Adam Sandler has had a rough go of things for the entirety of the current decade. Forbes has called the Most Overpaid Actor in Hollywood for two years running; his movies are critically panned, and increasingly avoided; he’s basically broken the loud, fratty, fart joke formula that made him popular about twenty years ago….
25-year-old rapper Tyga has been involved in his fair share of drama relating to girlfriend Kylie Jenner. The 17-year-old Jenner raised Kanye’s eyebrows–in a good, older brother way–not too long ago; and, earlier this year, the two got involved in a major Twitter war with Amber Rose. They’ve never actually, technically, 100% confirmed that…
Bruce Jenner officially acknowledged his transition from man to woman in an interview with Diane Sawyer this weekend. The interview had an audience of 17 million people, and, immediately afterward, celebrities and people from all walks of life took to social media to express their support for the Olympian. Oprah and Maria Schriver were…
A Florida police officer has been fired and may face criminal charges after he ignored a 911 call for 50 minutes in order to finish having lunch. Lee County deputy Yvan Fernandez was dispatched to the house of Gwen Minnis, a 47-year-old woman who had just been released from the hospital after suffering a…
What are funeral strippers? Why are they a thing in China? Strippers at a funeral is actually a long-standing tradition in parts of China, where large numbers of mourners are highly desirable. But if the government has its way, families of the deceased will have to find some other way to draw crowds. Funeral strippers,…
There’s been way more drama surrounding the Fifty Shades of Grey movie sequels than there will be in the movie itself. First there were the numerous reports, during the Fifty Shades press tour, that stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson don’t really get along, and possibly can’t stand each other. Then came the story…
Sawyer Sweeten, whose career in show business began when he was just 18 months old, has died of a self-inflicted gunshot at the age of 19. Sawyer (on the left in the above photo) and his twin brother, Sullivan, played Michael and Geoffrey on Everybody Loves Raymond for the duration of the show’s 10 season…
They’re worth an estimated $155 million, but Kim Kardashian and Kanye West took the cheapest possible option for their recent jaunt out to Armenia. The couple flew coach a couple of weeks back, as seen and captured by Twitter user MilesNewlove. The world probably would have reacted to this sooner, but any coach sleeping…
Mila Kunis is being accused of something very banal and highly unusual–stealing a chicken from a little girl when the two were growing up together in Ukraine. Kristina Karo, a singer who claims to have grown up with Kunis before the two moved to the United States, says Kunis stole a live chicken that…
Why did Blake Lively name her daughter James? Lively revealed the reasons for and origin of the name during a visit to Good Morning America. Then, she played one of the goofiest versions of “Say Anything” you’re likely to ever see while chatting it up with Jimmy Fallon. Blake Lively has been doing the talk show…
Bridget Olinda Garcia, 32, of Port St. Lucie FL, has been charged with child abuse after driving away from her home with her son on the hood of her car. The comedy began when Garcia took her oldest child’s phone away from him as punishment for an undisclosed act. This started a fight between…
It wasn’t too long ago that man-caves were the hottest thing in real estate. You couldn’t go twenty minutes without a stoic, polo shirt-wearing fella spout words to the effect of “This would be a great basement for my man-cave” on HGTV. Well, the long-awaited counter-punch has come, only it’s not quite striking back…
It’s only taken a couple of days for the Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge (KJLC) to become a phenomenon on the order of #TheDress (remember the dress?) or the time it was cool to like President Obama. In case you fell asleep for those couple of days, though, here’s a quick primer: Teens and those…
Fire crews in Idaho were baffled when, after running into a burning home to save whoever was trapped inside, they heard cries of “Help!” and “Fire!” but couldn’t find any humans to carry out. The perfectly normal reason why? It wasn’t a human crying out, but a particularly verbal parrot. One of a pair…
If you want big, beautiful, pouty lips like known PacSun saleswoman Kylie Jenner, save your pennies and have plastic surgery like a normal person. That’s the opinion of a growing number of members of the medical community, who warn that the increasingly popular “Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge” can do serious damage to your kisser….
It’s been years in the making, and rumored for almost as long, but, now, we have official confirmation: Full House is back. John Stamos, still best-known for playing Uncle Jesse during the show’s original early-90s run, stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to drop the official word. Which, according to Stamos, he received…
Unfortunately, it looks like more heartbreak is in store for Bobbi Kristina’s family members–this after having their hopes raised over the weekend. There have been a pair of conflicting reports from the BK camp. First, at a performance over the weekend, Bobby Brown told a crowd of cheering fans that his daughter was “awake”…
What is synthetic marijuana? An outbreak of synthetic marijuana-related hospitalizations over the past week have renewed controversy over and scrutiny of the mysterious product. Find out how it is and isn’t like actual marijuana, and why it’s such a touchy subject. Last week, over 120 people in New York state alone were hospitalized because of…
Molly Schuyler is a 120-pound mother of four. She is also a pro on the competitive eating circuit–one of her most notable feats was finishing a 72-ounce steak dinner at Amarillo’s Big Texan Steak Ranch in four minutes and fifty-eight seconds last May. That was the record for a single dinner, until very recently….
Ben Affleck has gotten in a bit of a pickle regarding slavery–but it’s not for the reasons you might expect. B-Aff was recently featured on the hit PBS show Find Your Roots. The show explores the genealogy of a wide variety of folk, from commoners to superstars, and presents its findings for the world…
It’s been almost three full months since Bobbi Kristina was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her Georgia home, but there’s finally some good news to report: according to a Facebook post her Aunt Tina made, Bobbi is both awake and off life support. The post read: So many messages,sorry can’t answer them…
Well, that didn’t take long. Four days into her week-length Food Stamp Challenge, Gwyneth Paltrow has broken fast–literally. Paltrow took to GOOP, her oft-derided blog, to detail her reaction to the challenge and to the reaction to her challenge that blew up social media. In Paltrow’s own words, As I suspected, we only made…
The TIME 100 is out–and the magazine’s selection for Most Influential Person in the World might surprise you. Kanye West sngged one of the five coveted cover stories for the issue, which comes complete with a brief and highly complimentary write-up from noted tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. Here’s Musk explaining Kanye’s inclusion: Kanye…
An Argentine man is making worldwide headlines for his relentless and bloodthirsty self-defense. The unnamed steelworker awoke to rustling and crashing sounds in his house, and found three burglars attempting to loot him dry. The groggy Córdoban went for the first thing he could think of–one of the decorative samurai swords he had on…
Fashion Police will indeed be coming back to E!, and just in time for the start of the long, swanky awards season. Co-host Giuliana Rancic confirmed as much in a recent interview with Access Hollywood, in which the controversy-plagued presenter said all the drama surrounding the show only proves its viability. “I think more…
If you’ve been on the internet in the past eight years, you’ve seen the “Success Kid” meme. It’s the one of the adorable, chubby-cheeked little boy pumping a fist full of sand at the beach. And probably eating some of the same sand. But he’s adorable and chubby-cheeked and eminently meme-able, so who cares?…
A rural Georgia man, intending to shoot a pesky armadillo, was instead left red-faced after the bullet bounced off and struck his mother-in-law. Larry McElroy, 54, of Lee County GA, will forever live in local lore after the pecular trek of his determined bullet. McElroy fired a nine-millimeter pistol at the armadillo, which had…
Kim Kardashian has a new book coming out. It’s called Selfish, and it’s a collection of the reality star’s favorite selfies from the past few years. To celebrate its release, Kimmy K sat down with Harper’s Bazaar for an exclusive, intimate look at she and Kanye’s (but mostly her) daily routines. Among the reveals?…
Bobby Brown has been silent on the issue of his daughter’s hospitalization and health since Bobbi Kristina slipped into a coma on January 31st. This weekend, the father and entertainer shared his first public words on the state of his daughter, while onstage at what was also his first performance in several months. Brown…
Last week, Gwyneth Paltrow agreed to take her friend Mario Batali’s challenge and live for seven days on only $29 in food stamps. The $29 figure comes from the average amount that a person who receives assistance from the food stamp program–the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP–every week. Celebrity chef Batali urged Paltrow…
Four college students en route from Louisiana State to a Spring Break paradise got quite a bit more than they bargained for when pulled over on the way. The “Semi-Fantastic Four,” as the Baton Rouge press has begun calling them, were driving a Ford F-150 with an expired tag when an officer from the…
Coachella–the West Coast Woodstock, the High Desert Festival of Peace and Good Vibes–was marred by an encounter with Justin Bieber this past weekend. According to eyewitness reports and festival staff, the Biebenator and his entourage were held up by security while trying to get into the backstage area during Drake’s set. To his credit,…
The much-anticipated Fifty Shades of Grey film got trashed by critics, but rode a wave of moviegoer curiosity all the way to the bank of laughs. The film has made $566 million worldwide against a budget of $40 million, which is a success even by notoriously strange and shady Hollywood bookkeeping standards. (The…
Back in 2011, when Beyoncé was finishing up work on 4, she was also putting the finishing touches on a loose collection of around twenty tracks. The songs never came together in the form of a proper, record-company-promotable album, but they were fully-formed expressions of some of the many ideas Bey and Jay-Z were fleshing…
A&E’s Neighbors With Benefits has gotten a lot of attention over the past couple of months, largely for its fun, outlandish premise. And, while some of that attention has focused on whether or not the show is genuine or full of out-of-state actors, lately, it’s taking some heat from an unexpected group: namely, other…
Why hasn’t Bill Cosby been charged with a crime? The now-disgraced comedian has been accused of various sexual improprieties by over 40 women–yet he hasn’t been charged with any crime in a criminal court, and likely never will be. This weekend, while Bill Cosby performed a loudly-protested show in Baltimore, two more women came forward…
The rumors started to swirl late last night, and, by this morning, they were true: South African comedian Trevor Noah is the new host of The Daily Show. He’ll replace outgoing anchorman Jon Stewart, who took over for Craig Kilborn in 1999 and has since turned TDS into the whirlwind of political satire it is…
April Corcoran, 30, of Warren County OH, is in jail after being charged with 27 felonies involving the trafficking of her eleven-year-old daughter for heroin. According to prosecutors, Corcoran regularly drove her daughter to the Cincinnati apartment of a heroin dealer, drop the daughter off, and leave with drugs, returning several hours later to pick…
In one of the most bizarre “Is this really 2015” moments of the year so far, a man has managed to wrangle the “Sodomite Suppression Act” onto the ballot in California. And it’s not so much that there are still fervent anti-gay people out there; it’s the language of this specific amendment that has…
Downton Abbey, the most successful British drama of all time and one of the most widely-watched shows in the world, will end after its sixth season. Producers announced today that the upcoming episodes will be Downton’s last: Gareth Neame, managing director of Carnival Films, which produces the show, said “We wanted to close the…
Call it Uproar: Australian Style. A Western Australian woman has been detained by police and will spend a week in jail for assaulting a police officer. Her weapon of choice? The milk from her own breast. Erica Leeder, 26, of Calista (a suburb of Perth), had been arrested for an unrelated charge and was…
The most recent piece of legislation that the state of Indiana has turned into law is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a so-called free speech bill that gay rights advocates say will allow business owners to discriminate openly against homosexuals. Under the tenets of the bill, business owners will be able to deny services…
Can you overdose on marijuana? Three pot-related deaths in Colorado over the past few weeks have begun a debate about the possible psychological effects of too much marijuana. But is it actually possible to OD on pot the way you can on hard drugs? Luke Goodman was a 23-year-old Oklahoma man who visited Colorado on…
Bobbi Kristina’s maternal grandmother Cissy Houston has given a new interview in which she acknowledges there is “not a great deal of hope” for her granddaughter, though the family continues to pray for an improvement in her condition. Houston spoke to Houston radio station WBLS this week, and shed some light on her granddaughter’s…
Did Bill Cosby try to rape Chelsea Handler? A decade ago, Handler and Cosby were performing at the same time in Atlantic City. Then, as Handler recounts for a new Esquire magazine interview, things threatened to get weird… Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Bill Cosby has been accused–yet again–of another accosting. This time, the almost-victim…
Jon Gosselin has had a lot of careers over the past few years. After finishing his stint as a reality television star, he became a solar panel installer in rural Pennsylvania. Then, he became a waiter and maitre’d at a pair of restaurants. Currently, he’s a DJ. And, by most accounts, he’s also a…
Celine Dion’s husband Rene Angelil has been fighting throat cancer for some time, but it seems his diagnosis has recently taken a turn for the grim. Dion, 46, revealed in a recent interview that the 73-year-old Angelil’s throat cancer has become so severe, he requires a feeding tube to get nutrition. “He can’t eat,…
Life must get boring, sometimes, when you’re an internationally-known pop star on tour. You travel from city to city; you meet with some fans before the show; you have the show itself; and maybe you go out afterward, but, more often than not, you’ve got to hit the road to make the next gig….
Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson is certainly no stranger to controversy. Or to speaking his mind. The two often go hand-in-hand, where Robertson is concerned. So, this week, it’s perhaps not surprising to hear that the man is in hot water again. Robertson was speaking at the Vero Beach Prayer Breakfast in Vero Beach FL…
Jon Hamm, who rose to fame playing alcoholic playboy Don Draper on the hugely successful Mad Men, has just acknowledged his own private battles with alcoholism. Hamm admitted that he has just finished a thirty-day stint in a treatment facility, in advance of the seventh and final Mad Men premiere. Hamm had and continues…
This past Sunday saw the premiere of A&E’s newest reality show Neighbors with Benefits, which depicts the lives and social activities of a small, but dedicated group of swingers in suburban Hamilton Township, Ohio. The show’s pilot episode had a lot of ground to cover, as it introduced us to about a half-dozen “lifestyle”…
What is revenge porn? Is it legal? A recent rash of revenge porn outbreaks has led major social networking sites such as Twitter and Reddit to ban the controversial practice. But what exactly is revenge porn? How much of it is genuine? And what are the legal ramifications of sharing it? Revenge porn has become…
If you were looking forward to snatching TaylorSwift.porn or TaylorSwift.adult when those sites were to go on sale, you’ll have to find another hot young celebrity to troll. In a savvy move that first raised eyebrows before it got hands clapping, Taylor Swift bought both domains this week, taking advantage of a grace period…
In light of yesterday’s story of a Texas Roadhouse accidentally serving a two-year-old girl sangria instead of cranberry juice, the following tale out of Oregon may or may not have you shaking your head. Authorities in the Beaver State have arrested a 22-year-old man for smoking marijuana through a glass pipe and then blowing…
Well, that was fast: About a day after Rob Kardashian compared his sister Kim to the blood-soaked murderess from Gone Girl, Kanye West has gone on the offensive to protect his wife’s honor. Rob called Kim “the b*tch from Gone Girl” via Instagram; now, Kanye says he wants “a showdown” with his brother-in-law. According…
Rumors about Bruce Jenner’s big post-sex change debut have been swirling for weeks–and it looks like we might finally have a clearer idea about when to expect the big reveal. According to several reports, Jenner is in talks with the producers of Dancing With The Stars about coming on the show as a woman….
If you spend more time staring into screens than basking in the sun’s glow, you might be in danger of long-term health risks. That’s the conclusion a group of researchers from the University of Connecticut have arrived at, in a new study published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. (It is a…
Just two weeks after going platinum blonde for Paris Fashion Week–and turning legions of heads in the process–Kim Kardashian has declared an end to what we’re now calling the Blonde Fortnight. KK’s most recent Instagram update shows off a return to her naturally dark-haired ways, along with a caption that explains and intrigues in…
A drunken airplane passenger both gave and got more than she bargained for when purchasing her ticket. According to British Airways, an unidentified 46-year-old woman caused a bit of a ruckus on an international flight from Kingston, Jamaica to London this weekend. Partway through the flight, the clearly intoxicated woman began using sexually suggestive language…
It’s perhaps the most sickening crime that Florida’s long, stinky history has ever produced: A Boca Raton woman has been arrested and charged with assault and battery after smearing dog poop on her neighbor’s face in the middle of a fight. Amy Goldberg, 57, got into an alteration with an unnamed neighbor over–what else?–dog…
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