“I remember everyone asking, ‘What did you do to get so thin? You looked great.’ I looked emaciated.” — ROSARIO DAWSON, who lost weight to portray a drug addict in Rent, and is now speaking out on body image in American culture (via CNN)
Continue reading …Watch: Anthony Bourdain Visits El Bulli Before the Restaurant Closes Its Doors
July 27, 2011 No CommentOne of the world’s greatest restaurants is closing its doors this month, but not before Anthony Bourdain has anything to say about it. El Bulli, Spain’s renowned restaurant, will be serving its last meal July 30. Last year, head chef Ferran Adrià announced that the esteemed culinary institution would close to stem its financial losses.
Continue reading …A 200-year-old vintage from Bordeaux set a new world record when it was sold on Tuesday for $117,000, reports the Wall Street Journal. The 1811 Chateau d’Yquem, once likened to “liquefied crème brûlée” by American wine critic Robert Parker, is now the most valuable bottle of white wine in the world. The wine that was
Continue reading …As a pastor, hopefully Joe Nelms doesn’t channel his inner Talladega Nights too often in his Tennessee church. But he sure did pull a Will Ferrell during the invocation at a Nashville Superspeedway NASCAR race on Saturday. Pulling lines right out of the irreverent prayer from the movie, Nelms has people still talking about his
Continue reading …Now kids can get to summer camp faster than they can sing all 99 verses of “99 Bottles of Beer on The Wall.” More and more wealthy families are ditching the long car rides to rural summer camps and hitching rides on private planes to save time, the New York Times reports. A round-trip flight
Continue reading …For all his posturing, Russell Brand is a far more accomplished writer than he’d probably ever let on. Once upon a time, his words were reserved for his stand-up routines and weekly soccer column for the Guardian newspaper. But the release of his autobiography, My Booky Wook, alerted us to his talent for getting his
Continue reading …It’s the summer – perfect for being single and ready to mingle. But in certain spots around the nation, some singles will have an easier time than others. Travel + Leisure has culled together some data and come up with a list of destinations where you’ll probably have a better chance of finding Mr. or
Continue reading …They may not be the most fashion-forward pieces, but when the dog days of summer are upon us, who really cares? With Japan reeling from electricity restrictions in the wake of the shuttering of the Fukushima power plant post-earthquake and tsunami, many are finding it tough to stay cool as the mercury spikes. Rather than
Continue reading …Want your woman to put down the white wine spritzer or cosmopolitan and suck down a classic hops-brewed beverage? Toss her an Animée. Animée. The name evokes something the likes of a female name – and that’s exactly who Molson Coors hopes will gravitate toward the beverage. To be released in the U.K. this fall,
Continue reading …As the tributes start to pour in from around the world after the troubled British musician Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London flat at the age of 27, a further twist emerged: Winehouse is but the latest singer to join the so-called Forever 27 club. Some of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest ever talents
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