America’s wine supply under ‘serious threat’ as despised invasive insect devours vineyards

America’s wine supply under ‘serious threat’ as despised invasive insect devours vineyards

Winemakers are seeing red. An invasive insect species now poses “a serious threat” to America’s wine supplies, vino experts warn. Eggs of the oversized spotted lanternfly — which have been running amock in New York to the point that the state government has told people to kill them on sight — were stowed away in … Read more

Andrew McCarthy finally confronts writer who coined ‘The Brat Pack’ label he despised — here’s what happened

Andrew McCarthy finally confronts writer who coined ‘The Brat Pack’ label he despised — here’s what happened

The brats are striking back. In the new Brat Pack documentary on Hulu, Andrew McCarthy, 61, confronted writer David Blum, 68, about how he coined the now-iconic group title in a notorious New York Magazine cover story from 1985. At the time, Blum was doing a piece on Emilio Estevez and joined him on a … Read more

John Cleese backtracks after saying he and ‘Monty Python’ co-star Eric Idle ‘despised’ each other

John Cleese backtracks after saying he and ‘Monty Python’ co-star Eric Idle ‘despised’ each other

The incendiary war of words between “Monty Python” founding members John Cleese, 84, and Eric Idle, 80, has taken another turn — with Cleese calling for a cease-fire (of sorts). The spat started over the weekend, when Idle went on a rant on X (formerly Twitter) about still needing to work at his age — … Read more

John Cena ‘violated’ Dwayne Johnson’s trust amid nasty feud: ‘I became who I despised’

John Cena ‘violated’ Dwayne Johnson’s trust amid nasty feud: ‘I became who I despised’

John Cena admits it was hypocritical to start a public feud with fellow WWE legend Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson — when he also left wrestling for a career in Tinseltown. The 46-year-old “Blockers” star addressed the pair’s tense feud Saturday at a press conference for WWE Fastlane when a reporter questioned him about taking the … Read more

The Sacklers try a comeback: Despised opioids clan hit society parties

The Sacklers try a comeback: Despised opioids clan hit society parties

Being a Sackler is not what it used to be. Prior to 2019, when a slew of lawsuits maintaining that the billionaire clan had profited from the opioid crisis that the family’s Purdue Pharma allegedly helped create, the Sacklers were everywhere: Socializing at galas, swanning around the Hamptons, dropping big bucks on a wing at the … Read more