'Americanah' Author Explains 'Learning' To Be Black In The U.S.

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1202 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Americanah By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Purchase BookPurchase close overlay Buy Featured Book TitleAmericanahAuthorChimamanda Ngozi Adichie Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? Amazon Independent Bookstores This interview was originally broadcast on June 27, 2013. When the novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was growing up in Nigeria she was not used to being identified by the color of her skin. That changed when she arrived in the United States for college. As a black African in America, Adichie was suddenly confronted with what it meant to be a person of color in the United States. [Read More]

21 Best Luxury Easter Eggs 2023 from Fortnum & Mason to Harrods

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  312 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Luxury Easter eggs have had a decadent glow-up in 2023. Somehow, we're just dats away from Easter weekend again – and while we could feel sad and disheartened at the speedy passing of time, the quirky religious tradition of milk chocolate egg gifting (plus four days out-of-office and some hopeful sunshine) has got us looking forward to its return with glee. Luckily, some of the country’s leading chocolatiers have been busy crafting extravagant, limited-edition Easter treats to tickle the tastebuds of every chocolate lover in town. [Read More]

His journalist daughter was killed. Now he wants to fix big tech in Congress

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1353 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

VirginiaAndy Parker says he is ‘honoring’ his daughter Alison Parker’s death by fighting for a congressional seat to regulate big tech Andy Parker has never watched the video of his daughter’s murder. But anyone with an internet connection can find it, view it and share it. In the years since Alison Parker, a 24-year-old TV journalist in Roanoke, Virginia, was shot and killed during a live broadcast in 2015, her father has made it his mission to remove the footage from the social media platforms where it continues to resurface even after being taken down. [Read More]

Hulk Hogan Once Succumbed After Demanding $25 Million for 17,000 Sq. Ft Mansion

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  385 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Hulk Hogan is one of the most recognizable figures in wrestling history. While we all know that the average wrestler doesn’t earn much, Hogan’s place on the wrestling hill is pretty much at the top. Even without wrestling for a long time, Hogan’s t-shirt and other merchandise still score big numbers. But with this many income options, it is a shock that Hogan had to sell his Florida mansion in the late 2010s. [Read More]

Rupert Grint Says It Was 'Really Easy' Getting Along With Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  561 words  |  Martina Birk

Rupert Grint and his Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson had great chemistry on screen. But according to Grint, the trio’s dynamic was just as magical behind the scenes. Recently, he detailed just how “easy” it was for them to get along.  The ‘Harry Potter’ trio spent all of their teen years together Grint, Watson, and Radcliffe were between 10 and 12 years old when they were cast as Ron, Hermione, and Harry in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. [Read More]

Watch a Nearly Naked Amber Rose Grind Her Butt on a Guy at Carnival

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  88 words  |  Martina Birk

Wiz Khalifa who? While partying at Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago this week, Amber Rose got very up close and personal with a guy during the high-energy festivities. Dressed in a barely there beaded turquoise bikini and a matching feather headdress, the 31-year-old model flaunted lots of skin, including her ample cleavage and famously big booty, while dancing in the nearly naked costume. At one point during the celebration, Rose was bumping and grinding on a pal and was even photographed gyrating her butt on the guy. [Read More]

The Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Will Be Here Soon!

 Posted on August 29, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  527 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Find out when it will bring some festive magic to a town near you... It’s as traditional as the annual gripes about mince pies being sold too early in supermarkets. Yes, for many people the arrival of the Coca-Cola Christmas truck is a sign that the festive season is upon us. Hurrah! Now in its seventh year, the truck tour will kick off again in Glasgow on Saturday 11th November. The truck will then travel around the UK spreading seasonal joy. [Read More]

Enough With the Crying Shakira Accused of Begging a Year After Break UpWith Gerard

 Posted on August 29, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  531 words  |  Aldo Pusey

In 2023, Shakira’s diss track saga was among the year’s best highlights. In comparison to Gerard Pique, the Latin American singer has a huge chunk of the fanbase by her side. Even so, the Grammy Award winner has been subject to serious criticism every now and then. So much so that a popular Argentine actress lashed out at Shakira by asking the Colombian to stop crying and ‘screwing around’ with the FC Barcelona legend. [Read More]

Gen Z vs. the Silver Tsunami

 Posted on August 29, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1798 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Redeem now You can't talk about the housing shortage or runaway home prices without boomers on the brain. Baby boomers dominate America's housing market. Members of the "Me" generation own nearly $19 trillion worth of US real estate — more than double the amount held by millennials and about $5 trillion more than Gen Xers. Their massive land grab has continued well into their twilight years as they've used their mountains of savings and accumulated equity to edge out younger buyers. [Read More]

Is WNBA Star Liz Cambage Single, and What Is Her Net Worth?

 Posted on August 29, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  505 words  |  Martina Birk

Las Vegas Aces star center Elizabeth “Liz” Cambage is one of the tallest players actively competing in the WNBA, standing at six-foot-eight-inches. She’s also one of the highest-paid female players. Recently, artist Drake shouted her out in his “Sicko Mode” feature, rapping his shot is “wet like I’m Lizzie,” as the Aces star is a lead scorer. Is the basketball player single, and what is her net worth? Is Liz Cambage single? [Read More]