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How Natasha Pickowicz Styles Her Rapunzel Hair

Natasha Pickowicz hair accessories

Natasha Pickowicz hair accessories

Natasha Pickowicz has incredible hair, and a lot of it. As a chef and author (her new cookbook, Everyone Hot Pot, just came out!), she also has a physically demanding job that requires it to be out of the way. “When I first started, I’d pull it up in tight bun or ponytail, and it gave me TERRIBLE headaches,” she says. Through trial and error, Natasha found a fun style that works, and it couldn’t be easier…

Natasha Pickowicz hair accessories

Says Natasha:

“My hair is thick and coarse, like a lot of Chinese hair. To keep it out of my face, I pull the top section back into a small bun or half-ponytail with a hair accessory. I prefer giant accessories that are ‘in proportion’ to my hair, like huge floppy scrunchies. If you can find them on sale, Ganni ones hold their elastic well and come in great prints. My other tip is to go to Asian supermarkets or snack shops — like Daiso, H Mart, or Teso — to get cute Korean or Japanese hair accessories for cheap.”

Natasha Pickowicz hair accessories

“I also love wearing giant bows high on my head, Minnie Mouse style. And oversized claw clips, which are ’90s/Wet Seal coded. I go through SO many of these XL bobby pins, which are the only pins that keep my thick hair in place.”

Natasha Pickowicz hair accessories

“Finally, I’ve been wearing this gold ribbon as my lucky charm on my cookbook tour. It’s lucky to wear gold during the Lunar New Year. I like it kind of wrinkly/floppy, so it doesn’t look too twee. This one was literally the wrapping from a gift my friend Maria gave me at my book party.”

Natasha Pickowicz hair New Yorker illustration

Also, how cool is this illustration of Natasha by João Fazenda in a recent New Yorker???

What hair accessories do you like? Do you have a signature hair look? And thank you, Natasha! Congratulations on Everyone Hot Pot!

P.S. Another easy hair trend (so good for warmer weather), and three tricks for parting your hair.

(Top photo of Natasha Pickowicz by Alex Lau. Second photo by Elena Mudd. Book signing photo by Danielle G. Adams.)

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Stay prepared for anything with the Growatt Helios power station — now $400 off at Amazon

SAVE $400: As of March 12, get the Growatt Helios portable power station for just $1,199. That’s $400 off the power station’s $1,599 list price.


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Portable power stations are essential devices whether you spend most of your time indoors or outside. Not only can it serve as a back-up power source in the case of an emergency power outage, but it can also accompany you on all your adventures. If you’re headed out on a camping or RV trip this summer, a power station might just be the companion you need for keeping your devices charged.

If you’re looking for a great power station, let us steer you in the direction of the Growatt Helios portable power station. As of March 12, it’s on sale at Amazon, saving you $400 on its $1,599 list price. That brings it down to $1,199 for 25% off. It’s not quite the power station’s lowest-ever price of $1,099, but it’s close.

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The Growatt Helios portable power station with 3,600W output and 3.6kWh. Let us translate that. It can power heavy duty devices including air conditioners and refrigerators. When fully charged, the Growatt Helios generator can power your fridge for 24 to 72 hours. It supports USB, DC, and AC power so you can charge multiple devices at once. Plus, you can power it up fast with solar.

Get the Growatt Helios Portable Power Station at Amazon for $1,199.

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Stephen King's Forgotten R-Rated 80s Hit Led By Star Trek's Most Evil Seductress

By Jonathan Klotz
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There’s been a lot of Stephen King adaptations over the years. In the early 90s, King decided to write a story as a screenplay first, and the result was the insane Sleepwalkers, about a mother and son pair of vampiric werecats terrorizing a small town in Indiana.

It’s one of those films that has to be seen to be believed, especially for a pre-Borg Queen performance by Star Trek: First Contact’s Alice Krige as one of the sleepwalkers. The 1992 horror film recently arrived on Netflix, making it even easier to play “spot the famous horror director” from among the many cameos jammed into the brisk, 89-minute runtime. 

Don’t Think Too Hard About Sleepwalkers

Brian Krause In Sleepwalker’s Infamous Morph Scene

Stephen King has been very upfront about the copious amounts of drugs he consumed during the 70s and 80s, particularly cocaine, which helps explain Sleepwalkers’ plot. Alice Krige is Mary, the mother of Charles (Charmed’s Brian Krause), and the two happen to be energy-draining werecats who feed off the energy of female virgins. Tanya (Twin Peak’s Madchen Amick) is targeted by the two after Charles fakes his way into the local high school, but the elaborate plan, which consists of make out in a cemetery, is thwarted when Tanya fights back using a corkscrew. 

The two sleepwalkers may be powerful night creatures, but they have one weakness, and it just so happens that Tanya’s bonded with one of the beings who can easily kill them in a fight: Clovis the housecat. Sleepwalkers is very simple in its storytelling, and absolutely insane with its bizarre face-morphing CGI (at the time, it was cutting edge), cats flying in off the side of the screen, cars blowing up with a single bullet, and an “interesting” mother-son relationship. 

Sleepwalkers Was A Surprise Box Office Hit

Alice Krige in Sleepwalkers

Alice Krige manages to again be off-putting, terrifying, and charming at the same time, similar to her later performance as the Borg Queen, the original “hear me out” meme of the 90s. Her performance helped propel the off-kilter feature to top the box office the weekend it debuted on the way to earning $30 million, unadjusted for inflation, that still tops the 2025 box office for horror films Him and The Woman In The Yard

One of the fun parts of Sleepwalkers comes from director Mick Garris’ mission to include as many horror directors as possible, leading to cameos from Stephen King himself, John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Scream), and Joe Dante (Gremlins). Mark Hamill and Ron Perlman also pop in for brief appearances. 

Sleepwalkers was savaged by critics and still only has a 29 percent rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an equally low audience rating of 32 percent. Those people clearly don’t know how to have fun. King’s story may have, allegedly, been drug-induced, but it’s so weird and off the wall that the film is a blast. While it’s special effects aged like milk, Krause and Krig managed to create some great scares, and in an era of bloated runtimes, 89 minutes makes it feel like it’s ending as soon as it gets going. 

Sleepwalkers is now available to stream on Netflix, and we suggest you sit down with your cat to watch it. 


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Ben & Jerrys Free Cone Day is back for 2026 — everything you need to know

TL;DR: On April 14, visit your nearest Scoop Shop and grab a free cup or cone of your favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor.


It’s that special time of year when free ice cream becomes the norm. Hot on the heels of Dairy Queen announcing the date of its Free Cone Day, Ben & Jerry’s has done the same.

Ben & Jerry’s celebrates Free Cone Day around the globe every year, sharing the love with free cups and cones of your favorite flavors. There’s no catch. Simply visit your nearest Scoop Shop and grab a scoop for free. Ben & Jerry’s is giving away free ice cream at a host of locations between 12-8 p.m. on April 14. You can check participating locations here.

Ben & Jerry’s is aiming to spread more joy than ever before. They served up 1 million scoops in 2023, but they’re targeting more in 2026. And you can help out with that ambitious target, because unlike a lot of these free giveaways, there’s no limit on the number of times you can score a free cone. Can’t decide what flavor to order? Don’t worry — try them all.

Mark your calendars: Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s takes place on April 14.

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