Britney Spears' husband Sam Asghari appears to slam new documentary
Sam Asghari stuck up for his wife prior to the Monday debut of a documentary about her life after her conservatorship.
2023-05-16 21:57
12 Facts About the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Brown marmorated stink bugs first popped up in the U.S. in Pennsylvania in the late 1990s—and now, they can invade your home by the thousands.
2023-05-16 21:50
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, set to receive Ms. Foundation's Woman of Vision Award
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will be in New York Tuesday night, along with Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown, to receive the Ms. Foundation’s Women of Vision Award, as the nation’s oldest women’s foundation marks its 50th anniversary
2023-05-16 21:46
Swedish Eurovision winner Loreen returns to native Sweden
The Swedish singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest with her power ballad “Tattoo,” has returned to Sweden, saying she was proud to have won the contest twice and became the second person in Eurovision history to win a second time
2023-05-16 21:28
Willie Nelson's 90th birthday concerts getting a theatrical release
Willie Nelson is coming to a theater near you
2023-05-16 21:16
Salman Rushdie warns free expression under threat in rare public address after attack
Writer Salman Rushdie has made a public speech nine months after being stabbed and seriously injured onstage
2023-05-16 20:58
Netflix docu 'Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me' explores intimate and short-lived reunion of Anna Nicole Smith with her father Donald
Netflix’s new documentary ‘Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me’ explores the heights of Anna Nicole Smith’s modeling fame to her tragic death
2023-05-16 20:52
7 Fascinating Facts About Jhumpa Lahiri
Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri, otherwise known as Jhumpa Lahiri, first came to prominence with her award-winning 1999 debut, the short story collection 'Interpreter of Maladies.' Here's what you need to know about 'The Namesake' author.
2023-05-16 20:28
Why Anna Nicole Smith hated hometown of Mexia: New docu uncovers truth behind tragic model's abuse 'lies'
Anna Nicole Smith wanted a better life but according to her uncle, she 'could not see' where all of this was going
2023-05-16 19:59
What is 'swatting' and why is it forcing Adriana Chechik to move house?
Porn legend-turned-Twitch star Adriana Chechik has revealed that she’s being so badly swatted, she’s going to have to move house. On Saturday, the adult entertainer issued a damning rebuke of “beyond childish” pranksters, who have been blighting her life for months. In a furious tweet, Chechik, 31, explained that the emergency services had been called to her house on 12 separate occasions, as she urged the culprits to “grow up”. “Y’all suck so hard. I’m gonna have to move with this swatting sh*t,” she wrote. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter “You are literally taking police who should be helping people and having them swat me? 8x and 4x for firefighters to come is beyond childish.” For the uninitiated, “swatting” refers to a nefarious trend which largely targets streamers like Chechik. It involves a troll finding out their victim’s address or location and then making a hoax phone call to the emergency services, claiming that there’s extreme violence taking place there. The idea is to make the lie sound as urgent and threatening as possible to prompt an armed response – hence “SWAT”. The perpetrator then keeps their fingers crossed that the police will raid the home during the streamer’s broadcast so that they can watch the dramatic action unfold live on camera. And whilst some would argue that swatting is just an elaborate prank, most will tell you it is, in fact, a dangerous crime that puts lives at risk. In one high-profile instance back in 2019, a teenage Call of Duty player swatted an opponent after losing a game. Police showed up at the wrong address, then shot and killed a totally innocent father-of-two. It is also, as Chechik pointed out in her tweet, a complete waste of the emergency services’ time, that should be dedicated to legitimate crises. One of the most horrific aspects of the 31-year-old’s plight is that she was attacked by swatters even as she recovered from a near-life-threatening injury. In October last year, she broke her back in two places after jumping into a foam pit at TwitchCon, San Diego, which left her facing months of surgery and gruelling rehabilitation. She also lost her unborn child as a result of the accident – later revealing that, unbeknownst to her, she was pregnant at the time. And yet, some of her followers – who seem unfamiliar with the very concept of human decency – decided it would be fun to ambush her. In December, as Chechik lay bedbound, she tweeted: “Tell me how some internet trolls are gonna swat a person whose back is still healing from being broken. Some twitch chatters are a whole different breed of small d**k idiots. “The cops know me now. We legit talk about our life because this happens so much.” Based on her latest complaint, the situation has only escalated since then. But, at least, she suggested action is being taken to find those responsible. One of her fans responded to her tweet, saying: “Moving I think would only give you a brief respite from the bampots, and then it would start again. Time to get a lawyer and PI involved and start to sue the c**p out of both the city for having inadequate response to being repeat called and the people calling them on you.” Chechik replied simply: “[Already on it!!]” Of course, this is not a game, but we hope she nails those swatters once and for all. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-05-16 18:57
Mandy Rose: 3 unknown facts about TikToker who could return to WWE
Rose is not only a professional wrestler but also a fitness and figure competitor with over 800k followers on TikTok and 3.5M followers on Instagram
2023-05-16 18:52
Joe Rogan net worth: 5 unknown facts about controversial commentator
Joe Rogan was a TV host and a UFC fighter before he started his podcast
2023-05-16 18:50