With LSD finally gaining mainstream acceptance—just last month, the FDA granted breakthrough status to an LSD formula to treat anxiety—author Norman Ohler investigates how it took so long for the drug’s therapeutic benefits to be taken seriously. His conclusion: Blame the Nazis. Not only was the US government introduced to LSD through Nazi research, the … Read more
A woman who claims to be in love with herself can hardly Bali-eve how good life is now that she’s given up finding love online. Mimi Watt, 29, deleted her preferred dating app, Hinge, in January this year after realizing she wants to focus on her relationship — with herself. “I felt like spending time … Read more
WATERTOWN, Conn. – Treating drunk vultures can be challenging, as evidenced by an intoxicating discovery from a Connecticut wildlife refuge. A pair of energetic black vultures celebrated a day early for the solar eclipse on April 8 in Watertown by dumpster diving. They eventually stumbled upon something sufficiently fermented to cause serious inebriation. “They were literally drunk. Unable to balance, stand, kept passing out or … Read more
Before O.J. Simpson became synonymous with the sensational murder trial that riveted the nation in the mid-1990s, he was a football star turned Hollywood fixture who played roles as varied as an astronaut, a comic detective and a fake priest. His acting career began while he was still a star running back. As Simpson, who … Read more
When Tiger Woods won his first major championship at the 1997 Masters, the 21-year-old golfer strode off the final green at Augusta National Golf Club to be embraced by his jubilant father, Earl, and his mother, Tida. Amid the hullabaloo, the very next person to congratulate him was Hughes Norton, the agent — or “rainmaker” … Read more
They’re sowing some wild oats — but it’s not what you think. Those in pursuit of a drop-fat-fast hack, but just can’t seem to get their hands on the ever-modish, ever-costly Ozempic shots are turning to their pantries to craft a DIY diet drink that’s said to trigger oat-of-this-world weight loss result. Renita says her OatZempic regimen … Read more
Count Robert Kraft among the critics of “The Dynasty: The New England Patriots,” the Apple TV+ docuseries chronicling the Patriots’ championship teams that he had a heavy hand in creating. When speaking to reporters Tuesday at the annual league meetings in Orlando, Fla., Kraft acknowledged that there were some former players who didn’t like how … Read more
It’s a not-safe-for-workout. A polyamorous Brazilian couple has taken muscle-flaunting to the XXX-treme by training together at a public gym … while in the nude. “It’s a form of intimacy and complicity that goes beyond the conventional,” Bella Mantovani, 31, told Jam Press of their unorthodox brand of tandem sex-ercise. Polyamorous Brazilian couple Bella Mantovani, … Read more
Do you believe in AI-ngels? Sirine Malas, who lives in Berlin, Germany, lost her mother in 2018 to kidney failure at age 82, Sky News reported. Sirine, who had just given birth to her first child, Ischtar, before her mother’s death, felt unsurmountable grief — and turned to AI four years later to connect with … Read more
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made history when he signed onto the National League’s Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). Just six weeks later, Larry Doby, a 23-year-old from Paterson, NJ, left the Newark Eagles in the Negro National League to join the Cleveland Indians and … Read more
Three years ago, Sean Ono Lennon was asked to develop a music video for the 50th anniversary of “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” the 1971 protest song by his parents, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, which has become a rare type of perennial — a warmhearted Christmas tune that doubles as an antiwar challenge, telling … Read more
This past Jan. 4, Nicole Addimando, a 31-year-old mother of two better known as “Nikki,” was released from the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, in Westchester County, NY. Addimando during a pretrial hearing for her murder case in 2018. Nina Schutzman/Poughkeepsie Journal She had served seven-and-a-half years of a 19-years-to-life sentence on charges of second-degree murder … Read more
Go jump in the lake. A bracing swim in the great outdoors could be just the thing to help you cope with your anxiety, says one expert with a pondload of first-hand experience. Therapist Jenny Favell, 42, discovered the healing power of water back in 2020, during a time in her life where she felt … Read more
After a great run of hits from the ’60s into the ’70s — including such classics as 1965’s “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” 1966’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s World,” 1970’s “Super Bad” and 1974’s “The Payback” — James Brown’s recording career was decimated by the disco explosion in the mid-’70s. “Such an interesting time, … Read more
At the beginning of the new documentary “James Brown: Say It Loud” — a four-part series that premieres Monday and then continues Tuesday on A&E — the Godfather of Soul himself breaks down exactly why his 1968 anthem “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud” changed the way African-Americans saw and spoke of themselves … Read more
If there is an MVP behind Usher getting to be the Super Bowl LVIII headliner on Sunday — when the Kansas City Chiefs tackle the San Francisco 49ers — it just might be a pretty unlikely one: Kim Kardashian. Usher’s “My Way” residency at the Dolby Live inside the Park MGM — which wrapped in … Read more
Country singer Toby Keith has died of cancer at 62 – and in the wake of his passing, anecdotes from his life are emerging, including his surprising role in Taylor Swift’s career. Although Swift, 34, is one of the biggest pop stars in the world, in 2005, she was an unknown high schooler with “Wildest … Read more
Jack Jennings, a British prisoner of war during World War II who worked as a slave laborer on the Burma Railway, the roughly 250-mile Japanese military construction project that inspired a novel and the Oscar-winning film “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” died this month in St. Marychurch, England. He was 104. His daughters Carol … Read more
Two business partners are having lunch at a swanky Midtown restaurant when one suddenly erupts, “I think I left the safe open!” His partner places a reassuring hand on his arm and calmly says, “What are you worried about? We’re both here.” And that, baseball fans, is why election to the Hall of Fame has … Read more
Tina Fey’s not a regular mom — she’s a cool mom. But she needs her kids’ help with that. Fey is back with the musical adaptation of her hit 2004 comedy “Mean Girls,” but 20 years after the OG high school film hit the theaters, she grappled with Gen Z references. To adapt the film … Read more