Logan Hill: Building a Bigger Action Hero (Men's Journal)
A mere six-pack doesn't cut it in Hollywood anymore. Today's male stars need 5 percent body fat, massive pecs, and the much-coveted inguinal crease - regardless of what it takes to get there.
Brendan McGinley: The 4 Most Cold-Blooded Things Ever Written Down (Cracked)
Poetry's for wimps! Everyone knows that. But not many people know why. The reason is that poetry makes you feel something, and emotions are a vulnerability. See? Sissy stuff. That's why the Incredible Hulk gets stronger as he gets angrier -- pure reptilian wrath is nature's most effective wall against feelings.
'The Second Coming', by W.B. Yeats Poem animation (YouTube)
Here's a virtual movie of Maude Gonne … reciting 'The Second Coming' by her longtime friend and confidant William Butler Yeats. There are many theories as to the meaning of this exquisite poem, but to my mind it is as the title suggests calling or hoping for a second coming of Jesus Christ or a revival in Christian values after the horrors of world war one and the terror and turmoil Yeats had lived through with the uprising in Ireland.
William Blake "A Poison Tree" Poem animation (YouTube)
"A Poison Tree" is a poem written in 1794 by the poet William Blake as a part of his collection of poems, Songs of Experience. Although it is one of Blake's less known poems, it is full of meaning and is sometimes considered to be one of his finest poems.
Aaron Granger: 6 Shockingly Brave Kids Who Make You Look Like a Coward (Cracked)
When we think about heroes, we tend to picture firefighters or soldiers or adults who dress up in bat costumes and punch sewer-dwelling crocodile men. But in a world plagued by the constant threat of horrible catastrophes both natural and man-made, sometimes the only people who can step up to save the day aren't even old enough to drive.
Uther Pendragon (Welsh: Uthyr Pendragon, Uthyr Bendragon) is a legendary king of sub-Roman Britain and the father of King Arthur.
A few minor references to Uther appear in Old Welsh poems, but his biography was first written down by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain), and Geoffrey's account of the character was used in most later versions.
He is a fairly ambiguous individual throughout the literature, but is described as a strong king and a defender of the people. According to Arthurian Legend, Uther, through circumstances and Merlin's help, tricks the wife of his enemy Gorlois, Lady Igraine, and sleeps with her. Thus Arthur, "the once and future king," is an illegitimate child (though the later legend emphasizes that the conception occurred after Gorlois' death and that therefore he was legitimated by Uther's subsequent marriage to Igraine). This act of conception occurs the very night Uther's troops dispatch Gorlois.
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Marian was first, and correct, with:
King Arthur
Charlie said:
King Arthur, of Round Table fame.
mj wrote:
Uther's little boy
Was Arthur, King of the Briton's.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded::
Uther Pendragon is a legendary king of sub-Roman Britain and the father of King Arthur.
Harry replied:
Arthur
Adam answered:
Arthur.
Lois Of Camelot In Oregon responded:
Deborah took the day off.
Sally said:
King Arthur is Uther Pendragon's son.
As in NOT REALITY!
PS: I have been listening to Bill Maher on UTube this afternoon, and now my side is hurting from laughing so much.
He informed us to get ready for the next election which will focus on Benghazi, Obamacare, and the scary, bad, Muslim, Blackie McBlack man. I don't know why, but I about snorted coke out of my nose hearing that line - maybe because he hit the nail on the head there...
PPS: "Hey, DannyD!" You would love the Maher stuff, ck it out!!
DJ Useo replied:
Why, that would be my favorite king, Arthur.
I bet Dudley Moore would've been a fine movie version of him. lol.
Dale in Diamond Springs, Norcali, took the day off.
Alan J answered:
Arthur
MAM wrote:
Arthur, "the once and future king". ~ According to Arthurian Legend, Uther, through circumstances and Merlin's help, tricks the wife of his enemy Gorlois, Lady Igraine, and sleeps with her. Pictures by N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) "The Boy's King Arthur".
King Arthur Uther Pendragon
Lady Igraine Merlin and Infant Arthur
BttbBob, said:
Arthur... He is a perfect example of why they call it the "Dark ages". No one really knows who he really was, or even if he actually existed... an' the guy was, like, a King, an' all, it's said... The Roman Empire collapsed and the lights go out on the 'Western World'... plus, all hell breaks loose in Albion fer quite some time with all manner of invaders hackin' up the locals and the locals hackin' back. Gad, it was an awful time of it.
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Personally, I like the take of this film King Arthur (2004)
(despite its time-line errors about the end of Roman Britannica and the Saxon invasion) as opposed to all that 'Camelot' falderal... It seems to be more of a possible explanation of Arthur's supposed existence. Plus, there's no dagnab singin'... Who sang during "The Dark Ages"? I mean, shit was bad then, ya know?
And, Joe S answered:
Don't have to research this one, it's Arthur. I met him when I was hanging out with Merlin. Nice kid, a little on the dim side though, but he had a good heart. Sometimes a little too trusting. I'll say one thing, Arthur had a hot wife.
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CBS opens the night with a FRESH'2 Broke Girls', followed by a FRESH'Friends With Better Lives', then a FRESH'Mike & Molly', followed by a RERUN'Big Bang Theory', then a RERUN'Person Of Interest'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Joel McHale, Vera Farmiga, and Aloe Blacc.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are LL Cool J and Candice Accola.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'The Voice', followed by a FRESH'The Blacklist'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Emma Stone, Robinson Cano, and Keith Urban.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are Daniel Radcliffe, Jessica St. Clair, Lennon Parham, and Twenty One Pilots.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Lennon Parham, Jessica St. Clair, and You Won't, Blue Ruin.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH'Castle'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Jennifer Lopez, Elisabeth Moss, and Sleepy Man Banjo Boys.
The CW offers a FRESH'Star-Crossed', followed by a FRESH'The Tomorrow People'.
Scheduled on a FRESHArsenio Hall are Ray Romano and Future.
Faux has a RERUN'Bones', followed by a FRESH'The Following'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 3 hours of old 'Duck Dynasty', followed by a FRESH'Bates Motel'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Shawshank Redemption', followed by the movie 'Next Of Kin'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 1 - Ep 9 - The Empty Child
[9:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 1 - Ep 10 - The Doctor Dances
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 13 - The Masterpiece Society
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 14 - Conundrum
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 15 - Power Play
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 6 - The Granary
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Revisited: Glass House
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 8 - Sam's Mediterranean Kabob Room
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 5 - Episode 7
[5:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 5 - Episode 8
[6:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 1
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 2
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 3
[9:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 4
[10:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 5
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[3:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 4
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 5
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 6 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of OC', then a FRESH'Southern Charm'.
Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', still another 'South Park', and yet another 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Mookie Wilson.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Michael McFaul.
FX has the movie 'Enemy Of The State', followed by the movie 'Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance', then the movie 'Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance', again.
History has 'Swamp People', another 'Swamp People', followed by a FRESH'Swamp People', and 'Down East Dickering'.
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[6:15AM] This Is Spinal Tap
[8:00AM] Beverly Hills Ninja
[10:00AM] Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
[12:30PM] The Invasion
[2:30PM] Happy, Texas
[4:45PM] Beverly Hills Ninja
[6:45PM] Cheech and Chong: Get Out of My Room
[8:00PM] Napoleon Dynamite
[10:00PM] National Lampoon's Vacation
[12:15AM] Cheech and Chong: Get Out of My Room
[1:30AM] National Lampoon's Vacation
[3:45AM] Bulletproof
[5:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Casey Wilson Wears a White Lace Dress and a Black Blazer (ALL TIMES EST)
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[6:00AM] Law & Order-Good Girl
[7:00AM] Love Lust-Love Lust & the Bikini
[7:15AM] When Harry Met Sally
[9:15AM] Bulworth
[11:30AM] Margin Call
[1:45PM] Carrie
[4:00PM] Law & Order-Survivor
[5:00PM] Law & Order-Corruption
[6:00PM] Law & Order-Double Blind
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[9:00PM] Law & Order-Entrapment
[10:00PM] The Writers' Room-House of Cards
[10:30PM] The Writers' Room-The Walking Dead, Superman and Other Comic Book Adaptations
[11:00PM] Law & Order-Legacy
[12:00AM] Law & Order-Menace
[1:00AM] Drop Zone
[3:15AM] Blue Velvet (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow', followed by a FRESH'Metal Hurlant Chronicles', then another FRESH'Metal Hurlant Chronicles', followed by a FRESH'Warehouse 13', and another 'Warehouse 13'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Chelsea Handler, Hugh Dancy, and Christela Alonzo.
Actor Cheech Marin, right, and his wife Natasha Rubin perform at The Thalians Gala benefiting Operation Mend at U.C.L.A. and honoring singer Smokey Robinson at the House of Blues on Saturday, April 26, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif.
Photo by Dan Steinberg
There were bowling pins, bathrobes, white Russians, and even The Dude himself.
Jeff Bridges and his band performed Friday at Lebowski Fest, but Joel and Ethan Coen's 1998 campy crime comedy "The Big Lebowski" was still the night's biggest star.
Fans of the Raymond Chandler-flavored film filled the Wiltern Theater in midtown Los Angeles to capacity for the annual celebration of the cult classic, which has been staged around the country since 2002. The two-day festival continues Saturday with a costumed bowling party.
The Wiltern Theater was decorated with inflatable bowling pins and the drink menu featured white Russians - renamed Wiltern Caucasians, perhaps in political protest - "made with Ralphs half-and -half." The film opens with the Dude writing a check for 69 cents to buy half-and-half from a Ralphs supermarket to make his favorite cocktail.
Bridges and his band performed a 30-minute set that included songs from "Crazy Heart," the 2009 film for which he won the best actor Oscar. Kyle Gass, the other half of Jack Black's band, Tenacious D, opened the evening by singing tunes from "The Big Lebowski."
From left Doyle Bramhall II, Robert Randolph, Willie Nelson, Buddy Guy, Lukas Nelson perform during the finale of the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame on Saturday night April 26, 2014.
Photo by Scott Newton
Singer-songwriter Clay Aiken doesn't have a problem with name recognition. But that doesn't mean voters in North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District will send the "American Idol" star to Washington to represent them in Congress.
Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers has represented the district for two terms and would like to make it three. The tea party favorite has a good shot at doing so.
The GOP-controlled state legislature gave Republicans the advantage when they redrew gerrymandered congressional districts in 2011. A veteran House Democrat who barely survived in 2012 opted to retire at the end of his term, while others in President Barack Obama's party face an uphill battle - even a well-known personality like Aiken.
So precisely drawn were the state's new congressional districts, and so unpopular is Obama in the state that Rep. Mike McIntyre in December dropped his re-election plans. McIntyre represented North Carolina's 7th Congressional District for nine terms and is the only Democrat in Congress who has never voted for the Affordable Care Act, Obama's health care law.
Target, Nordstrom and other big chains are pinning their hopes of attracting shoppers on social media.
Retailers increasingly are using Pinterest, a social media site that allows users to create collections of photos, articles, recipes, videos and other images that are called "pins," to draw business to their own sites.
Shoes, handbags and other popular items on Pinterest are being prominently displayed in Nordstrom stores with special tags. Target, the nation's No. 2 discounter, is creating exclusive party-planning collections with top Pinterest users, or "pinners." And Caribou created a coffee blend that was inspired by the coffee chain's Pinterest fans.
A report on Tuesday from software company Adobe found that year over year, revenue per visit, or revenue from sending users to retail sites through ads, social media pages or brand posts, is 65 cents at Pinterest, 62 cents at Twitter and $1.24 at Facebook.
A letter written by a passenger on the Titanic describing the "wonderful passage" - hours before the ship hit an iceberg - sold at auction Saturday for 119,000 pounds ($200,000).
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the handwritten note, which had belonged to a collector, was bought by an anonymous overseas telephone bidder during a sale in Devizes, western England.
The price, which includes a fee known as the buyer's premium, topped the pre-sale estimate of 100,000 pounds.
The letter was written by second-class passenger Esther Hart on April 14, 1912. "The sailors say we have had a wonderful passage up to now," she said of the ship's journey from England toward New York.
Her 7-year-old daughter Eva added a postscript: "Heaps of love and kisses to all from Eva."
Esther and Eva were rescued, along with some 700 others.
Blogging from Everest base camp after 16 sherpas were killed by an avalanche, American climber Ed Marzec lamented: "I am shamed by our greed and embarrassed by our lack of compassion."
Expressions of sympathy and regret were not enough, however, for the Nepali guides who take breathtaking risks to help Western clients scale the slopes of Everest and realize the ultimate conquest.
There was fury among the roughly 400 sherpas at base camp after the April 18 accident on the perilous Khumbu icefall, the single deadliest disaster on the world's highest mountain.
Chanting, pumping their fists and threatening violence, a group of young sherpas forced an expedition boycott that now looks almost certain, for the first time, to write off a whole season for hundreds of would-be summiteers.
The sherpa backlash, which had simmered for years as a cut-throat business expanded, could deal a blow to the commercial expedition industry that took off in the mid-1990s - pushing costs for climbers even higher.
In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, actor Andy Garcia with the incomparable Rita Moreno on the red carpet for the "Power of Love Gala" at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on the Las Vegas Strip. Saturday, April 26, 2014.
Photo by Glenn Pinkerton
A high school curriculum supported by Hobby Lobby chain president Steve Green, billed as a way to teach archaeology, history and the arts through Bible stories, also tells students God is always there in times of trouble and that sinners must "suffer the consequences" of disobeying.
The Mustang School Board in suburban Oklahoma City voted this month to place the Museum of the Bible's curriculum in its schools as an elective for a one-year trial after being assured that the intent is not to proselytize but to use the Bible to explain key principles in the arts and sciences.
Dr. Mark Chancey, a professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University who reviewed the curriculum at the AP's request, said it lacked scholarly insight.
"It's more of a very basic background book," he said, adding that he found the curriculum "full of land mines" and used scripture from only one tradition, evangelical Protestantism.
Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey dances the Lungi dance from the film Chennai Express with the film's actress Deepika Padukone and Bollywood actor Shaid Kapoor during the 15th International Indian Film Academy Awards in Tampa, Florida, April 26, 2014. Picture taken April 26, 2014.
Photo by Mohammed Jaffer
The Medal of Honor, created by Congress during the Civil War as America's highest military decoration for valor, was never meant for Americans who fought for the South. They were the enemy, after all.
But there's a Confederate Medal of Honor, little known yet highly prized, that the Sons of Confederate Veterans bestows on those whose bravery in battle can be proven to the private group's satisfaction.
The silver-and-bronze medal is a 10-pointed star bearing the Great Seal of the Confederate States and the words, "Honor. Duty. Valor. Devotion."
It has been awarded 50 times since 1977, most recently to Maj. James Breathed, a native Virginian buried in Hancock. He was honored last year for his bravery as an artillery officer in the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse in Virginia.
Singer Marilyn McCoo, right, and singer Billy Davis perform at The Thalians Gala benefiting Operation Mend at U.C.L.A. and honoring singer Smokey Robinson at the House of Blues on Saturday, April 26, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif.
Photo by Dan Steinberg
Everyone knows it exists and yet officials clam up at the mere mention of Camp 7, the most secure and secretive area of the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay.
Hidden among the arid hills of the sprawling naval base on the Cuban coast, it holds about 15 so-called high value detainees -- including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on US soil.
"We simply just don't discuss Camp 7," said Brigadier General Marion Garcia, deputy commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), which runs the base's detention centers.
Scarce information gleaned from various sources shows that those incarcerated at Camp 7 are detainees deemed "high value" due to the intelligence they are believed to be able to provide, or have already provided during harsh interrogations in secret CIA prisons considered by many as torture.
Given the history of those incarcerated at Camp 7, "there is every reason to believe that it's run by the CIA" and not by JTF-GTMO, said a source familiar with the prison who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Hollywood star John Travolta dances with Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra during the 15th International Indian Film Academy Awards in Tampa, Florida, April 26, 2014. Picture taken April 26, 2014.
Photo by Mohammed Jaffer
The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it will hold a public meeting in October to review the risks of psychiatric and behavioral side effects with Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix.
The agency said in a federal notice it will convene its panel of psychiatric drug experts to discuss the pill's risks and how to best manage them.
Since 2009 Chantix has carried the government's strongest safety warning - a "black box" label - because of links to hostility, agitation, depression and suicidal thoughts. The warning was added after the FDA received dozens of reports of suicide and hundreds of reports of suicidal behavior among patients taking the smoking-cessation drug.
At that time, the FDA also required Pfizer to conduct additional studies to determine the extent of the side effects.
Actress Florence Henderson attends The Thalians Gala benefiting Operation Mend at U.C.L.A. and honoring singer Smokey Robinson at the House of Blues on Saturday, April 26, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif.
Photo by Dan Steinberg
Meredith Corp. is ending subscription service for "Ladies' Home Journal," one of the nation's oldest women's magazines, due to declining advertiser interest.
The magazine, launched in 1883, remains popular today with a circulation of 3.2 million, according to Meredith. But with a median reader age of 57, it faces tough competition for advertisers amid a sea of other women's magazines that appeal to a broader demographic. The magazine's advertising pages fell nearly 17 per cent last year, while ad revenue dropped 14 per cent to $152.3 million, according to Publishers Information Bureau data.
Meredith spokesman Art Slusark said Thursday said that the magazine's July edition will be its final issue sent to subscribers. After that, the magazine will go from publishing 10 times per year to a quarterly format, available only at newsstands. It will also have a website.
"Ladies' Home Journal" is one of the original "seven sisters" of women's magazines, a coterie of publications that graced U.S. coffee tables for decades. All but one are still standing - "McCall's" ceased publication in 2002.
Igorot tribesmen who participated in the wooden scooter race pose at the finish line during the "Imbayah" festival in Banaue, Ifugao in northern Philippines April 27, 2014. The race is one of the highlights of the festival held every three years, which is a gathering of tribesmen to preserve decades of their rich culture and tradition, organizers and local media said.
Photo by Harley Palanchiao
A femme-fueled comedy beat a superhero blockbuster at the box office this weekend.
After holding the top position for three weeks, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" has been topped by "The Other Woman" for the No. 1 spot.
Fox's revenge comedy, starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, debuted with $24.7 million, while Disney-Marvel's "Captain America," led by Chris Evans, grossed $16 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its domestic total to $225 million.
Sony's faith-based "Heaven Is for Real," starring Greg Kinnear, held the third-place position with $13.8 million after opening in the same slot last weekend behind leaders "Captain America" and Fox's animated "Rio 2," which drifted down to fourth place with $13.7 million. (Notably, Mann, who voices a character in "Rio 2," now has two films in the top five this weekend.)
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Final domestic figures will be released on Monday:
1. "The Other Woman," $24.7 million ($12.8 million international).
2. "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," $16 million ($16 million international).
3. "Heaven Is for Real," $13.8 million.
4. "Rio 2," 13.7 million ($27.5 international).
5. "Brick Mansions," $9.6 million ($1.6 million international).
6. "Transcendence," $4.1 million ($10.8 million international).
7. "The Quiet Ones," $4 million ($275,000 international).
8. "Bears," $3.6 million ($100,000 international).
9. "Divergent," $3.6 million ($9.7 million international).
10. "A Haunted House 2," $3.3 million ($1 million international).
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