(#1) Trump and the media could never get away with fat-shaming Alicia Machado today ... [Mashable]
It would be hell for almost any woman, and Alicia Machado has attested to that fact. When the former Miss Universe gained weight after winning the crown in 1996, her employer and pageant owner at the time, Donald J. Trump, paraded her before reporters ...
(#2) Stanford vs. Washington: RECAP, score and stats (9/30/16), College Football Week 5 [NJ.com]
No. 7 Stanford, led by head coach David Shaw, took on No. 10 Washington, and head coach Chris Peterson, on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington. Check the scoreboard above for the final score and click on the stats link for ...
(#3) Amanda Knox and Her Fatal Gift of Beauty [Newsweek]
A new Netflix documentary, “Amanda Knox,” has reopened questions about the notorious Amanda Knox trials in Italy. Nina Burleigh spent a year in Perugia watching the trial, reviewing the case records and conducting interviews. In her book, A Fatal Gift ...
(#4) 'Black moon' rising: No, it's not the apocalypse [Washington Post]
People in the Western Hemisphere who look to the sky Friday night will witness a relatively rare lunar event: a second new moon in a single calendar month. Colloquially, it's known as a “black moon,” and it's called such because, well, there won't be ...
(#5) How Mike Colter Became Marvel Superhero Luke Cage [ABC News]
His deep voice will stop you in your tracks. At 6-foot-3, with broad shoulders, his presence is immediately known in a room. Colter is the newest entry into Marvel's superhero world, playing the role of Luke Cage. He stopped by ABC News' “Popcorn With ...
(#6) Risk of big earthquake on San Andreas fault rises after quake swarm at Salton Sea [Los Angeles Times]
The San Andreas fault's southernmost stretch has not ruptured since about 1680 — more than 330 years ago, scientists estimate. And a big earthquake happens on average in this area once every 150 or 200 years, so experts think the region is long ...
(#7) The Inside Story Behind Disney's 'Radical' Queen of Katwe [WIRED]
The movie they made is Queen of Katwe, out today. It is a very Disney movie in that it centers around a family and has a happy ending. But it is a very un-Disney story in that it unblinkingly examines the poverty, violence, and racism its protagonists ...
(#8) Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds' 2nd Child is Born [ABC News]
Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds' 2nd Child is Born. More. ABC News' Rachel Smith reports the buzziest stories of the day in "GMA" Pop News. 3:34 | 10/01/16. buffering. Replay. Captions. OFF. ON. Track : None. Presets : Aa. Aa. Aa. Aa. Font : Monospaced ...
(#9) Mac Selena Collection: Do the Makeup Products Live Up to the Legend? [E! Online]
If you were as excited as I was to find out Mac was releasing a Selena Quintanilla makeup set, then you'll understand the absolute joy—and simultaneous skepticism—I felt when these products appeared on my desk to review (thanks, Mac!). When I was ...
(#10) 2 arrests, some schools closed amid clown threats in Ohio [CBS News]
“The social media message was a copycat of the clown threats that have been becoming more frequent in our area and around the country. At no time were students and staff in any danger,” Milford High School principal Josh Kauffman said in a statement ...
(#11) USA Today thinks Trump is so 'unfit for the presidency' that it just wrote a ... [Washington Post]
It didn't go so far as to endorse Hillary Clinton — or, for that matter, libertarian Gary Johnson — but what USA Today wrote Thursday night about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made it clear who the publication's editorial board does ...
(#12) Amazon's New 'Twitch Prime' Is Great For Gamers [Forbes]
Amazon Prime continues to be one of the most dangerous good deals on the internet. Free two-day shipping is bad enough. Combine it with free music and video streaming and you've got a viable competitor to services like Netflix and Spotify. (Plus ...
(#13) BYU football: Leading tackler Pau'u misses game with knee injury [Salt Lake Tribune]
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brigham Young Cougars linebacker Butch Pau'u (38) brings down UCLA Bruins tight end Nate Iese (11), in football action, BYU vs, UCLA, at Lavell Edwards Stadium, Saturday, September 17, 2016.
(#14) 76ers rookie Ben Simmons' injury threatens to derail promising Philadelphia core [ESPN]
The Cavaliers may have recently broken the city of Cleveland's championship curse, but Philadelphia's run of bad luck with their rookies has unfortunately continued. 2016 first overall pick Ben Simmons suffered a fracture of the fifth metatarsal bone ...
(#15) Inside the making of Lady Gaga's Joanne [Entertainment Weekly]
Mark Ronson can count on one hand the number of hours he's slept in the past week. He's been scrambling to put the finishing touches on Lady Gaga's new album — re-doing background vocals, recording with a live band, mixing and mastering the songs.
(#16) As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter [New York Times]
But Mr. Trump is fixated on Twitter. He has nearly 12 million followers and has reveled in watching his stray thoughts become viral sensations on the social media platform. He has been fond of quoting a fan on Twitter, who described him as “the Ernest ...
(#17) 2 arrests, some schools closed amid clown threats in Ohio [CBS News]
Also Friday, officials at a high school in Miami Township, north of Cincinnati, said a student was arrested and removed from campus for making a threat about clowns on social media. “The social media message was a copycat of the clown threats that have ...
(#18) Missick Owned the Luke Cage B-Ball Court Herself [Vulture]
You'd be forgiven for assuming actor Simone Missick had a professional ballplayer stand in for her — indeed, that's what the studio intended to have happen. But Missick tells Vulture it was all her. “That was me! I was captain of my varsity basketball ...
(#19) At Carnegie Deli in Manhattan, Just 3 Months of Pastramis to Go [New York Times]
But every now and then a big one goes, as it did on Friday morning, when the owner of the Carnegie Deli suddenly announced that the Manhattan sandwich place would be shutting down at the end of the year. The famous Jewish restaurant on Seventh ...
(#20) What we learned: Matt Holliday has storybook ending to Cardinals career [ESPN (blog)]
Happy Hollidays: The St. Louis Cardinals acquired Matt Holliday from the A's back in July 2009 for three guys who never did anything in Oakland and he hit .353/.419/.604 for the Cardinals that year, helping them to the playoffs. They re-signed him as a ...
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