Look into my eyes. The phrase calls to mind images of a psychotherapist swinging a pocket watch. Or maybe you picture Catherine Keener in the film Get Out, tapping her teacup and sending an unwilling man into a state of hypnotic limbo.
“There are many myths about hypnosis, mostly coming from media presentations,” like fictional films and novels, says Irving Kirsch, a lecturer and director of the Program in Placebo Studies at Harvard Medical School.
James Dean Death Anniversary and Posthumous Celebrity Fame
James Dean’s career picked up considerably after he died.
The budding film star was killed on this day, Sept. 30, in 1955 after crashing his Porsche Spyder en route to a road race in Salinas, Calif., in which he was scheduled to compete. Just 24, he was “barely a celebrity” at the time, according to a 1956 story in TIME, which went on to report that within a year of his death he had gained more popularity than most living actors.
Medicine: Strong & Big | TIME
When Roger Knapp of Melrose, Mass. was 5, he learned to skate. At 8, he learned to swim. Later, to build up his arm and shoulder muscles, he climbed ropes in his back yard. In high school he played football, in the Y. M. C. A. went in for basketball, boxing, gymnastics. Last year he began conscientious efforts to improve his strength. As the result of this diligence, Professor Frederick Rand Rogers, Dean of Student Health & Physical Education at Boston University, last week was able to declare Roger Knapp, at 17, the strongest boy of his age in the U.
Meet Israel Adesanya and Kamaru Usman, the two Nigerian UFC champions ruling the martial art world
Adesanya, better-known as 'The Last Stylebender', earned the interim UFC middleweight belt in a spectacular fight in Atlanta. The fierce fight was between him and American fighter, Kevin Gastelum. "I was willing to give it all and leave it all in there. I'm the champion, let's go," Adesanya told journalists immediately after the bloody fight. ADVERTISEMENT
With this win, he has become the second Nigerian and African to win the UFC Interim Middleweight title.
Midnight Sun Is Better Than Twilight. But Story Still Flawed
I was a junior in high school, just like Bella Swan herself, when Twilight fever found me. I stayed up all night reading Stephenie Meyer‘s hit 2005 novel, pulled into the narrative despite its obvious flaws: the controlling habits of Bella’s vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen, the absurd pace of their romance. My friends and I saw the movie in theaters together, shrieking with laughter at Edward’s glittering skin. But at home, alone with the book and its three sequels in hand, I admit it wasn’t so funny.
Nikki Glaser Cut Tom Brady Plastic Surgery Joke From Netflix Roast: You Look like a Ken Dol
Nikki Glaser was one of the highlights of Netflix’s Tom Brady roast, eviscerating the NFL superstar with jokes about his divorce from Gisele Bündchen and her reported new romance with Jiu-Jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente.
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Oscar de la Renta, who succumbed to cancer Tuesday at the age of 82, first gained global attention for dressing Jackie Kennedy in the 1960s. Over the next half-century the Dominican Republic-born fashion guru became a household name, and designed exquisite gowns for several First Ladies and the cream of Hollywood society.
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Pittsburgh Water Boil Advisory Affects 100,000
February 1, 2017 6:51 PM EST
About 100,000 Pittsburgh residents have been unable to drink tap water without boiling it first because of potential contamination concerns.
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority issued an advisory Tuesday after the Department of Environmental Protection discovered low levels of chlorine in the water at a reservoir and distribution facility.
The advisory continued Wednesday, as the PWSA warned that the water could be contaminated by giardia, a microscopic parasite that can thrive in low chlorine levels.
President Javier Mileis Radical Plan to Transform Argentina
President Javier Milei hates his new office. The Casa Rosada, with its historic blue chair and ornate paneled walls, feels tainted by his predecessors, who he believes drove Argentina into ruin. But there is one detail Milei loves. Engraved into a fireplace mantle is a bronze lion, the animal he adopted as a symbol during his dizzying rise to power. Showing me around the vast second-floor space, Milei gestures to a blown-up photo of the lion, propped on his desk as a totem of his destiny.