Matthew Berry’s Love/Hate for the 2019 season
It’s the must-read column of the fantasy football preseason, highlighting Berry’s most undervalued and overvalued players in drafts.
Selena Gomez Is Launching Her Own Beauty Line
Bella Hadid, Naomi Cambell and More Star in Sultry New Calvin Klein Underwear Campaign
Calvin Klein just launched a fall 2019 underwear campaign dubbed #MYCALVINS IRL featuring pop culture heavyweights like Bella Hadid, Naomi Campbell, Diplo and Odell Beckham Jr.—just watch them work their magic in the racy promotional video above.
Like the ad, the accompanying photos aim to celebrate “two totally different perspectives of what sexy looks like,” according to the legendary fashion brand that’s made modeling stars out of everyone from Kate Moss to Mark Wahlberg.
“The result blurs the line between the public image and private realities of our unapologetic cast and asks the question, how do you do sexy? Perfectly filtered or IRL raw?”
As Harpers Bazaar notes, the campaign is centered around a dichotomy between “perfectly filtered” and “IRL raw” that’s demonstrated through a combination of modeled and (semi-)candid imagery.
For instance, Campbell—who is starring in her first CK campaign at age 49—is splayed on a purple carpet through an oddly oriented lens in a colorized pic, while her black-and-white shot is perfectly posed and cropped.
Hadid, Beckham, and Diplo—along with Jacob Elordi, Beth Ditto, Lay Zhang, Jelly Lin, Hayley Foster, Abby Champion, Cara Taylor and Matthew Noszka—are all depicted using the same formula.
The #MYCALVINS IRL collection is available to order now online.
‘One Child Nation’ Documentary Explores The Dark Side Of Chinese Policy
Director Nanfu Wang, who grew up in rural China, has made a film about the painful, unintended consequences of the Chinese government’s one-child rule — including how it affected her own family.
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Trump ‘Embodies Nearly Every Aspect Of A Racist,’ Author Says
Writer Ibram X. Kendi’s new book tackles one of today’s most important topics. How to Be an Antiracist lays out his definition of what makes a racist — and what people can do to combat racism.
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Pabst Blue Ribbon Is Releasing a New Hard Seltzer With 8% Alcohol
Seltzer is a crazy drink because all you have to do is add booze to lightly-flavored, innocuous fizzy water and suddenly you have a killer little summer party beverage. Hard seltzer has been growing steadily in popularity for a while, and now Pabst Blue Ribbon wants in on the game.
Pabst’s new offering is pretty aggressive, too. Called Stronger Seltzer, it sports the expected delicate, fruity flavor palette and a rock-solid 8% ABV (Alcohol By Volume).
So now PBR has released hard coffee, has plans for whiskey, and they’ve also dropped non-alcoholic brew in addition to a low calorie, slightly less alcoholic version of the beer.
The classic beer brand of summer barbecues held everywhere from hipster brownstones to southern trailer parks isn’t the only beermaker to jump on the hard seltzer bandwagon. Natural Light has released its own hard seltzer (6% ABV) as well.
In their press release, Anheuser-Busch Vice President of Core and Value Brands Ricardo Marques said the Natty Light Seltzer was a response to the fact that the “seltzer category is booming.”
He said it is “part of a larger shift in consumption across America” that his company believes “has tremendous staying power.”
He’s probably right. We already know seltzer is popular enough to invite some surprisingly creative product ideas.
Pabst Stronger Seltzer is on store shelves in Arizona, California, Montana, and Texas, and Natural Light is on store shelves nationwide.
Dear Pepper: Cohabitation and Long-Distance Friendship
Liana Finck’s comic advice column, which she writes in the voice of her dog, Pepper, addresses someone whose partner isn’t ready to move in together and someone with a friend who has distanced himself.
‘Kochland’: How The Koch Brothers Changed U.S. Corporate And Political Power
In a new book, Christopher Leonard chronicles how Koch Industries acquired huge businesses, limited its liability and created a political influence network to remake the GOP.
Petition Calls for Joe Rogan to Moderate 2020 Presidential Debate
Nearly 60,000 people have petitioned for comedian, podcaster and UFC color commentator Joe Rogan to host a debate during the 2020 election cycle.
The “Get Joe Rogan to Moderate the 2020 Presidential Debate” page on Change.org went live three months ago, but it has drawn a considerable amount of attention after garnering more than 59,000 signatures of its 75,000-signature goal as of Tuesday afternoon.
The petition’s description notes that Rogan has interviewed figures with varying political ideologies. Democratic presidential candidates Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Andrew Yang, all of whom are running for their party’s nomination, have appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
Progressive commentator Kyle Kulinski and conservative commentators Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens are also among those who have sat across from Rogan in his L.A. podcast studio.
“Rogan is not registered under any political party and is well-known for having civil, productive, and interesting, conversations about political issues without partisan bias,” the petition argues.
Naturally, signers have spoken fondly of Rogan’s qualifications in the petition’s comment section.
“[He is highly skilled at facilitating honest, nonpartisan discussions. He has hosted some debates before between scientists and/or academic, so it’s reasonable to think he would be more than capable of moderating a political debate,” one wrote.
Another supporter suggested that a presidential debate should take place on a JRE podcast, which could be a more feasible venue than a news network.
But, as the Daily Dot notes, some voters are probably against the idea, as Rogan has been criticized for hosting “far right” personalities and a disproportionate amount of men to women.
However, a YouTube playlist includes 105 multi-hour episodes featuring Rogan’s conversations with female medical professionals, scientists, mixed martial artists, comedians, and other interview subjects recorded over the past six years. So there are plenty of viewpoints on this issue.
And if Rogan moderating a debate still isn’t enough for diehard JRE fans, there’s already a Facebook page urging him to run for president himself.