Police in Jamaica have named a person of interest in the death of Aneka Townsend, an Instagram influencer whose body was recently found in the ocean. On Saturday, Oct. 22, the Jamaica Constabulary Force issued a statement confirming Townsend’s identity (the influencer, who also went by “Kayan” or “Slickianna,” had …
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The old maxim “never tweet” was rarely more applicable than when a woman named Daisey Beaton chose to express the joy of sharing coffee and conversation each morning with her husband in their garden. They “sit and talk for hours,” she wrote, concluding, “love him so much.” A sweet sentiment, …
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In Hollywood, Steve Molaro is known as an Emmy-nominated TV producer and writer who worked on the long-running sitcom The Big Bang Theory and co-created its spinoff, Young Sheldon. In the annals of internet lore, meanwhile, he’s the guy who first dared to order “None Pizza With Left Beef” from …
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An anti-semitic group hung a sign from an L.A. overpass that read: “Kanye is right about the Jews,” apparently inspired by recent anti-Semitic comments and social media posts by the rapper. Behind the signs, which were hung on Saturday afternoon, at least seven people did the Nazi salute as cars …
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For Anthony Bourdain, success came late in life — he was 43, ancient by celebrity standards — but when it did come it came suddenly and surely. One morning — it was April 12, 1999 — he woke up as he usually did, a man with no credit cards or …
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The 19-year-old American grandmaster at the heart of the cheating scandal that has rocked the chess world has filed a $100 million lawsuit against his main accuser and others who he claims have ruined his career. Hans Niemann — who allegedly cheated in over 100 online chess matches in addition …
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Stephen Curry will celebrate the stories of some of the biggest figures in sports with a new graphic novel series, Stephen Curry Presents: Sports Superheroes. As The Associated Press reports, the series will launch in fall 2024, starting with an installment on Curry’s journey to NBA superstardom. The Curry graphic …
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It’s been years since the heyday of “Only Nineties Kids Will Remember” clickbait — the listicles that sent us back to a neon-flecked era of Power Rangers, CDs, Beanie Babies, and VHS tapes. But nostalgia dies hard, and now a Canadian man considered a leading intellectual in far-right media is …
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Mark Latunski — who murdered Kevin Bacon in 2019 after meeting him on Grindr — was sentenced to life in prison Thursday. “The court finds that this is a crime of cold calculation,” Judge Matthew Stewart said, per CBS. “Kevin Bacon’s death was Mark Latunski’s design.” Latunski pleaded guilty in …
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The auction site eBay has announced that it will remove any Jeffrey Dahmer costumes listed for sale, citing a policy against items associated with violent criminals. The Dahmer masks and clothes were poised to become a trend among Halloween revelers this year following Ryan Murphy’s hit Netflix series about the …
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