Today, vibrators can come with breakup insurance, act as alarm clocks, and even give you personalized sex tips. While the technology is astounding, let's not forget the purpose of the vibrator: to give you sexual pleasure. Well, okay, it may have originally been created to treat the sexist and absurd notion of "female hysteria, " but, thankfully, women have taken back the vibrator from Victorian-era male doctors.
That means that we get to enjoy all of the pleasurable results of using vibes — as long as we know how to use them (like we said, they can have a lot of snazzy features these days). Some vibrators are relatively straightforward; others come with multi-speeds and functions. For those with vaginas, vibrators are commonly used to provide clitoral orgasms, but they can also provide multi-orifice stimulation. And they're not just for solo masturbation sessions: There are plenty of fun ways to use them during partnered sex, too.
Obviously, there's a lot to learn, and a pretty orgasmic incentive to learn it all. Read on for some sexy tips and tricks for using a vibrator.
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Last week, HBO dropped a bomb of Game of Thrones greatness on us with the reveal of the first season 7 photos. There were 15 stills from the upcoming season, and honestly, it was kind of overwhelming. Thank goodness we have GoT super-fans to help us dissect every little thing — including this clever Easter Egg that we totally would've missed. And if you're a Jon Snow fan (I mean really, isn't that synonymous with GoT fan?) then you're going to love this clue.
This photo of Samwell Tarly and Gilly caught the attention of eagle-eyed Redditors, one of whom translated the passage Gilly is reading, as Winter Is Coming reports. It turns out that the text Gilly's holding is taken directly from The World of Ice and Fire, a companion to George R.R. Martin's series detailing the history of Westeros. The passage is about Azor Ahai, an important figure in the series and, presumably, the show next season. You probably already know Azor Ahai as the Prince That Was Promised, the legend prophesied by Melisandre (and theorized by many to be Jon Snow or Daenerys Targaryen). Here is the translation, per Redditor itsjayrr:
"It is also written that there are annals in Asshai of such a darkness, and of a hero who fought against it with a red sword. His deeds are said to have been performed before the rise of Valyria, in the earliest age when Old Ghis was first forming its empire. This legend has spread west from Asshai, and the followers of the Lord of Light claim that this hero was named Azor Ahai, and prophesy his return. In the Jade Compendium, Colloquo Votar recounts a curious legend from Yi Ti, which states that the sun hid its face from the earth for a lifetime, ashamed at something none could discover, and that disaster was averted only by the deeds of a woman with a monkey’s tail."
So, does this mean that the legendary figure will finally come into play this season? Will we find out who the storied hero really is? And does the fact that Sam and Gilly are reading up on Azor Ahai mean they'll become key to helping bring the prophecy to fruition?
Chrissy Teigen is completely and utterly relatable... except for the fact that she’s a supermodel with mad cooking chops and a Grammy award-winning husband named John Legend. All that aside, Chrissy is basically us. Remember that one time she posted to her Snapchat as she drunkenly waited for Legend to take off her necklace? We all laughed along knowing that we, too, have struggled with our own jewelry. Well, it looks like Teigen is back at it again, only this time her issue was with her hair extensions.
As People magazine reports, the debacle unfolded on her Snapchat story. Teigen, who currently has a lob haircut, traded her short waves for a longer look on a night out. Innocent enough, right? But in the clip, she was rolling around on the ground in a white bodysuit, begging her assistant to help her remove her hair extensions.
We understand the pain and agony. Undoing extensions is no easy feat, especially after one or two glasses of Chardonnay. We can barely take out our bobby pins after happy hour, let alone a full head of hair extensions. At the time, Teigen announced, “Now hiring: new assistants to take my hair out, cause this one sucks." She jokingly reflected on her remarks the next morning, confirming her search for a new assistant was still on.
Update: This post was originally published on June 9, 2016.
There's a reason that through decades, trend cycles, the rise of fast fashion and beyond, the white tee has remained a constant in our closets. (That's why they call it a classic, right?) For me, even as a fashion writer with an affinity for things like tie-dye, crop tops, and clothing with piercings, no garment has ever made me feel more amazing than a solid, worn-in white tee.
But there's just one problem: countless brands also know the magic of a white T-shirt and have offered up a take on it...and each brand is marketing its own as the absolute best. From classic American brands like Gap and Hanes to fashion labels like Reformation and Everlane, all of these names claim to make the perfect tee.
So, I'm taking a magnifying glass to those from some of R29's favorite brands to get to the bottom of who's actually making the closest-to-perfect version of this timeless wardrobe staple. While I wish I could've tried them all, I narrowed it down to six that claim to be the best in the biz. Read on for the honest reviews of each (along with a few additional options), and let us know in the comments: Who makes your holy grail white tee?
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Sometimes getting motivated to exercise can be harder than the workout itself. That’s why it helps to think of your gym time as a middle school dance: You’re going to feel awkward and hug the wall until a really great song comes on.
With that in mind, we’re rounding up our favorite workout tracks, from fresh remixes to old favorites. Get ready to catch yourself humming through your jog, training circuit, or yoga practice. And, don’t worry, Beyoncé makes an appearance.
Don't be surprised if you end up keeping a steadier pace while listening. Music with a strong beat has been found to help people's movements stay consistent during exercise. Today, we've added five songs that have been in heavy rotation on our own gym playlists.
This is the playlist to get you moving — the gym's never been so much fun.
Check out our past seasons' playlists below.
Here's last summer's playlist, if you're yearning to return to Summer '16.
And don't forget to check out our playlist from Spring '16, too.
Check back in the following weeks for more of your favorite tracks.
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We’ve all seen Gordon Ramsay scream at Hell’s Kitchen contestants and call them not-so-nice names like. But we’ve also watched him comfort crying children on MasterChef Junior and tell the kid chefs that he believes in them. These two very different sides to his personality make us wonder which approach he takes when mentoring his daughter Matilda in the kitchen.
Ramsay’s daughter, whose children’s cookbook Tilly’s Kitchen Takeover will be released early next month, recently appeared on a British talk show called This Morning. While on the show, Tilly, who is only 15 years old, demonstrated how to make her "All-American Chili" and talked to the show’s hosts about what it’s like cooking for her celebrity chef father. It seems that while Ramsay doesn’t call his daughter names he isn’t exactly all rainbows and butterflies when she cooks for him. Perhaps because Matilda is a bit older than the kids that appear on MasterChef Junior or because she’s his own flesh and blood, Chef Ramsay seems to feel like he can be a bit tougher on her.
This fact came out when Tilly explained that she didn’t like to prepare her food with too much spice. That is where her taste differs from her dad’s. While cooking her chili, the young chef told the hosts, “See dad just puts in so much chili powder so I let mom cook when he’s at home because she knows what we like.” The hosts laugh and Matilda continues, “He’s a really fussy eater…With my food, yeah, and with his spices, he's fussy.” She then explained that Gordon Ramsay sometimes acts a bit like his harsher self if she doesn’t use enough seasoning, but Tilly says, she does it to him as well.
Though Chef Ramsay is apparently a bit hard on his daughter Tilly when it comes to seasoning her food, it seems like his method for teaching her to cook worked out well. Not that many 15-year-olds get cookbook deals.
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When Desiray Baptiste's boyfriend, Alex, bought her a microphone for her birthday, he probably never expected it'd make her into a viral sensation. But what was a thoughtful gift from her significant other gave Baptiste, an aspiring singer, at least 15 minutes of fame.
Alex gave Baptiste a karaoke microphone along with several other gifts, including a card game and teddy bear. She then took that microphone and made herself a star.
Baptiste posted a video of herself using the microphone, which has an impressive echo effect, on Snapchat and later uploaded the video and a few snaps to Twitter.
Sooooo my boyfriend bought me a microphone... it's safe to say that was a big mistake 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/EhrH2U6Dyy
Baptiste first posted a snap of the microphone (and her other gifts) thanking her boyfriend for listening to and encouraging her goals. Then she showed exactly what she could do with a mic in her hand.
"I wanna send a special shoutout to all the lovers in the house tonight," she said in a voice that one commenter compared to Beyoncé. "Ladies, how ya'll feel?"
She went on to pretend she was announcing a wrestling match and shows of her singing (and songwriting) skills. At the end of the stream, she posted a snap saying, "I was going awfffff last night!!!"
But going off paid off. Her tweet has been retweeted more than 21,000 times as of writing, and people have been commenting to tell her how much they'd like to be her friend.
@untamed_desire@CajunPeachy Can you be my friend cus this is so me if I had one. I'm pissing the neighbors off!
Some people say the only way to stop online harassment is to stop going online. Well, we aren't going anywhere.Reclaim Your Domainis Refinery29's campaign to make the internet (and the world outside of it) a safer space for everyone — especially women.
In 2015, the documentary Hot Girls Wanted took a close look at a growing, though largely unexplored, section of the adult film industry: "amateur" porn. These "amateurs" are 18- to 21-year-old women who are pulled into the industry, lured by promises of easy money and fame, without really understanding the nature of the job.
Now, the producers and directors behind Hot Girls Wanted — Rashida Jones, Jill Bauer, and Ronna Gradus — are back with a new Netflix original series, Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On. Over six episodes, the filmmakers take a deep dive into the porn industry, but also step back for a broader look at how technology is changing sex and our relationships. One episode focuses on a 40-year-old former reality star who ghosts 20-year-old girls on dating apps, while another looks at "cam girls," women who perform sexual acts live from the comfort of their homes.
The series is not meant to judge one person's sexual or dating behavior, whether that's watching porn online or swiping right on an app. Instead, it's meant to make you — yes, you — ask yourself some important questions about your own relationships with technology and sex.
Last week, we sat down with Jones, Bauer, and Gradus at New York's Nomad Hotel to learn more about the show. Below, our candid talk about porn, dating apps, and feeling empowered online in 2017.
What made you decide to expand on the original documentary, Hot Girls Wanted?
Rashida Jones: "Unfortunately, we haven't really progressed in terms of our national conversation around sex. Technology has only heightened the access to and ability to watch sex, have sex with more people, pick sexual partners online, and have intimate relationships with people you've never met. I think the fact that the conversation hasn't gotten any broader or mainstream, plus that there's more stories to tell because of technology, just seemed rife for a series."
Some people say porn is empowering for women; some say it’s degrading. Where do you think the line is drawn?
RJ: "It's so personal, and I think it’s dangerous to declare anything as the road to female empowerment, period. Some girls are really self-possessed, and they know what they're doing, and they love sex, and they've always wanted to do it, and they're camming and they have control over what they're doing. And then some girls are just not built for it. But I think there's a pressure to feel like you should be empowered by it. And not everybody is. It's different for everyone."
Jill Bauer: "I just can't even imagine growing up now as a young woman and feeling all the pressures of social media. You’re bombarded and surrounded by it. I got to come of age in such a natural way, with no pressure, and it was a pleasure. It was amazing."
RJ: "But I will say that millennials are more at ease with transitioning back and forth from their public persona to their private life. I feel kind of sweaty when I'm trying to present myself on social media. There is a pressure to self-brand. And in doing that you learn who likes you and who doesn't — literally, based on who "Likes" you and who doesn't on your page. It's that old adage that's like, 'don't compare your insides to somebody else's outsides.' It's really hard to do that right now, because there's so much 'outsides.'
"There's so much celebration of people's outsides right now, and not enough celebration of our individuality. Especially with sex! Sex is so specific. There was a study that showed that straight men are turned on by straight porn and gay men are turned on by gay porn. But women are turned on by everything! Animal sex, fantasies, gay sex, orgies, everything. We’re so complex. So let us be complex and be turned on by all types of different things — not just male fantasies."
In the episode “Love Me Tinder,” you look at what you call the “click-and-collide-culture” of app dating. Did you learn anything about this world that surprised you?
Ronna Gradus: “I think the burning question was, ‘What makes people think that this behavior is okay?’ The answer was so simple, but definitely surprised me, personally. It was just, ‘Oh, I literally never thought about [doing things differently].’”
RJ: "By the way, in terms of misbehavior, we don’t mean having fun and having sex. We mean the way people treat others, like ghosting."
RG: "People just keep moving forward. You have this pool of people that you can just keep [swiping through], and you don’t even look back."
RJ: "[Swiping] is dehumanizing. It literally takes the humanity out of the situation when you flip through and you have all these options. There’s no voice on the other end of it, you don’t have to be in the same room with anybody, and it’s become kind of the standard in the way people treat each other on apps."
JB: "I’ve done my fair share of app dating and online dating, and I’m very respectful and super aware and sensitive to other people. But I’ve misbehaved without even knowing it."
RJ: "It’s sort of set up for you to feel that way. That’s the thing about technology. Although it’s bringing us closer and we’re connecting, it’s a virtual intimacy. So it isn’t quite intimacy, and there’s all these thing that are missing, like the way somebody smells when you’re in a room or picking up the subtleties of tone when you’re texting — all of these things that make humans really interesting just flatten out when you’re dealing with them online. Tone is huge. I’ve gotten in so many fights over text tone. Why isn’t there a tone keyboard? [Something that can show] sarcasm, earnestness, vulnerability, you know?”
"I'm getting pickier with my porn, like I am with my food. I want to know how it was made, I want to know that everybody's having a good time, and I want to know that the orgasms are real."
Is there anything that dating app developers can be doing to make things better?
RJ: "I think they should put a thing on dating apps, where, even if it's a form letter, you have to follow up. Unless somebody uses aggressive language, if you meet somebody in person, you have to follow up with them."
RG: "Maybe the app locks you out or something unless you’ve dealt with your past business."
JB: "That will make people behave."
RG: "And each person has to be able to sign off on it. Like, ‘He texted me and told me he doesn’t want to see me again. Thumbs up.’”
RJ: "Guys, don’t let it leave this room. We are making that app!"
Were there any issues at the intersection of tech and sex that you were hesitant to broach on the show?
RG: "There were a couple of things that we wanted to do that we couldn’t legally, because they were just too taboo. We wanted to do a story about pedophilia."
RJ: "The problem is, the minute you have anything in your possession or show anything it’s illegal. So there’s no way to do a story on it, but it’s rampant on the internet."
Have any of the issues that you talk about in the show affected any of you in real life?
RJ: "Working in this space has for sure affected my relationship with porn. To be honest, I struggled even before we started working together [on the show]. When you go search for porn, the first stuff that pops up is not the stuff I wanted to see. It was very violent and abusive, and it was hard for me to find something to reflect my desires. And now that I know more and more about it, I'm getting pickier with my porn, like I am with my food. I want to know how it was made, I want to know that everybody's having a good time, and I want to know that the orgasms are real. I mean, I can't know all that stuff, but I want it to feel that way at least."
What do you hope that women take away from watching the show?
JB: "Don’t look at your partner’s browser. Just kidding."
RJ: "That there is room for discussion and conversation and representation with your partner, with your friends, with yourself. The whole series is a pause so that you can just look at your relationship with sex and technology and ask yourself some questions that might come up for you during the series. For women, in particular, there’s a lot of things about empowerment, and asking yourself: What makes you comfortable? What makes you feel power?"
This interview has been edited and condensed from its original version.
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Luckily, the duo had a good attitude about the whole fiasco. "Well at least we got another chance this week in Clevlande," The Chainsmokers tweeted.
They also made a point to explain that the mixup was the fault of an employee in the duo's visual department, not The Chainsmokers themselves. "lol totally putting our visual guy on blast for misspelling Pittsburgh at the end," the duo wrote in a now-deleted tweet.
On the one hand, it's an easy mistake to make — it's hard to keep track of which 'burg cities end in "h." On the other hand, this could easily have been fixed with a quick Google search. Either way, The Chainsmokers' visual employees are probably staying off Twitter for the next few days.
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It's official: Megyn Kelly's new NBC show will officially start airing in June. The former Fox News host created a stir when she decided to leave her former network in pursuit of two new hosting gigs over on NBC. Now, Variety reports that Kelly will "try her hand" on Sundays starting in June so NBC can test the audience reaction during the summers, a time which tends to see a dip in viewership.
The new Sunday program, produced by David Corvo and Liz Cole, will feature Kelly at the helm of a group of reporters, as well as contributions from Kate Snow.
Kelly announced the switch to NBC in early 2017. The longtime host of The Kelly File on Fox took to Facebook to confirm news of her departure.
"Over a dozen years ago I started at Fox News in a job that would change my life," she wrote. "Now, I have decided to end my time at FNC, incredibly enriched for the experiences I've had. I have agreed to join NBC News, where I will be launching a new daytime show Monday through Friday, along with a Sunday evening news magazine program. I will also participate in NBC's breaking news coverage and its political and special events coverage."
She also took the opportunity to thank the network, as well as Rupert, Lachlan, and James Murdoch. After Kelly confirmed the news, Rupert released the following statement:
"We thank Megyn Kelly for her 12 years of contributions to Fox News," he said. "We hope she enjoys tremendous success in her career and wish her and her family all the best."
As far as her daytime show is concerned, the network still hasn't released any concrete details. It's possible it could be part of the Today show, which airs between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m., with Variety speculating that her morning show would take place at either 9 a.m. or 10 a.m.
All that's left to do is wait and see how Kelly fares this summer.
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Attention, TLC binge-watchers: Randy Fenoli of Say Yes To The Dress fame has whipped his own eponymous line of bridal gowns. The 25-piece collection debuted on Thursday on the runway at Kleinfeld's in NYC (yes, you know the over-the-top bridal megastore well from the show, whether you've seen one episode or marathons of it). Fenoli's designs, which top out at $3,000, are all available now.
This story was originally published on February 22, 2017.
Say Yes To The Dress star Randy Fenoli has come a long way from his humble beginnings on a cattle farm in Southern Illinois. Now, he's launching his very own namesake bridal collection. The line will debut at New York Bridal Week on April 20th, and the dresses will be available for scheduled bridal appointments the very next day, meaning brides-to-be will be able to order their wedding dresses straight off the runway.
"A wedding gown is the most important piece of clothing a woman will ever wear, so to be able to create something she loves is the most rewarding feeling for me. My deep connection to brides inspired each piece in my premiere collection, and I am truly honored to be a part of making a woman feel her most beautiful," Fenoli said in a release. His premiere collection will be comprised of 25 dresses, retailing between $1,500 and $3,000.
And it's that deep connection to all things nuptials-related, spanning six reality television shows (and a former bridal designing stint), that lead Fenoli to start his own line. After graduating from FIT in 1993, Fenoli launched his first two bridal collections, one for jewelry and one for dresses. He's also got two DEBI Awards (basically the Oscars of bridal design) sitting on his shelf. From 2007 to 2012, Randy worked as the fashion director at NYC's Kleinfeld Bridal Salon (a.k.a . Say Yes To The Dress ' homebase), where he consulted with nearly 15,000 brides a year.
So, basically, if there's anyone more qualified for the job than Fenoli, let us know. Over the past few years, a number of new players have entered the bridal market, including wedding dress collections from retailers like ASOS, Topshop, Free People, and Reformation. And apart from Houghton, Fenoli will be one of the only bridal designers to adapt to the see now, buy now model, which should come as a relief to any extremely impatient bridezillas out there.
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It was only a matter of time before Miley Cyrus would enter the world of superheroes and extra-terrestrial ass-kickers. But still, it comes as a surprise to hear that former Hannah Montana star has a secret cameo in the highly-anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 already. It seems like only yesterday she was playing piano for Liam Hemsworth on the set of a Nicholas Sparks movie and now here she is in outer space, providing a key vocal element to a blockbuster Marvel film.
In the film, Cyrus voices Mainframe in an uncredited voiceover. Mainframe is a robotic operating system that has taken over a planet. Mainframe is also "an alternate character" stemming from another Marvel character, Vision, according to SuperHeroHype.com.
So, how did we end up here? And how did no one know that Cyrus was joining the ranks of Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper in lending her voice to a character in the movie? Well, it was apparently the director, James Gunn, as well as Marvel President Kevin Feige, who wanted to keep his interest in working with the The Voice judge under wraps, because he didn't know if timing would work out — or if she'd even be into the role.
Read on to find out exactly how they came to score Cyrus for the job.
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If you don’t remember how season 3 ended for the Silicon Valley crew's sole female member, I’m sorry to break it to you, but it didn’t go well. The board of Pied Piper, the magical fictional algorithm the comedy is built around, has their final meeting in "The Uptick." The board meeting’s purpose is to approve the sale of Pied Piper to the highest bidder after the app suffered a number of public failures. Monica goes against her boss and refuses to vote for the sale, since she believes the highest bidder is Valley bad guy Gavin Belson (Matt Ross).
Although Monica was misinformed about whom Pied Piper was actually going to when she voted against Laurie, the older woman doesn’t actually care. All she sees is that Monica betrayed her, so she gives her a very gross punishment.
In the season 4 premiere, Pied Piper founder Richard (Thomas Middleditch) goes to visit Monica and finds she’s been moved out of her office to a spot " way down the hall." When Richard finally finds Monica’s new office, it’s revealed she’s been placed in a glass room directly across from the men’s bathroom. Her desk even lines up directly with bathroom entryway, so every time a guy opens the door, she’s forced to see directly inside.
"Laurie is punishing me for taking your side and going against her," Monica explains to Richard. "So she moved me down here."
That means one of the sole female employees at this V.C. firm is forced to watch men urinate throughout the work day. As punishment. Not only is Monica probably seeing unwanted penises all day, every day — which is already sexual harassment — but also catching glimpses of them peeing.
If Monica were to even try to bring a legal case against her company, she would likely only hurt herself. Laurie can easily deny the office move was orchestrated specifically to ensure Monica saw an endless stream of unwanted genitalia. Plus, the embattled employee would end up severing ties with her longtime employer and possibly look overly sensitive to any prospective future employers. All of this makes Laurie’s punishment especially creepy and insidious.
Plus, on top of all of that, there’s the simple fact that Laurie, a fellow woman, is the one who did this to Monica. "Success Failure" ends with Gavin pulling a similar stunt on his new rival and former Pied Piper CEO, Jack Barker (Stephen Tobolowsky). After years of ingesting pop culture, we expect men to treat each other terribly in the most infantile of ways.
In a male-dominated town like Silicon Valley, women deserve a lot better from each other.
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You know spring has officially sprung when the weather oscillates between batshit crazy and totally blissful. While April showers are a welcome change from blizzards and slushy pavements, all we want to do is stay in and indulge our seasonal grogginess. We need a fresh start to snap out of it. Maybe you know exactly how we feel?
A home makeover may be just what the doctor ordered. No, we're not talking about a furniture overhaul or a fresh paint job, but rather switching up your space with new storage solutions, decor objects, and artworks in a delightful array of textures and colors. We've rounded up a collection of cheerful finds that will cure your spring cabin fever and bring a smile to your face, too. The $29-and-under price tags are just the cherry on top.
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13 Reasons Why continues to fill the airwaves with more explanation and support behind the series' creator to depict graphic content at a show primarily aimed at teens. (Although, as a Netflix study revealed, it's not just teens who are watching the show — there are also a ton of adults queuing up the series to use it as an ice-breaker with their kids.) After receiving criticism from mental health organizations, a writer on the show penned a personal essay describing the importance of depicting a violent suicide for audiences.
And now Kate Walsh is offering her defense on the matter, too. The former Grey's Anatomy actress spoke to USA TODAY about why she supported the inclusion of hard-to-watch scenes like her on-screen daughter's death.
"I think that anything that's at all kept secret is inextricably intertwined with shame and secrecy, (and) should be outed," she said. "I can't speak for Brian, but I know that it was important for us to be as honest as we could."
She continued, noting the importance of portraying difficult material in such a public way. "Part of the problem is not talking about it and not seeing it, and not seeing what really happens, and that it's this mysterious kind of thing that's never spoken about or never seen. And we just shove it under the rug, and nobody talks about it, and we just hope that it doesn't happen to them or their children or friends or family. So I think that (for) Brian, it was an important decision to be as real and as accurate as we could and show how painful it is, physically, emotionally and in every other sense."
Of course, there is no right answer to how this intense topic should be translated into a show which is, inherently, meant for entertainment purposes. But it's amazing to continue an intelligent and well-rounded conversation on such a gravely important subject.
If you are thinking about suicide, please call theNational Suicide Prevention Lifelineat 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Suicide Crisis Line at 1-800-784-2433.
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What is the worst part of brunch? Waiting — whether it's for a table, or just for your eggs to finally arrive. What's the best part? Eating, of course, though getting the perfect snap of what you ate might be a close second. Brunch may be our most-documented meal, thanks to all the beautiful ways you can eat avocado toast and slurp a hangover-curing Bloody Mary. And what makes a great brunch 'gram may have as much to do with your surroundings than the food on your plate.
Ahead, the 15 most Instagrammed brunch spots in the country, curated by analytics website Dash Hudson. When food is this good (and the spot is so pretty), how can you not take a picture?
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While the beauty industry is currently deciding who owns the rights to unicorns, drippy lips, and silver moons — we can go ahead and give Milk Makeup full jurisdiction over holograms. The brand was one of the first to market with its cult, duo-chrome Holographic Highlighters. And it just announced Generation 2.0. Enter: Milk Holographic Lip Gloss.
The two shades of gooey lip gloss are identical to the highlighter hues Supernova and the latest warm-golden shade, Mars. Both feel super moisturizing on lips thanks to ingredients like coconut oil, avocado oil, and mango butter. And they're satisfyingly gooey — meaning they give that super wet effect and stick to lips without melting off after an hour. And if you have to ask if they're as shimmery and iridescent as the face highlighters, well, just look at them. (Go all out and wear them on your lips with pride — or dab them just on the center of your lips for a subtler plumping effect.)
These lip glosses don’t launch for another week — giving you just enough time to clear out your makeup bag to make space for them.
Milk Makeup Holographic Lip Gloss, $24, available May 2 at Milk Makeup.
As if getting a standard-issue celebrity-inspired haircut at an established salon didn’t have enough nerve-wracking potential already (what if there’s a miscommunication and your new stylist uses a razor on your frizz-prone ends instead of proper shears?), there’s a hairdresser in Russia whose cuts will make you fear for your life — and not in a self-pitying “my bangs are too short” kind of way.
Just call Daniil Istomin the Siberian Sweeney Todd. The stylist, who works in the city of Novosibirsk, apparently has a bit of a reputation around town — not because he’s left a mysterious rash of murders and meat pies in his wake, thankfully, but because he eschews traditional haircutting scissors in favor of a hatchet. Clients lie down on a table, or sit upright in a chair, and Istomin casually hacks away at their lengths and ends with a hand axe. (It’s a dry cut, in case you were wondering.)
It might seem like little more than a party trick (and a terrifying one, at that), but according to the New York Post, Istomin claims that his technique is easier than using scissors. Reportedly, the barber took “some basics of geometry, combined it with his profession, and shifted the angles into slightly different variations to cut hair.”
When you look at it that way, Istomin seems less like a deranged Demon Barber of Novosibirsk and more like an artiste — but he’s also just a sudden twitch of the hand away from becoming an accidental murderer. Just something to keep in mind.
Gloria Steinem, Jessica Williams, Padma Lakshmi, Kal Penn, and Keegan-Michael Key are among those who will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Instead, all will be in the audience for Samantha Bee's Not The White House Correspondents' Dinner.
The much-anticipated comedy special from the host of TBS's Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will take place this Saturday, April 29, at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. The location is less than two miles away from the Washington Hilton, where the actual White House Correspondents' Dinner is taking place at the same time.
Bee has promised that the evening will be full of "surprises, music, food and laughter" as well as some educational tidbits such as "how screwed we'd be without a free press."
The show will air on TBS starting at 10 p.m. on Saturday. If you don't have a cable subscription, you'll also be able to watch the entire show on Twitter, beginning at 11 p.m. The social network has even christened #NTWHCD with its own emoji, as it does all official hashtags.
Don't expect President Trump to mark his first 100 days in office with a surprise appearance at either roasting event. His plans are taking him to Pennsylvania instead, where he plans to host a "BIG" rally.
There's no denying that Frozen is a swell film. Cheeky, self-referential, and bearer of the decade's catchiest song, there really wasn't any avoiding the movie when it came out. All good things come with a sequel, as you know, and Frozen 2 has been on the horizon for what feels like years now. In March, the movie's producer Peter Del Vecho revealed to Entertainment Weekly that the second installment was already in "development." That meant, apparently, that the writers are plugging away at a script as of today. But animated movies practically have the gestation periods of cicadas. Okay, maybe less. (Cicadas hang out underground for 17 years.) But at least a few years of hard work span from concept planning to movie release. So, even with the movie "in devel0pment," it's not going to be released for a good long while.
Tuesday, Frozen 2 cast member Josh Gad confirmed this. The actor, who recently appeared in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, tweeted today an official release date for the film.
"Mark your calendars," the actor wrote, "Frozen 2 is coming NOVEMBER 27, 2019."
Gad wasn't the only one to send out an alert. BuzzFeed senior film reporter Adam Vary tweeted the entire Disney film schedule up to 2021 — on it appears the November 2019 release date for Frozen 2. Also on that list? The release date for Star Wars: Episode IX, which perhaps serves a different audience than Frozen 2. That movie will premiere in May of 2019.
And here is the full Disney movie slate through 2021 (though Star Wars titles stop at 2019 after Ep. IX). pic.twitter.com/4BvkkSvT55
November 2019 is a ways away, so it's not like we should be sitting around with bated breath. So far, all we know is that the sequel "builds on the first movie," something Del Vecho also revealed in March.
"You understand things better in the first movie after you've seen the sequel," Del Vecho added. Of course, there isn't a sequel to be seen just yet, so I guess we're stuck not fully understanding the first film.
To satisfy the Frozen itch, though, we have the upcoming Broadway show. Frozen on Broadway is set to premiere in the Spring of 2018, at least a full year before the sequel. In April, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the production had cast the two main roles: Cassie Levy will be playing Elsa and Patti Murin will be playing Anna. Levy starred in Broadway's Ghost, and Murin was the chipper cheerleader at the center of Lysistrata Jones. If even 2018 is still too far away, know this: The show will have tryouts in Denver beginning August 17.
In the meantime, apparently we'll never fully understand Frozen until November 2019, when we see its successor. Settle in, y'all — winter is coming, but not any time soon.
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