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Bizarre JD Vance text puts Republicans in a vulnerable position
US Vice President JD Vance’s name was used on a Republican National Committee fundraising text that told recipients not to donate if they couldn’t afford groceries, a candid appeal that has left Republicans open to political attack. The message, shared publicly by a Washington Post reporter, combined an unusually blunt admission that the RNC “needs…
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Ex-girlfriend spared jail for bizarre abuse campaign against Hollyoaks and Eastenders actor
Lindsay Cullen, 45, has avoided prison after waging a bizarre campaign of threats and abuse against former Hollyoaks and EastEnders actor David Kennedy, her on-off partner of several years. She repeatedly threatened to “expose” him by sending sexual pictures and private messages to friends, colleagues and a newspaper, leaving the 62-year-old actor fearing for his…
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Ryan Gosling Uses His Barbie Power to Bring Back the Flintstones in the Weirdest Way Possible
Ryan Gosling’s production company, Open Invite, is working with Warner Bros on an early-stage, live-action reboot of The Flintstones, this time centred on a grown-up Bamm-Bamm rather than Fred and Wilma’s original crew. The project reunites Gosling’s producing ambitions with Warner Bros as he continues an unusually packed slate, and it raises the tantalising possibility…
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Boy punched on Melbourne street allegedly by a stranger who then stabbed his mother is suffering from brain cancer
A ten-year-old boy and his mother were allegedly attacked at random by a stranger on a Melbourne street while walking to their hotel during a break from the boy’s brain cancer treatment. Jerry Sowood, 27, has been charged with affray, intentionally causing injury and other offences after allegedly punching the boy and then stabbing his…
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SEEING DOUBLE: Second Dan Sullivan advances, setting up bizarre Alaska Senate ballot
A second candidate named Dan Sullivan has officially advanced to Alaska’s general election for the US Senate, creating a bizarre ballot alongside Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola. The overlap, combined with Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system, has raised concerns among Republicans that voter confusion could be exploited to draw support away…
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College baseball player fatally shot after trying to enter wrong house, mom says
A 22-year-old college baseball player, Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher IV, was fatally shot by police in Upper Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania, after mistakenly trying to enter the wrong house following a night out with friends. His mother says he was unarmed and was shot twice by an officer after homeowners, alarmed by the knocking, called police to…
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Family of mum and son attacked by a random stranger thank the everyday heroes who saved them as the accused faces court
The family of a mother and young child allegedly attacked by a stranger outside Victoria Police headquarters in Melbourne has publicly thanked the bystanders who intervened to help them, as the accused, Jerry Sowood, 27, appeared in court facing multiple charges including affray, intentionally causing injury and conduct endangering life. The case has drawn widespread…
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The strange 1966 songs where Roger Daltrey tried to sing “like an eight-year-old”
Roger Daltrey has recalled how personal insecurity shaped his vocal performance on The Who’s 1966 song ‘I’m a Boy’, part of an unrealised Pete Townshend rock opera set in a future where parents could choose their child’s sex. The track was recorded from the perspective of a boy whose mother wanted a daughter, and Daltrey’s…
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‘Stack-o-Tracks’: Did a bizarre 1968 Beach Boys album invent karaoke?
The Beach Boys’ 1968 album Stack-o-Tracks was an unusual release that stripped away the band’s celebrated vocal harmonies, leaving only instrumental versions of 15 of their songs. Released on 19 August 1968 at the height of the band’s ambition following Pet Sounds and Good Vibrations, it invited listeners to perform the songs themselves using an…
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Trump renames Lake Ontario threat deepens Canada trade row, Montana shooting leaves eight dead
Trump’s tariff feud with Canada intensifies as Carney readies retaliation, a mystery US jet lands in Moscow and Kanye’s St Petersburg gig is axed, Billings gunman kills eight, and a Gatwick stowaway inquest opens.