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Like most other teenagers, Raphael La Ferrara spends a lot of time on TikTok — it’s where he shares his craft, makes others smile and has amassed more than a million followers. The 17-year-old Montrealer is a professional magician and content creator who uses everything from a deck of cards to colourful party cups to

Contestants on Season 9 of History’s Alone, the outdoor survival reality show unlike anything else on television, face a new threat that might be the most unnerving yet. The brave competitors will once again be dropped into a remote region — allowed to bring only 10 survival items from a pre-approved list — and will

The drill is always the same. When I get news of one of these school-shooting horrors, my phone starts blowing up with media requests from people who want to hear from the author of Columbine. So I turn on the TV to get up to speed. Not this time, with 19 young children and two

With the release of his new album Harry’s House, Harry Styles is in full promotion mode and he recently had some help from late night host and friend James Corden. In a segment for The Late Show, Styles and Corden made a music video for his hit single “Daylight.” Normally, a video for the former

Ellen DeGeneres brought her long-running daytime talk show to an end on Thursday to muted fanfare as the comedian and host continues to grapple with the fallout of allegations that The Ellen DeGeneres Show was a toxic workplace. When Oprah Winfrey ended her iconic daytime talk show in 2011, over 16.4 million people tuned in and

As you watch Stranger Things season 4, one thing becomes clear: The boys didn’t just wait for Will to play Dungeons & Dragons. At the end of the third season, it seemed like our core group of friends were keeping that part of their lives sacred, and then the Hellfire Club comes along in season

NOTE: This article contains details and descriptions that are graphic and disturbing. Please read at your own discretion. Jurors in the ongoing trial pitting actors and former spouses Amber Heard and Johnny Depp against one another will hear from final witnesses Thursday, one day before lawyers from each side present their final arguments. Depp, 58,

22 burning questions—and answers!—about the insanely lucrative, uniquely confusing, distressingly scammy, and quite possibly revolutionary world of non-fungible tokens. By Duncan Cooper and Jessica Klein May 26, 2022 1. So what is an NFT, anyway? In essence, an NFT, or non-fungible token, is just a record that someone owns something. That record lives on the

Kevin Spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men, the Crown Prosecution Service of the U.K. announced. Rosemary Ainslie, the head of the CPS special crime division, said the CPS had authorized the criminal charges. “He has also been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity

Ray Liotta, the gruff blue-eyed actor who starred in movies like Goodfellas and Field of Dreams, has died at the age of 67. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed his death directly with his representative, Jennifer Craig, who said the actor was in the midst of shooting a movie and “died in his sleep.” This is a

If Rapunzel was an A-list model in Cannes, France during the city’s film festival, then she may have dressed like Bella Hadid did this afternoon on her hotel balcony. Hadid was photographed in a nude Versace lace-up corset dress with a very high leg slit from fall 2003. She waved at photographers from above. Pepe

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Jurors in Johnny Depp’s libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard heard a snippet of testimony Tuesday contradicting one of Heard’s key witnesses, but much of the context was stripped away. Jennifer Howell — who once employed Heard’s sister, Whitney Henriquez — testified briefly Tuesday in the six-week civil trial through

Most people know Star Wars’ Obi-Wan Kenobi as either the wizened mentor of the original trilogy or the young but dedicated teacher and friend in the prequels. But did you know Obi-Wan was also a romantic hero of the Clone Wars? Obi-Wan had his love interests in the original expanded universe of novels (which aren’t

Former reality TV star Josh Duggar returned to federal court on Wednesday, where a judge sentenced him to 12.5 years in prison for a child pornography conviction. Judge Timothy L. Brooks sentenced Duggar to a total of 151 months behind bars. Prosecutors were seeking a maximum 20-year sentence for Duggar, while his lawyers asked that

Ever since April 30, Princess Charlene has eased back into her royal duties with appearances at a Monaco E-Prix race and a rugby tournament organized by her charity. The Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, one the principality’s biggest annual events, is taking place on Sunday, and the princess and her husband Prince Albert reportedly have

He is one of Jamaica’s most elusive acts. A deejay legend who bridged generations. And now, with his first new track in a decade and a rare show at Radio City Music Hall this weekend, all signs are pointing to a Super Cat comeback. By Edwin STATS Houghton Photography by Martei Korley May 25, 2022

NOTE: This article contains details and descriptions that are graphic and disturbing. Please read at your own discretion. As the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial approaches its end, Depp’s ex-girlfriend Kate Moss took stand on Wednesday. Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 36, for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 24, 2022 6:53 am     Updated May 24, 2022 6:55 am Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ TORONTO — The sex assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is set to resume in Toronto today. The Crown finished presenting

“I’m very happy to talk about it,” Billie Eilish tells David Letterman in the latest episode of the host’s Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. But she admits she only talks about “it” rarely, if ever: The “Happier Than Ever” singer was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at the age of 11, and though

NOTE: This article contains details and descriptions that are graphic and disturbing. Please read at your own discretion. A hand surgeon testified Monday that Johnny Depp could not have lost the tip of his middle finger the way he told jurors it happened in his civil lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. The finger injury, which

Melanie Lynskey spoke openly about her life-long struggle with an eating disorder that she says began when she was twelve years old. The actress told Vulture in an interview published this week that her disordered eating started at home as her mother had “a lot of issues around food and was anorexic for a lot

Last week the highly-anticipated trailer for the Disney+’s She-Hulk show (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law) was released to mixed reactions. Beyond the love for a few scenes and the show’s tone, everyone was baffled by how the green version of famed lawyer and cousin to Bruce Banner, Jessica Walters, a.k.a. She-Hulk, was depicted. When Disney announced

Isaiah Lee, a Los Angeles man charged with assaulting Dave Chappelle during a stand-up show, has revealed why he tackled the comedian in a jailhouse interview with the New York Post. Lee, 23, said he attended the Netflix Is a Joke comedy festival on May 3 to have a “good time,” but became “triggered” when

The Star Wars universe seemed plenty big back when we waited years between movies to catch up on what was happening in that galaxy far, far away. But like our own universe, it’s still expanding, 10 years after George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to the Walt Disney Company. For our annual TV Issue—an exploration of what’s

Top Gun: Maverick this year, and two Mission films for ‘23 and ’24? Tom held us down three summers. By Grant Rindner May 23, 2022 Tom Cruise attends the Top Gun: Maverick Royal Film Performance at Leicester Square on May 19, 2022 in London, England.Courtesy of Neil Mockford via FilmMagic/Getty Images. Cruise has been on

Four years ago, Graf Mack—a former star of Dance Theatre of Harlem and Alvin Ailey—took the reins of the school’s dance division, with plans to usher in an altogether more diverse experience. The pandemic, alongside changing conversations around race and gender, shifted that evolution into high gear. By Laura Regensdorf May 23, 2022

Kourtney Kardashian married Travis Barker in a white corset mini dress by Dolce & Gabbana for the couple’s official, friends and family wedding in Portofino, Italy yesterday. But the newlywed still had a very goth bride moment at the reception with her outfit change. Kardashian’s new stepdaughter Alabama Luella Barker shared footage of Kardashian in

Stranger Things is back in a huge way, and season 4 does not disappoint. Heading into season 4, series creators the Duffer Brothers had made it pretty clear that things were shifting as the younger cast grew up. Before, characters like Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) were reminiscent of movies

The show creators are having a “total meltdown” over the ending being out early. By Grant Rindner May 20, 2022 Eduardo Franco, Charlie Heaton, Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schnapp and Finn Wolfhard in Stranger Things.Courtesy of Netflix Who says that board games don’t have an impact on popular culture anymore? Certainly not Netflix, as the

If you’re of a certain vintage, you probably spent a huge chunk of your disposable income on stereo gear. Back in the 1970s, ’80s, and early ’90s, everyone was looking to own the highest-quality sound systems they could buy for both the home and the car. The goal was to have the loudest, clearest, most