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Ivanka Trump cuts off interview with 'Cosmo' when they won't back off the tough questions.

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Cosmopolitan ran an interview with Ivanka Trump on Wednesday involving complex questions about her father and his just-released childcare plan. And wow, she did not see questions like these coming.

In 2004, Donald Trump said that pregnancy is an inconvenient thing for a business. It's surprising to see this policy from him today. Can you talk a little bit about those comments, and perhaps what has changed?

You really can't blame her for eventually cutting the interview short, since she's done easy breezy interviews with Cosmo before about things like how to feel more confident at work.

This time, however, Prachi Gupta's questions ran her over like a freight train, and she was eventually crushed by the weight of reality, bowing out of the interview early.

Here's one of her answers:

So I think that you have a lot of negativity in these questions, and I think my father has put forth a very comprehensive and really revolutionary plan to deal with a lot of issues. So I don't know how useful it is to spend too much time with you on this if you're going to make a comment like that.

Yup, before cutting it short, Trump rebuked Gupta for the "negativity" of her questions while simultaneously lauding her father for finally attempting to thoughtfully address any serious issue at all (are we giving out participation awards now?).

The "negativity" in the questions was important. While it is admittedly wonderful that a Republican candidate proposed any sort of parental leave, Trump's plan could actually make things worse for women, by not making allowances for paternity leave. One big difference is that Trump's plan mandates "maternity" leave, while Clinton's proposes "family" leave.

Trump's plan makes no provisions for (or even mentions of) fathers, even in the case of gay men adopting or using a surrogate to have a baby. In the Trump world, it seems moms would stay home to care for the baby while dad would be promptly back at work, making it that much more appealing to companies to hire men over women.

Trump's plan also means women would earn money during their leave, but not their full salaries—their income during that time would be the equivalent of unemployment benefits, which is usually a lot less than what they'd normally make. Clinton's plan, on the other hand, guarantees women at least two-thirds of their regular income, to be paid for by increasing taxes on the rich.

When faced with the Ghost of Things Trump Said Past, like how pregnancy is actually inconvenient for businesses, Ivanka Trump stumbled:

I would like to say that I'm sorry the questions—you're finding them negative, but it is relevant that a presidential candidate made those comments, so I'm just following up.

Well, you said he made those comments. I don't know that he said those comments.

This is quoted from an NBC [interview] from 2004. I definitely did not make that up. I do want to talk to you a little bit beyond the plan, as well—

And when asked how her father proposed to pay for the plan, Trump folded:

I want to talk about how this will be paid for. I know that Donald Trump wants to have an increase in defense spending, also is promising tax cuts, [wants to raise] infrastructure spending, and wants to build a wall [at the Mexican border]. How will this plan be paid for?

Well, he's going to unveil his total tax-reform plan on Thursday, and this is a component of that, so it will be included in his overall budget and economic vision. So it is accounted for, it is paid for under this plan, and it is budget-neutral. In terms of the paid leave component, that's self-financing through reforms in existing unemployment insurance. So the child care component of the plan, and the dependent care component of the plan, will be presented as part of the larger tax reform that he's going to be presenting on Thursday in a speech here in New York. And the paid leave component is self-financing through the reforms I just mentioned.

I'm going to jump off, I have to run. I apologize.

In her heart she wanted to add "a bridge" after "jump off." Game over.


James Corden gave subway busker Mike Yung the chance to kill it on TV, and he did.

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James Corden was one of the 40 million people moved by the video of Mike Yung singing "Unchained Melody" on a New York subway platform (23rd street, for the commuters seeking entertainment).

He was so excited to hear an actually talented singer for once, in our world of autotune, that he flew Yung to Los Angeles and gave him the opportunity to sing on TV. From subway car to home of Carpool Karaoke. And Yung sounds just as beautiful above ground.

Since the video went viral last week, Yung has gone "out of the subway and into the studio."

This truly is "a star is born moment." Yung will officially be a music sensation when he reunites with Corden for Carpool Karaoke.

People are furious with this science museum's 'what sex is your brain' quiz.

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Science Museum London is under fire for an interactive exhibit for kids called the "sex-o-meter." The exhibits allow kids (or adults) to take a quiz in order to see if their brain "thinks like a woman or thinks like a man."

Just to really drive home the sexist undertones here, there is an image of a half-blue, half-pink brain at the bottom of the screen with an arrow that moves from side to side depending your answers.

In the end, the game will either declare if you have a blue or a pink brain. You can play it online here.

As you can see, the images and ideology for this quiz are both from the 1950s.

According to The Telegraph, the entire quiz is based off the premise that women have better visual memories and can distinguish between subtle details, while men excel at seeing things in 3D and imagining how objects will rotate.

Oh, so that's what men think about all day—rotating 3D images. Mystery solved. My lady brain can rest easy now.

The "female questions" are extremely simplistic, and feature questions based off pictures of rainbows and fruit that frankly any 3rd grader could get right. The "male" images are more complex, and actually take a little brain power to answer.

Scientists, parents, and museum-goers alike have voiced their distaste for the sexist and antiquated game by calling it "junk science" or "neurotrash."

Not only that, but many are bothered by the notion of someone trying to assign a brain a gender. Brains don't have genders. They are brains.

When the son of neuroscientist Sophie Scott had his brain fall into the pink spectrum, he asked why he has a "girl's brain."

But she had a pretty epic answer.

Ultimately, the quiz diminishes women's intelligence and perpetuates the myth that men's brains can handle more complex ideas than women's.

With messages like this being fed to young girls from an early age by places like science museums, it is easy to see why many women feel they don't have a place working in STEM, tech, or coding.

For instance, in the United States, women make up 47% of the workforce, but only 29% of people working at the top tech companies in the US are females, according to a report from 2015. The numbers for STEM are even more depressing, at only 24%.

While some struggle to understand why more women don't work in these fields, the "sex-o-meter" is a good example of how strong the societal implication is that women are not welcome actually is.

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Paris Jackson breaks out in tears during emotional Instagram rant about cyberbullying.

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Michael Jackson's oldest child, Paris Jackson, recently shared a tearful Instagram story about hard it is to be been to be bullied on social media.

In the video, Paris shares that at 14, hatred toward her on social media was so severe it inspired her to attempt suicide.

"When I was 14, I got so much hatred that, um, I tried to kill myself and then I took like a two year break from social media," she reveals. "Nothing changed."

The 18-year-old model/actress never describes these hateful comments in detail, and doesn't seem to understand why she is receiving any at all.

I'm sorry if there's something that Im doing that you guys don't like," she says. Maybe I'm too public. I don't know.

She also added that she knows she is not alone, specifically mentioning Justin Bieber's girlfriend, Sophia Richie, who online trolls have been encouraging to kill herself.

The conversation continued a couple days later with an Instagram post in which she writes about her video's reception.

Looks like i'm the villain now. didn't know defending myself was a crime. my dearest apologies. guess my careers over lolol.

looks like i'm the villain now. didn't know defending myself was a crime. my dearest apologies. guess my careers over lolol

A photo posted by Paris-Michael K. Jackson (@parisjackson) on

Currently, comments on her Instagram reveal only messages of support and love. Either her fans are coming out in much greater numbers, or she has been diligent in deleting the haters.

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Man gives himself penis surgery after doctors refuse to treat his painful condition.

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A Russian man had the ultimate kitchen nightmare, worse than your botched soufflé: a DIY circumcision. The 38-year-old man, known only to the press as Roman A., wasn't inspired to spontaneously convert to Judaism but rather was suffering a painful penis condition.

The amateur surgeon/mohel, who lives in the city of Noginsk, was suffering from phimosis, a condition where the foreskin is too tight to retract from the head of the penis.

Roman said he was in excruciating pain and couldn't even stand to pee, and when he went to doctors, they refused to operate because of the risks.

The brave soul had no choice but to do it himself, and ended up calling an ambulance.

People on Twitter could relate (to the phimosis...not to the DIY bris, though).

Phimosis is said to be common in toddlers and children, but not in older men. The bris is the last resort, but it carries risks like bleeding and infection. Hopefully Roman and his penis have recovered and he can now pee in peace.

Pregnant Olivia Wilde lashes out at subway riders who wouldn't give her a seat.

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On Wednesday, Vinyl's very pregnant Olivia Wildetweeted about how no one on the train would get up to give her a seat.

"NBD, able-bodied [subway] riders who won't give your seat to a GIANT preggo," she wrote. "I'll just stand riiiiight next to your head and pray I go into labor."

The tweet has almost 3,000 likes, but not everyone agrees with Wilde's sentiment.

A lot of people responded to her tweet reminding her not to assume that people are able-bodied.

Some pointed out that pregnancy is not actually a disability, and is often a choice.

Some people brought up equal treatment for men and women, possibly forgetting that the analogy can't be made because most men don't get pregnant.

And some people thought she should just ask.

But only one tweet got a response from Wilde, and that person has since made his account private. According to Us Weekly, a man named Kyle tweeted at Wilde, "1. I didn't tell u to get pregnant 2. Get an Uber (you can afford it) 3. I paid the same amt as you for the subway ride."

Wilde's instructional response to Kyle was also numbered, but had just two steps:

"1. Eat a bag of dicks. 2. That is all."

That tweet, interestingly, has over 6,000 likes.


Ariana Grande gets salty when Ryan Seacrest won't stop asking about her man.

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Ariana Grande was a guest on On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Wednesday, where he (sort of) asked her if she was dating rapper Mac Miller, since she'd posted a cute picture of the two of them on Instagram and captioned it "baabyyy." Grande had no interest in talking about her (maybe) relationship, though, and questioned the assumption that posting a picture on Instagram is equivalent to confirming a relationship.

Seacrest didn't ask her directly about confirming the relationship, he just stated that she'd confirmed by it posting that picture on Instagram, as did a lot of media places (us included). But she challenged the idea that her Instagram was symbolic of anything more than what it was—a captured moment of happiness that she chose to share with her fans.

baabyyy

A photo posted by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on

"If I post something, then that's what I'm willing to share at the moment. That doesn't mean you, Ryan Seacrest, with millions of listeners, are entitled to more information," she told Seacrest. End of story.

Here's more of the interview, for anyone interested.

Colin Powell called Benghazi a "stupid witch hunt" in a leaked email to Condoleeza Rice.

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Colin Powell's leaked emails keep getting worse. They've revealed everything from his true feelings about "international pariah" Donald Trump to his frustration with the Hillary Clinton campaign. Now, newly released emails show his feelings about the investigation into the Benghazi attack in Libya as a "witch hunt."

In an email to his successor in the State Department during the George W. Bush administration, Condoleeza Rice, Powell wrote...

Benghazi is a stupid witch hunt. Basic fault falls on a courageous ambassador who thoughts Libyans now love me and I am ok in this very vulnerable place... But blame also rests on his leaders and supports back here. Pat Kennedy, Intel community, DS and yes HRC...

Rice's quick reply revealed two things. She agrees with Powell, and they both love a happy hour. She replied...

Completely agree... Let me know when you’re in town and we’ll have that glass of wine (or two).

And there's no doubt about the emails, Powell confirmed he wrote them, telling NBC news, "...the hackers have a lot more." The hackers are believed to have ties Russian intelligence services—a fancy way of saying the Russian government.

We're not about hacking, but we'd love to read Rice's tipsy reply to Powell after their happy hour. Like, someone pitch that happy hour as an HBO movie immediately!

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'Worst dude on Tinder' award goes to this guy who scammed his date out of five figures.

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It's been scientifically proven that Tinder makes you hate the way you look, but now, thanks to this grifter who allegedly just scammed $10K from his date, it can also make you hate the way you trust humans.

Last June, a woman swiped right on Brandon Kiehm, 35, and according to her criminal complaint, from that point on they saw each other "almost every day," and he spent a lot of time at her apartment. That familiarity bred enough trust between them that when Kiehm claimed his wallet and ID had been stolen, the woman felt comfortable loaning him $10K to enter a poker tournament, which he promised he would pay back by wire transfer.

Obviously, that wire transfer never came, and later she found out he bought a $100 pair of shoes with her credit card. Damn, if you're gonna scam expensive kicks, you better be using them to run.

If any of this sounds familiar, that's because this is not shoe-boy's first date with thievery. According to the D.A., he already has two open charges he is awaiting trial for. He allegedly stole a collective $26K from two other women he met on Tinder.

Something to think about the next time you're complaining about some dude writing you bad jokes. At least he isn't writing you bad checks.

Lena Dunham proudly shows off 'Endo scars' in bikini selfie.

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Lena Dunham bared even more than usual yesterday when she posted a bikini picture on Snapchat that showed her endometriosis scars. She captioned it: "when the Target swimsuit does a bitch right, Endo scars & all."

The Girls actress recently opened up in her weekly newsletter Lenny Letterabout her struggle with endometriosis, a disorder that causes the tissue lining the uterus to grow outside of it, causing chronic pain and other potential side effects like excessive bleeding, fatigue, bloating, and possible infertility.

Dunham, who now takes monthly injections to control the symptoms, said she struggled a lot in her early twenties with the illness, but has since learned to live with it. There is even a silver lining: it's made her bad as hell.

"I am strong because of what I've dealt with," she writes. "I am oddly fearless for a wimp with no upper-body strength. And I am no longer scared of my body. In fact, I listen to it when it speaks. I have no choice but to respect what it tells me, to respect the strength of its voice and the truth of my own."

Endometriosis seems like a really painful illness, but on the plus side side, it may cause you to become a total badass.

Disney's new trailer for 'Moana' introduces a princess we can believe in.

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Now that Frozen-mania has died down and you can actually go a day without hearing the song, "Let It Go," it's time for Disney to release a new animated film for your kids to obsess over.

Moanais the story of a girl with a special connection to the ocean who teams up with demigod Maui (voiced by actual demigod Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) to save her people. The movie will be released on November 23, but you can watch the new trailer right now.

According to US Weekly, this movie is going to a bit different than your typical Disney Princess film because Moana will not be given a love interest. Instead of spending time looking for a Prince, Moana will be looking to discover herself. Not bad, Disney. Not bad at all.

Moana is voiced by newcomer and native Hawaiian Auli'i Cravalho.

Hey, remember when Dwayne Johnson used to do this for a living instead of voicing kids movies?

Get you a Rock who can do both.

12-year-old Grace VanderWaal won 'America's Got Talent' and already knows what she'll do with the $1 million prize.

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And the winner of this season of America's Got Talent is…12-year-old ukele player, singer/songwriter Grace VanderWaal!

Look at that! Howie Mandel touched her! He didn't recoil in fright from her germs, he actually hugged her! She was his Golden Buzzer choice, and said at the time that she could be "bigger than Taylor Swift."

He also said of VanderWaal:

The most amazing thing about Grace is that you haven't heard anybody who sounds like her. You haven't heard any lyrics from somebody that is like her, and we've been saying to her, you are the most unique, brightest star to come out of one of these shows.

But don't just take Howie Mandel's word for it. During the season, VanderWaal got to meet the Queen of Fringe and Twirling, Stevie Nicks, who heaped upon the high praise:

I have been watching this show from the very beginning. I have to say she reminds me a lot of me in a lot of ways. We sing very similar…we like to be weird and perky and we like to be a little different…and not like anybody else. . . She's got it. Whatever happens, Grace is going to the top.

VanderWaal's win means she gets (*Dr. Evil voice*) one million dollars and also the chance to headline a show in Las Vegas. She already knows what she'll be doing with the money—she told People that she'll give part of it to charity (probably a music charity), and added, "but I want to go on Treehouse Masters and I want to get a treehouse." #2017Goals.

Here's her final performance on the show, singing an original song called "Clay."


Dad uses SFX mojo to put his adorable toddler into 'Star Wars.'

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With Star Wars: The Force Awakens awakening the Force in a new generation, young X-Wing pilots are rising up to defeat the Empire. Matt Silverman of Free Dad Videos celebrated this by recreating the iconic Death Star trench run scene with a new Luke, his daughter Amelia.

With cameos from other YouTubers, like Tay Zonday of Chocolate Rain fame as "Darth Zader," the result is a reboot that is light years better than the prequels.

Check out the outtakes for more cuteness, now with unedited green screen footage.

Donald Trump Jr. makes lighthearted 'gas chamber' joke about Hillary Clinton.

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In an interview with Philadelphia radio station WPHT, Donald Trump Jr., the eldest of Donald Trump's children, made a tongue-in-cheek we know what you were referring to reference to gas chambers when asked about Hillary Clinton.

The media has been her [Hillary Clinton's] number one surrogate in this... Without the media, this wouldn’t even be a contest, but the media has built her up. They’ve let her slide on every indiscrepancy, [sic] on every lie, on every DNC game trying to get Bernie Sanders out of the thing.

And then that oh so not hilarious gas chamber joke.

If Republicans were doing that, they’d be warming up the gas chamber right now.

It's unclear exactly what he's referring to when he says "gas chamber," but the most popular understanding—and the #1 result of a simple Google search—would be the gas chambers used by Hitler's Nazi government to exterminate over nine million minorities (including six million Jews) during the Holocaust.

Here's the full interview if you feel like puking for 11 straight minutes:

Cute, really funny reference, Don Jr. We're totally LOLing* over here.

*judging/shaming you

Urban Decay is bringing back its original lipstick colors from 20 years ago. Hooray 90s!

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Makeup lovers have something new (well, technically, old) to be excited about: Urban Decay, a cruelty-free cosmetics brand, has reissued nine classic lipstick colors for its 20th anniversary. The Vintage Capsule collection includes the company's original colors from 1996: Bruise, Roach, Smog, Plague, UV-B, Pallor, Asphyxia, Oil Slick, and Frostbite.

The classic Urban Decay bullets.

The colors are limited edition, and unfortunately, the price tag is not the same as it was two decades ago. They cost the same as of Urban Decay's lipsticks do: $17. They're on the company's website now, but once they're gone, they're gone for good (unless you want to wait another 20 years).

Frostbite: like real frostbitten lips, but prettier and less horrible.

If, however, that's a bit spendy for your wallet, check out similar colors at much lower prices from NYX's Wicked collection (also cruelty-free).

Good-guy porn company buys and destroys revenge porn tape of actress and trans activist Alexis Arquette.

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Within the same week that actress and trans activist, Alexis Arquette (sister of famous siblings David, Patricia and Rosanna) died of AIDS-related causes, a gross AF ex-boyfriend tried to sell a privately shot video of their sexual encounter to porn companies and profit off her death. Enter good guy porn company xHamster.com who purchased the video and then immediately destroyed it.

Alex Hawkins, a spokesperson for xHamster.com, told the Daily Mail...

Ms. Arquette was an icon and activist in the trans community and we could not see someone smear her memory the way the selling party was trying to do... We acquired the tape and subsequently destroyed all copies of it... We hope people will remember Ms. Arquette for the activist that she was and that her memory will continue to live on.

xHamster.com paid a five-figure sum of money to acquire and destroy the tapes.

Arquette, best known for her performances in Pulp Fiction and The Wedding Singer, certainly had an impact on many. Former sister-in-law Courtney Cox tweeted...

The Arquette family said in a statement...

Her career was cut short, not by her passing, but by her decision to live her truth and her life as a transgender woman. Despite the fact that there are few parts for trans actors, she refused to play roles that were demeaning or stereotypical. She was a vanguard in the fight for understanding and acceptance of all trans people.

Revenge porn, sexually explicit video content published to get revenge against one of the parties involved in the video, has become a frequent topic of debate among legislators and the media, with consequences that are sometimes lethal. Few laws have been passed protecting victims of revenge porn because of the free speech implications if the legislation is too broad.

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