Author: Amy Davis

Amandla Stenberg (“Hate U Give”) will be a lead in the newest Disney+ Star Wars series, “The Acolyte.”  No word yet on who “The Hunger Games” star will be portraying but, we do know a few things. We know it will be a mystery-thriller set in the final days of the High Republic era. Roughly about a century before the events of “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.” “The Acolyte” will reportedly “take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era.” We also know Russian Doll”…

Why did the chicken cross the road? Well to get from Hinesburg, Vermont to downtown Burlington, of course! A Hinesburg family briefly lost their chicken, Amelia, when she unknowingly hitched a ride with them into town. Owner Rebecca Thibeault and her family believe Amelia climbed into a tiny compartment in the undercarriage of their Ford truck. She somehow stayed in there for the13-mile ride, sometimes going as fast as 65 mph along Interstate 89.  Once the family arrived she apparently hopped off and made her way to the bustling Church Street Marketplace. While she was strutting her stuff and avoiding…

Emmy-nominated actress Quinta Brunson is playing Oprah Winfrey in Roku’s upcoming movie “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” She will be working alongside Daniel Radcliffe (“Swiss Army Man”), who plays the always outrageous Weird Al Yankovic. Along with Radcliffe, Brunson joins a slew of other big names portraying pop culture icons. So far we know Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld”) will be playing pop singer Madonna. Rainn Wilson (“The Office”) will portray legendary radio broadcaster Dr. Demento. Julianne Nicholson (“I, Tonya”) and Toby Huss (“Halt and Catch Fire”) are cast as Mary and Nick Yankovic, Weird Al’s parents. Eric Appel is directing.…

Oakland, California resident Kirsten Seymour has had 12 Blythe dolls, worth roughly $20,000, stolen from her home. Blythe dolls were put on the market in the U.S. in 1972 to compete with Mattel’s Barbie, except these dolls were inspired by the cartoon character Betty Boop and Margaret Keane’s “Big Eyes” paintings. The results give the dolls distinctive disproportionately large heads and huge glassy eyes. These features, while endearing to some, were deemed too disturbing for children and they were discontinued a year later. The Blythe dolls have exaggerated- and possibly unnerving- features have gained them a cult following among adults,…

Adult animated series “South Park” is turning 25 years old. In celebration, co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone will be putting on a concert featuring performances by Primus and Ween. The concert itself is peppered with several in-jokes and references to the show’s own history. It’s being held in Colorado because Parker and Stone first met at the University of Colorado Boulder. This meeting eventually lead them to create a crude VHS Christmas card that was clearly a blueprint and early iteration of “South Park.” The concert is being hosted at Red Rocks because it is where a friend of…

Today marks 53 years since NASA’s Apollo 11 mission landed on the Moon. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is auctioning off some historical artifacts from his stellar career. This sale will include a jacket he wore on the Apollo 11 mission, where Aldrin became the second man to walk on the Moon. It has a serial number of 1039, the NASA logo, and his name E. Aldrin, printed above the mission patch. The coat is made from a (at the time) newly developed fireproof material known as Beta Cloth. Sotheby’s, who is hosting the auction, estimates the item could sell for as…

“Stranger Things” star Maya Hawke released an X-rated music video for her newest song, “Thérèse.” The tune will be on her second album “Moss,” which comes out on September 23rd. Brady Corbet, who also directed “Vox Lux,” and played Peter in the 2007 remake of “Funny Games,” directed the video.  The 5-minute video for “Thérèse” opens with a card saying it is “Rated X.” The majority of it focuses on Hawke and her friends having an orgy in the woods. This is shown in graphic detail- until the police arrive. Some participants run to avoid arrest,  while others are too…

Due to a current water shortage in the U.K., Yorkshire Water is encouraging customers to use less. Specifically, by cutting showers down to 4 minutes. The water supply and treatment utility suggested singing Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer” to help time yourself.  But if Bon Jovi isn’t your thing, Yorkshire Water has you covered with a Spotify playlist of 65, roughly, 4-minute songs to time yourself to. The artists range from: David Bowie “Golden Years” 4:03Rihanna and Mikky Ekko “Stay” exactly 4-minutes Shania Twain’s “That Don’t Impress Me Much” 3:58Wheatus “Teenage Dirtbag” 4:01 The Kinks “Lola” 4:01Spice Girls “Who Do You…

Well “Stranger Things” has done it again! Metallica’s 1986 song “Master of Puppets” has hit No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. Since the July 1st premiere of the final 2 episodes of season 4, demand for “Master of Puppets” has skyrocketed. According to Luminate, daily on-demand audio streams have grown almost 400%. At least in comparison to the song’s June 2022 streaming totals. The song is used during a pivotal scene where fan favorite Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) plays the tune on guitar to distract a belfry of hellbats in The Upside Down. This is also not the first time…

3 men have been indicted for trying to sell stolen handwritten notes and lyrics by Don Henley, founding member of the Eagles. It’s alleged that about 100 pages of notes and lyrics for “Hotel California,” “Life in the Fast Lane,” and “New Kid in Town” were taken. All together the documents have an estimated worth of about $1 million. The men charged are Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi, and Edward Kosinski. All 3 are charged with one count of conspiracy in the fourth degree. Inciardi and Kosinski are also charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree. Horowitz…