On July 12th, President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush will join mourners at an interfaith memorial service in Dallas, Texas. Each will speak to honor the memories of the police officers killed last Thursday night.
Actress Liv Tyler—who you may have recently seen in The Leftovers and adored once upon a time in Empire Records—has given birth to a baby girl. She and fiancé David Gardner have named her Lula Rose Gardner.
This year’s Tour de France competitors may face a unique obstruction as they contend with the grueling course through the Pyrenees Mountains: llamas. On July 2, a herd of roughly 20 was spotted in repose on the Col de Tourmalet race course. And llamas, I think we can safely surmise, do not give a fuck about the Tour…
After DeRay Mckesson and more than 100 other protestors demonstrating against police shootings were arrested in Baton Rouge Saturday night, the Black Lives Matter organizer was released from custody on bond Sunday afternoon, The Washington Post reports. Mckesson says the charges against him have not been dropped.
Dozens of Anker discounts, a massive Amazon apparel sale, and several inexpensive ebooks lead off Sunday’s best deals.
In 2012, journalist Marie Colvin—renowned for her brave, humanizing reporting in high-conflict areas—was killed in Syria during a rocket strike. Four years later, her family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad, who they say deliberately targeted her in an effort to…
Every artist with an Instagram account has expressed an opinion—with various degrees of sensitivity—on the deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and the five police officers killed in Dallas last week. Ariana Grande and Victoria Monét, however, decided to take a slightly different tack: They wrote a song.
More and more people in Britain are looking to undergo treatment to allow their bodies to correspond with their gender identities, with demand having skyrocketed over the last 10 years, the Guardian reports.
Bradley Cooper is a Wimbledon fixture, having made his much-discussed debut in 2013 and stuck around ever since. As with any long-term relationship, though, spending enough time in a place does somewhat dull its sheen: The drags of every day life start to creep in through the gate, and the magic of simply being there…
On Saturday night, police arrested several activists and journalists at protests across the country over the highly publicized fatal police shootings of two black men this week. On Monday, a police officer shot and killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as he was being held down by two other officers, and on…
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrapped his final performance of Hamilton on Saturday, and no sooner had the curtain hit the floor than he brandished scissors (or a sword, who knows) and chopped off his ponytail. Here it lies:
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I looked and looked and looked and looked to find something lighthearted to post for tonight’s SNS, but god damn it internet, you are a bleak wasteland today, you know that? Even the animals are tinged with sadness. (WHY WON’T YOU PLAY, CAT, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?)
Laura Herrick, a contributor to the Kansas City Star’s “Midwest Voices” section, has some thoughts on how women can prevent rape. So many, many thoughts. At the risk of ruining the surprise: Every single one of them is bad.
We joke about women faking orgasms both because it’s common and because public perception suggests they do it to stroke the egos of clueless boyfriends. New research suggests a much more upsetting reason for the deception: to end unwanted sex.
On Saturday, Serena Williams beat Angelique Kerber to win her seventh singles title at Wimbledon, clinching her 22nd Grand Slam singles title in the process. This ties her up with Steffi Graf’s Open-era record, and made her one happy lady:
Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox CEO Roger Ailes on Wednesday, effectively busting down the doors for a flood of other women armed with their own tales of the network head’s gross behavior.
1. Keep an open mind! You never know where a rare Pokémon might be hiding. Don’t be afraid to explore new areas of your town—adventure is what it’s all about!
Noted Advice Columnist and Mystefier of Teens Alanis Morissette gave birth to a baby girl last month. Her name is Onyx Solace, which is precisely what I would name my child if I were Alanis Morissette (presumably with input from her husband, Mario “Souleye” Treadway).
In today’s Tweet Beat, Anna Paquin encounters an idiot, Reese Witherspoon has genes that work and please spot Cher.
