official meeting. Photo of Kim Kardashian's meeting with Meek Mill and philanthropist, Clara Wu [LindaIkeji] Pulse Nigeria ADVERTISEMENT Kanye West tweets about trying to get a divorce with Kim Kardashian [Twitter/KanyeWest] Pulse Nigeria " [Read More]

Plastic Surgeons' Study Finds that Kate Middleton Has a Perfect Nose

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  303 words  |  Martina Birk

June 27, 2014 5:28 PM EDT Celebrities like the Duchess of Cambridge and Scarlett Johansson have aided a team of plastic surgeons on a long and fraught journey: the quest for the perfect nose. A team of U.S. plastic surgeons submitted digital portraits of young white women to focus groups and online social networks made up of people in the same age group and asked them to rate the attractiveness of the images based on previously determined attractiveness scales. [Read More]