Before Diane Sawyer’s blockbuster interview with Bruce Jenner aired on ABC, she told George Stephanopoulos, “This is a family love story.” Indeed, when the interview ran on Friday night, there was something different about the way 20/20 covered Jenner’s coming out as transgender. There was none of the sensationalism of Piers Morgan’s 2014 interview with […]
Do you have an obnoxiously catchy song lyric stuck on repeat in your brain? New research suggests that the secret to getting rid of these “earworms” may be as simple as chewing a stick of gum. According to a new study conducted by psychologists at the University of Reading in the U.K., chewing diverts attention […]
(RNS) Trapdoors, secret chambers and mysterious torch-lit beach rituals. The eighth episode of “Dig,” the Holy Land conspiracy thriller that aired Thursday (April 23) on the USA Network, serves up all these classic elements of suspense. But that heady cocktail comes with a shot of religious history and biblical references that add context to what […]
“Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” cast mates “Mama June” Shannon and daughter Lauryn Thompson, a.k.a. “Pumpkin,” reveal some surprise facts about their sexuality in a new “Inside Edition” interview. “I’m attracted to females, and I’m attracted to males,” Pumpkin declares in the interview, which aired April 24. Though she stops short of using the terms […]
Some of the most provocative discussions about gender identity aren’t happening inside a classroom, they’re on the Internet — often thanks to influential personalities who use their platform trying to help make the world a safer and more welcoming place for transgender, intersex, gender non-conforming and cisgendered people. (Not sure what any of those terms […]
Fourth-grader Scout is struggling to keep her composure during a parent-teacher conference as the teacher expounds upon the character-building aspects of having failed a math quiz. She fixes her tearful gaze in the distance. “I know that face,” says her father, filmmaker Greg Whiteley. “That face is saying, ‘This is bullshit. This whole thing called […]
Lily-Rose Depp hit the genetic lottery. When you’re the offspring of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, it’s only a matter of time before you’re modeling in magazines, fronting fashion campaigns, walking runways and doing anything else you want. The 15-year-old can check one of those items off the list. E! News reports that Depp has […]
When a Harmonizer decided to ask her friend to prom, she knew her promposal needed to be awesome. With a little help from Fifth Harmony, it turned out to be perfect. According to MTV News, the group helped a Harmonizer named Tristine ask her friend, Jane, to prom. MTV reports that Tristine thought her promposal […]
“Montage of Heck” is the latest documentary to explore the psyche of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, but it’s certainly not the most controversial. Seventeen years after he made waves with his documentary “Kurt & Courtney,” director Nick Broomfield has less than fond memories of the production, he told HuffPost Live on Friday. In fact, […]
Midway through lunch at a divey Williamsburg Mexican joint, Shamir Bailey turned into a puppet. Well, on the internet, anyway — at some moment between the chips and guac and the lengua chimichangas, the video for his bouncy new “Call It Off” premiered online, kicking up a flurry of faves, reblogs, and a few WTFs. […]
