Sunday, 19 April 2015
A sweet, single-serving lesson on marijuana edibles
DENVER, Colorado — The edibles market in Colorado is sweet on education
But smoking marijuana and consuming a THC-infused edible create two vastly different experiences. So when the state legalized recreational marijuana, allowing any adult over the age of 21 years to purchase cannabis products, guidelines for edibles consumption needed to be put in place.
The dosages on marijuana edibles aren't just for those experimenting with cannabis for the first time — or the first time since their college days — they're for everyone. Prior to the state of Colorado setting a standard dosage, most people didn't know the size of a single-serving Read more...
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These shoes grow five sizes to keep up with the kids who wear them
One entrepreneur has dreamt up a simple fix to an age-old problem: the constant need to buy new shoes for kids who outgrow them just months later.
American charity worker Kenton Lee and his team invented sandals that match the pace of children's growth via a system of buckles, buttons and pegs, which expand the shoes in length by up to five sizes. Build to last at least five years, they are made out of durable leather, metal snaps and compressed rubber.
In much of the developed world, the clothing needs of fast-growing kids can significantly impact a family's budget; but for those in impoverished areas who can't afford to buy shoes, the consequences can be far more severe. Without protection for their feet, these children are susceptible to infections from cuts, scrapes and soil-borne parasites that burrow into the skin, according to Lee's website The Show That Grows. Read more...
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New 'Fantastic Four' trailer shows off super powers, darker origin story
20th Century Fox revealed the latest trailer for its reboot of the Fantastic Four and it's the best one we've seen yet
With an inter-dimensional twist on the group's origin story, we're given a much better look at their powers, from The Human Torch (Michael B. Jordan) in "flame on" mode, to Mr. Fantastic (Miles Teller) stretching his way out of trouble
The trailer also offers a closer look at The Thing (Jamie Bell), traditionally one of the hardest characters in the group to pull off realistically in live-action films due to his rocky exterior Read more...
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Miley Cyrus once played the Tibetan bowls for Joan Jett and a pig at sunset
Miley Cyrus inducted Joan Jett into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland during the April 18 ceremony, giving a heartfelt speech about the iconic rock singer's effect on her life.
Ever the provocateur, Cyrus was photographed backstage at the ceremony wearing a dress and pink, heart-shaped pasties covering her nipples. Cyrus drew the letter "j" on each of the pasties, Jett's initials.
She also mentioned something about a pig and sunset and Tibetan bowls. Wait, what?
Buried near the end of Cyrus's induction speech was an anecdote that we feel needs further explaining. Here's the bit we're talking about: Read more...
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Hacked emails indicate Ben Affleck asked PBS not to reveal his slave-owning ancestor
Hacked Sony emails published by Wikileaks have brought to light an incident in which Ben Affleck apparently asked the creators of the PBS show Finding Your Roots not to reveal that one of his ancestors was a slave owner.
Affleck's episode, which aired in September 2014, did not include any information about his slave-owning ancestor, although PBS has denied any censorship on its end.
The email conversation was between Sony executive Michael Lynton and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a Harvard professor and the host of Finding Your Roots. Read more...
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Customer service from hell: 96 minutes and 3,800 words with a rep, but still no cancellation
Comcast may have some competition for the title of most infuriating customer service.
Sky, a British telecom company, reportedly forced one unsatisfied customer to endure a 96-minute long conversation with a representative online last month just to cancel his account. And after all that, the customer still wasn't able to actually cancel it
The full transcript of the online conversation, which was provided to The Telegraph, is nearly 3,800 words. It starts off with the customer, Gavin Hackwood, saying that he wants to cancel Sky's service because of the cost. Hackwood makes it clear that he's at work, and just wants the representative to process the cancellation and be done with it. Read more...
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Lilly Pulitzer for Target items are sold out everywhere and people are pissed
Hundreds of thousands of fashion fans woke up early Sunday morning in hopes of snagging items from the highly anticipated Lilly Pulitzer for Target collaboration line, only to discover that most everything was already sold out.
The majority of people failed to secure anything online, as they — along with hoards of others — logged on as early as 3 a.m. to shop for products. Target.com, according to a company spokesperson, was inaccessible for 15 minutes to ensure that all products were being rolled out as efficiently as possible.
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First 'Star Wars' spin-off movie will show theft of Death Star plans
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Rogue One, the first Star Wars spin-off movie, will deal with a group of resistance fighters stealing the plans for the Death Star from the Empire in the run-up to the original movie, Lucasfilm confirmed Sunday
Directed by Gareth Edwards, who helmed 2014's Godzilla, the film is a departure from normal Star Wars fare in that it promises to be a dark, gritty war film à la Zero Dark Thirty and Saving Private Ryan (its crew will contain veterans of those films, including Ryan's special effects guru).
"It's called Star Wars," a droll Edwards emphasized to a packed house at Star Wars Celebration, the official Lucasfilm event in Anaheim where the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer was unveiled earlier this week. Read more...
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Beauty and buds: A weed facial experience in Colorado
ENGLEWOOD, Colorado — "Is this going to make my face high?"
At a spa tucked in a suburban retail megacenter outside Denver, an esthetician lightly strips off the remnants of yesterday's mascara, and preps my face for a cannabis oil-infused treatment. In a hushed voice, she assures me that topical applications of THC create no psychoactive effects. I make a half-joking mental note to not eat any lotion
The Primal Wellness Day Spa and Studio opened last October, operating at the budding intersection of beauty and marijuana. Clients select from the usual spa offerings of facials and massages, but each treatment includes the option of a cannabis-oil infusion. Read more...
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Hundreds feared dead as migrant boat capsizes in Mediterreanan
ROME — A boat crowded with migrants capsized in the sea north of Libya overnight, leaving at least 24 confirmed dead with the death toll expected to rise into the hundreds, Italy's Coast Guard said Sunday.
The Coast Guard said in a statement that the migrants' 20-meter (66-foot) vessel was reported to be sinking as a Portuguese-registered merchant ship, the King Jacob, approached to attempt a rescue. It picked up 28 passengers, but the boat then capsized, sending hundreds more tumbling into the water.
The Coast Guard's command and rescue coordination center in Rome said the boat may have overturned "because its occupants moved to the side closest to the cargo ship." Read more...
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7 ways 'Mad Men' obsessed over historic details
Mad Men will soon be a thing of the past
The deliciously retro drama series on AMC is in its seventh and final season. Soon, the onscreen antics of Don Draper and company will all be over, as fans stand by for the ultimate episode.
The show about ad men and women in the 1960s is revered for its taut drama, a slow-burning meditation on life in a bygone era. One of the reasons it's so lauded is because creator Matthew Weiner pays a huge amount of attention to every little onscreen detail. Seriously — an insane amount of detail
Every inch of the series replicates the '60s as much as humanly possible. That means Weiner's team analyzes every little thing onscreen, from the types of outfits worn to the dialogue to the size of fruit the characters eat Read more...
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Fans go crazy over Kanye West's surprise mini concert at Coachella
INDIO, California — As some Coachella attendees made their way toward the exit to beat the traffic Saturday night, a familiar voice stopped them in their tracks
It was none other than Kanye West, who unexpectedly came out to perform during The Weeknd's set. Fans who were leaving sprinted back toward the main stage
Yeezy started his mini concert with "Can't Tell Me Nothing," which awakened a Coachella audience drained from the day's exhaustive lineup. He finished with a few more songs
Mr@KanyeWest surprised #Coachella fans by joining @TheWeeknd on a track and then performing:
1) I Don't Like
2) Black Skinhead
3) All Day— Brian A. Hernandez (@BAHjournalist) April 19, 2015 Read more...
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Saturday, 18 April 2015
'Orphan Black' Season 3 premiere featured a crazy good clone impersonation
We’ve got clones, they're multiplying, and Sarah Manning is losing control
In the Season 3 premiere of Orphan Black, the male clones slowly but surely started taking over, but they’ve only affected one of the sisters so far
Surprisingly, their creepy and bloody antics weren’t the craziest part of the season opener — it was all of the body-swapping that went down at the DYAD Institute. In order to keep a "cleaner" named Ferdinand (True Blood alum James Frain) from sounding an alarm, Sarah had to pose as Rachel and Alison had to pretend to be Sarah. It was supposed to be a quick wolf in sheep's clothing act, but Sarah uncovered much more than she bargained for in the process. Read more...
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