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Kings of Leon on Mick Jagger, lockdown hair and writing songs on bar napkins

Kings of Leon on Mick Jagger, lockdown hair and writing songs on bar napkins

Entertainment
Matthew FollowillTwenty years ago, long before Kings Of Leon became festival headliners, Caleb Followill made a deal with one of his friends."He and I used to go to random bars, all over the world," says the singer. "Wherever we were, if we had a day off, we'd put our finger on a map and go, 'Alright, we're going to go to this little dive bar'. "And we would sit there and get some bar napkins. I would write poetry and he would draw pictures. And we would trade 'em off to each other and say, 'Alright, whichever one of us is going to be famous first, you own my lyrics - and likewise I own your art'."Needless to say, his friend got the better end of the bargain. A signed copy of Caleb's lyrics for Use Somebody recently sold for $ 6,600 (£4,800) at auction - so those wine-stained poems could b...
Look: BTS sports new hair colors in ‘Dynamite’ photos

Look: BTS sports new hair colors in ‘Dynamite’ photos

Entertainment
Aug. 10 (UPI) -- South Korean boy band BTS is gearing up to release its new song "Dynamite." The K-pop group shared teaser photos Monday for the forthcoming English-language single. Advertisement The pictures feature BTS members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook. RM sports bright blue hair, while Jimin has brown hair with purple highlights. BTS will release "Dynamite" on Aug. 21. The group shared a schedule of events for the single last week. BTS will share teaser photos for "Dynamite" Monday, Aug. 10-Sunday, Aug. 16. The group will release teasers for the song's music video Aug. 18 and 19 before the video's official release Aug. 21. BTS will give interviews Aug. 21 on MTV Fresh Out Live and Aug. 24 on Today following the release of "Dynamite." The group will perform the song ...
Study: Topical minoxidil reverses hair loss caused by radiation for brain, head, neck cancers

Study: Topical minoxidil reverses hair loss caused by radiation for brain, head, neck cancers

Health
Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Treatment with topical minoxidil helps restore hair loss caused by radiation treatment for brain tumors and other head and neck cancers, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Dermatology found. Twenty-eight of 34 patients treated with the drug after radiation therapy experienced hair regrowth in as little as three weeks, researchers said. Advertisement Minoxidil is an over-the-counter medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for hair regrowth in men and women. The patients suffered from persistent radiation-induced alopecia, or hair loss, as a result of cancer treatment, the researchers said. The hair loss from radiation is "a dose-dependent phenomenon," and was linked specifically to higher doses of radiation applied to the scalp, researchers at Memoria...
From ‘how to’ to hair dye: our lockdown web searches

From ‘how to’ to hair dye: our lockdown web searches

Technology
YouTube says people are watching instructional videos more than ever as they seek new skills during lockdown.Videos with titles like "how to" and "step-by-step" are being viewed for 65% longer than this time last year, the platform said.Meanwhile, questions which begin "how to..." are increasingly appearing in search engine trends.At the same time, online shoppers are in the market for garden plants, lawn mowers, free weights and hair dye."There are lots of 'how to' questions," said Nalina Eggert, an SEO expert at the BBC."How to make hand sanitiser, face masks and bread, how to cut your hair."Nalina has seen a notable rise in questions about grammar, punctuation, fractions, human biology and history since the closure of UK schoo...