Sunday, June 15, 2014
10 Iconic Foods of New York City, and Where To Find Them
From: The Village Voice
1.
Hot Dog
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The hot dog arrived in Coney Island from either Vienna (hence, wiener) or Frankfurt (hence, frankfurter), and immediately caught on. Sold from carts, and later a storefront, by Feltman's German Gardens, the all-beef "tube steak," as it was facetiously called, went from popular to wildly popular when Polish-Jewish immigrant and Feltman's employee Nathan Handwerker took the hot dog in hand and popularized it to the world. In the modern era -- and partly due to hard times -- the weiner has become more desirable than ever, with Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at the center of its contemporary popularity. The natural-skinned, all-beef frank is still the city standard, while most of the country suffers through inferior, puffy, mystery-meat "ballpark" franks pulled from the refrigerator case of the supermarket. Miraculously, you can still get them whence they first disembarked.
Nathan's Famous, 1310 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-946-2705
40-Love: The Forty Hottest Tennis Players Of All Time!
From: The Backlot
34.
Pete Sampras
YEARS ON TOUR: 1988 – 2002
PEAK RANKING: #1
MAJOR TITLES: 14
42-year-old American Pete won 14 Majors during his career, with only the French open eluding him. Possibly the greatest server in the history of the game, he shares many records with Roger Federer, who has also eclipsed him with total Major titles
The Sexiest Player From Each World Cup Team
From: Sports Illustrated
Neymar
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (Portuguese pronunciation: [nejˈmaʁ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ ˈsɐ̃tus ˈʒũɲoʁ]; born 5 February 1992), commonly known as Neymar, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona in La Liga and the Brazilian national team, as a forward or winger.
At the age of 19, Neymar won the 2011 South American Footballer of the Year award, after coming third in 2010. He followed this up by winning it again in 2012. In 2011 Neymar received nominations for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, where he came 10th, and the FIFA Puskás Award for Goal of the Year, which he won. He is known for his acceleration, speed, dribbling, finishing and ability with both feet. His playing style has earned him critical acclaim, with fans, media and former players drawing comparison to former Brazil forward Pelé, who has called Neymar "an excellent player", while Ronaldinho states "he will be the best in the world".
Neymar joined Santos in 2003 and, after rising through the ranks, was promoted to their first team squad. He made his debut for Santos in 2009 and was voted the Best Young Player of the 2009 Campeonato Paulista. Further awards followed, with Neymar being voted best player as Santos won the 2010 Campeonato Paulista, and also being top scorer in the 2010 Copa do Brasil with 11 goals. He finished the 2010 season with 42 goals in 60 games as his club achieved the Double. Neymar was again voted best player of the year in 2011 as his side retained the state title and Santos also winning the 2011 Copa Libertadores in which Neymar scored 6 goals in 13 appearances. He also played a key role in securing a Continental Double for his team, Santos' first since 1963. He received the Bronze Ball in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, with Santos making it to the final, where they were defeated 4–0 by Barcelona.
Neymar has represented Brazil at Under-17, Under-20 and senior levels. On 10 August 2010, at the age of 18, he made his debut for the Seleção in a friendly match against the United States; he scored from a header in the 28th minute, contributing to Brazil's 2–0 win. Neymar was the top scorer of the 2011 South American Youth Championship with nine goals, including two in the final, in the 6–0 win against Uruguay, helping Brazil to win their eleventh title in the competition. Neymar was selected as part of Luiz Felipe Scolari's Brazil squad for the 2013 Confederations Cup on home soil. For the tournament he was assigned the iconic number 10 shirt. On 30 June, Neymar scored Brazil's second goal in the 3–0 final win over Spain. Neymar's performances saw him awarded the golden ball for the best player of the tournament. With 33 goals in 50 matches for Brazil, he is the seventh highest goalscorer for his national team. In 2012 and 2013, SportsPro named him the most marketable athlete in the world. In December 2013, Neymar was ranked by The Guardian as the sixth best player in the world.
Classic Television - Prime Time
The Sandy Duncan Show
Original channel
CBS
Original run
September 17, 1972 – December 31, 1972
Starring
Sandy Duncan
Tom Bosley
Marian Mercer
Pamela Zarit
Alfie Wise
Eric Christmas
M. Emmet Walsh
Funny Face and The Sandy Duncan Show are two American sitcoms aired by CBS starring Sandy Duncan as part of its 1971 and 1972 fall lineups, respectively. Both series were created and produced by Carl Kleinschmitt.
In the spring of 1971, after having appeared in numerous television commercials and having a great success on Broadway in the 1970 revival of The Boy Friend (which won her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress In a Musical), Sandy Duncan's show business career was quickly ascending. She had just completed her first major motion picture - The Million Dollar Duck for Walt Disney and was about to start on her second film - the screen adaptation of the Neil Simon play Star Spangled Girl which was to be produced and released by Paramount Pictures. Duncan was also signed by Paramount to film a television pilot loosely based on the 1957 film musical Funny Face which they hoped would be picked up by CBS to be part of their 1971–1972 fall television schedule. A pilot was filmed in the spring of 1971 and CBS executives were very enthusiastic. As a result, Duncan was already being touted by the network as the brightest new star of the 1971 fall season.
When the series returned in the fall of 1972, it underwent a major renovation. This included renaming the program from Funny Face to The Sandy Duncan Show, as well as having new cast members, an additional producer, different writers, a slightly revised format, as well as filming it with three cameras in front of a live audience. In The Sandy Duncan Show, Sandy now worked for the advertising firm of Quinn & Cohen, where her supervisor was one of the partners, Bert Quinn (Tom Bosley); the other partner was Leonard Cohen (Alfie Wise). Two of her neighbors, Kay Fox (Marian Mercer) and Alex Lembeck (M. Emmet Walsh) were also close friends. Motorcycle police officer Alex constantly worried about Sandy's status as a single woman living alone, which he saw as being inherently dangerous; and as such, appointed himself as her chaperone/protector. Sandy had a very sweet and slightly naive nature and was prone to try to help anyone whom she felt needed help, including total strangers, so Alex's fears were not totally misplaced.
Despite these changes, The Sandy Duncan Show was not successful. Although the critics generally liked Duncan, many of them did not find the show greatly improved or vastly different from Funny Face. In fact, some reviewers went so far as to say that the program was a somewhat pale imitation of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Also, moving the show to Sunday nights did not help in terms of viewership. The series attracted a much smaller audience on Sunday nights than Funny Face had the previous year on Saturday nights, especially when it had the strong lead-in of All In The Family. In its new day and time slot, The Sandy Duncan Show had to compete with ABC's The F.B.I. and the NBC Mystery Movie. As a result, it was also canceled at midseason, with the last episode (#13) airing on New Year's Eve, 1972.
Academy Award for Best Actor
1929/30
George Arliss
As
Benjamin Disraeli
Disraeli
George Arliss (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award.
10 Best Gay Beaches In The World
From: NewNowNext
Playa De La Bassa Rodona
Sitges, Spain
The proximity to Barcelona means urban boys flock to Playa De la Bassa Rodona in spring and summer. (Year-round, actually: Sitges Gay Carnival in February is one of the most popular LGBT celebrations in Europe.)
Like many gay beaches, Rodona is becoming increasingly popular with straight folk. To find your tribe, just start along the white-washed facade of Hotel Calipolis and look for a sea of muscular Spaniards.
The Best Shirtless Celebrities Of 2013
From: Socialite Life
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
June 27, 2013
Val Chmerkovskiy And Maks Chmerkovskiy from 'Dancing With The Stars' fame get lathered up with Oil Of Olay Ultra Moisture Body Wash at a poolside event at Liquid Pool Lounge at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
BEING GAY DOESN’T JUST GET BETTER, IT GETS BORING ACCORDING TO THESE AUSTRALIANS
From: The Gaily Grind
Turns out, being gay isn't the most interesting thing about you.
Together with ACON, ReachOut.com worked with several talented filmmakers and storytellers to produce 5 digital stories.
Comedian Rhys Nicholson together with some of his friends, reflected on their own experiences to present the notion that being gay doesn’t just get better, it gets boring. So let’s move on and talk about something else!
Watch the funny short film below:
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