(#1) Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz Is Miley as You've Never Heard Her Before [TIME]
Miley Cyrus is used to forcing her way to the center of attention. At the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, she upstaged much-hyped, dueling performances from Lady Gaga and Katy Perry with the twerk heard 'round the world. Two years later, returning to the ...
(#2) Rest In Peace, Wes Craven — The Rest Of Us Sure Won't [NPR]
He was called the Sultan of Shock and the Guru of Gore: Wes Craven, who died Sunday, directed dozens of now-classic horror movies, including A Nightmare on Elm Street and all of the Scream films. Scream, from 1996, is an expert parody of horror movies, ...
(#3) VMAs 2015: What in the world happened? How did Miley Cyrus do? [CNN]
(CNN) Leave it to the MTV Video Music Awards to give folks plenty to talk about the next day. There were triumph and tears, politics and bare boobs. Seriously. We are not even joking. Miley Cyrus' new 'Dead Petz' album. Here's what you may have missed ...
(#4) MTV VMA 2015 recap: The biggest moments, best performances, and weirdest off ... [Vox]
It would be surprising if any 2015 performances emerged as all-time VMA classics, because looking back, none stand out as particularly creative or awe-inspiring (despite the best efforts of RuPaul's drag queens, whom we will get to in a second).
(#5) 2015 US Open: Bracket, schedule and results for women's draw [SB Nation]
The women's final at the 2015 U.S. Open sold out faster than the men's final for what is believed to be the first time in tournament history, as noted by Darren Rovell of ESPN. And it's easy to see why. Sure, men's tennis is just as compelling as its ...
(#6) Wayne W. Dyer, Prolific Author of Self-Help Books, Dies at 75 [New York Times]
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, whose best-selling 1976 book decrying the vice of blame and preaching the virtue of self-reliance, “Your Erroneous Zones,” propelled him to a prolific multimedia career of advice-giving and spiritual counseling, died over the weekend ...
(#7) Why Kim Kardashian's Instagram Post Was In Violation Of FDA Rules [Fast Company]
Kim Kardashian may be a marketing genius who has built one of the world's most successful celebrity brands—but when the FDA came knocking at her door, she knew to listen. Kardashian, who frequently posts endorsements to social media for brands she ...
(#8) Watch Macklemore's Kickass Performance of "Downtown" at the VMAs [POPSUGAR]
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis put their mark on the VMAs before the show really even started on Sunday night. The duo followed Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj's beef-squashing opening number, as they unveiled the first live performance of their latest hit, ...
(#9) 3000 Miles From Denali, Ohio Fumes Over Renaming of Mount McKinley [New York Times]
(There are also a lot of Americans, all due respect both to the 49th state and to the birthplace of Cincinnati chili, who find this and the debate over whether Denali means the “great one” or “high one” subjects of minimal importance and are far more ...
(#10) Power, pot, and the presidency: breaking down Kanye's VMA speech [The Verge]
Jamieson Cox: Kanye West was in rare form at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards. After being handed the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award by benevolent monarch Taylor Swift — a neat flip of their interaction on the same stage six years ago, ...
(#11) Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez Have Mixed Emotions During Demi Lovato's ... [Us Magazine]
Confused for the summer? Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez seemingly had mixed emotions while watching Demi Lovato's outdoor performance of “Cool for the Summer” at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Aug. 30. PHOTOS: Stars at the MTV ...
(#12) Here's what you need to know about VMA breakout Tori Kelly [Mashable]
Kanye may have captivated us all with his inspiring 13-minute speech, and Taylor Swift might have taken home the Moonman for Video of the Year — but it was Tori Kelly who had everyone standing up and taking notice at Sunday's Video Music Awards.
(#13) The tragic story of Oliver Sacks's celibacy [Washington Post]
When Oliver Sacks was 18, he faced a prospect most young people dread: a belated talk about the birds and the bees with his dad. “You don't seem to have many girlfriends,” Sacks wrote his father said in his memoir, “On the Move,” released earlier this ...
(#14) Trent Richardson Has Officially Hit Rock-Bottom Following Release From Oakland ... [Forbes]
Trent Richardson was released by the Oakland Raiders on Monday despite signing a two-year contract with the team in the spring, and has thus hit career rock bottom at just 25 years old. For his brief tenure with the team, Richardson was paid $600,000 ...
(#15) Doctor Attending Atlanta Braves Game Tried to Help Fan After Fall [ABC News]
A doctor was with his two sons at Turner Field Saturday, watching the Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees game, when out of the corner of his eye he saw something fall and heard an impact. Braves fan Gregory Murrey, 60, of Alpharetta, Georgia, had ...
(#16) Jake Arrieta's rise to greatness as unforeseen as Cubs' resurgence [Chicago Tribune]
Jake Arrieta was rehabbing a shoulder injury in the minor leagues in early 2014 when he walked into a clothing boutique in Knoxville, Tenn., and saw an outfit that caught his eye. A onesie with dozens of mustaches printed in horizontal rows. The Cubs ...
(#17) It's Finally Here! Watch Taylor Swift's Sexy 'Wildest Dreams' Music Video ... [People Magazine]
And even better: Scott Eastwood stars as Swift's leading man, which not only caused us to uncontrollably swoon every few seconds, but is seriously making us consider starting a petition to have Eastwood star (or at least make a cameo) in all music videos.
(#18) Jared Leto has a new hair colour! [moviepilot.com]
... like a logical choice. He could be called back at any time to do a re-shoot, and if Fant4stic is anything to go by, we do not need another movie filled with hair inconsistencies. Can you imagine the fanboy outrage if Leto had to re-shoot a scene ...
(#19) Cape Verde avoids major damage as Hurricane Fred moves on [Yahoo News]
Bissau (AFP) - Hurricane Fred headed away from the West African archipelago of Cape Verde on Tuesday, causing no deaths, a day after slamming it with winds of up to 140 kilometres (85 miles)per hour, local officials said. It was the first hurricane ...
(#20) Ravens React To Tyrod Taylor Winning Bills' Starting Job [BaltimoreRavens.com]
“Congratulations to Tyrod,” Harbaugh said. “I know we all believed that he could be that kind of a player. He and I had that conversation many times. Congrats to him, and [I am] happy for Rex that he has him.” Taylor beat out 2013 first-round pick E.J ...
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