Helen Paul officially becomes a professor

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  41 words  |  Kelle Repass

The popular comedian made the announcement known via her Instagram page on Monday, May 30, 2022, where she shared photos and videos from her induction in the United States of America.

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Home Economics Canceled After Three Seasons at ABC, New Series High Potential Shif

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  364 words  |  Tandra Barner

ABC has canceled the comedy series “Home Economics” after three seasons, Variety has learned. In addition, the new series “High Potential” starring Kaitlin Olson is now slated to debut in fall 2024. “Home Economics” aired its third season finale in January of this year, which will now serve as its series finale. The series was one of just two ABC shows that remained on the bubble, with the other being the spinoff “The Rookie: Feds. [Read More]

How Barbie Land Was Created: Sets Design, Costumes

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1513 words  |  Kelle Repass

Barbie is a movie that benefits from multiple screenings. On every viewing, you’ll catch something different, whether it’s a big idea or a tiny detail. When it hits theaters on July 21, every person who has ever dressed a Barbie up is bound to recognize some outfit or prop from their childhood, whether they played with the doll in the 1960s or 1990s. And even the Barbie agnostic will find something to pick up, whether it’s references to the technicolor musicals of Old Hollywood or a famous scene from The Matrix. [Read More]

Jacques Cartier (French Explorer) - On This Day

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  277 words  |  Martina Birk

Profession: French Explorer Biography: Explored and claimed what is now Canada for France. Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River. These he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big settlements he saw at Stadacona (Quebec City) and at Hochelaga (Montreal Island). Born: December 23, 1491 Birthplace: St. Malo, France Star Sign: Capricorn [Read More]

Jessica Dubroff: FLY TILL I DIE

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2970 words  |  Tandra Barner

Daedalus warned his son Icarus not to fly too high, or the sun would melt his waxen wings. But the boy, intoxicated with flight, soared above his cautious father. In the clear blue sky, the warmth of the sun dissolved his delicate wings, causing him to plunge to his death in the green sea below. The myth of Icarus is used to illustrate the ancient Greek word hubris, a term for the overweening human pride and vanity that often result in tragedy. [Read More]

Matt Damon Wants You to Care About Water

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1224 words  |  Kelle Repass

Matt Damon called in from a movie set—but he didn’t want to talk about his latest film. In fact, he didn’t want to talk about his “day job” in general, which meant no questions about growing his mullet in The Last Duel, or if the newer Bourne film stood up to the originals. Nothing about his personal style either, or about his taste in cars, or what he eats for breakfast every morning. [Read More]

Mikel Jollett on Becoming a Father After Childhood in a Cult

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1565 words  |  Patria Henriques

We were never young. We were just too afraid of ourselves. No one told us who we were or what we were or where all our parents went. They would arrive like ghosts, visiting us for a morning, an afternoon. They would sit with us or walk around the grounds, to laugh or cry or toss us in the air while we screamed. Then they’d disappear again, for weeks, for months, for years, leaving us alone with our memories and dreams, our questions and confusion, the wide-open places where we were free to run like wild horses in the night. [Read More]

Milestones, Feb. 18, 1935 | TIME

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  288 words  |  Patria Henriques

Born. To Sarah Schuyler Butler Lawrence, daughter of President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University, and Captain Neville Lawrence, London banker: a son; in London. Married. Lois Moran, 25, actress (Of Thee I Sing) and Col. Clarence Marshall Young, 45, onetime (1929-33) Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics; in Baltimore. Lately associated with Pan American Airways, Col. Young was fortnight ago made director of its new Pacific Division, in charge of projected air service between California and China. [Read More]

Nation: Behind the Points in Paris

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  852 words  |  Patria Henriques

NOW that all sides in Viet Nam seem willing to relinquish rhetorical pronunciamentos for real bargaining, the distances separating the adversaries on specific issues can begin to be measured. There is no substantial gap—in principle at least—on a number of items. On others, grave differences and difficulties remain. The U.S. and the Communists agree to respect the territorial integrity of Laos and Cambodia. They are willing to negotiate a prisoner exchange. [Read More]

Okafor's Law: Myth or reality?

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  530 words  |  Patria Henriques

And then there is the belief that if you sleep with a girl once and you do it properly, she somehow becomes too weak to say no to you from that moment onwards. This phenomenon is better known as Okafor’s Law. ADVERTISEMENT The term has been made more popular in recent times by Omoni Oboli and all the drama that surrounded its release. If Okafor’s Law is to be believed, then it means that there is a kind of magical power in the penis, and if you stir that power well enough during sex with a woman, her brain will become reconfigured to always say yes to sex with you. [Read More]