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'Life Has Changed Very Dramatically.' Meet the 'Fiji Water Girl' Who Became the Star of the 2019 Golden Globes

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Written by: RACHEL E. GREENSPAN

Kelleth Cuthbert walks by as Heidi Klum kisses her fiancé Tom Kaulitz at the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 6, 2019 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California.

Kelleth Cuthbert is having a pretty good week. In just a couple of hours, the Los Angeles-based model became the Internet crowned Fiji water girl sensation for holding water bottles at the 76th Golden Globes. But if you’ve been on social media recently, you already know that.

Pictures of the “Fiji water girl” in the background of celebrity red carpet photos have been circulating at an impressive pace since Sunday’s broadcast. Though she was just doing her job as one of Fiji’s brand ambassadors at the event (responsible for keeping all the stars hydrated), she ended up in photos with Tony Shalhoub, Idris Elba, Dakota Fanning and even Heidi Klum lovingly kissing her fiancé, which Cuthbert tells TIME was one of her favorite photos of the night.

“I’ve worked with Fiji before, but this has never happened,” Cuthbert says.

Originally from Toronto, Canada, Cuthbert has been working as a fashion model and commercial actress for twelve years, so she is certainly no stranger to Hollywood. “I think it’s fun to work the red carpet and look at the fashion, but I never get starstruck,” she says.

Cuthbert says her Instagram following was around 53,000 before Sunday’s event. At press time, she has 189,000 followers—more than 256 percent increase. Though she’s still working on trucking through all of the emails, messages and comments she’s gotten since the Globes, she’s already been featured on the Late Late Show with James Corden.

And she’s gotten her fair share of marriage proposals on Instagram.

But because Cuthbert herself has gone viral, Fiji inevitably has, too. This marketing ploy was more than successful: Marketing analytics firm Apex Marketing Group estimates that Fiji would have had to spend $12 million for the same amount of brand exposure. But this wasn’t the first time the brand has worked with models in a similar fashion. Cuthbert has worked with Fiji at other events, including the Emmys. This one, luckily for both the brand and for the model, just happened to have some incredible photo-ops.

Despite working in the industry for more than a decade, Cuthbert isn’t quite used to her newfound fame. “Just a couple days ago, I was walking my dog with no makeup and sweatpants on—maybe even had my pajamas on. Life has changed very dramatically,” she says. But as for what’s next, she’s excited. “I just have to sift through everything and figure out what offers are good, but I definitely would love to do more acting, more modeling, and just to be really busy—really productive.”

Culture

Zendaya Got Her Wisdom Teeth Out and It's a Whole Journey For Twitter

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Written by: Elizabeth Logan

New year, new mouth! Zendaya just got her wisdom teeth out, practically a rite of passage for young adults, and posted the hilarious results on social media. Make-up free and fuzzy from painkillers, Zendaya still looks great, but blessedly un-glamorous as she tells the camera about how her mom had to take the day off of work to take care of her. And while the rest of Hollywood gets as gorgeous as possible in preparation for this weekend's Golden Globe awards, it's honestly refreshing to see a star looking just a little puffy, the way we mortals sometimes do. Does everyone have to be rage-inducingly pretty at all times? What hath Instagram wrought?

Zendaya had the surgery on January 3, but only blessed us with footage of the aftermath on Friday, first tweeting, "Debating on whether or not I should post this wisdom teeth video on ig, cause I look a hot ass mess..." and then giving us a preview of her post-op lewk:

And while still feeling "weird but better," she recorded some Instagram Stories that are now saved as a highlight, so you can go watch them any time.

Highlights include her mother realizing that she's talking to her phone, Zendaya touching all parts of her face to check where she is numb, and an iconic discovery: "my lips are hella soft though...shout out to moisturization."

Later, she took a nap with her dog and woke up feeling more clear-headed. And if you're about to complain that Zendaya isn't as high as your typical viral video victim, well, maybe that's just part of the joke. As she wrote, "Posted my update on ig stories but there’s a couple more vids from right after the surgery that are cracking me up...I’ll post them later. It’s not as funny as the ones you see on here usually cause I’m actually making sense, but still, it’s funny to me lmao...Coming soon lol"

Causes

Ben & Jerry’s to eliminate plastic from all Scoop Shops

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Written by: Beth Newhart

Following the example of many other high-profile companies, Ben & Jerry’s has announced plans to combat the environmental effects of single-use plastic. It will be removed from its Scoop Shop locations worldwide by the end of 2020.

In the last year, plastic straws came under fire with the public for being damaging to the environment. They are not easily recyclable and are harmful to wildlife when left in landfills.

This led to Starbucks making an announcement that it would pull plastic straws from all 28,000 global locations by 2020. It was followed closely by similar promises from Disney, McDonald's and Coca-Cola Australia.

Ben & Jerry's, known primarily for ice cream packaged in cardboard pints sold in grocery stores, is now working to eliminate all single-use plastic from its brick-and-mortar Scoop Shops.

From the 600 global locations, Ben & Jerry\u2019s estimates that it gives out 2.5 million plastic straws, and 30 million plastic spoons per year. Straws and spoons will be phased out in early 2019, and the company has plans to replace plastic cups and lids used to serve ice cream by the end of 2020.

Jenna Evans, Ben & Jerry's Global Sustainability Manager, "We're not going to recycle our way out of this problem. We, and the rest of the world, need to get out of single-use plastic".

Ben & Jerry's started the initiative in August 2018 when it made plastic straws available by request only. The transition to wooden spoons and paper straws is expected to complete by April 9, 2019.

Paul Burns, executive director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, said, "Single-use plastics are a pollution threat unlike anything we've seen before. Across the globe, discarded plastics are choking our environment and threatening wildlife. The only solution is to stop using them.

"Over the past year, we have begun an intensive effort to find a biodegradable and compostable coating that meets our product quality requirements," u200b Evans said.

In the short term, eliminating plastic straws and spoons is not going to save the world. But it's a good start toward changing expectations. We're committed to exploring additional options to further reduce the use of disposable items.

Response from\u00a0Greenpeace USA Oceans Campaign Director John Hocevar: Ben & Jerry's is taking an important step by eliminating throwaway plastics throughout its more than 600 shops globally. While other companies have delayed efforts to phase out single-use plastics for years, Ben & Jerry's has set clear, short-term targets to end its reliance on these plastic items.

"Ben & Jerry and forward-thinking companies around the world are starting to prioritize the reduction of plastics, rather than relying on additional recycling measures that keep the flow of plastics coming. It\u2019s time for Ben & Jerry's parent company, Unilever, to show the same urgency with time-bound commitments to reduce its reliance on single-use plastics. With concern about plastic pollution growing every day, getting rid of plastics is quickly becoming a no-brainer for countless economic, environmental, and health reasons."

Food

California residents can now earn rewards for buying milk

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Written by: Beth Newhart

The California Milk Processor Board (CMPB) has announced a new loyalty program that will allow California residents to accrue rewards from buying fluid milk products. ‘Moo Money’ will run through April.

This milk rewards program is the first of its kind from a major dairy organization, and will accommodate milk purchases made at participating retailers as well as online. Consumers must first register on the Moo Money website to take part in the program.

The CMPB said that any gallon, half-gallon, quart or non-standard pack size of fluid dairy milk purchased within the state of California qualifies. For in-person purchases, customers are instructed to take a picture of their receipt and submit it online to earn points.

Points can be converted into Virtual Reward Cards, delivered to participants via a link to a Virtual Reward Card PDF. They can be used anywhere MasterCard is accepted up until June 1, 2019.

Steve James, executive director of the California Milk Processor Board, said, "For 25 years, we have connected with our consumers in meaningful ways through some of the most iconic ad campaigns".

"Now, we are thrilled to be able to give back to all the families in California that recognize that fresh and all-natural dairy milk, the original farm-to-table food, offers great taste and wholesome benefits. We are launching 'Moo Money' to thank and reward California families for their loyalty."

Moo Money points can be earned now through April 28. Only verified California residents over the age of 18 can participate.

The CMPB created the 'got milk?' campaign in the 1990s and, according to the CMPB, the ad has more than 90% recognition with Americans.

CMPB recently revamped its website to appeal to millennial parents who grew up with the got milk? ads.

The CMPB is funded by all California milk processors and administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

Art

Peter Paul Rubens Drawing Sells for Record-Setting $8.2 M. at Sotheby’s

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Written by: Annie Armstrong

Peter Paul Rubens’s drawing Nude Study of Young Man with Raised Arms (1608) sold for $8.2 million on Wednesday at an Old Masters drawings auction at Sotheby’s in New York. The piece blew past its high estimate of $3.5 million, and it has now set a record for a Rubens drawing at auction.

Rubens created the piece in Italy while he was working on one of his best-known works, an altarpiece titled The Raising of the Cross. In a statement, Gregory Rubenstein, the head of Sotheby’s Old Masters drawings department, said of the work, “Created at such an important moment in the artist’s life, there was a real sense of immediacy to this drawing—a sense of looking over the artist’s shoulder as he works.”

Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Nude Study of a Young Man with Raised Arms, 1608. Estimated at $2.5 million to $3.5 million, it sold for $8.2 million.

Since the 19th century, the piece has been owned by the family of King William II of the Netherlands. (A representative for the auction house declined to name the seller of the work.) The drawing was auctioned today to a buyer who remained unidentified by the Sotheby’s.

While Nude Study of Young Man with Raised Arms has set a new record for a Rubens drawing, it is far from the most expensive work by the artist. In 2012, Rubens’s painting Massacre of the Innocents, sold for $76 million at Sotheby’s London, setting a record for an Old Masters work at auction.