Barbie Grows Up in New Dream Besties Collection

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  803 words  |  Kelle Repass

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Barbie‘s exact age has always been a mystery but the blockbuster-starring doll grows at least a few years older in anew collection announced Tuesday, July 30. [Read More]

Best Modular Sofas for Comfort, Style, and Flexibility

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2372 words  |  Kelle Repass

If you’re the kind of person who looks around the room occasionally (or frequently—we see you) and wonders how it could be better rearranged, upgrading to a modular sofa could be a smart move. With so many more options in terms of shape and positioning than even the best sectional sofas, a modular couch lets you transform your living space pretty much whenever you want to. Below, you’ll find our picks for the best modular sofas out there. [Read More]

Burna Boy says he is worth more than N1.3B

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  267 words  |  Billy Koelling

In a post shared via his Snapchat page on Thursday, May 14, 2020, the music star laughed off the insinuation that he is worth $3.5M which when converted to naira is approximately N1.3B. "They said I'm worth $3.5mill...That won't even buy my cars. I might have to start doing some showing off. Nah. That's not me. Imma just let u run with whatever ur blogs tell u. $3. [Read More]

China's Qingdao Beer Festival Taps Into a Thirsty Market

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1122 words  |  Kelle Repass

Few cultural traditions revolve around the lowly plastic bag. But in Qingdao, a coastal Chinese city midway between Beijing and Shanghai, this much-maligned receptacle pairs nicely with another local passion: beer. Locals typically buy the famed draft brew — known as Tsingtao, an obsolete transliteration for the same city — in branded plastic bags that they then hang under street-side tables. Periodically, a little is poured into mugs to be sipped between mouthfuls of local seafood, piles of prawn heads and oyster shells growing in the gutter amid the revelry. [Read More]

Darrell Waltrip (Racing Car Driver)

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  328 words  |  Martina Birk

Full Name: Darrell Lee Waltrip Profession: Racing Car Driver Biography: Darrell Waltrip is one of the best NASCAR drivers in motor sports history. He drove most notably the No. 17 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports 1972-2000 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup Series, now called the NASCAR Cup Series and was a three-time Cup Series champion 1981, 1982, 1985. Waltrip posted a modern NASCAR series record of 22 top five finishes in 1983 and 21 top five finishes both in 1981 and 1986. [Read More]

Exodus '48 | TIME

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  629 words  |  Billy Koelling

“English cooking at its best is probably as good as any on earth. At its worst it drives men to murder and suicide . . . You were warned that the whole country is screwy. So what are you hollering about?” Thus in London’s Sunday Express last week, Columnist Nat Gubbins good-naturedly warned U.S. tourists in Britain. But U.S. trippers did not scare easily. Two months ago political worries had led some to cancel trips to Europe, but the defeat of Italy’s Communists had queued them up in longer lines than ever. [Read More]

Explaining the Green Needle Brainstorm Sensation

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  349 words  |  Tandra Barner

First there was the dress that divided the internet as people around the world argued that viral photo was definitely blue and black or definitely white and gold. (It was blue and black.) Then came the Yanny vs. Laurel divide sparked by an audio clip of a computer-generated voice saying the word ‘Laurel’ in a deep male voice, or the word ‘Yanny’ in a higher pitch, or perhaps both words depending on what you wanted to hear. [Read More]

Families in Their Former Homes

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1259 words  |  Billy Koelling

Tennessee-based photographer Jeremy Cowart was in church when he heard about the wildfires in Gatlinburg. The fires, which are thought to have been started by two teenagers in late November, caused $500 million in damages, left 14 dead and destroyed over 2,000 homes and businesses. Cowart stayed in a donated cabin nearby and worked with drone operators to document families in the charred remains of their homes. He interviewed each one and published their stories on his Instagram feed, urging his followers to donate to the pages set up for the families. [Read More]

Fitbit's moving away from a simple step counter into health coaching as it faces competition from th

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  192 words  |  Patria Henriques

Fitbit is making a move to become more than just a fitness device at a time when wearable competition is fierce. The company on Wednesday announced the launch of Fitbit Care, a health platform that combines coaching, virtual care, wearable devices, and self-tracking. ADVERTISEMENT Here's how Fitbit Care works: The platform encompasses Fitbit's wearable band, which tracks sleep habits, activity, heart rate, and female health. Then, through a new Fitbit Plus app used on a smartphone users can get health coaching sessions and virtual care to help them reach a particular health goal, such as lowering blood pressure. [Read More]

Friends-with-benefit: How to not fall in love when doing this

 Posted on August 23, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  524 words  |  Billy Koelling

It is being friends with a member of the opposite sex, with attendant benefits. Friendship-with-benefits has been spoken about in great length here. Regardless of the concept’s popular absence of emotions, the possibility that one or both of you will start catching feelings is pretty high. Allowing these feelings to blossom changes things dramatically. Acting on them graduates the relationship from FWB to a proper relationship. And that's not OK unless, you both decide that that is what you really want. [Read More]