A 22-year-old Florida man was eaten by an 11-foot alligator while trying to hide from the police, according to authorities from Brevard County. The body of Matthew Riggins was identified Monday after it was found in a lake on November 23. Investigators believe Riggins drowned as a result of an alligator attack. WFTV reports that…
Cathy Bernstein tried to flee the scene last week after ramming another driver. The Florida woman might have gotten away with her crimes, too–if it weren’t for her meddling…car!?! Police in Port St. Lucie, Florida responded to a hit-and-run call from Anna Preston, who claimed that someone in a black car had rear ended her…
George Zimmerman, who shot and killed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012, is in the headlines yet again. This time, Zimmerman had his Twitter account deleted after posting semi-nude photos of his ex-girlfriend, along with her name, phone number, and e-mail address. Zimmerman also stated that the woman cheated on him with a “dirty…
Rumors about Leonardo DiCaprio bear rape have spread faster than the California wildfires that threaten some of those very bears’ habitats. Part of that is due to the fact that the phrase “Leonardo DiCaprio bear rape” is too absurd and funny to ever feel real. Even as the rumor spread, and people typed “Leonardo DiCaprio bear rape”…
The violence that killed sixteen and injured 21 in San Bernardino today was the day’s second mass shooting. The first, an attack that left one dead and three injured in Savannah, was largely overlooked, due to the scope of the shooting in California. But a day with multiple mass shootings is hardly irregular–there have been dozens of them so far in…
It’s been kind of a rough year for Kaley Cuoco. Her divorce has taken up most of her time since she and soon-to-be-ex Ryan Sweeting announced their split this past September. A few weeks ago, while speaking at a charity event, Cuoco broke down in tears in the middle of her speech, though she was…
A 19-year-old suspected burglar who was stuck inside a chimney and later died after the homeowner started a fire, has been identified. The Fresno County, California Sheriff’s Office reports that Cody Caldwell was the young man stuck inside the chimney, his cause of death was determined to be smoke inhalation and thermal burns. Here’s the…
New details about former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle’s “hypersexual” personality have emerged in the wake of the child pornography trial that saw him sentenced to 188 months in prison. According to John Bradford, a University of Ottawa professor and expert in sexual deviance, Fogle became hypersexual as a result of the weight loss that made him…
Courtland Rogers, the ex-husband of Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans, was jailed on Friday in Brunswick County, North Carolina. The 29-year-old with an extensive criminal history was arrested around 11 a.m. and charged with failure to appear on a misdemeanor, possession of heroin and two counts of probation violation. In addition, Rogers has also…
Eagles of Death Metal, the California band who were in the middle of a show at Paris’ Le Bataclan theater when last week’s terror attacks broke out, have discussed the attacks for the first time in a new interview. The band was performing for a sold-out crowd of 1,500 people when three black-clad men armed…
“Jared Fogle guilty” began trending across social media this morning, following the verdict in the child pornography trial of the former Subway spokesman. The verdict was the culmination of a five-month investigation into Fogle’s use of his own charity group, The Jared Foundation, to procure both child pornography and underage girls with whom he had…
When you finish an online test for your college psychology course while in labor, you have officially earned Starcasm’s #WCW! On November 12, 21-year-old Tommitrise Collins was preparing to deliver her baby at Coliseum Medical Center in Macon, Georgia–but before that happened she had to take an online test. The Middle Georgia State University student finished the…
Fierce! A recent ad for the new Barbie Moschino doll is making headlines as it features the first time a boy has been used in a commercial to market the popular toy. The video spot released October 30th shows the young boy with two girls as they rave about Mattel’s doll line that includes clothes…
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” ~ Nelson Mandela The unidentified pregnant woman seen dangling from a window at the Bataclan during the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris has…
A precious baby girl with an adorably unique name has been found safe after an ominous Amber Alert was issued Sunday. Twinkle Twinkie Twilight—who was in foster care—was believed to have been with her biological mother, Vicki Miles. CPS spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner said Miles fled with the child during a visit with her in Fort…
A controversial Utah family court judge has removed a 1-year-old baby from its foster parents because they are lesbians. Becky Peirce and April Hoagland, a married couple residing in Utah, have had the baby girl in their home for 3 months while the state has been moving towards terminating her biological mother’s parental rights. Hoagland…
Semantha Hunter-Bunce, a 21-year-old mother from North Carolina, is making headlines for her valiant effort at fighting off home intruders during a particularly sensitive moment. Semantha exchanged gunfire with two home intruders, wounded one, and sustained injuries…while in the middle of breastfeeding her four-month old. Hunter-Bunce, 21, is a combat medic in the National Guard….
A video posted to Facebook of a deaf woman’s sign language conversation with a Starbucks barista has gone viral. 28-year-old Rebecca King was beyond surprised when she pulled up to an area Starbucks drive-thru in St. Augustine, Florida and was able to order via sign language. This exchange between King and the barista, 22-year-old Katie…
A child that was reported missing 13 years ago was found earlier this week. In August of 2002, the mother of then 5-year-old Julian Hernandez told authorities in Vestavia Hills, Alabama that her child’s father had promised to take him to preschool. The pair never returned. Since that time it’s believed that Julian Hernandez, now…
The internet is still obsessed with Zola’s story, a thoughtful (and supposedly true) take on Thelma and Louise involving a 48-hour trip to Florida that included stripping, trapping (aka prostitution), homicide, human trafficking, and attempted suicide — all told 140 characters at a time via the @_zolarmoon Twitter account. But it appears that Zola’s story is merely Thelma’s account of…
In case you missed it, the biggest summer action/thriller blockbuster of 2015 isn’t in the theaters–it’s on Twitter, courtesy of user @_zolarmoon. Now being called simply “Zola’s story,” the epic tale of Zola’s (real name Aziah King) ill-fated overnight trip to Florida with a woman she met while waitressing at Hooters includes stripping, prostitution, kidnapping,…
In honor of Throwback Thursday today and Halloween this weekend, check out this hilarious, yet awkward photo. The mega pop star featured in this pic claims the kids at school weren’t hip on Teletubbies and thought she was dressed as a “yellow pregnant alien.” Can you guess who she is? . . . . . . . ….
On Monday, a D.C. police officer was attempting to break up two crowds of teenagers. When she was challenged by 17-year-old Aaliyah Taylor with some “Whip/NaeNae,” the uniformed cop obliged by throwing down with a stanky-legged dance-off for the turf! Like so many other actions by police over the last few months, this incident was caught…
When high-school runner Zach Hougland was the first to pass the finish line at the district cross-country meet last week, he said the feeling of being rewarded for his months of hard work was “phenomenal.” But, minutes later, Zach’s title was stripped when he went back on the course to help an ailing competitor. “I…
Authorities will announce today that Richland County, South Carolina Senior Deputy Ben Fields, the school resource officer who was caught on cellphone video violently slamming a high school student in her classroom, will be fired. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said at a news conference Tuesday that the female student, who has not been identified,…
Back in August, YouTube vloggers Sam and Nia’s pregnancy announcement went viral when he flipped the script by telling her the news. Just days later, the couple revealed they lost the baby — which fueled speculation about whether Nia was ever pregnant. The month ended with Sam confirming he used Ashley Madison after he was…
William Crum, the Texan who proclaimed “I don’t care” after swerving and hitting a motorcyclist attempting to pass in a no-pass zone, has been arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The video of the whole crazy scene was posted to Facebook by Eric Sanders, the driver of the motorcycle,…
The true star of Crimson Peak was the scary gothic mansion itself. Unfortunately, there’s no historic Allerdale Hall in rural England, but director Guillermo del Toro did build the mansion of his nightmares at Pinewood Toronto Studios. In fact, the entire film was shot in Canada, on sound stages and few choice locations including Toronto’s…
A Montana daycare owner went above and beyond the call of duty in protecting children under her care last week. Martha McClure was supervising three siblings, all under the age of four, when their father showed up at the facility with an unidentified woman. According to an AP report, McClure was already aware that the…
Jennifer Connell, a 54-year-old human resources manager from Manhattan, is suing her 12-year-old nephew after an excited hug–which happened during his own birthday celebration–caused her to fall and break her wrist. According to a report from the CTPost, Connell is seeking $127,000 in damages. Her nephew Sean Tarala, who was eight at the time of the incident,…
23-year-old Whitney Beall was arrested over the weekend in Lakeland, Florida after she used Twitter’s video feed app, Periscope, to live stream herself driving drunk. In the clip, Beall’s speech is heavily slurred. She starts off saying, “Hi, guys…I’m driving home drunk. Let’s see if I get a DUI. In the USA, people! Let’s see…
A photograph of 21-year-old student Godfrey Cuotto holding the hand of a man with special needs has gone viral after being shared on Facebook. Cuotto says he was headed home on a packed bus in Hamilton, Canada when a man seated near the front approached him to shake his hand. He told HuffPo Canada, “He…
Even Hollywood couldn’t concoct a script as wonderful as the true-life story of sisters Holly O’Brien and Meagan Hughes. As a young child in South Korea, Hughes was taken from her alcoholic father by her mother. In the process, Hughes’ older half-sister O’Brien was left in the care of her father. When the father died…
I assumed it would be a few days before our second installment of “Reflections With Tila Tequila,” but this psychic self-proclaimed angelic super soldier is nothing if not prolific! Among the latest insights from the Tequilai Lama is the revelation that “Satan’s greatest success” is having Mohammed’s students “twist God’s Message, and discredit Jesus, and…
Being a celebrity blogger, I follow a lot of celebrities’ social media accounts, but none of them (not even Farrah Abraham’s!) can widen my eyes and blow my brain as consistently as Tila Tequila’s! It’s not only Tila’s eye-popping (and bra-popping) photos, but her numerous daily postings about all sorts of topics — most of…
A Texas-based textbook publisher is under fire and promising to make revisions after an image of one of its book’s sections on slavery went viral. What’s the controversy? The book refers to slaves as “workers”–a whitewashing that’s prompted ire from a number of sources. Pearland, Texas-based McGraw Hill Publishing apologized for referring to “workers” in…
Cindy Hahn, a 40-year-old mom-of-two from Valencia, California, is suing the City of Carlsbad and several of its police officers, alleging that cops used unnecessary force by pinning her to the ground and repeatedly punching her during a July 2013 arrest. Hahn spoke with CBS Los Angeles, stating that cellphone footage of the incident backs…
Comedian Steve Rannazzisi doesn’t have many people laughing after confessing he fabricated an elaborate story about his whereabouts on September 11, 2001. “As a young man, I made a mistake that I deeply regret and for which apologies may still not be enough,” The League star told the New York Times via his publicist today. “It…
In a new interview with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was revealed Facebook may be adding a “dislike”-type button. Mark explained, “People have asked about the ‘dislike’ button for many years. Today is the day that I actually get to say we are working on it.” He’s right. Fans of the social media mega site…
YouTuber Nicole Arbour has doubled down on the fat shaming comments in her “Dear Fat People” video–comments which have drawn the ire of observers across the internet, seen Arbour lose thousands of followers, and gotten her fired as choreographer from a major motion picture. In response to widespread criticism of what critics say is Nicole Arbour…
A 13-year-old Maryland boy has been arrested and charged with assault after planting an unwanted kiss on his 14-year-old female classmate. The boy faces second-degree assault charges after kissing the girl on a dare, one that was witnessed by several other students. Now, what was a potentially harmless exchange has become a true legal imbroglio. The facts…
This week, HGTV and DIY Network star Nicole Curtis was the victim of a robbery in downtown Detroit. That story got blown a bit out of proportion, though, thanks to what Curtis is calling a series of misunderstandings between her account, the police report, and the media’s coverage. If you saw any of the news accounts…
James Blake is a Harvard-educated former tennis professional who once ranked No. 4 in the world. He is now in New York City for the US Open, but ran into unwarranted trouble outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel on Wednesday when white NYPD officers mistook him for a suspect in a credit card fraud case —…
Mercedes “Mercy” Casanellas and Richard Cushworth were reunited with their biological child after three months of not knowing where he was. When DNA tests revealed that son Jacob, born in El Salvador, was not related to them, the couple worried that their biological baby had been swapped and sold to child traffickers. Now, they are citing the…
UPDATE! Mercedes and Richard were reunited with their baby, named him Moses This May, Dallas residents Richard Cushworth and Mercedes Casanellas traveled to El edalvador so Mercedes could give birth in their home country. A few months later, DNA testing revealed the baby they brought home isn’t theirs. The couple became suspicious when their new…
A massive pillow fight at the prestigious United States Military Academy at West Point very nearly ended in tragedy when over two dozen cadets required evaluation by medical personnel. All told, 24 young soldiers were treated for injuries suffered in the huge pillow fight–fought with standard-issue pillows, plus some augmentation–though no cadets have been dismissed over the incident….
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who has become a lightning rod for left-wing criticism and an icon of right-wing politicians because of her refusal to grant same-sex marriage licenses in Kentucky, is under arrest. A Kentucky judge ordered Davis placed under arrest for contempt of court, stating that a fine would not compel Davis to do her duty….
Divorce is never easy, but when there are children involved, it definitely helps if the parents can be as positive about each other as possible. Sharon and Chris Neuman started an uplifting trend when their enthusiastic “divorce self” hit the web recently. “Are we smiling because the partner we chose for forever turned out not…
Zachery Martin, who played Duivel Doug’s right hand man on Discovery’s Amish Mafia, died Friday at the age of 25. His funeral service was held earlier today in Pennsylvania. Here is Zach’s obituary: Zachery L. Martin, 25, of 664 Gault Rd., Gap, died Friday, August 28, 2105 at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Born in…
There are thousands of incredible police officers who do their jobs with dedication, care for others and necessary caution. Then there the three Georgia cops who entered the wrong home, shot the homeowner, killed the dog and wounded one of their own. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports the officers were responding to a vague report…
The father of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker–one of two victims of the WDBJ shootings, carried out on live television last week by a disgruntled former reporter–has penned a strong anti-firearm editorial for the Washington Post. Entitled “My daughter was killed on live television. I will do whatever it takes to end gun violence,” the essay is direct, and…
The family of missing woman Renee LaManna believe they got a huge break on Aug. 18, when The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office in New Jersey reported a sighting of her at a Walmart in South Carolina–over 700 miles away from home. LaManna was last seen by family in New Jersey in 1994. “I will do anything…
You know the few celebrity men who have been outed as users of Ashley Madison and then claimed they never actually used to site to hook up with any women? (I’m looking at you, Sam Rader and Josh Taekman.) That could be because there were hardly any real female users. Even before the Ashley Madison…
Chris Hurst, an anchor at WDBJ Channel 7 in Virginia, has penned a loving remembrance of both victims of today’s on-air shooting. Hurst laments the loss of both co-workers, but his message is especially heartbreaking in light of the revelation that Hurst and Alison Parker, the reporter who was conducting the interview during the shooting,…
A terrifying scene unfolded this morning as shots were fired during a live report by WDBJ7 news out of Roanoke, Virginia. According to a report via Roanaoke.com, law enforcement officials are searching for a suspect after multiple shots were fired near Smith Mountain Lake. WUSA9 is reporting that three people were hurt and that area…
It all started with a video posted last week on Facebook by Melissa Estrella: in the video, the mom finds suspicious, sharp “shards” covering her child’s Huggies brand baby wipes. Estrella’s discovery now has parents everywhere questioning whether these wipes are tainted with shards of glass. The three-minute video shows Estrella opening three bags of Huggies…
After the pregnancy and miscarriage videos from YouTube vloggers Sam and Nia went viral, Sam Rader said he was enjoying the attention because he “always had a dream to be famous.” But now he’s learning that fame has its downsides: Rader was kicked out of a vlogger conference this weekend after getting into an argument with…
Pop princess Britney Spears is the latest celebrity to embrace the mermaid trend. She eschews legs in favor of fins to pose with her sons Preston and Jayden in a new poolside snap! Britney shared the photo above on Facebook and Instagram moments ago and captioned it simply “The mermaid life ?” The photo comes…
As violence continues in Ferguson, Missouri–the site of riots after unarmed black teen Michael Brown was killed by a police officer–another innocent life has been claimed. St. Louis station KMOV reports 9-year-old Jamyla Bolden was doing homework in bed around 9:30 on Tuesday night when someone opened fire into the house. Jamyla was struck and killed…
It looks like hackers have followed through on their threat of releasing personal information for millions of users of adultery-seeking website Ashley Madison. Trustify, a site that lets you “hire your own affordable private detective to check on anyone or anything you wish,” has posted a searchable email database they claim will identify whether or…
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