Author: Amy Davis

Each holiday season companies roll out their seasonally specific products, then comes the traditionalwave of jokes about how limited edition Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup shapes look nothing like they are supposed to. Tampa, Florida resident Cynthia Kelly has decided to do something by suing The Hershey Company for $5 million over “misleading” packaging. Around Halloween, Kelly purchased a $4.49 Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkin treat from Aldi. While the product tasted fine, she was disappointed with how different it looked from the package. The orange and purple wrapper shows an image of a chocolate pumpkin with a face carved into it,…

Is it even possible to get through a holiday season without a rumor about another “Die Hard” movie?  Well, yippee ki-yay, because that’s exactly what’s happening once again. According to sources, this possible prequel film will follow a young John McClane.This would be a departure from the previously rumored project titled “McClane,” which was set to be a cross between a sequel and a prequel. That one would have followed the character, originally played by Bruce Willis across 5 movies, and other characters during two different time periods. But this project was reportedly scrapped in 2019 after 20th Century was…

Former pro-wrestler turned actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson told a small fib in a recent video. Even though Johnson is well known for his strict diet, he loves to share cheat day meals with fans. The problem with sharing these junk food-laden feasts is it’s pretty easy to backtrack them. Which brings us to the discovery that his recent “first time at In-N-Out” isn’t true. In fact, it wasn’t true the last time he claimed it, either. In August of 2022, Johnson posted a video of two In-N-Out burgers on a plate with fries in his kitchen. He claimed he…

Remember a few years back when various official and unofficial mascots went viral like the Superbowl’s Left Shark and Philadelphia Flyers’ Gritty? Well, they all now pale in comparison to college football’s self-sacrificing mascot, Strawberry. A mascot who died to feed hungry athletes, let’s see Gritty do that! On December 28th, Kellogg’s put on its first rebranded Pop-Tarts Bowl while simultaneously introducing the first-ever edible mascot. Even though the college games had been sponsored by the company in the past it was known as the Cheeto’s Bowl. At the end of those games, coaches would have buckets of the snack…

Global entertainment company Lionsgate has closed the deal on buying Hasbro’s Entertainment One (eOne) for $375 million in cash. While this is the same price tag as when the merger was announced in August, it is still subject to certain purchase price adjustments. This includes the assumption that certain production financing loans will come through. So while it’s a done deal, some clerical uncertainties still exist. This acquisition gains Lionsgate 6,500 different film and television titles, making its catalog one of the largest in the world. Not only is the company’s library expansive but diverse as well. eOne produces ABC’s…

Film concept artist Reid Southen (“The Hunger Games”) has been pointing out AI platform MidJourney’s blatant plagiarism for some time now. Late last week, Southen posted some very damning evidence on X (formally Twitter). He shared a collection of screenshots from different users showing AI prompts of famous paintings, including Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” spitting out almost identical images. Several users wrote these examples off since the paintings are in the public domain, therefore fair game to be replicated. Southen doubled down and showed MidJourney is also doing this with copyrighted work. He shared a prompt of Joaquin Phoenix…

Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne is having to dispel myths about his demise after finding a YouTube video saying he is dead. The former Black Sabbath frontman recently stumbled upon an in-memoriam video of celebrities who have died this year, himself included. Ozzy was completely shocked to see his own photo in the video! “I put it on and I died!,” Ozzy said during an episode of “The Osbournes Podcast.” “The thing on YouTube, which goes, ‘Celebrities Who Have Died Today,’ and there’s a picture of me.” He then went on to reference “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” quipping, “I’m…

Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick is stepping down, with some reports indicating December 29th as his last day. He previously announced that he’d be leaving at the end of 2023, right after Microsoft acquired the company. On December 20th it was made offical when an e-mail was sent to all employees and later shared with the public. In the announcement, Kotick reminisced about playing the text adventure game “Mystery House” on a borrowed Apple II in college. The game had so much of an impact that Activision Blizzard now owns its publisher, Sierra On Line. He talked about how the…

Whoever first said “love is pain” probably didn’t mean something like this. A24 Films has released the first trailer for their bodybuilding revenge thriller “Love Lies Bleeding,” directed by Rose Glass (“Saint Maud”). The film is set to star Kristen Stewart (“Crimes of the Future”), Katy M. O’Brian (“The Mandalorian”), and Ed Harris (“Westworld”). “Love Lies Bleeding,” centers around Lou (Stewart) a withdrawn gym owner who falls madly in love with bodybuilder Jackie (O’Brian). Jackie is just passing through on her way to Las Vegas, but things go awry when the couple is pulled into Lou’s criminal family. The gun-toting clan…

A Goodwill store in Richmond, Virginia sold a vase in June for $3.99, that was just auctioned off for $107,000. Life-long thrifter Jessica Vincent hits the local second-hand stores with her partner Naza Acosta a few times a week. But during an afternoon outing, she hit the jackpot with a beautiful brightly colored vase.  While browsing, she noticed a bootle-shaped vase with ribbons of aqua green and amethyst purple, that spiraled up its surface like stripes of paint. The only markings Vincent could make out were on the piece’s base and read “Murano” and “Italia.” “I bought it thinking it…