Fun’s over. California officials are calling foul on a company hosting man vs. robot cage fights in the state. Robot Entertainment Kombat hosted what it called the “world’s first human-robot fight” in San Francisco last month, shocking the internet. A video of the fight shows the man, influencer Frankie LaPenna, clad in headgear, gloves, and … Read more
A psychic cat has correctly predicted the winning teams of all 19 World Cup matches. One-year-old British shorthair Billy has predicted the winners of all the matches that did not end in a draw so far in the tournament, much to the delight of owners Linka Lin, 33, and Mark Kelly, 35. Since the start … Read more
FIFA World Cup fans who are already bleeding cash to attend games at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles will have to fork over an insane amount just to park outside the arena. The cheapest parking for the first match between the US and Paraguay on June 12 costs an eye-popping $151, according to the official … Read more
Sentebale, the African charity Prince Harry had co-founded with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006, has dropped polo matches from its fundraising activities following the massive scandal that involved the royal. The organization, originally launched by the Duke of Sussex in honor of his late mother, Princess Diana, appears to be distancing itself from Harry — despite … Read more
Pickleball takes no prisoners. As participation in America’s fastest growing sport proliferates — 19.8 million people played in 2024, a 311% increase since 2021, per the Sports and Fitness Industry Association — so, too, do incidents of injury. “Across the board, there’s an uptick,” Dr. James Gladstone, the chief of sports medicine at NYC’s Mount … Read more
Game. Set. Love match. The US Open is serving more than just tennis this year, on and off the court, with WAGs, player romances and even a juicy potential love triangle straight out of the movie “Challengers.” The intrigue reached fever pitch this week when 2021’s US Open women’s champ, Emma Raducanu, teamed up with men’s … Read more
What is he doing here? A single gal matched with a potential suitor on a dating app, only to soon realize the sleazy guy was not only in a relationship — but he was dating her friend. The shocked dater posted her story to the r/TwoHotTakes forum on Reddit — which has since been deleted … Read more
Move over, Mr. Right — Gen Z gals are looking for Mr. Fix-It. Savvy single ladies in NYC and beyond are treating the dating app Hinge like a handyman service —updating their profiles on the trendy pair-off platform to say they can be “won over” by a man who can help them install, well, hinges. Dinner … Read more
In today’s wild digital dating world — sitting back and endlessly swiping will only get you so far. That’s why Caitlin Trask, 32, decided to go the extra mile by creating a “man catalog” to track all the hopeful men she matches with on dating apps — for research. “Sorry I can’t go out tonight, … Read more
Nobody likes a catfish — but lots of people are reeling them in. In the age of Botox, filters and flattering angles, you might look less like the photo on your dating app than you realize. But your date probably noticed. More than 50% of Gen Z and millennial users have gone on a date … Read more
We are bowing down to these festive looks. Kate Middleton and Queen Camilla ended a difficult year with a cherished Christmas tradition in which the royal members sported similar outfits. On Wednesday, the Princess of Wales, 42, wore a green Alexander McQueen coat with a matching fascinator and scarf and accessorized with black gloves and … Read more
Santa’s got a new little helper this year. Retired U.S. Navy veteran Mike Tindall, 67, has become the first professional Santa Claus in the world to sport a bionic arm — and it’s just the right color, too. After a 1994 work accident led to his left forearm being amputated, the former airplane mechanic eventually found … Read more
Rachael Ray and her husband of nearly 20 years have a “weird way” of providing a balance in their marriage. During the third episode of Ray’s new podcast, “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead,” Ray invited guest Jacques Pépin to discuss the importance of marriage. Ray told the French chef that she and her husband, musician and lawyer John … Read more
Rachael Ray is coming clean about her life at home with her husband, John Cusimano, revealing the pair get in heated arguments all the time because “that’s healthy.” Ray, 56, opened up about her hands-on approach to conflict during the debut episode of her new podcast, “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” with her first guest, … Read more
TNT and the NBA could be on the precipice of a legal battle royal. TNT, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery, announced Monday that it intends to match an NBA rights deal to keep broadcasting the league. ESPN is retaining the NBA Finals in the NBA’s next rights package, and NBC and Amazon had emerged … Read more
They’re apps-olutely sick of swiping. Gen Z’s appetite for companionship seems to be shifting away from fast food-like flings towards full-course love feasts. And their tastes for meeting potential matches are, too, changing. Rather the scrolling through dating apps like Hinge, Bumble and Tinder, twenty-somethings are hoping to score a sweetie in more unconventional settings — such … Read more
Give the lady a hand. Women have forever been sneaking peeks at a man’s mitts in an effort to determine the size of his penis. Now, one curious gal — who confesses to being obsessed with the paws of her prospective paramours — has developed a titillating new tool that she claims can deliver an accurate … Read more
There’s something a-bot love. Alexander Zhadan realized he didn’t need emotional intelligence to score his dream woman. All he needed was artificial intelligence. In 2022, Zhadan launched a dating experiment with ChatGPT, using the AI to find the love of his life on Tinder. Alexander Zhadan/ east2west news “I proposed to a girl with whom … Read more
It’s that time of the year when red carpets unfurl, cleavage heaves and the academy recognizes and gilds the cinematic achievements of the year past. The list of nominees in the Best Picture category is ten deep in 2024, including such sunny subject matter as the holocaust, the atomic bomb, domestic violence, patriarchal oppression, systematic … Read more
WWE is getting hardcore at Extreme Rules. The promotion touches down in Philadelphia on Saturday night with six matches all contested under special stipulations incentivizing violence, a significant departure from how this event was built just one year ago under a different creative regime. A trilogy match between Liv Morgan and Ronda Rousey is expected … Read more