Cassidy Paredes

Cassidy Paredes

Bio: Cassidy Paredes recently graduated from Liberty University with a BS in English and Writing. While in college, her passion and love for writing inspired her to publish her two books, Picture Perfect and Even This Will Fade, on Amazon. She is excited to start the next stage of her career with NYCTastemakers and continue growing as a writer and editor.
ArtistPast

Louyah

Artist of the Month for August 2022 Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Soundcloud Bio 6FEET Bio This Staten Island-born singer-songwriter and music producer Louis Attilio Vigorito, known as Louyah, has swept the world with his amazing music, starting with his hit single “I Used to Care.” Raised in South New Jersey, Loyah …

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Music PlaylistPast

Cassidy Paredes’
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Make Up ArtistPast

Huda Kattan

Make Up Artist of the Month for August 2022 Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Tiktok Bio Gallery Bio Makeup artist, beauty influencer, blogger, and entrepreneur Huda Kattan is the founder of the cosmetic line Huda Beauty. This self-made woman was once miserable in her finance job and decided to quit to …

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Music

Blackpink is Making a Comeback with New Music and Their Largest Tour Yet

Blackpink is making a long-awaited comeback with new music and their largest tour yet! Blackpink is back in your area after their record label YG Entertainment announced the girl group’s latest comeback this Wednesday. Since they are in the “final stages of recording a new album,” new music should be expected in August. According to the press release, the band has been working on “a continuous large-scale project which will extend through the second half of the year.” YG Entertainment also announced that “Blackpink will also go on the largest world tour in the history of a K-pop girl group by the end of the year to expand their rapport with fans worldwide.”

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Latest News

Meet Freya, the Walrus Who Became Famous in Norway for Sinking Boats 

Meet Freya, the walrus that’s spent its summer sunbathing and sinking boats in Northern Europe yet has captured the hearts of tourists and locals alike. This young female walrus, weighing around 1,300 pounds, has been sighted in Denmark, Germany, and Scotland before hitting Oslo Harbour in Norway for her summer holiday. Norwegians have come to watch this walrus eat, sunbathe, and sleep on boats in the harbor along Norway’s southeastern coastline for days or even weeks at a time.

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Politics

Biden To Speak with Xi on Thursday as US-China Ties Worsen

President Joe Biden is set to speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday this week amid fresh tensions over Ukraine, Taiwan, and the microchip shortage following the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the first time the two presidents will converse since March as our diplomatic ties seem to be at a historic low point as tensions rise awaiting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plans to visit Taiwan in early August.

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Latest News

A Lawsuit Claims Skittles Are Unfit for Consumption: Here’s What the Experts Say

Skittles, the colorful, fruity candies loved by many are in the midst of a lawsuit filed in Northern California leaving many wondering if it really is safe to taste the rainbow. This lawsuit filed on July 14 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California claims Skittles are unfit for human consumption because of the presence of a known toxin called titanium dioxide. The lawsuit also claims that Mars Inc., the maker of this renowned candy, has known about the health problems linked to this chemical compound but continues to sell this harmful product to consumers.

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Poems from Cassidy Paredes

DROWNING

Here I am, in an open sea. The waves are crashing over me. I’m gasping for a breath of air—something to rid me of insanity. I’m drowning. I’m all alone. I’m on my own. I’ll die alone. I blink back tears from dripping eyes, Wishing emotions could be paralyzed. I …

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Sports

Felony Charges Filed Against Charlotte Hornets’ Miles Bridges for Domestic Violence

Miles Bridges who is a Charlotte Hornets free agent will be brought to court Wednesday for felony charges of domestic violence and child abuse, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
The 24-year-old faces one count of injuring a child’s parent and two counts of child abuse.

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Theater

2022 Tony Winner Deirdre O’Connell Will Star in Sarah Ruhl’s Becky Nurse of Salem Off-Broadway

Deirdre O’Connell who won a 2022 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her amazing performance in Dana H. will star in Sarah Ruhl’s off-Broadway production of Becky Nurse of Salem for the Lincoln Center Theater this fall.

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Movies

Mind-Bending Movies to Watch if You Liked Inception

One of the best (and my personal favorite) genres in movie watching is mind-bending, also called thought-provoking movies. Movies that have hidden twist and turns just subtle enough to captivate and completely alter the audience’s perception of the film are exciting and riveting! Most mind-bending movies are fast paced with high stakes, revealing little bits and pieces of the ending so subtly that by the end of the movie, the audience doesn’t know what hit them!

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Latest News

Strangers Rally to Offer Free Mental Health Help after the Deadly Fourth of July Parade Shooting

After the deadly shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, IL earlier this month, a therapy resource is going viral, illuminating the widespread mental health impact of mass shootings in the U.S. Following the shooting that claimed seven lives and injured several more, an interior designer from Illinois named Alexandra Kaehler created a list of available mental health therapists that people could go to and posted them on Instagram.

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