A 24-year-old man has pleaded guilty to multiple murder charges after killing seven people, and injuring dozens more, at a July 4, 2022 parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, The Associated Press reports. Robert E. Crimo III changed his original not-guilty plea to guilty moments before his trial …
Read More »Meghan Markle on Tumultuous Lifestyle Brand Launch: 'I Was Figuring It Out in Real Time'
Meghan Markle opened up about the surprisingly turbulent launch of her lifestyle brand “As Ever,” admitting in a new interview with People, “There are tons of twists and turns — even with the name. I was figuring it out in real time.” The brand’s rocky ride began last March when …
Read More »Inside the Biggest Live Game of 'Dungeons & Dragons' Ever Played
I t’s a frosty January night in New York City, but Madison Square Garden is red hot. You feel the heat when pillars of flame spit out from black butane tanks that encircle a half-domed stage. The thunder of swag rock is drowned out by the dog-whistle cheers of 20,000 …
Read More »'Devil in the Family': What We Learned From the Ruby Franke Docuseries
It’s been more than a year since mommy vlogger Ruby Franke and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to felony child abuse. Now, a new Hulu docuseries is taking viewers on a close up look of how the YouTube star went from “America’s mom” to a convicted felon. Devil …
Read More »Conspiracy Theorists Melt Down Over White House's Dud 'Epstein Files' Stunt
Conspiracy theorists, amateur investigators, and online cranks of all sorts were livid today as they came to realize that documents related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein released by the Trump administration in a highly publicized spectacle contained zero new information — despite promises of bombshell revelations. Their shock resembled …
Read More »Why Are Family Vloggers Really Leaving California for Nashville?
According to the rumor mill of TikTok, mom influencers and family vloggers are fleeing the state of California because of a recent change in child labor laws which requires them to pay their children. Videos expanding on the theory are going viral, with millions of views and commenters breathlessly speculating …
Read More »Accused Rapist, Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate Allowed to Leave Romania for U.S.
Far-right influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate have left Romania, where they’ve been held for the past several years on rape and human trafficking charges, for the United States, The New York Times reports. Joseph McBride, a lawyer for the brothers, confirmed their impending return to the U.S. …
Read More »'Monster Hunter' Is a Global Hit. But What Makes It So Popular?
In the ever-saturated media landscape, blockbuster franchises are a dime a dozen, and video games are no different. Between perennial favorites releasing sequels annually, slews of nostalgia-driven remakes and remasters, and an entire ecosystem of live-service games — themselves amounting to nearly half of all games played daily — everyone …
Read More »Jeff Bezos Will Shoot Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Lauren Sanchez Into Space
Jeff Bezos is best known as Amazon’s kingpin, but he also owns an aerospace company (sound familiar?) that will send a new crew of high-profile women on a mission later this year. As announced on Feb. 27, pop star Katy Perry, CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King, and Besoz’s fiancée Lauren …
Read More »Tate Brothers' Return to U.S. Opens Rift in MAGA World
Three days ago, accused rapist and sex trafficker Andrew Tate uploaded a short video to his Rumble channel titled “The Age of Winning.” In a monologue that plays over a montage of masculine movie characters, footage from President Donald Trump‘s 2024 election campaign, and Tate himself, the manosphere influencer exhorts …
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