Family thought they were lighting birthday candles on cake — turns out they were fireworks: ‘Like a movie scene’

Family thought they were lighting birthday candles on cake — turns out they were fireworks: ‘Like a movie scene’

Talk about a birthday disaster. What was supposed to be an innocent birthday candle blowout — turned into a terrifying pyro moment. Askin Acar excitedly gathered around his birthday cake to blow out his candles and make a wish. As family and friends lit what they thought were cake sparklers, they shockingly turned out to … Read more

Tim Curry thought ‘Rocky Horror Show’ was end of his career: ‘It was a failure’

Tim Curry thought ‘Rocky Horror Show’ was end of his career: ‘It was a failure’

Don’t dream it, be it.  In a rare interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Tim Curry, 79, went down memory lane about his iconic performance as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which celebrated its 50th anniversary in August. Tim Curry in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection Tim Curry on CBS … Read more

It turns out Gen Z is not ‘thriving’ the way they thought they would be: ‘American Dream is a scam’

It turns out Gen Z is not ‘thriving’ the way they thought they would be: ‘American Dream is a scam’

The kids are all right….but the adults aren’t doing so well. A new national survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation paints a concerning picture of life satisfaction among Gen Z. According to their 2025 Voices of Gen Z study, the majority of young adults — aged 18 to 28 — are not “thriving” … Read more

Austin Butler went temporarily blind after filming ‘Elvis’: ‘Genuinely thought I was dying’

Austin Butler went temporarily blind after filming ‘Elvis’: ‘Genuinely thought I was dying’

Austin Butler suffered a string of terrifying health scares that left him hospitalized and scared for his life. The 34-year-old actor revealed that he was temporarily blind and convinced he was dying after he finished filming director Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic.  The “Elvis” star said it all began with what he described as a … Read more

Alicia Silverstone thought she was dating Cary Elwes after filming kiss for ‘The Crush’: ‘This is my man’

Alicia Silverstone thought she was dating Cary Elwes after filming kiss for ‘The Crush’: ‘This is my man’

Alicia Silverstone had a big crush on Cary Elwes. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly published Saturday, Aug. 16, the “Clueless” star opened up about making her film debut in 1993’s “The Crush.” Silverstone, who was just 16 at the time, starred in the psychological thriller alongside Elwes, then 30, and she told the outlet … Read more

Why Fred Savage thought ‘Wonder Years’ guest star Alicia Silverstone once gave him a fake phone number

Why Fred Savage thought ‘Wonder Years’ guest star Alicia Silverstone once gave him a fake phone number

Alicia Silverstone has a funny story about her time guest-starring on “The Wonder Years” more than 30 years ago. During a new interview with Entertainment Weekly published Friday, Aug. 15, the “Clueless” actress explained why the show’s star, Fred Savage, thought she gave him a fake phone number after they first met on set in … Read more

AriZona iced tea 99-cent deal under threat as founder floats possible price hike: ‘Hate even the thought of it’

AriZona iced tea 99-cent deal under threat as founder floats possible price hike: ‘Hate even the thought of it’

Here’s the new tea on AriZona. The brand’s iconic 99-cent iced tea may be increasing its price for the first time in decades. For more than 30 years, the beloved beverage held strong to its low price tag — surviving the pandemic, supply chain issues and recessions. Unfortunately, President Donald Trump’s new 50% tariffs on … Read more

The shocking number of microplastics you may be inhaling every day — it’s 100 times more than previously thought

The shocking number of microplastics you may be inhaling every day — it’s 100 times more than previously thought

Nowhere is safe from microplastics. A new study has found that humans inhale far more microplastics than previously thought, more than 70,000 particles each day in an indoor environment — and many of them are tiny enough to penetrate our organ tissue. Microplastics are tiny particles less than 5 millimeters in size that break off … Read more

Devastated mom with cancer says ‘disgusting’ wig maker ghosted her after $1,750 hair order — and stole the cash: ‘I really thought that he was going to help me’

Devastated mom with cancer says ‘disgusting’ wig maker ghosted her after ,750 hair order — and stole the cash: ‘I really thought that he was going to help me’

This woeful wig maker tangled with the wrong woman. After completing four rounds of chemotherapy, Corrina Walters, a resident of Lancashire currently battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), set out to purchase a wig to help contend with the loss of her hair, and “gain some confidence and pride in [her] appearance again,” she wrote in … Read more

Exclusive | I thought my headaches and fatigue were just mom stress — turns out it was a massive brain tumor

Exclusive | I thought my headaches and fatigue were just mom stress — turns out it was a massive brain tumor

Amanda Hyne, 37, had two young children — 18 months and 4 at the time — when her symptoms began. “They’re amazing and they are so much fun, but it’s a lot,” she told The Post. “It’s a lot to juggle.“ She was a clinical social worker at the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Mount … Read more

AI is getting smarter every day —with thought processes already eerily similar to humans: study

AI is getting smarter every day —with thought processes already eerily similar to humans: study

Their powers go beyond AI-mpersonation. Artificial intelligence doesn’t just look and act human — it supposedly thinks like us as well. Chinese researchers found the first-ever evidence that AI models like ChatGPT process information similarly to the human mind, detailing the dystopian-seeming discovery in the journal “Nature Machine Intelligence.” “This provides compelling evidence that the … Read more

Thunder once thought about hiring ESPN’s Brian Windhorst

Thunder once thought about hiring ESPN’s Brian Windhorst

Brian Windhorst has built his career by reporting on the inner-workings of NBA front offices, and it turns out he almost joined one himself.  In Thursday’s episode of “Pablo Torre Finds Out,” Torre reported that Thunder general manager Sam Presti once explored hiring Windhorst away from ESPN to be an “information guy” for Oklahoma City.  … Read more

Miley Cyrus heckled at NYC Tribeca Film Festival by fans who thought premiere was a concert: ‘We paid $800’

Miley Cyrus heckled at NYC Tribeca Film Festival by fans who thought premiere was a concert: ‘We paid 0’

They came in like a wrecking ball. Miley Cyrus, the Disney child star turned pop sensation, was heckled by fans at the world premiere of her “Something Beautiful” long-form music video screening during the Tribeca Film Festival, footage of the awkward exchange showed. Fans who attended the special screening at The Beacon Theatre were seemingly … Read more

Todd Chrisley reveals what his fellow prisoners thought of his release — after taking a swipe at CNN

Todd Chrisley reveals what his fellow prisoners thought of his release — after taking a swipe at CNN

Reality star and convicted fraudster Todd Chrisley opened up about his emotional release from prison and the reaction of his fellow inmates — just moments after taking a swipe at CNN during a press conference Friday. “When I left that day, there was only 317 men at our camp, but they were lined up shouting … Read more

Revealed: Why Lorne Michaels told Jack Black he thought Desi Arnaz was going to die during 1976 ‘SNL’ episode

Revealed: Why Lorne Michaels told Jack Black he thought Desi Arnaz was going to die during 1976 ‘SNL’ episode

We love hearing stories from the vault. On Wednesday, Jack Black appeared on David Spade and Dana Carvey’s “Fly on the Wall” podcast where he reflected on what “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels told him when he hosted the show last month. “Lorne said the funniest thing. I don’t think he was trying to be funny,” the … Read more

I found out I had a brain tumor after collapsing on vacation — I thought it was exhaustion

I found out I had a brain tumor after collapsing on vacation — I thought it was exhaustion

A UK dad was diagnosed with a brain tumor after dismissing a seizure while on vacation as “overindulgence and exhaustion.” Wayne Lewis, 62, collapsed in the bathroom, unable to move or speak, after a day in the sun. The dad-of-one “didn’t want to ruin the holiday” so didn’t go and see a doctor. But when … Read more

Michael Strahan reveals what Tom Brady thought of Shedeur Sanders’ draft fall

Michael Strahan reveals what Tom Brady thought of Shedeur Sanders’ draft  fall

Michael Strahan delivered a message from Tom Brady after Shedeur Sanders’ fall to the fifth round in the 2025 NFL Draft on Saturday. During Monday’s installment of “Good Morning America,” Strahan said he watched this year’s draft with Brady — famously a sixth-round selection, 199th overall, in the 2000 NFL Draft — who had some … Read more

I thought my thigh pain came from ‘clutch leg’ during driving lessons — but I actually had rare form of cancer

I thought my thigh pain came from ‘clutch leg’ during driving lessons — but I actually had rare form of cancer

A student who put her leg pain down to “learning how to drive” was diagnosed with a rare cancer — after a 10cm tumor was discovered in her thigh. 20-year-old Immy had just started driving lessons in January 2022, aged 17, when she began getting “shooting pains” in her left knee and thigh. Initially, Immy … Read more

‘RHOBH’ alum Taylor Armstrong details late husband’s horrifying abuse before his suicide: ‘I thought he was going to drown me’

‘RHOBH’ alum Taylor Armstrong details late husband’s horrifying abuse before his suicide: ‘I thought he was going to drown me’

“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum Taylor Armstrong has detailed the awful abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband before his shocking suicide 14 years ago. Taylor, 53, opened up about the horrifying abuse in the latest episode of Investigation Discovery’s new docuseries, “Hollywood Demons,” according to DailyMail.com. She recounted how her … Read more

Coldplay opening act Jasleen Royal booed during ‘disaster’ performance: Thought I would die

Coldplay opening act Jasleen Royal booed during ‘disaster’ performance: Thought I would die

Bollywood star Jasleen Royal is facing disaster head-on. In January, the 33-year-old Indian singer opened for Coldplay on their Music of the Spheres world tour in Mumbai. But Royal’s performance turned out to be a complete disaster and she was booed off the stage by the audience at DY Patil Stadium. Three months later, Royal … Read more