David Hager, 58, is on the hunt. Next Friday, he, his wife and two sons, ages 16 and 21, will travel from their home near Denver, Colorado, to NYC to search for booty hidden decades ago. “Some place in the city of New York, there is a treasure,” Hager told The Post. “There is a … Read more
A Michigan man stopped for his weekly burger night – and won big. The 57-year-old man from Berrien County, Michigan, wished to remain anonymous, but told the Michigan Lottery that getting a burger and buying lottery tickets was a weekly tradition. “I go to Chatterbox every week for burger night and always buy a few Club … Read more
WASHINGTON — Kevin Hart, who rose from the open mics and comedy clubs of his native Philadelphia to become one of the country’s most recognizable performers, will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a gala performance Sunday at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Hart, 44, has honed a signature style that combines his … Read more
“Wheel of Fortune” fans were audibly surprised by a moment on Thursday’s episode of the popular game show. Contestant Tara Brown beat the odds twice when she managed to land on the small $1 million wedge at two different points, and both times, she failed to secure the big prize. Fans of the show, hosted … Read more
She’s got a lotto luck. A frazzled Washington state mom is on top of the world after learning a months-old lottery ticket she’d neglected to check was actually a huge winner. The woman, identified only as M.B., held onto the Hit 5 ticket — now worth a whopping six figures — for five months after picking it … Read more
The top prize at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival was given to “Dahomey,” a documentary by the French filmmaker Mati Diop about 26 looted artworks that were returned to Benin from France in 2021. The unconventional feature, narrated in part by the gravelly, imagined voice of one of the artworks, is a playful exploration … Read more
A “Wheel of Fortune” contestant won last night’s game but failed to correctly guess the bonus puzzle. After the episode aired, fans of the game show began rallying around the contestant, insisting that she had actually named the right answer to the puzzle but that host Pat Sajak had failed to recognize it. The contestant, a woman named Tamara, … Read more
Burger King is offering one lucky – and creative – fan a $1 million prize for devising a new Whopper sandwich. The chain said that the contest is the first time Burger King has “put the sandwich in the hands (and creativity) of its guests.” The sandwich debuted in 1957. “Calling all flame-grilled fanatics, culinary … Read more
A Wheel of Fortune player who divided the internet cleared the air following the viral moment that left fans wondering what her answer was as she claimed the infamous word has “haunted her” since the episode. The contestant, Megan Carvale, joined ABC’s “Good Morning America” for an interview Thursday and revealed what she really said … Read more
What a bummer! Livid “Wheel of Fortune” fans felt a contestant was robbed of $40,000 for her incorrect answer that might’ve actually been correct. The contestant, Megan, a married California high school choir director, needed to guess the two-word answer to solve a bonus puzzle for the category of “Living Thing.” After Megan spins the … Read more
“In the Summers,” an independent film about two sisters navigating fraught summer visits with their father, won the top prize in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. dramatic competition on Friday. The movie also won the competition’s directing award for its first-time filmmaker, Alessandra Lacorazza. “This film snuck up on us,” read a citation delivered by … Read more
Whoopi Goldberg has a totally different view on the “Barbie” Oscar snubs. The EGOT winner slammed those who claimed “Barbie” had been snubbed by the 2024 Academy Awards during Wednesday’s episode of “The View.” ” ‘Barbie’ grossed over $1 billion. Hello, studios, maybe hire more female directors if you want to produce blockbusters,” co-host Alyssa Farah … Read more
A lucky resident in the Bay State recently picked up his multi-million dollar lottery prize – and his best friend was with him when he did it. Peabody resident Paul Riley won the $4 million prize from the Massachusetts State Lottery’s 100X Cash game, the state lottery announced on Tuesday. Riley opted to receive a one-time payment … Read more
This was in the late 1970s, on my first beat — covering the New York Cosmos, at the time the most famous team in the world for its collection of world-famous, store-bought, mismatched and often discordant soccer stars. We were in Dallas to play the Tornado, best known as the team that starred Kyle Rote … Read more
Barely a week ago, the 2024 Grammy nominations were announced. But even as top contenders SZA, Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo were already getting fitted for gowns, something was amiss. The fact that the nominees for music’s top prize were being announced before anyone got to chow and cocktail down for Friendsgiving — let alone … Read more
Many teens around the country spent hours picking out the perfect prom outfit this year. A few teens, however, spent much more time than that making their prom outfits themselves — using duct tape. The Duck Tape Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest announced the 2023 winners of the two $10,000 scholarship prizes — one for best tux … Read more
A big honor for “Big Daddy.” Comedy megastar Adam Sandler was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor during a star-filled ceremony at Washington’s Kennedy Center Sunday night. A lengthy list of some of his Hollywood co-stars and fellow comedy icons were in attendance, including Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Chris Rock, Conan O’Brien, Judd … Read more
She felt the heat. “Wheel of Fortune” fans were astounded by a player’s unfortunate puzzle-solving skills that prevented her from winning life-changing money on Friday’s episode of the long-running game show. Contestant Micki was only three letters away from completing a puzzle in the “Thing” category — and she had already landed on the $1 … Read more
In many ways, Joan Baez’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame career will forever be intertwined with that of another 1960s folk legend: Bob Dylan. So what did she think when the “Blowin’ in the Wind” bard received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016? “I thought, ‘Oh, how Bob,’” Baez, 82, told the Hollywood … Read more
STOCKHOLM (AP) — French author Annie Ernaux was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory,” the Swedish Academy said Thursday. Ernaux, 82, started out writing autobiographical novels, but quickly abandoned fiction in favor of memoirs. Her … Read more