It’s 2019, and women don’t play. This week in Kerala, India, some 5 million women formed a human chain spanning 385 miles, from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram, the BBC reports. The “women’s wall,” as it was called, was a peaceful protest against the centuries-old tradition of barring women of “menstruating age” from the Sabarimala temple, one of India’s holiest shrines. The […]

Box office returns in Italy dropped about 5% to €555 million ($631 million) in 2018, posting their worst result in a decade as Hollywood blockbusters drew in fewer Italian moviegoers than usual. On the bright side, Italian films gained traction last year, scoring a 22% market share, up from 16% in 2017, marking the second-best showing in the past four years, according […]

If you know me at all, you’re most likely somewhat aware of my affinity for bad movies. Whether it’s a cheesy romantic comedy, a dumb slasher movie, or if it’s simply a taste of care-free slapstick comedy, there’s a pretty good chance that I’ve seen it, and that I love it. Recently, my fellow bad movie-lovers out there in the […]

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission will return to five members after the Senate confirmed Geoffrey Starks to a vacant seat. But his confirmation comes just as the agency prepares to suspend operations amid the partial shutdown of the federal government. Although FCC commissioners are not being furloughed, much of the staff will be sidelined as of midday on Thursday […]

On-again/off-again couple Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik have split once more, but is this the end of their relationship forever? We’ve got the details! Gigi Hadid, 23, and Zayn Malik, 25, have been known as one of Hollywood’s hottest couples since they began dating in November 2015. But the leggy supermodel and the former One Direction band member recently split again and […]

A 22-year-old teacher from Virginia living in Southeast Asia was unable to move after waking up in her apartment on December 22. Now, after being diagnosed with a rare and sudden illness, her family is working to fly her thousands of miles back home in the hopes that she soon makes a full recovery. Caroline Bradner — who moved to […]

Iconoclast actress and crowd surfing rock and roll singer Juliette Lewis — the 1992 Oscar nominee was the subject of a 2016, Michael Rapaport-directed rockumentary short “Hard Lovin’ Woman,” has said she rarely gets attached to any place she lives but, we first heard from real estate yenta Yolanda Yakketyyak, has none-the-less splashed out $1.499 million to buy and perhaps […]

It’s been 25 years since R. Kelly first had to answer for sexual abuse allegations. Two and a half decades of new reports, new witnesses, new testimonies, new windows into an age-old story of powerful men seizing the chance to play God while trampling countless women — girls — into the dirt. And yet, as a devastating new docuseries lays […]

Each day on the roads across the UK there are a number of accidents, caused by tiredness, impatience and all round carelessness. One lorry driver has seen his fair share of reckless behaviour over the years, but couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw what one cyclist did right in front of him. HGV driver Richard Hook, 32, watched in […]

Twitter users attacked Madonna's image after the 60-year-old singer was photographed looking curvier than usual. (Photo: Nicholas Hunt) Madonna is facing major critiques about her body after a new photo went viral this week. Following a New Year’s performance just after midnight at New York’s Stonewall Inn, users on Twitter began attacking the 60-year-old singer, whose backside appeared curvier than usual during […]