Amanda Parrish has upped the gender reveal game with the help of hairstylist Amber Sacrison. Instead of just having her baby or letting a doctor disclose her child's gender, Parrish got her hair done. Sacrison was tasked with dying Parrish's hair either pink or blue—and only letting Parish know the color once the dye job was complete.
Imagine getting bright blue hair and a baby boy all at once. That's a lot to take in.
At first, Sacrison—who actually came up with the atypical gender reveal idea—planned to only dye a little piece of Parrish's hair. But the South Dakota lady is cool and untraditional so she went all out.
A woman named Tamara is blowing up Twitter with screenshots of a text conversation that could convince anyone to stop dating. According to her tweet, a friend of hers went on a first date with some scrub named Endri, and declined to have sex with him after the date was over. What followed was possibly the douchiest collection of texts ever shared online:
Here's the full conversation for your cringing pleasure:
Is this guy the biggest a**hole in dating history? Sadly, he probably isn't. Being a monk is starting to sound pretty nice, right? Plus you get fresh air.
Celebrities have a lot of money; that's part of the reason they're famous. And with great money comes great spending power. Here are some of the weirdest things famous people have ever bought or owned.
If you watched American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, you probably noticed a statue in O.J.'s backyard that he had made, of himself. (Of course, in the show, the statue is made to look like Cuba Gooding Jr., who portrayed O.J. Simpson.) In 1999, when O.J. went bankrupt and his possessions were auctioned off, the statue was bought by radio host Mancow Muller for $3,250 (why?). Muller later gave the statue to rapper/reality star/clock-wearer Flavor Flav, who still has it. Flav says he tried get O.J. to take the statue back, but Simpson allegedly said, "If I did they would just take it away again." Okay, O.J., nobody feels bad for you.
2. Lady Gaga bought a $50,000 ghost detection machine.
Lady Gaga's fear of a ghost named Ryan has been well-documented. A source close to Gaga told Glamour: "She believes in paranormal activity and won't take any risks when she is on the road. It's important to her to be safe from spirits." One step she's taken to ensure her safety is a $47,000 state-of-the-art Electro Magnetic Field detecting machine to identify any ghosts. It's not clear what Ryan the Ghost wants from the pop singer, but if it costs about $50,000, he could probably just ask her and get it no problem.
3. Kim Basinger bought a whole town in Georgia.
In 1989, Kim Basinger bought Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million, hoping to turn the town into a tourist attraction with movie studios and a film festival. Well, that didn't quite pan out, and in 1993, she sold the town for $1 million and declared bankruptcy.
4. Nicolas Cage bought a haunted mansion in New Orleans.
Because of course he did. There could be an entire post dedicated to weird, expensive things Nicolas Cage has bought: two albino cobras, an octopus, a Gulfstream jet, $276,000 dinosaur skull, a private island, and a comic book collection valued at $1.6 million, among other things. But one of the absolute strangest things he's bought was a (supposedly) haunted mansion in New Orleans. The house was originally owned by Delphine LaLaurie, who famously tortured and killed slaves in the attic. This is the same house featured in American Horror Story: Coven. Cage purchased the house in 2006 for $3,450,000, but lost it due to foreclosure in 2009.
5. Paris Hilton paid $325,000 for a dog house.
But not just any dog house—this house was modeled on her own mansion, because why be creative when you can be narcissistic? It will come as absolutely no surprise to anyone that the two-story dog house for her approximately 5,000 dogs has air conditioning, access to the pool, leather chairs, and a chandelier.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ljLnrJqgHD/
6. Mike Tyson bought a solid gold bathtub.
Mike Tyson went on a bit of a spending spree when he was in his prime (hi, he bought two white tiger cubs) but nothing tops the solid gold bathtub for which he spent $2 million. He bought the bathtub for his then-wife Robin Givens, who, in an interview with Barbara Walters, would later describe her relationship with Tyson as "torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine." So yup, sounds like the bathtub did the trick.
7. Beyoncé bought an $85,000 diamond-encrusted Barbie.
Not for herself, haha, that would be crazy! No, she bought the special $85,000 Barbie doll for her then one-year-old child, Blue Ivy. The customized doll reportedly includes 160 diamond gems. What will Blue Ivy get for her fifth birthday? The Taj Mahal.
8. Tom Cruise spent $200,000 on a sonogram machine.
Ah, remember Crazy Cruise the couch-jumping mad man? Good times. When his wife Katie was pregnant with daughter Suri, Cruise acted like a slightly overprotective dad-to-be and actually purchased a sonogram machine for their home. Did he know how to use it? Probably not, but that's not important when the health and safety of a tiny future Scientologist is concerned.
9. Kanye West bought 10 Burger Kings in Europe.
Kanye West bought his now-wife Kim Kardashian 10 Burger Kings in Europe (France, England, and Italy) as a wedding present. Why? Because he's Kanye West, that's why.
10. David Beckham bought his wife Victoria a $1.8 million vibrator.
Soccer star David Beckham bought his wife Victoria a $1.8 million sex toy while she was pregnant. Honestly, she just wanted some ice cream, but fine. The vibrator is platinum with a 10-carat diamond-encrusted base linked to a 16-carat diamond necklace. There were only 10 ever made, which is odd, because you'd think a necklace with a huge vibrator attached to it that costs almost $2 million would be a hot item. Nothing sexier or more comfortable than masturbating with an object that costs more than most people will make in their lifetimes.
If you are already in a weird emotional place, Jennifer Lopez's dramatic reading of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" may just move you to tears. The video was created by W for The Scene, and shows a very serious J.Lo giving her most convincing performance since pretending that theAmerican Idol contestants this season were good. J.Lo knows about booty, so it is only fitting that she is the one to interpret the iconic song.
No doubt this is Lopez's best acting work since Gigli.
Visitors to the Dublin Zoo got a good lesson in what happens when you wake up a tiger that doesn't want to be woken up. In a video of a tiger enclosure uploaded to YouTube on April 9, one tiger walks up to a sleeping tiger and instead of just politely asking it—"Hey. Pssst. Are you sleeping or dead?"—awake tiger tries to play the game attack sleeping tiger. The now-all-of-a-sudden-not-sleeping tiger wakes up in full combat mode (like some teenagers), swatting angrily at its waker-upper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8f-dwURY20
Well, really. What did you expect, tiger? Ever hear the expression, "Let sleeping tigers lie?" No? That's because it's made up. But still totally relevant.
In a different video from 2015, YouTube user "BigCatDerek" accidentally wakes a sleeping tiger, but after explaining his side of the story, the tiger lets him off the hook. THIS TIME.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkPRTc7Scmg
And this video from 2011 shows a tiger waking up in a much better mood, but it's clearly stoned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV13TS990ZY
The lesson here? Don't wake a tiger up unless it's on your couch. Or something like that.
13 days after Poul Pedersen met Rachel, the couple got hitched. Then Rachel began sporting a ring, and that ring became the target of criticism from Rachel's friends and family for being too "small." At the time, Rachel was a single mother to a toddler and her hubby was a window washer, so a ring rivaling Blac Chyna's wasn't in the cards for them.
Friends and family often ask me when I'm going to have it "upgraded".... After all, it doesn't represent the level of success we are achieving.
I've even had one person say "you could wear a bigger ring for important events, so people don't think you're not successful."
Wait a minute.... Since when did the size of someone's ring become an indication of success?!
For me, the ring is SO much more.
My ring symbolizes a whirlwind, storybook, "make you sick" love story.... It reminds me of how my husband and I met and fell at in love in one night at a Perkin's diner.
He worked as a window washer, and I was a single mother.
One short week later, and we professed our love to one another, him leading the conversation.
We couldn't stop dreaming of our future, so excited to have a baby, buy a house, and fall asleep together every night.
We couldn't wait for the future. So we didn't.
13 days after meeting, we eloped. I didn't even THINK about a ring until my husband surprised me before the ceremony. He drained his savings to gift me with a small token of his love.
I say small, only because it pales in comparison with how big his love is, even now, after years of marriage.
That, my friends, is success to me.
Aside from "oohing" over Rachel's sweet sentiments and sharing their own stories, Facebook commenters are also letting Rachel—who had a child with Poul a year ago—know that her ring is not as tiny she may believe.
It's bigger than my wedding ring, but I love my ring just like the man who placed in on my finger!
Geez that ring is bigger than I was expecting. Wish people would just stop all judgements entirely. Diamonds don't make the marriage.
I don't think it's small, not by any means. I personally don't like the big clunky ones. It's beautiful
The verdict is in: Rachel's ring does not need an upgrade, and she and her husband are cute. So you can't be mad at her.
There are many plot lines and events in old TV and movies that used to be socially acceptable but would now never make it on the screen. Anything on the air that generates the slightest bit of controversy now will consistently make the news, and the stuff that went down in these famous films and TV shows would never make the final cut today.
1. American Pie
One of the most famous scenes from American Pie is when they secretly use a webcam to tape the gorgeous international exchange student as the main character Jim tries to seduce her. Somehow no one found this odd in 1999, but we now know from Hulk Hogan suing Gawker that it's a very big deal indeed.
2. General Hospital
This soap opera's most-watched episode was when a character named Laura fell in love with and married a man that once raped her. You read that correctly: the plot line for this soap opera had a woman fall in love with and marry a man that once raped her. The rape episode aired in 1979, and the wedding aired in 1981.
3. Tiny Toons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saOCORmpOfs
In the episode of Tiny Toons called "One Beer," a young Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck get drunk, steal a cop car, then accidentally drive it off a cliff, killing themselves. Technically, the episode was supposed to be a PSA warning kids against the dangers of drunk driving. They probably could've just opted for a short message after a regular episode.
4. Saturday Night Live
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1477
Saturday Night Live has of course never shied away from controversy, but the "Word Association" sketch in 1975 had Chevy Chase say the n-word in front of the late legend Richard Pryor. The structure of the sketch ultimately made Pryor the more powerful character, but there's still no way it could be on SNL today.
5. The Bad News Bears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm61r3qnPKQ
This 1976 movie is about a misfit little league team coached by an adult misfit. When a girl is added to the roster, the most foul-mouthed team member laments that they've now added a female along with every other creed and ethnicity (and names them all with racial slurs). Incidentally, this was a PG-rated movie in 1976.
6. Diff'rent Strokes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHHe4zKdZuI
The "Bicycle Man" episode was meant to be a PSA warning against creepy adult predators. They devoted an entire episode to it, complete with a laugh track. So when the creepy old guy casually breaks out a porno mag and later some nude Polaroids of himself for two young boys, there's a laugh track behind their reactions. Once again, a short PSA following a regular episode would have sufficed.
7. Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
In this 1983 episode of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, he decided to educate kids about the light topic of a nuclear arms race during the Cold War. Representing the United States and the former Soviet Union were King Friday and Corny the Beaver, who became obsessed with having the most bombs for their respective kingdoms.
8. Quantum Leap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYmn3Gwn3oI
Quantum Leap was a science fiction show that ran on NBC from 1989-1993. The premise was that a physicist leaps through spacetime after a failed experiment in time travel, temporarily taking the place of other people in history in order to correct mistakes of the past. The show had him take the place of women, people of different races, and in one particular episode, someone who was mentally challenged. The intent of the episode (and the entire series) was to be socially accepting and progressive, but it would be a tough sell on TV today.
Sexual assault, racism, voyeurism, drunk driving, nuclear war—all were classic plot lines for wholesome family viewing in the 70s and 80s. Keep these in mind when everyone gets flustered over the inevitable and terrible things that will happen to characters on the upcoming season of Game of Thrones.
There are two types of people in this world: those who hang the toilet paper over the roll, and those who hang it under. Just kidding, the world is a diverse, non-binary playground of existence. But everyone seems to have a strong opinion about toilet paper orientation, and the people at Wendover Productions have politicized it by exploring the socioeconomic factors underlying people's preferences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6o5C-i02c8
While 60% of the general public prefers laying the paper over the roll, the demographic makeup of each side is where it becomes divisive.
If you're older, liberal, or make over $50,000 a year, you'll likely prefer over. If you're middle-aged, conservative, or make under $20,000 a year, the stats assume you like it under.
Or, if you're in the royal family, you apparently don't have to worry about it all. The video features Princess Diana's butler explaining that they have a box of folded tissues near the loo instead of a roll. Ah, the splendors of royalty!
Musician Aaron Ridge sent his friends on Snapchat an impromptu impression of what it might sound like if a Disney character sang about making steak and eggs for breakfast. Those friends (after presumably cursing him for getting it stuck in their heads), told him it had to go on YouTube, and the rest of the Internet is very grateful that they did. Sewn together from a seamless series of short snippets, it's funny, it's simple, and by the end of it you'll be expecting cartoon bluebirds to come carry his plate to the table.
Khloé Kardashian works out (she's got Insta pics to prove it) and is celebrating her healthy lifestyle/fame on the cover of Shape's May issue. In an unusually muted cover for a Kardashian, the 31-year-old is wearing a grey onesie thing that looks very soft.
Khloé looks extra great, like she has in pretty much every photo recently. But this photo does not please Khloé. She wanted more. Like red lipstick with a fishnet sports bra more.
A firefighter's wife is attracting controversy for a posing for a photo in which she breastfeeds while wearing her husband's uniform. Usually, when there's a controversy around breastfeeding, it's because some judge-y person is upset that there's a boob feeding a child in public (you know, doing its natural biological function as a boob). This time, though, the controversy is that this woman was photographed wearing a uniform that didn't belong to her.
The New Mexico firefighter is now under investigation and could face disciplinary action because of his wife's photo, according to KFOX14. But Tara Ruby, the photographer who took the photo, says this is unfair, and that the woman in the photo was used as a model to empower moms who actually do work as firefighters.
"The intention has been since the very beginning to show that a mom can be a full-time mom and still work a full-time job and do both equally at the same time," Rubysaid to the local news station. "I was mad for the mom and the husband she has that's supporting her in this. It was never intended to be anything negative. It's only you know supposed to be positive."
"To think that support was instantly negative and to date, nobody has reached out to talk to me," she added. "If someone has an issue with a photo that I took or the meaning behind that photo, they should reach out and ask me. I don't understand why this is happening."
TMZ is reporting that Lindsay Lohan is engaged to her very young, very rich, very Russian boyfriend Egor Tarabasov. Lindsay has been laying low for the past couple of years, and her alleged engagement is big news for the star. Although her lips are sealed about engagement rumors, she was seen with a huge emerald ring on her finger at a Duran Duran concert this weekend.
According to TMZ, Tarabasov and Lohan have been dating for about five or six months. He has already met Dina and Michael, Lohan's parents, and her father has given him the seal of approval. He recently told Page Six, "He’s not a good influence, he’s a great influence.” Despite all that, Lindsay has been super sneaky about her maybe-future-husband on social media, making sure that his face is hardly in any of her pictures.
Egor is the son of wealthy construction firm owner Dmitry Tarabasov. Egor also has a job in real estate in England, where LiLo has lived for the past year and a half. A source told Page Six "He’s a trust-fund kid with a day job as a real estate agent. He has a generous allowance, but doesn’t have his own money yet."
Congrats to the happy couple. May your marriage last longer than Lohan's film career!
For many parents, the end of the day is the toughest time because kids will suddenly have jolts of energy when it's time to go to bed. While kids are never tired when you want them to be, parents online have proven that kids also never sleep where you want them to. Here are the cutest, craziest positions kids have fallen asleep in.
Shhhh...don't wake them up, or they might not go back down.
1. The kid sleeping on a rolling suitcase.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-FZW-HU98
Did her parents have to buy a plane ticket, or does she count as carry-on luggage?
What’s one possible side effect of watching TV all day? Seeing those fictional characters everywhere you look when you finally leave your screen and enter real life again. Here's 22 times people accidentally dressed like they just jumped out of a Disney movie.
1. This real life Mr. Burns from The Simpsons is excellent.
2. Don't tell Granny her bag makes her look exactly like Granny from Looney Tunes.
3. Apparently, Warby Parker makes a 'Carl Fredricksen from Up' model.
Given her latest (ironic) Twitter tirade against Twitter founder Jack Dorsey (ironic), Azealia Banks will soon be installed in the Crazy Twitter Rant Hall of Fame alongside Kanye West.
As Mashable reported, Banks' slew of tweets followed a failed tweet-swap between the two famous people.
It's great that Banks wants to help other people learn more about witchcraft, but should she really be sharing so much information with the uninitiated masses? Can they handle this awesome power?!?!
P.S. Good luck, Dorsey. Sounds like Banks knows what she's doing.
Once upon a time in London there was a pub that, judging by its list of barred patrons, was an excellent place to go for a weird time. The Half Moon Pub, according to GQ, had to close following a flood in 2013, but it may be making a comeback if a grassroots campaign pans out. In the meantime, former fans and faraway lovers of divey bars will have to re-create the scene at Half Moon in their minds using the banned list that musician Rumer posted to Twitter.
Seriously, this would make a great movie, right? Coming soon to a theater near you is the story of Mickey Two Suits, who is back in his hometown for his mom's funeral after leaving behind his life in the mob years ago. After One Armed Keith quickly gives up his best friend, Tall Chavvy Fighting Idiot Of Old enlists his best men, including his muscle The Glaswegian, to track down the his former colleague turned traitor. Sub-plots include Crazy Linda secretly raising Mickey's child, Flat Cap Coke Fiend, with Fat Paul.
Rumer was kind enough to share some real background on one of these chaps:
Cruz outlined this position when he argued in favor of a law in Texas that banned the sale of "dildos, artificial vaginas, and other obscene devices," with a penalty of imprisonment for up to two years—a law that, unsurprisingly, was later struck down by the courts. Because it's legal to sell sex toys in America, a free country. Wrote Mother Jones:
The brief insisted that Texas, in order to protect "public morals," had "police-power interests" in "discouraging prurient interests in sexual gratification, combating the commercial sale of sex, and protecting minors." There was a "government" interest, it maintained, in "discouraging…autonomous sex." The brief compared the use of sex toys to "hiring a willing prostitute or engaging in consensual bigamy," and it equated advertising these products with the commercial promotion of prostitution. In perhaps the most noticeable line of the brief, Cruz's office declared, "There is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one's genitals for non-medical purposes unrelated to procreation or outside of an interpersonal relationship." That is, the pursuit of such happiness had no constitutional standing.
Ted Cruz, a sinner??? There's obviously no proof of these claims, but they seem valid. If there's one thing college-aged boys do, it's masturbate. It's normal. It's even healthy! Besides, a young Ted Cruz once said he wanted to be in a "teen tit film."