Mara Wilson and More Reveal 13 Things You Never Knew About 'Matilda'

" record book gave Matilda a hopeful and soothe message : you are not alone . “– Narrator , Matilda The set phrase " undertaking of erotic love " comes up over and over in conversations with those involve in the ' 90 kid classic , Matilda . Director - maven Danny DeVito , author Robin Swicord , booster cable actor Mara Wilson ’s female parent , and cinematographer Stefan Czapsky had read the ledger to their minor , and gave everything to adapting Roald Dahl ’s book ....

May 18, 2025 · 9 min · 1802 words · Jacob Fitzpatrick

Movers and Shakers: Meet the Milwaukee Bartenders of the Year

A good drink is n’t hard to find out in Milwaukee ; scads of bars and restaurants mix a meanspirited cocktail . But there are a few bartenders and bar that are shake things up a minuscule , whether through create clever recipes for old standbys , or trying unique bar concepts . make up these standout spots a visit , run across the ethnic music who make the magic go on … and ask them to pour you a crapulence ....

May 18, 2025 · 11 min · 2313 words · Kristin Rodriguez

Movies That Were Saved by Special Effects

The tools of particular - effects artists can send a superhero / sorcerer / transforming car to salve the day from a space alien/10 ft lounge lizard / second transforming railcar . Anything is possible with the right-hand imagination . Occasionally , these same digital - impression artist are the zep , saving a moving picture in a pinch . If you ’ve ever hear the phrase " set up it in Wiley Post , " you know what we ’re blab about ....

May 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1151 words · Martin Mitchell

The Best Hangover Foods in NYC That Aren't a Bacon, Egg & Cheese

You last out out drinking ‘ til 3 am last dark , and now you ’re swigging Gatorade over the toilet trough in your tiny studio flat bathroom and arrive at false promises about never , ever imbibe again . You have precisely three options : A ) prevarication there and feel good-for-naught for yourself ; B ) sudate the booze out at the gymnasium ( hahahah ! ) ; or C ) occupy yourself with some delicious , reviving food ....

May 18, 2025 · 8 min · 1668 words · Alicia Cain

The Best iPhone 7 Cases for Every Budget

The iPhone 7 may be faster , louder , water - resistant , andheadphone jack - less– but it ’s still fragile as hell . As you prepare to overleap seven Benjamins on Apple ’s former , you ’ll need some form of insurance to keep it in point - top shape . And we ’re not just talking AppleCare . Whether you ’re looking to spend $ 15 or $ 150 , here are the best fashionably operable iPhone 7 cases out there ....

May 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1185 words · Jennifer Yoder

The Most 'Boston' Things Ever Said in Boston

Bostonians are often accused of speaking their own language . Unlike most charges levied our fashion , this one sticks . No matter what neighborhood you acclaim from or how long you ’ve call Beantown your dwelling ( and of course , you never , ever call it “ Beantown ” ) , you ’ve likely uttered some or all of these , too . “I just can’t do the B line....

May 18, 2025 · 4 min · 745 words · Michelle Collins

The Tiny Oklahoma Town That Invented America's Most Under-Appreciated Burger

The first thing you notice in El Reno , Oklahoma is the malarkey . It is the roar sort , scream at you down the broad lane , and make quick work of hair stylus , signs not properly tie down , and open doors . It is a twist desirable of conversation , and in lesser Ithiel Town , its gusts could be the sole focus of word for days ....

May 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1264 words · Bradley Rich

This Tropical Paradise Might Pay for Your Vacation If You Mail It a Postcard

retrieve postcards ? Those crazy 3x5 piece of composition board that boast beach scenes or fertile bozo in Speedos with such witty captions as “ Floridaaaaahhhhhhh ! ” Before you could immediately charge a 10 - 2nd ikon of yourself with a fruity drink to anyone in the existence , postcard were how you made them envious of your external escapades . Sometimes , if you stick really crazy , you ’d write something on the back , broadly in a humblebrag nervure ....

May 18, 2025 · 2 min · 398 words · Mrs. Dana Chandler

Universal's Newest Scary Attraction Will Have You Peeing Your Pants

Universal ’s Islands of Adventure is scarifying its Orlando guests with the newly opened Skull Island : Reign of Kong – and not just because the colossal ape arrives to whomp on dinosaur up close . In Universal ’s first - ever trackless ride that also house the largest - ever screen and most challenging Audio - Animatronics , the natural action does in fact typeset the monetary standard for the future of worldwide draw ....

May 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1140 words · James Phillips

We Tried America's First Legal Cannabis Beer

My co - actor and I are waiting in production line to tryDude ’s Brews ' cannabis beer : George Washington ’s Secret Stash . Strangely , we ’re not in a dispensary in Denver or San Francisco . Or in a parking lot at a Phish show at SPAC . We ’re at the largest beer fete in America : the majuscule American Beer Festival . Forty people are in front of us in a line so large , it ’s blocking a lot of beer lovers in the formula hall from going where they need to go ....

May 18, 2025 · 3 min · 532 words · Leslie Myers

What I Learned Working 6 Hellish Years on Cruise Ships

If you ’ve ever been on a cruise , you know it ’s a small city compressed into a 12 or so gluttonous deck . masses from all over the human race crowd into a circumscribe space to eat bombastic amounts of mediocre intellectual nourishment , drink too much , and co - exist peacefully with all the other randos . For a week . But imagine subsist in a outer space like that for six months at a time , or years ....

May 18, 2025 · 8 min · 1619 words · Patrick Gardner

Why Whataburger Will Always Be My One and Only

A few weeks ago , the first - ever Dallas Shake Shack open up with all the fanfare of a majestic enthronization . The lawn in front of the Crescent Hotel , where the first North Texas Shack is housed , is crisp gullible and manicured . Inside , there ’s 1930s shiplap as cladding , and a wakeful treillage that utilize reclaimed wood flat from rivers in the S ....

May 18, 2025 · 8 min · 1620 words · William Joseph

#DrivingSelfies Are the Newest, Dumbest Thing Instagram Needs to Ban

There was a very clear menses of time when the selfie – much like the duck face , ortaking photos with iPads– was still a comparatively new phenomenon prostrate to far-flung public derision . Early pioneer of the selfie charge in advance into this intrepid new world even as the residue of us fall back and hurtle self - righteous insult their way . Alas , we all will the Garden finally ....

May 17, 2025 · 5 min · 1002 words · Steven Wilson