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Mint
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Mint
Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen marry in low-key ceremony - here's what to know about their massive net worth
Singer and actor Hailee Steinfeld has officially tied the knot with NFL star Josh Allen in an intimate ceremony, marking a major milestone in the couple's long-time relationship. While the wedding was low-key, the couple's combined financial success is anything but. At just 28, Steinfeld holds an estimated net worth of $25 million. Her career spans film, music, fashion, and business. Known for her breakout roles in 'Pitch Perfect 2,' 'Ender's Game,' 'Bumblebee,' and most recently the hit Ryan Coogler film 'Sinners', Steinfeld has built a strong foothold in Hollywood. She's also made her mark in music, signing with Republic Records and releasing chart-topping hits like 'Capital Letters', 'Starving', and 'Love Myself.' Over the years, she's worked with music industry giants like Joe Jonas and Zedd. Listen to Hailee's hit song 'Capital Letters' here: Beyond entertainment, Hailee Steinfeld has found success in fashion and endorsements. She began her journey with Miu Miu in 2011 and has since partnered with major labels such as Prada, Louis Vuitton, and CORE Hydration. She even launched a lifestyle newsletter, 'Beau Society', to connect with her fans. On the other hand, Josh Allen's net worth stands at a staggering $66.1 million. The Buffalo Bills quarterback recently signed a six-year, $330 million contract—making NFL history with $250 million guaranteed. He also ranks 32nd on Forbes' list of highest-paid athletes. Allen earns $60.1 million from salary and winnings alone, with an additional $6 million from endorsement deals with brands like Nike, Pepsi, and New Era.
Mint
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Mint
Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen marry in low-key ceremony - here's what to know about their massive net worths
Singer and actor Hailee Steinfeld has officially tied the knot with NFL star Josh Allen in an intimate ceremony, marking a major milestone in the couple's long-time relationship. While the wedding was low-key, the couple's combined financial success is anything but. At just 28, Steinfeld holds an estimated net worth of $25 million. Her career spans film, music, fashion, and business. Known for her breakout roles in 'Pitch Perfect 2,' 'Ender's Game,' 'Bumblebee,' and most recently the hit Ryan Coogler film 'Sinners', Steinfeld has built a strong foothold in Hollywood. She's also made her mark in music, signing with Republic Records and releasing chart-topping hits like 'Capital Letters', 'Starving', and 'Love Myself.' Over the years, she's worked with music industry giants like Joe Jonas and Zedd. Listen to Hailee's hit song 'Capital Letters' here: Beyond entertainment, Hailee Steinfeld has found success in fashion and endorsements. She began her journey with Miu Miu in 2011 and has since partnered with major labels such as Prada, Louis Vuitton, and CORE Hydration. She even launched a lifestyle newsletter, 'Beau Society', to connect with her fans. On the other hand, Josh Allen's net worth stands at a staggering $66.1 million. The Buffalo Bills quarterback recently signed a six-year, $330 million contract—making NFL history with $250 million guaranteed. He also ranks 32nd on Forbes' list of highest-paid athletes. Allen earns $60.1 million from salary and winnings alone, with an additional $6 million from endorsement deals with brands like Nike, Pepsi, and New Era. Together, Steinfeld and Allen represent not just a power couple in love, but a financial powerhouse worth over $90 million.
WIRED
16-03-2025
- General
- WIRED
Toaster Ovens Are a Pain to Clean. Here's the Easy Way
Toaster ovens are a pain to clean. But there's hope. Here's how to make a really dirty oven sparkle—and keep it that way. Photograph: Matthew Korfhage; Getty Images If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED Everyone who buys a complicated modern countertop oven is quickly beset with a dilemma: how to clean a toaster oven with nonstick coatings and breakable parts, and lord knows what else. The modern multifeature accessory oven is beset by odd crannies and frangible heating elements. If you convect or air fry a chicken, the grease will fly off in all directions in a fine and oily mist and land, ickily, on the oven walls. Let all this go unchecked, and your oven will either look bad, smell bad, or both. I test toaster ovens and air fryers for a living, so I've had to clean many variations of oven. And I've made at least one costly mistake along the way, by absent-mindedly thinking it was a good idea to clean grease droppings off a quartz heating element with my thumbnail. (Don't do this. You'll break it, and despair.) But don't worry. And don't resort to harsh chemicals that'll damage your oven or make your food weird. Here's some step-by-step, practical advice about how to keep your toaster oven clean— and advice on how to clean it when all seems lost. Photograph: Matthew Korfhage Clean Often, and Soon The simplest advice is the one that will save you from ever needing more advice in the future: Clean your oven after every meal that contains fat, oil, butter, and/or dairy. Even if it's just a little damp-cloth wipe-down and even if the oven doesn't look dirty. If you don't bake yesterday's grease into the sides of the oven and glass door, you've already won the war of the future. It's like Ender's Game . Anyway, here's a quick step-by-step for daily cleaning, following the good advice of toaster oven makers Breville, Cuisinart, and Panasonic. Step-by-Step Instructions on Cleaning a Toaster Oven Photograph: Matthew Korfhage Wait for your oven to cool: Eat your dinner first. Was it good? That's exciting. Don't try to clean a hot pan and oven; it'll hurt, and there's no reason for it. After dinner, go survey the damage. Remove racks and trays, including but especially the crumb tray beneath the heating element: Did you know there is a removable crumb tray? There is. Feel under the oven, pull out the crumb tray. How's it look? Knock off the debris, wipe it down with a damp rag, or wash it in the sink if needed. Photograph: Matthew Korfhage But also pull out the other racks. Grease tends to drip or fly around in unexpected ways, especially if your oven has a convection or air fryer fan. Soak your racks and pans in the sink if needed. Use basic dish soap and water. Scrub, using a non-abrasive pad or rag till the bad stuff's gone. Dry your racks on a drying rack. Also, lightly wipe down the oven with a damp cloth each time: Unless you had a mishap or you waited far too long to clean, you probably don't need anything more interesting on your oven door and sides than a quick swipe with a damp sponge or dishcloth. Pay special attention to the interior glass on the oven door, and wipe down the sides and back. Avoid fragile heating elements, lest you brick your oven. Photograph: Matthew Korfhage Use dish soap on your oven if needed: Ideally, don't use anything more harsh than dish soap for everyday cleaning. I tend to like Dawn Platinum Plus Powerwash ($17, 4-pack) in particular as a daily degreaser. Breville and Cuisinart both caution against spraying into the oven itself. Spray into the dishcloth instead, then wipe. Anyway, Dawn is the stuff the Marine Mammal Center has used for like 50 years to clean up baby seals caught in an oil spill, because it's gentle and it degreases like a champ. Like many people, I consider myself as delicate as a baby seal. Wipe off the soap with a water-wet rag, then wait for the oven to dry before turning it on again. Photograph: Matthew Korfhage Use gentle substances in general: Don't use steel wool unless you like scratching your oven stuff. And no matter what well-meaning people online tell you, don't use vinegar every time you wash. Vinegar is an effective degreaser because it's acid. Acid is harsh on lots of things, not just grease, and over time you can damage the surface of your oven. You probably don't need a vinegar bath every time you make cheese toast. How to Clean a Really Dirty Oven OK, so you went and did it. You were tired, or you didn't care. You spent weeks perfecting your meatloaf recipe, and now your toaster oven is as spotted as an old banana. Or maybe you got a dirty oven from your cousin, and it's all your cousin's fault. Either way, the oven's dirty and it feels ruined. Take heart: It's probably not ruined. It's just dirty. The main thing it requires is more grease, specifically from your elbows. Here are some hacks to make the process easier. Pull out racks and grills, soak them, and scrub them: This works on dishes, it works on baking pans and grills. Some people like to use dishwasher pods to soak the pans. Normal dish soap also works. Scrub with a nonabrasive pad. Photograph: Matthew Korfhage Add vinegar to dish soap for extra degreasing: Need a meaner substance? You don't want to use it all the time, but vinegar does help degrease a pan or an oven when simple elbow grease won't do. And while it's a little harsher than basic dish soap, it won't do a lot of harm when reserved for the occasional power clean. The steam method: Before cleaning your oven, try heating up a tray with a layer of water in it. As water evaporates, the steam will help loosen up a bit of the gunk for easy cleaning. Use gentle degreasers and magic erasers: Try simple dish soap first. But if your oven glass or sides are really greased up, and dish soap won't do, you may need something a little stronger. But you still don't want to use truly abrasive substances. Try a more gentle degreaser like Krud Kutter ($11). Breville's spokespeople have also been pretty vocal about their love for Mr. Clean Magic Erase ($12) wipes. Some don'ts: Don't use bleach or ammonia, it's harsh and toxic and you eat the food in that oven. Don't use steel wool or other abrasive pads. Don't use heavy-duty degreasers or overnight cleaners like Easy-Off, which may not be suitable for the materials on your toaster oven. Many toaster ovens, including Breville, have nonstick coatings for easy cleaning: You'd rather not chemically peel off this nonstick coating. How to Clean Toaster Oven Heating Elements My feeling is, avoid doing so. Run it on high, burn off what you can. Avoid your heating elements the way you avoid downed power lines. They're fragile, a thin tube of quartz glass that'll break at minor pressure. And on many ovens they're quite difficult and expensive to replace. Messing this up is an easy way to not have an oven, and I know this from experience. But if you must: Don't use cleaning agents. Don't use baking soda. Don't use anything but the gentlest whisper of a water-damp sponge or cloth, run softly along the length of the heating element. Don't apply pressure. Also, make sure the heating element is dry again before you turn it back on, if you've gotten it wet. This is all advice from Breville, whose heating element I nonetheless broke while trying to be gentle. Actually, have you tried prayer? As a Last Resort, Accept the Things You Cannot Change But if you own a toaster oven for longer than a year, no matter what you do, you will almost certainly accumulate at least one grease spot or discoloration that has just become a part of your oven. Maybe it's on the aluminized steel of your crumb tray, now permanently discolored with a stain from burnt butter. Maybe it's some spatter up by the heating elements. Maybe it's that permanent dark spot on the glass of your oven door, beauty-marked by something unknown. You've tried everything, but it's just there. It's part of your life now. Well: Forgive yourself. Life shows up on you sometimes. I still have a small but visible scar on my hand from a skateboard accident on my babysitter's driveway when I was 8, and a jagged remnant on my elbow from that time I got mugged in Chicago. I try to believe it gives me character. Your oven, too, may now have character.
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Yahoo
Tennessee sees surge in books banned in public schools. Here's which ones and why
At least 13 Tennessee counties saw books removed from public school library shelves over the past year, marking the highest number of book removals the state has seen since the passage of the Age Appropriate Materials Act in 2022. Nearly 1,400 books, consisting of 1,155 unique titles, were either fully removed from school libraries or heavily age-restricted between December 2023 and January. Classic titles like 'The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, 'Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card, 'Slaughterhouse Five' by Kurt Vonnegut and other titles joined the growing list of books banned in schools across the state as school administrators try to comply with the new law. Between 2021 and July 2023, only about 300 books faced similar challenges across the state. Now, in less than half that time, at least 1,389 books were found to be removed or heavily age-restricted statewide over the past year. This count does not include books pulled from shelves that are currently under review, of which there are hundreds across the state. The removals are part of sweeping and often chaotic attempts by districts to comply with the Age Appropriate Materials Act, which requires each public school library in the state to publish a list of materials in their collections and periodically review them to make sure they are 'appropriate for the age and maturity levels of the students who may access the materials,' and to remove materials that do not meet the numerous parameters listed in the law. The law is one of a slew of similar laws that have been passed in the state over the past three years, which have expanded the definitions of book violations under the law and added civil penalties against schools and criminal penalties for book publishers and distributors if they are found to provide books in schools that violate the law. Twenty-one counties either did not respond to multiple records requests in time for publication, or do not having sufficient means to provide such data. The top three counties with the highest number of removed books are: Monroe County: 574 Wilson County: 425 Roane County: 138 Not all of these removals are due to public complaints, either, as schools are now required to periodically review and remove books internally due to potential content violations. For example, Monroe County Schools, which reported the highest number of book removals with 574 titles, removed all of these books in an effort to comply with the law before any complaints were filed against them. The total number of books removed is likely far higher, as well, as some counties do not keep explicit records of books removed from libraries due to content issues, as long as the books are pulled internally by staff members prior to any public complaints. For example, in Blount and Moore counties, books that are removed from libraries due to potential content violations, prior to complaints, are not separated from books removed due to normal wear and tear, making it nearly impossible to track the number of books preemptively removed from libraries due to content reasons. The stark jump in book removals mimic national trends tracked by PEN America, a nonprofit advocacy group focused on free expression and literary access. Kasey Meehan, Freedom to Read program director at PEN America, said the organization tracked over 10,000 book removals over 29 states and 200 public school districts during the 2023-2024 school year — a record high in the four years the organization has tracked such activity. Still, Meehan said, this number is likely an 'under-count' of the true number of removals, due to the complex laws placed on school administrators across the country resulting in each school district handling the removal process differently and making the removals nearly impossible to track. 'We call it like 'soft censorship,'' she said. 'The idea is that materials are being removed or limited or never purchased at all, without there being a formal challenge, despite a book potentially being a good book that would serve a community.' This soft censorship is even labeled as an emerging trend in PEN America's 2024 Banned in the USA report, including instances in Texas and California where entire libraries were closed in order to have collections audited rather than face complaints. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, the director at the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, said the rise in 'soft censorship' is often a result of librarians and school administrators seeking to protect themselves from increasingly harsh punishments and public controversy. 'This culture of fear that they're creating around this issue certainly is contributing to some librarians' decisions to either not order particular books or remove books that are on the shelf to so that they don't risk their jobs or risk a controversy that could cost them their jobs,' she said. Meehan said removing books for potentially being inappropriate only results in limiting access to literature that is already vetted under states' obscenity laws. 'We can very directly debunk the idea that there is porn in schools, or that there is obscene materials in schools,' she said. 'I think that people are taking issue with certain types of representation and certain types of content. There have always been sensible systems in place for parents to be engaging with educators and administrators and librarians in their district about what their student is reading. But what we see happening, you know, at a large scale, is the viewpoint of one or some impacting what's accessible for all.' The full list of counties that removed or restricted books are: Cannon County: 3 Franklin County: 58 Hardin County: 1 Knox County: 48 Lincoln County: 5 Macon: 73 Monroe: 574 Putnam: 2 Roane: 138 Rutherford: 49 Trousdale: 7 Williamson: 5 Wilson: 445 The USA TODAY Network - Tennessee's coverage of First Amendment issues is funded through a collaboration between the Freedom Forum and Journalism Funding Partners. Have a story to tell? Reach Angele Latham by email at alatham@ by phone at 931-623-9485, or follow her on Twitter at @angele_latham This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Tennessee banned books: See list from Tennessee public schools in 2024
