archiveJuly 2025

After spending four months incarcerated in El Salvador’s notoriously brutal prison system after President Donald Trump’s administration wrongfully sent them there, recently freed Venezuelan migrant men are speaking out about the abuse and torture they endured in the foreign gulag.  The over 250 Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration deported to...

With a deafening cheer of “Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy! Oi oi oi!,” Birmingham, England, said a fond farewell today to its favorite son, Ozzy Osbourne, during a citywide celebration. Thousands of fans gathered in the city center, congregating along Broad Street and near the Black Sabbath Bridge. The mood was mostly...

There’s no swear jar in Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell’s house. The couple, who are parents to daughters Delta, 10, and Lincoln, 12, have no reservations when it comes to allowing their children to swear, at least on some occasions, a parenting decision that The Ranch alum opened up about...

Kelly Osbourne is celebrating her father Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy with a subtle tribute. The Black Sabbath frontman was honored during a public procession July 30, eight days after he passed away at age 76. At the funeral in Birmingham, England, his daughter wore a pair of round wire-rimmed sunglasses, which were one of her dad's signature styles...

The Lionesses will face China PR at Wembley. (Justin Setterfield/Getty) The Euro-winning England team will play an international friendly fixture at Wembley Stadium in November against China PR – tickets for the football match are on sale on Friday (1 August). The Lionesses will welcome China’s national team, who go by...

Big Five publishers are also looking for authors to have bought-in audiences follow them already in the form of large social media followings, or a widely-read fanfiction with a following. Self-published authors don’t have access to these resources, but they can still make a splash and stand out in a...

Genre icon Jeffrey Combs appears in the new psychological horror film Lilly Lives Alone. Check out the fever dream of a trailer below. The feature debut of writer-director Martin Melnick hits select theaters and VOD on August 22 via Dark Sky Pictures. After the death of her child, Lilly runs...

Ever since The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping was announced, it’s become one of our most-anticipated upcoming book adaptations, and getting all the casting news over the past few months has only added to the hype. I mean, Elle Fanning being chosen to play Effie Trinket is literally a...

Jeremy Renner is ready to step back into Hawkeye’s suit. In a new interview with Empire, the actor said that he is “sure” he will return as the Marvel superhero, either in a second season of Disney+ series Hawkeye or in a future MCU movie. “I’m always happy to be...

The Oak Ridge Boys are showing no signs of slowing down.Despite announcing a farewell tour in 2023, the legendary quartet is turning their American Made Tour into a seasonal celebration.The new American Made Christmas Tour is a limited nine-date run kicking off Dec. 4 in Sarasota, Fla., and wrapping Dec....

A new Big Bang Theory spinoff is coming soon, but will it involve other original cast members? HBO Max officially ordered Stuart Fails to Save the Universe earlier this month, starring Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn, and John Ross Bowie. The new series won’t be like Big Bang or...

D’Andra Simmons is sharing a difficult medical update. The Real Housewives of Dallas alum said she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will be treated at a hospital in Dallas that her family coincidentally helped start. “Today is the day!” Simmons wrote in her July 29 Instagram post. “I...

The Sandman showrunner has spoken out about channelling two characters’ “gay dad” energy, ahead of the bonus episode. (Netflix) The Sandman recently returned to Netflix for season two and is set to see an upcoming bonus episode. The series’ showrunner has now effortlessly explained why he turned two characters into...

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The Popcorn Frights Film Festival is back with its eleventh this year, both in-person and virtually, from August 7-17. The Southeast’s largest genre celebration announces its second wave of programming this morning, from new premieres to repertory screening classics. The final wave is a short film showcase, featuring seventy-four world premiere shorts. Look for...

Julia Roberts’ career is packed with great movies, but did you know she’s never starred in a sequel to one of them? Well, that could finally change thanks to some news about a sequel that’s apparently going into early development. The word is that Sony is working on a followup...

Bove has been accused of engaging in deception in order to carry out Trump’s agenda The Senate approved Emil Bove as a federal judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The vote will place Bove — who has been accused of intentionally misleading federal courts...

An emotional Kesha fought back tears as she performed her 2023 deepcut “Happy” during a show in Ohio on Monday night. “There’s so many things I’d change, but I can’t,” she sang, squinting her eyes to hold in the tears, while physically holding in sobs. “There’s so many things I...

NCIS: Tony & Ziva star Cote de Pablo revealed she refused an intimacy coordinator on the set of the upcoming spinoff. The new series is set to premiere in September on Paramount+, and the latest trailer for Tony& Ziva sees the titular former agents getting pretty cozy with each other....

Kim Kardashian isn't skimping on the potential of shapewear. That's why the Kardashians star's SKIMS brand just released a face wrap designed to shape the jawline. Described on the label's website as "the first-ever face innovation," the swaddle—which comes in dark brown and tan colors—is made with "signature sculpting fabric...

Chloe Kelly acknowledges the fans during the England Women’s team victory parade (Leon Neal/Getty Images) TV presenter Alex Scott has apologised after Lioness star Chloe Kelly swore live on air during the team’s victory parade on Tuesday (29 July). The parade was held to mark England’s victory over world champions...

Quinn Lemley has just returned from Indiana, where she joined loved ones in celebrating her father Max’s 91st birthday—a joyous gathering rooted in warmth and family pride. Back in NYC, Quinn continues hosting Secrets of the Stage on MNN’s Culture Channel (Channel 4) every Sunday at 7:30 pm EST. The series dives...

Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow...

The Jason Universe team was on hand at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend, where they revealed the first trailer for upcoming short-form vignette Sweet Revenge and also teased that a new movie and a new video game are top priorities for the brand going forward. Fans who attended the...

After it was revealed that Megan Fox and MGK were having a baby, reports came out that they had broken up. Now, it’s been months since that happened, and the two share a daughter. However, rumors about their reportedly rocky relationship are still swirling around. So, as they’ve been co-parenting...

Nick Cave hasn’t always held artificial intelligence in the highest regard. Back in 2023, a fan sent him a song that ChatGPT had generated “in the style of Nick Cave,” to which the musician bluntly responded: “The apocalypse is well on its way.” But Cave’s opinion has changed somewhat after...

Beef prices in America are currently surging, and the bad news is, there is no end in sight.According to FOX Business, beef prices have gone up 9 percent since the beginning of 2025.The problem seems to be that us Americans love chomping into burgers and steaks, but there are less...

Craig Melvin has always been there for his friend Al Roker. Melvin revealed on Monday’s episode of TODAY that he once donated blood to his friend and colleague during one of the weather presenter’s past health crises. Melvin, who has been a “regular blood donor for years,” kicked off the...

The Lighthouse At The Edge Of The World (Pan Macmillan) Grief, love, sapphics and talking dogs – J. R. Dawson’s new book, The Lighthouse At The Edge Of The World, has it all and will leave you hooked.   If contemporary queer fantasy is a genre you love, The Lighthouse At...

David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, married Sydney Bowles in 1904. Sydney’s father was Thomas Gibson Bowles, who also founded the magazine Vanity Fair (an early British version of the magazine that published from 1868 to 1914), and then a women’s magazine called The Lady (published from 1885 to 2025). David...