The makeup brand Youthforia is facing criticism online over the darkest shade of its Date Night foundation. Youthforia, launched in 2021, caught flack in Oct. 2023 after releasing 15 shades of the Date Night Skin Tint that several beauty influencers, mainly those with darker skin tones, called out for not being inclusive. The brand expanded their shade range in March, releasing 10 new foundation shades, in response to the criticism. But Youthforia's attempt to right their wrongs is facing even more backlash.

Billionaires from the US took up six positions in the list while the only outsider, France, took the top position. Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote failed to make the first 100 names as he ranked in 144th Position with an estimated net worth of $13.4 billion. According to the 38th edition of Forbes billionaires list, the billionaires have a combined worth of $14.2 trillion and their number has increased by 141 from last year's figures to hit an all-round high of 2,781.

While Hurricane Gustav was chewing up Cuba and storming toward Louisiana, the screen of the Venice Film Festival's Sala Grande was showing a very sweet tsunami. In the animated movie Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, the swelling waves take the form of dolphins, and when a Japanese coastal village gets submerged no one is killed or hurt — just amusingly displaced. The rising up of the marine world is not insurrection against humanity but gently cautionary instruction for it.

You’ve written several best sellers about faith and family, but you’re not a conventional Christian author. How do you feel about being the bad girl of the born-again set? Well, I don’t really see myself as a born-again. I did convert at 31 from being a kind of nondenominational, kitchen-sink believer and seeker, but to my born-again brother, I’m Abbie Hoffman. You like to call God Phil. Why? It’s because of this bracelet a Mexican vendor made.

If this sounds like you, then your best approach for finding a job could be searching for work where people skills aren't all that necessary. To find these jobs, we averaged data from the Occupational Information Network, or O*NET, a US Department of Labor database full of detailed information on more than 900 occupations. ADVERTISEMENT While we're not suggesting that people who hold these positions are all standoffish, the following jobs pay on average more than $55,000 a year according to O*NET, have an average required sociability score of 65 or less, and therefore require minimal good-natured interaction with others.