He’s got the Midas flush. Art world troll Maurizio Cattelan took the world by storm after his notorious duct-taped banana sold for over $6 million at Sotheby’s last fall. This year, the Italian prankster will likely turn “crap” into gold when his notorious 18-karat, solid gold toilet goes under the hammer next month. Carved out … Read more
It’s bananas! A popular and pricey piece of art has been eaten — yet again. The artwork titled “Comedian” has been eaten for the fourth time. AFP via Getty Images Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” — which features a real banana duct taped to a wall — has been replicated by the artist several times, most recently … Read more
An etiquette expert is rocking people’s worlds by claiming that there is a right and wrong way to eat a banana. While most people don’t think twice about eating the fruit — according to William Hanson, known as Britain’s leading etiquette coach, people need to whip out cutlery to eat a banana properly. In a … Read more
You had me at yellow. Americans, on average, eat nearly 27 pounds of fresh bananas each year, making the elongated berry the most commonly consumed fresh fruit in the US. There are many reasons to go bananas for bananas — they are a great source of potassium, which helps regulate blood pressure, they contain fiber, … Read more
Don’t want to wind up with egg on your face? What about banana? Ashton Hall — a fitness influencer and self-styled life coach — recently went viral for sharing his seemingly insane morning routine, which includes a 4 am wake-up call, mouth tape, dunking his face into a bowl of Saratoga ice cold water and … Read more
United Airlines has partnered with New York City’s Magnolia Bakery to bring the “world famous” banana pudding to the skies. Magnolia’s “Banana Pudding Wafer Cookie Bits” is now available on select United First flights traveling more than 901 miles, according to a joint press release. “As an avid traveler and baker, I know what an … Read more
This isn’t low-hanging fruit. Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” has fetched a phenomenal $6.2 million at auction at Sotheby’s in New York City. Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun snapped up the controversial work, which consists of a real banana duct-taped to a wall, on Wednesday evening at an event where pieces by Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and Jeff Koons also … Read more
NEW YORK — Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby’s in New York. The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct tape is … Read more
The art world’s gone bananas. Five years after its creation, Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” — consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall — could fetch an eye-popping $1.5 million when it is auctioned off by Sotheby’s in New York City next month. However, what you actually get for the staggering sum is not the original … Read more
Travis Kelce’s acting debut was anything but a fumble. The internet went wild after his character in “Grotesquerie” was revealed to have a raunchy past as a male stripper — “jiggling it for horny mamas coming off of cruise ships” in Alaska. Talk about a tight end. Travis Kelce in FX’s “Grotesquerie.” FX Kelce, 35, … Read more
No oven? No problem! Arizona park rangers redefined “sun-baked” after cooking banana bread atop their dashboard amid the sweltering triple-digit heat wave scorching the US since late last month. “It’s that time of year again! Cooking in the car, cue theme music!” wrote officials with the Saguaro National Park by Tucson, where they performed the … Read more
A photo on Instagram has ignited a passionate debate among fruit lovers about the perfect stage of banana ripeness. The image shows a spectrum of bananas, numbered from 1 to 15, ranging from bright green to heavily spotted brown. Each number represents a different stage of ripeness, from totally unripe to banana-bread-ready brown. Naturally, it’s prompted people to declare their … Read more
This is bananas. For the first time in store history, Trader Joe’s has raised the price of their bananas. The banana has had the same 19-cent price tag at the grocery store chain for 25 years, but inflation has hit even staple items, leading to a 20% price hike. For the first time in store … Read more
Steve Harvey was shocked into silence after Family Feud contestant and “A Star is Born” actor Willam Belli revealed a hairily hidden surprise during an episode of “Celebrity Family Feud.” The episode, which aired Sunday, featured cast members of the show “Drag Me to Dinner,” including Harris and his husband David Burtka, who faced a … Read more
This is totally bananas. A woman was flung to the side by an annoyed elephant after she teased the behemoth with a banana — and wouldn’t give it up. Footage from the startling incident — which took place in an unidentified area in India — shows the unnamed woman holding up a piece of fruit … Read more
One man’s trip to the grocery store turned out really creepy – literally. While opening up a bunch of bananas he bought from UK grocery store Tesco, Craig Harrison, 35, noticed a giant female spider in the bag — along with her egg sac that could’ve contained up to 200 babies. “I don’t think I’ve … Read more
This elephant found a more a-peel-ing way to eat her snack. Just like humans, elephants love to eat bananas, but they don’t usually peel them first. They pick them up with their trunks and eat the fruit whole — peel and all. An Asian elephant named Pang Pha who lives at the Berlin Zoo set … Read more
They’re not bananas about this measly meal option. A passenger on board a Japan Airlines flight was outraged when he received a single banana as his vegan meal — and a pair of chopsticks to eat it with. Kris Chari was traveling from Jakarta, Indonesia, to Tokyo when he ordered the vegan meal for the … Read more
Her ex is bananas. One woman on TikTok claimed that her boyfriend charged her money for simply eating a piece of toast and a banana for breakfast — while they were visiting his mom’s house. In a series she calls “Men r weird with $$$,” TikTok user and former hedge fund employee @Maddyblythe shared more … Read more