Fashion Looks Awesome From The Boys This Fall 2


Skinny Sweatpants
Finally, some of them can be socially acceptable to wear outside. Now, due to the skinny silhouette, you can rock them outside of your bedroom. This edged-up pair great for more of a streetwear look, with Nikes, or with an androgynous shoe and a no-makeup look. Very cute if you show a little skin and wear a tight crop top – bring it back to 90’s girls, like Destiny’s Child.


Motorcycle Jacket
Try an unusual leather jacket like this, of a lighter hue, that opens up to appear like an elegant blazer. It’s more low-key than a traditional motorcycle jacket, but not as drab as an everyday blazer. A bigger fit will be more cool and slouchy, perfect when paired with a slinky bright body con dress, or with tight black jeans.


Varsity Jackets
Throwback to your first boyfriend’s old letterman jacket. These are super popular in the hip-hop world, and can give an otherwise elegant outfit like a maxi dress, an unusual mix of feminine and masculine. These look so badass on girls, and subtle details like drawstrings and buttons can make all the difference. Try it in an oxblood, introducing color in a low-key way.


 Ankle-Grazing Soft Trousers
Guys do this look with a pleated pant for a more business casual look. But on you, it looks casual chic and elegant. Wear it in a light silk or a thicker leather for colder months. Amazing transition piece to pair with ankle boots.

Fashion Looks To Steal From The Boys This Fall


1. Oxfords
A good classic oxford will be more valuable and wearable than any pair of heels you’ve ever owned. It’s grunge but classy and feminine but chunky; the perfect balance for fall footwear. An amazing androgynous staple that can be a classy shoe, or a casual one. An exaggerated toe modernizes it as does a distressed, colored wash.



2. Denim Button-Downs
This is such a versatile basic that you can wear year round. Wear it in a light chambray or a little thicker and play around with different washes. Style a vintage scarf in the pocket, and leave a couple of buttons undone to add some va-va-voom to the menswear basic.



3. Slouchy Harem Trousers
Harem pants are super versatile soft pants, and the drop crotch gives them an edgy look. Very comfortable, and a version of sweatpants that you can actually wear outside. Great for business, brunch, or a night out on the town, with strategic shoe choices. Try with a more fitted top, like a silk halter.



4. Beanie 
Play around with colors and patterns. Lightweight ones in cashmere look a little more classed up, while a thicker and chunkier knit will look a little more street wear inspired. Try a fuzzier one if you have straight hair, or a thin ribbed one if you want to cuff it for a tighter fit.


8 Certain Signs You’re With the Man You Should Marry


Are you dating the right guy? It’s hard to tell, especially when you’re stuck in relationships and don’t know what you want from your man. What are you looking for in your partner? Does he want to be with you forever and ever? Most women can’t find the right answers. But there are some tricks to tell if you’re ready to marry a certain guy.
Here is a list of qualities that you should pay attention on. These signs will help you to find out if you two are bound for life.

1. He’s a good teammate
Fighting for something together is always good than fighting with each other. You both can improve and inspire each other achieving your dreams. If you are a good team – be sure, he will be there for you whenever you need it.


2. He doesn’t try to change you
Even the silliest things you do seem cute to him. He won’t judge your unusual lifestyle and weird friends. He appreciates you for who you are and understands that you’re two completely different people with different past.



3. He cares about your family
You marry not only a person, you also marry his/her family as well. If he calls your parents with no effort, enjoys visiting them and easily gets along with them – this is the right guy. Pay more attention on the relationship between your family and your boyfriend and make the right decisions.



4. You’ve survived a long-distance relationship
This is great challenge for any couple. You love each other very much and believe everything is possible. You both are ready for necessary sacrifices, knowing everything will be ok when you get back together.



5. It’s OK for you to plan the future with him
You feel confident about it. The thought of spending the rest of your life together and having kids with him doesn’t scare you both and even gets you excited.



6. You trust each other and don’t have any secrets between the two of you
Trust is one of the most important qualities in a relationship. You don’t have to hide anything from your boyfriend. You can share any secret with him without feeling embarrassed. And you can be sure, he won’t judge you.



7. He appreciates spending time with you
Hanging out with a company of friends is always fun. But every healthy couple needs some quality time together. It helps you to fix some relationship problems or just enjoy spending time together without unnecessary audience.



8. He satisfies you in bed
This just can’t be ignored. Being sexually comfortable with each other means a lot. Also it’s important to talk openly about your sex life. That’s what makes a strong and long-lasting relationship.



One pot wonders: simple, warming, cook-ahead meals to feed a hungry family

Life is complicated enough without making a mountain out of a mealtime. Or so food writer Hattie Ellis has discovered. After years of happy singledom, she met and married her husband, Tim, in her early 40s and was catapulted into running a household that included three teenage boys. Even though she had spent her adult life testing recipes and exploring ingredients for a living, this was different. “Suddenly,” she recalls ruefully, “I was at the business end of cooking.”

stew
Stews can be eaten on their own or used as a sauce for pasta or mashed potatosCREDIT: MARTIN TURZAK / ALAMY
Do I hear hollow laughter? Those of us who already cater for a family know the challenges. And Hattie’s solution is a time-honoured one, batch cooking dishes and concocting one-pots, combined with determination not to make feeding the hordes into a chore. “I still want to enjoy cooking and I find there are two corners in the week when I can put the radio on and make a stew, use the bones to make stock, some soup, a crumble, maybe a curry.”

vegetable stew
Soups and stews can be made ahead and reheated for a quick and nutritious midweek mealCREDIT: TESSA TRAEGER
Now she has compiled the recipes into a book, The One Pot Cook, a collection she describes as “almost-ready-meals” that can be dished out throughout the week. Not every pot holds a complete meal – some, like the Peposo below, need a salad and potatoes – but the point is that they don’t need much else to make a good supper.


oxtail stew
Add mashed potato, pasta, polenta or crusty bread to make a stew more substantialCREDIT: HELEN CATHCART
Adaptability is key. “Some dishes can be eaten on their own or as a side dish. And the leftovers are brilliant – so this works for single people as well as families.” 
Ingredients are not set in stone, either, as “people have different things they like in their fridge, or in their veg box”. The bottom line is that a good one-pot is a well-tempered dish, “not reliant on you being super accurate on timings or quantities”. It’s also great for showcasing cheap cuts of meat, and making them go further. Time, it turns out, is the magic ingredient. “The French make their coq au vin the day before, because the flavour molecules develop over time – like a curry. So cooking ahead isn’t just convenient – food tastes better for it, with time for the ingredients to meld together.”

Deliciously Ella's healthy Hallowe'en treats


As Hallowe’en approaches, now seems the perfect time to share some of my favourite autumnal sweet recipes. When the weather gets colder and the days shorten, I find I need an afternoon pick-me-up, and these treats are so comforting and delicious that I’d love you to try them too. 
The pumpkin bread, especially, is ideal for this time of year. The mix of soft pumpkin sponge, sweetened with maple sauce, tastes unbelievable. The texture of the bread is also great, as the crust is wonderfully crunchy while the inside is deliciously soft. It makes a lovely breakfast on a cold morning, a sweet dessert or a perfect afternoon snack. I love having a slice of it spread with a little coconut oil and honey, or if I’m feeling extra indulgent I’ll add a layer of the caramel dipping sauce from my popcorn recipe – it’s absolute heaven.



Popcorn with caramel dipping sauce was designed for cold, snuggly evenings on the sofa watching a movie. It’s easy to make, fun to eat and perfectly sweet. The sauce is made with dates, maple syrup, coconut sugar, coconut oil and cinnamon, and you can add a little water to thin it down. It tastes pretty spectacular and I have a feeling that you’ll drizzle it on just about everything you eat – and of course devour it straight from the bowl with a spoon! 
I toss the popcorn in a little coconut oil and coconut sugar so that it has a subtle flavour of its own, but it’s the dip that really makes it come to life. It’s tempting to pour the sauce all over your bowl of popcorn, but this quickly turns it soggy – and everyone wants crunchy popcorn – so try to resist the temptation. 


If you’re looking for a good trick-or-treat sweet for next weekend, go for these little vanilla-infused almond butter chocolates – they’re a real winner. Cunningly, they really don’t look or taste healthy at all, especially with the big dollop of creamy nut butter in the middle of each bite. I like using almond butter in mine, but peanut butter tastes great too. I also add vanilla powder and salt to my recipes as they really enhance the existing chocolatey, nutty flavours. 
All three recipes are pretty easy to make and will absolutely sate any sweet tooth. Hopefully they’ll make your Hallowe’en extra delicious too! 

Chopstick Fan

Thought the last few inventions were bizarre? Well, this one is just as wacky. The Chopstick Fan is no regular utensil. These utensils have a fan that will cool any hot foods. The fan comes in handy when there is no time to wait for your food to cool down. Turn on the fan while you eat for a cooling effect and lovely meal.

Napkins Pants

Napkin Pants are the next big things. Most people are too lazy to grab a paper towel, so they just wipe their hands on their pants. Wiping wet hands on your pants can cause discomfort. Now with the Napkin Pants, there is an area on the back thigh where hands can be dried without bringing you discomfort.

New and Style Baby Mop

The Baby Mop is a way to give your crawling baby chores without them knowing. These onesies have mop material on the forearms and forelegs. The baby then crawls and cleans the house for you, while you sit and relax. This innovative way of cleaning teaches your baby responsibility at a young age.

Panorama Hat


Is taking a panorama with your smart phone too difficult? Can't keep a steady hand dragging your smart phone to capture everything? Well, thanks to brilliant Japanese developers, there is a hat that will take panorama photos for you. This hat has cameras located all over the hat for the perfect panorama.

Amazingly Horrible Eyebrow Fails


Eyebrows. If you think about it, they’re a lot like bears. Furry little things that, if you leave well alone and don’t disturb them – with, say, tweezers – everything’s fine. But start messing with them and you could find yourself in a lot of trouble. With a real messed up face. They’re also quite a lot like caterpillars. But only aesthetically. Although plenty of the crazy eyebrow fails that we’ll be showing you here don’t look like fuzzy brown caterpillars. In fact, most don’t look like eyebrows at all. Which is what makes them all so darn bad. The following 15 pictures are all proof that when it comes to your brow, natural is good. Whether there’s a bear near you or nor – put down those tweezers, folks…
We can’t quite see how big this lady’s face is, what with only her shoulders being visible (scale and all that…). But she must know. So how has she get the proportions of her eyebrows so desperately wrong? When are anyone’s eyebrows an inch and a half high? Also – what’s up with the coloring here? Oh dear. There’s just so much wrong. But if you think these bad boys are a mess, then keep on clickin’…



This girl’s asking us if she knows us from MySpace. Well, that depends. It’s been quite a long time since we logged into our MySpace accounts (about eight years…). But still. We don’t remember talking to a girl with the longest and highest eyebrows in the world. Every application of these mammoth brows must surely run out a whole eyebrow liner pencil.

A New Solution That Stops Snoring and Lets You Sleep


If you constantly feel exhausted, experience headaches for no obvious reason or have high blood pressure, it could be the result of snoring.
More than a simple annoyance, snoring is also the most common symptom of a potentially serious health problem—obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Over 18 million Americans snore, and it’s related to OSA. People who suffer from OSA repeatedly and unknowingly stop breathing during the night due to a complete or partial obstruction of their airway.  It occurs when the jaw, throat, and tongue muscles relax, blocking the airway used to breathe.  The resulting lack of oxygen can last for a minute or longer, and occur hundreds of times each night.  

OSA has been linked to:
  • Acid reflux
  • Frequent nighttime urination
  • Memory loss
  • Stroke
  • Depression
  • Diabetes
  • Heart attack
People over 35 are at higher risk.
OSA can be expensive to diagnosis and treat — up to $5,000 — and those treatments can sometimes be quite painful. Plus, they're not always covered by insurance.  
However, a recent study published by Eastern Virginia Medical School's Division of Sleep Medicine concluded that wearing a simple chinstrap while sleeping can be an effective treatment for OSA.
The chin strap, which is now available from a company called MySnoringSolution, works by supporting the lower jaw and tongue, preventing obstruction of the airway.  It’s made from a high-tech, lightweight, and super-comfortable material.  Thousands of people have used the MySnoringSolution chinstrap and reported better sleeping, and better health overall because of it.

An effective snoring solution for just $119

The “My Snoring Solution” Chinstrap is available exclusively from the company’s website, which is currently offering a limited time “2 for 1” offer.  The product also comes with an unconditional 90-day, money-back guarantee!
If you want to stop snoring once and for all, without expensive CPAPs or other intrusive devices, this may be the solution you’ve been waiting for.


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What Your Sleeping Position Says About Your Relationship


Do you know that your sleeping position can tell a lot about your relationship? The thing is, in your sleep you can’t imitate or hide your emotions. Your subconscious feelings and attitude are on the surface when you sleep. That’s why you should pay attention to your and your partner’s sleeping positions to analyze your relationship. Sex expert Tracy Cox thinks that the closer you and your partner sleep, the stronger your relationship is. Here are several positions and their real meaning. It’s time to find out do you and your beloved one realy match!


“Touching” Positions
“Touching” PositionsNo matter what position you choose – you touch while sleeping. If so, that means you are committed lovers. You care about each other and keep your connection 24/7. There can be several variations of the position:
  • If your partner’s arm is hugging you that means he is imperious, strives to dominate and in a way, control you.
  • If his hand is between your hips or under your arm – that means his desire to rely on you, search for support, dependency and inability to live on his own.
  • If he is touching you with other parts of body – heels, knees, toes – it means he is shy and afraid to be too pushy.
  • If you are touching with your butts than you have a more tight but unfocused contact, which is a sign of mutual respect and independence in relationship.

Anna Kendrick Biodata

Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, to Janice (Cooke), an accountant, and William Kendrick, a teacher. She has an older brother,
Michael Cooke Kendrick, who has also acted. She is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent.
For her role as "Dinah" in "High Society" on Broadway, Anna Kendrick was nominated for a Tony Award (second youngest ever), a Drama Desk Award, and a Fany Award (best actress featured in a musical). Her spectacular performance landed her the Drama League and Theatre World Award.
She was a lead performer with Cabaret's Kit Kat Club at "Carnegie Hall Live" in Great Performances: My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (1999) (1999) (TV). She also had the privilege of working with director Scott Ellis and choreographer Susan Stroman at the New York City Opera House with Jeremy Irons amongst many more celebrity status actors, playing the role of "Fredrika" in "A Little Night Music".
Anna work-shopped "Jane Eyre" & "The Little Princess" for Broadway and starred in the feature film Camp (2003) with director Todd Graff.

Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

After a humiliating command performance at The Kennedy Center, the Barden Bellas enter an international competition that no American group has ever won in order to regain their status and right to perform.

Pitch Perfect 3

Following the success of helming “ Pitch Perfect 2 ,” Elizabeth Banks is set to return as the director of the next installment in the Universal and Circle of Confusion musical-comedy, sources tell Variety.
Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and Rebel Wilson have already closed deals to return, with Kay Cannon on board to pen the script. The studio recently dated the film to bow on Aug. 4, 2017, but at the time Banks was weighing other projects to direct and hadn’t committed to return.
The multi-hyphenate is currently attached to helm Uni’s “ Red Queen” adaptation and Sony’s “Charlie’s Angels” reboot, but both films are still in development.
The 2012 original grossed $113 million worldwide, while “ Pitch Perfect 2 ″ has more than doubled that, grossing $286 million worldwide to date on a $29 million budget.
The original film was adapted from Mickey Rapkin’s book “ Pitch Perfect : The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory.

Dad's Army (2016)

The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.


'Dreams do come true!' Taylor Swift meets with young cancer sufferer backstage at her Atlanta concert

What a night: Taylor Swift's mom made a young cancer sufferer's dream come true when she arranged for the 6-year-old to meet with the singer backstageTaylor Swift gave one of her young fans a night to remember on Saturday.
Taylor Rayburn, who is suffering with a rare form of kidney cancer, was spotted in the audience by the singer's mother Andrea and given quite the VIP experience during Swift's Atlanta concert.
Andrea Swift, who is also suffering from cancer, plucked the six-year-old out of the crowd to sit with her during a song before arranging a backstage meet and greet with the songstress herself.

Little Taylor was pictured getting a hug from Swift, 25, which the girl's mother posted on her Facebook page Project Team Taylor writing: 'Thanks Ms. Andrea, dreams really do come true!!!!'
Allison Rayburn also explained that she had surprised her daughter with tickets to the show after she spent her birthday receiving treatment in hospital.
'Our seats happened to be close to where Taylor Swift's entourage was. Taylor Swift's mom noticed Taylor and let Taylor sit next to her for a song and at the end of the concert took us backstage to meet Taylor Swift!!!!' she excitedly explained.


What a night: Taylor Swift's mom made a young cancer sufferer's dream come true when she arranged for the 6-year-old to meet with the singer backstage



Female Title Characters

Female Title Characters
All of these characters have their first name in the title of their film, which character do you prefer? This is part one of two polls this looks at A-J characters.

Alice
Alice in Wonderland (1951), Kathryn Beaumont

Alice Hyatt
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Ellen Burstyn

Amélie Poulain
Amélie (2001), Audrey Tautou

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (2012), Greta Garbo

Annie
Lights, Camera, Annie! (1982), Aileen Quinn

Annie Hall
Annie Hall (1977), Diane Keaton

Baby Jane Hudson
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Bette Davis

Barbarella
Barbarella (1968), Jane Fonda

Bonnie Parker
Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Faye Dunaway

Bridget Jones
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Renée Zellweger

Carrie White
Carrie (1976), Sissy Spacek

Cinderella
Cinderella (1950), Ilene Woods

Coffy
Coffy (1973), Pam Grier

Coraline Jones
Coraline (2009), Dakota Fanning

Cristina
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Scarlett Johansson

Daisy Werthan
Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Jessica Tandy

Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich (2000), Julia Roberts

Eve Harrington
All About Eve (1950), Anne Baxter

Eve White
The Three Faces of Eve (1957), Joanne Woodward

Frida Kahlo
Frida (2002), Salma Hayek

Gilda
Gilda (1946), Rita Hayworth

Gloria Swenson
Gloria (1980), Gena Rowlands

Grace Trevethyn
Saving Grace (2000), Brenda Blethyn

Gretel
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), Gemma Arterton

Hanna
Hanna (2011), Saoirse Ronan

Heidi
as played by Shirley Temple in Heidi (1937)

Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown (1997), Pam Grier

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (2011), Mia Wasikowska

Jasmine
Blue Jasmine (2013), Cate Blanchett

Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969),

Maggie Smith
Jessica Stein
Kissing Jessica Stein (2001), Jennifer Westfeldt

Juliet
Romeo + Juliet (1996), Claire Danes

Juno MacGuff
Juno (2007), Ellen Page

The Hunger Games (2012)

Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.

San Andreas (2015)

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter.

Director: Brad Peyton

Writers: Carlton Cuse (screenplay), Andre Fa...

Which of these album do you find hard to forget

Which of these album do you find hard to forget? Discuss the list here

Quincy Jones
And various artists for album "Back on the Block". 1991

Natalie Cole
"Unforgettable... with Love". 1992

Eric Clapton
"Unplugged". 1993

Whitney Houston
"The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album". 1994

Tony Bennett
"MTV Unplugged". 1995

Alanis Morissette
"Jagged Little Pill". 1996

Céline Dion
"Falling into You". 1997

Bob Dylan
"Time out of Mind". 1998

Lauryn Hill
"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill". 1999

Santana
"Supernatural". 2000

Steely Dan
"Two Against Nature". 2001

Dan Tyminski
Various artists album from film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000), including Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Harry McClint…

Norah Jones
"Come Away with Me". 2003

Outkast
"Speakerboxxx/The Love Below". 2004

Ray Charles
And various artists for album "Genius Loves Company". 2005

U2
"How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb". 2006

Dixie Chicks
"Taking the Long Way". 2007

Herbie Hancock
"River: The Joni Letters". 2008

Robert Plant
And Alison Krauss for album "Raising Sand". 2009

Taylor Swift
"Fearless". 2010

Arcade Fire
"The Suburbs". 2011

Adele
"21". 2012
Mumford & Sons
"Babel". 2013

The World's Highest-Paid Celebrities 2015

The World's Highest-Paid Celebrities 2015
According to Forbes, these are 2015 Top 35 Highest-Paid Celebrities. Whose work do you think worth every penny? Discuss them here.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
$300M

Manny Pacquiao
$160M

Katy Perry
$135M

One Direction
$130M

Howard Stern
$95M

Garth Brooks
$90M

James Patterson
$89M

Robert Downey Jr.
$80M

Taylor Swift
$80M

Cristiano Ronaldo
$79.5M

Rush Limbaugh
$79M

Ellen DeGeneres
$75M

Lionel Messi
$74M

Eagles
$73.5M

Phil McGraw
$70M

Roger Federer
$67M

Calvin Harris
$66M

LeBron James
$65M

Justin Timberlake
$63.5M

David Copperfield
$63M

Sean Combs
$60M

Gordon Ramsay
$60M

Ryan Seacrest
$60M

Fleetwood Mac
$59.5M

Lady Gaga
$59M

The Rolling Stones
$57.5M

Ed Sheeran
$56M

Jay Z
$57M

Beyoncé Knowles
$54.5M

Kevin Durant
$52M

Elton John
$53.5M

Toby Keith
$53M

Kim Kardashian West
$52.5M

Jennifer Lawrence
$52M

Paul McCartney
$51.5M

5 Most Outstanding Women of AskMen 2015

5 Most Outstanding Women of AskMen 2015

Who from the following women in the top 5 Most Outstanding Women of AskMen magazine for year 2015 is the most deserved to win this title. Discuss here The full AskMen top 99 outstanding women you can see here

1. Emma Watson

Hermione Granger is courageous, loyal and moral to a fault — she embodies the best of J.K. Rowling's wizarding world. So it's fitting that the little.

2. Ronda Rousey

Whatever you do, don't tell Ronda Rousey she fights like a girl. For one, as the recent #LikeAGirl hashtag made abundantly clear, it's time to drop an.

3. Kim Kardashian West

Those who know Kim from Keeping Up With the Kardashians might be quick to write her off. But if you step back and take a look at the facts, Kim has ma.

4. Taylor Swift

Their fates may be forever entwined, but it's coincidental that Taylor Swift's career arc is starting to look a bit like Kanye's. After a strong first.

5. Lindsey Vonn

Lindsey Vonn currently holds the world record for women's World Cup skiing wins and just bagged her 64th. This makes her, yes, the greatest female ski.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is a multi-Grammy award-winning American singer/songwriter who, in 2010 at the age of 20, became the youngest artist in history to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 2011 Swift was named Billboard's Woman of the Year. She also has been named the American Music Awards Artist of the Year, as well as the Entertainer of the Year for both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, among many other accolades. As of this writing, she is also the top-selling digital artist in music history.
Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Andrea (Finlay), a one-time marketing executive, and Scott Kingsley Swift, a financial adviser. Her ancestry includes German and English, as well as some Scottish, Irish, Welsh and 1/16th Italian. She was named after James Taylor, and her mother believed that if she had a gender neutral name it would help her forge a business career. Taylor spent most of her childhood on an 11-acre Christmas tree farm in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. When she was nine years old the family moved to Wyomissing, PA, where she attended West Reading Elementary Center and Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School. Taylor spent her summers at her parents' vacation home at the Jersey shore. Her first hobby was English horse riding. Her mother put her in a saddle when she was nine months old and Swift later competed in horse shows. At the age of nine she turned her attention to musical theatre and performed in Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions of "Grease", "Annie", "Bye Bye Birdie" and "The Sound of Music". She traveled regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons. However, after a few years of auditioning in New York and not getting anything, she became interested in country music. At age 11, after many attempts, Taylor won a local talent competition by singing a rendition of LeAnn Rimes' "Big Deal", and was given the opportunity to appear as the opening act for
Charlie Daniels at a Strausstown amphitheater. This interest in country music isolated Swift from her middle school peers.
At age 12 she was shown by a computer repairman how to play three chords on a guitar, inspiring her to write her first song, "Lucky You". She had previously won a national poetry contest with a poem entitled "Monster in My Closet", but now began to focus on songwriting. She moved to Nashville at age 14, having secured an artist development deal with RCA Records. She left RCA Records when she was 15--the label wanted her to record the work of other songwriters and wait until she was 18 to release an album, but she felt ready to launch her career with her own material. At an industry showcase at Nashville's The Bluebird Café in 2005, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, a Dreamworks Records executive who was preparing to form his own independent record label, Big Machine Records. Taylor was one of the new label's first signings.
Taylor released her debut album, "Taylor Swift", in October of 2006 and received generally positive reviews from music critics. The New York Times described it as "a small masterpiece of pop-minded country, both wide-eyed and cynical, held together by Ms. Swift's firm, pleading voice". Her single "Our Song" made her the youngest solo writer and singer of a #1 country song. The album sold 39,000 copies during its first week. In 2008 she released her second studio album, "Fearless". The lead single from the album, "Love Story", was released in September 2008 and became the second best-selling country single of all time, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Four more singles were released throughout 2008 and 2009: "White Horse", "You Belong with Me", "Fifteen" and "Fearless". "You Belong with Me" was the album's highest-charting single, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. It was the top-selling album of 2009 and brought Swift much crossover success.
In September 2009 she became the first country music artist to win an MTV Video Music Award when "You Belong with Me" was named Best Female Video. Her acceptance speech was interrupted by rapper Kanye West, who had been involved in a number of other award show incidents. West declared Beyoncé Knowles's video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", nominated in the same category, to be "one of the best videos of all time". When Beyoncé later won the award for Video of the Year, she invited Taylor onstage to finish her speech. In November 2009 Taylor Swift became the youngest ever artist, and one of only six women, to be named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association.
She released her third studio album in October 2010, "Speak Now", and wrote all the songs herself. She originally intended to call the album "Enchanted" but Scott Borchetta, her record label's CEO, felt the title did not reflect the album's more adult themes. Swift toured throughout 2011 and early 2012 in support of "Speak Now". As part of the 13-month, 111-date world tour, Swift played seven shows in Asia, 12 in Europe, 80 in North America and 12 in Australasia (three dates on the US tour were rescheduled after she fell ill with bronchitis). The stage show was inspired by Broadway musical theatre, with choreographed routines, elaborate set-pieces, pyrotechnics and numerous costume changes. Swift invited many musicians to join her for one-off duets during the North American tour. Appearances were made by James Taylor, Jason Mraz, Shawn Colvin, Johnny Rzeznik, Andy Grammer, Tal Bachman, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, Nelly, B.o.B., Usher Raymond, Flo Rida,
T.I., Jon Foreman, Jim Adkins, Hayley Williams, Hot Chelle Rae, Ronnie Dunn, Darius Rucker, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney. In May 2012 Taylor featured in B.o.B's song "Both of Us".
Swift's fourth studio album, "Red", was released on October 22, 2012. She wrote nine of the album's 16 songs alone; the remaining seven were co-written with Max Martin, Liz Rose, Dan Wilson, Ed Sheeran and Gary Lightbody. Nathan Chapman served as the album's lead producer but Jeff Bhasker, Butch Walker, Jacknife Lee, Dann Huff and Karl Schuster (aka Shellback) also produced individual tracks. Chapman has said he encouraged Swift "to branch out and to test herself in other situations". She has described the collaborative process as "an apprenticeship" that taught her to "paint with different colors". "Red" examines Swift's attraction to drama-filled relationships; she believes that, since writing the record, such relationships no longer appeal to her. Musically, while there is some experimentation with "slick, electronic beats", the pop sheen is limited to a handful of tracks sprinkled among more recognizably Swiftian fare. "Rolling Stone" enjoyed "watching Swift find her pony-footing on Great Songwriter Mountain. She often succeeds in joining the Joni/Carole King tradition of stark-relief emotional mapping . . . Her self-discovery project is one of the best stories in pop." The Guardian described Swift as a "Brünnhilde of a rock star" and characterized "Red" as "another chapter in one of the finest fantasies pop music has ever constructed". "USA Today" felt that the "engaging" record saw Swift "write ever-more convincingly--and wittily and painfully--about the messy emotions of a young twenty something nearing the end of her transition from girl to woman". The "Los Angeles Times" noted the exploration of "more nuanced relationship issues" on "an unapologetically big pop record that opens new sonic vistas for her".
As part of the "Red" promotional campaign, representatives from 72 worldwide radio stations were flown to Nashville during release week for individual interviews with Swift. She made television appearances on Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003), Good Morning America (1975), The View (1997), Late Show with David Letterman (1993), ABC News Nightline (1980) and 20/20: All Access Nashville with Katie Couric (2012). She performed at Los Angeles' MTV VMAs and London's Teen Awards, and will also perform at Nashville's CMA Awards, Frankfurt's MTV Europe Music Awards, Los Angeles' AMA Awards and Sydney's ARIA Music Awards. Swift offered exclusive album promotions through Target, Papa John's and Walgreens. She became a spokesmodel for Keds sneakers, released her sophomore Elizabeth Arden fragrance and continued her partnerships with Cover Girl, Sony Electronics and American Greetings, as well as her unofficial brand tie-ins with Ralph Lauren and Shellys. The album's lead single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", was released in August 2012. The song became Swift's first #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, recording the highest ever one-week sales figures for a female artist. Two further singles have since been released: "Begin Again" (country radio) and "I Knew You Were Trouble" (pop and international radio).In her career, as of May 2012, Swift has sold over 23 million albums and 54.5 million digital tracks worldwide.
Taylor Swift is only beginning to emerge as an acting talent, having voiced the role of Audrey in the animated feature The Lorax (2012). She also made appearances in the theatrical release
Valentine's Day (2010) and in an episode of
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000). She contributed two original songs to The Hunger Games (2012) soundtrack: "Safe & Sound featuring The Civil Wars" and "Eyes Open". Taylor released her fifth album, titled "1989", on October 27, 2014. This album is when she finally made the complete transition from country to pop. She says that she will not be going to any Country Music Award shows. The album is named after the year she was born, and is a sort of '80s-sounding album, in the sense that it's more electronic.
In July-August 2015 She's Engaged to Ireland's Radio Disc Jockey Calvin Harris when they met since May this year while at "The 2015 Billboard Music Awards."

Nobel Prizes 2015

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015
Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald
"for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass"

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015
Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar
"for mechanistic studies of DNA repair"

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015
William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura
"for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites"
Youyou Tu
"for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria"

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015
Svetlana Alexievich
"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time"

The Nobel Peace Prize 2015
National Dialogue Quartet
"for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011"

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015
Angus Deaton
"for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare"

BD Wong Not Staying Hush-Hush About Enigmatic "Mr. Robot" Role

It was not a bad summer for you! Along with appearing in the year's highest grossing film, you got some amazing notices for "Mr. Robot."
BD Wong : The ["Mr. Robot"] job came to me rather last minute. It was a lot of hush-hush about where the character was going or what the character was. It was very much like the Jurassic Park movies. In fact, this was the only TV version of the hush-hush security thing that I've ever experienced.
It was the first TV project in which I was not allowed to understand, read the script, or be told even very fundamental details of what was happening. So, shooting it was a little maddening, but the sense that this was a project that everyone was talking about and that it was on the brink of something was palpable.
Watching it all unfold has been really great for me. It's been really satisfying, especially now with social media and all of the actions on social media in response, because the "Mr. Robot" audience is the social media audience. So, they're all alive and on fire about this series, in particular about this particular character. And that's great. I loved it.

5 Things to Expect From "Blindspot"

Blindspot is unlike any crime thriller you've seen on television, and it's time to get a taste of what's to come. The show begins when a tattoo-covered Jane Doe is found in Times Square with no memory of who she is or where she's from. Sounds like a typical day in NYC, but the catch? She has the name of FBI Agent Kurt Weller tattooed on her back. Intrigued? Here are 5 things to expect from NBC's new show, slated to premiere at 10 pm ET on September 21. - Mehara



“ Major Acting Chops
Plenty of crime thrillers rely on plotting alone to engage viewers, but Blindspot will highlight the acting prowess of Jaimie Alexander and Sullivan Stapleton, who play Jane Doe and FBI Agent Kurt Weller, respectively. Alexander has plenty of experience in the action genre, with credits in "Kyle XY," Thor , Thor: The Dark World , and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D;" while Stapleton's been nominated for an Australian Film Institute award for his work in Animal Kingdom. ”

Extant

CBS had high hopes for its summer sci-fi drama starring Halle Berry, but the tale of an astronaut impregnated under mysterious circumstances while in outer space never attracted a large audience. Nonetheless, the network ordered a second season, hoping that casting and storyline changes would make it more appealing. Instead, the ratings dropped even further, falling to a 0.7 rating among adults age 18 to 49, lower than many of the CBS' summer reruns.
Everyone knew it wasn't coming back, but the network has finally officially canceled "Extant."

Full Season Pick-Up: "Rosewood"

"Rosewood" is the anti-"Minority Report." Based on the ad rates that FOX set, the network believed that "Rosewood" would be its lowest-rated new series. The drama about a brilliant pathologist received less promotion than FOX's other new shows.
Surprise! It's FOX's highest-rated new series. Since the ratings have risen significantly for the final 15 minutes of each episode, it's likely that some fans of FOX's megahit "Empire" , which airs after "Rosewood," are tuning in early.
The network first ordered three additional scripts of the show, then gave it a full 22-episode pick-up a week later.

Episode Order Cut: "Minority Report"

"Minority Report" has turned out to be a expensive flop for FOX, which charged advertisers more money to run ads on the show than any other new series. Perhaps the network needs to hire a pre-cog. "Minority Report" turned out to be the network's lowest-rated freshman series, with the most recent episode delivering a low 0.7 rating among adults age 18 to 49.
In an attempt to mitigate the damage, FOX cut "Minority Report's" episode order from 13 to 10. The series has not been officially canceled yet, but it won't be back next season.

Blindspot

NBC's "Blindspot" is this season's highest-rated new broadcast series. The crime drama about a tattooed amnesiac working with the FBI to unravel a conspiracy benefits from airing after the highly-rated "The Voice," but it has a fanbase of its own.
NBC, recognizing it has a hit on its hands, ordered nine additional episodes of the series, making it the first new show to be picked up for a full, 22-episode season.


Full Season Pick-Up: "Fresh Off The Boat"

ABC's "Fresh Off The Boat" began its Season 2 with a 13-episode order. Season 1 of the show premiered mid-season, and eked out a renewal after an initial 13-episode run based on its relatively strong performance on ABC's historically weak Tuesday night.
This year, the show was supposed to benefit from its lead-in, "The Muppets," which the network believed would be a hit. Instead, its ratings have declined substantially each week. For the past two weeks, "Fresh Off The Boat" has outperformed it.
ABC recognized the strength of the comedy, ordering an additional nine episodes, which gives the comedy a full 22-episode Season 2.


Additional Episodes Ordered: "Quantico"

Date announced: Oct. 13

"Quantico," ABC's drama about a FBI agent trainee who was framed for a terrorist attack, is the network's highest rated new drama. The series is a self-starter. Its most recent episode grew 78 percent among adults age 18-49 over its lead-in.
ABC has ordered six additional episodes, for a total of 19. The network held off on a full 22 episode pick up because it has a lot of new shows that are slated to premiere mid-season.

"Rookie Blue"

"Rookie Blue," a Canadian series that aired in the summers on ABC, had a loyal fanbase. It was the network's highest rated summer scripted series the year that it launched. The ratings declined significantly last summer, averaging a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating. The season 6 finale was a fitting end to the series, with the two leads getting married, so it made sense for ABC to cancel the show.

Actress Maureen O'Hara

Irish-American actress Maureen O'Hara has died. She was 95.
The Parent Trap star's family confirmed to The Irish Times that she passed away in her sleep on Saturday. The Fitzsimons family issued a statement, saying, "Maureen was our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family as they celebrated her life listening to music from her favorite movie, The Quiet Man." Per the Irish Times, the family praised O'Hara for having brought "unyielding strength and sudden sensitivity to every role she played." Story