Archive - April 3, 2016

Entertainment

Wendi Deng Breaks Own Record For Unscrupulousness, Internet Responds

by Erin Gillespie

In case you’ve been avoiding the news this week, allow me to introduce you to Wendi Deng. You probably already know this, but Deng was married to Rupert Murdoch for the past 14 years until things sort of fell apart two years ago.  As we all know, Murdoch married Jerry Hall last week, so apparently Deng must have felt that it was her turn to bust a move, because bust a move she has. Deng is allegedly dating Vladimir Putin now. To say that Deng has a bit of a reputation for attaching herself, barnacle-like, to powerful men would be the understatement of the century. It would be the understatement that would insult all other understatements with its understatedness. For Deng, this kind of behavior goes way beyond a habit. It’s her modus operandi. And believe me, more than a fair...

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Lifestyle

Eat Right for Your Workout

by Nicole Sparks

Maximize your workout by eating strategically Is it ok to eat before a workout? What about after? You heard carbs are good, so is working out an excuse to gorge on spaghetti and garlic bread? Or should you wait until you’re absolutely starving before you eat something? Are protein shakes only for men? (You don’t want to look like the Hulk!) Navigating the world of nutrition and exercise can be overwhelming and leave you feeling like you need an advanced degree in food science to keep up. Food trends and workout routines that promise a “killer bikini body in 5 minutes a day” can be contradictory and confusing. But when it comes to exercise, most people have the same goal in mind. We want to burn the maximum amount of calories, feel energized and strong, and get the most out of our...

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Entertainment

FYI, Kylie Jenner Has a Lip Gloss Line Now

by Erin Gillespie

Historically, any Kardashian-related fashion or beauty-related business venture has always given me the overwhelming urge to roll my eyes and ignore said product, whatever it may be. I admit that my bias is founded in nothing other than the kind of fatigue that occurs when a popular figure is so over-exposed in the media that you start to feel a bit….I don’t know…saturated. Speaking of media overexposure, Kylie Jenner, the Kardashian who doesn’t go by the name Kardashian, has a lip gloss line that launched the 1st of April. And no, this is not an April fools type of arrangement, in case you were wondering. No, Kylie apparently is going to have a full-on cosmetics line…I think. It’s hard to know, because the lip glosses that have supposedly launched (at...

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Lifestyle

13 Amazing Beauty Uses for Baking Soda

by Nicole Sparks

Maybe you’ve heard that baking soda is a great natural product to use in household cleaning. But you can also use this inexpensive household item for a variety of uses in your beauty regime. Reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals and lighten your monthly expenditures on beauty products with these easy at-home treatments. 1. Teeth Whitener A trip to the cosmetic dentist or home whitening kits are simply not in the budget for a lot of people, and both treatments use a variety of chemicals. You can whiten your teeth naturally by incorporating this treatment into your oral hygiene routine. 2-4 tsp baking soda Lemon juice (enough to form a paste) Baking soda is mildly abrasive; and will gently scrub away at surface stains on teeth. Because it’s alkaline it will also reduce the acidity...

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Entertainment

The Wrong Move Files: How Not to Play the PR Game

by Erin Gillespie

This past week, there was a story that I was sort of thinking I should cover, but I just didn’t have it in me. There was just something about the story that didn’t feel quite right. I just couldn’t bring myself to pull my chair up to the table, so to speak. As it turned out, my instincts were spot-on, because the story was, as they say where I come from, a complete pile of steaming horse doo-doo. The story was this; allegedly, 27 year-old Jessica Lowndes was dating 58 year-old Jon Lovitz. Yes, that Jon Lovits…the “that’s the ticket” guy from SNL in the 90s. The entertainment press was reporting on the fact that the pair were together and engaged, even though they had oddly kept such a very low-profile that even the gossip and entertainment media had...

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