Sex, drugs and … Guinness? Nobody loves a drink more than the Irish — except, perhaps, unruly New Yorkers when they’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Big Apple bartenders brace for drunken debauchery every March 17 when crowds cram into Irish establishments to mark the occasion with a pint or 10. This year, Paddy’s Day falls … Read more
It’s more than an hour southwest of Killarney, and roughly 2 hours west of Cork. If that doesn’t help, and you are only very vaguely familiar with Irish geography (go on, admit, it), call it 4.5 hours outside Dublin. However you locate it, there lies the Beara Peninsula, one of Ireland’s most rugged, remote and beautiful … Read more
These were some very unhappy endings. While it’s important to enjoy exciting sex, attempting to enact erotic fantasies can sometimes go horribly awry. Mortified kinksters have recounted some of their most embarrassing failed sexperiments, including making whoopie in the desert, botched food play, and even trying to join the mile-high club. They detailed these backfired … Read more
Jennifer Aniston has addressed several outlandish stories written about her during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The “Friends” alum, 55, dispelled a series of wild headlines during a true-or-false game with Kimmel Wednesday after the host presented her with a copy of InTouch magazine’s August edition. On the cover, Aniston can be seen side-by-side … Read more
Beauty belles just love this Deng thing. Moo Deng, the VIPigmy hippopotamus who has won social media’s heart, is now glam’s most influential “It” girl. “Makeup inspired by the legend herself, Moo Deng,” said cosmetics content creator, Mei Pang, alerting her over 3.9 million TikTok followers of beauty’s wildest new trend. Makeup enthusiasts are using high-end cosmetics … 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
Veerays is the best new Indian restaurant East Midtown has seen in many, many years. Chef/owner Hermant Mathur’s dishes, from familiar coconut and black pepper shrimp (an $18 starter) to rarely-served camel kebabs (a $35 main), blew me away. But, beyond the food, Mathur and co-owner Sonny Solomon have made some strange decisions. Veerays hides behind a … Read more
It’s getting weirder by the year. Guinness World Records revealed its weirdest and wildest stunts of 2024 ahead of its 70th anniversary in its latest 2025 book edition. These included a teenager with enormous feet, an obscene amount of squish mallows, and impressive tricks performed by dogs. Guinness World Records released a list of the … Read more
He’s had many a happy meal. An NYC-based food photojournalist who documented his travels across six continents to find the world’s most unique McDonald’s locations is now releasing a book after completing his five-year McExpedition. Brooklyn’s Gary He, 39, wrote the scrumptious guide — aptly titled “McAtlas: A Global Guide to the Golden Arches” — … Read more
Unlike most young Aussies struggling with stagnant wages and gritty house shares, she earns five figures a month and is completely financially independent. But Grace, 26, has found that having a property portfolio worth more than $2 million [$1,330,600 in USD] can make dating difficult. She’s really proud of managing to put herself in a … Read more
They’re spiking their drink. Coffee has become the latest canvas for including seemingly incongruous ingredients like butter, olive oil and even meat, like Starbucks’ notorious pork latte in Shanghai. As the espresso splicing trend percolates, East Village fruit-centric coffee shop Not as Bitter has concocted possibly the wildest rocket-fuel hybrid to date: the durian latte. … Read more
An Australian healthcare worker has revealed some of the strangest names and weirdest spellings she’s ever heard at work. In a TikTok viewed more than five million times, she says that one of the “favorite things” she and her colleagues do is discuss the ‘unique’ names they come across. “They thought it was hysterical” “We had a young girl … Read more
Fran Rogowski, “Passages” When it comes to communication, we are a face species. But the back talks, too. Some actors know how to get it to speak. Marlon Brando, say, at the climax of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” kneeling into Kim Hunter’s waist, his T-shirt shredded, his back slack, unburdened of the force of his … Read more
It was a career’s worth of mile-high-jinks. Thought you’ve experienced some nightmares on 30,000 feet? A flight attendant had the internet in a tizzy after revealing some of the wildest things he’s experienced during his 25-year career, including hooking up with passengers and flyers defecating in their seats. He detailed the NSFW work stories in … Read more
Finding your zen? Turns out it’s trendy for 2024. According to the Global Wellness Institute, wellness tourism is projected to grow by 16.6% annually, reaching $1.4 trillion in 2027. It is one of the fastest-growing tourism trends, and despite a 2020 dip due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, wellness travel is back and better than ever … Read more
Great minds drink alike! No one knows how to ring in a new year like besties Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper — and CNN has let them do it since 2017. (Cohen replaced Kathy Griffin as Cooper’s co-host.) After years — and countless juicy moments — of alcohol-enhanced airtime, former CNN CEO Chris Licht explained … Read more
A shocking TV moment can come from a jump scare, a sudden character death, or a salacious scene – anything that gets everyone buzzing. The scripted TV shows of 2023 went outside of the box for unusual surprises. Although Ned Stark losing his head on “Game of Thrones” is one of the touchstones of legendary … Read more
Truth is stranger than fiction. Reality TV is often a wild ride, but it can range from tame dating shows and game shows, to concepts that are so out-there that you wonder how the series ever got on the air. During 2023, as many scripted shows were put on pause during the now-resolved writers and … Read more
The days of the Fyre Festival, “Tiger King,” and NXIVM might be over, but there’s still plenty of docuseries covering scams and oddball topics. As many scripted shows went on hiatus in the now-resolved writers and actors strikes, 2023 boasted an embarrassment of riches for unscripted TV. And, it wasn’t your mother’s classy Ken Burns … Read more
Jay-Z’s famously blingy, star-studded 40/40 Club, launched in 2003, named for the Major League Baseball feat of having hit 40 home runs and stolen 40 bases in a single season, has popped its last bottle and unleashed a final blast of beats. The decadent sports-bar on steroids, complete with a blue-felt-topped pool table atop a … Read more