She’s teaching these kids a lesson they won’t soon forget. The schoolyard to jailyard pipeline may soon be welcoming another troubled youth, as a ticked-off teacher is calling the cops on a student who robbed her of a trendy trinket valued at nearly $300. But rather than rallying around the educator with support, nagging naysayers on the internet … Read more
Lady Kitty Spencer was spotted soaking up the last of the summer sun with her mother and her rarely seen South African billionaire husband in Saint Tropez, France. Prince William and Harry’s cousin, 34, enjoyed a laid-back day at the swanky Club 55 on Pampelonne Beach in Ramatuelle with her 66-year-old husband, Michael Lewis, and … Read more
Kitty Dukakis, an activist first lady and humanitarian, who overcame alcoholism and depression with the help of electroconvulsive therapy, then became a proponent of the treatment with her husband, Michael S. Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, died on Friday night at her home in Brookline, Mass. She was 88. … Read more
The cat’s out of the bag. On the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, fans were shocked to learn that their beloved cat-inspired character is, in fact, not a feline at all. “Hello Kitty is not a cat,” Jill Cook, the director of retail business development at Sanrio, the creators of the iconic cartoon, told Today. “She’s … Read more
When the Nazis came calling in 1939, Kitty Schmidt wasn’t interested. She was the madam of “Salon Kitty,” a swank brothel in Berlin and one of the last sex-for-sale establishments legally allowed to operate in Germany. When higher-ups in the Nazi party suggested Kitty turn her business into a high-tech spying center to electronically eavesdrop … Read more
“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” has spun off into a series about the little sister. The new Netflix series “XO, Kitty” follows Kitty (Anna Cathcart), the bubbly self-professed “matchmaker” younger sister of Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor), who was the heroine of the 2018 movie (and its two sequels). “XO, Kitty” is busier … Read more
The popular Netflix children’s interactive cartoon “Battle Kitty,” which launched last year, seems fun and harmless at first glance. But the series — about a “feisty kitten” who embarks on a quest to become a great warrior and defeat all the monsters on “Battle Island” — has disturbing sexual overtones, according to some parents who … Read more
The world’s first flight officially took off from North Carolina’s Outer Banks on this day in history, Dec. 17, 1903. The Wright brothers were allegedly the first to successfully fly a powered and controlled airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, after years of experimenting with the concept of flight. Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright began testing out flying … Read more