The weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and we're eating lots of boozy ice cream, but the surest sign of summer approaching is Chris Harrison finally announcing the cast of the new season of The Bachelorette.
On Wednesday night, in a Bachelor franchise first, Harrison announced Rachel Lindsay's line-up of suitors live on the internet.
For the first time ever, we're announcing Rachel's men right here...LIVE with Chris Harrison! #TheBachelorette premieres MONDAY at 9|8c on ABC!
And what's the best part of any Bachelor franchise cast announcement? The occupations, of course. Here are four of our favorites:
Kenny: Professional Wrestler
Oh man, you guys. We've got a professional wrestler. Kenny looks like a nice, wholesome dude, so we're truly not expecting him to partake in any dumb, drunken fights at the Bachelor mansion. We're just saying if he hypothetically *did* get involved in a dumb, drunken fight, we'd get to see a show.
Peter: Business Owner
Peter is a business owner. We know that's a fairly normal job title, but we love it for its ambiguity. What kind of business does Peter own? Does he sell hand-knit hats for dogs? Does he own a surf shop? It could be anything! Right now, Peter is shrouded in mystery and we're very intrigued.
Jonathan: Tickle Monster
Here's where things start to get weird, guys. This is the job title that made everyone in the Someecards office simultaneously say "OH GOD NO" out loud when it was shared in the group chat. Jonathan is a 31-year-old man who describes himself as a "tickle monster." We know it's not fair to judge him before we know anything about him, but right now he is our front-runner to be known as "the one that's kind of creepy."
Lucas: Whaboom
Shockingly, "Tickle Monster" was not the most confusing job title of the season. 30-year-old Lucas describes his occupation as, "Whaboom." No one can seem to figure out what that means. Dear, sweet Chris Harrison tried to explain it in the video, but only managed to puzzle us even more.
"It’s a noun, verb… It’s an adverb. Like, you can be ‘Whaboom’ … and you can Whaboom, and you can call somebody a Whaboom," Harrison explained.
That really clears things up. Thank you, Chris.
So, will the Tickle Monster or the Whaboom win Rachel Lindsay's heart? Guess we'll have to watch The Bachelorette to find out.
Yes, these sleek, cowboy-esque slacks are designed to maximize butt cheek exposure. Even in the long pants version, these cut outs highlight the under-butt.
Cheeky.
Is it too hot outside for all that fabric down the leg? Well lucky for you, these jeans can instantly transform into a denim diaper!
Matches with the pearl and velvet bodysuit and literally nothing else.
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Hudgens chronicled the journey on Snapchat, bidding farewell to her long hair that goes all the way down to her belly button.
And the result...
Hey shorty!
The stylist, Nikki Lee of Hollywood's Nine Zero One salon, told Glamour magazine that they cut a good 10 inches of length off but kept her extensions in for fullness."
So short hair and full hair are not mutually exclusive, y'all! You just need to be down to fake it.
This haircut has already done a lot of interviews. Hudgens told Peoplemagazine, "I’m just an extremist when it comes to hair."
She adds, "I either like it above my shoulders or at my belly button so it’s a constant flip-flop between the two."
I'm not sure she knows what "extremist" means, but it's a cute 'do nonetheless!
On Thursday morning, it was announced that Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had passed away at the age of 52. Since then, we've seen photos from his last performance, and now a clip has surfaced of Cornell covering Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" at the SiriusXM Studios back in 2015. This guy could truly sing anything.
The world has lost another great talent. Rest in peace.
A brawl erupted during Arlington High School's graduation ceremony, with multiple adults throwing punches, pulling hair, and dumping water on one another. The ceremony was occurring in Bellevue Baptist Church, making the the whole spectacle even more ridiculous.
What did God say about not punching thy neighbor in the face again?
Thanks to cell phone cameras, the melee was caught from multiple different angles.
According toMSN, the scuffle started over seating.
In the video below, you can see excited graduates marching down the aisle as 'Pomp and Circumstance' plays in the background. Then the person wielding the camera notices the commotion behind them, and inadvertently gets to sit front row for the subsequent boxing match.
In the end, one woman ended up being taken into the lobby and put in handcuffs by security.
And you thought your mom was embarrassing.
It is unclear if any arrests were made.
Tammy Mason, superintendent of the Arlington Community Schools, released a statement on the incident on Wednesday morning.
Last night we celebrated 500 students who graduated from Arlington High School. This year’s class earned over $30,600,000 in college scholarships. It was unfortunate that a couple of adults in the audience exhibited the behavior they did prior to the ceremony beginning and thus has caused a distraction from the celebration of our students’ accomplishments.
Damn. Tiffany "New York" Pollard has got nothin' on these moms.
Mother-of-two Olivia White has had it UP TO HERE with people criticizing women who give birth via c-section, calling it the "easy way out" and downplaying their experience as "not birth." (People really say these things!!!)
So after giving birth to her second child last week, via c-section, she shared this selfie on Instagram to make an important point:
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In the caption, she explained her decision to take a selfie hours after giving birth "so they can see where they sliced you open and yanked out a whole person."
She then describes what having a c-section was REALLY like, in hilarious, graphic, emoji-laden detail. It turns out, there's nothing "easy" about it.
She wrote:
To anyone who thinks it's the easy way out, we'll try having a 6 inch gash in your abdomen like a gutted shark who had the body parts of the surfer it ate retrieved! That's then sewn back together with fishing wire while it feels like your vital organs are trying to escape! I mean sure, everything is 🌈 and 🍭 till the spinal wears off! After that it's like you've been hit by a bus which then backed over you just to make sure it didn't miss you the first time! If you don't time the Endone exactly before the previous lot wore off then you will most certainly know you are alive (while wishing you were dead) ☠️ and worst of all you'll feel as if you'll spend your entire life wearing nanna knickers up around your waist because the thought of anything settling in the canyon between your gut and pubic region is the stuff nightmares are made of. Anyone who's ever had c section knows that you'll forever be dependant on your friends Nancy, Dr 90210 and Spanx because you cannot for the life of you get rise of the ditch that is left by the scar. But for all the skin tight Kookai dresses I bought while pregnant that now make me look like I have a Kangaroo pouch - I wouldn't change it! Because if it wasn't for the ability to deliver my babies this way they might not be here today plus I recon getting cut from A to B sounds way worse.
She's getting a lot of love in the comments from other moms who've had c-sections sharing similar stories:
Not only is a c-section not the "easy way out," it's also not an uncommon way out. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 1.3 million women in the US give birth via c-section each year, making up about 32% of all births.
Whether a woman delivers her baby vaginally or via c-section, let's all agree that creating a human in your body is some punk rock shit.
Chelsea Manning is officially a free woman after being released from prison Wednesday morning.
In 2013, Manning was sentenced to 35 years in jail after leaking over 750,000 pages of classified documents and videos to WikiLeaks. As one of his last acts in office, President Obama commuted Manning's sentence, and she was released after seven years behind bars.
Manning, who came out as transgender in prison, is rejoining the world that she helped to change, and is documenting her first moments as a civilian on her Twitter and newly formed Instagram account.
The first picture Manning uploaded was of these new-looking converse sneakers alongside the caption "First steps of freedom!!"
We never thought there'd come a time when seeing George W. Bush in the news would people on both sides of the political spectrum go "Awww! THAT guy!" like he's our goofy, lovable uncle and not the former controversial, war-starting president of the United States.
In keeping with his new role as "goofy uncle," George W. Bush was at last night's Texas Rangers game against the Phillies when he crashed a live broadcast by Fox Sports reporter Emily Jones. Why? Because he wanted to say "hey!" Typical Dubs.
The hilarious moment is going viral on Twitter, because these are stressful times and we need this right now:
Kevin Parry is a stop-motion animator who's basically a magician. His latest trick has gone viral with over 85,000 views, journeying through the trees into the Upside Down.
People say some pretty odd things sometimes, and it's even odder when the person saying them to you is a complete stranger (okay, debatable. Weird is weird). Over on Reddit, people are talking about the weirdest things a stranger has ever said to them, whether it's scary, sad, funny, or just plain nonsensical.
There was an off kilter man around the leisure center near me when I was in my low teens. He got booted for trying to wrestle my popcorn away from me. As they were escorting him out he said "he's too young! You gotta be 300 before you're allowed to eat popcorn!"
Someone yelled 'sausage supper' at me as they drove past. This was maybe 20 years ago, and I still think about maybe once every 6 months. It still baffles me.
3. Cestlabri's hair was compared to fruit by an overly-comfortable stranger.
Old man: "What do you call that hair colour?"
Me: "Red, I guess."
Old man, leaning over and stroking my hair: "I like strawberries. Let's call it strawberry."
4. What kind of weird Google salesman was loveandasandwich dealing with?
A guy at a bar walked up to me suddenly and asked 'Hey are you that girl whose brother died recently?' I wasn't...but what if I was? Not the best opening line either way. I went and told a friend about it and she recognized him as someone who came up to her and a friend at the same bar and his opening line was 'Excuse me, I'm not attracted to either of you girls at all but I was just wondering if you have ever tried Google Plus?'
6. Stetsosaur and his wife must have been young at heart.
Wife and I (both 24) were waiting for an elevator. Door opens, there's one dude in there, also going down. We smile to acknowledge him and step into the elevator. He immediately steps out right after. He turns around, looks at us and says, "I don't deal with kids," and the doors close and we ride down alone. People are weird.
I've posted this before, but a guy came up to me once and asked if I had a light for a smoke. Before I get a chance to respond he says, "No wait, you're too fat to smoke," and walked away.
8. Mcwaggles phone call didn't result in a change in the store hours.
Some guy called my job asking what time we opened, so I told them. Seems normal so far right? Well, he follows up with "What if I give you a blowjob?"
9. Orremove555 is probably a little more cautious about shaking strangers' hands now.
"Shake my hand!"
I shake his hand.
"I just jerked off!" Then he walks off, leaving his girlfriend behind. She simply said, "He did," and walked off, too.
They started stroking my hair (super curly) and whispered "I'd sell my soul for your hair". This was in the parking lot of the grocery store when I was 10.
I'm a server and as I dropped off the check to one of my tables I said "have a great rest of your day" like I always do and the guy looks at me dead in the eye and says "you don't give a shit about me" then leave me a 40% tip. Such a weird moment.
12. Spinquin had to have wondered if Tracy was the dog.
me " your dog is so cute mam"
old lady " yeah well that's what that whore Tracy wants you to think"
me "........"
13. Thaa123 dealt with some super strange version of racism.
Some drunk guy came up to me and Said:" i hope you have a great evening even though you're BLACK!"..... Racism aside the weird thing is that I'm 100% Caucasian.
I was in Walmart and this guy comes up to me touching my hair and says "I just love negroid hair. It's so interesting". I'm also 100% Caucasian with red hair and freckles.
15. NoOne0507 still doesn't know who the guitar player was.
At a gas station at 2AM. A guy yells "HEY!" really loud.
I think "oh shit I'm about to get mugged"
"HEY!" he shouts again. I look at him, and he continues "were you aware that (some guitar player) died?!"
"..no?"
He then proceeds to have a drunken conversation about him with me. After what I thought was an amicable conversation, he mugged me.
Edit: this was spring 2013. It wasn't Dimebag. Still don't remember who the guitar player was, but I'm sure reddit investigators can figure that out.
Two guys came up to me while i was gassing up my car and asked "Hey do you know what the plastic tip of a shoelace is called?" i did and said, "it's called an aglet." One turns to the other and "see bitch, i told you." They went inside, i finished putting gas in my car and just as I'm about to leave the guy stops me, gives me a snickers bar and leaves.
17. A homeless man saved shetrotsthemoon from something that is definitely not a threat.
My first time in a NYC subway.
I walk down one level and need to get down to the next. A huge homeless man is standing at the top of the stairs screaming at each person who goes down, "don't do it! Don't go down there! The lesbians will eat you!" He turns around, facing me and walks away from the stairs muttering to himself, "saving people from lesbians and shit."
18. Stellalugosi's aunt had a run-in with a truly odd bird enthusiast.
My aunt worked in a blood bank at the front desk. One day an older gentleman walked in, stared at her for a second, pulled out a book about the care and feeding of parakeets, and just said, "PARAAAKEEEETS!" in a sing-songy voice, then turned and walked back out again.
19. Carlyone had one of the saddest sounding encounters I've ever heard of.
Me and my little brother was walking though the subburb to get to the post office and collect a package. When we were almost all the way there, a tall bearded man with wild hair and a dirty pink onesie put himself between us and the post office. He was maybe 50 and looked like a typical "I've been an alcoholic my whole life" kind of person. In his arms he held a wild hare that he somehow had caught. He said to us:
"Do you see this bunny"
"Uh, yeah?"
And with the most sad voice I have heard he said, "Isn't life just completely worthless?" And then he walked on.
Bike to Work Day was originated by the League of American Bicyclists in 1956, and takes place on the third Friday in May. On this day, cyclists across the country show solidarity and ride together for their health, their cities, and the environment. Bicycle advocacy groups provide tips and route information to encourage people to try bicycle commuting as a healthy and safe alternative to driving. The holiday is supported by many organizations - from local bike shops and restaurants to municipalities and transit authorities. Further, the American Medical Association has endorsed Bike to Work Day as part of its push to encourage active transportation.
Did You Know?
40% of all trips in the U.S. are less than two miles, making bicycling a feasible and fun way to get to work.
How to Celebrate National Bike To Work Day
For starters, leave the car at home and get on a bike for your work commute!
Even better, get a group of friends to do it too. You'll have a much bigger adventure than you would carpooling.
There will be tons of bike-related events in communitiesnationwide, hopefully including yours. See what's out there and how you can participate!
Use #BikeToWorkDay to post all the day's interesting tidbits on social media.
Ashley Hertzog and her husband Mason are expecting, and decided to prepare a special game to break the news to her mom, joining the Pregnancy Announcement Hall of Fame.
Hertzog designed and printed personal cards for the game MadGab, the party game where players sound out nonsense syllables on the card until they form a familiar word, like "Oh reel ees thab est" out loud becomes "Orli is the best."
Watch as Amy's mom Wednesday translates gibberish into the best news.
Wendy's shriek is still ringing in my ears after I watched the video and will stay in my heart forever.
Even Oliver the dog's reaction is adorable.
Congratulations, Ashley and Mason, and Grandma Wendy!
Internet, meet Mr. Biggles (also known by his more formal name, Lord Bigglesworth).
This is a meme-worthy cat face.
Mr. Biggles is a cat who is up for adoption at Cat People of Melbourne, an animal rescue located in Melbourne, Australia. The folks that save cats there apparently have a pretty good sense of humor. They penned an extremely honest and darkly funny adoption bio to help their friend Mr. Biggles, who they describe as an "utter bastard of a cat," get adopted.
According to The Huffington Post, the bio was written by the group's founder and coordinator, Gina Brett. In it, she describes Mr. Biggles as "an utter utter bastard" who "does not like to be thwarted."
"Mr. Biggles is a despot and a dictator, he will let you know when he's not happy, which is often because things are often just not up to his high standards," Brett wrote in the ad.
"Mr Biggles likes his cuddles on his terms, and will sit in your lap when he decides it's time. If the stroking is not up to his standards, he will nip you," she continued.
Honestly, how is he not internet-famous yet?
Though the bio stresses that Mr. Biggles is "not a cat for the inexperienced or faint-hearted," it does admit that he has a "secret soft side." He will play nicely with kittens and even enjoys being cuddled occasionally.
After revealing Mr. Biggles' gentle heart, Brett wrote in the adoption ad:
"And now I'm in trouble for telling his softie secrets so I have been ordered to say that Lord Bigglesworth believes he was put on this earth to be decorative and be worshipped by his human slaves!"
It should also be noted that the ad opens by sharing Mr. Biggles' website, utterbastardcat.com (yes, it's real) and an email address to send "media requests or applications for slavery to Lord Bigglesworth."
There are too many things we love about this story. Read Lord Bigglesworth's full bio over on PetRescue.
A lot of people are freaking out and rethinking their summer plans thanks to a new viral video that shows several sharks swimming terrifyingly close to beach goers on a popular South Carolina beach.
The video was taken from the Garden City Pier, about 5 miles South of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which is a hot beach destination for tourists and families in the summer. Sharks are not known to be the friendliest animals. So it's no wonder people are losing their minds over this:
Look how close these sharks are swimming to the shore! This video was taken by Cody Kinzer of King, NC from the Garden City Pier, which is about 5 miles South of Myrtle Beach. WMBF News To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email licensing@storyful.com
Cody Kinzer, who shot the footage, told WYFF that seeing sharks this close to shore was "surprising." "I've fished a lot down there so I know they are always out there and I've seen plenty but I've never seen 8-10 sharks this close behaving the way they were," he said.
The video has wracked up over 11 million views and hundreds of thousands of comments since it was shared on Tuesday by Myrtle Beach Getaway, a vacation rental company. Based on the comments, clearly a lot of people are reconsidering hitting the beach this summer:
Maybe skipping the beach (or at least THIS beach) this summer isn't the worst idea. But for those fearless warriors who still decide to go, just keep in mind, you're going to need a bigger boat.
Apparently if you want to be a homophobic, Islamophobic, misogynist, hate-mongering nut job, the campus of University of California, Irvine, is not the place to do it. Because these students don't stand for hate.
When a man showed up at the school's campus this week preaching homophobia, misogyny and anti-Muslim hate speech, several black students stood up to him, argued with him, ridiculed him, and then eventually shut him down with an all-out dance party, while many other students surrounded them and cheered them on. The whole thing is glorious to behold.
And thanks to a Freshman who goes by "FolakeAina" on Twitter, we can watch the funny and extremely moving video of this anti-hate dance party again, and again, and again:
Some idiots came to UCI with a big sign saying "Homo sex is a sin" spreading false extremist messages and this is how UCI dealt with him 💯pic.twitter.com/bJGyOHaugG
"Some idiots came to UCI with a big sign saying 'Homo sex is a sin' spreading false extremist messages and this is how UCI dealt with him," she wrote.
In addition to being anti-gay, Aina explained on Twitter that the protesters (there were apparently several of them) were also anti-woman and anti-Muslim:
MIND YOU THE BACK OF THIS MAN'S SHIRT READ "WOMEN BELONG IN THE KITCHEN"
Aina's video has been already retweeted over 11 thousand times since she shared it on Tuesday, and Twitter is calling her a queen for shutting down hate:
On Thursday, Harry Styles capped off a week-long residency at The Late Late Show with James Cordenwith a Carpool Karaoke. After a week of appearing in sketches, performing songs, and engaging in some general tomfoolery, this is the perfect send-off for the pop star.
As the two Brits cruised through the Los Angeles suburbs, they discussed Harry's budding movie career, tried on different outfits, and, of course, jammed out to tunes like Styles' own "Sweet Creature," "Sign of the Times," and, weirdly, "Hey Ya" by OutKast. (I ain't mad about it, though.)
Check it out:
Aww, seeing Harry Styles all grown up and on his own without his One Direction band mates makes us sort of emotional, too ... in a cool way, of course.
Chris Pratt met his wife's doppelganger (you'll agree if you think all blonde women with bangs look the same), and their adorable photo together was not amusing to his actual wife.
"Disapproving Anna Faris" is currently rocketing to the front page of the internet's celebrity photo album.
Redditor h2daniel shared the image. Anna Faris probably downvoted it.
Roger Ailes, the former head of Fox News, died on May 18 at the age of 77. The official cause of his death, according to the New York Times, was subdural hematoma due to an injury sustained from a fall on May 10. But according to a USA Todayop-ed written by former Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly, the real cause of Ailes' death was America's hatred.
Bill O'Reilly's USA Today op-ed was a tribute to Ailes, his mentor and former boss. In it, he wrote: "Roger was convicted of bad behavior in the court of public opinion, and it was painful for many of us to watch. He, himself, was stunned and never really recovered." O'Reilly added that, in his opinion, "few sought the comprehensive truth about Ailes."
Further on in the op-ed, O'Reilly wrote about the "downside" of technological advances, which he thinks has changed the U.S. into "a nation where hatred is almost celebrated in some quarters." He continued, "Roger Ailes experienced that hatred and it killed him."
While it's clear that Bill O'Reilly is indebted to his late friend, and remembers him fondly, it is unlikely that "hatred" was what really killed him. If hatred could actually kill people, it would probably cause far more deaths than just Roger Ailes'.
Everyone's entitled to an opinion, though, and that's what op-eds are for.
On Thursday, Jimmy Fallon read viewer's weirdest secrets on air after they tweeted them to him using the hashtag #MyWeirdSecret. Yeah, things could have really gone off the rails with this one, but thankfully people mostly kept it PG.
Is it just me, or are these hashtag games getting weirdly personal?
Well, now that millions of viewers know these tweeter's weird secrets, I guess they're not quite secrets anymore!
What is your weird secret? Mine is that I would never want all of America to know my weirdest secret.
