Author: Amy Davis

Earlier this month, Ferrero USA recalled two Kinder brand products in the United States. This was in response to 150 children in Europe and the UK becoming infected with salmonella via the treats. On April 11th, Ferrero Canada Ltd. announced an expanded recall on dozens more Kinder products. Some of these items are part of the initial outbreak in Europe. Luckily, as of April 11th, no illnesses in Canada are tied to the product. The contamination was found in mid-December during an internal analysis of the Arlon, Belgium facility. The origin point was traced to a filter at the outlet…

Will Ferrell has joined the cast of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” which also stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

PEN America reported on April 7th that more than 1,000 book titles were banned from U.S. classrooms and school libraries in the last nine months. PEN America describes their mission as working “to ensure that people everywhere have the freedom to create literature, to convey information and ideas, to express their views, and to access the views, ideas, and literatures of others.” This mission led to an investigation into the sudden spike of book bannings across the United States’ education system. They compiled this information into a database that shows some alarming trends. PEN’s index lists 1,586 instances of individual…

Cadbury has announced their bunny for 2022, and her name is Annie Rose! She is an English Doodle from Cincinnati, Ohio. When she isn’t dawning the famous bunny ears, Rose does rounds as a therapy dog at nursing homes all over the state. This pup is so dedicated, she even kept up her duties during Covid lockdowns by walking past residences’ windows. “We can’t thank everyone enough for voting for our very own Annie Rose and making her the next Cadbury Bunny, especially her doodle families and friends who went over and beyond,” Annie Rose’s owner Lori R. said about…

In 1993 at the age of 3, Oliwia Dabrowska played the little girl in the red coat in Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List.” Her scenes are some of the most iconic in the film. “Schindler’s List” is about industrialist Oskar Schindler, a real life person who helped thousands of Jews escape death during the Holocaust. Dabrowska portrays a little girl in a red coat walking through the Krakow Ghetto. Her jacket is the only piece of color in the black-and-white film, so she is impossible to miss. On March 9th, Dabrowska posted a re-colored still from that scene to Instagram. Her…

On April 6th 2022, actress Jena Malone (“Contact,” “The Hunger Games”) revealed a story about how she helped rescue a dog. As she drove down Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, she “saw a man kicking repeatedly a small dog, yanking him up in the air and absolutely choking the dog.” Malone shared in a tweet how she “yelled at him to stop from my car but he wouldn’t,” and “got out of my car to try and get the dog but he started running.” The thread goes on to explain how Malone gave chase but “…looked back and there were 5…

Do you like fresh baked blueberry muffins? Do you not have the time, energy, or desire to constantly bake blueberry muffins? Well, Kit Kat has got you covered with their newest flavor, you guessed it- blueberry muffin.This flavor is in addition to Kit Kat’s announcement earlier this year that they would be making two permanent additions to the line; Strawberry + Dark Chocolate Duos and Chocolate Hazelnut Thins. Unlike these the Blueberry Muffin, currently, will be a limited run item. “Our product creators have such passion for deciding which flavor Kit Kat should take on next and making sure it…

‘I didn’t know that was in there!’ is kinda like ‘the dog ate my homework’ when it comes to viable excuses. But TSA agents at Boston’s Logan Airport may have found one of the few times someone *literally* didn’t know that was ‘in there.’ On April 5th, a traveler from Massachusetts was being screened. When agents scanned his cane, they found a ‘possible sword’ inside of a walking cane. “When questioned, the passenger … stated that he bought the cane not knowing it had a sword inside,” the TSA said in a statement, via Nexstar. The Massachusetts State Police were…

On April 5th, Frito-Lay announced Cracker Jill, a variant of the iconic caramel-coated popcorn snack, Cracker Jack. The company wants to have a new face to help recognize women in sports. As a part of the launch, Cracker Jack released a new ad featuring American singer and dancer Normani. She belts out a modified version of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” The iconic line “buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I never get back” is now changed to “buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jill, no one can stop you if you have…

On last week’s “Saturday Night Live,” Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, Dirt Nasty, and Gunna rapped about wanting a ‘Short-Ass Movie.’ Netflix responded by making a short-ass movies section. It is made up of only movies that are 90 minutes or less.  On April 4th, “SNL” tweeted a video of the sketch. The Netflix Is A Joke Twitter account responded with “good idea,” and included a link to the short-ass movies section.  The 90 minute cap is even shorter than the requested “like, at most, an hour-forty.” The sketch goes on to bemoan films with long runtimes “because I’m a simple man…