Ash Tulett

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For the 20th anniversary of the tragic September 11th attacks I researched, produced and edited a digital immersion experience - 102 Minutes. 

102 Minutes is an unfiltered documentation of events told via news archive and home video. You will see and hear sobering eyewitness accounts as the towers are attacked and watch through the perspective of first responders as they make their way through the pit of destruction left behind in the collapse. It is a haunting retrospective into the tragedy that has stayed with us all over the last 20 years.

We will always remember the victims who sadly lost their lives due to unfathomable evil, the survivors - who have stared down the demons of the past with resilience and grace, and all those who were affected by the horror and devastation of the September 11th attacks. We honor the heroes who selflessly risked their own lives to respond and we will never forget the sacrifices made by so many.

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EXCLUSIVE: YouTube gamer, 12, and his mother tell how they were victims of scary 'swatting' craze when police descended on their home after a hoax call claiming they were going to hang themselves

Peter Varady, and his mother, Carol, were victims of 'swatting' on Sunday night

Peter, 12, was live-streaming himself playing a video game on YouTube when police and paramedics descended on his family home

Officials were responding to a hoax emergency call made by other YouTubers

The prank call suggested that Peter and his mother had hanged themselves

Peter said that he was terrified his family would be shot dead by police officers

Police took a while to realize it was a case of swatting and initially thought Peter had been posting stuff online that had led to a worried person calling 911

Swatting is a new craze among the gaming community where person makes a false report to draw large numbers of police or SWAT teams to an address

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5422409/Gamer-12-mother-latest-victims-swatting.html#ixzz57wJqjnKp

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New York's Island of Lost Souls: The largest mass burial site in America where more than 1 MILLION nameless adults and babies are laid to rest in trenches dug by inmates

Hart Island is a small strip of land off the coast of the Bronx which has functioned as a New York City burial ground for nearly 150 years

The island has hosted everything from a rehab center to a workhouse to a Nike missile site during its history

Hart Island is run by the Department of Correction, and inmates from Rikers Island are driven over from the prison to bury the city's dead - earning 50 cents per hour

Trenches are left open until they are filled with the coffins of 150 adults or 1000 babies buried in pine boxes

The island has been plagued by vandalism and erosion, resulting in exposed bones; the government allocated more than $13million after Hurricane Sandy to facilitate a cleanup

Access to the island is severely restricted; relatives of the dead are only allowed to visit on one designated day per month and must register beforehand, sign a waiver and relinquish phones and digital devices

Many New Yorkers have no idea that Hart Island exists, and many people do not realize that their relatives ended up in mass graves at the burial site

The identities of those buried on Hart Island reflect New York City's diversity, ranging from drug addicts to academics to stillborn babies and accident victims

Artist Melinda Hunt has spent decades advocating on behalf of the Hart Island dead, starting a nonprofit that aims to strip away the anonymity and memorialize the people buried there

The Hart Island Project's Traveling Cloud Museum lists the dead and maps their burial plots, offering families a chance to share the stories of their lives

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4977742/The-island-mass-burial-site-New-York-city-dead.html

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Rob Kardashian's ex Blac Chyna features in graphic leaked sex tape

The video of the former stripped turned reality star performing an intimate sex act on an unidentified male was a trending topic on Twitter on Monday morning.

Chyna is currently single after her break-up with Rob, who was clearly not the man in the video.

Chyna's lawyer told TMZ she was taking legal action against the tape, in which the topless 29-year-old was clearly visible.

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5409997/Rob-Kardashians-ex-Blac-Chyna-features-leaked-sex-tape.html

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Forget a red lip! After Margot Robbie wears crimson EYESHADOW a make-up professional explains how YOU can wear the hue - just in time for Valentine's Day

Wearing red lipstick for Valentine's Day? That's about as groundbreaking as florals for spring.

If you want something a bit more out-of-the-box but still festive, look no further than Margot Robbie.

The I, Tonya star wore a gorgeous pink-ish red eyeshadow courtesy of make-up pro Pati Dubroff while doing press for the award-winning film in Berlin last month.

To show how those of us without an on-call glam team can wear the bold hue, FEMAIL asked Los Angeles make-up artist Lilit Caradanian for a tutorial.

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5318289/How-Wear-Red-Eyeshadow-Like-Margot-Robbie-V-Day.html

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Would you drive 1,000 miles to wait in line for 75 hours for a whiskey? Hundreds of people camp out in tents and RVs for days to get their hands on a $100 bottle of limited-release single malt sold only once a year

On the first weekend of December, hundreds of people wait for hours – some even for days – in a long, winding line outside Stranahan's distillery in Denver, Colorado, before the doors open at 8am.

This year the line of people waiting to finally get inside Stranahan's ran around three sides of the building, then back out and around another building across the street. People in camp chairs or laying on the ground bundled inside their sleeping bags turned into tents that led up to the front of the line: an RV where two men had been staying since the early hours of Wednesday morning.

This is the annual release of Stranahan's unique American single malt Snowflake Whiskey, which is sold only one day a year. Just like snowflakes in nature, Master Distiller Rob Dietrich describes, no two batches of Snowflake Whiskey are alike. Last weekend, the 20th batch, named Quandary Peak after the summit in the Rocky Mountains, was released.

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5156231/Hundreds-wait-Stranahans-Snowflake-Whiskey-release.html#ixzz55bDCp1ou

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Is the Unicorn Frappuccino really as magical as everyone hopes? FEMAIL puts Starbucks' new color-changing sweet-and-sour drink to the test - with VERY mixed results

Not everyone is impressed by the sugary-sweet taste of Starbucks' limited-edition Unicorn Frappuccino, but that hasn't stopped hoards of young women from gleefully posting pictures of it on social media.

Today, the coffee chain jumped on the unicorn trend by debuting a pink and blue Unicorn Frappuccino, which is only available in stores in the United States, Canada, and Mexico through the end of the end of the weekend.

Unsurprisingly, the colorful concoction has caught people's fancy, as unicorn lovers — and Daily Mail Online — flocked to Starbucks stores this morning to order the special treat.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-4425986/Does-Starbucks-Unicorn-Frappuccino-really-change-color.html

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Inside Coca-Cola's 'secret' archive: Miles of shelves hold MILLIONS of items chronicling the brand's 132-year history including photos of Marilyn Monroe and the original sketch of the curved Coke bottle, all under the guardianship of one man - Ted Ryan.

Behind a nondescript door in a nondescript office in midtown Atlanta, lies an unexpected and extensive archive to one of the most famous brands in the world.

It is a brand that links Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol and Ansel Adams. It is a brand that standardized the widely accepted image of Santa Claus – a jolly, portly man with flushed cheeks and an easy smile. It is a brand whose iconic advertisements and slogans had the power to capture the imagination and spirit of a generation – while America was embroiled in an eight-year war in Vietnam, it gathered a group of international students on a hilltop to sing about peace, love and harmony. The ad was wildly successful.

The brand is, of course, Coca-Cola. In its Georgia HQ, tucked away behind a key-card locked door in a beige corridor not dissimilar to a hospital hallway is a temperature-controlled room with 2.4 miles of compact shelving laden with artefacts from its 132-year history.

There are different designs of bottles, original drawings and sketches, advertisements, pictures of Marilyn posing in her iconic red swimsuit for an ad, a photograph of Ansel Adams taking a break in his truck while he clutches a bottle of Coke. There is a torch from every Olympic Games since Amsterdam in 1928. There are works by renowned illustrators Norman Rockwell, Haddon Sundblom and N.C Wyeth among others.

And it is all under the enthusiastic guardianship of one man – Coca-Cola Company archivist of 20 years, Ted Ryan.

It’s hard to imagine a man happier in his work, which is an impression reinforced by his proud declaration: ‘I have the best job in the world.’

Incredibly, almost no one knows the archives are there. It’s not open to the public and its Instagram feed, curated by Ryan, has just 3,000 followers.

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5148641/Inside-Coca-Colas-secret-archive.html#ixzz52CEEf6L8

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The Brick Lane Curry House in New York City is the proud producer of the worlds hottest curry. Dubbed the P'hall Curry Challenge, the meal is more pain and sweat than actual flavor.

Watch as we go into the kitchen and discover how this absolute monster is made!

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I caught up with the savagely funny Anthony Atamanuik earlier this year at New York Comic Con. Anthony is well known for his frighteningly accurate impersonations of Donald Trump which led Comedy Central to give him his own series - The President Show.

In this interview we talk about what it takes to become President Donald Trump, Doctor Who, the writing process, Monty Python, trying to impress the British, the perfect art of saying 'cheers!', diving during stand up and how to deal with criticism and hate online.

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I got to sit down with Joel McHale at New York Comic Con to talk about him returning to the X-files, his favourite video games, the joys of parenting, bombing at stand up comedy and his desire to be in a Community movie.

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I sat down with Rou Reynolds from Enter Shikari to talk about the reaction to The Spark, surviving a break up, overcoming his health issues, his phenomenal dance moves, playing stadiums and arenas, his undying love for the fans, upcoming collaborations and whats in store for the future. 

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I caught up with the brilliant Barbara Dunkelman at RTX 2017 in Austin. We talked about what weird things she gets from fans, RWBY, meeting fans all over the world, Always Open, her dream guests, the inspiration behind her clothing line, how to survive a convention and the most embarrassing thing she did on stage. 

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I was lucky enough to be invited to the secret lair of mad food genius Andrew Rea - also known as Binging with Babish! We talked about his monstrous rise to fame, being a psycho hobbyist, quitting his day job, upcoming projects, how he learned to cook, nearly burning his apartment down, overcoming challenges, and connecting with his audience.

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Members of the Royal Southern Yacht Club and Island Sailing Club faced off in their annual cricket grudge match - in the middle of the OCEAN!

Bramble Bank is a sandbar in the center of the Solent - the stretch of water between the Isle of Wight and the Hampshire coastline.

It is uncovered only once a year - for about an hour - when the lowest tide reveals a temporary 200-metre-long 'pitch'.

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Here’s a feature I wrote and designed from all the way back in 2012 that explored the huge rise in bedroom DJ’s and producers. It accurately predicted the culture and music scene that followed with most of the experts and musicians I spoke to being right about what the next few years had in store for the industry.

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The Brick Lane Curry House in New York City is the proud producer of the worlds hottest curry. Dubbed the P'hall Curry Challenge, the meal is more pain and sweat than actual flavor.

Watch as we go into the kitchen and discover how this absolute monster is made!