Does a Christmas movie have to be about Christmas? If it merely takes place around Christmas, how prominently does the holiday have to feature for it to qualify? And really, must it be a merry Christmas? The Grinches and Scrooges of the world have streaming subscriptions, too. With a more elastic conception of the holiday … Read more
The legend of “Big Dom” continues to rise. Dom DiSandro, the Eagles’ chief security officer who was ejected from Sunday’s game against the 49ers after being part of a scuffle with San Francisco linebacker Dre Greenlaw, has become something of a cult figure as stories have started to emanate about him following his brush with … Read more
This redefines eating on the road. An Oregon woman is making waves online after claiming that she lives outside 24/7 and even eats roadkill because she doesn’t want animals to “die in vain.” “I’m really good at knowing when an animal is fresh,” Manders Barnett, 32, told South West News Service of her literal roadside dining … Read more
A coroner has issued a warning about the risks of the contraceptive pill combined with an often unknown underlying condition after two women died in the same month in similar circumstances. On a morning in September 2021, 24-year-old makeup artist Georgia O’Neill sent a text to her roommate and her father to say she was … Read more
Does she need to call a tech-corcist? A UK woman has been plagued by a “really annoying” iPhone glitch for five years that causes her alarm to go off at 9:25 a.m. every day like clockwork — despite the fact that she never scheduled it. She detailed this technological Groundhog Day problem, which even has … Read more
A Seoul content creator with extensive allergies joked that she has “37 new ways to die” after recently discovering new foods she’s allergic to. Joanne Fan, 21, shares how she lives her life and travels the world as a highly allergic eczema sufferer, with her 19,000 Instagram and 81,000 TikTok followers. “I grew up with … Read more
Like a spoiler in the movie of your life, the so-called Longevity Test aims to predict when the credits roll. An Illinois physician has devised a macabre quiz to determine how long test takers will live, based on queries about their diet, lifestyle and other mortality markers. “I do want people to use this Score … Read more
It was a whale of a fail. An Australian surfer is lucky to be alive after getting body-slammed by a humpback whale, which then dragged him underwater by his leash. Footage of the Moby-Dick move is currently making waves online. “It came down, landed straight on me,” Jason Breen, 55, told 9News of the incident, … Read more
Extreme weather events kill a number of Americans every year. For many of those events, however, the deaths tend to skew toward one demographic: men and boys. For example, they account for more than 65% of direct victims of hurricanes and more than 70% of deaths caused by lightning, according to the National Weather Service. Additionally, men and … Read more
Investigators are baffled over the case of a woman who died after eating chocolate she got from a palm reader who said she didn’t have long to live. “She vomited, her vision was a bit blurred, her body was soft… it was a matter of hours,” the victim’s bereaved cousin Bianca Cristina told Globo 1 … Read more
Thought last week’s Mississippi monster was impressive? A team of hunters put those gator grabbers to shame after hauling a more than 900-pound “dinosaur” gator from a Florida lake, as seen in jaw-dropping videos and photos making waves online. “I had fear like I never felt before,” Kevin Grotz, an outdoorsman who runs the outfit Florida … Read more
A woman who was left severely burned after a pub heater exploded on her has now become a social media star — and is celebrating how far she’s come since the accident. April Charlesworth, 30, has built a platform sharing her daily life with her nearly 25,000 followers on TikTok and is now on a … Read more
YouTube star Jenny Appleford has never smoked — but the California mom-of-two has terminal lung cancer. Two weeks ago, the 36-year-old was told she had less than a year to live — and she knew she had to break the news to her children. “We understand science, we understand higher power,” Kyle Appleford, Jenny’s spouse, … Read more
LONDON, July 17 – More than 50 pilot whales have died in Scotland after being stranded on a beach on the Isle of Lewis — the largest mass stranding in the country in decades. Authorities were alerted to the incident on Sunday morning at around 0600 GMT and subsequent attempts to refloat more than a dozen living whales were unsuccessful. Rescuers later decided to euthanize the remaining stranded whales on welfare grounds. In total 55 whales died … Read more
When the screenplay to “Die Hard” hit Hollywood’s agents and A-listers circuit, the world’s top actors couldn’t dismiss it quickly enough. “James Caan told me directly, ‘I read the script, and this guy’s running away for the first twenty-five pages,’” Steve de Souza, the film’s screenwriter, says in the new book “The Last Action Heroes: … Read more
Mitchell Gaffney and Madeleine Edsell have thanked the community for the “outpouring of love and support” in their first statement since the horrific bus crash that killed 10 of the wedding guests. “While we appreciate the outpouring of love and support from the community, we ask that the media respect our privacy while we grieve,” … Read more
The “night owl” seems to be an endangered species. A host of studies have found that night owls are more likely to suffer from health problems and die younger than early birds. Experts now believe they’ve found the cause: Night owls tend to do more smoking and drink more alcohol than those who rise and … Read more
A model granddaughter has gone public in support of her terminally ill grandmother’s decision to end her life on her own terms: “It’s the light at the end of the tunnel.” Victoria’s Secret catwalker Ali Tate Cutler filmed an emotional conversation with her “Bubbie,” who will soon be euthanized in Canada. She uploaded the footage … Read more
Paul Edmonds thought his AIDS diagnosis was a death sentence. Now, over three decades later, he’s made medical history as one of the five people worldwide to be cured of HIV. Edmonds, 66, and his husband, Arnie House, were both HIV-positive when they were first diagnosed all those years ago. Thanks to medical advancements, the … Read more
A distraught mom is raising awareness about the rare disease that causes her daughter to “forget to breathe” — and face death while sleeping or watching her favorite cartoon. Star Bowyer, 48, and her husband Andrew Bowyer, 44, are required to maintain 24-hour-care for their 6-year-old daughter, Sadie, as she suffers from Congenital Central Hypoventilation … Read more