Author: Monica Williams

Travis Gienger of Anoka, Minnesota has broken the world record (again) with his pumpkin, weighing 2,749 pounds! This pumpkin was recorded at the 50th Annual Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, California. This marks Gienger’s 3rd championship win. His entry last year weighed 2,560 pounds. The annual competition brings growers of all ages from across the U.S. to Half Moon Bay, all hoping to win. And boy do these growers have the green thumb! Aside from bragging rights, they also get a pretty hefty payout of $9 per pound. Due to Girnger’s entry last year, event organizers needed to get…

Grammy-winner P!NK regrets recording her song for “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “We’ve Got Scurvy.” The artist claims it is one of her worst songs. A title she previously held for her 2012 song, “True Love,” which was about her former husband Carey Hart. “We’ve Got Scurvy” was done for the 2009 special “SpongeBob’s Truth or Square.” While speaking with the Los Angeles Times, P!NK had the following to say: “Oh wait, I did put out that “SpongeBob” thing, I wish I never did that. That was a real mistake.” The song offers some very descriptive disease once associated with sailors on long…

Many California residents are perplexed by mysterious objects falling from the sky. With the time of year, they could possibly be spider balloons. Several residents have submitted photos of these strange, white webby objects. Environmental sciences professor at California State University Monterey Bay John E. Banks believes the objects are silky spider webs for “ballooning.” “No one has definitively figured out what they are, but they appear to be spider silk,” Banks said. “Ballooning” is the process of spiders spinning out long lines of silk, so they can catch the breeze and travel to new habitats. Spider silk is very…

“Blade Runner 2099” is set to begin filming this year, but they will no longer be filming in Northern Ireland as scheduled. The Ridley Scott directed series, commissioned by Amazon, was originally going to be shot in Belfast, Ireland. Filming was previously delayed due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. It is still unclear as to why the location has changed. “We are conscious that these difficult decisions do happen in the screen industry, particularly with the most expensive projects which carry the greatest expectations,” Chief executive of Norther Ireland Screen Richard Williams said. “This obviously leaves a gap in…

Crunchyroll subscribers could be entitled to some money as the streaming service recently settled a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit revolved around the service allegedly disclosing subscribers’ personal information to third parties without their consent. The lawsuit also included Sony as a defendant, as they own the anime streaming service. While the service initially denied the allegations, they did agree to settle. The choice was made to avoid further expenses that could have come with fighting the lawsuit. Any subscriber of Crunchyroll who paid between September 8th, 2020 up to September 20th, 2023 may be entitled to compensation. “A Settlement…

Singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran smoked so much weed with Snoop Dogg. Just how much? Well, he quickly learned he could not handle the amount of weed the “Doggfather” smokes. Sheeran claimed the smoke sesh got him so high, he couldn’t see. The singer attended a Dogg show in Melbourne with his wife and mother-in-law. Dogg met with the family, greeting Sheeran’s mother-in law-with, “What’s up, queen?,” and took Sheeran backstage. Dogg and his entourage then began smoking “blunt for blunt for blunt for blunt.” Sheeran normally does not partake in smoking cannabis himself, but thought he needed to, just so he…

“Mortal Kombat 1” Creative Director Ed Boon is up to some shenanigans by teasing fans with potential characters for DLC. As it is officially “spooky season,” what’s a better tease than famous horror icons? In a cryptic post to X, Boon shared an image of horror icons with question, or check marks over their heads. (We miss the days of just calling it Twitter.) The horror icons shown were Leatherface, Jason Vorhees, Freddy Kruger, Pinhead, Chucky, Michael Myers, Ghostface, and Billy the Puppet from “Saw.” Fans of the game franchise have seen Leatherface, Jason, and Freddy in past “Mortal Kombat”…

Actor and comedian Chris Rock is in the final negotiations to direct a biopic of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for Universal Pictures. The studio optioned the rights to Johnathan Eig’s biography, “King: A Life,” which debuted in May 2023. Eig’s biography on the civil rights icon has earned a National Book Award nomination. The book draws upon some newly unearthed FBI information about King. “King: A Life” was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It is heralded as an “intimate portrayal of King as a courageous but emotionally troubled individual who demanded peaceful protest while grappling with…

“Succession” star Brian Cox is hosting Prime Video’s new adventure game show, “007: Road to a Million.” This series is essentially “The Amazing Race” meets the iconic James Bond movie franchise. A recently dropped teaser shows why we don’t envy the contestants. Nine pairs of contestants will travel the world, with the goal of finding and answering ten questions posed by Cox. Cox will be acting as “The Controller,” a puppet master who leads the contestants on a wild goose chase as they tackle Bond-inspired challenges. These challenges include climbing a stories high construction crane and walking across the top…

After failing to appear in court, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have asked a federal judge to compel Elon Musk to testify. This is related to the SEC’s investigation of Musk’s 2022 purchase of Twitter, now X. It was filed that Musk “failed to appear for testimony on September 15th, 2023, as required by the investigative subpoena served by the SEC.” “Instead, two days before his scheduled testimony, Musk abruptly notified the SEC’s staff that he would not appear. Musk attempted to justify his refusal to comply with the subpoena by raising, for the first time, several spurious objections,…