Parents spend approximately 96 hours fighting with their kids over screen time every year. This staggering statistic means hundreds of fights between parents and children are induced by modern technology. That’s according to a new survey of 2,000 parents of children in kindergarten through fifth grade, which aimed to investigate how screens can impact child-parent … Read more
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first at-home test for cervical cancer screening, its maker Teal Health said on Friday, offering an alternative to Pap smears that need to be undertaken at a doctor’s office. Pap smear tests have significantly reduced cancer incidence from when they were first introduced 80 years ago. But … Read more
He was born to be jerky. The founder of prank-call comedy legends The Jerky Boys credited his own mom and dad for inspiring his insane characters – and now he’s ready to take his career full circle. Johnny Brennan is planning to head back to the big screen 30 years after the release of “The … Read more
A flight passenger took to social media to share how a fellow flyer let her hair down during air travel – literally. Shared in the “r/unitedairlines” forum on Reddit, the user’s post said, “So what’s the standard operating procedure here?” In the post was a photo of a flyer who was sitting in a seat … Read more
Whether it’s dating apps, doom-scrolling, delayed rites of passage, lofty living expenses or straying from pro-family values, Americans are having fewer babies – and they’re not the only ones falling victim to the trend. Could phones be to blame? A recent Vox article proposed the idea in contrast with more politically-charged theories, like the one taking aim … Read more
Almost two decades ago a pair of fresh-faced British sketch comedians armed with a good idea and an able director with a cache of film stock made a charming short film called “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island.” The 25-minute outing won a prize at the 2008 Edinburgh Film Festival, was nominated … Read more
A recent study from the University of California, San Francisco, indicates that pre-teens with greater exposure to certain types of tech use could be at a higher risk of developing manic symptoms. Published in the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, the study analyzed a nationwide sample of 9,243 children in the U.S. between 10 and … Read more
Two minor quakes hit Los Angeles Sunday night, and I like to think that they were cosmically connected. The second earthquake was a small rattler (3.9) centered in the San Fernando Valley, just north of where the first quake hit inside the Dolby Theater when “Anora” won best picture. A pleasurable romp about an exotic … Read more
He’s making hay. A local horse named Billy has built quite the resume. He’s appeared as the carriage horse for Hugh Jackman’s character in “The Greatest Showman;” mesmerized Meryl Streep in “Little Women;” stole Carrie Coon’s heart on the set of “The Gilded Age” and had a scene-stealing run at The Metropolitan Opera House’s “Aida.” … Read more
There should be no phoning it in as a parent. Screen-addicted moms and dads are ruining their kids’ language development skills by typing, texting, tweeting and TikTokking, new data warns. “Parental techno-reference — regular disruption of face-to-face interactions between parents and children due to the use of a screen device — has an impact on child mental … Read more
There’s a tyke-nology problem. It’s no secret that too much screen time can negatively impact developing minds. However, now Swedish health officials say that toddlers should be banned from using digital media and TV completely, claiming it can lead to poor sleep, mental health issues and other problems. The country’s Public Health Agency specifically recommended … Read more
For Usher, 2024 just keeps on giving more reasons to say, “Yeah!” Hot on the heels of releasing his hit album “Coming Home” — his first solo studio LP in eight years — headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, and, right after rocking the game, getting married to longtime partner Jennifer Goicoechea in Las Vegas, … Read more
Less screen time means less bad behavior. In as little as two weeks, parents could see significant improvements in their child’s mental health and behavior by reducing children’s leisure screen time to just three hours weekly, according to a new published in JAMA Network Open. Reducing children’s leisure screen time to just three hours per … Read more
Apple is poised to incorporate a larger screen size and some other upgrades when the tech giant releases its Series 10 smartwatch, according to Bloomberg. The outlet reported on Sunday that the planned upgrades for the two Apple Watch Series 10 models may be linked to the smartwatch celebrating its upcoming 10-year anniversary. The change in screen size … Read more
Trevor Griffiths, a prolific and avowedly Marxist writer for stage and screen most widely known for his play “Comedians,” which was staged in London and on Broadway, died on March 29 at his home in Yorkshire, England. He was 88. His agent, Nicki Stoddart, said the cause was heart failure. An important figure on the … Read more
Halfway through a recent Zoom interview with Radu Jude, the acclaimed Romanian director of “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World,” he offered a glimpse into his creative process. He pulled out one of the books he’s reading, an illustrated tome about commedia dell’arte. Then he shared his screen to reveal … Read more
On the film side, Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”), Colman Domingo (“Rustin”), Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”), Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”) and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”) will square off for best actor, while Annette Bening (“Nyad”), Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”), Margot Robbie (“Barbie”) and Emma Stone (“Poor Things”) will duke it out for … Read more
“The Zone of Interest,” the acclaimed Holocaust drama that’s up for Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars, will have its Polish premiere on Thursday at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. According to Variety, director Jonathan Glazer will introduce the harrowing film at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where parts of the movie were … Read more
Children should be prohibited from screen time until the age of 3 as it can lead to developmental delays, a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics found. Researchers at Drexel University discovered that babies and toddlers who are allowed screen time are more likely to display atypical sensory behaviors associated with neurodevelopmental disorders such as … Read more
You might expect 2004 “American Idol” champ Fantasia Barrino, “The Little Mermaid” star Halle Berry and five-time Grammy winner H.E.R. to bring the belting in “The Color Purple,” the new movie musical adaption of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that opens in theaters on Christmas Day. But Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson also … Read more