This weekend, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and his pants caught the attention of Twitter and everyone with eyeballs as he made his way to San Francisco for Super Bowl 50.
The yellow Barocco zebra-print jeans are from Versace's spring 2014 menswear collection, and they retail for $849.
Sorry to break your heart, but the pants are already sold out on Versace's website.
Actress Anna Kendrick was watching Grease Live last night along with the rest of America, and it seemed to really entertain and arouse her. The music and dancing were on point, and it was a fun TV experience for all. One dark spot was that Vanessa Hudgens' father had passed away just a few hours before she went on and delivered a wonderful performance as Rizzo. Kendrick stays away from that tragedy in her live-tweeting of the show, but she makes plenty of observations about how hot the cast is. Also, that boys should kiss more.
In all seriousness, though, those guys should kiss.
Monday, February 1st is the Iowa Caucus—the first official Day of Reckoning in the 2016 campaign. While Iowa (and the rest of the country) has been inundated with ads and speeches for months, people are still trying to make day-of efforts to support their favorite candidates. Thus, Iowans are sporting swag out the gills today, and the gear is great (and in some cases, weird, like the Bernieasaurus).
Elite Daily made this short video in which young men are forced to open up their phones to their moms, destroying the implicit agreement that children never tell their parents what they're doing when they should be paying attention during family events. After all, everyone sends pictures and text messages that they probably wouldn't want their moms checking out, even if their moms might be up to some of the same stuff.
The mom and son pairings certainly show a range of family relationships. Some moms seem horrified by whatever is censored out of the video. Others are affected just by seeing that their son is dating someone, and hope their girlfriend is good to them. One is cool with the word "puss."
Which mom is your mom?
For most people, waking up in the morning and being happy go together like peanut butter and cat food. Not at all. Harvard psychologist and body language expert Amy Cuddy insists that it can be done, even if you're not a morning person. It's all about body language.
Body language is not just a direct reflection of your emotions, it can also influence them. For example, if someone struts through the office like they're Beyoncé, they appear to be super confident. However, Cuddy's research also shows that the flip side is true. It's possible to become more self confident simply by posing like Beyonce. It's the old “fake it ‘till you make it” mentality. Similarly, you can boost your whole day by doing a particular stretch in the morning.In a talk last week at New York's 92Y Cuddy said, "People who wake up like this" — Cuddy puts her arms up in a V — "are super happy, like annoyingly happy."
If you're one of the 40% of people who sleep curled up in the fetal position, it can actually be making you less confident and more stressed out throughout your day, according to Dr. Cuddy. If you do this stretch daily before your feet hit the ground, your attitude could change as a result.
So, even if you wake up every morning wanting to hit the snooze like it wronged your family, take a second to fake this happy body language, and eventually you won't need to.
14-month-old Sloan recently learned to walk, so her parents rewarded her by giving her a much cooler way to get around: her own custom snowboard. And the little Utah native must have snow in her blood, because she took to it right away, gliding along with a perfect stance in her first day at Park City. She even nailed the snowboarder's iconic laid-back high five.
Sloan's father Zach Henderson told KUTV News:
Even though it was the smallest snowboard on the market, we still had to make modifications to it so her legs weren't so far apart… We took her snowboarding at Park City for the first time yesterday and she did great!
So is Sloan a future Olympic snowboarder or X Games star? That depends on how well she learns to say "brah."
Claudia Castillo was driving around Miami when a cop car passed by her and, according to what she says in her video, started "pushing 90 mph." Instead of calling in later with his number, Castillo picked up her speed and tailed the car until the Miami-Dade officer pulled over. Then, as shown in her third and final video below, she confronted him.
"I just wanted to know what's the emergency," Castillo asked in a cop-like manner, after explaining that she "pushed 80" and still couldn't catch up with the officer's car. In the video, dude does not look entertained, but he manages to graciously take this woman's complaint.
While a lot of people are leaving less-than-kind comments on YouTube, the director of the Miami-Dade Police Department says he's taking Castillo seriously. In a statement, Juan Perez explained, "The Miami-Dade Police Department will have the officer’s immediate command staff investigate the matter, once the officer and citizen are identified. The appropriate course of action will be taken at that point." According to WSVN, this course of action does not include ticketing Castillo for speeding, which she was doing.
Artist Megumi Igarashi, who works under the name "Rokudenashi-ko" (meaning "Good-for-nothing Girl") is facing a ¥800,000 fine (about $6,600) for distributing 3-D scans of her vagina, the primary motif she uses in her art.
You might have heard about Igarashi a few years ago when she was arrested for the distribution of these scans as gifts for donating ¥3,000 or more to her crowd-funded effort to create a 3D-printed kayak modeled on her own vagina. And to think, all you got for you donating to your friend's Kickstarter was a tote bag.
One way or another, Megumi's legal woes may soon be at an end; the court is expected to come to a verdict on whether or not she was distributing pornographic objects on May 9.
Here's a statement from Igarashi on why she chose to make her vagina the subject of her art:
I had not seen pussy of others and worried too much about mine. I did not know what a pussy should look like at the same time I though mine is just abnormal. Manko, pussy, has been such a taboo in the Japanese society. Penis, on the other hand, has been used in illustrations and signed as a part of pop culture. But pussy has never been so cute....I wanted to make pussy more casual and pop. That’s how I came to make a pussy lampshade, a remote-controlled pussy car, a pussy accessory, a pussy smartphone case, and so on.
Her defenders say that she distributed the scans of her vagina as a way for her supporters to use her genitals in their own art, and that she is trying to break vaginal taboos in a society where penis iconography is common. Detractors say that she distributed the scans knowing full well that they could be used to make sex toys.
Of course, this isn't a crime in America, where you can buy enough Fleshlights molded on the genitals of fictional characters to satiate an army. Catch up, Japan!
The platinum-voiced hero of the broken hearted, Adele, has traditionally remained silent when in comes to politics, but she recently made it clear that she doesn't want Donald Trump using her music for any of his rallies. A spokesperson for Adele told The Independent this week, "Adele has not given permission for her music to be used for any political campaigning." While that might seem like it's not directed at D.J. Trump, the Trump campaign has repeatedly used her song "Rolling In The Deep," and played "Skyfall" after a speech as well.
While Trump uses Adele's music more frequently than other candidates, he isn't Adele's only concern. Mike Huckabee has also used Adele's voice to his advantage, making a parody of "Hello— because apparently he's trying to run his campaign like an awkward 8th grader running for student body president. The "official" Huckabee video has had the audio muted in what could be considered a mercy killing, but some news videos have selections of the video:
This is the first time Adele's made any sort of comment on politics since 2011, when she made passing statements about supporting Britain's Labour party. She joins musicians including Steven Tyler and REM in telling Trump to stop pressing play on their songs. At least Trump still has his overexcited Florida child singers.
It was announced earlier this week that actor Joseph Fiennes has been chosen to portray the legendary Michael Jackson in an upcoming movie. The film is reportedly going to be based on a road trip Jackson supposedly took with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando as they attempted to get to safety after 9/11. That seems crazy enough, but casting a white guy is even more extreme. Yes, Michael Jackson had a skin condition, vitiligo, that caused his skin to lighten in patches, and he reportedly bleached the rest to even it out. Despite the fact that this was caused by a disease, Jackson's whitening was a constant topic for comics and commentators. Nevertheless, whenever asked, Jackson retained his identity as an African-American. He also never wanted to be played by a white actor onscreen.
This 1993 Oprah Winfrey interview with Jackson put online by a fan was recently found by CNN, and is now going viral. At the time, there were reports that Pepsi was planning to cast a white actor to play him as a child in a commercial, and she asked him about it. The moment starts at around the 23:59 mark:
He says:
That is so stupid... That's the most ridiculous, horrifying story I've ever heard. It's crazy.
Why would I want a white child to play me? I'm a black American. I'm proud to be a black American. I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am.
There you have it. Michael Jackson himself did not approve this casting.
Depending on how you look at it, Erica Harris and Arte Vann either only knew each other for a few minutes before getting married or for almost a whole year. Harris, a mother of three from California, first noticed New Yorker Vann on Instagram last March, when she randomly came across his profile picture and decided she wanted to get to know him better. He noticed her after she liked a few of his pictures and responded by tagging her in a selfie.
From there, they started talking on the phone, but things got intense quickly and both of them pulled back, deleting their accounts and cutting off contact. They got in back in touch, however, after Vann got in a car accident. They reconnected and commenters suggested they get married (always listen to commenters, folks).
With their long distance relationship newly rekindled, Vann bought a one-way plane ticket from New York to Ontario International Airport (which is in California, go figure), where they met for the first time and promptly got hitched, with God as the officiator. They asked the local news to cover their story so Vann's mother, who wasn't able to be there, could watch.
Harris told the Daily Mail, "I didn’t realize how much I love this man. Now that we've spent three days together, I can't believe how much I love him." Aw, best of luck, you crazy kids.
The Meyer Middle School in River Falls, Wisconsin is nearly finished completing a new $100,000 fitness room, which was dubbed the Pride Fitness project early on. According to the River Falls Journal, a large chunk of the funds came from the Royal Credit Union and the Roger T. White family. Chuck Eaton, the local elementary school principal and fundraising committee member, suggested a name befitting its major sponsors.
After approval from the committee, the fitness center was officially named Roger T. White Pride Fitness Room as Presented by RCU. This is a bit wordy, so, as Eaton himself stated, the gym was likely to be referred to as the White Pride Fitness Room.
Only after this name was publicized on the River Falls Journal Facebook page and people reacted did those involved realize that White Pride Fitness Room is a terrible name. “We can see and understand how the new name, ‘Roger T. White Pride Fitness Room’ could be viewed by some people as implying ‘white pride,’” River Falls Superintendent Jamie Benson said in a statement. Well, yes, it's pretty easy to see how "White Pride" could be interpreted as those exact words.
The school has since decided to offer up two non-racist names for the new gym: the Roger T. White Wildcat Fitness Room or the Roger T. White Fitness Room as Presented by RCU. Students will likely best know the room as "the weight room."
Twitter user @Daurmith is making a splash online this week by writing short biographies for male scientists using the sexist language that is typically employed when people write about women in science. The tweets were originally written in Spanish, but because they got so popular, Duarmith decided to translate them into English in order to reach a wider audience.
Andrew Alemao is the American hero who threw two tomatoes at Donald Trump at a rally in Iowa on January 26th. The use of a tomato to jeer at Trump truly drives home the fact that his candidacy is just a Vaudeville act in all its bombastic, racist, offensive glory.
Alemao was arrested by the University of Iowa police, and he's being charged with a misdemeanor.
One of the many people in support of his brave act set up a fan page to celebrate Andrew Joseph Alemao, which has become a community of like-minded patriots.
People of all ethnicities and backgrounds are proud of Alemao, and are anointing him as an honorary member of their respective groups.
While it might be figures like Trump who divide us, it's people like the Tomato Boy who bring us together.
On Sunday, Dan Mozer was taking pictures of his pregnant wife Angeline at Atlantic Beach in Jacksonville, Florida, when they were photobombed in the beachiest way possible. No, not a retiree in a speedo or a random surfer on bath-salts—this was a real life dolphin photobomb. Mozer shared the photo with News4Jax, who described it as "A once in a lifetime shot." It's so magical, the pic looks Photoshopped, but the only magic here is FROM MOTHER NATURE!
This is not the first time a dolphin has tried to steal the spotlight with a viral photobomb...
If you can't find a dolphin to make your pic worth looking at, maybe you can borrow someone's fun Dad?
Related: 15 pregnancy portraits that’ll make you pee your pants even if you’re not pregnant.
Plus-size model Ashley Graham—who is currently sharing a campaign for clothing company NYDJ with Christie Brinkley, Lana Ogilvie, and Bridget Moynahan—recently talked with Elle. In between chatting up NYDJ, Graham discussed her role in the modeling industry and how it's great that plus-size models like herself are getting more work—but there's still a ways to go.
"It feels good," Graham said of landing this campaign. "It feels like it's supposed to happen. It feels like, 'alright, we're making progress.'" Another recent example of the fashion industry widening its horizon is the casting of Barbie Ferreira in an Aerie campaign.
Graham, however, noted that despite her recent success and the wider variety of shapes included in campaigns now, she takes issue with the terminology ascribed to woman who sport a size greater than two.
You know, I don't like to use the words "real women," honestly. I like to use the word woman. And I say that because there are so many women out there who are naturally thin, or are naturally curvy, and I think when we start putting a label on the type of woman it gets misconstrued and starts to offend people. At the end of the day we just all want to be known as women or models or actresses or whatever.
Graham is being very practical. It saves time to say 'woman' instead of 'real woman.' Also, it makes sense.
YouTube scientist The Food Surgeon just destroyed god's most beautiful creation to produce a bastardized slap in the face in of all that is natural: a Reese's Cup that's full of Oreo cream.
At this point it becomes mandatory to cross yourself and utter three times: there is one wrong way to eat a Reese's.
Here's the full video, if you can stand it:
Quasimodo the German Shepherd is one of only 14 dogs in the world diagnosed with short spine syndrome, a condition which caused him to be born with a crooked spine missing several vertebrae, a shrunken stomach, a corkscrew tail, and one missing testicle.
Despite all these complications, Quasi is a happy dog with plenty of friends. Ever since pictures and videos of him were posted to Facebook, people from all over the world have become obsessed with his weird-ass body.
Quasi lives at the Secondhand Hounds animal shelter in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Before that, he was a stray, probably forced onto the street just because he was different, kind of like Edward Scissorhands. Nay, exactly like Edward Scissorhands. Animal control agents brought him to a shelter in Kentucky, and he eventually made his way to Secondhand Hounds. But he won't be there for long.
Since shelter employees started the Quasi the Great Facebook page, offers to adopt the hunchbacked hound have flooded in from all corners of the dog-loving world. But first, Quasi has to have surgery to treat medical issues related to his time as a stray. Interestingly, the surgery is unrelated to his condition, which seems to cause him no pain.
Quasi's first surgery happened today, February 1, and the shelter posted this update for all of his many admirers:
Once he's back on his feet, the war to adopt Quasi will get underway. But although only one family will be lucky enough to bring this ungainly pooch home, everyone else should take comfort in the knowledge that they have 13 other chances to get a short-spined best friend of their own. Let the chase begin!
If you're already hankering for more short-spine pooches, meet Pig:
A bald eagle trained to take out drones trespassing in restricted airspace (for example, near airports) would be the most 'Murican thing ever, if it weren't for the fact that this badass program belongs to the Dutch National Police. (Also, not all the eagles in training are bald eagles.*)
The eagles have learned to grab the errant machines and bring them back to a safe location, although it's unclear whether owners would be allowed to ask for them back or whether getting eagled is a final judgment on your expensive toy.
This has significant advantages over the current options for dealing with drones that shouldn't be there, which are shooting it or disabling its sensors electronically. Either way, you have the problem of a drone falling out of the sky and hitting someone. There are some concerns that the eagles might accidentally harm themselves on a propeller, but birds of prey can be incredibly acrobatic when twisting in mid-air to grab their quarry. The Dutch Police will continue their training program for several more weeks before deciding whether it would be effective.
* Well, drones are kind of a symbol of American power as it is, so maybe a bald eagle attacking them would kind of cancel out the patriotic awesomeness.
No matter how good a person looks in a selfie, nobody looks good taking a selfie. And while much of the annoyance with dumb selfie-taking is directed towards women, like the selfie-taking sorority girls who got made fun of at a baseball game, men can look stupid taking selfies too. Today's reminder of that is Selfie Bro, a guy who looks like an 80s movie villain who did some slick seflie work at a recent Davidson game:
Those eyebrows! That hair! The open Hawaiian shirt that makes him look like a dad on vacation! You could feel bad for being amused about Selfie Bro's selfie work, but remember: he's an attractive blond white dude. He'll probably be just fine.
