Rapper Sean Kingston is scheduled to be sentenced in South Florida on Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme. Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Paul Anderson, and his mother, Janice Eleanor Turner, were each convicted by a federal jury in March of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has blasted South Park creators as “lazy” and “petty” after the show cruelly mocked her appearance — depicting her as a vain, botoxed bimbo. “It never ends, but it’s so lazy to constantly make fun of women for how they look,” Noem, 53, told Glenn Beck on his podcast Thursday. … Read more
“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone discussed their controversial season 27 premiere at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, revealing a behind-the-scenes battle with network executives over airing a less-than-flattering depiction of President Donald Trump’s penis during Wednesday’s episode. The duo behind the long-running Comedy Central series spoke alongside a panel of other adult cartoon creators … Read more
In 1857, an 18-year-old female slave, Lear Green, who had been repeatedly raped and forced into prostitution by her white owner, one James Noble, was surreptitiously placed in a wooden seaman’s chest wearing a dress, bonnet and cape and delivered as simple freight on a steamship bound to Philadelphia from the port of Baltimore. To … Read more
“American Pie” star Shannon Elizabeth ditched living in Hollywood for a move to South Africa to support a cause close to her heart. Elizabeth spoke at the Steel City Con in Pittsburgh last Saturday, revealing she had moved to the country eight years ago to concentrate on her conservation charity, The Shannon Elizabeth Foundation, per People Magazine. “We’re … Read more
A rare blue diamond was on display Tuesday at an exhibition of $100 million worth of the world’s rarest diamonds in the United Arab Emirates’ capital, Abu Dhabi. The eight diamonds on display at the Sotheby’s exhibition have a total weight of over 700 carats. The 10-karat blue diamond from South Africa,considered one of the … Read more
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case arising from South Carolina’s attempt to deny funding to Planned Parenthood. But the question the justices grappled with was a relatively narrow one, focused on whether individuals may sue the state to obtain medical services from Planned Parenthood unrelated to abortion. In 2018, Gov. Henry … Read more
Skinny jab? Try skinny juice. A natural, plant-based drink enjoyed for centuries in South America may help you reach your weight loss goals the same way GLP-1 medications do. And it puts Ozempic’s $1,000-a-month bill to shame, costing just a few bucks at supermarkets and on Amazon. Yerba maté increased the GLP-1 in mice in … Read more
Goin’ down to South Park … Long-running animated series “South Park” is famous for pushing the envelope and often causing controversy with its jokes – but one writer thinks that they went too far. Writer Pam Brady told Fox News Digital that her worst joke for the show “was based on an old frat joke.” … Read more
Lizzo donned an Ozempic-themed Halloween costume as the singer poked fun at an episode of “South Park” that parodied her earlier this year. On Monday, the 36-year-old took to Instagram to share several posts featuring photos and videos of herself dressed up in a red and white package of a fictitious weight-loss drug named Lizzo with a … Read more
In 1994, there was no doubt about who had the greatest voice of all: Whitney Houston. So if there was going to be one singer on earth to capture a historic moment in time, it was going to be the “I Will Always Love You” diva. And so Houston was the first major Western artist … Read more
Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film “South Pacific” and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, has died. She was 93. Gaynor, among the last survivors of the so-called golden age of the Hollywood musical, died of natural causes in … Read more
Dear Greta Gerwig: If you’re looking to cast Barbie in a “Safari” sequel anytime soon, might I suggest South Africa’s own Heather Wollon. Oh, sorry, she’s currently busy fearlessly changing a flat tire on her Toyota Landcruiser bush mobile not 10 yards away from two ear-perked, post-coital lions fresh off a roaring 17-second romp now … Read more
Prince Harry is continuing his globe-trotting tour — sans wife Meghan Markle. The Duke of Sussex, 40, touched down in South Africa Tuesday after a brief visit to his home soil earlier this week. Harry later posed for a picture with Princess Senate Seeiso of Lesotho, 23, after the pair had lunch shortly after his … Read more
Just a little wide. One college football fan was humbled after trolling kickers’ football abilities. ESPN’s “College GameDay” was on South Carolina’s campus ahead of the team’s heartbreaking 36-33 loss to No. 16 LSU on Saturday, and a fan named Jousha Watson — a sophomore business major at South Carolina — took on panelist Pat … Read more
An anonymous couple from South Carolina is thanking their lucky stars after one of them realized their “losing” lottery ticket was actually a big winner. The couple, described by the South Carolina Education Lottery in a July 25 news release as being from the “upstate” region of South Carolina, recently purchased a $5 Double Sided Dollars Extra Play … Read more
A Publix in South Carolina recently received an unexpected “shopper” in the form of an alligator that was found under a group of carts outside the supermarket. The gator was spotted near the entrance of the grocery store before officials with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) were called to the scene. Video … Read more
The saloon is there. So are the dusty cowboy hats, the freshly laid railroad tracks and the Native American headdresses. But while “Dark Noon” basks in these hallmarks of Hollywood westerns, it examines them through new eyes, leaving no triumphalist cliché unquestioned. Virtually every scene in this collaboration between a Danish director and a South … Read more
A South Carolina man’s unique lottery strategy recently paid off big time, landing him the $300,000 top prize from a scratch-off ticket. The man, identified only as a resident of Bluffton, South Carolina, told the South Carolina Educational Lottery’s website that he does not have a regular lottery game that he plays – instead, he selects … Read more
Your guide will tell you that, if you are lucky enough to be in Bhutan, you did something good in a past life. Maybe so. Landlocked against India, China and Tibet, and surrounded by the Himalayas, the nation has kept itself to itself. Only accessible via remote mountain passes, modern education only made it to … Read more