Eleven teen boys in the Chicago area were charged with felony crimes after two gay men were lured and beaten last summer using gay dating apps, according to police. The teens, all males aged 16 and 17, took inspiration for the crimes from a viral social media trend, the Mount Prospect Police Department said in
Month: January 2025
Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Argentine judge confirmed charges against five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction, and ordered preventive prison for two of them for having supplied him with drugs. A judicial officer confirmed Monday the judge’s decision and
San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle was more like Santa Paws this holiday season … ’cause he treated team WAGs Olivia Culpo and Kristin Juszczyk to some pet-centric gifts — personalized portrait rugs of their beloved furry pets!!! TMZ Sports has learned Kittle contacted designer Angel Arreola to make special pieces for the wives
You’ve seen all kinds of other worst-of lists for 2024, but now, see them done TV Fanatic style! This list has a little of everything. Whether we once loved them or they never stood a chance, they can still land right here on the worst-of list. (TV Fanatic) Our current team, including Carissa Pavlica, Jack
A new year is upon us, and with it, another “Where is it??” for Retroware’s Toxic Crusaders. It looked to be coming this past Fall (with the demo making that seem all the more likely), but that obviously never happened. So what’s the deal? Retroware has heard your cries, and has released a new development
I remember when Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” was released in April of ’88, a striking introduction from a powerful and heart-rending new voice in music. “Fast Car” simply and beautifully relays the persuasive, hopeful desire to escape; the singer wants a “ticket to anywhere” and has “nothing to lose” or “prove.” Chapman has never confirmed
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Rachel Rosenberg has been writing since she was a child—at 13, she was published alongside celebs and fellow teens in Chicken Soup For the Teenage Soul 2. Rachel has a degree in Creative Writing from Montreal’s Concordia University;
April 10, 2024; Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Governor Mike DeWine gives his 2024 State of the State address in the Ohio House chambers at the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday afternoon. Republicans filed a record number of anti-trans bills before we even hit 2025, according to independent journalist Erin Reed. Reed, who works alongside volunteers on a
A driver deliberately crashed his truck into a crowd of New Year’s Day revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans and then opened fire, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 35, in an attack the FBI said it was investigating as an act of terrorism. “This is not just an act of
Garrett Yrigoyen found The One with wife Alex Yrigoyen after his messy split from Becca Kufrin following The Bachelorette. Garrett got engaged to Kufrin during the season 14 finale in 2018, but by 2020 there was trouble in paradise. Kufrin announced that September that the pair called it quits after Garrett made waves for his
In Nickel Boys, we get to go first-person-action mode in a drama about two Black boys unjustly sent to a segregated reform school in the Jim Crow South, 1962. But when the most compelling selling point of the film is its cinematography, that’s a problem. Nickel Boys is unique in that we the audience get
Sister Wives star, Meri Brown’s child, Leon Brown, has opted to lay low in the last few seasons of the show. However, fans have watched them grow up and often wonder how life is treating Leon. Understandably, 2024 came with many surprises and Leon is reflecting on how they made it through one of their
When it comes to Best Of lists, they’re never very difficult to research and write when centered around the horror genre. Any time I hear people bemoaning the lack of quality present in modern-day horror, I end up more confused than anything else. Ignoring the bevy of quality mainstream horror releases this year, the horror
One of the most delightfully strange movies from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival is about to make its theatrical debut this January. And the first trailer for Love Me, a millennia-spanning romance starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun, captures a portion of that delightful strangeness. Love Me begins well after the extinction of humanity, when
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public libraries, where she has focused
We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Trench Coat Showers aren’t the only issue when winter thaws to spring. In December, it’s fine to bundle up. But unexpected sunshine soon turns that
New Year’s is a time to party, but it’s also a time for making important changes. On New Year’s Day 1965, the queer community threw a party that would ultimately change how the world at large saw gays and lesbians. Not only that, but that party was started with what now seems like some unlikely
Image Credit: Getty Images New Year’s is here! The holiday season is wrapping up, and as we ring in the new year, many people are gearing up for fresh starts and exciting plans. But before you dive into the celebrations or kick off those New Year’s resolutions, you might be wondering about some practical details—like
Diplo was trippin’ — literally — during a CNN interview to ring in 2025 — and his back and forth with hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper was one for the history books. Diplo trips on LSD while appearing on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special. pic.twitter.com/V9iauqF86B — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 1, 2025 @PopCrave The
January begins the very best time of the year for TV. All of the shows that hid in fear of the juggernaut that is the NFL come out to play, and this January, we are inundated with many new shows and returns. As it turns out, 2025 begins with a wealth of riches you do
According to legend, apocryphal or not, the Commissioner of the US Patent Office (of all people) once declared that “everything that can be invented has been invented.” This was in the year 1899 for reference and so, aging like milk under a baking hot sun, his spurious prophecy ended up heralding a century that was
A lot of changes made for a pretty great year. My January promotion to Executive Editor meant leading online site editorial. Aside from some input by our Acting Editor-in-Chief, SPIN Founder Bob Guccione Jr., I managed the editorial staff, the stories, and the overall site strategy. So it was a big year for me. One
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Beauty influencer Cyrus Veyssi Just in time for the holidays, Google launched an online ad campaign this month featuring nonbinary influencer and “beauty creator” Cyrus Veyssi to promote the tech giant’s new “Nearby” shopping feature. The right-wing outrage machine gobbled up the advert like a Christmas fruitcake. Related: In the 20-second spot, Veyssi is seen
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces in Hollywood history but not every legal issue between the two. Jolie and Pitt signed off on a default declaration filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, saying they have entered into a written agreement on their marital and property rights.