Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV kicked off with a bang, taking everything you knew about the beloved children’s network and crushing it to bits. The Discovery premiere, which can now be seen in its entirety on Max, is a shocking and scurrilous look at arguably the most beloved children’s network for decades: Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon began the careers of many actors, including Ariana Grande, Josh Peck, Keenan Thompson, Keke Palmer, Melissa Joan Hart, Zendaya, Nick Cannon, and Ryan Reynolds, among many others. Quite on the Set doesn’t suggest that all Nickelodeon shows…
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Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks to members of the media following a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesPolish President Andrzej Duda said Monday that NATO must urgently increase its defense spending to ensure it does not become the next target of a Russian attack.Speaking to CNBC, Duda reiterated his calls for NATO members to increase their military contributions to 3% amid new reports that Moscow could be readying to target the military alliance within two to three years.Citing unspecified German research, Duda said new evidence…
As a young child, I’d wake in my bed, certain I was somewhere I didn’t belong, crying desperately to go home. And so, my relationship with the uncanny began. In Sigmund Freud’s 1919 essay “The Uncanny,†the basic definition of the term is, in-of-itself, a contradiction. For the uncanny, Freud uses the word unheimlich, from his native German, which translates to not of the home. This definition suggest that uncanny events must involve the unknown or unfamiliar, but as the essay continues Freud explains that the uncanny can also be an experience where something heimlich, of the home, becomes unheimlich…
Thieves are getting smarter. But luckily for us, so is the technology trying to tackle them. Thanks to specially designed wallets that protect your credit cards from unauthorized scanning, you can now stop 21st century bandits from gaining access to your personal information and financial data. Keep reading as I help you find the very best RFID wallets for men. Whether you’re looking for something slim, minimalistic, or ultra-luxurious, you’re going to be presented with a plethora of options that’ll keep your money safe and perfectly organized. Key Takeaways Armed with determination and a dash of curiosity, I set out…
Tackling your cognitive distortions can seem intimidating and overwhelming, but the first step is just understanding that they’re there. As Dr. Willough Jenkins, a psychiatrist and professor at the University of California, says: When you label your thought, it takes a little bit of the power away from it. The game plan for reframing your thoughts is fairly straightforward. Don’t Ignore Cognitive Distortions, Notice Them Every time you’re experiencing a distortion, point it out to yourself. As an example, feeling anxious before a presentation. Are you telling yourself you’re going to blow it? Does it lead to you thinking that…
Former Nickelodeon headliner Drake Bell is opening up about the “brutal†sexual abuse he experienced as a child star on Nickelodeon‘s The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh. In the second part of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Investigation Discovery’s shocking new docuseries, Bell spoke up for the first time about being sexually assaulted by his dialogue coach turned parental figure, Brian Peck, who would later be convicted of child molestation in 2004. In the harrowing segment, the actor-musician revealed a few previously unknown details about the now-two-decades-old case, in which he was referred to as…
Democratic presidential hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 22, 2020.RONDA CHURCHILLPresident Joe Biden will visit the battleground state of Nevada Tuesday to take aim at corporate landlords, who the White House claims are keeping rents artificially high even as overall inflation has eased. Biden’s attack on what he calls ‘rent gouging’ is part of his broader, election year effort to shift the blame for stubbornly high costs of living away from the president and his economic policies, and onto corporations with outsized pricing powers. As public sentiment about the economy turns more upbeat,…
The window for interest rate cuts may be closing.On the eve of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting, Wall Street forecaster Jim Bianco believes the central bank will likely stay on hold until next year.”I’m in the camp that the Fed does not change policy in the summer of an election year,” the Bianco Research president told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Monday. “If they don’t pull the trigger by June, then it’s November [or] December at the earliest — only if the data warrants it. And, right now, the data isn’t warranting it.”For Fed Chair Jerome Powell to cut this…
Patrons enter the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for the public reopening of the museum’s west end galleries on the National Mall in Washington, U.S. October 14, 2022.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersThe National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., agreed to settle a lawsuit by a group of students, parents, and chaperones from a Catholic school in South Carolina who were told by security guards to remove hats bearing an anti-abortion message during a visit there last year, a court filing Monday revealed.The federally funded museum agreed to pay the more than a dozen plaintiffs a total of $50,000…
Pulp will tour North America for the first time in more than a decade this September. Cocker and his band, having played a streak of European shows last year, will perform in Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York as part of their This Is What We Do for an Encore Tour. More European shows are also in the schedule.In a press release, Jarvis Cocker said, “So, the encore continues. The songs came back to life and they want to be heard. They need to be heard. Come out and have some fun with us. You deserve it.…
Reba McEntire has denied allegations that she called Taylor Swift “an entitled little bratâ€. A widely circulated post from the Facebook page America Loves Liberty claimed that the country singer had taken issue with how Swift allegedly behaved while McEntire was performing the US national anthem at the 2024 Super Bowl. “Reba McIntire [sic] talks about how disappointed she was to look up at the big screen while performing The National Anthem, only to see Taylor Swift laughing and drinking and making a mockery of the event,†the post read, before claiming that McEntire responded: “I let her have it…
It’s shaping up to be a busy spring for , which has multiple events lined up over the next few months. Not only is there and almost certainly an Xbox showcase coming up , but Build is on the horizon. The company’s major developer conference is set to run from May 21 until May 23. However, three days apparently isn’t long enough to cram in everything Microsoft wants to talk about.The company sent Engadget an invite to a private event taking place on May 20, the day before Build starts. Details are scant, but Microsoft says CEO Satya Nadella will…
LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned professional social media platform, is working on diversifying its offerings beyond job searches and business networking. The company is reportedly going to add games to the platform to increase user engagement. LinkedIn would be the latest in the line of several social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube that have experimented with adding in-app games.According to a TechCrunch report, LinkedIn is working on bringing several puzzle-based games on the app, three of which are called “Queensâ€, “Inference†and “Crossclimb.†The social media platform confirmed its gaming plans to the publication, but did not reveal a launch window…
Hollywood strikes set television back, but audiences came back even stronger despite the delays. Many shows break even or have even increased ratings from the 2022-2023 season. Here’s a look at some of the best of the season so far. Winners of the 2024 Television Season Several shows are doing well this season, even if viewership is down from last season. Grey’s Anatomy’s latest season debuted with 3.6 million viewers, up from 3.3 million last season. Though some believe that the series is worth letting go of, it’s clear that there’s still a fanbase…
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a watch party event to mark the Super Tuesday primary elections at his Mar-a-Lago property, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. March 5, 2024. Marco Bello | ReutersDonald Trump’s reelection campaign has begun to see warning signs that the small-dollar donors who fueled Trump’s last run for the White House have slowed down donations to the former president in 2024, according to people familiar with the matter.Since late last year, members of Trump’s team have been warned by Republican Party advisers that their small-dollar donor base could be shrinking, said the sources,…
A Billionaire Bender to Save the Fucking World Ryan Chapman Ryan Chapman is a Sri Lankan-American writer originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. His work has appeared online at The New Yorker, GQ, McSweeney’s, BookForum, BOMB, Guernica, and The Believer. A recipient of fellowships from Vermont Studio Center and the Millay Colony for the Arts, he lives in Kingston, New York. Share article An excerpt from The Audacity by Ryan Chapman He took in air. Compared to Manhattan’s concrete sentries, Averman’s island was a state of nature. Or, relatively: They’d landed on a fresh tarmac carved out of the jungle and skirted…
It’s time to address the elephant in the room. Or rather the tricky sock situation you’ve recently found yourself in. Hey Dudes have been secured. Excitement soars. But hang on a minute. What socks should you wear? It’s a question far more common than you think. Though unfortunately not answered on the box—wouldn’t that be nice? Which is why I’ve pulled together a guide on the best socks for Hey Dudes. Whether you’ve opted for the Wally, Conway, or even something similar, here you’ll find a selection of suitable socks (from no-show styles to the dressier kind) that’ll eliminate the…
Leave it to Gigi Hadid to take something basic and functional and turn it into something that looks high fashion. That’s exactly what she did with a pair of black leggings last week in NYC. Now, we’ve seen Hadid wear leggings countless times over the years, usually quite casually, but the outfit she just wore them with is sophisticated enough to take her to a business meeting.To achieve this, Hadid wore her black leggings as part of a monochromatic look that included a black sweater that she half-tucked into the leggings, a structured blazer, and chunky black loafers. She accessorized…