TV and Pop Culture

Watch the Fantastically Eerie ‘Man of Steel’ Trailer

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(ARCHIVED FROM MSN.COM) Behold: the chilling, spine-tingling glimpse of the boy bound to become Superman. Although the much-anticipated "Man of Steel" isn't due out until June next year, producers aren't wasting any time getting would-be fans psyched for the latest Hollywood superhero movie. This trailer, which Internet users have swiftly sent viral, doesn’t...
Commerce Roundups

68 Insanely Clever Gifts Under $25 On Amazon

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ELITE DAILY — Gift-giving is a heartwarming endeavor that lets you show your loved ones how much you care about them and makes everyone feel warm and fuzzy. But you know what else it is? Expensive. Finding the best gifts under $25 can feel like a Herculean task when every time you flip a price tag over it gives you a mild heart attack. And finding gifts is...
Commerce Roundups

The 7 Best Thermal Underwear For Women

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BUSTLE — The key to getting through the cold months is simple: layering. If you plan on leaving the house at any point, you’ll want the best thermal underwear for women that you can find — ones that keep you warm and don’t make you feel like you’re wrapped in wads of gauze whenever you put pants on over them. This is especially true if...
Outdoors and Gear Reviews

Slash lines in Comfort With the Year’s Best Snowboard Boots

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DIGITAL TRENDS — Oh, the importance of snowboarding boots. Is it even possible to count the ways? A nice pair of boots turns your day into a heavenly montage of cozy lines and cushy pow turns, underscored by warm, toasty feet. A crappy pair creates a horror sequence of frozen toes, cramped ankles, and smothered circulation — not to mention that aching band of ankle numbness known only to snowboarders, especially those who’ve ridden with cheap or ill-fitting boots...
Outdoors and Gear Reviews

Toby Miller on Being Shaun White’s Protege and the Future of Snowboarding

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DIGITAL TRENDS — Toby Miller got his first snowboard when he was just six years old. In the two years that followed, he took so well to the sport that his parents packed their bags and moved from Southern California to the mountains of Lake Tahoe so he...
Rachel Cavanaugh
Portland, Oregon

Rachel Cavanaugh is a long-time journalist based in the Pacific Northwest. With more than 18 years of experience as a news reporter, writer, photographer, editor, and digital producer, her work has been featured in Men's Journal, MSN, The Hollywood Reporter, Bustle, Digital Trends, Elite Daily, Matador Network, Gear Junkie, Inverse, Mic, and other publications. She's worked as a Digital Producer for Microsoft’s msnNOW, Digital Content Writer on Nike's Global Consumer Services' team, Gear Reviewer for Digital Trends' Outdoors and Sports section, Staff Commerce Writer for Bustle's Outdoor and Fitness E-Commerce platform, and Editor-in-Chief of the Goldendale Sentinel, a weekly print newspaper in Washington state. Most recently, she was the Editorial Director for Columbia Sportswear's Tough Mother Outdoor Guide, helping to conceptualize and global retail giant's first ever digital magazine and build it from the ground up. Over a four-year period from 2020 to 2024, she grew the publication into a journalistically-styled content platform, creating compelling storytelling about people and places in the outdoors. She was responsible for all content strategy and production from story ideation and planning to research, interviews, and article delivery. In addition to writing higher-level brand stories, she managed a small team of freelance writers. She currently splits her time between Baja, California where she lives in an RV on the beach, and Hood River, Oregon where she spends her free time kiteboarding, snowboarding, and playing with dogs.