Vipology Staff Writer

Could French Fries Really Kill You?

Seriously, really? The real answer is, maybe. At least, that’s according to the findings of the study that triggered the latest news coverage. Researchers found that regular consumers of French fries don’t live as long as those who eat them less often. Okay, but is it just the French Fries? Do those little crispy potato strips of […]

Norwegian Follows Carnival, Royal Caribbean Making Key Food Move to “Cage-Free”

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Some people don’t put a lot of thought into where their food comes from, or what’s in it, as long as it tastes good and isn’t unreasonably expensive. But that said, there are plenty of people who care about where their food comes from, and what exactly is in it. There’s a whole swatch of […]

The CFDA Fashion Awards Winners Are…

Last week, the CFDA gathered a very powerful assortment of designers, models, celebrities and industry insiders at Casa Cipriani in downtown New York City for the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards. The hilarious Natasha Lyonne hosted the ceremony, which was presented in partnership with Amazon Fashion, while Joseph Altuzarra, Gabriela Hearst, Aurora James, Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough […]

Get Ready for Season Five of ‘Fixer Upper’

Mark your calendars now, Fixer Upper devotees. HGTV says the date is official and it’s all happening. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll laugh some more — and it all gets underway starting November 21 in the familiar Tuesday night time slot. Just in quantitative terms, here’s a bit of what’s on deck for Fixer Upper‘s fifth season: no less than […]

Celebrate Atari’s 50th Anniversary by Playing this New Collection

One of the biggest challenges in video game preservation is figuring out how to actually present old games. As The Verge reports, there is an expansive new release, made by Digital Eclipse to celebrate Atari’s 50th anniversary, which experts say is simply the best way to experience a retro collection. Available on just about every […]

November 10th is International Tempranillo Day!

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The organization TAPAS (Tempranillo Advocates, Producers and Amigos Society), is a nonprofit trade association of over one hundred wineries, growers, and amigos, whose mission is to promote Tempranillo and other varietal wine grapes native to the Iberian Peninsula, and wines produced from them in North America. So it makes sense that in 2011, they started […]

The 2022 American Humane Hero Dog Awards will be announced on Veterans Day!

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The American Humane organization is hosting its annual Hero Dog Awards — with the announcement of the winner coming on Veterans Day 2022.  American Humane was founded in 1877, and was the country’s first national humane organization committed to animals.  The Hero Dog Awards is a competition held to recognize America’s Hero Dogs in seven different categories: law […]

Meta Announces Massive Job Cuts

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Meta has announced it will lay off 11,000 employees or around 13 percent of the company’s total staff. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the news in a blog post, saying he was at fault for being overoptimistic about the company’s future growth based on a pandemic surge. “At the start of Covid, the world rapidly moved online and the […]

CDC Updates Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

As CNN reports, for the first time since 2016, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidelines for clinicians and patients on the use of prescription opioids to treat short-term and long-term pain. The update comes as drug overdose deaths have risen dramatically in recent years, although the majority of those deaths […]

The Controversy around Johnny Depp’s Appearance at the Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4

In the middle of Rihanna’s celebratory showcase of fashion, music and dance in her “Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4” is a 30-second appearance from controversial actor Johnny Depp. Around the 20-minute mark of the 40-minute-long show, now streaming on Amazon Prime, Depp struts toward the camera wearing the Savage X Fenty men’s mesh tank paired with pants, a trench coat and […]