The U.S. Open on Saturday (September 8) took an emotional turn for Serena Williams, who was accused of cheating by chair umpire Carlos Ramos. You can read a rundown of what happened here, but the abridged version is this: Ramos alleged Williams was receiving coaching during the game, which isn’t allowed. Williams denied this and…
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Even though the three-day Labor Day weekend marks the ever-so-sad end of summer, at the very least we get a few days to enjoy sunshine, warm weather, last trips to the beach—and perhaps even get out of town for a little vacation. As we mourn wearing our favorite summer dresses for the final time (and…
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On Thursday morning Aretha Franklin‘s publicist confirmed that she passed away in her Detroit home at the age of 76. “Franklin’s official cause of death was due to advanced pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type, which was confirmed by Franklin’s oncologist, Dr. Philip Phillips of Karmanos Cancer Institute,” reads a statement from her family, according…
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Yesterday, the eternal human sunshine commonly known as Reese Witherspoon delighted her legion of followers by introducing them to an incredible Reese Witherspoon doppelgänger: a woman named Marilee Lessley, who’s been serving as the actor’s body double for over a decade now. (For those unfamiliar, a body double stands in for an actor while a…
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Beauty standards about pubic hair have come a long way in the last few years. Once viewed as taboo, having anything other than a Brazilian is finally losing its stigma. (To wit: Just last month, a razor brand debuted ads that actually show female body hair in them, a first for the industry.) Its normalization…
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Yesterday, the already-frenzied news cycle amped up to a new level with Justice Anthony Kennedy’s announcement that he will be retiring from the Supreme Court. That means that President Donald Trump will now have the chance to nominate a second judge, after already placing Justice Neil Gorsuch on the highest court in the land not…
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