The stars of the long-awaited silver-screen adaptation of Broadway smash “Wicked” have been widely ridiculed for their cringe-worthy press tour behavior ahead of its release, culminating with a recent interview that went viral for being completely nonsensical. In a clip shared tens of millions of times online, Out magazine reporter Tracy Gilchrist tells co-stars Ariana … Read more
Joy Behar has an interesting story about her namesake. “The View” co-host, 82, revealed that her birth name — Josephine Victoria “Joy” Behar — is an homage to her Italian grandmother, who once threatened to kill herself and her own children. Behar, a self-proclaimed lasagna queen, dropped the interesting family tidbit on Wednesday’s episode of the … Read more
Rubber-faced Tommy Mattinson won the World Gurning Championships for a record 19th time — and vowed: “I want to win 30.” Tommy, 52, beat off stiff competition to take home the crown in the men’s category, while Claire Lister, 37, won the woman’s category for an eighth consecutive time. Claire’s daughter Kendal was named champion … Read more
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream usually draws customers with gourmet takes on classics like vanilla and pistachio. But occasionally, the artisanal ice cream maker headquartered in New York slips in what it calls a “shock flavor,” like Hidden Valley Ranch or pizza. Surprising flavor combinations – think gravy-flavored Jones Soda or Sour Patch Kids Oreos — … Read more
Dora’s been exploring a little too much. A large UK water company has shared its top 10 list of “weird and wacky” items that workers have found clogging up sewers after they were questionably flushed down a toilet. On Friday, central England sewage service Severn Trent revealed that a Dora the Explorer action figure — … Read more
He’s in the house. Emmy nominated actor Jack McBrayer, best known for playing the perpetually optimistic Kenneth Parcell on “30 Rock,” hosts the new HGTV show “Zillow Gone Wild.” “It comes from the Instagram page that was created by our producer Samir Mezrahi. We go to some of the homes featured there,” McBrayer, 50, told … Read more
In “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” the comedian and talk show host puts his own irreverent spin on the well-worn travel show format. Premiering Thursday, April 18 on Max, the four-episode series is based on the podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.” The show follows O’Brien, 60, as he visits “friends” that he’s made (aka, fans … Read more
This is not your grandmother’s bingo. Bongo Bingo — a game night that features rave music, dance-offs, confetti and wacky prizes — is one of the city’s most winning new parties. “It’s just so random and weird and fun,” said Dara Pollak, 39, a content creator who attended the most recent Bongo Bingo, held Thursday … Read more
The modern-day portrait is the Emoji Lisa. Lauren Edelstein has pulled countless all-nighters layering thousands of emojis on top of each other on her iPhone to create wacky celebrity portraits made entirely of the popular images usually relegated to social media and texts. “A lot of them I’ve worked on for months,” Edelstein, 38, told … Read more
The frocks grew curiouser and curiouser as the show went on. Viktor&Rolf, designers from the Netherlands, took the cake at Paris Fashion Week when their topsy-turvy gowns went on full display during the Wednesday show. A clip from Vogue featured the head-scratching designs, for which the models wearing them appeared to be just vessels meant … Read more
The cute new musical “Kimberly Akimbo,” which opened Thursday night on Broadway, piles on weirdness with a dump truck. The mounting insanity almost becomes too much. Almost. First there’s the main character, Kimberly (Victoria Clark), who is 16 but suffers from a rare unnamed condition that makes her age at an accelerated rate. So, she … Read more