movie review WHALEFALL Running time: 106 minutes. Rated PG-13 (peril, violent content, bloody images, some strong language, and thematic content). In theaters Oct. 16. The dumb movie “Whalefall,” about a man who gets swallowed alive by a whale, lost me countless times over its increasingly ridiculous oceanic voyage. But never more so than when the … Read more
She’s a smooth criminal. “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner plays a jewel thief in her new show, “Joan” — and it’s not all fiction. Based on Joan Hannington’s memoir, “I Am What I Am: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief,” the show first premiered on ITV in the UK in September. … Read more
That’s not the way to get more iron in your diet. Doctors in India were taken aback after removing keys, nail clippers, and even a knife from the stomach of a young man, reported to be in his early twenties. Graphic footage of the team extracting a tool chest’s worth of implements is going viral. … Read more
“The Shark Is Broken,” a new Broadway comedy about the behind-the-scenes squabbles during the making of “Jaws,” frequently asks whether Steven Spielberg’s seminal blockbuster is art or entertainment. History has determined that it’s both — a monster movie, yes, but one overflowing with cinematic innovation and panache that amounted to a well-deserved Best Picture Oscar … Read more
On her third bite into a sausage and egg McMuffin, Margaret Francic bit into an item that doesn’t feature anywhere on the McDonald’s menu. The Australian woman stopped in at the restaurant in Hervey Bay last Friday and picked herself and two kids up one of their favorite breakfast treats. Not far down the road … Read more
What a sticky situation. A 5-year-old boy in Ohio underwent a procedure to remove a clump of chewing gum stuck in his stomach, according to a case study published this week in JEM Reports. The unidentified child had ingested about 40 pieces of sugar-free gum, arriving at the emergency room the next day with cramps … Read more
Sinkhole in one. A video of a sinkhole opening up on Fox Hollow’s golf course in Utah has gone viral after it was posted on social media by four teenagers who were driving past the phenomenon on a golf cart. The TikTok, which was posted on Saturday, has a whopping 725,600 views. “So today we … Read more
Maybe cats really do have nine lives. An adorable Ragdoll cat named Lulu from England gave her owner quite the scare when she swallowed a two-inch long needle and thread – and miraculously survived without any stitches. One-year-old Lulu had swallowed the needle and thread in March after her owner, Jane Brigham-Curtis, 55, had left … Read more
A mother who lost her gold ring was shocked to discover it lodged in her 2-year-old son’s throat. The toddler, Adam, had been complaining of pain in his mouth while his mom was trying to feed him. Concerned, the mother took him to a local doctor, who found the missing ring in the boy’s esophagus. … Read more
This pup really knows how to push his owner’s buttons. A mischievous puppy needed an emergency procedure last month after gnawing on a TV remote and swallowing a AAA battery, SWNS reports. Sharon Nicholson was about to turn in for the night on Jan. 20, when she noticed her Hungarian Vizsla named Dexter was enjoying … Read more
They really got to the bottom of the situation. A group of intrepid physicians swallowed Legos in the name of science to help parents flush away concerns about their kids swallowing foreign objects — and be spared from “needless gross hours of searching through poop.” “They wanted to, basically, see how long it took to … Read more
A mom issued a warning over water beads when her infant daughter was left in a critical condition after accidentally ingesting a bead, which expanded once she swallowed it. Folichia Mitchell initially purchased the Chuckle & Roar Ultimate Water Beads Kit from Target for her 8-year-old son in October, making sure that when he played with … Read more