Month: August 2021

What Is the Best Diet for the Healthiest life?

What Is the Best Diet for the Healthiest life?

Over the years, every time you look around, there seems to be a new diet. If it’s not this low-carb diet, it’s a raw food diet or the paleo diet. There are so many different lifestyle eating habits, each one with its slew of benefits and detriments. Amongst all of the information, how do you know which diet leads to the healthiest life?

Why Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’ is One of the Most Unique Pop Songs

Why Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’ is One of the Most Unique Pop Songs

In pop music, we often see singers firing back at rumors, calling out exes, or just flipping off the media for the wrongful portrayal of them, but rarely do we see artists embracing the persona that was created for them, that’s exactly what Taylor Swift did in her smash hit “Blank Space.” “Blank Space” is from Swift’s crossover album to pop, “1989.” The song is one of Swift’s best-selling singles to date and the lyrics translate Swift channeling the “crazy ex-girlfriend” persona the media labeled her as.

Is it Fair to Expect EFL Championship Teams to Succeed in the Premier League?

Is it Fair to Expect EFL Championship Teams to Succeed in the Premier League?

At the end of every season in English football, as in most soccer leagues worldwide, the two bottommost teams move to the lower division; in England, that’s the English Football League Championship (EFL Championship). Likewise, the two uppermost teams in the EFL Championship move to the Premier League.

Top Three Reasons To Hop On The Matcha Bandwagon Today

Top Three Reasons To Hop On The Matcha Bandwagon Today

I know what you’re thinking. Matcha is just the latest in another long line of food trends to come and go, but maybe, just maybe, you’re wrong. If you do a basic Google search, you’ll find thousands of articles giving you a multitude of reasons why matcha is good for you. After conducting some thorough research, I’m here to give you the top three that were on the top of everyone’s lists, including my own.

First Male Victim Testifies Against R. Kelly During Sex-Trafficking Trial

First Male Victim Testifies Against R. Kelly During Sex-Trafficking Trial

After several days of testimony from different women claiming that they were sexually assaulted by famous singer R. Kelly, a man took the stand at Kelly’s sex-trafficking trial in New York City claiming that the R&B star sexually abused and exploited him when he was just a high school student.

Facebook Intends to Decrease the Amount of Political Information Available on News Feed

Facebook Intends to Decrease the Amount of Political Information Available on News Feed

Due to negative user feedback, Facebook once again revealed its plans to reduce the amount of political content featured on users’ news feeds. The last time Facebook announced its plans to monitor the political content on the site was early 2021.

Old Navy Integrates Plus-Size Bodies Into The Norm In New Campaign

Old Navy Integrates Plus-Size Bodies Into The Norm In New Campaign

In recent years, retail manufacturers have slowly taken the steps to include plus-size clothing in their stores. The most recent company to join in this progress is Old Navy. They recently launched the “BODEquality” campaign which aims to reallocate plus-size clothing from their own section into every part of the store with no change in price

Naomi Osaka Wins Grand Slam in US Open

Naomi Osaka Wins Grand Slam in US Open

In May of 2021, the tennis community was shocked to hear fan-favorite Naomi Osaka was withdrawing from the French Open due to a struggle with depression. She eventually did come back to the court for the Tokyo Olympics where she lost in the third round. Now, Osaka seems to be back in action after winning in the first round against Czech’s Marie Bouzkova at the US Open.

Trickery of A Fake High School Raises Suspicions

Trickery of A Fake High School Raises Suspicions

Viewers and analysts thought they were watching a normal Sunday football game this past weekend between two elite High School teams. Subsequent to the game, everyone was puzzled as one of the High Schools seemed to not even exist. This looks like a mystery fit for Nancy Drew to solve.

Halsey Releases Alternative Album, ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’

Halsey Releases Alternative Album, ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’

Halsey is one of the most talked about artists of the past few years. Each album seems to bring a new experience, a new journey they’re looking to take their fans on. And ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ is no different. With the help of Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, along with Dave Grohl’s drums and Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar assisting on tracks, Halsey has accomplished yet another rebirth, and this time with a grunge twist.

Deepfakes in Hollywood

Deepfakes in Hollywood

Movies don’t look the way they used to and will keep evolving. Long gone are the days of silent, black and white films with sloppy practical effects that had to be made by hand with physical materials. Computers have been facilitating the movie-making process for a few decades, allowing film makers with programming skills to blow up entire cities during alien invasions, combine human actors with animated ones, and much more.

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