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Popcorn and movies, movies and popcorn — it’s an eternal pairing. For decades, the two have seemed as inseparable as peanut butter and jelly, peas and carrots, Bonnie and Clyde. But that’s all changing. Movie theaters are increasingly distinguished from one another not just by which movies they’re playing but also by the food and…
Photo: Via @georgepapanikolos. How Light Should You Go?First things first. The level of lightness of your highlights is determined by the strength of the lightener, and how long it's left on the hair. For the most natural look, highlights shouldn't be more than two to three levels lighter than the base color, and they should…
Cecil Rosenthal, 59, and David Rosenthal, 54, both of Squirrel Hill. Cecil and David are brothers, and lived in a residential program called ACHIEVA, a disabilities advocacy organization. In a statement, ACHIEVA said, “They loved life. They loved their community.” ACHIEVA vice president Chris Schopf told the Post-Gazette, “Cecil’s laugh was infectious. David was so…
Of Course Millennials Are Open About Money — We Wanna Get Paid!
“They’re posting other pictures of what type of car they drive, where they go on vacation and so on and so forth,” Ricardo Perez-Truglia, an assistant professor of economics at University of California Los Angeles, told Bankrate. “So, given that you’re already revealing all of that, I think that revealing what your salary is may…
I Used To Be Part Of A Pyramid Scheme But Now I Make $100K
"No, I was sucked into a pyramid scheme right out of college. The company was marketed to me as a sports and entertainment firm, and I was told that I would be dealing directly with the 'decision makers' of local businesses to offer promotional products. In reality, I walked around knocking on doors of businesses…
The 13 Celebrity #10YearChallenge Photos That Blew Our Minds
The #10YearChallenge is simple: post a photo of yourself in 2009 beside a current 2019 one. Many people have taken the opportunity to gloat and show off their agelessness. Others have used it as a moment to show just how significant their glow-up has been, to varying degrees of hilarity. There's even a theory that…
Why this far-right candidate could win Brazil’s election
Brazil is set to hold the most important election in its history on October 28. In the first round of voting earlier in the month, a field of 13 candidates was narrowed to two. Fernando Haddad represents the leftist Workers’ Party that has been in power for much of the past two decades. But having…
How Rihanna became one of the most influential people in fashion
Rumors swirled this week that Rihanna was launching her own line of sunglasses after she was spotted in a pair of shades bearing the Fenty logo. The pop star has introduced both a lingerie line and a makeup range under the Fenty name (her own surname) over the past two years. But reports in WWD…
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