If there’s anything that sums up the nightmare-level stress and ping-ponging emotions of 2016’s election night, it’s the New York Times’ needle. Even now, just thinking about that semi-circular chart with its prediction needle swinging wildly from red to blue every time some new precinct data was made available makes my chest contract and my
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Nikki McKibbin, a singer from Texas best-known for her third place finish in the first season of American Idol, has died. She was 42. McKibbin’s husband, Craig Sadler, confirmed her death in a Facebook post, saying that she had died after suffering a brain aneurysm on Wednesday and was taken off life support early Sunday.
Given the uniquely unstable circumstances surrounding the next 36 or so hours in America, the media will play a vital role in shaping perceptions about the integrity of the presidential election. Executives from broadcast and cable networks have made it clear that caution and certainty will be the top priority, as questions loom regarding just
Who did you look to for this sort of guidance, both spiritually and with your diet? Were you reading books? Did you have mentors? It started out with meditation for me. There were certain questions I asked the universe while I was in my meditation. I read books, like The Autobiography of a Yogi, sacral
Prince William allegedly tested positive for COVID-19 last April and kept the diagnosis quiet to avoid causing a stir, according to multiple reports from U.K. media. The Sun, one of England’s largest tabloid newspapers, first reported the story on Monday, citing an unidentified source. BBC News says it has corroborated the report with palace sources
Hi Crystal!! Great to have you here today! How does the vibe of an audience affect your performance? There is something beautiful about playing to an audience, watching the connection between music and the human emotions that I absolutely love being a witness to!! It can bring out a deeper emotion as the artist performing to
Hi Nicki! Great to have you here today! Great to be here as well! What is the most meaningful song/album you have ever written? I’d have to go with my Heartbeat Album. It’s the album that I had always wanted to write and record when I dreamed about being a recording artist in my teens. I also
As a luminary with a decades-long career in music promotion, science, and visual arts, Howard Bloom likely doesn’t mind being called a Renaissance Man—and not just because one of his personal heroes is Galileo. I talked with him about topics as varied as his history with the internet, getting kicked out of his own art
With the U.S. election happening this week—smack dab in the middle of a pandemic and a worldwide crusade against racial injustice—there’s no denying it’s a stressful time. According to the American Psychological Association, 68% of Americans say the current political climate is a significant source of stress regardless of their preferred candidate. (That’s up from
In a rare interview with British Vogue, Beyoncé spoke openly about her work, family, how they’ve been handling quarantine, and her adventures as an amateur beekeeper. When asked by the magazine’s editor-in-chief Edward Enninful for a fact about herself that might surprise fans, the pop star revealed that her nickname is Queen B for good
Jeannie Mai is in hospital after discovering a potentially life-threatening condition. READ MORE: Jeannie Mai becomes a ‘Maneater’ on ‘DWTS’ Villains Night The co-host of The Real was forced to leave the Dancing With the Stars competition this week after being diagnosed with epiglottitis, an inflammatory condition that can cause swelling and block airflow to
Kendall Jenner turns 25 years old on November 3, so, on Halloween, she threw a giant party in the middle of a pandemic that is currently experiencing a record surge in COVID-19 cases. The party, which was attended by Hailey Bieber, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, Scott Disick, Kylie Jenner, Travis Scott, Jaden Smith, Paris
Much like Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz independently inventing calculus, so, too, have Mariah Carey and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez simultaneously formulated an important theory for 2020. Christmas season, this year, is whenever you want it. Carey, who each year sings that all she wants for Christmas is me (maybe you hear it differently), was first
[embedded content] As we anxiously await the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election, many of us are filled with trepidation. What if Trump refuses to concede? What if he’s re-elected?! And what will happen in the wake of the election? Will there be protests, rioting, and violence in the streets? Many Americans are wishing they could
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost have tied the knot. The couple said “I do” over the weekend in an “intimate ceremony,” as first posted on the official Instagram account of the organization Meals on Wheels America. In the Instagram picture, the words “Jost Married” are written in bold letters on the Staten Island Ferry. The
Welcome to another edition of Grooming Gods. This week: painted nails and a whole bunch of early voting selfies. Sam Smith An Anglicized take on Girl with a Pearl Earring. 10/10. Khalid When your skin glows this consistently, you don’t need a reason to snap a few pics. From Harry Styles’ Golden music video, 2020.Courtesy
A caravan of nearly 100 pro-Trump vehicles surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus on an interstate in Texas on Friday, in what was apparently an attempt to stop the tour bus in the middle of the highway. The group of cars, decorated with flags and signs in support of President Donald Trump, formed a blockade around
The future of music is streaming. It’s just too convenient for fans and too profitable for record labels to ever think of it going away. The ability to frictionlessly access millions of songs from the whole of human history — the fabled “celestial jukebox” predicted years ago — has been a reality for a generation.
Saturday Night Live delivered a politically-charged performance yet again in its final cold open before the U.S. presidential election. The skit, which featured Jim Carrey reprising his role as Joe Biden, had the presidential candidate reading a spooky bedtime story to the audience on Halloween night. Read more: ‘SNL’ cold open spoofs 2nd U.S. presidential
News of Sean Connery’s death has brought out fond remembrances from film fans and Hollywood professionals alike. Apart from looking great in a tux and having a thick Scottish accent people love to imitate, realizing just how many classics Connery made has left many agog. Perhaps you are itching to spend some time right now
Noah Centineo, the male lead of every Netflix original movie about high school crushes, appears to have a crush of his own these days. Per E! News, he was out at a private Halloween party with Stassie Karanikolaou, also known as Anastasia Karanikolaou, one of Kylie Jenner’s best friends. A source told E! that the
Sean Connery was best-known as a movie star, but he got his start as a bodybuilder. In 1950, the young Connery entered Mr. Universe but found that he was no competition for the bulkier American bodybuilders. Yet as fate would have it, during another bodybuilding competition a few years down the road, Connery heard that
It’s Halloween, that magical time of year when we cast our inhibitions aside and embrace our inner naughtiness. Or it would be, if this were a normal year. But 2020 is decidedly not normal, which puts a damper on our typical Halloween shenanigans. Most places won’t have trick or treating or parties or haunted houses
Now that more than 85 million people have already voted, many using mail-in ballots, Republicans have reportedly shifted their political strategy to challenging individual absentee votes and, in some cases, attempting to invalidate ballots already cast. According to the Washington Post, recent tactics aimed at challenging individual votes include a lawsuit filed by the Trump
Scottish movie legend Sean Connery, who shot to international stardom as the suave, sexy and sophisticated British agent James Bond and went on to grace the silver screen for four decades, has died aged 90. Eon Productions Ltd., a British film production company that primarily produces the James Bond film series, confirmed his death on Saturday.
We’ve been spending a lot more time at home this year—we surely don’t have to tell you why—and a real balm during to this prolonged period of confinement has been making sure everything is smelling amazing. Here were our three favorite ways to do just that. The Best Home Scents of 2020 For Your Laundry
A few weeks ago I was preparing to wage war against the United Parcel Service. The conflict started with an unnecessary and spontaneous purchase that I made off of Puma’s website, but when my package didn’t show up roughly 48 hours after the estimated arrival date, I quickly jumped to the rash conclusion that the
Over the past several days, reality star Kim Kardashian has been receiving plenty of backlash following a tone-deaf social media post about her 40th birthday party, which she held privately in Tahiti due to COVID-19. Read more: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost married in intimate ceremony Now, Kardashian has revealed the 40th birthday gift she received
“If it ain’t broke, it can’t be fixed / It takes two oars to row / ‘Whitewash works as good as paint’ / Sayin’ don’t make it so” sings Russ Still beside the steady play of his band the Moonshiners in their new single “That Right There,” these words capturing the spirit of the blue-collar
Lori Loughlin surrendered herself to prison in California on Friday to start serving a two-month sentence for her involvement in the college admissions bribery scandal. Loughlin, 56, reported to authorities at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif., approximately 65 kilometres east of San Francisco, Entertainment Tonight confirmed. 0:54 Lori Loughlin, husband pleads guilty to