The baseball community is mourning the loss of an MLB star. Reyes Moronta, a pitcher from the Dominican Republic who played for the San Francisco Giants, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Angels and Arizona Diamondbacks, died in a traffic accident in his native country July 28, according to the Los Angeles Times. He was 31. In addition to his six-year stint playing actively in the MLB, Reyes had transitioned into the Mexican League earlier this year, where he played for the León Braves and the Mexico Red Devils. The Mexican League confirmed the former pitcher’s death on July…
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View All posts by Kelly Jensen Are you a lover of all things horror? Do you love to celebrate Summerween, aka, Halloween season in the depths of summer? Then…
That November 8th release date for Bokeh Game Studio’s Slitterhead is still a ways off, but the developer is still drumming up some interesting talk regarding the game. In a recent interview with Automation (which was translated from their sister site), Slitterhead director Keiichiro Toyama, composer Akira Yamaoka and character designer Tatsuya Yoshikawa sat down to discuss the initial reaction to a preview of the game, which had the trio discussing whether the game was even in the horror genre. Now obviously, given the past titles under Toyama’s resume with Siren and Silent Hill, you’d assume that Slitterhead was in…
So often we see people with disabilities as people who are suffering, and that’s if we even see them at all. Disabled people are rarely given center stage and rarely made the subject of any story. That makes the times that they are given a chance to have their story told, or even better, to tell it themselves, especially important.In recent years there does seem to have been a more concerted effort to give disabled actors a chance. Sometimes disabled actors appear in roles not written as disabled, which is a welcome change. Many of us learn about the disabled…
O’Brien’s set included appearances by Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff, Brittany Howard, and more The final guest during Conan O’Brien’s star-studded Sunday evening set at Newport Folk Festival was his podcast companion and friend Jack White. The two friends first delivered a duet of the White Stripes classic “We’re Going to Be Friends,” with White and O’Brien trading verses. White played electric guitar alongside O’Brien on acoustic for the “song about friendship,” per White’s introduction of the track. The song has a long history with the comedian: It was the last song ever performed on O’Brien’s NBC late night show, and…
Lady Gaga just revealed an Olympic-sized update about her personal life. The 13-time Grammy winner is engaged to longtime partner Michael Polansky. During a conversation with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal at the 2024 Paris Olympics July 28, Gaga introduced the politician to Polansky, referring to him as her “fiancé.” E! News has reached out to the “Bad Romance” singer’s rep and has not heard back. Attal posted a video of the conversation on his TikTok, captioning it, “Thank you Lady Gaga for your stunning performance at the opening ceremony. It was breathtaking.” The 38-year-old, who performed a cover of French singer Zizi…
The star of the films Scare Package and Scare Package 2: Rad Chad’s Revenge, Rad Chad Buckley himself (Jeremy King), is finally following in the footsteps of his Creature Feature heroes (and family members) and hosting his own horror movie series! In the spirit of Joe Bob Briggs’ The Last Drive-In, Chad recommends horror short films – largely in the horror-comedy vein of the Scare Package anthologies’ segments – showing them in full and giving his reaction, unique awards to the films, and getting into additional shenanigans as he tries running a one-man YouTube show. On the series’ debut installment,…
For those who grew up in the ‘90s and early ‘00s, it’s hard not to think about Freddie Prinze Jr’s mark on pop culture at the time as a certified on-screen heartthrob of the time. From She’s All That to Scooby-Doo, audiences are used to seeing a certain side of the actor, which he is definitely not playing in his new movie, The Girl In The Pool. The new role in one of the latest of 2024 movies has Prinze Jr. very excited to show the world this new facet of his acting capabilities.Freddie Prinze Jr. Goes Against Type For…
Alan Jackson is one of country music’s most beloved — and most decorated — stars.In addition to 30-plus No. 1 singles, he’s won countless ACMs and CMAs, and even a couple of Grammy Awards. Those Grammys stemmed from arguably the most meaningful song of his career, “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning).”In 2021, Jackson revealed to fans that he has Charcot–Marie–Tooth disorder that has been affecting him for years. “And it’s getting more and more obvious. And I know I’m stumbling around on stage,” he said at the time, “And now I’m having a little trouble balancing, even in front of the microphone, and so…
Selena was diagnosed with lupus, an incurable autoimmune disorder that attacks tissues and organs, in 2014. Symptoms, such as joint pain, are felt during flares, or periods of increased disease activity. They can be reduced with medications, many of which come with side effects. Selena, who underwent a kidney transplant in 2017 as a result of her lupus, has not specified what prescription drugs she takes for the disease. She addressed fan concerns over her health on TikTok in January, telling a fan, “I shake because of my medication of lupus.” The “Calm Down” singer has long shared body positive messages amid years…
Rocky Kramer will be hosting “Olympics” on this week’s episode of Rocky Kramer’s Rock & Roll Tuesdays on Twitch. Tune into Twitch on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 at 7 PM PT for this amazing show. Rocky Kramer is a guitar virtuoso, often being compared to the greatest guitar players in the world. Rocky has performed on shows with some of the greatest musicians on the planet including Ozzy Osbourne, John Lodge, Steve Vai, Leland Sklar, Kenny Aronoff, Tommy James, Verdeen White, Ten Years After, BuckCherry, Rick Wakeman and more. Rocky’s first studio album, “Firestorm” is now available worldwide through Allied…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Margaret Kingsbury grew up in a house so crammed with books she couldn’t open a closet door without a book stack tumbling, and she’s brought that same decorative energy to her adult life. Margaret has an MA in English with a concentration in writing and has worked as a bookseller and adjunct English professor. She’s currently a freelance writer and editor, and in addition to Book Riot, her pieces have appeared in School Library Journal, BuzzFeed News, The Lily, Parents, StarTrek.com, and more.…
There’s horror to be found in LA’s dating scene, at least according to the first solo fiction feature film from director Elric Kane. Working from a script he co-wrote with Webb Wilcoxen, Kane’s The Dead Thing is a moody, atmospheric look at the toxicity of finding someone in the city of angels. Alex (Blu Hunt of The New Mutants) is a twenty-something single who is stuck in a perpetual dating rut. She’s active on Friktion, a dating app, and the opening of the film finds her in a cycle of generic looking men: first on the app, then at the…
There was never any doubt that Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine was going to win the box office crown in its opening weekend. Not only has Marvel Studios never had a blockbuster open in second place, but it stands out as the only MCU movie that’s being released in 2024. The only real question in the air was in regard to its ceiling: given that the film sports an R-rating from the MPA, would it be possible for it to perform as well as the franchise’s biggest titles?As it turns out, the answer is a resounding “yes.” The blockbuster had…