Kris Kristofferson once thought he’d be dead by 30: ‘I was a functioning alcoholic’

Kris Kristofferson once thought he’d be dead by 30: ‘I was a functioning alcoholic’

Kris Kristofferson lived much longer than he expected. The country music star died Saturday at age 88. Over 25 years earlier, Kristofferson revealed in an interview with People magazine that he thought he’d die by age 30 due to his alcoholism. “I never could have imagined this,” he said in 1998 after getting sober. “I … Read more

Will Ferrell’s ‘SNL’ co-stars didn’t find him funny, head writer reveals: ‘All thought he was a dud’

Will Ferrell’s ‘SNL’ co-stars didn’t find him funny, head writer reveals: ‘All thought he was a dud’

Look who’s having the last laugh. Will Ferrell’s “Saturday Night Live” co-stars were skeptical about his comic abilities when he first joined the legendary sketch show back in 1995. “I was trying to get to know everyone and there was a group of people who were looking at me and were like, we don’t get … Read more

Rugby captain who thought he was ‘just tired’ had bowel cancer

Rugby captain who thought he was ‘just tired’ had bowel cancer

A healthy rugby captain has had half of his bowel removed after being diagnosed with cancer while in his thirties. Andrew Walker, 31, was told he had bowel cancer after he went to his GP because he started feeling quite fatigued. He then had half of his bowel and his lymph nodes removed and is … Read more

Hayden Panettiere says she ‘thought people would have empathy’ for her mental health struggles in new interview

Hayden Panettiere says she ‘thought people would have empathy’ for her mental health struggles in new interview

Hayden Panettiere thought speaking out about her mental health would be “easier” than it’s turned out to be.  The actress, 35, appeared on “Today with Hoda and Jenna” Tuesday to promote her new movie “Amber Alert,” and talked with hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager about how difficult it has been to share her … Read more

Brain implant allows ALS patient to control Amazon’s Alexa with thought: ‘Gives me back the independence that I’m losing’

Brain implant allows ALS patient to control Amazon’s Alexa with thought: ‘Gives me back the independence that I’m losing’

A man afflicted with ALS has become the first person in the world to control an Amazon Alexa digital assistant through his thoughts — thanks to a brain implant created by a New York-based neurotech startup. Synchron — a company specializing in medical technology solutions — has implanted its brain-computer interface (BCI) in a blood … Read more

Drea de Matteo and more ‘Sopranos’ stars thought the show was about singing

Drea de Matteo and more ‘Sopranos’ stars thought the show was about singing

It was the wrong kind of Soprano.  In the new HBO documentary “Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos,” Drea de Matteo, star of “The Sopranos,” said that she misunderstood what the hit mafia series was about when she first auditioned.  Now on HBO (and Max), the documentary sees de Matteo, 52, say onscreen, “I … Read more

Taylor Swift-filled NFL hype video has fans raging before 2024 season opener: ‘I thought this was football’

Taylor Swift-filled NFL hype video has fans raging before 2024 season opener: ‘I thought this was football’

The NFL’s love story with Taylor Swift isn’t cooling off as the 2024 season nears — much to the disdain of a few “Brads and Chads.” Several fans took to X on Monday to voice their frustration over the pop superstar, whose romance with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce took center stage in a 30-second … Read more

Pregnant woman pre-planned what coworkers should buy from her baby registry in bizarre move: ‘Thought it was a joke’

Pregnant woman pre-planned what coworkers should buy from her baby registry in bizarre move: ‘Thought it was a joke’

Jessie* is a nurse who works in a hospital on an overnight shift.  She has a coworker in her unit who is heavily pregnant and is about to go on maternity leave. “She’s nice, but pretty lazy,” Jessie admits to Reddit’s AITA forum. “Some of my other coworkers thought throwing her a baby shower before she goes on … Read more

Exclusive | Roots rapper Black Thought looks back on 10 years of the ‘Tonight Show’ — and three decades of hip-hop impact: ‘We changed the game’

Exclusive | Roots rapper Black Thought looks back on 10 years of the ‘Tonight Show’ — and three decades of hip-hop impact: ‘We changed the game’

For the Roots’ rapper Black Thought, the pastoral pleasure of playing SummerStage in Central Park is a no-brainer.  “It’s classic New York — or old New York, as people sort of refer to it — in its energy and the vibe,” the 50-year-old frontman told The Post about the Rumsey Playfield concert series that the … Read more

Oprah Winfrey never thought she’d ‘make it’ to 60: ‘I’m gonna be out by then’

Oprah Winfrey never thought she’d ‘make it’ to 60: ‘I’m gonna be out by then’

Oprah Winfrey is celebrating life. In a conversation with Al Roker on “Today,” Winfrey reflected on turning 70 this past January, a milestone she wasn’t sure she’d reach. “I remember many, many years ago as a young girl, I had always thought that I would never make it to the 60s or 70s,” the talk show host admitted … Read more

Rachel Lindsay says Teresa Giudice thought she was Rihanna: ‘She mistook me for another black person’

Rachel Lindsay says Teresa Giudice thought she was Rihanna: ‘She mistook me for another black person’

Mistakes happen. “The Bachelorette” alum Rachel Lindsay revealed that “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice “mistook” her for Rihanna when they met at BravoCon 2022 in New York. “Teresa thought I was Rihanna,” Lindsay, 39, said on Friday’s episode of “The Ringer Reality TV Podcast.” Rachel Lindsay at BravoCon 2022. Virginia Sherwood/Bravo … Read more

I got kicked out of a job interview for wearing ‘short shorts’ — I thought I looked professional

I got kicked out of a job interview for wearing ‘short shorts’ — I thought I looked professional

Experts have weighed in after a woman was thrown out of a job interview for wearing shorts, leaving many wondering why the wardrobe staple is “inappropriate” for work. Earlier this week, Tyreshia – who posts under the handle @mtyreshiadaily, revealed she had been told to “get changed” after showing up to an interview wearing black … Read more

Exclusive | Aneesa Ferreira, 42, admits she ‘thought about’ retiring from ‘The Challenge’ before Season 40

Exclusive | Aneesa Ferreira, 42, admits she ‘thought about’ retiring from ‘The Challenge’ before Season 40

Aneesa Ferreira has been on “The Challenge” a whopping 16 times, making her a shoo-in to be on the show’s 40th season, “Battle of the Eras.” However, the 42-year-old admitted that she recently came close to retiring from the MTV competition reality series. “I thought about it, briefly, and then I said, absolutely not,” Ferreira … Read more

Meghan Markle ‘thought Harry deserved more’ from the royals when they met: book

Meghan Markle ‘thought Harry deserved more’ from the royals when they met: book

Meghan Markle believed Prince Harry “deserved more materially” than he received from the royals after she visited William and Kate Middleton’s apartment for the first time, a new book has claimed. The Duchess of Sussex was introduced to the Prince and Princess of Wales in January 2017 when Harry brought her along to their apartment … Read more

I thought I rented a hotel room with a seaside view — but I was royally scammed

I thought I rented a hotel room with a seaside view — but I was royally scammed

Hasta la vista, baby! A TikTok influencer was “catfished” on a vacation after booking what she thought was a hotel with a scenic seaside view — only to discover she’d been epically scammed. “We were screwed so hard,” said Sonja Dennig, 28, while recalling the dupe in a video with over 3.6 million views on … Read more

Ancient discovery hints Milky Way is billions of years older than we thought: new data

Ancient discovery hints Milky Way is billions of years older than we thought: new data

A group of ancient stars have been spotted near our sun, hinting to astronomers that our galaxy is billions of years older than we first thought. Most of the more than 100 bilion stars in the Milky Way rest on an invisible “halo” that rotates around the supermassive black hole at the center of the … Read more

Animal life on Earth may be 1.5B years older than we thought: new research

Animal life on Earth may be 1.5B years older than we thought: new research

Life on Earth looks good for its age. Newly discovered fossil records hint that mold-like unicellular organisms — the common ancestor to all complex life on our planet — arrived over a billion years earlier than previous estimates. Evidence was found deep in rock structures within Africa’s fossil-abundant nation of Gabon that suggest conditions for … Read more

Dave Portnoy thought he was ‘dead meat’ in harrowing boat scare

Dave Portnoy thought he was ‘dead meat’ in harrowing boat scare

As Dave Portnoy realized his boat no longer remained tethered to a buoy, leaving him at the sea’s mercy with a dead boat, the brutal reality of the situation set in. “I knew I was dead meat right then,” Portnoy told NBC Boston on Tuesday of his recent boating scare. “The current was strong. It … Read more

I got laid off and told my boss what I thought — should I apologize?

I got laid off and told my boss what I thought — should I apologize?

I got laid off and told my horrible boss exactly what I thought of him on the way out. Will this come back to haunt me? Should I write, or call and apologize? I bet it felt great in the moment, right? It’s every aggrieved employees’ dream to tell a horrible boss off — heck, … Read more

I felt hungover and thought everyone was speaking a different language, turns out I had a brain tumor

I felt hungover and thought everyone was speaking a different language, turns out I had a brain tumor

A nurse was diagnosed with a brain tumor which made her think people were speaking a different language – and she blames it on taking HRT. Lucy Woodhouse, 43, says she experienced severe headaches which felt like hangovers and struggled to read aloud. But then in a meeting with colleagues she found herself unable to … Read more