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Philadelphia sports fans are notorious for their intensity. After all, they famously pelted Santa Claus with snowballs when things weren’t going well for their Eagles. 

So it wasn’t likely to be an easy sell for the Philadelphia 76ers’ then general manager Sam Hinkie when, before the 2013-2014 season, he began a strategy to build a championship-caliber team in the City of Brotherly
Love. 

His solution? Be as bad as possible—as in, terrible—for a long time, on purpose. 

The NBA is considered different from other professional sports leagues in the glacial pace at which teams improve or get worse. NFL, NHL, and MLB franchises all require time to rebuild a team in need of change, but thanks to the large, guaranteed contracts prevalent in the NBA, and the complex salary cap in place, for some teams it can take years or even a decade to get out from under
bad deals and accumulate the talent needed to win in the league.

It’s also arguably tougher to sign a free agent in a city like
Milwaukee or Philadelphia, which lacks the draw of a Los Angeles or Miami. Sam Hinkie and the 76ers decided to stop ignoring
these facts and dive in headfirst, conventional basketball wisdom be damned. 

Hinkie’s strategy of getting high draft picks and avoiding
committing money to veteran players meant it was going to be a
rough few seasons. Former Sixers guard Tony Wroten was credited with dubbing it the Process. But a funny thing happened when
that process was implemented: Philly fans understood. 

There were horrific seasons, and for the next three years the team failed
to reach 20 wins per season. But Sixers fans’ patience and willingness to see the big picture is what brought us the next NBA superstar and household name. 

Joel Embiid—who is currently dating swimsuit model Anne De Paula—was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in 1994. He didn’t start playing basketball until he was 15. Outside of his obvious physical gifts of size (he’s now seven feet and weighs at least 250 pounds) and athleticism, the teenager could not have been further from the bright lights of the NBA. 

But thanks to the league’s outreach programs and fellow Cameroonian NBA
player Luc Mbah a Moute, Embiid was
noticed, and at the age of just 17 found himself pursuing his basketball future at Florida’s Montverde Academy. 

He quickly blossomed into a five-star recruit
before playing one season for Bill Self at the University of Kansas, where he finished as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. But prior to that year’s
conference tournament, he suffered a stress fracture in his back, the start of more than two years of injury hell. 

When the Sixers used their third overall pick in the 2014 draft for a big guy with potential injury red flags, fans tacitly concurred, displaying an unusual level of trust. That was just the beginning of the Sixers’ grueling wait.

Granted, Embiid had gone from not playing the sport to signing a multimillion-dollar guaranteed contract in half a decade, but not long after his back issues, he broke a bone in his foot. 

The original four-to six-month recovery period was extended when the team chose to shut him down for the season, for rehab. But at season’s end, a scan revealed that Embiid’s foot hadn’t healed enough, and to the dismay of Sixers fans, he required another surgery that meant missing his entire second season as well. 

But while Embiid was recovering, both he and the Sixers were building the foundation of what they hoped would be future success. The Sixers were executing the Process, and one of the pieces they acquired was the phenom Ben Simmons, an Australian 6’10” point forward, who, like Embiid, is likely to become one of the league’s best in the next few seasons. 

Meanwhile, Embiid was working on his game as much as possible, mentally when his body wouldn’t let him on the court. The 24-year-old revealed to Sports
Illustrated, “I think a lot about what I went through and how it
prepared me to be a better man.” 

“I really feel like I’m the Process; like the Process is about me.” 

It’s important to note that the NBA itself has undergone a
transformation that directly impacts Joel Embiid and his future: Big guys are largely going extinct. Or rather, big guys who can’t
execute a jump shot or move their feet to defend a pick-and-roll have been struggling to succeed in recent seasons (e.g., Jahlil Okafor, Alex Len, Nerlens Noel). 

The best circa seven-footers today are the ones who can bang bodies inside and rebound but can also be
instrumental on the perimeter (think Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins, Karl-Anthony Towns). Embiid knew he had a lot of work to do to expand his game, and once he got his chance at the start of the 2016-17 season, he showed he might just end up being the best big player of his generation. 

If the path to his first game was the process, once Embiid stepped onto the court he showed himself to be nothing short of
the solution. He’s the epitome of the modern center, providing toughness, rebounding, and rim protection while being comfortable stepping out to the perimeter to either find his own shot or create space for his teammates.

The return for his, his team’s, and the fans’
patience has been historic. In the modern era, Embiid matches up in production with iconic players like Shaquille O’Neal, David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Patrick Ewing, all of whom have been elected to the Hall of Fame. The team climbed from 10 wins to 28 his first year playing, and exploded for 52 wins and a spot in the conference semifinals the next. 

While last season’s playoff loss to the Boston Celtics was surely difficult to accept (the young star, struggling with a facial injury, played with a protective mask), Embiid hasn’t shied away from his leading role. He has taken on leadership responsibilities within the team, especially on the court, where his usage percentage (an estimate of how many of his team’s possessions in a game are used by a player) is the highest of all time across a player’s first two seasons of play (34.1%), finishing a notch ahead of none other than Michael Jordan (30.9%). 

Plenty of other stats prove Embiid’s impact on the floor, like
the ones that showed his mastery as a half-court defender, or
how much better his team plays offensively when he’s on the floor. Throw in the perfect fit between Embiid and the enigmatic
playmaking of Simmons, and there’s a reason the Sixers are a legitimate threat to next year’s presumptive favorites in the Eastern
Conference, the Celtics. 

But Philly fans and the Sixers, like Embiid, know this is a long game. They see a decade of basketball dynasty, not just one good playoff run. Whatever one’s opinion on the Process, the opportunities ahead for Joel Embiid and the Sixers are looking huge—as in, seven feet, 250 pounds huge.

Should you have sex with your ex? For the sake of your emotional health, common sense says no.

However, according to two new studies published in the scientific journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, having sex with an ex isn’t a bad thing at all and won’t hinder the whole moving-on process…even if you’re in a bad place about the breakup.*

In the first study, conducted by researchers at Wayne State University, Western University, and the University of Toronto Mississauga, 113 freshly dumped people completed an online survey where they were asked if they had physical contact with their ex (a.k.a. if they hooked up), how attached they felt to them, and how they felt emotionally at the end of the day. 

The second study, also conducted by the same researchers, had 372 people explain if they had sex with their exes or at least attempted to, and if they still felt emotionally tied to them.

Both studies found that sleeping with your ex definitely does not cause more heartache, even if you hook up with them more than once, as did most of the people in the studies.

Furthermore, those who said they felt most emotionally tied to their ex lovers sought sex the most, likely because they’re trying to fill the emotional painful gaping hole that was once their significant other.

But perhaps most importantly, the researchers discovered that having sex with an ex didn’t make the heartbroken individuals in the study feel any worse about the breakup — Instead, it made them feel more positive about the situation. Nice! Sex and emotional healing. A true win-win.

“This research suggests that societal handwringing regarding trying to have sex with an ex may not be warranted,” says lead author Stephanie Spielmann of Wayne State University. 

“The fact that sex with an ex is found to be most eagerly pursued by those having difficulty moving on, suggests that we should perhaps instead more critically evaluate people’s  motivations behind pursuing sex with an ex.”

With that said, go ahead and make her hotline bling. Booty call her right. now. 

*Unless your ex is toxic. In which case don’t do it. Stay far, far away.

McLaren has unveiled the latest addition to their supercar lineup. The British carmaker’s first ever Hyper-GT, the McLaren Speedtail, is coming early in 2020, and it brings with it new technology and innovation the likes of which the automotive world has never seen before. 

When McLaren announces something new, it’s hard not to take notice. When that new car is limited to a run of 106 and carries a price tag of £1.75 million (around $2.24 million) there’s no choice but to pay attention and let the jaw-dropping hypercar’s stats do donuts in your daydreams.

Those stats for the Speedtail are damn impressive, too. With a top end of 250 mph, 0-186 mph in 12.8 seconds and 1035 horses coming from its hybrid powertrain. McLaren has been uncharacteristically mum on details of the Speedtail’s engine but those finer points should be along shortly.

Engine aside, it’s impossible not to swoon over the Speedtail’s looks. A silver streak of gorgeous curves and dangerous edging, McLaren is pioneering new methods of employing carbon fiber all over the Speedtail, making the famously stiff material flex in entirely new ways to enable the two rear ailerons to curve up when the aerodynamics of the car call for it. In McLaren’s own words, the Speedtail’s body “can quite literally bend.”

Finishing off the design with a three-seater interior where the driver is centrally located and flanked by recessed passenger seats on either side. A heaping of tech like retractable bullet cameras instead of side-view mirrors and big-screen cockpit controls are perfectly placed throughout the car. 

An instantly recognizable glass and carbon dome roof give the Speedtail a unique style while maintaining elements of McLaren’s signature looks.

Coming in at 17 feet long (!) the teardop bodystyle and impressive performance stats will make any McLaren fan or speed freak want to keep track of the progress of the Speedtail as more details should be forthcoming in the next few months. 

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Dessie Mitcheson is so nice, we had to feature her twice. 

We’ve had the pleasure of knowing the Pittsburgh-bred beauty for some time. She won the 2013 Maxim Hometown Hottie competition and earned a coveted spot on the 2013 Maxim Hot 100 before going on to land a Maxim cover the next year, an accomplishment which she describes as one of her greatest career highlights. 

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Mitcheson hasn’t slowed down since. In 2017, she was one of the top 15 finalists in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s first-ever open casting call. 

If not from her many Maxim appearances, you might recognize her as one of the gorgeous faces of Chynna Dolls Swimwear or a Top Rank Boxing ring girl.

Catch up with Dessie by checking out her revealing new interview below: 

How can a man catch your attention?

Any one that knows me knows that I love someone that can make me laugh. I also love a confident guy with his priorities in line.

What’s the worst pick-up line you’ve ever heard?

Oh man, that’s a hard one since all pickup lines are bad. I would have to say when I was in Vegas and this dude came up to me and said, “Hey, it’s my bachelor party, wanna have fun?” My response? “No.”

Lame! How do you let a man know you’re interested?

Well, I’ve been out of the game for some time now, but if I was interested back in the day, he would be able to tell instantly just by my body language.

What’s your ideal date?

I love to experience new things and I love food! So an ideal date for me could be anything from jumping out of a plane to a sunset cruise or  a romantic dinner.

Adventurous! What about a man turns you on the most?

When he can be in a room with a million strangers and still be 100 percent himself. I love a guy that doesn’t worry about what other people think of him.

When do you feel sexiest?

I feel the sexiest when I’m with my man, but also when I’m in front of the camera.

What’s the secret to a sexy selfie?

Lighting and angles!

What’s your favorite thing to do in the bedroom?

I have the most comfortable bed ever. So this might be a boring answer, but I would have to say sleep.

What should a man never do in the bedroom?

Snore! I hate snoring.

Don’t we all! Any sexy fantasies?

That’s for me and my man to know. Sorry, not sorry!

Lastly, any guilty pleasures?

I have the biggest sweet tooth and I’m also obsessed with The Bachelor.

For more, follow Dessie on Instagram. 

It sure looks like Snoop Dogg is working on a new collaboration with fellow 90s-era hip-hop icon Eminem.

Snoop posted an Instagram photo of himself and the Kamikaze rapper posing in front of a gigantic mixing board at what appears to be Em’s Detroit home. 

“Detroit. Tommoro. 8 pm,” Snoop wrote. “Redemption of a Dogg had to c M. To get the stamp.” 

As NME notes, the caption most likely means that Eminem is contributing to Snoop’s semi-autobiographical musical, Redemption of a Dogg.  

“Please believe you’ve never seen urban theatre like this!” Snoop said in a recent statement about the stage show, which was written by director Je’Caryous Johnson. 

“With my flavor and his expertise, we’re gonna bring the people an unmissable show. I can’t wait for everyone out there to see it!”

Per Je’Caryous Entertainment, here’s what the spectacle is all about: 

Redemption Of A Dogg examines the internal battle one man has between preserving his life-long legacy and losing the love of his life when he is faced with choosing fame and fortune over faith and family. 

Redemption Of A Dogg is set against a backdrop of Snoop Dogg’s greatest hits, as well as, songs from his recently released chart-topping Gospel album, Bible Of Love.

It’s unclear what Eminem’s role in Redemption of a Dogg will be. The pair of artists previously recorded “Bitch Please II” off Em’s seminal album, The Marshall Mathers LP. 

With two legends working together, it’s all but guaranteed to be great. 

When you’re at Spin class, you’re there to get your body moving, push yourself, and eventually walk away feeling stronger and ready to take on whatever else life throws your way. While all this comes along with busting your butt and breaking a sweat, what you suit up in to get on the bike can help get you in a motivated mood and boost your confidence.

If you’ve ever wondered what to wear to Spin class, focus first on what will make you feel most comfortable doing the movements the class entails. Another important consideration is what will make you feel the most confident in your own skin. Every fashion girl knows a stylish Spin class outfit—one with her own stylish spin on it—can be a boost, and there are plenty of ways to show off your personal style while working out. But all that comes down to a solid foundation, and there are a few time-tested styling options fashion girls turn to again and again.

Below, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite ideas for breaking a sweat in style. Keep reading to browse the pieces to create 10 It girl–approved outfits for your next Spin class.

This story was originally published at an earlier date and has since been updated.

What’s old is new again. We’ve recently learned about reboots of The Hills and Charlie’s Angels and reveled in the all-female Ocean’s 8 movie last summer. Now, Clueless appears to be on the docket. As Entertainment Weekly reports, Paramount Pictures is working on a remake of the cult 1995 movie that’s provided fashion inspiration for over two decades—and more quotable moments than we can count. The big-screen remake is said to feature Girls Trip writer Tracy Oliver as a producer, although it’s unclear how closely the remake will mirror the original film in plot or cast.

Here’s hoping Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd will say yes to the gig—something tells us it won’t be the same without them—but in the meantime, scroll down to revisit our favorite Clueless fashion moments.