Articles in Category: Pop Culture News

Hostess Brands Inc. recently sent out layoff warnings to its 18,000 plus workers that this move could be happening within the next two months. The popular company that has weened us on Twinkies and Wonder Bread for many decades mailed…Read more

In 1912, Philadelphian Anna Jarvis actually trademarked the phrases “second Sunday in May” and “Mother’s Day”, and created the Mother’s Day International Association. The location of the apostrophe was purposeful- it was meant to be a singular possessive, for each…Read more

It looks like the world won’t be ending in 2012 after all. Another Mayan calender has been found deep in the rain forests of Guatemala. The ancient calender adorns the walls of city ruins and researchers say it was used…Read more

Diane McNease proves you don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on a prom dress – you just have to have a little creativity and, well, a sweet tooth! The innovated high school student from northern Michigan spent a year…Read more

Just like cats always land on their feet, superheroes always land in the three-point stance. As this awesome YouTube mashup video points out, filmmakers clearly love when their hero lands with two feet on the ground and one arm in front….Read more

Meow, the 39-pound fat cat who was in headlines just last week for his enormous size and weight loss plan, died over the weekend. Meow could barely walk when his elderly owner brought him to the Santa Fe Humane Society,…Read more

That’s right, a 7-year-old’s grandparents thought it was perfectly okay to attach her Hot Wheels behind their SUV and drive around all day with her in it. And we aren’t just talking about in their backyard going 5 mph (which…Read more

Ashton Kutcher is in headlines again, this time for his role in an offensive new campaign for Popchips. The campaign features Kutcher as four different bachelors looking for love through a World Wide Lovers dating service, and one character in…Read more

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer announced that he will be commissioning the construction of a high-tech replica of the Titanic at a Chinese shipyard that is scheduled to make its maiden voyage from England to New York in 2016. Only weeks…Read more

A bitter dentist is now facing jail time after removing all of her ex-boyfriend’s teeth because, you guess it, he dumped her. Anna Mackowiak, 34, took revenge on her ex Marek Olszewski when he came in to her surgery with…Read more