Woman loses 123 pounds after taking up running during lockdown

A woman lost half her body weight in the last two years during the U.K.’s coronavirus lockdowns.  Sophie Higginbottom, 30, from Ellesmere Port, U.K., attributes her 123.5-pound weight loss to her newfound love of running, as well as her involvement in the U.K.-based weight loss program, Slimming World. Higginbottom was even recently named Slimming World’s “Woman of the Year.” […]

John Schneider rails against Alec Baldwin for claiming he ‘didn’t pull the trigger’

John Schneider is sharing his thoughts on Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” movie set shooting. On Oct. 21, Baldwin was rehearsing a scene on the New Mexico set of his planned film “Rust” when a gun he was holding discharged. A projectile from the weapon fatally struck cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. An investigation into the incident has been underway for a […]

Past COVID infection less likely to fend off Omicron: scientists

COVID-19 reinfections among people who’ve already battled the virus appear to be more likely with the Omicron variant than other strains, South African scientists warned Friday. A surge in coronavirus reinfections occurred in the country as the new “variant of concern” emerged, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, which tracks reinfections. By contrast, […]

Stream It Or Skip It?

While the Rankin-Bass stop-action holiday animated specials are classics, we’ve never been fans of them. Always more partial to Charlie Brown ChristmasAnd GrinchBecause of their darkness. But the R-B shows were also pretty dark — the Island of Misfit Toys, anyone? — and that darkness is funnier coming out of seemingly wholesome-looking figurines’ mouths. That’s the thought […]