Just days into February, and a matter of a few short weeks into 2023, the tone of the moment feels entirely different from the start of the year. With Mercury and Mars moving forward after doozy retrogrades and humanitarian Aquarius season in full swing, it’s easier to move the ball forward on your goals — and connect and collaborate with others in the process. The sign of the Water Bearer encourages us to prioritize that communal vibe over a focus on the self.

Ernesto Estigarribia’s already busy schedule will become even more packed come October. The Associate Conductor of the Quad City Symphony, Music Director of the Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles, and Director of Orchestral Activities at Augustana College, Estigarribia will become new music director of the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra (SSO), north of Milwaukee, about four hours from the QC. “We are overwhelmingly excited to have Maestro Estigarribia as the esteemed conductor of the SSO,” Kathie Norman, president of the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, said in a news release.

PILTON, UK (CelebrityAccess) — Organizers for the Glastonbury Festival were successful in a bid to have the festival’s licensed capacity increased by 7,000 fans to a whopping overall capacity of 210,000. According to the Bristol Post, Mendip District Council signed off on the expanded capacity which Glastonbury organizers sought to avoid an increase in ticket prices. However, the extended licensed capacity did not come without some caveats and the MDC Licensing Board stipulated that the additional 7,000 fans would need to travel to the festival by public transit, the Post noted.

I enjoy shopping, but I don’t do it often anymore, in that I’ve very much done a complete 360 from young Eva who would go to the mall after school nearly every other day to buy something to adult Eva who only shop for something when it’s really necessary — or, when when something that really bring immense value to my wardrobe. Let’s call it: mindful shopping.  What’s more, seeing as I shop for a living, I know when the best sales usually roll around, so I save most of my energy (and money!

Italian pop artist aleXsandro Palombo gets a good deal of press for his cheeky, so-called satirical work that sometimes is sort of funny and other times falls flat. Homer Simpson and Anna Wintour exploring the Kama Sutra? Har har. Photoshopping famous women to look as if they’re victims of domestic abuse? We’re not laughing. On Tuesday, Palombo’s “press office” sent out an email blast to media explaining his newest project, entitled “Life Can Be a Fairytale, If You Break the Silence.

Laughter indeed is the best therapy and telling silly jokes is one of the most incredible ways to connect with your friends and make them laugh. Jokes can also help break the ice in awkward situations. However, a good sense of humor and choosing the correct joke for the audience are equally necessary. Whether it is a funny one-liner, a ridiculous pun, or a silly story – with the right jokes to tell your friends, you can lighten up any mood and make your friends smile.

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Photo illustration: Getty Images McConaughey P.I.?: EW reports that Matthew McConaughey has been offered the lead role in an upcoming film version of Magnum P.I., which we doubt he’ll take since he’d have to grow a mustache and wear a shirt. [EW] You Have Wasted Your Life: Two 23-year-olds will have their musical on Broadway next month. We don’t feel bad; by 23 we’d already given up on our dreams, so we’re actually way ahead of them.

As the wise Jason Mendoza points out in The Good Place, “Everyone thinks I’m Taiwanese. I’m Filipino. That’s racist. Heaven is so racist.” Now replace heaven with Hollywood, and you have a problem that’s been plaguing the entertainment industry for decades. For a while now, there’s been outrage over Hollywood whitewashing Asian roles instead of casting Asian actors. Was it necessary to change the character of a Tibetan man to a white woman in Doctor Strange?

As a beauty writer, I'm lucky to be able to try a plethora of products I otherwise probably wouldn't. A big part of my job is testing new things and then dishing out all the deets on how they worked for me — I've done it with mascaras, one of which I concluded was better than falsies, and now I'm doing it with a night cream that's worked nothing short of a miracles on my skin.