Granddad Walks 35 Miles To Work Every Day To Support Sick Wife And Grandson
To support his ailing wife and earn a paycheck, a 61-year-old Iowa man sometimes walks 35 miles to his job as an overnight janitor. Steve Simoff told the Des Moines…
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Inhofe brings snowball on Senate floor as evidence globe is not warming
“In case we have forgotten because we keep hearing that 2014 has been the warmest year on record,” said Inhofe, who is the chairman of the Environment and Public Works…
Banksy Goes Undercover In Gaza To Support Struggling Palestinians
The anonymous street artist Banksy released a series of new works Wednesday in Gaza, all commenting on the dire situation of the 1.8 million Palestinian residents confined to the area….
The Marshawn Lynch Movie Sort Of Looks Like It’s ‘The Room II,’ Honestly
Supposedly, a movie is in the works, called “Family First: The Marshawn Lynch Story,” about Marshawn Lynch and starring Marshawn Lynch. It has an IMDb page that says it is…
Swiss Museum Unable to Get Gurlitt Art Trove Amid Dispute Over Will
Nearly three months after announcing that it would accept the gift of an art collection amassed by a Nazi-era dealer, including several pieces known to have been looted from Jewish…
So CNN Now Has A Quiz Show And You Can Take A Peek
It’s really happening. After reports that a CNN game show was in the works, the news network unveiled a preview, above. – H/T Mediaite
Consent Isn’t Enough: The Troubling Sex of ‘Fifty Shades’
What is a fantasy? From Freud to Ludacris, it’s been an elusive idea, suggesting both an escape from reality and an expression of hidden desire. In culture, fantasy works like…
Never-Before-Seen Drawings By Surrealist Master Salvador Dali, On View Now
In the painted world of Salvador Dali, timepieces ooze like cracked eggs, elephants stand on impossibly spindly legs, and tigers leap forth from fish like the most unlikely of nesting…
Picasso’s Electrician Claims The Artist Gave Him A Whopping 271 Works
Would Picasso have donated 271 works to an electrician who worked for him for a few years in southeast France? A French court began to contemplate that mystery on Tuesday…
André Brink, South African Literary Figure Who Ran Afoul of Censors, Dies at 79
André Brink, a towering South African literary presence for decades whose work in English and Afrikaans fell afoul of apartheid-era censors, died Friday, South African news reports said. He was…
Netflix Is Developing A Live-Action ‘Legend of Zelda’ Series
“The Legend of Zelda,” one of the most popular videogame series of all time, is in the works as a television show at Netflix. Read the whole story at The…
‘Kinky Boots’ Star Billy Porter Wants To Create Harlem-Based Television Drama
Broadway powerhouse Billy Porter — on s brief break from his star turn in the Tony and Grammy Award winning hit musical — is keeping busy playing sold out shows,…
Gauguin Painting Is Said to Fetch Nearly $300 Million
LONDON — A sensuous Paul Gauguin painting of two Tahitian girls has been sold from a Swiss private collection for close to $300 million, one of the highest prices believed…
Is The New Harper Lee Novel A Mistake?: Author Idolatry And ‘Go Set a Watchman’
If Twitter can be seen as representative of broader cultural attitudes, the news surrounding Go Set a Watchman, a novel Harper Lee penned before To Kill a Mockingbird but guarded…
Main Drain Home Urinal Is The Solution To Men Leaving The Toilet Seat Up
How many times have you yelled at your significant other to “Put the toilet seat down!”? We’re guessing it’s far more than you can count. One guy has a solution…
Fiery Colonial Preacher Jonathan Edwards’ Collected Works Now Available Online
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (RNS) The collected works of Jonathan Edwards, the 18th-century preacher and one of America’s most famous theologians, are now available for download thanks to Logos Bible Software….
Seeking Justice Through Vaccines, These Famous Artists Are Standing Up For Change
Beloved portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz often captures celebrity subjects before her noted lens, having snapped cultural icons ranging from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West….
Art for Money’s Sake
It’s the Economy By WILLIAM ALDEN You could be forgiven for thinking the boxy structure that opened last November in Long Island City, Queens, with gray-and-white stripes flanking a blue…
Derek Lam And Athleta Will Make It Seem Like You’re Headed Straight To Yoga After Brunch
“Athleisure” apparel is not going anywhere. Now, there’s yet another new, surprising collaboration in the works: Athleta and Derek Lam 10 Crosby. – Either way, we have a feeling this…
‘JOHNNY,’ Queer Drama, Engaged In Kickstarter
A compelling new film is in the works that takes a look at two very different types of queer experience. – Head here to check out the Indiegogo campaign for…
How To Bring Healthcare Technologies To The Developing World
UNICEF’s Innovation Unit works on creating inventive technologies and practices to enhance the organization’s mission, but with such high costs, it can be difficult to convince drug companies to invest…
Seth Meyers Pokes Fun At CNN And Its ‘Wild Guesses’
CNN reportedly has a political game show in the works, and Seth Meyers is just a tad skeptical about it. – H/T Grabien
This Actress Just Launched The Most Important NSFW Website I’ve Seen
www.upworthy.com: Actress Caitlin Stasey, who you can see as Lady Kenna on The CW’s “Reign,” just launched a feminist website that works to empower women while celebrating and normalizing female…
Jane Wilson, Artist Of The Ethereal, Dies At 90
Jane Wilson, a painter whose best-known works were landscapes that occupied a niche nestled between representation and abstraction, died on Jan. 13 in Manhattan. She was 90. The cause was…
Patrick Crawford, Texas TV Meteorologist, Back On Air 4 Weeks After He Was Shot
A Texas meteorologist who was shot last month outside the Waco area TV station where he works has returned to the air — wearing a Superman T-shirt. – — Patrick…
Alex Chinneck’s mind-bending buildings
Read: 10 works of art that shocked the world The floating building is part of what Chinneck calls the “architectural chapter” of his career, which has born four large-scale installations…