‘Hauntings,’ the ‘impossible’: ‘The Exorcist’ and what you never knew about the iconic horror film

‘Hauntings,’ the ‘impossible’: ‘The Exorcist’ and what you never knew about the iconic horror film

It takes a lot to scare kids in 2024. With all the shiny new tricks of CGI movie technology, it is getting harder and harder to deliver that true spine-chilling internal fear that makes horror films so great. Gen Z and Gen Alpha kids may arrogantly scoff at retro scary movies, but it hasn’t always … Read more

How Phil Simms knew CBS run was over: ‘Nobody … talked to me’

How Phil Simms knew CBS run was over: ‘Nobody … talked to me’

Phil Simms had a feeling his time with CBS would soon be ending. “It wasn’t a great surprise,” Simms said on the “Front Office Sports Today” podcast of his recent dismissal from the network. “I knew there was probably going to be some change or thought there would be. So, I think that makes it … Read more

My boyfriend had a shocking secret — his friends and family all knew but kept it from me

My boyfriend had a shocking secret — his friends and family all knew but kept it from me

Three’s a crowd. A California singleton was shocked to discover she was sharing her ex-boyfriend with another woman.  Laura Twyford, 19, found out about the secret after breaking things off with her then-beau because she felt he no longer had time for her.   “Mister man was busy a lot, and it became a problem because … Read more

Monica Raymund knew Casey and Sylvie would end up together on ‘Chicago Fire’

Monica Raymund knew Casey and Sylvie would end up together on ‘Chicago Fire’

They were the couple no one saw coming. Kara Killmer, who played paramedic Sylvie Brett on “Chicago Fire,” says that former co-star Monica Raymund knew Sylvie and Casey (Jesse Spencer) would end up together. “Right before she [Raymund] left, she was the one who said, ‘They’re so going to put your characters together.’ And both … Read more

Patrick Swayze knew he was ‘a dead man’ upon hearing cancer diagnosis: widow

Patrick Swayze knew he was ‘a dead man’ upon hearing cancer diagnosis: widow

Patrick Swayze’s widow, Lisa Niemi Swayze, is opening up about the difficult journey following his cancer diagnosis. During a recent appearance on the “Amy and T.J. Podcast,” Lisa shared Patrick’s initial reaction to hearing he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2008. “When he first found out he had pancreatic cancer he turned to me … Read more

Patrick Swayze’s widow Lisa Niemi Swayze says star knew he was ‘a dead man’ upon hearing cancer diagnosis

Patrick Swayze’s widow Lisa Niemi Swayze says star knew he was ‘a dead man’ upon hearing cancer diagnosis

Patrick Swayze’s widow, Lisa Niemi Swayze, is opening up about the difficult journey following his cancer diagnosis. During a recent appearance on the “Amy and T.J. Podcast,” Lisa shared Patrick’s initial reaction to hearing he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2008. “When he first found out he had pancreatic cancer he turned to me … Read more

The Slave Ship Musical You Never Knew Existed

The Slave Ship Musical You Never Knew Existed

It’s safe to say that the Mauritanian French director Med Hondo’s “West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty” is a unique film. That might be the only safe thing about it. The first African movie musical, it traces nearly four centuries of French colonialism with unsparing clarity and relentless creativity, shot entirely on a replica … Read more

Why Jason Kelce knew it was time to retire

Why Jason Kelce knew it was time to retire

Jason Kelce knew it was time to hang up his jersey for good when his body couldn’t keep up with his desire to keep playing. The future Hall-of-Fame center — who announced his NFL retirement Monday after spending his entire 13-season career with the Philadelphia Eagles — explained why his retirement was “a long time … Read more

Cops knew Cam Newton was in wild brawl because of his ‘hat and hairstyle’

Cops knew Cam Newton was in wild brawl because of his ‘hat and hairstyle’

Cam Newton wasn’t hard to spot in a brawl at a 7-on-7 football game in Atlanta on Sunday, according to one cop at the scene. When authorities rushed to the scene — where the former NFL quarterback was seen in a physical altercation with two TopShelf Performance (TSP) coaches — an officer said he quickly recognized Newton due … Read more

Why Ashlee Simpson knew ‘SNL’ lip-syncing blunder was ‘not going to go well’

Why Ashlee Simpson knew ‘SNL’ lip-syncing blunder was ‘not going to go well’

She’s better off saying “No.” Singer Ashlee Simpson got candid Monday after revealing that her infamous lip-syncing scandal on “Saturday Night Live” in 2004 taught her “the power of saying no.” “I’ve never talked about or said, but it’s like the other thing is, learning as a woman, when you say no or as an … Read more

Prince Philip would ‘turn in his grave’ if he knew Harry and Meghan Markle didn’t give kids his last name

Prince Philip would ‘turn in his grave’ if he knew Harry and Meghan Markle didn’t give kids his last name

A royal error. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle opted to give their kids, Prince Archie, 4, and Princess Lilibet, 2, the last name of Sussex rather than Mountbatten-Windsor. This moniker would have angered the late Prince Philip if he was still alive — according to a royal expert. The Duke of Edinburgh died in April … Read more

The Documentary Aleksei Navalny Knew We’d Watch After His Death

The Documentary Aleksei Navalny Knew We’d Watch After His Death

About two-thirds of the way through, Navalny is relaxing between interviews with Roher when a woman asks if he’s getting annoyed by the questions about his past. No, Navalny tells her, in Russian: Roher can ask whatever he wants. She says that’s fine, but that he seems agitated. Navalny stops and explains: “It’s just that … Read more

The quippy Carolyn Bessette only her friends knew

The quippy Carolyn Bessette only her friends knew

When John F. Kennedy Jr. proposed to Carolyn Bessette, his girlfriend of two years, in 1995, the onetime Calvin Klein PR woman wasn’t exactly thrilled about the prospect of a fairytale ending with one of the city’s most eligible bachelors. In fact, Bessette’s friend Paul Rowland recalls her being petrified. “She seemed really jittery, and … Read more

NYC mom, 38, announces own death in tragic Instagram post: ‘I knew how deeply I was loved’

NYC mom, 38, announces own death in tragic Instagram post: ‘I knew how deeply I was loved’

A Brooklyn mom announced her own death Tuesday in a heartbreaking social media post she had penned to ensure friends and family knew how “deeply” she was loved. Casey McIntyre, 38, died Sunday of ovarian cancer. She was a publisher at Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House that publishes books for kids and young … Read more

‘The Buccaneers’ creator: ‘We knew we’d get compared’ to ‘Bridgerton’

‘The Buccaneers’ creator: ‘We knew we’d get compared’ to ‘Bridgerton’

AppleTV+ now has its own version of “Bridgerton,” with new period drama “The Buccaneers.”  Now streaming, the series is based on the 1938 unfinished novel by Edith Wharton, set in 1870s London. The story follows a group of five young American women who arrive in high society in England to test their own luck on … Read more

Jacob Elordi only knew about Elvis Presley from ‘Lilo & Stitch’

Jacob Elordi only knew about Elvis Presley from ‘Lilo & Stitch’

He ain’t nothing but a hound dog. Jacob Elordi revealed Monday that he learned about the late Elvis Presley from the 2002 hit animated film “Lilo & Stitch.” Appearing on “The Tonight Show” to promote his new film “Priscilla,” Elordi, 26, was asked by host Jimmy Fallon if he had been a fan of the … Read more

The moment Travis Kelce’s dad knew Taylor Swift is ‘very special’

The moment Travis Kelce’s dad knew Taylor Swift is ‘very special’

Ed Kelce thinks Taylor Swift is a keeper. The father of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce talked to PEOPLE about the All-Pro’s budding relationship with the 12-time Grammy Award winner, calling her “a very, very sweet, very charming, down-to-earth young woman.” Ed Kelce was spotted talking with Swift on Thursday, Oct. 12, when both were … Read more

Hollywood’s Jewish founders knew exactly what a pogrom is. So why is its elite silent on Hamas now?

Hollywood’s Jewish founders knew exactly what a pogrom is. So why is its elite silent on Hamas now?

Do you know who Hirsch, Abraham, Schmuel, and Jacob Wonsal were? Shmuel Gelbfisz or Wilhelm Fried Fuchs? And what about Herschel and Bryna Danielovitch, for that matter? When these Jews fled Eastern Europe, they found refuge from pogroms in America, changed their names — and created Hollywood. The Wonsols became the Warner Brothers; Gelbfisz became Sam … Read more

Woman’s dog somehow knew she was pregnant before she did

Woman’s dog somehow knew she was pregnant before she did

Hot dog — he was right!  A Texas woman found out she was pregnant because her pet miniature dachshund suddenly began sprawling out across her abdomen every chance he got — which was not his typical behavior, she told The Post.   “I would just lay down to, like, take a break in between my … Read more

Household cleaning hacks you’ll wish you already knew — this one common toiletry item is the key

Household cleaning hacks you’ll wish you already knew — this one common toiletry item is the key

This is no sweeping generalization. In a viral TikTok clip from 2021 that has recently resurfaced, organizational expert and interior stylist Chantel Mila reveals that shaving cream can be used for much more than personal grooming. In a video shared widely on the popular social media channel, Mila shared three home cleaning hacks using only … Read more