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Ariana Grande’s awards season is off to an exciting start. The actor, singer, brand founder, and much more accepted the “Rising Star” award at last night’s Palm Springs Film Festival. Yes, we know it’s a little crazy for a multi-hyphenate like that to be called a rising star, but Grande’s role as Glinda in Wicked […]
Around 8PM on December 30th, California Highway Patrol pulled over a driver for speeding his Rolls Royce Ghost down Highway 99. According to a CHP Madera County’s Facebook postthe driver was “found to be under the influence and placed under arrest for DUI.” Inside the roughly $400,000 luxury car, authorities found an unexpected passenger. “The […]
Archaeologists wasted no time in 2024, digging up incredible finds, such as the remains of an ancient temple in Greece and golden tongues in ancient Egyptian burialsand then analyzing them to learn more about our past. Meanwhile, people studying human evolution found precious clues about our extinct relatives. For instance, they discovered that 1.4 million-year-old […]
Charles Shyer, the director and Oscar-nominated writer who teamed with then-wife Nancy Meyers on such audience-pleasing, feel-good comedies as Private Benjamin, Irreconcilable Differences, Baby Boom and Father of the Bridehas died. He was 83. Shyer died Friday, his family announced. No other details were immediately available. The son of veteran assistant director Melville Shyer, one […]
Hudson Meek, the 16-year-old actor who appeared in “Baby Driver,” died last week after falling from a moving vehicle in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, according to CNN affiliate WVTM. The teen sustained blunt force trauma in the fall on December 19 and was admitted to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, where he died from […]
KURUKKAL MADAM, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, the boy once known as “Baby 81” is now a 20-year-old dreaming of higher education. Jayarasa Abilash’s story symbolized that of the families torn apart […]
Russian scientists have unveiled the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the remote Yakutia region of Siberia during the summer. They say “Yana” – who has been named after the river basin where she was discovered – is the world’s best-preserved mammoth carcass. Weighing in at over 100kg (15st 10lb), […]
A music video for the cover features a cameo from Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin Kim Kardashian has boarded the holiday music train with a breathy cover of “Santa Baby.” The rendition of the classic Christmas tune was produced by Travis Barker and is accompanied by a lo-fi music video directed by Nadia Lee Cohen […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ attorney general sought again on Thursday to stop a man on death row from testifying to lawmakers who have raised doubts about his guilt and successfully paused his execution at the last minute in October. Robert Roberson was convicted in 2003 of killing his 2-year-old daughter. His execution had been […]
