The true meaning behind 'Merry Christmas from me and mines'

The matching pyjamas crew came to take over Jesus’ birthday and remind some of us that this is the fourth or even fifth year of being single. A simple Christmas card or greeting that simply meant Merry Christmas from my family to yours has become a tool of oppression. Couples, married or unmarried, now wear matching pyjamas and take pictures in romantic positions while under a Christmas tree. [Read More]

The True Story Behind the Netflix Movie The King

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The King. Shakespeare’s plays have been a source of entertainment for centuries on the page, the stage and the screen. Director David Michôd’s The King, which reimagines Shakespeare’s Henriad plays, is the latest entry in the vast body of adaptations of the Bard’s works. The King follows the life of a young Prince Hal, from his days of drinking and gambling to his eventual rise to the throne of the King of England, from which he must navigate politics, betrayal, war and the chaos his father left in his wake. [Read More]

The True Story of Buffalo Bill and the Myth of the Wild West

Buffalo Bill is onstage engaged in fierce battle. He and his scouts are fighting a ferocious group of Cheyenne warriors. The audience holds its breath as the terrifying Cheyenne appear to be gaining the upper hand. But just when it seems all hope is lost, Buffalo Bill—dressed in an elegant black velvet, lace-trimmed, Mexican vaquero suit—takes aim at the Cheyenne war chief Yellow Hand and fires. Their chief shot dead, the Cheyenne are defeated. [Read More]

This Stranger Things Pop-Up Book Is Already a No. 1 Bestseller on Amazon

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The epic ride that was the fourth season of “Stranger Things” wrapped up in July but Netflix is still delivering for fans before filming begins for next season. [Read More]

Utah Jazz in History - On This Day

Events in Sport Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1981-12-01 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar passes Oscar Robertson (26,710) to become the NBA’s second all-time leading scorer behind Wilt Chamberlain; scores 14 points in 117-86 Lakers' win over Utah Jazz in Los Angeles 1990-11-02 First regular season game played outside North America by any major professional sports league the NBA's Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz, 119-96 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan 1991-11-07 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95 1993-01-14 Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton blocks 2 shots in a 96-89 win over Seattle SuperSonics; becomes only 2nd player in NBA history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to record 3,000 career blocks 1995-02-01 Utah Jazz guard John Stockton passes Magic Johnson's all-time NBA assists mark of 9,221, in a 129-98 win over the Denver Nuggets at the Delta Centre in Salt Lake City 1997-06-13 51st NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4, games to 2 Sports History 1998-01-10 Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan wins his 600th NBA game with a 111-84 victory at the Houston Rockets [Read More]

Watch The Mountain's Toughest Workout With CrossFit Champ Annie Thorisdottir

They plan a grueling session that looks like this, which they go through twice: Round One (2 minutes AMRAP) 10 second Air Bike Sprints 4 reps Kettlebell Swings 12 reps ADVERTISEMENT Round Two (3 minutes AMRAP) Dumbbell Box Steps 8 reps Deadlifts 4 reps Machine Rower 8 calories Round Three (4 minutes AMRAP) Bag Over Yokes Machine Bike Bjrnsson called the workout the " [Read More]

What nobody told me about sleeping with a virgin man || #WomenTeachSexByPulse

____________ The woman in this week’s episode of Women Teach Sex by Pulse takes the podium and speaks for all women on the unspoken struggles of getting down with inexperienced men, virgins particularly. ADVERTISEMENT What was your introduction to sex like? I started being aware of my sexuality when I started reading all these romance erotica novels. You know all them Harlequin and Mills & Boon nonsense. [Read More]

Why the Myth of the Meth-Damaged Brain May Hinder Recovery

Getty Images Methamphetamine is widely believed to cause brain damage and cognitive impairment in users. But this claim may be wildly overblown, according to a new review of the research. In 2004, the New York Times ran a story about how meth use eats away brain cells, headlining it this way: “This Is Your Brain on Meth: A ‘Forest Fire’ of Damage.” In 2005, another Times piece about the rise in foster children taken from parents who use meth noted the “particularly potent and destructive nature” of the drug and claimed that “rehabilitation for methamphetamine often takes longer than it does for other drugs. [Read More]

'Babes' Filmmakers on Finding Comedy in Pregnancy

What if the millennials of Broad City had kids? In Babes, that show's co-creator Ilana Glazer stars as Eden, a woman who gets pregnant and leans on her lifelong bestie Dawn (Michelle Buteau), who has two kids of her own, as she prepares for motherhood. Together they endure gigantic amniocentesis needles, unexpected leakages, and pregnancy-related horniness. Glazer co-wrote the movie and enlisted Pamela Adlon, who tackled the complexities of single parenthood in her critically acclaimed FX dramedy Better Things, to direct. [Read More]