LIKE, FOLLOW, SUBSCRIBE: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online, by Fortesa Latifi In 2024, The New York Times published an investigation into child influencer accounts on Instagram, run by parents, that had become magnets for adult men interested in young girls. Based on an analysis of thousands of accounts chronicling young gymnasts,…
Almost 2,000 years ago, a Roman soldier of Celtiberian origin completed his military service at the northernmost edge of the Empire and set out on the long journey home to the lands that today make up the Castilian-Leonese province of Soria, in Spain. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In his luggage he carried more than souvenirs: a small,…
The Cage Sunday, 9pm, BBC One For his stress-inducing follow-up to gritty police drama The Responder, cop turned screenwriter Tony Schumacher shifts his focus to a chintzy Liverpool casino. Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha star as workers who realise they are both recklessly skimming from the business. She is a stressed single mum trying to…
A bashful 11-year-old named Crystal had a question for Zara Larsson: “How did you become the perfect star?” Onstage, the singer — Barbie-like in a neon-pink tube top and flowing blond extensions — giggled into her bedazzled mic while a small group of V.I.P. fans awwed. They had assembled in the cavernous, gilded hall of…
Looking for a variant of the popular Wordle game? Here’s one for you that can be rather challenging: Globle. Like Wordle, players are tasked with guessing the game’s selected country for the day. However, unlike Wordle, players have unlimited guesses for Globle so you won’t have to worry about losing unless you’re ready to concede…
JAN MORRIS: A Life, by Sara Wheeler Jan Morris’s memoir “Conundrum,” about her 10-year transition from man to woman, was a landmark book when it appeared in 1974. There’d been previous books about transitioning, but none so well written or so popular. Morris, a British journalist, historian and travel writer, almost single-handedly dragged the topic…
The sports world found another high-profile WAG – that stands for wives and girlfriends – in Megan Thee Stallion, who started dating Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Klay Thompson in the summer of 2025. And just like other pairings between A-List musicians (Meg boasts three no. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as…
Darrell Sheets, an auction bidder who specialized in storage unit liquidations and starred on the long-running reality television show “Storage Wars,” died on Tuesday at his home in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. He was 67. The Lake Havasu City police said in a statement that Mr. Sheets was found with what appeared to be a…
Skepta has released a new EP ‘Más Tiempo Vol. 2’ and revealed he is putting “finishing touches” on his new album ‘Fork And Knife’. The Tottenham MC has not released a full-length record since 2019’s ‘Ignorance Is Bliss’, and while ‘Fork And Knife’ does not yet have a release date, it would appear that it is on its way soon. For now,…
Leaving Neverland accuser James Safechuck has offered a statement in support of survivors of childhood sexual abuse amid the release of the Michael Jackson biopic. Safechuck was one of the two men who came forward with allegations of childhood sexual abuse against the singer in the 2019 documentary. (Jackson denied the allegations throughout his life.)…
