Alex admitted he felt “nervous” about his first time at the news desk. He confessed: “I am very excited, everyone keeps saying they are very excited for me, I’m also very nervous.” The star also explained a furious row in his hotel which had kept him up the night before his big debut. “So I […]
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The Masked Singer’s Penguin on How Beyoncé Inspired Her Eagle Attack and How Lizzo Taught Her the Truth Hurts
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Wednesday’s The Masked Singer. If you thought The Masked Singer‘s Penguin was on fire in her smackdown round against Eagle a few episodes back, you don’t know how right you were. The black-and-white bird’s impassioned performance of Fifth Harmony’s “I’m Worth It” led to her victory that night — […]
Red Dead Redemption 2 Online Battle Royale: How to play the Fortnite inspired game mode?
Red Dead Online has its own story-line to discover, missions to complete and the ability to explore Red Dead’s enormous map with a posse of up to eight other real-world players. The success of Fortnite is partly due to the popularity of the battle royale genre. And now Red Dead Online has its own battle […]
“Wolf’s jaw” star cluster may have inspired parts of Ragnarok myth
Enlarge / Only the onset of Ragnarok can defeat Hela, the goddess of death, in Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok. (credit: Marvel Studios) In Norse mythology, Ragnarok is a cataclysmic series of events leading to the death of Odin and his fellow Asgardian gods, and ultimately to the end of the world. Some iconographic details of this […]
How to Make Fake Blood: Try This Medically Inspired Recipe
To make realistic fake blood for Halloween, it helps to understand why actual blood looks and flows the way it does. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bd262b92eea7906bba84c94/master/pass/bloodyhand-1036615756.jpg
A Futuristic Vision of Tokyo Inspired by ‘Blade Runner’
Photographer Tom Blachford listened to the soundtrack while shooting his series *Nihon Noir*. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bcfb1695b66a763e54f0acd/master/pass/1A-Zig%20Zag_.jpg
Clever Art Inspired by Pop Culture’s Fictional Products
“Product Placement” is one of the most venerable series at the pop culture-loving Gallery1988 — we shared images from the very first one, five long years ago — and for good reason: if you’ve watched Idiocracy enough times (if you can stand to these days), you might wonder what a print ad for Brawndo might look […]
15 Successful People with Autism Who Have Inspired Millions of People
There are those who merely roll over and accept whatever hand fate deals them as the perfect excuse to settle for mediocrity. Then, there are the other type of people: The inspirational figures. The highly successful leaders, innovators and creators. The heroes who take what other people would see as a limitation and turn it […]
Porsche debuts new $800,000 racer inspired by the iconic 935 Le Mans car
Porsche For the second time in a few weeks, the Monterey area in California is playing host to an amazing automotive gathering. In August it was Car Week, probably the biggest gathering of rare classics and concepts on the planet. This week, it’s the turn of just one marque, because it’s Porsche’s Rennsport Reunion. The […]
New Balance’s new cold-weather running jacket is inspired by the Mylar blankets marathon runners use to stay warm — here’s how it works
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. New Balance Drawing inspiration from silver Mylar blankets used by marathon runners, the New Balance Radiant Heat Bonded Collection reflects body heat to keep runners warm in cold weather. In […]