A Houston, Texas woman pleaded guilty this week to stealing a $1 million “scratch-off” lottery ticket from her cousin and taking the lump-sum payout of $500,000 in November 2020, according to the Nassau County, New York district attorney. Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnely announced the plea in a press release on Friday, saying Iris Amador Argueta, … Read more
The Force is strong with Mando … and Grogu. The new trailer for the third season of Disney’s hit tv show “The Mandalorian” broke several records within the first 24 hours of dropping during the NFL wild-card playoff game on January 16, exclusively reports The Hollywood Reporter. “Mandalorian” debuted with a whopping 83.5 million views … Read more
Rapper 50 Cent would have been $1 million richer… if it wasn’t for his pal, Eminem. The “In Da Club” hitmaker revealed that the duo was offered an eye-watering total of $9 million to perform at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Appearing on Real 92.3’s Big Boy’s Neighborhood show, Jackson revealed the pair were approached after their … Read more
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the superhero sequel to the 2018 Marvel Comics megahit, led the box office on Friday with a staggering $84 million in sales, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The Post called the sequel to “Black Panther,” “the best-acted MCU movie ever,” and it’s projected to take home between $185 to $200 … Read more
Matthew Perry’s battle with addiction didn’t only nearly cost him his life — it came with a staggering price tag, too. “I’ve probably spent $9 million or something trying to get sober,” the “Friends” star admitted to The New York Times in an interview about his upcoming memoir detailing his harrowing near-death struggle. By the … Read more
While tentpoles resuscitated moviegoing this past summer with pics like Top Gun: Maverick, it’s true that the more adult-skewing fare is having a much harder time now. Nowhere was this more true than with David O. Russell’s Amsterdam, which rivals believed had a shot at opening to $12M-$15M this past weekend based on the absurdist … Read more
News Release Tuesday, October 4, 2022 The 2022 NIH Director’s Awards enable exceptionally creative scientists to push the boundaries of biomedical science. The High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, supported by the Common Fund at the National Institutes of Health has awarded 103 new research grants to support highly innovative scientists who propose visionary … Read more
Parker Finn‘s Smile opened wide across the United States over the weekend, the film generating a whole lot of buzz on the internet not only with positive reviews but also a clever viral marketing campaign that brought the film’s creepy smilers out in the real world. That buzz, as we expected, has resulted in box … Read more
Rita Ora and Taika Waititi finally broke their silence on their wedding this week, with the singer admitting she is ‘very much in love’ and she’d ‘always wanted the fairytale’. After the couple started dating in March 2021 they became engaged in June this year and secretly tied the knot two months later. While the pair … Read more
In search of cures for human heart disease, Steven Houser directed his Temple University lab to induce heart attacks in animals with similar-size organs: pigs. The scientist judged the results to be so promising that samples from the pig hearts were secured in a subzero freezer, in boxes labeled with secret codes. But when a … Read more
Viewership of ‘House of the Dragon’ has hit a steady pace. The fifth episode of the “Game of Thrones” prequel drew 3% more viewers than Episode 4, Variety has learned exclusively. Additionally, Season 1 is now averaging 29 million viewers per episode. These statistics combine Nielsen’s measurement of Episode 5’s four cable airings on Sunday … Read more