A new Hillary Clinton movie is in the works and guess who will be playing the secretary of state? Glenn Close.
“Glenn and Meryl’s name has been mentioned a lot. But after Streep inserted herself into politics at the Golden Globes, producers feel Close would be better,” sources tell Straight Shuter. “Hillary recently caught up with Glenn backstage after a performance in Sunset Boulevard on Broadway. And the two were seem laughing and whispering backstage. Clearly the film will focus on Hillary’s career later in life and through the election.”
“Paris has been offered several different music projects, from recording an album, to writing and producing, but she has turned them all down,” sources tell Straight Shuter. “She loves being creative and sharing her talents with her fans, but knows that her father is the King Of Pop and anything she did in the music world would be compared to him. At the moment, she wants to focus on modeling and designing. Music is a huge part of her life but not something she is interested in doing right now.”
In January, Paris landed a role in the series “Star,” a show from “Empire” creator Lee Daniels.
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When Justin Trudeau became Canada’s prime minister in October 2015, there were 3o,357 citizens registered to legally receive medical marijuana. By December of 2016, that number skyrocketed to 129,876 — a quadrupling of qualified patients.
“I think it’s really gaining momentum. … We’re seeing growth in the industry of 10 to 15 per cent per month,” Derek Ogden, CEO of National Access Cannabis, told CTV News.
CTV obtained the data from Health Canada and reported that the dramatic increase in the federal program’s participation rate is “is due to better-informed physicians and patients about the benefits of marijuana in treating a wide range of ailments, including pain, nausea, seizures and anxiety.”
During the 2015 election campaign, Trudeau’s platform included a promise to legal cannabis for recreational use. The federal government vows to make good on the policy change sometime this spring, but in the meantime impatient Canadians are acquiring prescriptions from doctors.
Dr. John Goodhew, a Toronto doctor who supports medical marijuana for specific conditions, told Maclean’s Magazine that he has seen an increase in patients seeking prescriptions.
“So patients will frequently call me and I’m not able to help them because I only consider marijuana as a therapeutic agent for people in my practice, people that I know, people whose medical histories I’m familiar with,” he said. “And this is really the only responsible way to do it. Unfortunately it leaves other people kind of in the lurch.”
According to Goodhew, “[P]eople will come in and just ask (for a prescription) and I’ll say ‘What is the medical condition?’ and they’ll say ‘Can’t you just make something up?’ And I’m like, ‘No, it doesn’t work that way.’”
Goodhew calls it the “Trudeau effect,” noting that the nation is anticipating full legalization for recreational adult use.
Dr. Jeff Blackmer, vice-president of medical professionalism for the Canadian Medical Association, told Maclean’s the prescription increase could be a reflection of doctors becoming more comfortable with cannabis, coupled with growing patient demand.
Despite the growing patient demand and the promise of recreational legalization, tensions are mounting in Canada.
Just last week, Toronto police charged longtime activist/businessman Marc Emery and wife Jodie with drug trafficking, conspiracy and possession. The couple is accused of selling marijuana to people without prescriptions, a violation of federal law.
Marc Emery, known as “The Prince of Pot,” has been behind bars for marijuana offenses several times. From 2009 t0 2014, he served a five-year sentence in a United States federal prison for selling mail-order cannabis seeds across in the U.S.
Solange does not need your approval. Solange does not notice if you’re watching. Solange is there to do exactly what Solange wants—to express the full range of Solange in all her glowing intricacies and brilliant idiosyncrasies.
Solange was the final member to grace the stage of her Saint Heron band Wednesday night at YouTube’s South by Southwest showcase. There had been no opening act and though some expected hip hop and pop tunes jammed, no DJ was pushing and prodding the crowd into hysteria. The only pre-show lubricant was one you come to expect at a SXSW show: free drinks.
Any true fan excitement was mostly kept under wraps, was contained internal. The crowd delivered an enthusiastic cheering and clapping when Solange approached the microphone, then a return within. When I think of Solange’s music, particularly her exceptional 2016 release A Seat At The Table, certain words like elegant, arty, self-affirmed, and mesmerizing can’t help but spring to mind. Through her songs Solange captures a vibe that you feel more than you hear, more loving like a hug than a seductive whisper.
Up on stage, performing, it was more comparable to watching an art installation than any other concert I’ve attended, during SXSW or ever. Solange and the band wore these bluish-purple silk garbs; they weren’t flashy, though the material itself was shiny. It unified them as they danced their choreographed movements with bops and shakes; they moved in sync as one, almost like they were all operating from some collective brain. Light that same bluish-purple color cast Solange and the band in its glow, but it remained mostly a static presence, no wild light show or strobing pulses.
Photo by Brendan Bures
All these performative impressions conduct the same effect so much of Solange’s music does. She strips everything down to its barest quality, its purest status, chasing the roots of a thing. Away with the distracting conventions that embody so much of popular music and shows, away with who I’m supposed to be, she’s saying, this is who I am. That’s an incredibly difficult place for any person to reach, let alone an artist expressing that position in a genuine, believable matter.
Her confidence in her music and on stage intoxicates as her arms glide like they’re riding waves through the air and she flips that bold, beautiful hair of hers. You can watch—and you do want to watch—but no you can’t touch. A measured thoughtfulness emanates her movements, everything done so considerably and exactly. A bartender told me before the show Solange ran through a 90-minute sound check—an absurd amount of time for most artists—and kicked the staff out when a few were caught filming. This meticulous nature is why you love Solange: she is so sure of how she wants to be presented and represented in the world, and accepts nothing less.
Then she played “Cranes In The Sky.” I can’t assume how anyone else hears that song, but when those drums kick in, cymbals crashing, that grand combustion of rhythm, I never experience it through any traditional senses. It—and, yes, I’m aware how this sounds—ignites from some deep forever place inside me. Not like my soul, because that seems corny and somehow reductive, but more elemental, like my core, or something of that nature. Solange enters the arrangement with this gentle falsetto—I tried to drink it away—so nakedly, so tenderly while those elongated, rich strings tether the emotional crevice in between those expressions. The whole experience grounds you and lifts you up simultaneously. You want to cry and smile at the same time.
That’s how it felt in the crowd, anyways. Judging by the many fans swaying and arms shooting high, palms outstretched, we all seemed to agree about the moment. So much of why any of us attend these concerts, waiting for hours desperately hoping we get in, is to access that special almost-ESP communication only possible in this environment. It goes beyond the idea of, These are my people, though that’s part of it. It’s that open line suddenly available with your favorite artists, with these people who seem to understand you, even if it’s as simple as the call-and-response of “Yeah!” when a rapper or singer screams, “Y’all having a good time tonight!?” Great artists give you more than that, talking directly to you, like Bruce’s stories and Kanye’s speeches, and the whole event connects you deeper than you previously were before.
So it was strange when Solange didn’t acknowledge the crowd’s presence until she was more than halfway through her set. Each record bled into the next, creating this tapestry of her performance. She sang in suites, not songs. Yet I’ve never felt such a good-natured vibe networked between crowd and artist. We didn’t need her to chat with us. It was almost like how older couples don’t talk as much, because their actions say enough or you already understand what the other meant.
When Solange did finally address the audience, thanking their attendance near night’s end, it was done sweetly, not out of any sense of obligation. She had completed her goal that night, showcasing what she wanted to say to us. We had all grown together, reaching the roots of the thing, and now were fluent in Solange’s language. Somehow, you too felt like you didn’t need this approval, this acknowledgment of someone watching you. But when Solange delivered exactly that, you knew precisely what place it was coming from.
The year was 1967. Some genius figured out a way for the microwave to become small and cheap enough to enter households. That was 50 years ago. Who knew that in 2017 we’d still be learning how to use the ubiquitous device that’s just as easy to use as a calculator? But here we are.
The folks over at Greatist put together a list of proper microwave cooking techniques so you aren’t faced with a messy clean-up, which you likely tried to avoid by using a microwave in the first place. Here are a few common problem solvers, so you can calm down a little next time you set the timer.
EGGS
Because there is apparently no way to stop major steam build-up in an egg, the best way to cook one in the microwave is to scramble it, stopping to stir it every 30 seconds.
Basically, stirring it often is the way to combat a huge oat bubble forming and exploding in your breakfast. Same with tomato sauce.
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SPAGHETTI SQUASH
Who even realized this was a common problem? Next time you’re cooking one, “slice the squash in half horizontally and place the squash cut-side down on a microwave-safe plate. That allows enough steam to escape without totally drying out the squash flesh.” R.I.P. this innocent vegetable.
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The moral of the story is that with a little attention, your food will turn out just fine. But to be safe, you might want to avoid being away from the microwave for a prolonged amount of time until you get the hang of it.
On Wednesday Jeff Sessions took his dislike of marijuana to a whole new level by saying that marijuana use is “only slightly less awful” than heroin addiction.
Sadly, this outrageous comment was not made on the cuff, nor was it some misinterpreted slip of the tongue, but rather part of a statement Sessions prepared for a speech that was given in front of law enforcement officers earlier this week in Richmond, Virginia.
“I realize this may be an unfashionable belief in a time of growing tolerance of drug use. But too many lives are at stake to worry about being fashionable,” Sessions said “I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store.
“And I am astonished to hear people suggest that we can solve our heroin crisis by legalizing marijuana – so people can trade one life-wrecking dependency for another that’s only slightly less awful,” he added. “Our nation needs to say clearly once again that using drugs will destroy your life.”
Instead of supporting the progress the marijuana movement has made over the past two decades, Sessions went on to explain his desire to bring the United States back to the era of Nancy Reagan and her “Just Say No” shenanigans.
“In the ’80s and ’90s, we saw how campaigns stressing prevention brought down drug use and addiction. We can do this again,” Sessions said. “Educating people and telling them the terrible truth about drugs and addiction will result in better choices. We can reduce the use of drugs, save lives and turn back the surge in crime that inevitably follows in the wake of increased drug abuse.”
Some of the latest statics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a federal health agency, shows around 13,000 people died in 2015 as a result of a heroin overdose – that’s a higher body count than what was produced through gun violence. Yet, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, there has never been a recorded case of anyone dying from an overdose to marijuana. What’s more is, recent studies have shown that opioid-related incidents are on the decline in states that have legalized medical marijuana.
Furthermore, a recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering, which examined more than 10,000 scientific abstracts, found that marijuana does have medicinal benefit.
This is why pot proponents are calling Sessions’ latest statements “factually inaccurate.”
“Sessions needs to stop spreading unfounded, unscientific theories about medical marijuana and take the time to actually meet the millions of Americans that are benefitting from its use before making comments about it being over-hyped,” Steph Sherer, executive director of Americans for Safe Access, told The Fresh Toast in an emailed statement.
Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Fight To End All Fights: Marriage Is Over
“It is over. Kim and Kanye had a monster fight a few nights ago and they have NOT spoken since. She is living with her mom with the kids and he is in a hotel,” sources told Naughty Gossip. “They fight all the time but this is different. This is the end. She is growing to hate him and thinks he is a different man than the one she married. She knows he needs help and doesn’t want to leave him while he is down, but Kim cannot stand it anymore. She wants this nightmare to be over.”
Insider say Kris Jenner is trying to get her to stay with Kanye. At least until this season of the show airs. If she breaks up with Kanye now, the entire season will look like old news!
Gwyneth Paltrow ‘Plans On Marrying’ Boyfriend Brad Falchuk: Chris Martin To Give Her Away
“Gwyneth has already spoke with Chris Martin about it and he was he would be honored to walk her down the aisle,” sources tell Naughty Gossip. “Her dad is no longer alive and she is very close with Chris. He is her best friend and he will do anything to make her happy. Some people will think this is creepy, but they think it is beautiful.
Things can get heated when you start talking about food. Pineapple on pizza has been a source of heavy internet debate, gathering enough haters and lovers that are capable to start an internet war. This dispute is so popular that one time, even the president of Iceland chipped in with his opinion, claiming that if he had the ability to make laws for himself he’d make pineapple on pizza illegal. Okay.
Not only does Iceland use entirely renewable energy but their president is also a WOKE BAE pic.twitter.com/EkGbjmwHL1
People can get protective of their food, let’s leave it at that.
On National Pancake Day, Chelsea Clinton disrupted the peace and the beautiful pancake pictures flooding our dashes with her own home cooked spinach pancakes, which looked truly horrifying.
Naturally, the photo caused an internet outrage that had people from all over the internet coming up with different ways to one up each other in terms of who produced the better reaction, tweeting at her with all sorts of replies and gifs.
Chelsea, after seeing the panic she caused, tweeted in defense of her god awful pancakes by claiming that her daughter, Charlotte, needed iron in her diet.
Dear internet, my daughter needs +iron so we put spinach in everything we can. The pancakes may not be pretty but she eats them(&their iron)
What’s in a name? For legislators in Hawaii, a lot. State Sen. Mike Gabbard vehemently opposes the word “marijuana.” To him and other lawmakers in Hawaii, it is a “slang term” that has “prejudicial implications rooted in racial stereotypes.”
Gabbard has introduced a bill in the senate that would replace the term “medical marijuana” with “medical cannabis” in all state laws. The legislation, which passed the Senate, is now in the house as HB37.
According to Section 1 of the bill:
The legislature finds that the term “marijuana” originated as a slang term to describe the genus of plants that is scientifically known as cannabis. “Marijuana” has no scientific basis but carries prejudicial implications rooted in racial stereotypes from the early twentieth century era when cannabis use was first criminalized in the United States. The term “cannabis” carries no such negative connotations and is a more accurate and appropriate term to describe a plant that has been legalized for medicinal use in Hawaii, twenty-seven other states, the District of Columbia, and the United States territories of Guam and Puerto Rico.
And it’s not just Hawaiian lawmakers wanting to make the legal change. The Canadian federal government has moved from the term and spelling “marihuana” to cannabis.
Marijuana. Marihuana. Cannabis. Do they all mean the same thing? Yes. However, history tells the real story.
The scientifically accurate term for the herb is cannabis sativa, or cannabis for short. It was always called cannabis until after the Spanish-American War in 1898. What happened? John Hudak, author of Marijuana: A Short History explains: “American resentment toward Mexicans and Mexican immigrants exploded.”
In order to cast a negative light on the plant, anti-Mexican politicians, bureaucrats and media started demonizing “marihuana” — the Spanish translation of cannabis. The changing of the name in the United States was a pure propaganda play.
According to Martin A. Lee in his book Smoke Signals, the term marijuana (or marihuana) became “popularized in the United States during the 1930s by advocates of prohibition who sought to exploit prejudice against despised minority groups, especially Mexican immigrants.”
In the 1930s, the U.S. government created the Marihuana Tax Act, using the H variation. Marihuana was the preferred spelling for decades until the 1970s.
Power Thesaurus lists 167 synonyms for marijuana. The Fresh Toast has a handy guide of slang terms. But if you want to be scientifically, historically, politically accurate, use cannabis.
NOTE: At The Fresh Toast, we use cannabis and marijuana interchangeably since most of our readers use both terms. The editorial team has decided as a policy to steer clear of the term pot.
Is doing the Downward Goat the next trend in yoga workouts?
At Barnyard Yoga class at Pampered Pup Luxury Pet Resort in Garland, Texas, yogis find their center with the help of a few livestock friends. Rolling their mats out in the hay, participants tried their best poses while a goat or two wandered around them.
For a super-serious yoga enthusiast, this might sound like a nightmare. Adorable furry creatures peeking into your class, asking to be pet? A total focus-buster. How’s anyone supposed to nail their Crow Pose with the clip clop of tiny precious baby hooves all around them? But for this class, that’s the point.
The goats are meant to help newcomers ease into their practice, in the most laid-back place possible: An actual barn. They are there to ease any “embarrassment they may have felt in a traditional class,” according to the local Daily Journal. When you’re reaching out to pet a cute goat, you’re not thinking about who’s watching you and whether your form is perfect.
It’s officially a trend: In Albany, Oregon, goat yoga’s already a hit. “My goats are very social and friendly animals and love to interact with people,”Lainey Morse of No Regrets Farm told the Oregonian. “Animals are known to have so many health benefits for humans as well so the mix of goats and yoga seemed to fit.”
Participants were then allowed to feed apple slices and carrots to the other animals on the farm, including horses, chickens, alpacas, and more. It’s unclear if the next class will include Upward Facing Chicken.
It’s hard to tell if this is next-level desperation, or a genius move on the part of the residents of Nederland, Colorado.
Their tiny lake town, with a population of just 1,445, draws more than 20 thousand visitors once per year in celebration of a frozen corpse. “Frozen Dead Guy Days,” the bluntly-named three-day festival, was invented 16 years ago by then-chamber of commerce president Teresa Crush-Warren. Her beloved little town had a pathetic tourism turnout. Something it did have, however, was one weird — albeit, dead — resident.
The home-grown frosty fest pays homage to Bredo Morstol, who is frozen in a state of suspended animation and housed in a Tuff Shed on dry ice high above Nederland. Thousands of adventurous, life enthusiasts come to participate in Colorado’s “most frigidly fun festival” and view the events along with local, national and international media and entertainment.
Yep, a cryogenically-frozen man is much cause for celebration in Nederland.
People show up to partake in the festival’s variety of wacky games and entertainment, including a polar plunge, a frozen salmon toss, musical acts and a costume ball, Reuters reports. There’s even a “coffin race,” where the ambitious not-yet-dead build their own boxes to sled through the streets. All in Morstol’s memory.
Someday, the Frozen Dead Guy might wake up from his cryogenic sleep, as he hoped to do when he was put into suspended animation in 1989, and take part in his own festival. Until then, residents and thousands of tourists will keep the party warm in his honor.
