Donald Trump has tweeted that he will be leaving Walter Reed Medical Center at 6:30 P.M. today in a post that has left onlookers skeptical.
I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!
The White House has been cagy about Trump’s condition while at the hospital, insisting he was doing very well while taking Dexamethasone, a steroid which has been recommended by one panel of experts to COVID patients who need oxygen. Some doctors believe the drug’s use is a sign Trump was gravely ill. Speaking to CNN, Doctor Rochelle Walensky, chief of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, opined, “Either he progressed (poorly) or people are like, well, let’s just throw the kitchen sink at him.” The White House has said Trump’s oxygen levels appeared a little low while at the hospital but maintained his case was mild.
This makes his announcement that he is being discharged suspect considering the relatively brief time Trump is known to have had the illness. Furthermore, the announcement was written with particularly un-Trumpian syntax, suggesting that a staffer sent the message as opposed to the President himself, particularly considering that earlier in the day, he sent a string of all-caps messages urging his followers to vote.
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Others were agog at Trump’s continued messaging downplaying COVID-19 after he was forced to go to the hospital due to the illness.
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If you’re anything like our style team, you’ve already burned through the six short episodes that make up Netflix’s Sneakerheads — a new sitcom that explores the modern culture of sneakers and follows one sneaker-buying squad’s quest to track down an elusive pair of Jordan Zeroes (they don’t actually exist, don’t worry). From the absurdity of ultra-exclusive drops and heated auctions to the terminology that can make outsiders feel like hypebeasts are speaking another language entirely, Sneakerheads does a great job of exploring sneaker culture while informing newcomers of its more obscure aspects. That move was very much by design according to Allen Maldonado, who plays the show’s lead.
“My character, Devin… he’s coming in as the person who takes all the shots when he doesn’t know what a ‘hyperstrike’ is or what these auctions are,” he explains. “So you live through Devin, as far as the sneaker culture aspect of it.”
Watching Maldonado as Devin fighting to keeps his life together when a passion he’s been trying to bury comes bubbling to the surface might leave you wondering if Sneakerheads is a reflection of the actor’s own life. The short answer is “no.” While Devin is straight-laced, Maldonado is unafraid to express his passion for kicks. He brims with energy when asked to share his real-life sneaker-buying experiences, from growing up in a single-parent home and forcing himself to ignore all-things Jordan to going HAM at the sneaker store when he finally made it.
We chopped it up with Maldonado this week about the wide appeal of Sneakerheads, the pivotal sneakers that shaped his tastes, the signature AJ-1 he dropped to coincide with the show, and the one sneaker trend he can’t get behind.
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Near the end of Sneakerheads your character Devin exclaims, “Nobody wants to watch a tv show about shoes!” How did you react when you first saw the script?
I immediately loved the idea of doing a show about sneakers, because it’s never been done. This is the first scripted series about it and I was willing to take the risk just because I believe in the culture and I believe the culture would respond the way they have, and… it’s been incredible, man!
Sneaker culture has a lot of gatekeepers that can really alienate casual sneaker fans. What will non-sneakerheads find in the show that won’t make them feel left out?
I believe the show educates you about the sneaker culture and doesn’t make you feel bad for not knowing it. My character Devin, even though he was a sneakerhead in the past, in the past five years the game has totally changed and he’s coming in as the new person. He’s coming in as the person who takes all the shots when he doesn’t know what a “hyperstrike” is or what these auctions are. You live through Devin as far as the sneaker culture aspect of it.
But what I think people really enjoy — outside of the sneakers — is the self-improvement that Devin is going through. He’s going through a mid-life crisis, he’s at a point where his life in the present doesn’t really match his life in the past and he’s unsure of how he wants to have his life in the future. I feel like during this pandemic and during this time, a lot of people have been dealing with themselves in a similar way, and I think that’s an aspect of the story people are really gravitating too because we are all in that position.
The world is changing now — do I change with it or do I stay the same? Devin is going through that in the world of sneakers.
One of the best parts of the show is the dynamic between Devin and Bobby. I read that you hand-selected Andrew Bach (King Bach) for that role, what was your thinking behind that, why was it so important work alongside Andrew?
It was important for me because I was playing the straight character for the first time in a series. I’m known for playing the Bobby type characters, the high-energy funny man who energizes the scene comedically, so I knew I needed someone I could trust to stay as grounded as I need to be and not feel forced to bring up my comedy in order to get a laugh.
Having someone you could trust, that makes me feel like I don’t need to do anything funny — because he’s going to ignite that comedy in that scenario — is important. We worked together in a movie called Where’s The Money? a couple of years before, and I felt like we had amazing chemistry but I felt like we were in the wrong position. He was the straight man and I was the big comedy guy and I was like “man if we switch places, I think we can make magic,” and that’s basically what we did for Sneakerheads.
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What’s the furthest you’ve ever gone to for a pair of sneakers?
I like to consider myself a novice sneakerhead. Because there are levels — there are gentlemen who have shoe collections worth millions, I’m not that and I’m not the guy who is heavily informed about when the next shoe is gonna drop. For me, it’s the special moment rather than the lengths of going to get the shoe.
The first shoe I ever got that was expensive was in high school. My mom was a single mom raising three kids so buying expensive shoes was not an option, it was ludicrous, like, “No, we need to pay the bills.” But she bought me a pair of Crazy 8s. As I got older, I walked into a shoe store and they had the Crazy 8s in there, and I asked for every Crazy 8 in every colorway, I said “I want to buy them all.”
It meant something to me because I remember when I could barely afford one, and now I’m in a position where I can buy as many as I want. That’s a pat on my back, like “You did it, kid! You moved the chips forward and you deserve this!” that was a special moment for me.
So were the Crazy 8s that pivotal first pair of sneakers that made you realize you were a sneaker guy?
No. This is a story I haven’t shared, but early on because I couldn’t afford these shoes, I would basically make myself not like them. I was like “If I can’t have them I don’t like them. I don’t like those Jordans — cool whatever!” I had to really force myself to believe that I didn’t really care about these sneakers.
Coming from the situation of growing up in a single-parent home, we had a lot of struggling. I didn’t buy my first pair of Jordans until I was 25, 26, it wasn’t that I wasn’t making any money, it was just that I really tricked myself into not liking these shoes because I couldn’t afford it.
The first time I bought sneakers as a “sneaker guy,” I think I bought like seven pairs of Jordans. It was just excessive! But it was making up for the time when I had to dictate my decisions due to my situation rather than from my heart and that’s something I’ve continuously grown better at as I’ve grown successful. I’m kinda dealing with survivor’s remorse!
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I went through a similar thing in my 20s, where I realized I didn’t need to keep wearing Vans Classics because my mom wasn’t buying my shoes anymore.
Right right, exactly man! “Yo give me that two for $89 man. Just run them, I don’t know what they are just run them. I know they some Nikes or something, run me those I’m good.” That’s how it had to be, it was cool, it was a school year, I got the two for $89!
Let’s talk about your sneakers The Wild Ms, what’s behind the name and what were you going for with that mixed animal print design? You’ve got zebra print, tiger, leopard…
Shout out to Katty Customs. I’ve said it before and I continue to say it, because I believe the world is going to realize that she is iconic. The type of creativity that she’s been able to execute with shoes is ridiculous. We began to talk as Sneakerheads was set to release and I wanted to do something special for the culture along with the drop of the series.
Look I’m not going to take any credit for the design, because all I said was, “AJ1s are the shoe, do your magic!” and that’s what Katty Customs came with man. She came with some fire, I love it.
I can guess where she got the motivation from as far as the animal print. The different things that I do as a person, how it represents me, not only am I an actor, writer, producer, I’m an entrepreneur, long-distance runner — I’m not one animal. I’m not one thing and at any moment I can be what I need to be and that’s what I feel she got the energy from to come up with that particular print for the shoe. Just because I am who I need to be when I need to be, that’s the gift that God gave me.
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What is it about the AJ1s that you love?
Man, you can just wear the AJ1s with anything! They’re a universal shoe. I’m talking casual, formal, you can bust them with a suit you can wear them with sweats. They can be the only thing you’re wearing, you can be wearing a white t-shirt and some regular jeans but if your AJ1s are crisp you don’t need anything else. It’ll be the highlight of whatever ensemble you’re putting together.
I used to be about the 11s, but the AJ1s won me over just because they just go on and off so easy. I’m all about efficiency. I don’t want to touch my laces — I want to slide my shoes on and off and get to moving. It’s a no shoe in the house policy, so its just convenient to my lifestyle!
What’s your least favorite modern sneaker design trend?
Ahh man, what’s the shoes man — I gotta keep it all the way 100, what are those called? The Balenciagas…
Oh, you mean the Triple-S, the “ugly shoe?”
That’s what I’m saying, see?! You even gotta mention it’s the “ugly shoe.” I ain’t feeling that I feel like somebody lying to me like this is a joke. This is one big joke that someone is making.
“We are being laughed at, people!”
This is how I feel about that shoe. Respectfully of course…
Sneakerheads is all about celebrating the modern sneaker scene, but I think an important thing the scene needs to do is self-examine. I know you’re a novice — in terms of the sneaker world — but what is something about modern sneaker culture you wish was different?
Oh wow, that’s a very good question… I guess the exclusivity of it all. The idea of what makes sneaker culture great is that, but what also turns people off is that exclusivity. For a novice getting into the game, they’re going to get ridiculed for not knowing certain things, and sometimes that can discourage people from immersing themselves into that culture.
Allowing everybody to grow as a sneakerhead without any type of criticism — I wish the culture would embrace new sneakerheads to the culture rather than make people feel bad for not knowing everything.
Pikamee (Japanese: 天野ピカミィ) is a YouTube channel hosted by the animated character Amano Pikamee, a Japanese virtual YouTuber who uploads livestreams of various let’s play and vlogging videos. Her character’s design was created by Twitter artist GYARI.
Online History
On February 7th, 2020, Pikamee’s YouTube and Twitter account were created, but she did not start posting content on her YouTube channel until her first stream on March 19th (shown below). The stream has since accumulated over 174,000 views, 6,500 likes and 420 comments in roughly five months.
She is affiliated with the Vox Monsters Project, VOMS Project, where she shares the site with other virtual YouTubers Hikasa Tomoshika and Jitomi Monoe. As of early October 2020, Pikamee’s YouTube page has over 234,000 subscribers and the @amanopikamee Twitter account has more than 56,400 followers.
On April 4th, Pikamee streamed a let’s play of Five Nights at Freddy’s on her YouTube channel (seen below, left), receiving over 413,000 views, 20,000 likes and 1,200 comments in roughly six months. On August 22nd, Pikamee streamed another let’s play of the The Henry Stickmin collection on her YouTube channel (seen below, right), receiving over 481,000 views, 21,000 likes and 1,100 comments in roughly one and a half months.
At around the 1:11:30 mark of the video, Pikamee and Hikasa discuss killing something in the game when all of a sudden, Hikasa says “Let’s kill da ho!” which then leads to Pikamee explaining what she just said, leading to both of them laughing uncontrollably. Hikasa says she didn’t know what it meant and said the line came from the anime JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (seen below).
On August 27th, Twitter artist @chained_tan posted a video using pixel art animation for the segment. As of October 2nd, the video has received over 161,800 views, 8,200 retweets and 22,300 likes (shown below).
The 1865 Lewis Carrol novel Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland is perhaps one of the most cinematically adapted books of all time. The 1951 animated Disney film Alice In Wonderland is probably the best-known one, but there have been other remakes or works based on the book in recent years, like Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland film from 2010 and the 2016 sequel Alice Through The Looking Glass. Now Netflix is having a crack at it, but they’re taking a decidedly different approach.
Sabrina Carpenter to star in new ‘Alice in Wonderland’ musical for Netflix, @THR reports.
It’s described as a “modern-day” take on the Lewis Carroll story set at a music festival called “Wonderland.”
The Hollywood Reporter notes that Sabrina Carpenter will produce (under her newly launched At Last Productions banner) and star in Netflix’s upcoming remake, which is described as a “musical reimagining.” The publication also describes the film as “a contemporary take on the classic Lewis Carroll story” and notes that “the modern-day musical” will be set “against the backdrop of a music festival called ‘Wonderland.’”
Along with Carpenter, the film will also be produced by Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Dutton’s Alloy Entertainment, who were also involved with the Carpenter-starring Netflix movie Work It, as well as movies and shows like You, Gossip Girl, and The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants. The screenplay will be written by Ross Evans.
The film does not currently have an announced title or release date.
Donald Trump’s Walter Reed Hospital Photographs refers to a series of images released by the White House and others of President Trump’s stay at Walter Reed hospital while being treated for COVID-19.
Origin
On October 2nd, 2020, President Trump checked into Walter Reed hospital for treatment of the coronavirus. The first photographs released of Trump’s stay at the hospital were published on October 3rd. The first set was photos of the room he stayed in. Reporter Richard Southern tweeted, “U.S president Trump isn’t staying in any old hospital room. Walter Reed Hospital has a six-room presidential suite just for the commander in chief that includes an intensive care unit, a kitchen, a living room, a bedroom, & a dining room with a crystal chandelier.” The tweet received more than 31,000 likes and 22,000 retweets in less than three days.
On October 3rd, the White House released two photographs of President Trump seated at a table, looking at papers and folders with a sharpie in his hand (shown below, left and right).
Spread
That day, people mocked the two sets of photographs. In this series of memes, people maintained the caption written by Richard Southern and replaced the photographs (examples below).
That day, the president’s daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump tweeted one of the photographs with the caption, “Nothing can stop him from working for the American people. RELENTLESS!” The tweet received more than 283,000 likes and 60,000 retweets in less than two days (shown below, left).
Air Current Editor-in-Chief Jon Ostrower questioned the validity of the photographs. he tweeted, “The photos released by the WH tonight of the president working at Walter Reed were taken 10 minutes apart at 5:25:59 pm and 5:35:40 pm ET Saturday, according to the EXIF data embedded in both @AP wire postings that were shared by the White House this evening.” The tweet received more than 97,000 likes and 37,000 retweets in less than two days (shown below, center).
Many mocked the photos online, calling them staged. Twitter user @girlsreallyrule tweeted, “He’s just signing white, blank copy paper with a jumbo Sharpie…It’s full on Weekend at Bernie’s over at Walter Reed.” Thet tweet received more than 16,000 likes and 4,000 retweets in less than two days (shown below, center).
If there’s one thing every parent and caregiver I know has experienced, it’s that terrifying moment when you realize your very young child has disappeared. This happened to me when my son was around three, and he had a habit of playing in the clothing racks at stores. He was popping in and out, delighted with himself, when all of a sudden he went totally quiet and I couldn’t find him.
It turns out he was just playing an elaborate game of hide and seek (you know, without announcing it) and he was fine, but I was still pretty scared! So I can understand how scary it must have been for one family when they realized their one-year-old was missing.
The baby girl, named Yaya, was playing outside while her cousin, Andini, was in charge of her. Andini went to check on Yaya and was completely petrified when she realized the baby had disappeared. She combed the home, and finally found Yaya outback… curled up with the neighborhood cat. She said, “I thought she may have fainted or something, or the cat injured her, but she turned out to be sleeping.”
The cat doesn’t belong to Yaya or Andini’s family, but it’s known around the neighborhood. “The cat leaves and comes back from time to time, so we give it food and water whenever it is here.”
Happily, it looks like Yaya and the cat have definitely found a great friend in one another.
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I talk a lot about the ordinary’s now iconic peeling solution and a lot of the comments on these videos seem to have this idea that I hate the ordinary now, especially as I no longer talk about a lot of the products I used to talk about non stop from them.
But the truth is, I’ve just moved on to what I consider nicer products and nicer formulations.
So today I want to discuss the products that I used to love from the ordinary, why I don’t use them anymore and the products I prefer.
Before we get into it though, the ordinary is still an amazing brand, and just because I prefer other products, doesn’t mean they are better than what the ordinary has to offer. The ordinary is an iconic brand for a reason, good quality products that actually work at an amazing price point.
And I’d recommend the ordinary to anyone who wants amazing skincare on a budget, or just in general.
I will pre-warn a lot of the alternatives will be more expensive because….what brand isn’t more expensive than the ordinary!?
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On Monday morning, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany revealed that she’d tested positive for coronavirus.
The news dredged up clips of her talking to reporters without a mask the day before her diagnosis, and opining on television last winter that it wasn’t going to affect the country. Neither is a particularly good look.
McEnany’s diagnosis comes amid a wave of coronavirus infections in the White House. The list of infected thus far includes the president and the first lady, Chris Christie, Kellyanne Conway, three Republican senators, and others in President Donald Trump’s inner circle. The president has been hospitalized since Oct. 2; he will reportedly be released this evening.
McEnany claims she first learned that she was exposed to COVID-19 on Oct. 1.
Afterwards, McEnany continued interfacing with the press. She is among many prominent Republicans who seem to believe—falsely—that testing negative for the deadly virus means that you aren’t infected.
According to the administration’s own medical experts, it can take up to two weeks after exposure to test positive for COVID-19, a highly contagious virus that spreads through the air. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a 14-day quarantine after exposure, and avoiding contact with people at increased risk of falling seriously ill or dying from the disease.
Nevertheless, on Oct. 4, McEnany took off her mask to address reporters.
White House Press Sec. McEnany says she won’t give “a detailed readout with timestamps of every time the president’s tested” for coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/jKqpseZoJC
The internet reacted to McEnany’s behavior with a massive facepalm.
“Yes, take the mask off right as you get to the people so that you can spread as much virus as possible,” tweeted Jon Favreau, co-host of Pod Save America.
McEnany’s maskless moment wasn’t the only one coming back to haunt her. Last winter, McEnany claimed that the Trump was going to protect the United States from coronavirus.
“We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here,” McEnany said during a Feb. 25 appearance on Fox Business. “…And isn’t that refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama?” McEnany was named press secretary six weeks later.
”We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here… isn’t that refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama?” — Kayleigh McEnany, 2/25/20 pic.twitter.com/dXKHAKGrUn
The administration’s coronavirus response has been thoroughly criticized since then. The U.S. leads the world in coronavirus deaths and infections, with 210,000 and 7.4 million, respectively.
So it was perhaps only natural that the internet collectively rolled its eyes at the resurfaced clip.
“Hubris in its most smug form,” quipped @Crusher_Craven.
“Isn’t this clip refreshing?” Michael Buckley tweeted sarcastically.
— Crow says wear a mask and vote early! 🌊 (@Adorabolical83) October 5, 2020
In a statement released on Twitter, McEnany said she isn’t experiencing any symptoms and will work remotely during quarantine. Two others who work in the White House press office have also reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
Claire Goforth is an award winning journalist covering politics and justice from her home base in Jacksonville, Florida. Her work has appeared in publications ranging from regional alt-weeklies to Al Jazeera.
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