All men must die, but not before you prove how much you really love A Song of Fire and Ice .
How Big Of A "Game Of Thrones" Fan Are You Really?
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15 People With Down Syndrome Made This Video For An Expecting Mom Who Discovered Her Son Will Have It
Their message? Being a mom is scary no matter what, but it’s always worth it.
#DearFutureMom was launched in celebration of World Down Syndrome Day, which is on March 21.
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Celeb Siblings Who Prove That The Older Sibling Is Always The Hottest
Sure you thought he was hot — until you saw his older brother. These celeb siblings prove the theory that mom and dad get it right the first go-round.
Beyoncé and Solange Knowles
There's a lot to be said for Solange's spunk and funky style -- and her cool gig as a DJ!
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But I think we can agree that only one of the Knowles sisters "woke up like this":
#Flawless
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Chris and Liam Hemsworth
This one is tough, but let's talk it out: Sure, Miley's ex Liam is adorable, in that sheepish, kid brother kind of way.
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But are you telling me you'd choose that over THOR?!
Yes, Chris. Yes, I do.
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23 Things NYC Skateboarders Love
Besides skateboarding in NYC. That’s a given.
When LES park is empty.
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Sara Evans' New Album Refuses To Hop On The "Bro Country" Bandwagon
The country music star chats with BuzzFeed about making tough calls in a male-dominated field and what comes after commercial success.
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It's hard to listen to a Sara Evans song and not get emotional. Whether you're rooting for her in her heartrending single, "Slow Me Down," itching to leave home with "Born To Fly," or just laughing at your ex's bad fortunes with "Cheatin'," chances are, if Evans' music is playing, you're feeling something.
Her new album, Slow Me Down, released March 11 by RCA Nashville, is packed with the kinds of songs that have made her famous: They've got fierce lyrics where Evans proclaims her independence but never obscures her doubts, and those addictive country melodies. Also featuring standout duets with Gavin DeGraw, Isaac Slade of The Fray and Vince Gill, the album's heartfelt and raw, and feels as brand new as it does familiar.
BuzzFeed sat down with Evans to talk about "bro country," feminism, and her big television dreams.
Sara Evans' titular first single off her new album, "Slow Me Down."
When your first album, Three Chords and the Truth, came out, it didn't have any hits. Now you have a lot of them. What did you learn from that initial experience?
Sara Evans: When I first moved to Nashville, I got hired as a demo singer. Everybody was talking about how country I was. "She's so country, she's like [country legend] Loretta Lynn." I sort of took on that personal, like, "Yeah I am really country, compared to a lot of people, so let's go with that." So I went to L.A. and we made sort of like a hillbilly record. I wrote seven songs on it. And I was so proud of it, am so proud of it. It got tons of critical acclaim but it had no real radio success.
I learned a huge lesson in that: There's definitely an effort that needs to be made between being authentic and artsy and cool and who you are, yet being commercial. Having that commercial success. Because I wasn't gonna be satisfied with just the critical acclaim. I wanted it all. I wanted radio hits, because that had been my dream since I was a little girl. Partying and beer drinking and all that; it would have been so dishonest if I had tried to come out with a record like that just to be part of the trend. Now, they're calling it "Bro Country.' So instead I just made the music that I loved and picked songs that I loved.
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79 Thoughts You Always Have While Watching "House Hunters"
“If they ask for an open-concept man cave with a walk-in granite-lined closet, I swear…”
1. Here we go. Show me them houses.
2. hahaha they live where?
3. Wait, you can get a four-bedroom house there on a $200,000 budget?
4. Maybe I should move to North Dakota...
5. [ponders my own $1,000/month rent, begins weeping softly]
6. Why are these people together though?
7. Is it possible for an episode to end in divorce, because I swear, these two...
8. Poor realtor, trying to make the peace.
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9. Yes, wish list time. TELL ME YOUR DESIRES.
10. Ugh, do they really think they're going to get outdoor space in the city on THAT budget?
11. You want granite? Shocking.
12. You want hardwood floors? Shocking.
13. You want 14 bedrooms, 17 bathrooms, a tennis court, a library, and a life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty for under $1,300 a month? Shocking.
14. WHY DOES NO ONE SEEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW BUDGETS WORK?
15. I wonder who this voice-over lady is.
16. Does she get paid per episode, or is it like a yearly salary or something?
17. How many times a day do you think she has to say "walk-in closets?"
18. What if she were the house hunter one time? Who would narrate?
19. I wonder what her name is.
20. I think we'd be good friends, tbh.
21. Yeah, definitely. She seems nice.
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This Is What It Would Look Like If "Die Hard" Starred Pugs
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Which Batman Are You?
You’re definitely the Dark Knight, but are you a Christian Bale or more of an Adam West?
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24 Clever Kitchen Gifts For Your Favorite Twentysomething
You’re not living in the real world until you own a bicycle-shaped pizza cutter.
Kitchen in a Bottle, $22
For the twentysomething who likes to have their shit together. The stack: a funnel, lemon juicer, spice grater, egg masher, cheese grater, lid grip/opener, egg yolk separator, AND a measuring cup. Get it here.
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Bicycle Pizza Cutter, $25
Lowering carbon footprints one pizza slice at a time. Get it here.
Cooking Blocks, $42
For the ultimate LEGO lover. Get it here.
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An Interview With Jeff VanderMeer: "Full Disclosure, I'm Really A Komodo Dragon"
Author Jeff VanderMeer talks about the importance of literary cross-pollination, binge-watching TV, and his latest novel, Annihilation .
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Jeff VanderMeer is a writer who does it all. He has published many novels, collections, and non-fiction books (including last year's fantastic Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction), has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies, and writes regularly for several papers and journals such as the Washington Post and the New York Times Book Review. His most recent novel is Annihilation, book one of a trilogy that will be published in its entirety in 2014 by FSG. Books two and three are due out in May and September.
Annihilation is a tightly written page-turner about a team of female scientists sent to explore a lush-yet-haunting wilderness known as Area X. These scientists — referred to only as the anthropologist, the psychologist, the surveyor, and the biologist — are the 12th expedition into this strange region. The previous expeditions all ended up dead or returned with their memories gone, before succumbing to cancer. VanderMeer writes in taught, atmospheric prose filled with mysteries and uncanny unease. Fans of speculative fiction — especially the subgenre of weird fiction — and great writing should put this at the top of their to-read list.
I spoke with VanderMeer over email about writing in an immersive state, literary cross-pollination, and binge-watching TV.
BuzzFeed Exclusive: We have the exclusive first look at the cover of book three, Acceptance, below.
The seed of Annihilation, which I absolutely loved, came to you in a dream. I've heard you say that as a general rule you write fiction in the morning as soon as you wake up. Why is it important for you to write right after dreaming?
Jeff VanderMeer: My best time to write is right after coffee and breakfast — four eggs because, full disclosure: I'm really a komodo dragon — and that's because then I'm energized but not so awake that the critical voice clicks on, the voice that sometimes says, "Don't write that," or "Man, that sentence is terrible — you should give up and go pet the cats." If the reader enters a kind of immersive experience reading a book, then I have to enter a kind of immersive state to do my best work. Dreams, though, are just one kind of inspiration — no more or less special than something in a newspaper article or from the world around you sparking inspiration. The main thing is to put yourself in a place where you're receptive to what offers itself up to you.
One old writing cliché is "describe a dream, lose a reader." How do you feel about descriptions of characters' dreams in fiction?
JV: A dream inspiring a story is different than placing a description of a dream in a story. When you describe a character's dream, it has to be sharper than reality in some way, and more meaningful. It has to somehow speak to plot, character, and all the rest. If you're writing something fantastical, it can be a really deadly choice because your story already has elements that can seem dreamlike. So in Annihilation there are no real descriptions of dreams except in one place where it speaks to the transformation the expedition into Area X is undergoing. In a sense, whatever has created Area X is manifesting to the character through dream. So there, where it's a form of distorted communication, it means something. It's a kind of haunting. But, in general, I don't recommend it. And even a dream as inspiration doesn't mean anything unless you then find that it's sparked an actual story with a plot.
There has been a tendency on both sides of the literary/genre divide to pretend that they are unrelated traditions. One thing I love about both your writing and your editorial work is that you consciously bring writers from both traditions together and place them in conversation with each other. For example, your massive anthology The Weird, co-edited with your wife Ann VanderMeer, includes Jorge Luis Borges and Joyce Carol Oates alongside Ray Bradbury and Stephen King. Why do you think it is important to read these authors alongside each other?
JV: If Borges writes about love or death, why should that be divorced from a story by King or Bradbury about love or death? If Kameron Hurley or Nnedi Okorafor write novels that are in part about war or the effects of war, why should that somehow exist across an invisible border with some mainstream lit war novelist on the other side, if there's some useful communication going on there? If it's all good stuff? When I read Deborah Levy or Marcel Theroux or Sjon I don't separate them from Tanith Lee or Laird Barron or Thomas Ligotti, necessarily. Cross-pollination and "contamination" is really important to the health of fiction, and sometimes it's a literal conversation, too, in that writers who might never otherwise meet and talk do so because of our anthologies.
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29 Gluten-Free Ways To Satisfy A Carb Craving
Who needs gluten when you can have Nutella bread?
Gluten-Free Butternut Squash Risotto
Super Fluffy Gluten-Free Asiago Bagels
Almond Crusted Baked Eggplant
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Where Should You Have Actually Studied Abroad?
It’s the best semester of your life. Choose wisely!
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27 Pictures That Prove The Czech Republic Will Be The Most Beautiful Place You Ever Visit
From Prague to the mountains of Bohemia, The Czech Republic is the most beautiful place on earth.
Fact: Prague is the most beautiful city on the planet.
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And it's even prettier at night.
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Which '90s Pop Idol Are You?
Are you a Britney, a Justin, or a Spice Girl? There’s only one way to find out.
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29 Surreal Places In America You Need To Visit Before You Die
If you live in the U.S., you don’t need a passport to see what mother nature has to offer.
Mendenhall Glacier Caves, Alaska
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Grandmas Hilariously Analyze The Lyrics To “Drunk In Love”
“They must have a big bathtub.”
Reality stars the Golden Sisters tried to wrap their heads around some modern pop culture by giving a thorough read of the lyrics to the remix of Beyoncé's chart-topping juggernaut, "Drunk In Love."
Needless to say, they were not super impressed.
"All the teenagers are singing this," Terry says.
They also weren't totally sure who Kanye West is.
"Kim Kardashian likes 'em big, trust me."
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17 Cocktails To Get You Ready For Spring
Trying to shake off that winter frost? These light and refreshing cocktails will ease your transition into the warm embrace of spring.
Rosemary Peppercorn Lemonade
Click here for the recipe.
Whiskey Sour
Click here for four different ways to spice up your whiskey sour.
Pimm's Cup
Click here for the recipe.
Strawberry Rhubarb Sangria
Click here for the recipe.
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Things You Didn't Know About Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie, And Jafar
An interview with the cast of Broadway’s Aladdin and an exclusive first listen of “Friend Like Me,” “Arabian Nights,” and “Prince Ali” from the new movie turned musical!
Cylla von Tiedemann / Disney's Aladdin on Broadway
Deen Van Meer / Disney's Aladdin on Broadway
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