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If You Stole This Lady’s Placenta From The Fridge, Please Just Return It

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If You Stole This Lady’s Placenta From The Fridge, Please Just Return It

Look. We’re not about to snitch on someone who desperately needed to placate their midnight craving for human placenta. This is a safe space, and breaking into someone’s house to steal some food is a desperate, albeit questionable, move and we’re not here to judge anyone for that.

But if you did sneak into New Zealand mom Loralie Burns’ house and raid her freezer, she has a simple plea for you: “Please just drop it back, I don’t need to know who you are or why you did it, I just really want it back, no questions asked.”

New Zealand blog Stuff.co.nz reports that a burglar broke into Burns’ home and stole some old meat, as well as a plastic container with her 5-month old son’s placenta inside. They had planned to bury it somewhere meaningful, alongside her mother’s ashes, at a later date. Until someone stole it, that is.

She cannot imagine that the thief would want the placenta for anything except for a meal. She simply can’t fathom that they’d take a Tupperware with a mysterious-looking organic material in it, mistake it for some other foodstuff, and make off with it. No, they definitely want the placenta.

Eating one’s own placenta, either dried into capsule form or blended into other foods, is a choice some moms make to get vitamins after childbirth. There’s little evidence, aside from anecdotal, that it’s actually good for you. Some new mothers swear by it. This must be what the burglar was after, the family believes.

Anyway, all that aside, the point of this story is to find Loralie’s placenta. If you know who took it, please urge them to return it. Unless it’s been stir-fried already, in which case, best just keep quiet about it forever.

And everyone else, please label your frozen foods more carefully.

Man Denied Lung Transplant Over Marijuana Dies

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Man Denied Lung Transplant Over Marijuana Dies

A young man from Utah, who made headlines after he was refused a lung transplant because traces of marijuana were found in his system, has died, according to a report from the Salt Lake Tribune.

Although Riley Hancey was eventually given a second chance, receiving approval for a double lung transplant that the hospital in his home state would not authorize because he tested positive for THC, he died Saturday afternoon at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, just one week after celebrating his 20th birthday. He was surrounded by his mother and father, as well as other family members, who called the hospital staff “angels” for the level of care they offered Riley before his passing.

The whole rotten situation began last year, around Thanksgiving, when Hancey came down with a severe case of pneumonia than landed him in the University of Utah. One of his lungs had collapsed, and he spent two weeks on life support, before it was determined that he would need an organ transplant to survive. The only problem was Hancey did not qualify for a set of new lungs because he had apparently smoked marijuana at some point within the past 30 days. Only small traces of THC metabolites were discovered in his system, yet hospital officials said it was against the rules to provide transplants for patients with “active alcohol, tobacco, or illicit drug use or dependencies.”

It was then that the Hancey family began to scour the planet for a hospital that would do the transplant. That journey led them to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, roughly 2,000 miles from their home in Park city.

Riley underwent a double lung transplant at the end of last month. Unfortunately, his body was just not strong enough to make it successfully through the recovery process.

“It is with heavy hearts, we are devastated to announce that Riley Hancey passed away from complications of a lung transplant,” the Hancey’s announced on its YouCaring fundraising site. “We are extremely thankful to all the wonderful doctors and staff at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Utah for their expertise and care that Riley received. We would also like to thank the donor family, who in their own grief chose to save a life. We will never forget your kindness and generosity.”

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Gossip: Elton John Cancels Shows After Being Hospitalized With Rare Infection; Amber Heard And Elon Musk Relationship Official

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Gossip: Elton John Cancels Shows After Being Hospitalized With Rare Infection; Amber Heard And Elon Musk Relationship Official

Elton John has canceled all of his Vegas performances through next month due to an illness that forced him to be hospitalized, it was announced on Monday.

His entire performance schedule for the upcoming April/May run of “The Million Dollar Piano” at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace was canceled, as was his scheduled performance for Bakersfield, California, on May 6.

According to the statement from Rogers and Cowan, after his South American tour, John contracted a bacterial infection, and became “violently ill” on his flight home from Chile. He was admitted to the hospital when he returned home to the U.K., and spent two nights in intensive care.

He was released from the hospital on Saturday, and is now “comfortably resting at home per doctor’s advice.” He is expected to make a full recovery, and is set to resume performing in Twickenham, England, on June 3.

Amber Heard and Elon Musk Make Their Relationship Official

Elon Musk requested to meet Amber Heard by email years ago. “If there is a party or event with Amber, I’d be interested in meeting her just out of curiosity.”

After months of speculations, Amber Heard is finally ready to go public with boyfriend Elon Musk.

The Danish Girl star and the billionaire made things Instagram official on Sunday when they each shared photos of a cozy dinner together at Moo Moo on the Gold Coast of Australia. In the pictures, the two certainly weren’t shy about PDA as Musk was snapped with Heard’s lipstick print on his face.

“Cheeky,” the actress captioned a shot of her with her arm resting on her beau’s shoulder.

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Wait, Is Anne Hathaway Secretly A Marijuana Enthusiast?

Brendan Bures
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Wait, Is Anne Hathaway Secretly A Marijuana Enthusiast?

So it turns out that Anne Hathaway might not be so green when it comes to the green. During a special 420 episode of Watch What Happens Live with host Andy Cohen, the Devil Wears Prada actress was asked if she was a smoker or not. Hathaway, who is currently on a press tour to promote her movie Colossal, she answered the question with a perfect non-answer.

Cohen asked the question during a segment called “Plead The Fifth,” where he asks celebrities three questions and they can “Plead the Fifth” to just one. After downing some liquid courage via tequila, Cohen asked Hathaway about her marijuana usage.

“There was a rumor in 2013 that a photo exists and was circulating of you with a massive blunt,” Cohen asked. “On a scale of 1 to 10, how big of a stoner is Anne Hathaway?”

Hathaway responded by delivering a knowing raised eyebrow and smiling wide, the way someone does playfully when they know they’ve been caught. She then said, “Not a little one,” to Cohen’s query.

“But here’s the thing, though,” she said. “I’m a parent and I don’t feel like getting arrested, so I’m going to say zero.”

Hathaway quickly added: “I guess I should’ve just pleaded the Fifth on that one.”

So there you have it. The Devil wears Prada and smokes the green. Hathaway stars in the movie Colossal, where she plays an addicted and addled internet blogger who is forced to move home when her life starts to collapse upon itself. There she reconnects with an old school friend and soon discovers she has the ability to control a massive kaiju-like monster.

The film surprises and is smarter than you perhaps envision from previews. Much more rumbles underneath the surface and Hathaway returns to classic acting form. Alongside Hathaway stars Jason Sudeikis. Considering Sudeikis is a known marijuana enthusiast, we can only imagine how “cloudy” things got on set.

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12 Country Music Stars Openly Proud Marijuana Enthusiasts

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12 Country Music Stars Openly Proud Marijuana Enthusiasts

Though it isn’t mentioned often in the same breath of other genres like hip hop, country music stars sure enjoy their cannabis.

While some write songs about it and others admit their marijuana usage in interviews, country singers are no stranger to the green. Here are just 12 singers who’ve come out publicly and embraced marijuana.

Toby Keith

We’ll let the video fill you in here.

Brantley Gilbert

When the country singer was announced as the headliner for 2014’s Taste of Country Festival, Brantley Gilbert gave an interview about his anticipation. During the interview he was asked about the previous festival headliner Willie Nelson, and Gilbert admitted he had a Willie Nelson story.

“I have a story, but I can’t tell it, because I would never smoke weed because it is against the law,” Gilbert said. “And I am a law abiding citizen and never lie.”

Loretta Lynn

Now, when it comes to marijuana, Loretta Lynn admits she’s not the biggest fan, though she has tried it. In an interview with Sirius XM, the country legend relayed the story of her first time trying it.

RELATED: Willie Nelson’s Wife Announces Marijuana-Infused Artisanal Chocolate Edible Line

‘Somebody said, ‘Hey, it’s time you smoke marijuana,’” Lynn told host Elizabeth Cook. “I took one little thing off of that thing. It hit me in the chest and I thought, ‘My God, I’m gonna die.’ I ain’t smokin’ anymore. So I decided if you either go blind or smoke marijuana, I’ll just go blind.”

Ashley Monroe

Just listen to this song.

Jake Owen

Jake Owen grew up on the beach where surfers lounge and skaters chill. As he revealed in a 2014 Rolling Stone interview, “I have done my share of weed.”

Eric Church

In a Men’s Journal interview, Eric Church admitted to enjoying cannabis. He might surprise you about the way he consumes it, however.

“I do more of the edibles now just because the smoking part is sucking for me vocally,” Church said. “I mean, it’s one of those things I’m not ashamed of. It’s something I enjoy. It’s escapism. I do it responsibly.”

Church also said he smoked out a Dial soap bar and he wrote a song called “I’m Gettin’ Stoned.”

Aaron Lewis

In a 2015 concert, fans reported that Aaron Lewis during a performance of “Country Boy,” Lewis sang “Rarely drink from the bottle and I quit smoking the weed.”

Reba McEntire

On a segment of “Plead the Fifth” during Andy Cohen’s Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, McEntire came out the proverbial weed closet.

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“No, no, no. I am not a stoner,” McEntire said. “But I have had the edibles and have smoked before. I don’t like the edibles too much. I don’t know when it’s going to kick in.”

Florida-Georgia Line

It perhaps doesn’t surprise you that Florida-Georgia Line enjoy their weed. In an interview with Billbaord, the reported asked the duo about their country stoner anthem, “Sun Daze,” and whether they participate in cannabis use. “Yeah. Oh, yes,” said Tyler Hubbard.

Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard

Watch the video.

Kris Kristofferson

The iconic country singer revealed that even if weed has affected his memory, “I’m not quitting.”

Facebook’s Betting That Augmented Reality Will Be The Technology Of The Future

Maria Loreto
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Facebook’s Betting That Augmented Reality Will Be The Technology Of The Future

Augmented reality is the technology of the future. In theory, it’s a simple idea that looks for ways of enhancing our everyday reality with digital technology, adding layers of software onto the real world. Google took a stab at it a while ago with the Google Glasses – aka the world’s biggest flop – and now Facebook wants to give it a shot. 

As technology progresses we’ve become acquainted with some basic and rudimentary forms of AR, via Snapchat and mobile games like Pokemon Go. Every time our smartphone camera manipulates our face or our environment through filters and animations, we’re getting closer and closer to more complex shapes of AR, and we’re also learning to understand it and use it. 

Zuckerberg wants to develop a software that will be able to manipulate reality in a variety of ways, allowing you to take a picture of your cereal and edit in some cute little sharks or allowing you to replace real objects with digital information.

“Think about how many of the things around us don’t actually need to be physical. Instead of a $500 TV sitting in front of us, what’s to keep us from one day having it be a $1 app?”

While all of this sounds incredible in theory, at the moment there’s no technology that suggests that this will be happening any time soon. Facebook also doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to groundbreaking technology. They do own a lot of social media – Instagram, WhatsApp – but they’ve also invested millions of dollars in projects that have flopped.

For now, the new Facebook Camera will allow you to edit things in and out of pictures easier than ever before, like a super powered photoshop that will garner a lot of fans from all over social media. 

Facebook has partnered up with a number of companies that have agreed to start developing different softwares that will form an ecosystem with Facebook (kind of like what Apple did with iTunes and iPhones) that’ll allow AR to become a reality. Hopefully, this technology will lead to awesome things like being able to watch TV without any hardware, instead of simply editing ourselves into the Coachella concert we couldn’t go to. Time will tell. 

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College Pro Tip: 9 Easy Ways To Class Up Basic Ramen

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College Pro Tip: 9 Easy Ways To Class Up Basic Ramen

A package of ramen is everyone’s best friend for good reason. It’s calorie dense, it’s cheap and it’s easy to make. Ding ding ding! We have a winner for just about every single meal. And you don’t need to be a broke college student to appreciate its versatility. Here are 9 ways to spruce up your noodles to make you feel like royalty. Okay, maybe not royalty, but someone who can at least afford an egg and some vegetables.

Ramen Chili

All you need for this recipe is 3 packets of ramen noodles, two cans of chili, a can of diced tomatoes and some cheese. Get ready to dig in, because dinner will be ready in a snap!

Chicken Noodle Soup

Two packages of ramen and two cups of shredded chicken, along with the usual chicken noodle soup ingredients, and you’ll immediately up your instant ramen game…and get rid of any cold you may have!

Omelett

Dumbed Down Food has a recipe that involves cooking a block of ramen, an then adding it to an egg mixture before cooking it all in a frying pan and topping with cheese. But really, you can add some of your own seasonings, vegetables and meat, too.

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Stir Fry

Basically, your instant noodles cooked in a pan with some added meat and vegetables and anything else you want to toss in. AllRecipes has a version that calls for a single package of Oriental-flavored ramen, chicken, oyster sauce and Sriracha.

Mac ‘N Cheese

Also lovingly known as Ramencheese, this dish can be as fancy as you want to make it. Pop Sugar has the easiest mac and cheese recipe you’ll ever lay eyes on. All it requires is ramen noodles, some seasoning and cheese. A much fancier restaurant-style version from David’s Cafe in NYC requires…a lot more, but all of the ingredients are basic ones, including white wine, which will really skyrocket the classy factor of this dish if you don’t drink it first.

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Faux Pho

Who can pass up 5 Minute Pho using ramen noodles? In theory, the hot broth of the ramen will easily cook raw flank steak to perfection.

Pad Thai

If you don’t make this ramen Pad Thai recipe, you hate food. Peanut butter, fish sauce, sriracha and lime juice combine to turn a package of ordinary ramen into an impressive dinner.

 

Egg Drop Soup

All you really need to take your noodles to the next level is an egg. Not only does it give a nice consistency and texture to ramen, it looks impressive. Any type of egg will do — hard boiled, soft boiled or  the “egg drop” method. If you have the patience to wait 3 minutes while the egg cooks, you’re halfway there.

Add Condiments

Really, anything flavorful will do: miso or Thai curry paste, fish sauce, harrisa, vinegar, peanut sauce, ponzu, kimchi or red pepper paste are all good options when seasoning ramen. Stir in some frozen veggies and you have a three-minute meal using stuff you probably already have at home.

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Is NY’s ‘Marijuana Delivery Service To The Stars’ Dead?

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Is NY’s ‘Marijuana Delivery Service To The Stars’ Dead?

On Valentine’s Day, GQ published a titillating tale of a high-end marijuana delivery service operated by attractive models catering to New York’s celebrity elite. The 5,883-word opus had all the ingredients of a blockbuster movie, including cameo appearances from some of the entertainment world’s biggest names, who allegedly were customers: Jimmy Fallon, Rihanna and Justin Bieber.

Two months after publication of the story, the models-turned-dealers appeared to have vanished. On Tuesday, Politico senior reporter Joe Pompeo buried this blind item in his daily Morning Media column:

GQ STORY KILLS NEW YORK MEDIA WEED HOOKUP? A Morning Media source says that “NYC media folks” have been “talking about how pissed they are at GQ” for its February 14 story, “Queens of the Stoned Age,” about the Green Angels, “a collective of about 30 models turned high-end-weed dealers.” According to our tipster: “The dealers profiled in this story were apparently THE supply chain for media types, and now they’ve gone dark since the story was published.”

Now, that’s a scoop! Journalists in the Big Apple have been denied visits from beautiful models slinging weed. They’ll have to purchase their cannabis — which remains illegal in New York — the same way as the hoi polloi.

Before we go any further, let’s get you up to speed on GQ’s story, written by Suketa Mehta, who was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for ‘Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found.’ Using anonymous sources and assumed names, Mehta embedded herself inside the black market operation with the permission of the owner named Honey, a 27-year-old former model who was raised Mormon and was pregnant at the time of the stories publication. (Hollywood couldn’t have created a better protagonist.)

Here are some of the highlights of Mehta’s masterpiece on the Green Angels:

  • Honey, a blue-eyed, 6-foot beauty, grew up  Mormon in Utah and moved to New York to pursue a career in modeling. But she soon discovered that there was more money and fewer hassles in the marijuana business than modeling.
  • At one point, Honey’s delivery business brought in $27,000 per week, or more than $1.4 million a year.
  • The operation had 30 employees.
  • Her business model was simple: The Green Angels sell a fantasy of an attractive, well-educated, presentable young woman who wants to get you high—a slightly more risqué Avon lady.

And then there is this passage from the GQ piece:

A few years ago, Honey says, she began delivering weed, for free, to Rihanna. Her hope is that Rihanna will endorse the Green Angels’ products if legalization ever goes national. “She’s very smart, vicious,” Honey says. “I can see she’s not someone to fuck with.”

Justin Bieber occasionally calls the Green Angels when he’s in town, she says, but he gets charged. So do Jimmy Fallon and various actors and hip-hop artists whose names I don’t recognize. The musicians Peaches and FKA Twigs: both clients. (None of the above confirmed any business relationship with the Green Angels.)

But the Green Angels didn’t just cater to celebrities — Wall Street big-shot, CEOs, and the aforementioned media types also  were regulars … allegedly.

So, what happened to the Green Angels? Has Honey retired? Or, perhaps, merely on maternity leave?

Stay tuned. We can guarantee that you haven’t heard the last of Honey and the Green Angels.

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Bring It Back: A ‘Rick And Morty’ Fan Paid $14K For McDonald’s Szechuan Dipping Sauce

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Bring It Back: A ‘Rick And Morty’ Fan Paid $14K For McDonald’s Szechuan Dipping Sauce

Rick and Morty surprised fans on April Fool’s Day by releasing episodes into the wild unannounced. The move was met with rapturous applause and notable for resurrecting a cultural touchstone many perhaps had forgotten: McDonald’s Mulan Szechuan dipping sauce.

In the show, the time-traveling scientist Rick Sanchez reveals that his only motivation is to find that coveted McDonald’s dipping sauce. Until he finds that McNugget sauce, the show would continue indefinitely.

“Nine more seasons until I get that dipping Szechuan sauce, or 97 more years, Morty!” Sanchez screams, foam spilling out of his mouth.

Well it seems that Rick and Morty has some serious cultural influence after all. One superfan reportedly paid $14,700 in an eBay bidding war in a recently discovered packet of the sauce. Here’s how the it was discovered.

Via eBay:

I just bought a really old car, while cleaning it I found a packet of this sauce. After watching the recent episode of Rick and Morty I went online to see if it was worth anything. Turns out it was. Also this comes with a packet of wasabi as well.

The seller also adds, “I hope somebody who wants to eat some 20 year old gnarly sauce gets this.. I would prefer not to sell it to a collector.”

With that kind of price, it’s at least a sure bet the buyer really, really wants that sauce. What isn’t a sure bet, however, is if McDonald’s plans to bring back the Szechuan McNugget sauce to stores. The sauce was used in a promotional package for the release of Disney’s Mulan film. With a live-action remake set to come out in 2018, the time could be ripe to bring it all back.

We never say never because, when our customers speak, we listen,” McDonald’s spokeswoman Terri Hickey told the Chicago Sun-Times. She also added, quoting Rick and Morty, “And to paraphrase some of our most enthusiastic fans, our sauce is so good that it would be worth waiting nine seasons or 97 years for.”

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Caitlyn Jenner No Longer Watching Kardashian Reality Show; Brad Pitt Moving Back In With Mommy

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Caitlyn Jenner No Longer Watching Kardashian Reality Show; Brad Pitt Moving Back In With Mommy

Caitlyn Jenner just revealed live on “Good Morning America” that she doesn’t watch the Kardashian reality show much anymore. However, sources tell Naughty Gossip that she never see’s the show anymore.

“Caitlyn hasn’t seen the show in years. She knows it is all fake and doesn’t watch it anymore. It gives her anxiety watching how fake it all is,” sources tell Naughty Gossip. “Caitlyn was on the show for a long time and knows all the tricks. It is now painful for her to watch the family manipulate its viewers. She cannot be part of it anymore. Plus, do not expect to see her back on the show – she will never return to it.”

Brad Pitt Moving Back In With Mommy

Following his ugly breakup with Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt has found another woman’s shoulder to cry on – his mom’s.

“Brad’s mother has moved in with him during this difficult time to make sure he is not alone and that he is taking care of himself,” sources tell Straight Shuter. “She is worried about him. He has lost a lot of weight and she just wants to keep a close eye on him. They are a very close family and Brad doesn’t have a lot of friends. He is happy to have his mom around.”

And something tells us that Mommy is a lot easier to live with than Miss Jolie!

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