Author: Heath Andrews

We Were Promised Jetpacks is the name of a Scottish rock band. Their name brings up a valid point; our media effectively promised us jetpacks that we have yet to receive. Just as “Back to the Future” promised us hoverboards, everything from James Bond to “Pilotwings” implied that we would have jetpacks for personal use at this point in time. But do we? No, no we don’t; something that even “Mythbusters” proved to us. So imagine the surprise that numerous pilots had outside of Los Angeles International Airport starting in 2020. Amongst all the other chaos that took place throughout…

While wearing a Joker costume, a 24-year-old Japanese man entered a Tokyo train on Halloween. Those onboard did not and would not have suspected anything out of the ordinary given the festivities of the night. Unfortunately, the costumed man was more obsessed with the infamous Batman villain than anyone realized. While violent mass attacks are not as common in Japan as they are in the United States, they do still happen, and that’s what unfolded on this train. Kyota Hattori adored the Joker; at least that’s what he told police after he was arrested following his stabbing rampage on Halloween…

Halloween is over and November has begun. So naturally, the time of year has come again for us to start to usher in the kind of spirit that we inescapably know as “Frasier.” Oh, sorry, I mean the holiday season. But what if we told you that you could celebrate “Frasier” and Christmas, together? Well, in a way you can thanks to the new upcoming Netflix film, “Father Christmas is Back” starring the one and only, Kelsey Grammer. Oh, and Elizabeth Hurley and John Cleese are there too amongst others but, let’s face it, we all know why we’re here.…

Are you tired of hearing the same songs for Halloween over and over? Have you had it up to the max with “Monster Mash?” Can you not get a thrill out of “Thriller” anymore? Did you wear out “Werewolves of London?” Perhaps you’ve busted out “Ghostbusters” one too many times. Well if that’s the case, I’ve got you covered. Here are ten songs that you can add to your list of Halloween based numbers that will mix things up considerably. Some qualify based off their lyrical content, others based on their atmosphere. Either way, these musical delights will prevent your…

How much real strawberry do you expect to find in Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts? Does it even matter to you? Well it matters to someone enough, because they’ve started up a class action lawsuit on the matter for $5 million. It’s a bit more complicated than what it might seem at face value, so let’s try to scrape off the frosting, toast this pastry, and get to the heart of the matter. The earliest date we can find for this saga starting comes from TopClassActions on August 24th, 2021. They state that the plaintiff Anita Harris filed a case in Illinois Federal…

Two days before she was killed by star Alec Baldwin firing a live round, “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins made a post to her Instagram account, celebrating some downtime in the filming schedule. At the time of this writing, the full details as to what happened to Halyna are not available. Reports indicate that a pistol containing live rounds had been discharged by Baldwin, resulting in one injury and one fatality. The injured party, film director Joel Souza, who recieved treatment at the Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. The other was Hutchins, who was airlifted to the hospital, but was…

If you were to think about the worst thing that could happen to a person at a food eating contest, choking would probably be the number one concern. A rush to eat as much as possible in a short amount of time seems like it could be incredibly problematic if someone has an issue swallowing. All it takes is for food to go down the “wrong pipe” so to say for fatal results to occur. And that’s sadly what happened to a 20-year old student from Tufts University in Massachusetts on October 16th. Madelyn Nipcon was participating in a hot…

Tina Turner is a goddess of music and performance, as well as a testament to the strength of the human spirit. Few people can claim to have the career highlights that she has, along side some of the most heart-wrenchingly awful moments. Though she rose to fame alongside her husband Ike Turner in the 1960s and first half of the 1970s, she suffered at the hand’s of Ike’s abuse. Tina would eventually go solo in the mid 70s, but her first few albums didn’t prove successful. It wasn’t until 1984’s “Private Dancer” that Tina rose to the top of the…

Sometimes a crime case gets a tremendous amount of attention due to who’s involved or the circumstances. The disappearance and murder of Gabby Petito is one such example. Interest in the case ratcheted up even further when the prime suspect in the case, her boyfriend Brian Laundrie, also went missing. In fact, interest reached such a fever pitch that Dog the Bounty Hunter even made it known that he would be looking for Laundrie. Well, the police seemed to have beaten Dog to the punch, as remains found have now been identified by the FBI as Laundrie. This marks the…

Every year when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rolls out their list of nominees, there are always three waves of news that follow. The first is who made the list of nominations, and the inevitable discussion of who didn’t. The second is which of the nominees made it in and which didn’t. The third wave, and the one we’re discussing right now, is who’s going to show up to the induction ceremony. For 2021’s class, it’s looking to be a damn good one. Here are some of the highlights. Let’s start out with a personal favorite from some…