by Kase Wickman 9 mins ago

The full, final trailer for “American Horror Story: Freak Show” is here, and mannnnnn, is it freaky.

We’ve gotten glimpses of the show in past weeks — a spooky claw, scary clowns, a sweet/scary lollipop, and a many-legged aerialist come to mind — but this is a great look at many more freaks. There’s a bearded lady, a two-headed Sarah Paulson, and the world’s smallest woman.

Suffice to say, we’re stepping right up. (With all the lights turned on and a non-haunted teddy bear close at hand, of course.)

“American Horror Story: Freak Show” premieres on FX on October 10 at 10 p.m.

by Brenna Ehrlich 13 mins ago

Beyoncé was pretty stoked with all the birthday wishes she got from the BeyHive last week. (And from us, we’d like to think.) So stoked, it seems, that she was doing backflips this past weekend — and in swimwear, no less.

Bey posted a snap to Instagram over the weekend, featuring the “Pretty Hurts” singer doing a backbend in a bikini, the caption reading: “Thank y’all so much for my birthday wishes! 33!!!!!”

Related: Will Beyoncé Have Another Baby? We Asked A Psychic

We hope she waited at least an hour after eating that cake Blake Lively whipped up for her before hitting the pool.

by Shaunna Murphy 13 mins ago

Usually a football game’s halftime is the perfect opportunity to leave your seat and grab a snack, but anyone who missed out on the show during the Ohio State versus Virginia Tech game this weekend is probably kicking themselves right now, because this Ohio State tribute to television is the stuff of dreams.

Not only did they play the famous themes to shows like “The Simpsons,” “Batman,” and — of course — “Game of Thrones,” but they also proved that band geeks rule the world by creating awesome shapes of Bart Simpson, the Batmobile, and one of Daenerys’s fire-breathing dragons. We can only hope that the second half of the football game lived up to this:

by Jarvis Derrell 1 min ago

Whaddaya mean the weekend’s almost over? Thankfully, we’ve got Jarvis Derrell of #shehashadit on deck to help out with coverage of Street Style. Before you read below for his breakdown of Day 3 of NYFW, you should check out yesterday’s and Friday’s recap.

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YAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSS KWEEN!!!!!! In the world of NYFW Street Style, there’s no such thing as traffic! Okaaaayyyy!!! Just make sure you’re really turning out a look that day guuurrrrllll, ….OH and wear bright colors!!! Cause Kiesha guuurrlll, one time I tried to bring out my inner Lupita on a budget, by wearing a floor length H&M evening gown with just a green headband on my bald head covered in lotion! Guuurrrllll, I tried to take one little Instagram pic in the middle of the road, and got hit by 2 cabs!!!! So Kweens I’d say, don’t try this at home! Amen! #lookbothways #commenceserving #whiteladypriviledge #obsessed #anybodyneedacab #stop #inthenameofshoes #nailingit #brave #hitme #iaintneverscared #guuuurrrrllll #thrive

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Yaaaaaaaassssssss Kween!!! Leather, fringe, visible bra-straps, and a sensible side pony???!!!! Guuuuurrrrllll I wore this same thing only sexier once to my parole hearing, ended up having to serve even more time, LOL!!! Oh well, I guess the judge couldn’t take a joke!!! Thankfully on the streets of NYFW you can wear a $300 trashbag with a singed waist and the kids will LIIIIVVVVEEEE!!! Enjoy it while it lasts Kiesha!!! #yaaaaasssss #omgthatclutch #obsessed #lazyleather #betterbepleather #lightweight #fiercefringe #clairesassesories #thewholeline #shehashadit ...

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by Alicia Lutes 1 hour ago

Okay so this one has officially terrified us: the brave, intrepid, and intelligent folks over at asapSCIENCE have done it again. It’s no secret that social media and technological advances have had a huge effect on our society and the world at large. But did you know that it’s also changing us on a biological level? And not necessarily in the best ways?

It’s true and here’s the video proof to terrify you into never wanting to tweet an embarrassing #TBT selfie ever again (or will it?).

1. It’s As Addictive As Drugs To Our Brains

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Though it’s mostly a psychological issue, it’s still a fascinating one: 5 – 10 percent of Internet and social media users are physical unable to control how much time they spend online. Why? Because the Internet is as addictive as drugs, and alter the brain in identical ways to drug use in the parts of our brain that control emotional processing, attention spans, and decision-making. Um, scary much?

2. Your Brain Cannot Block Out Distractions and Interferences

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Forget the old adage that says social media users are better multi-taskers. Turns out frequent social media use actually makes people worse at it, unable to filter out distractions and white noise compared to those who use it less, making it harder to commit things to memory.

3. It’s Re-Wiring Our Nervous Systems

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This might be the scariest of all. In the study, the participants’ brains essentially reacted to stimuli as a ...

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by Marissa G. Muller 1 hour ago

As usual, Alexander Wang slayed his Saturday night slot at New York Fashion Week. But, as spectacular as his sneaker-inspired collection was, if we’re being completely honest, our attention was all on the front row. The collection didn’t have a glow-in-the-dark or heat sensing coat finale like his Fall 2014 one, but with all of the massive stars in attendance it didn’t even need one.

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As we predicted, Rihanna made her second appearance of NYFW at Wang’s show in an electric blue Alexander Wang parka dress and hat that looked ultra comfortable, aside from the fact that it was 90 degrees outside #fashionoverfunction.

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The biggest surprise of the show might have been Nicki Minaj’s appearance who not only showed up in a envy-inducing Alexander Wang bodycon outfit, but also taught his models how to master her “Anaconda” moves. Maybe it’s too early to tell, but Nicki seems well on her way to winning NYFW.

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Also in attendance was OG queen Kim Gordon who sat next to Nicki and opted for a white button-down and black skirt. Because she’s Kim Gordon, no one could be mad at her for wearing her sunglasses inside.

On the indie front was also Die Antwoord, the former models for Wang’s T line. The eccentric South African duo looked like a human yin yang in complimentary all-black and all-white ...

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by Caitlin White 8 mins ago

In the wake of the scandal caused by the racist comments that Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling made, Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levenson has decided to sell his shares in the team after self-reporting a racist email from two years ago.

According to AP News Levenson sent the email in question approximately two years ago in August 2012 to the team’s co-owners and manager Danny Ferry. In the email he outlined his concerns about the team’s predominantly black fanbase and commented that the crowds were 70 percent black, the cheerleaders were black and the music choices were hip-hop, among other concerns.

An excerpt from the email touches on these things:

“My theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a signficant season ticket base. Please don’t get me wrong. There was nothing threatening going on in the arean [sic] back then. I never felt uncomfortable, but I think southern whites simply were not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority.”

Now, he has called the correspondence “inappropriate and offensive” and decided today (September 7) that he will sell his share in the Hawks.

“I have said repeatedly that the NBA should have zero tolerance for racism, and I strongly believe that to be true,” Levenson said in the statement. “That is why I voluntarily reported my inappropriate email to the NBA. After much long and difficult contemplation, I ...

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by Alicia Lutes 12 mins ago

Well that certainly took awhile. Reddit, the Internet’s favorite proverbial watering hole for all the weird, gross, fascinating, and terrible that humanity can conjure, has put an end to “The Fappening” and “Fappening” — the mega-sized subreddits that were created for, and contained, the 1,000s of stolen, personal photos of stars such as Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Jill Scott, Victoria Justice, and others. But don’t get all congratulatory towards the site just yet.

In a blog post from CEO Yishan Wong, it was explained that the website would not be changing any policies on its frequently dicey material, let alone banning wide swaths of content uploaded onto the site because “reddit’s platform is structurally based on the ability for people to distribute, promote, and highlight textual materials as well as links to images and other media.”

“We understand the harm that misusing our site does to the victims of this theft, and we deeply sympathize,” he explained, but insisted that reddit was “unlikely to make changes to our existing site content policies in response to this specific event.”

Moments later, the subreddits /r/TheFappening and /r/Fappening were banned, causing a slew of confusion amongst the site’s users, declaring it “a disservice by censoring content,” while most of the rest of the Internet cheered.

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In a more detailed post from one of the site’s systems administrator with the

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by Katie Calautti 1 min ago

The most infamous murdering spree in London history has finally been solved 126 years after it occurred – at least, according to author Russell Edwards.

In his new book “Naming Jack the Ripper,” which releases this Tuesday, Edwards details how a shawl bearing the serial killer’s blood led him to DNA evidence that proves Aaron Kiminski – one of six suspects whittled down over the years – was the man behind the 1888 killing spree that terrorized London’s East End.

Kiminski was a Polish immigrant who lived in Mile End Old Town and was eventually admitted to a string of lunatic asylums before dying in 1899 of gangrene in the leg.

For his part, Edwards spent 14 years building a case – he purchased the shawl – which had been found by the body of Ripper victim Catherine Eddowes – at an auction in 2007, then elected the help of molecular biology expert Dr. Jari Louhelainen. DNA from Eddowes’ blood, as well as that of the killer, was found.

“We have definitively solved the mystery of who Jack the Ripper was,” Edwards told The Mirror. “Only non-believers that want to perpetuate the myth will doubt. This is it now – we have unmasked him.”

The tests have yet to be independently verified, but Dr. Louhelainen spent three years analyzing the DNA and is quite confident in the findings.

by Britt Julious 29 mins ago

Dreamboat alert!

Tom Hiddleston continued fanning the flames of his status as Supreme Hottie with his latest stunt: crashing a music festival to perform a Hank Williams song.

Hiddleston made an unannounced appearance at Michigan’s Wheatland Music Festival where he performed Williams’ classic “Move It On Over.” The performance – equal parts dreamy and joyful, I might add – was not just a sporadic occurrence. The “Thor” villain is set to star in the biopic, “I Saw the Light” about the beloved American singer.

The film begins shooting in Louisiana in October, giving us an ample amount of time to prep for potential future appearances of Hiddleston singing the classics. Until then, check out a clip of his performance below and prepare to swoon. Did we mention he’s got a great American drawl for an Englishman?