Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Why We Love Watching Robots Fail
The event produced several eye-catching moments, including when humanoids beat human records at the high jump and the 400m. Just a few days before Ultra’s race, Lightning, a robot developed by phone company Honor, ran the 100m in 9.39 seconds, again thundering home quicker than Bolt. But these tumbling records will likely be, in the…
Read MoreEvery Rule That Miss USA Contestants Must Follow
And this is just the latest instance of the organization’s less-than-pretty side peeking through. Though Nebraska’s Audrey Eckert carried off her reign unscathed, two years ago, Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava provided a look behind the very polished curtain, announcing their separate decisions to step down from their respective roles. …
Read MoreExclusive | Ultra-exclusive Hamptons yacht club forced to cancel restaurant service after foreign kitchen staff kicked out of US
An ultra-exclusive Hamptons yacht club catering to the wealthy and well-connected was forced to suspend its members-only restaurant service for multiple days after several of its kitchen staff were booted from the country over visa issues, The Post has learned. The swanky oceanfront Devon Yacht Club in Amagansett — which reportedly charges around $100,000 in…
Read MoreNorway’s King Harald in ‘very serious’ health condition, royal family cancels all planned events
The health of Norway’s King Harald, 89, has deteriorated while in hospital and his condition is now “very serious,” the royal court said on Thursday. Europe’s oldest living monarch and Norway’s ceremonial head of state since 1991, Harald was taken to hospital on August 17. The palace said he was being treated for a bacterial infection in…
Read MoreProfessor Solehah Yaacob who claimed ancient Malays taught flying kung-fu to Chinese fired by her university
A Malaysian academic who went viral for peddling a range of wild pseudo-historical theories – including claiming ancient Malays taught flying kung-fu to the Chinese – has been fired by her university. Linguist Solehah Yaacob was dismissed from her position as an Arabic linguistics instructor at the International Islamic University Malaysia on April 27, school…
Read MoreWant to Know How the Lunar Eclipse Affects Your Zodiac Sign? Astrologer Aliza Kelly Reveals All
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood. Us, to the moon at the moment. Because from the evening of Aug. 27 until the next day's early hours, we're going to experience the dark side of the moon due to… Source link
Read MoreRare American mink possibly spotted on Long Island for first time in 31 years
An American mink was captured on a trail camera in Suffolk County — and wildlife researchers say it’s remarkably rare if it is the adorable little critter. Long Island naturalist Peter Janow caught what he believed to be an American mink on a trail camera he set up in Northport near the North Shore just…
Read MoreBrawl breaks out at Ohio wedding after ‘bad apples’ attacks dancer, suspect arms self with butter knife
Here comes the crime… An Ohio wedding descended into chaos when a band of brothers crashed the reception and allegedly attacked a reveler, sparking a chaotic brawl between two families with bad blood. The holy smash-rimony between guests and the unwanted attendees went down at around 8:50 p.m. Friday inside the La Centre Banquet Facility…
Read MoreWoman, 61, struck and killed by car while crossing NYC street just blocks away from her home
A 61-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car while crossing the street just a few blocks away from her home in Queens on Wednesday — the latest in a series of recent pedestrian deaths across the city. Wang Jing was crossing Union Turnpike near the intersection with Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills…
Read MoreYayoi Kusama, the World’s Most Photographed Recluse
Yayoi Kusama in Paris, 2001. Sygma via Getty Images (Editor’s note: This article was originally published on July 18, 2012.) It should be impossible to make a dull exhibition of work by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, a feisty 83-year-old whose scale-defying work—”infinity net” paintings, polka-dot installations, happenings, as well as dabblings in media, fashion and…
Read MoreLet's Marry Harry Cast Says Harry Jowsey Had Sex With Multiple Women
Harry Jowsey doesn't kiss and tell, especially when it happens behind the scenes. But at the Let's Marry Harry reunion, his former fiancées confessed there was more chemistry than Harry's steamy… Source link
Read MoreBroadway’s ‘Rocky Horror Show’ pays emotional tribute to Tim Curry: ‘He has so many children in this world’
“The Rocky Horror Show” on Broadway got serious on Wednesday night as the cast paid tribute to the late Tim Curry. The British actor, who died Tuesday at age 80, originated the role of that “sweet transvestite” Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult-classic musical film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” as well as the 1973…
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