Ugh, the men of the world have it so hard. Especially the straight white ones. It’s just, like, will someone please acknowledge their struggle and give them special opportunities in the areas where they are being systematically oppressed? Take Harvard’s Hasty Pudding: an all-male drag and burlesque group that is standing strong and refusing to […]
National Geographic magazine, the longtime standard-bearer of environmental journalism, will soon be known as a for-profit enterprise after nearly a century and a half as a nonprofit. The change comes as Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox expands its ownership of National Geographic properties to a 73 percent majority stake in a $725 million deal. The […]
Ellen DeGeneres joined Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi and Simon Cowell as a judge for the ninth season of “American Idol” back in 2010. It should come as no shock to discover the talent competition wasn’t her thing, as she only stuck around for one season, diplomatically explaining at the time that it “didn’t feel like […]
Tina Fey wants the Internet to believe in itself. While appearing on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” Tuesday night, she claimed the webs were settling for too little when they fell for the Dubsmash she made of Beyoncé’s “Flawless” with Jane Krakowski and Titus Burgess earlier this year. Fey called the video — you remember […]
Get ready for a shock if you still think pop stars need to be made of flesh and blood. Years ago, Yamaha developed Vocaloid, musical software that lets computers sing with synthesized voices. In 2007, that software got a body, and its name is Hatsune Miku. (That’s pronounced hot-sue-neigh mi-koo.) She’s a blue-haired anime girl […]
It’s been a little more than six months since Leonard Nimoy died, but friends of the beloved “Star Trek” actor are still struggling to live long and prosper without him. Zachary Quinto, who took on the role of Spock in both of J.J. Abrams’ film adaptations and became friendly with Nimoy, said that losing the […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Buzz Bissinger truly doesn’t care what you think about his love for crossdressing. The author of the acclaimed book Friday Night Lights doesn’t distinguish between men’s and women’s clothing — he just wears what he wants. Bissinger explained to HuffPost Live’s Nancy Redd on Tuesday that while his “down with it” wife […]
Claire Danes’ parents were not about shielding her as a child. “My parents had no concern about my psychic well-being, and they subjected me to every- and anything in the culture,” the actress told W magazine for the October Royals issue. “When I was a teenager, I went to the premiere of ‘Showgirls’ with my […]
Sometimes, life makes you hangry. This baby is hangry. This vampire is hangrier. Saturn is hangriest. Man: “Bernice, put your clothes back on and we’ll think about serving the cheese.”Bernice: “I’M HANGRY.” Side-eye=hangry. Excuse everyone in this painting, they’ve gone hinsane. “Isabella, Bill is so hangry, he’s weirdly threatening you with his leg.” Quick, give […]
WASHINGTON — Though it surely won’t matter to his legion of supporters, back in 2009, business mogul Donald Trump supported the bailing out of the banks. Not just that, he suggested he was comfortable with the national government taking them over — at least temporarily — as a means of market stabilization. The comments came […]
