Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick reunited with head coach Jim Harbaugh Saturday at Michigan’s spring game, where he was invited to participate in a throwing audition for NFL scouts, an opportunity he hopes will help him get a “starting job.” Kaepernick told WXYZ Detroit after the halftime showcase that he “absolutely” still has […]
The 94th Academy Awards take place this Sunday. But with last year’s viewing figures at an all-time low, organisers are under pressure to make the ceremony relevant again, particularly to younger audiences. There used to be a hundred reasons to sit down and watch the Oscars. In a pre-social media age, it provided a rare […]
Republican Representative Dan Crenshaw is blasting the NCAA for allowing transgender athlete Lia Thomas to take gold at the Division I women’s swimming championship. Thomas, a transwoman, who now swims for the University of Pennsylvania women’s team, spent three seasons on the men’s team before starting hormone treatment. Although Thomas passed all of the NCAA’s […]
A North Carolina veteran turned a restaurant meal into a Mega Millions jackpot after he used the numbers from his fortune cookie to win a $4 million prize. Gabriel Fierro and his wife eat at the Red Bowl Asian Bistro in Charlotte, N.C., about once a week, according to the NC Education Lottery. Last week, […]
A carnivore is putting his love of meat to the test by conducting an experiment to see how long he can survive eating raw flesh every single day. The man has so far managed 78 days consuming his favourite uncooked foods, including chicken breasts, steak and swordfish, apparently without succumbing to severe food poisoning. He […]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady told fans Tuesday he’s retiring from football, saying it’s time to focus on other things after an illustrious NFL career that has spanned 22 seasons. The 44-year-old’s lengthy Instagram post capped almost 72 hours of speculation since reports first emerged Saturday afternoon that the winner of seven Super Bowls […]
Sean Penn doubled down on comments he made about masculinity in American men during a recent interview in which he blamed “cowardly genes” for men “putting on a skirt.” The controversial comments came after the “Flag Day” actor and two-time Oscar-winner spoke out about American culture in an interview with a newspaper in which he […]
“Jeopardy!” contestant Amy Schneider has a few choices words for those directing transphobic comments at her on social media. Schneider, who is the first transgender contestant to qualify for the game show’s Tournament of Champions, addressed the commentary sent to her through messages over the course of December in a tweet on the last day […]
Betty White, a comedy icon known for roles in “Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died. She was 99. Her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas confirmed the news on Friday. “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” Witjas said in a statement to People […]
Alec Baldwin has broken his silence after firing a prop gun on the set of his upcoming Western film “Rust” that killed the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured the director Joel Souza. He expressed his condolences to Hutchins’ family and called the shooting an accident. “There are no words to convey my shock and sadness […]
DC Comics is dumping the patriotic portion of Superman’s long-used motto to fight for “truth, justice and the American way” for a “mission statement” to champion “truth, justice and a better tomorrow.” Jim Lee, chief creative officer and publisher of DC, announced the swap Saturday during a virtual fan event, asserting the Man of Steel’s […]
After more than 50 years of being rock music’s biggest mystery – who broke up The Beatles? – Paul McCartney comes clean and gives a direct answer. Often being accused of the band’s downfall, having in the past hired lawyers to settle band disputes and wanting to go solo, McCartney said that he did not […]
