Derren Brown opens Ghost Train at Thorpe Park

 Posted on March 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  186 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Derren Brown opened his take on the ghost train at Thorpe Park yesterday and we can say first hand that it's terrifying. Forget the rickety, old ghost trains you know from your childhood, this is all about mind manipulation and human psychology. We don't want to give too much away, but it took Brown three years to create and the design is inspired by a Victorian train depot at Willesden Green. [Read More]

Does Beijing's new People's Daily building remind you of anything? | Architecture

 Posted on March 12, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  567 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Architecture and design blogArchitectureDoes Beijing's new People's Daily building remind you of anything?Its state TV headquarters has been called the big underpants. Now China's official newspaper has a phallic tower to matchBeijing's building boom has already spawned a wealth of novelty forms, with a stadium in the shape of a bird's nest, a theatre nicknamed the egg, and a TV headquarters that has been likened to a giant pair of underpants. [Read More]

Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes Split: A Timeline of Their Super-Private Romance

 Posted on March 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  34 words  |  Martina Birk

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Laverne Cox and More Stars Pose Nude in Allure

 Posted on March 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  194 words  |  Martina Birk

Allure's annual nudes feature is here! The magazine's May 2015 issue features five TV and movie stars posing naked: Sleepy Hollow's Nicole Beharie, Furious 7's Jordana Brewster, Orange Is the New Black's Laverne Cox, Terminator Genisys' Sandrine Holt and Vikings' Katheryn Winnick. Cover girl Blake Lively, meanwhile, remains fully clothed. The tasteful nudes showcase the actresses' natural beauty. For Brewster, 34, stripping for the camera was no big deal. "I was raised in Brazil for part of my life, where people are pretty open about their bodies," [Read More]

Why Chicago Failed To Win The Olympics

 Posted on March 12, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  885 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Actually, it's not Chicago's fault. Nothing more could have been done. Nothing legal at least. Olympic insiders praise the city's 2016 Olympic bid as completely solid. The plan was sound. The anticipated venues were stunning and compact. The ambitious funding projections were reasonable, given the kind of corporate and American television revenue an American Olympics can generate. Blame politics unusual. Chicagoans may not like to admit it, but there's no American city with a better track record of working a room, peddling influence, counting votes, buying loyalty, playing hardball and cultivating corruption. [Read More]

'Home Alone' McCallister Family Was Top 1% in Wealth, Economists Say

 Posted on March 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  371 words  |  Martina Birk

Getty/Sarah Crowley Composite Macaulay Culkin's family in 'Home Alone' was certainly presented as wealthy in the flick -- but as it turns out, they were actually in the top 1% ... according to real-world economists. The NYT asked a question that's been on movie lovers' minds for years now -- just how rich were the McCallisters??? They ended up consulting experts at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago -- plus diving into a ton of other research -- to get somewhat of a clear answer. [Read More]

21 The Hills Secrets Finally Revealed By Lauren Conrad

 Posted on March 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  267 words  |  Aldo Pusey

4. Her first impressions of Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port? "Audrina was our very pretty neighbor. I think she was the first friend I made in LA," Lauren said, while she met Whitney during her internship interview at Teen Vogue, saying she was "stunning and well put-together, and I was like, I'd five the job to her. She wins!" 5. Bless her heart, Lauren really was worried she wouldn't get the internship at Teen Vogue, not realizing it was all set up for her. [Read More]

All Things Considered

 Posted on March 11, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  34 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

A photo of Jeffrey Ramirez is seen at his parents' home in Vista, California. He was diagnosed with cancer while in prison and died at age 41. Ariana Drehsler for NPR hide caption

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England squad for 2014 World Cup: the 23 chosen by Roy Hodgson | England

 Posted on March 11, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  189 words  |  Larita Shotwell

World Cup 2014 squadsEngland This article is more than 9 years oldEngland squad for 2014 World Cup: the 23 chosen by Roy HodgsonThis article is more than 9 years oldThis is the England squad for the Fifa 2014 World Cup finals with the official squad numbers How Raheem Sterling overcame adversity to shine England: a tactical analysis The day Adam Lallana’s career could have ended1 Joe Hart goalkeeper, Manchester City [Read More]

Every Miserable Thing Thats Happened to Meredith Grey on Greys Anatomy

 Posted on March 11, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  686 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Miserable thing No. 20. If it were any other show, fans would have been shocked when they watched Thursday’s mid-season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy. The Denzel Washington–directed episode showed Meredith Grey barely clinging to life after a patient brutally attacked her. But catastrophe is business as usual on Grey’s, which over the course of its 12 seasons has toed the line between medical drama and torture porn. And while there’s no shortage of unlucky doctors at Seattle Grace — a hospital plagued by shootings, earthquakes, and live bombs embedded in patients’ abdominal cavities — Meredith’s misfortunes are more tragic. [Read More]