Liberty, and unleaded for all. A new Los Angeles gas station has been drawing crowds by offering steep discounts — as car-bound Southern Californians look for ways to fight back against the fiendish cost of a fill-up. The newly-opened, very patriotic Stars and Stripes gas station in Studio City has been running a special opening promotion — going … Read more
People were really waiting all day for Sunday night. The Giants-Cowboys matchup averaged 25.7 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, which made it the most-watched Week 1 “Sunday Night Football” game since 2015 (which also happened to be Giants-Cowboys), NBC revealed in a release on Tuesday. Viewership for the 28-20 Giants win saw a 4 … Read more
Merchandise from a regional grocery store chain with locations across the Midwest and South has become a hot commodity. Nicola Miller, of Suffolk, England, will detour as much as 50 miles to visit a Piggly Wiggly when she’s in America, hoping to add another T-shirt featuring the iconic, cheerful Mr. Pig to her collection, Food & Drink reported. … Read more
Florida’s only Pizza Hut Classic, featuring the nostalgic red plastic cups, vinyl booths, Tiffany-style lamps and checkerboard tablecloths reminiscent of the 1980s, has become so popular that employees from other locations have been brought in to help accommodate the influx of guests at the Homosassa Springs restaurant. “We have a big responsibility,” Tim Sparks, president of Wichita, … Read more
The Home Run Derby saw plenty of baseballs leave the yard — and even more viewers leave the broadcast. MLB’s annual dinger demonstration’s debut on Netflix drew just 5.3 million viewers, marking the lowest total since 2003, when the event saw 5.2 million spectators, according to Sports Business Journal. It was also a drop from … Read more
With a nail-biting catamaran collision in front of the State of Liberty and a thrillingly close finish in the final, the Rolex SailGP Championship proved it’s the world’s fastest boat race. The series, often described as Formula One of the seas, features 13 national teams sailing identical F50 hydrofoiling catamarans in 13 iconic bays and … Read more
The Fanatics Flag Football Classic drew hundreds of millions of eyeballs, event organizers said Wednesday. The spectacle — which took place on Saturday at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles and featured Tom Brady and other NFL greats — earned more than 300 million views across all platforms within the first 24 hours of the event, … Read more
It was a flashback to NYC in the 1990s. A sea of hunks wearing backwards hats, suits and cut-off shirts took over Washington Square Park on Sunday for the first-ever John F. Kennedy Jr. lookalike contest. As Lenny Kravitz’s 1991 hit “It Ain’t Over Until It’s Over” blasted through speakers, seven — more participants were … Read more
Ellen DeGeneres weighed in on the unrest roiling Minneapolis as she remembered the Midwestern city as the “happiest in America.” Daily protests have been ongoing throughout January since the Department of Homeland Security ramped up immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul by bringing in more than 2,000 federal officers. The operation … Read more
EAST CORINTH, Vt. — For nearly 40 years, a tiny town in Vermont has attracted hordes of “Beetlejuice” fans eager to visit where the whimsical horror movie’s most famous scenes were filmed. With a population hovering just around 1,500, “Beetlejuice” mania has helped put East Corinth on the map not only for fans of the … Read more
As the youngsters say, she was a baddie. Hillary Clinton celebrated her and former President Bill Clinton‘s 50th wedding anniversary with a series of throwback pictures posted to X (formerly Twitter) — and people are losing their minds over it, many claiming actress Sydney Sweeney is her doppelganger. On Saturday, the former Secretary of State … Read more
New role, new look for CBS Sports broadcaster J.J. Watt. The former Texans defensive end rocked a “feathered and lethal” hairstyle Sunday as he made his debut in the booth alongside play-by-play caller Ian Eagle for the Jets’ home opener against the Steelers — a look that stirred plenty of chatter before kickoff. “90’s boy-band … Read more
Comedian Druski is coming under fire for a “white face” performance in which he donned incredibly realistic makeup and proceeded to cosplay as a racist NASCAR fan. The black comedian, 30, looked unrecognizable after he painted his entire face, arms and torso to a believably Caucasian tone — and even added some extra detail to … Read more
“Billy, this is Steve Belichick. He looks like Jonah Hill. “His only defect is that his defense can’t stop a nosebleed.” The North Carolina Tar Heels’ defensive coordinator had a tough night Monday during their 48-14 loss to the TCU Horned Frogs, but he created quite a stir with his new look. Belichick was drawing … Read more
Nolan McLean left quite the first impression. The NBC Sports Philadelphia broadcasting duo of Tom McCarthy and John Kruk raved about the Mets’ rookie after he dominated the Phillies in a 6-0 win Wednesday — even comparing him to perhaps the best pitcher in the sport: the Pirates’ Paul Skenes. “We’ve seen (Paul) Skenes twice,” … Read more
“New Heights” has certainly lived up to its namesake. Sixteen hours since the release of the highly anticipated podcast episode with Taylor Swift, co-hosted by her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason Kelce, the YouTube installment currently holds 10 million views, and the numbers only continue to climb. Swift’s appearance was originally teased Monday … Read more
From the start, Valérie Messika’s designs were edgy and unexpected. Soon after founding her namesake fine jewelry house in 2005, the artistic innovator introduced her hit Move bracelet, featuring three brilliant-cut diamonds that glide up and down gleaming tracks. She followed that with hip pieces like Glam’Azone Double ring and Gatsby multi-hoop earrings and collaborated … Read more
Ja Morant’s hand grenade celebration didn’t sit well with Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith during the Grizzles-Timberwolves game Thursday. The Memphis guard adopted the on-court gesture after he was fined $75,000 by the NBA last Friday for his previous finger guns celebration. After hitting a 3-pointer in first quarter, Morant celebrated by gesturing a grenade toss … Read more
Perhaps Parker Jones didn’t deserve this perp walk in a 13-point loss. ESPN drew criticism for singling out and focusing its cameras late in the fourth quarter on Georgia’s redshirt sophomore cornerback, who earned a penalty for colliding with a referee during the Bulldogs’ 23-10 loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal … Read more
Shannon Sharpe wasn’t thrilled when Leanna Lenee, the fiancée of two-way Colorado star Travis Hunter, shared intimate details of the couple’s relationship when responding to internet critics earlier this week. In the same breath, Michael Irvin wasn’t impressed with Sharpe’s latest take on the mounting fallout surrounding this year’s Heisman Trophy winner and his future … Read more