For a sport rooted in pageantry, figure skating has taken marked steps to become accountable in its judging over the last two decades. The current system was implemented back in 2004 in response to the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics scandal, when judges were accused of manipulating the 6.0 syste...
Actors bring to live a writer's imaginary character or an actual historical figure. They memorize lines and blocking (movement around the stage), follow directors' instructions to the letter, summon up facial expressions in an instant and cry on demand. They may be required to change their voi...
The Historic Moment: Judge Clarence Thomas was nominated for the Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1991. Intended to replace long-time Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was the first African-American to sit on the Court, Thomas was serving on the US Court of Appeals...
As it is later revealed that he was actually taking figure skating lessons (which he did not take long enough to become professional), it could be assumed that all scenes involving him taking piano lessons were made up, and did not actually happen. Barney has a play named after Ted called...
A while ago I decided tocut the cord. And with an approach that nothing is permanent but we can easily become set in our ways I picked what seemed like the best option. I said goodbye to Comcast cable and hello to Hulu + Live TV. The main factor here was cost. Honestly, I was pr...
The Historic Moment: Judge Clarence Thomas was nominated for the Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1991. Intended to replace long-time Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was the first African-American to sit on the Court, Thomas was serving on the US Court of Appeals...
In a world where Triple Corks have become the norm, differentiating between slopestyle snowboarding's top athletes can be hard to wrap your head around. Here's our breakdown on how judges do it.
. I used to sometimes scorn the theoretical “coincidences,” particularly when they were for things like finding the best parking place or something equally mundane that didn’t seem tied to the greater good, but more a gift of getting what one wants. But really, who was I to judge?
You know, so many of us say, I would never talk to somebody else, the way that I talked to myself. But I don't think that that is the case. And I think that the way that we judge ourselves, and the way that we speak to ourselves directly impacts the way that we judge and ...
on muscle. It didn’t work. This also made me feel like one of those poor little Chinese kids who are sent away to mean, Communist trainers to become Olympians, only I couldn’t do the splits. And I don’t think those kids are allowed to eat....