Confirmed: the Westside is full of white people. That and other revelations, like "damn, Los Angeles is actually that unintegrated," come courtesy of this clickable, color-coded race map of the US--a fellow named Dustin Cable out of UVA plotted 308,745,538 people by their race (well, by four major ethnic groups and "other"), as collected in the 2010 US Census. (According to Wired, he also "assigned shades of color based on the multiple dots therein. From a distance, for example, certain neighborhoods will look purple, but zooming-in reveals a finer-grained breakdown of red and blue–or, really, black and white." Meaning the Westside isn't quite as white as it looks.) Compare Los Angeles to a collection of other cities here. Now let's all discuss this like adults!
· Incredibly Detailed Map Shows Race, Segregation Across America In Beautiful Color [HuffPo]

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Chickens: they're not just for dinner, factory farms, and hipster backyards anymore. Eastsider has the heartwarming tale of the chickens of East LA's Serbian Cemetery, and the mourners who love them. "It's very natural for the chickens to be here. I love that the chickens have a safe place to roam and eat the grass. It's fantastic. It's like a sanctuary here," said one woman who was there to visit her father's grave. Another chicken fan and cemetery visitor, who often leaves food for the chickens, told the site that "the majority of people don't mind because the chickens are making people feel welcome." No one's quite sure how the chickens-at-the-cemetery thing got started, but it's been going on for years. And fear not, animal lovers: the chickens like the arrangement, too. According to the cemetery's caretaker, "The chickens are happy living here. I feed them and take care of them because it's not their fault they were left here."
· Chickens and roosters turn East L.A. graveyard into barnyard [ELA]

"Mile, if twerkin woulda been invented.... And I had a foam finger.... I woulda done the same thang you did." - DAD

— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) August 28, 2013

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Five days after The National Enquirer announced that Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were divorcing, the couple finally responded to say they are not getting divorced. I think that five day gap shows that maybe the two of them are not on the same page about whether they are getting divorced or not. Without actually saying he was cheating on Faith, the Enquirer did say that Tim had sexual chemistry with Taylor Swift. Does anyone really have sexual chemistry with Taylor? I'm not putting it past the two of them to hook up, but I think they wanted to say things about other women, but couldn't find anyone to step up and spill. McGraw is also said to be fed up with the way Faith treats him and wants out.

I cannot stop watching this man's master class performance of an attacking dog. This is some high-level method acting right here — Bryan Cranston doesn't have anything on this dude. I'm just not sure whether I should laugh, cry, or hide under my bed until this man no longer exists.

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She's asking the goat in the mirror to change her ways, but that's just not happening.

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Do you miss Bunheads? You do! Here's a goodbye video of the cast performing Elton John’s “Blues for Baby and Me" that can act as a balm during your extended mourning period.

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Michael Boatwright, a 61-year-old Navy veteran, was found unconscious in a Palm Springs Motel 6 with five tennis rackets and no memory of being Michael Boatwright. When he woke up in a hospital a few days later, he insisted that his name was Johan Ek, he lived in Sweden, he didn't know shit about tennis rackets, and he only spoke Swedish. MYSTERIES ABOUND.

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The march of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster had all signs of being a satirical stunt – some of its 100 participants were armed with colanders on their heads and pasta in their mouths.

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On the list of people universally adored, Dolly Parton likely ranks in the top 10. Everyone loves Dolly and there's no wondering as to why — she's talented, down-to-earth, sweet as sugar and progressive. All of these ingredients add up to an extremely well-liked person and they're also why Parton makes such a perfect subject for Derek Water's Drunk History.

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At last night's Staples Center show, Taylor Swift brought out Tegan & Sara as her special guests (the night before, she sang "Brave" with Sara Bareilles and "Want U Back" with Cher Lloyd), and the three of them, dubbed Tegan, Sara & Taylor, sang "Closer" with a few breaks for the audience to jump along.

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There are more hard times ahead for Downton Abbey. After withstanding a world war, near financial ruin and several devastating deaths, the fictional estate has now been dealt another blow, only this is one it might never recover from. Lady Carnavon, owner of the real-life Downton Abbey (actually called Highclere Castle) where the show shoots, has — after one actor's dog caused a destructive ruckus on set — banned all cast members' dogs from the property.

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While the last bastion between us and Justin Bieber's ass has been little more than thin cotton boxers for awhile now, it's all over. I have seen Culo del Beebo, and so will you. These photos were taken at Thanksgiving at his grandma's house in Toronto, where he serenaded her, naked, with an acoustic guitar. Because one shows Grandma their taint. That is what one does.

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Nutella goes great with everything, just ask anyone. Especially if that anyone has a California medical marijuana card. 

Could the UFC women's bantamweight champion be the next high-profile women's MMA fighter to leave the sport for the bright lights of Hollywood? It's a little premature to think that Ronda Rousey will follow in the footsteps of Gina Carano at this point, but her mainstream recognition continues to grow. After being featured in ESPN's The Body issue last year and on the cover of Maxim recently, Rousey just landed a part in The Expendables 3. And she is now close to acting in the latest flick in another movie franchise - Fast & Furious 7 (via Variety):

In the first major casting for the next installment of the "Fast & Furious" franchise, Ultimate Fighting Champion Ronda Rousey is ready to take her talents to the big screen landing a supporting role in "Fast & Furious 7."

Rousey has just started negotiations to join the cast of "Fast & Furious 7″ but if it closes, it would be the first major role cast for the next installment in the franchise.

The film is gearing up with the plan to start shooting this fall, and Rousey would move training for her next fight to Atlanta where the film is set to shoot.

Ronda was also offered a part in The Hunger Games 2 back in February. Rousey is very different than Carano in the fact that she grew up in Judo and was an Olympian, but I wonder how Dana White is feeling about Rousey's burgeoning movie career. And the fact that she's moving her fight camp to accommodate an acting job is probably not going to please him either.

Rousey will meet rival Miesha Tate in the co-main event of UFC 168 on December 28th.

First thing to mention about this vaguely pornographic video of young goats drinking milk from two giant bottles strapped to the thorax of an overly-tolerant bull terrier: goats wag their tails! Am I just finding this out? My uncle had a bunch of goats when I was younger and they never wagged their tails. Were they miserable or something? I thought they were my good friends. I fed them old shirts and everything. Now, seeing these tail-wagging goats, I know that I was merely being put up with, like a cloud of flies or some other farmyard pestilence. Fuck you, goats — I was only trying to be nice anyway. I would have preferred a single dog friend to all three of you.

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The UFC giveth and the UFC taketh away. The ufc has signed 8 fighters in the last month alone who have yet to make their promotional debut, it only stands to reason, with that kind of influx there would be a few fighters going the other way as well. Now it appears the ties have been cut with another five fighters and one we already knew about.

To get the old news out of the way, the UFC has removed Roger Gracie's profile from their middleweight ranks. Reports of Gracie's release surfaced last week and came on the heels of his loss to Tim Kennedy in a fight where he not only failed to out strike his opponent but failed to out grapple him as well. It would appear that another five fighters are accompanying Gracie in his journey into the non-UFC MMA world. Those fighters whose names have been removed from the UFC rosters are Dave Herman, Ednaldo Oliveira, Bristol Marunde, John Maguire, and Vinny Magalhaes.

Not to be down on any of these fighters, but there are no real surprises here. Gracie was the biggest surprise, but that's already been covered. Apart from him, the case for keeping Magalhaes could be made but only entirely on his successes outside the UFC, and more to the point outside MMA. Magalhaes' grappling is great, amongst the best in the world, but his ability to work his one amazing skill into a fighting game plan is intensely limited. He threatened to retire if released from the UFC, so I'll be keeping my ears open to see if he carries through on that promise.

Apart from him Herman, Oliveira, Marunde, and Maguire have all looked sub-par as of late and need a lot of work rounding out their skills and, in many cases, developing the sort of sustained tenacity necessary to consistently fight at a high level. Maguire and Oliveira probably have some chance of coming back with a couple wins if they can look impressive in smaller promotions. I have my doubts that we'll see Herman or Marunde in the Octagon again. We'll be sure to keep you posted as there are always organizations looking to snap up UFC fighter fresh of their release, and there are probably more cuts coming. Also, please keep in mind that this is in response to UFC.com profile adjustments. We will be updating with confirmation from the fighters when and if available.

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• Dana White talks Machida vs. Diaz, Rousey, Alvarez, much more
• Dana White on GSP paying for VADA testing: 'It's a little weird'
• Joey Beltran vs. Fabio Maldonado added to UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields
• Modafferi, Baszler, Evinger among notable names on The Ultimate Fighter season 18 cast
• MMA Tete-A-Tete: Jordan Breen joins Dallas Winston for UFC Fight Night 'Shogun vs. Sonnen' predictions

With just three weeks to go before a new season of The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC has announced the the 32 fighters who will be on the 18th installment of the reality TV competition. For the first time ever, both men's and women's fighters will be competing, training, and living together in the Las Vegas TUF house. Originally, women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was going to coach opposite Cat Zingano, but Zingano's knee injury forced a switch to Miesha Tate, who despite losing to Zingano in April, will take her coaching spot and title shot vs. Rousey.

These are the men's and women's bantamweights who you'll be seeing over the next few months on their way to the December season finale:

Women's Bantamweight Fighters

Shayna Baszler (15-8), 33, Sioux Fall, S.D.
Revelina Berto (3-1), 24, Winter Haven, Fla.
Jessamyn Duke (2-0-1), 27, Richmond, Ky.
Tonya Evinger (11-6), 32, Lake St. Louis, Mo.
Laura Howarth (4-0), 26, Hove, East Essex, ENG
Tara LaRosa (21-3), 35, Albuquerque, N.M.
Valerie Letourneau (4-3), 30, La Prairie, CAN
Bethany Marshall (4-1), 25, Newport News, Va.
Sarah Moras (3-1), 25, Kelowna, CAN
Margaret "Peggy" Morgan (2-0), 33, Nashua, N.H.
Gina Mazany (3-0), 25, Seattle, Wash.
Roxanne Modafferi (15-10), 30, Pittsfield, Mass.
Julianna Pena (4-2), 24, Spokane, Wash.
Raquel Pennington (3-3), 24, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Jessica Rakoczy (1-3), 36, Las Vegas, Nev.
Colleen Schneider (4-3), 31, Las Vegas, Nev.

Male Bantamweight Fighters

Christopher Beal (7-0), 28, Somis, Calif.
Cody Bollinger (14-3), 22, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Louis Fisette (6-1), 23, Winnipeg, CAN
Rafael Freitas (6-0-1), 29, Albuquerque, N.M.
David Grant (8-1), 27, Bishop Auckland, ENG
Tim Gorman (9-2), 30, West Des Moines, Iowa
Anthony Gutierrez (4-0), 22, Lee's Summit, Mo.
Emil Hartsner (4-0), 23, Luberod, SWE
Joshua Hill (9-0), 26, Binbrook, CAN
Chris Holdsworth (4-0), 25, Woodland Hills, Calif.
Patrick Holohan (9-0-1), 25, Dublin, IRL
Sirwan Kakai (9-1), 23, Coconut Creek, Fla.
Daniel Martinez (18-4), 28, San Diego, Calif.
Matthew Munsey (4-1), 26, Hollywood, Fla.
Lee Sandmeier (9-0), 30, Knoxville, Iowa
Michael Wootten (6-0), 24, Liverpool, ENG

Chances are the women's bantamweights are the more recognizable names, and that's not surprising given several of them have fought on Strikeforce and/or Invicta shows. Modafferi fought twice in Strikeforce, including a title loss to Sarah Kaufman. Baszler, LaRosa, Pennington, and others have spent time in Invicta, with Baszler earning FOTN honors in her main event loss to Sara McMann at InvictaFC 2. Lastly,

As far as the men, Cody Bollinger was the 9th ranked featherweight on the 2011 BE scouting report, and fought in Bellator last year, losing to Shahbulat Shamhalaev in October. Joshua Hill has been a fixture on the regional scene in eastern Canada, particularly on the (now defunct) Score Fighting Series.

TUF 18 premieres on Wednesday, September 4th at 11 PM ET on Fox Sports 1, following the completion of UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Bader, which starts at 8 PM ET.

At the bottom of the page we have two playlists (courtesy of Zombie Prophet) featuring the majority of the cast members.

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Respira, respira, respira. Perfetto.

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Sorry for the spoiler!  The gaze in the Wacoal commercial below, sent in by Kathe L., dances all over the body of a lovely young woman, focusing especially on the curve of her breast alongside the lace of her bra.  She slowly removes her make-up and disrobes, only to reveal a male body underneath.  The message?  A push-up bra so good it can even give men breasts.

I wonder what y’all think.  Does this queer the body?  Is there a transgressive identity behind the gaze?  Or is it just more gimmicky advertising based on normative expectations?  Both?

Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.

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I didn't know that you could buy a men's adjustable leather harness at Sears.

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This is incredibly dope — but it's also just a reason to have an open thread to talk about Breaking Bad's final season premiere. Which is tonight. You knew that right? I'm making some Blue Rock Candy.

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Strapped into a harness and sporting sandy facial hair, Channing Tatum looks like he's Spencer Pratt getting ready to play paintball. Alas, it's just his costume for the long-awaited Wachowski-helmed Jupiter Ascending — a film where Tatum plays a bounty hunter tasked with finding a cleaning lady who has the lucky genes of a Queen. He should maybe also hunt himself a barber, because that facial hair is already too distracting.

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Item of the Day: Joe & Seph’s Gin and Tonic Gourmet Popcorn

If you’ve ever wanted a little more “pop” in your popcorn on a Friday night (or any night really), you’ve come to the right place with Joe & Seph’s gin and tonic infused gourmet popcorn! Handmade in England using 5% real gin and 5% real tonic, this masterpiece in the world of popped corn is also gluten free and vegetarian, making it just the perfect pre-cocktail companion for your evening. As an added, awesome bonus, you’ll be hangover free the next morning!

But if a G&T isn’t your preferred libation of choice to smother kernels of popcorn with, Joe & Seph’s also offers up plenty of popcorn pouch alternatives in their online shop. Choose from a sea of fabulous concoctions including caramel with Belgium chocolate, strawberry cheesecake, olive oil with mozzarella and tomato, caramel with macchiato and whisky, and many more varieties of popcorn flavors I never knew could exist until now. And now that you know, you can never look at popcorn the same way ever again!

Pick up a bag from Joe & Seph’s online shop today or make the purchase on Firebox.com for $10.69 a bag!

Image courtesy of Firebox.com.

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Period Fear: An Open Letter To Men Everywhere

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A San Bernardino, CA non-profit focused on helping survivors of sexual assault was broken into and its computers were stolen, along with children's story books and candy.

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