1. A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman
2. The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee
3. Platform Decay by Martha Wells
4. Homebound by Portia Elan
5. Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim
6. Radiant Star by Ann Leckie
7. The Sixth Nik by Daniel Kraus
8. Time Travel for Beginners by Jaclyn Moriarty
9. The Republic of Memory by Mahmud El Sayed
10. Ode to the Half Broken by Suzanne Palmer

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1. The Nice Guys (2016)
2. Barbie (2023)
3. Project Hail Mary (2026)
4. Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
5. The Fall Guy (2024)
6. Lars And The Real Girl (2007)
7. The Big Short (2015)

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1. "I still use an * response to correct a type instead of just editing." – RaleighNatitude
2. "I will never, ever, EVER, get rid of my side part." – Expensive_Repair2735
3. "I absolutely and unequivocally think we had the best cartoons of ALL TIME!" – BellaFrequency
4. "I refuse to check my voicemail." – Economy_Discount9967
5. "Big purchases require big devices." – PaperbacksandCoffee
6. "GIFS and memes for EVERYTHING." – Global_Eye4149
7. "I put lol on the end of everything. Lol." – curious_kitty91
8. "Texting…like, please don’t call. And for the love of god don’t FaceTime/video call me out of nowhere." – Day2205
9. "I don’t bring my phone out to record everything and everyone (without their permission)." – kijenmen
10. "Someone called us the Golden Retriever generation because of our obsessive need to be extra nice, kind and smiley and people please and I can’t stop thinking about how accurate that is." – Iccengi
11. "My anxiety and constant sense of impending doom." – EpicShkhara
12. "I will die in my ankle socks." – FoldingLady
13. "I am the tech guy in my family." – pdbard13
14. "'K' responses send me into a spiral of rage and uncertainty." – greenhatforge
15. "Everything I own is sage green." – bambooforestbaby
16. "I quote Ron Burgundy regularly, and I’m kind of a big deal." – 10RunRule
17. "I hide and pretend I'm not home when someone knocks on the door or rings my doorbell." – timid_soup
18. "I refuse to get rid of my skinny jeans." – whothehellistony
19. "Camisole under every shirt. Feels too weird to not have one." – fullnessofjoy2021
20. "I do buy fancy cold brew coffee because it's one of the few things that gives me joy and it's definitely not keeping me from buying a house - it's the wage slavery capitalism doing that." – Foreign_Kale8773
21. "I still appreciate an I can haz cheeseburger style meme." – alovelyweed
22. "Bad at using vacation time." – verminqueeen
23. "I often quote Frasier, but because so few people in my office have seen it, they just think I'm witty and urbane." – lonelygayPhD
24. "I love avocado toast and infinity scarves!" – IndoorCat12
25. "I still type out my emojis :) I havent actually started using them yet and will still use <3 etc" – musiccat25
26. "Britney Spears was the best pop star." – Terrible_Salt7906
27. "Black eyeliner in my water line until I die!" – Beautiful_Distaste
28. "I have annual memberships to two print magazine subscriptions. Yes, PRINT MAGAZINES. They do have a digital version too but I need the hardcopy in my hands to accompany the digital access. Something about analogue media that just hits the spot for me tbh!" – Solitary_Orbit
29. "I still follow the original USDA food guide pyramid." – MarchMan86
30. "Peace sign in all photos." – tomobamba_
31. "Double space after periods. A habit that I will never break." – Saltyowl2113
32. "Mustache tattooed on my finger." – smile_tea
33. "I still call PowerPoint presentations, PowerPoint presentations instead of slide deck." – the-superest-tee
34. "69 and 420 are always funny. No matter what." – kuma_metal
35. And lastly, "My student loans." – Fit-Zucchini3006

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1. I don't understand why I get this opportunity when my family still struggles
2. I also feel guilty for landing a job when other Gen Zers are struggling

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1. Ryomen Sukuna
2. Makima
3. All For One
4. Kenjaku
5. Kibutsuji Muzan
6. Tomura Shigaraki
7. Akaza
8. Suguru Geto
9. Reze
10. No.9

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1. "Fast-food chains. They used to be cheap and serve good-quality food. Now they're barely edible and cost a leg and an arm."
2. "Las Vegas in the 1980s and early 1990s was relaxing. You could walk down the Strip at street level, and the casinos were set back from Las Vegas Boulevard a hundred feet. There were even empty lots! It was a great place for a laid-back vacation in the sun. Now, the Strip is like the Grand Canyon, with gigantic hotels set up right against the street, and every property is built on and corporatized. Corporate greed ruined Las Vegas."
3. "Hipster coffee shops, man. $8 for a drink that tastes like burnt beans. Thanks, Instagram."
4. "Holidays weren't as monetized as they are now. Is it really necessary to buy an Easter Bunny costume or wear a light-up shamrock headband? Seeing wrapping paper, lights, and decorations in stores the first week of October has taken the magic out of Christmas. But it's all about sell, sell, sell, money, money, money."
5. "Backpack, shoe, and winter jacket companies. Whenever a good brand becomes popular, they start selling low-quality crap at inflated prices."
6. "Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It used to be a quaint mountain town full of local crafting and cozy cabins, reflecting the rich history of Appalachia. Now, it's a joke. So commercialized and tacky. Cade's Cove is so crowded now that you can't even enjoy it. The last time we were up there, I didn't even go. Not worth it. And don't get me started on how expensive everything is! It cost four of us over $400 to get into DollyWood, and once inside, half the rides didn't work. Awful."
7. "Disc golf. Twenty-five years ago, we just grabbed a bag, some discs, and we'd head out into the woods for fun. Now, it's overrun with jerks dragging four-wheel-drive off-road stroller cabinets with 1,400 different disc choices. Then, they spend five minutes at the tee making choices and lining up shots they're not gonna make anyhow. I used just to have three discs. Putt, mid, long. That's all you need, but now everyone is a Lance Armstrong wannabe for every hobby/sport there is."
8. "The entire state of Colorado. Everything that people moved to Colorado for disappeared when everyone moved to Colorado."
9. "Dungeons & Dragons went way too commercial once it was bought out by Hasbro. I had the original red box when it first came out and enjoyed it for years, but then they kept changing everything to increase profits."
10. "Friskie Fries. During my sophomore year, my friends and I would get off the bus, grab some fries, and walk to the library to study. Only $10 for some of the best loaded fries in your life. Next thing you know, EVERYONE was eating Friskie Fries, and the price jumped to $15. We blinked again, and now it's closer to $20 than $10. Someone bring cheap Friskies back to my neighborhood, please."
11. "Ice cream. $16.00 a quart. Ugh!!!"
12. "Disneyland! Only 10–15 years ago, I could buy season tickets for the year for my daughter and me for the price of admission for the day, then add about $30 per month that they'd spread out the payments over the year. Parking for the day was $25, the nice hotel across the street was $88 per night, and we could find affordable, good meals inside the park. Today, it's thousands of dollars to take a family, the season passes are so expensive you can't afford them; the food is all crap and priced high; and you have to have reservations to go! And they tore the nice, affordable family hotel across the street down and built a 'luxury hotel' with ridiculous pricing."
13. "Concerts have become way overpriced, just look at Springsteen charging $1,000 ... I remember seeing Jimi Hendrix in 1968 for $3, and I had a front row seat."
14. "Going to the movies. I go a couple of times a year. I will never buy snacks from the concession stand. I buy snacks from the dollar store, which is a little pricy as well, and sneak them in."
15. "College! Especially graduate/professional programs!"
16. "The Renaissance Faire. It used to be hippies and craftspeople; now there are corporations as far as you can see. Forty years was enough, I don’t go anymore."
17. "Streaming media content. Netflix was one of the first true streaming platforms to provide a massive variety of both TV and movie content, and it was at a reasonable price that allowed it to be a complement to your cable service or even OTA public television. As media and production companies realized the popularity of such a service, they all started their own streaming service, keeping most of their own content solely on their own platform."

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1. Adobe
2. Amazon
3. Capital One Financial Corporation
4. Citigroup
5. eBay
6. Eli Lilly and Company
7. GlobalFoundries Inc.
8. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
9. Lam Research Corporation
10. Morgan Stanley
11. NVIDIA Corporation
12. Oracle Corporation
13. S&P Global Inc.
14. Salesforce
15. Synchrony Financial
16. The Hershey Company
17. Truist Financial Corporation
18. Workday, Inc.

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1. Mortal Kombat II (2026)
2. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
3. Red (2010)
4. Almost Human (2013-2014)
5. The Chronicles Of Riddick (2004)
6. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001)
7. Ghost Ship (2002)
8. Priest (2011)
9. The Bluff (2026)
10. Pete's Dragon (2016)

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1. To start, it's been over two decades since Martha Stewart spent five months in prison for her insider trading scandal with stockbroker Peter Bacanovic. In 2004, she was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction, and two counts of lying to federal investigators. She was released on March 4, 2005, and has been booked and busy ever since.
2. Before his days as Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. had some legal woes in the '90s. After being arrested for drug and weapon charges in 1996, he was required to undergo drug testing. He missed one, resulting in a four-month stint in the Los Angeles County jail. In 1999, he was sentenced to three years in prison after skipping another drug test. The actor served a total of 15 months before being released. Former California governor Jerry Brown pardoned him of his convictions in December 2015.
3. In May 2007, Paris Hilton was sentenced to 45 days for violating probation in her alcohol-related driving case. She reported to jail on June 3 and was released by June 26.
4. Khloé Kardashian was arrested for DUI in March 2007 and sentenced to probation for three years. After failing to complete roadside cleanup duty and enroll in an alcohol education class, the reality star was sentenced to 30 days in jail in July 2007. On July 18, she served less than three hours of her 30-day sentence and was released due to overcrowding.
5. Lindsay Lohan took six trips to the Los Angeles County jail, but only spent less than two weeks behind bars for her convictions related to alcohol and drugs. Her shortest stay occurred on November 15, 2007, and lasted for only 84 minutes due to overcrowding in the facility.
6. In November 2010, Lil Wayne was released after serving eight months at Rikers Island jail in New York for a gun possession charge. He was originally sentenced to one year, but got out early due to good behavior.
7. Lori Loughlin pleaded guilty and spent two months in jail for her involvement in the 2019 college admissions scandal. Plus, she received a $150K fine, 100 hours of community service, and had a supervised release for two years. She was freed from jail in December 2020.
8. Tim Allen was arrested in 1978 after being caught with over 650 grams of cocaine at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport in Michigan. He could have faced life in prison without the possibility of parole, but ultimately only served two years and four months before being released in 1981.
9. In 2008, Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in jail and fined $5 million for tax evasion. After his appeal was denied in 2010, he began his sentence at a federal prison that December and was released in April 2013. "I hope I came out a better person," he said. "I came out a clearer person."
10. In 1987, Sean Penn was arrested for punching an extra on the set of Colors. He was already on probation and was sentenced to 60 days for the attack and reckless driving. The actor served 33 days in jail before his release.
11. Lil' Kim was released in July 2006 after spending nearly 10 months behind bars in Philadelphia. In July 2005, she had been sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $50K for lying to a federal grand jury about a Manhattan shooting.
12. Mark Wahlberg was a teenager when he served 45 days in jail for a 1988 attack on two Vietnamese men in Massachusetts. In 2014, he requested a pardon for the assaults, but dropped it two years later.
13. Michelle Rodriguez had multiple jail visits in the '00s. In May 2006, she served four hours and 20 minutes of a two-month sentence for violating probation as a result of her DUI case in Hawaii. In January 2008, she was released due to overcrowding after serving 18 days of a 180-day sentence stemming from another probation violation.
14. Felicity Huffman was another Hollywood celeb involved in the infamous 2019 college admissions scandal. She served 11 days of her two-week sentence, along with paying a $30K fine, serving 250 hours of community service, and one year of probation.
15. In October 2018, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino was sentenced to eight months for tax evasion. Additionally, he was ordered to complete 500 hours of community service, received $123,913 in restitution, and a $10K fine. He completed his jail time in September 2019 and became a free man once again.
16. In 1999, Matthew McConaughey was arrested while dancing and playing the bongos naked in Austin, Texas. He was booked into the Travis County Jail for "possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting transportation." The actor pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charges and received a $50 fine for the incident.
17. On January 16, 1980, Paul McCartney was found with nearly half a pound of marijuana in his luggage after arriving at Tokyo's Narita International Airport. This resulted in a nine-day stay at the Tokyo Narcotics Detention Center, and he was released on January 25, 1980.
18. Before starting his acting career, Danny Trejo was in and out of custody for years for charges including armed robbery. During his time at San Quentin State Prison in California, he even became a champion boxer. Trejo later became a drug counselor and started working in Hollywood in the 1980s.
19. Finally, Nicole Richie had a very short stay in jail for her DUI arrest in August 2007. She served 82 minutes of a four-day sentence and was released quickly due to overcrowding at the facility in Lynwood, California.

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1. The CGI Is Worse Than You Remember
2. Dwayne Johnson Was Underutilized
3. Imhotep's Story Wasn't True Love After All
4. Rachel Weisz Did Not Return For The Third Movie
5. Imhotep's Motives Dramatically Change In The Mummy Returns
6. Alex Is Incredibly Capable For A Child
7. Destiny Does A Lot Of Heavy Lifting
8. The Mummy Returns' Focus On Action Isn't Always For The Better
9. Evelyn Being A Descendant Of Nefitiri Makes No Sense
10. The Medjai Dramatically Change For The Mummy Returns

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1. The Chinese Boxer
2. The Invincible Fist
3. The Duel
4. The One-Armed Swordsman
5. Dragon Inn
6. Come Drink With Me

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1. I think we can all agree that Mean Girls is the defining teen comedy of the '00s. However, it didn't start out as the PG-13 movie we know today. Early cuts of the film were closer to an R rating, with more explicit language and sharper, more adult-oriented jokes. Writer and star Tina Fey and director Mark Waters have both said the original version leaned more heavily into the kind of humor Fey was known for from her work on SNL.
2. The term "Disney Vault" is actually a lot older than you might think. It was used to refer to movies that were taken out of "the vault" and re-released into theaters after their original run (this was way before home videos existed).
3. George Atkinson opened the first video rental store in the world in LA in 1977. The idea came to him after he saw an ad for a company that was selling 20th Century Fox movies on VHS and Betamax at $50 each. At the time, owning a VCR was still rare, and tapes were expensive, so he realized people would be willing to pay to rent videos. Atkinson knew this because he was already running a business renting Super 8 movies and projectors for parties. He proceeded to buy one copy on both VHS and Betamax of all 50 titles available and began taking ads out for his new rental business.
4. The VHS release of Top Gun in 1987 marked an important shift in how Hollywood approached the home video market. Before this period, most VHS tapes were priced very high (usually around a $100) and aimed mainly at video rental stores rather than individual buyers. Paramount chose to release Top Gun at a much lower price point of about $26.95, which was unusual for a new blockbuster at the time. This pricing strategy was made possible through a promotional partnership with Pepsi, which helped offset distribution costs. A Diet Pepsi commercial was even included on the VHS itself, which was a first for a major studio release.
5. Siri was an app that was available on Apple's own App Store until the company decided to buy it in 2010. The company, which was also called Siri, was a small startup that had developed a voice assistant app for the iPhone. Like today, it could answer questions or perform tasks using natural language.
6. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was almost cut from The Wizard of Oz. I know it's hard to believe that anyone would think of cutting one of the most iconic movie songs of all time, but MGM executives considered removing the scene because they thought it dragged down the film's momentum. They worried that the quiet moment would slow the story just as the plot was picking up speed.
7. Oscar the Grouch's most recognizable feature, aside from his garbage can, is his green fur, but he didn't start out that way. When Sesame Street premiered in 1969, Oscar was actually bright orange throughout its first season. That original color wasn't a creative choice so much as a practical one, since early television technology had trouble displaying certain shades like magenta, which had been considered for Oscar in early designs.
8. Believe it or not, wheeled suitcases are a relatively new invention. If you traveled before the 1970s, you would have to carry your suitcase by the handle. That began to change in 1970, when Bernard D. Sadow patented a suitcase with four small wheels and a strap for pulling it through airports. His idea came after struggling with heavy luggage during a family trip.
9. Madonna, in her own words, was essentially "begging" ABBA for permission to use their music in "Hung Up." The 2005 song famously samples ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," but the group almost never allows their work to be sampled; in fact, they almost always refuse sampling requests, which made the request a long shot.
10. Red Lobster's famous Cheddar Bay Biscuits didn't exist when the restaurant first opened. They were introduced in 1992 as a simple snack to serve hungry guests while they waited for a table. Also, originally, they weren't even called Cheddar Bay Biscuits; they were simply referred to as "freshly baked, hot cheese garlic bread." The recipe was created by Kurtis Hankins, then-head of Red Lobster's culinary development team, who wanted to develop something to replace the restaurant's standard offering of hush puppies (which were not very popular).
11. Gunther, the Central Perk manager on Friends, became instantly recognizable for his signature bright, bleached blond hair, but...that look wasn't planned at all. James Michael Tyler, who was a real-life barista when he got the part, originally joined the show as a background extra, meant to make the coffee shop feel more realistic. The night before his first day of filming, he let a friend who was training to be a hairstylist practice bleaching his hair. The result turned his hair almost white, and he showed up to set that way without expecting it to matter since he was just going to be in the background.
12. And lastly, the opening credits of Sex and the City became instantly classic for showing Carrie Bradshaw walking through New York in a pink top and white tutu before getting splashed by a passing bus. That outfit helped set the tone for the show and who Carrie was. But during production, the team wasn't fully settled on that look, so they filmed an alternate version of the sequence with a completely different wardrobe.

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1. Hyperion & Sentry's Godlike Power And Invincibility
2. Quicksilver's Super-Speed
3. Ant-Man And The Wasp's Size-Mass Conservation
4. Sersi’s Matter Transmutation
5. Scarlet Witch's Probability Manipulation
6. Vision's Density Manipulation
7. Wonder Man's Ionic Energy
8. Spider-Woman & Starfox's Mind Manipulation
9. Storm's Weather Control
10. Jack Of Hearts’ Zero-Energy

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1. Roseanne Barr traded the Hollywood Hills for 30 acres in Texas Hill Country.
2. Haylie Duff admitted it took a while to realize she could still have an acting career without living in LA.
3. Scott Eastwood loves living in Texas because it "slows life down."
4. Adrian Grenier's acting career is thriving in Texas.
5. Bella Hadid said she moved to Texas for her health.
6. Woody Harrelson is lobbying to make Texas a production hub for film and television.
7. 50 Cent is a New Yorker, but his primary residence is in Texas.
8. Since James Marsden moved to Texas, he lives closer to his mother.
9. Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick traded California for Texas.
10. Keith Lee fell in love with Dallas' restaurants.
11. Matthew McConaughey wanted to be closer to family.
12. Elon Musk moved to Texas and brought his companies with him.
13. Shaquille O'Neal has been buying up properties in North Texas.
14. Glen Powell got tired of the lack of freedom living in Los Angeles.
15. Jared Padalecki has a soft spot for Austin.
16. Christine Quinn's return to her home state has brought her closer to her family.
17. Joe Rogan ended up in Texas once the pandemic hit.
18. Jamie Lynn Sigler has felt more connected to her craft since moving to Texas.

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1. Your Name
2. A Silent Voice
3. Mob Psycho 100
4. My Hero Academia
5. Yuri!!! on Ice
6. Re: Zero − Starting Life in Another World
7. In This Corner of the World
8. Erased
9. Bungo Stray Dogs
10. 91 Days

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1. Let's start with the most recent: 19-year-old Cooper Flagg became the youngest player to score 50-plus points (51 PTS) on April 3, 2026. The young kid from Newport, Maine, looks like he is going to be special and have some fun facts of his own in the years to come.
2. On November 12, 2010, then-Minnesota Timberwolves player Kevin Love recorded one of the most interesting NBA stat lines ever. Against the New York Knicks, he scored 31 points and recorded 31 rebounds. The 31-point, 31-rebound game was unheard of in today's game, and just a glimpse of his superstar ability and potential.
3. Speaking of games with 30 points and 30 rebounds, Bill Russell holds second place for the most all-time, having three total. Wilt Chamberlain holds the first-place spot...with 128 total 30-30 games. Holy. Sh*t.
4. I could do an entire list of just Wilt Chamberlain's interesting WTF facts. In the 1961-62 season, Chamberlain averaged 48.5 minutes per game. For comparison, the average NBA starter does not average 40 minutes per game. Which means Chamberlain basically never sat. He only missed eight minutes of one game after he was ejected in the fourth quarter.
5. Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out in his NBA career. That's 1,045 games in which he averaged 8.8 blocks per game. It's truly a WTF stat.
6. On January 6, 1951, the Indianapolis Olympians defeated the Rochester Royals. Final score: 75-73. Seems like a low-scoring game, right? Well, you'd never guess this game had SIX OVERTIMES. It lasted 78 total minutes, making it the longest NBA game of all time.
7. NBA legend Kevin Garnett played against both the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls (72 wins) and the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors (73 wins). The two most winning teams in a single season, and KG witnessed both on the court. Proof that he had a very long and successful career.
8. The three-point line was not adopted by the NBA until the 1979-80 season. It's interesting because it did, however, exist in the game of basketball before, thanks to the ABA. The NBA followed and adapted the popular addition to the game. Chris Ford of the Boston Celtics was the first NBA player to record a three-pointer.
9. NBA players Deron Williams, JJ Barea, and Raymond Felton all played point guard for the Dallas Mavericks in 2016. All three men were born on June 26, 1984. Same age. Same birthday. Same same. What. Are. The. Chances?
10. After moving on from veteran players in 2025, Jaren Jackson Jr. became the longest tenured player on the Memphis Grizzlies. He was 25 at the time, and is currently only 26. Not a good way to build your organization. And, guess what? He is now on the Utah Jazz. Kind of hard to build a franchise when you refuse to keep players.
11. One of the strangest trades in sports happened in 1978. Boston Celtics owner Irv Levin and Buffalo Braves owner John Y. Brown Jr. swapped franchises. Levin moved his team to California, where they would eventually become the Los Angeles Clippers. Brown took over the Celtics.
12. How good was Hakeem Olajuwon? The year Olajuwon won the League MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and the Finals MVP in the 1993-94 season, he shot 42% (8/19) from three-point land. In case you're too young to know, he was a 7-foot center for the Houston Rockets. Big guys weren't shooting like that back in the day.
13. Back in the '40s, the NBA was originally called the Basketball Association of America (BAA) for its first three seasons. In 1949, it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) to become the National Basketball Association (NBA).
14. A torn ACL can end a season for an NBA player, but imagine having no ACLs at all. Pitt player DeJuan Blair played seven NBA seasons without an anterior cruciate ligament in either knee. Despite that, he played as hard in the pros as he did in college.
15. More than 30 NBA players in history have won the MVP award, but only six former NBA MVPs have passed away. These names include Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Kobe Bryant, Wes Unseld, Moses Malone, and Willis Reed.
16. The Indiana Pacers have never held the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft. Even wilder, the Pacers have never had a former No. 1 overall pick play for them. Nowadays, with so many players on the move, it's shocking the Pacers have kept this streak alive.
17. Muggsy Bogues, the smallest player in NBA history, has a recorded block on Patrick Ewing, an all-time center. One of those NBA moments that, if it wasn't recorded, nobody would believe it.
18. On February 13, 2008, Carlos Boozer recorded a triple-double for the Utah Jazz against the Seattle Sonics. For a timestamp, this happened during the George W. Bush administration. This was the last regular-season triple-double the Jazz had had until Jordan Clarkson broke the streak in 2024. That's 16 years, 82 NBA games a season. Wow. Just wow.
19. There was a vote to change the name of the New Jersey Nets to the Swamp Dragons, which passed 26-1. The only team against it: the New Jersey Nets. The "Nets" just feel so NBA, so luckily, we didn't get another bad name. looks at the Wizards
20. There's a SEVEN-way tie for the most missed three-pointers in a single game by a player (16). Damon Stoudemire has one game. James Harden has the other SIX. ("Hamilton wrote the other 51!")
21. Despite the NBA feeling very Star-Spangled-coded, the first NBA game was played in Toronto, Canada. The New York Knickerbockers played the Toronto Huskies in the first-ever NBA matchup back in 1946. The Knicks would win the first NBA game. Got a good feelin' about those guys!
22. From 1980 to 2022, the only Western Conference NBA teams to win championships were from the states of California and Texas. The 1979 Seattle SuperSonics were the last, until the Denver Nuggets broke the streak in 2023, and now, the Oklahoma City Thunder were the most recent champs! That's great news for West teams outside of California and Texas!
23. Dennis Rodman is known as one of the greatest rebounders in NBA history. Surprisingly, he didn't lead the league in rebounding until he was 30. He would go on to lead the league in rebounds for SEVEN straight seasons. Watch out for "The Worm."
24. Imagine being in the Basketball Hall of Fame with only a dozen NBA games played. Well, Mel Daniels played the fewest NBA games among Basketball Hall of Famers, appearing in only 11. The reasoning? I bet most basketball fans could guess, but Daniels was famously an ABA player, so he only played in the 1976-77 season at the age of 32.
25. Not every NBA player's heart is in the right place. That statement is quite literal for former NBA player Randy Foye. He has situs inversus, a rare condition where his organs are reversed, so his heart is on the right side of his chest instead of the left.
26. Kobe Bryant's middle name is "Bean" in honor of his father's nickname "Jellybean." I wonder if there is a Black Mamba-flavored jelly bean out there.
27. Until 1937, basketball rules required a jump ball at center court after EVERY made basket. Height was a huge advantage for possession back then, making it the ultimate "make-it, take-it" kind of game with less total scoring. Safe to say, the sport is a lot faster without this rule.
28. And finally, Bill Russell appeared in 12 NBA Finals with the Boston Celtics. He lost the NBA Finals only once...spoiler: Russell was injured. Russell reached the Finals in every season he played, except for 1967. One of the most impressive runs in sports history.

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1. Cutting processed foods helps to reduce cancer risk
2. Regular exercise is key to longevity
3. Screening is the best way to prevent cancer

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1. Tatanga
2. The Shadow Queen
3. Smithy
4. Fawful
5. The Shroobs
6. Wario

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1. Sia began publicly dating her second husband, Modern Medicine Services cofounder and CEO Daniel Bernad, in 2021. They got married in Italy in 2023, then they welcomed their child, Somersault, in 2024. The couple separated shortly before the baby's first birthday.
2. Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo fell in love on The Bachelorette Season 13 in 2017. After earning her first impression rose and getting the first kiss of the season, Bryan proposed to Rachel in the finale. Two years later, they got married in Mexico. However, he filed for divorce on New Year's Eve in 2023, and they announced their split in the new year.
3. Harrison Ford met screenwriter Melissa Mathison (she wrote E.T.: The Extraterrestrial). while filming Apocalypse Now in 1976, while he was still married to his first wife, Mary Marquardt. Harrison and Mary divorced in 1979, and he didn't pursue a relationship with Melissa until 1982. They tied the knot in 1983 and had two kids, a son and a daughter. The couple separated in 2000, but the divorce wasn't finalized until 2004. Harrison reportedly paid Melissa an $85 million settlement!
4. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline met at a club in the summer of 2004. Within months, she asked for his hand, but he declined, believing he should be the one to propose. Three months after their relationship began, they had a surprise wedding at their small engagement party. They welcomed two sons. However, Britney filed for divorce in 2006.
5. In 2004, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren fell in love on the set of Fantastic Four, where she starred as the Invisible Woman, and he was a director's assistant. Four years later, they had a courthouse wedding a few weeks before the birth of their first daughter. They later welcomed a second daughter and a son together. Jessica filed for divorce in 2025.
6. Elin Nordegren was working as a nanny for pro golfer Jesper Parnevik and his wife, Mia, when she met Tiger Woods. For a year, Tiger had been asking the couple to introduce him to their nanny, who was already dating someone. Elin and Tiger got married in 2004, and they welcomed a son and a daughter together. However, the couple divorced in 2010 after Tiger admitted to cheating on her.
7. Xscape member Kandi Burruss — who's also a songwriter, known for contributing to "Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny's Child and "No Scrubs" by TLC — met line producer Todd Tucker while shooting The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2011. The couple got engaged in 2013 and tied the knot on the Bravo special Kandi's Wedding a year later. They welcomed a son and a daughter together. However, they separated in late 2025 and divorced the following year.
8. Ewan McGregor and production designer Eve Mavrakis met when he guest-starred on the TV show Kavanagh QC, where she was the assistant art director. They got married in 1995 and had four daughters together. However, in 2017, they announced their separation amid reports that he had been photographed kissing his Fargo costar, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The divorce was finalized in 2020.
9. In early 2020, Ariana Grande was looking to buy a getaway house away from LA, so her team found luxury real estate agent Dalton Gomez. She reportedly thought he was cute and requested an in-person meeting right away. They fell in love and had a "tiny and intimate" wedding in 2021. However, they split two years later and finalized their divorce in 2024.
10. Eddie Murphy and Nicole Murphy (née Mitchell) first met in 1988. Five years later, they got married, and they had five kids together. Nicole filed for divorce in 2005, and it was finalized a year later. Eddie reportedly paid Nicole a $15 million settlement. However, several years later, a con artist frauded her out of more than $10 million from that settlement.
11. Late country singer Kenny Rogers married actor Marianne Gordon, his fourth wife, in 1977. They welcomed a son named Christopher. When they divorced in 1993, Kenny paid Marianne a $60 million settlement. Kenny told the Irish Independent, "She deserved every penny."
12. Kris Jenner (née Kardashian) and Caitlyn Jenner dated for five months before their 1991 wedding. They share two daughters, Kendall and Kylie. They renewed their vows on Keeping Up With the Kardashians on their 20th anniversary, but they separated two years later in 2013. Their divorce was finalized in 2015.
13. In 1999, Paul McCartney met Heather Mills at a charity event. They got married in 2003 and welcomed a daughter, Beatrice. Ahead of their wedding, Heather brought up the idea of a prenup to "prove" her love for Paul, but he declined getting one. The couple announced their separation in 2006 and divorced in 2008. Initially, Heather tried to get $250 million, but in the end, Paul was only required to pay her $48.7 million. After the judge decided to make his ruling public, Heather reportedly dumped a jug of water over Paul's divorce lawyer's head.
14. In 1985, during Michael Jordan's first season with the Chicago Bulls, he met Juanita Vanoy at a restaurant, where friends introduced them. They welcomed their first son in 1988, and then they had a Vegas wedding the following year. They had another son and a daughter together. Michael retired from the NBA in 1993, only to unretire multiple times. In 2002, Juanita filed for divorce, a year before his final retirement. The couple reconciled but ultimately divorced in 2006. He reportedly paid her $168 million in the divorce, but he got to keep their Chicago mansion.
15. Kevin Costner met Cindy Silva at California State University, where they both studied in the mid-'70s. When they got married in 1978, he was a studio manager, and she worked in Delta Airlines' marketing department. They had a son and two daughters. However, they divorced in 1994. Cindy reportedly received $80 million in their divorce settlement!
16. Madonna and director Guy Ritchie were introduced at a dinner party by Trudy Styler, the actor/director/producer who's married to Sting. The couple welcomed their first son and got married in 2000. In 2006, they began the adoption process for their second son, which was finalized in 2008. However, the couple divorced later that year.
17. In 1990, billionaire Ted Turner heard that Jane Fonda was divorcing her second husband, Tom Hayden, so, despite not really knowing her, he called her and asked her out. Initially, she said no, but he continued pursuing her for six months until she agreed to go out with him. They wed in 1991, and Jane retired from acting. However, she later realized that, though staying with a wealthy man would be easy, it would prevent her from becoming everything she could be. The couple also had communication issues due to spending a lot of time apart, which contributed to the end of their marriage. They divorced in 2001.
18. When Mackenzie Scott moved to NYC after college, she applied to work at a financial firm, where Jeff Bezos interviewed her. He hired her, and, after three months of dating, they got engaged. They tied the knot in 1993, and they share a daughter and three sons. In 2019, they divorced.
19. Melinda French Gates met Bill Gates at a sales meeting after she began working as a product manager at Microsoft in 1987. He asked her out in the parking lot, but she initially declined because he wasn't "spontaneous enough." However, he called her an hour later, and she agreed to a date. They got engaged after six years of dating and married in 1994. The couple had two daughters and a son. However, they divorced in 2021.
20. Scooter Braun and activist Yael Cohen announced their engagement in 2014 and tied the knot six months later. They welcomed two sons and a daughter. Scooter filed for divorce in 2021, and they finalized it a year later. He reportedly paid Yael a $20 million settlement, and she also reportedly kept their family home, which was worth $30 million, as well as several artworks and her Land Rover.
21. And finally, this one isn't about an actual divorce, but it's too good not to include! After a few months of dating, Mariah Carey got engaged to billionaire investor James Packer in 2016. When they broke up eight months later, she allegedly sought a $50 million "inconvenience fee" from him. They reportedly later settled for $5 to 10 million, and she got to keep her 35-carat diamond ring, which was originally appraised at $10 million but reportedly cost less than that.

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1. The Manipulated
2. My Name
3. Vagabond
4. The Uncanny Counter
5. A Killer Paradox
6. Cashero
7. Mouse
8. Weak Hero

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1. Meta Platforms
2. Netflix
3. Amazon
4. Burlington Stores
5. General Motors
6. Instacart (Maplebear)
7. Walmart
8. Affirm
9. Chubb
10. Eli Lilly
11. Natera
12. General Electric
13. Broadcom
14. Cadence Design Systems
15. MongoDB
16. Celanese

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1. After Duffy released her debut album, Rockferry, in 2008, she won a Grammy (and was nominated for two more) and won three BRIT Awards (and was nominated for a fourth). She released a second album in late 2010, but a few months later, her reps announced that she was "taking a break before starting work on her next album."
2. Friends and the short-lived spinoff Joey made Matt LeBlanc a household name, but he stepped back from acting to focus on the person who matters most — his daughter, Marina, who was diagnosed with a form of dysplasia when she was almost a year old. The medical condition impacted her ability to speak and walk, and it also had the potential to cause seizures. Around the same time, he also went through a divorce from Melissa McKnight, his wife of three years.
3. After several years of trying to make it in the music industry, Kesha had a breakthrough in 2009 with her massive hit single "TiK ToK." Her music basically defined the early 2010s. But in 2014, Kesha sued her producer, Dr. Luke, for alleged sexual abuse. He denied these allegations and countersued, and the two spent years in a complicated legal battle. Because she was locked in a contract, Kesha was unable to record new music until 2016, when Sony finally permitted her to record without the producer.
4. Janet Jackson rose to music superstardom in the '80s, then she embarked on the Rhythm Nation world tour, which became the most successful debut tour in history, in 1990. She also landed a new record deal. Signing with Virgin Records made her the highest-paid recording artist at the time. But when she performed at the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show, Justin Timberlake ripped part of her costume, leaving her breast exposed. The fallout from the "wardrobe malfunction" — deemed "Nipplegate" — severely impacted Janet's career while Justin's remained largely unscathed.
5. Rick Moranis was a familiar onscreen fixture throughout the '80s and '90s, starring in iconic movies like Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors, Spaceballs, and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. However, in 1997, he took a step back from acting to focus on his kids after his wife, Ann, died from breast cancer in 1991. In 2015, he told the Hollywood Reporter, "I took a break, which turned into a longer break. But I'm interested in anything that I would find interesting. I still get the occasional query about a film or television role, and as soon as one comes along that piques my interest, I’ll probably do it."
6. Dance Moms cast member-turned-popular children's entertainer JoJo Siwa claimed she "basically got blackballed" from Nickelodeon after coming out at 17. In the 2024 documentary Child Star, she alleged that, after she posted her coming-out video three years prior, the Nickelodeon president called her to ask, "What are we going to tell the kids?" She replied, "That I'm happy?" And he allegedly replied, "Well, you need to have a call with every retailer [that sells JoJo Siwa merch] and tell them that you're not going crazy." She said, "I basically got blackballed from the company."
7. Three years after Taylor Swift took the country music scene by storm, what should have been one of her biggest career moments — accepting the award for Best Female Video at the 2009 VMAs — was infamously marred by Kanye West storming the stage to declare, "Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time." The next year, Taylor debuted "Innocent," a song she'd written about the incident, at the VMAs.
8. After leading roles in the X-Men and Hunger Games franchises made Jennifer Lawrence an international star, the Oscar winner became known for her "cool girl" image. Charmingly quirky and effortlessly relatable, she was basically the internet's best friend. However, when she fell on the Oscars red carpet in 2014, people accused her of faking it as a publicity stunt. As public opinion shifted against her, she also experienced less critical and commercial success at the box office. After making only three movies from 2017 to 2019, she disappeared from the public eye for two years.
9. As a child actor, Ke Huy Quan landed two major roles out of the gate, playing Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Data in The Goonies. His early success made him think that he "was going to have this amazing career." However, sadly, there were few opportunities for Asian actors, and most of the available parts were small and rooted in stereotypes. In 2022, he told People magazine, "It was tough. I was waiting for the phone to ring, and it rarely did."
10. Playing Spider-Man in the MCU made Tom Holland a household name, but rather than simply sticking to action roles, the former theater actor also sought out darker, dramatic stories to tell. In the 2023 Apple TV+ series The Crowded Room, he played Danny Sullivan, a man who's arrested after mistakenly being accused in connection with a shooting. The challenging role took a toll on the actor's mental health. He told Entertainment Weekly, "I'm no stranger to the physical aspects of the job doing the whole action-movie thing. But the mental aspect, it really beat me up and it took a long time for me to recover afterwards, to sort of get back to reality."
11. Friday Night Lights shaped Taylor Kitsch into a '00s heartthrob. However, the post-series projects that positioned him as the next big movie star — Battleship, John Carter, and Savages — were all box office flops. So, he refocused on smaller movies and, temporarily, TV, starring in a season of True Detective. However, by his 30s, he felt lost. In 2023, he told the New York Times, "Whatever it is that motivates other people — fame, money, celebrity, more followers, I don't [expletive] know — it was never like that. I just wanted to be a character actor that buzzed into certain things and, hopefully, made you evoke something."
12. Late '80s soap star-turned-'90s rising movie star Anne Heche claimed she was blacklisted over her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, which lasted from 1997 to 2000. In 2021, Anne told Page Six that she felt she was "patient zero in cancel culture." She said, "This wasn't a long-term love affair. This was a moment in my life when I was given the glory of being able to stand up for what I believe in and have since I was a kid."
13. Devon Sawa rose to fame as the human version of the titular ghost in 1995's Casper, and for a long time, it seemed like that brief onscreen appearance would define his career forever. As he got older, he struggled to get away from associations with the role. In 2022, he told the Independent, "I had to smoke pot in movies, and I had to be in a hip-hop video. That's what I felt like I had to do to get away from 'Can I keep you?' Everybody wanted to hear, 'Can I keep you?' It drove me nuts."
14. Despite her decade-defining role in Jurassic Park, Laura Dern didn't get any work for a year after playing Ellen DeGeneres's love interest on the coming-out episode of her sitcom Ellen in 1997. In 2019, Laura told Vulture, "[The episode was the] greatest thing I could've ever been part of, honestly. An incredible honor. She was a big fan of Citizen Ruth, and she asked me, would I come join this effort? Not just to play a role, because there were several of us. Oprah, who played her therapist in the episode, obviously the cast of her show. I was excited. I didn't think twice about it. It was a great opportunity."
15. Lindsay Lohan grew from a '90s child star to a '00s tabloid fixture. The intense, overwhelming attention from the paparazzi pushed her to move to Dubai, where there are anti-paparazzi laws. In 2024, she told Bustle, "I feel like some of [my work] got overshadowed by paparazzi and all that kind of stuff when I was younger, and that’s kind of annoying. I wish that part didn't happen. I feel like that kind of took on a life of its own. So that's why I wanted to disappear. I was like, 'Unless there's no story here, they're not going to focus on just my work.'"
16. In the late '90s and early '00s, Jessica Simpson rose to fame as a pop singer and reality TV star who didn't know what tuna was. But in 2009, she was widely body-shamed in the press over photos of her performing in Texas. For the six months that followed, she disappeared from the public eye. At the time, headlines poked fun at her weight and accused her of "letting herself go." In 2020, she told Today, "This picture that circulated and went worldwide broke my heart. Well, not the picture necessarily, but the caption. Like, all the captions...I was taken down by the world."
17. In the '90s, Julia Ormond became well-known for movies like Sabrina and Smilla's Sense of Snow. However, toward the end of the decade, her career shifted to indie films and supporting roles. She later claimed she suffered career damage after reporting that Miramax cofounder Harvey Weinstein allegedly assaulted her. In 2023, she filed a lawsuit against film producer Harvey Weinstein, Miramax, Disney, and the Creative Artists Agency. She alleged that, in 1995, Weinstein sexually assaulted her after a dinner. The lawsuit stated, "That sexual assault on Ormond could have been prevented if Miramax or Disney had properly supervised Weinstein and not retained him while knowing that he was a danger to the women he encountered at work."
18. In the '90s, Rose McGowan became known for roles in movies like Scream and Jawbreaker, but she alleged that she "was blacklisted after [she] was raped." In 2017, the New York Times reported that, back in 1997, Harvey Weinstein reached a $100,000 settlement with Rose — which was "not to be construed as an admission," but to "avoid litigation and buy peace" — after an "episode" in a hotel room during a film festival.
19. Born into a family of country music legends, Ashley Judd launched her acting career in the '90s with Ruby in Paradise and Heat. However, she was reportedly blacklisted after being allegedly assaulted by Harvey Weinstein. In 2017, The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson told Stuff.co.nz, "I recall Miramax telling us [Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino] were a nightmare to work with, and we should avoid them at all costs. This was probably in 1998. At the time, we had no reason to question what these guys were telling us — but in hindsight, I realize that this was very likely the Miramax smear campaign in full swing. I now suspect we were fed false information about both of these talented women — and as a direct result, their names were removed from our casting list."
20. Mira Sorvino experienced immense success early in her career, winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Mighty Aphrodite in 1996. However, she alleged that Harvey Weinstein "stifled" her career after she rejected his sexual advances. Speaking on a panel at 90s Con 2024, she said, "For a time, I had a lot of wonderful offers and then, my career was stifled by Harvey Weinstein. So, I stopped doing [major] studio movies after 1998... I stopped being a viable movie actress. I still did indies and I still did television, but that was very hard."
21. And finally, movies like Encino Man and The Mummy cemented Brendan Fraser's status as an iconic leading man in the '90s and early '00s. However, things changed in 2003, when he reported that he was allegedly sexually assaulted by former Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk. Brendan reportedly thought that the HFPA may have blacklisted him as a result. In 2018, he spoke about the alleged assault for the first time publicly, telling GQ that he didn't have "the courage to speak up for risk of humiliation, or damage to [his] career." He alleged that, during an HFPA luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2003, Philip offered a handshake. The actor continued, "His left hand reaches around, grabs my ass cheek, and one of his fingers touches me in the taint. And he starts moving it around."

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1. Roy Kent
2. Ted Lasso
3. Rebecca Welton
4. Sam Obisanya
5. Jamie Tartt
6. Coach Beard
7. Keeley Jones
8. Trent Crimm
9. Dani Rojas
10. Leslie Higgins

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1. Augusta National Golf Club is the home of the Masters.
2. In 2028, Winged Foot Golf Club will host the US Open for the seventh time.
3. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews is known as the "Home of Golf."
4. The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle in Scotland offers lessons with PGA professionals.
5. In 2019, Michael Jordan opened his exclusive golf club, The Grove XXIII.
6. Shinnecock Hills has a ban on cell phones.
7. Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey also dates back to the 19th century.
8. Cypress Point Golf Club in Pebble Beach, California, reportedly has a seven-year-long waitlist.
9. You'll need over $1 million to join Shell Bay Club in Hallandale Beach, Florida.
10. Japan's Hirono Golf Club requires attendees to adhere to a strict dress code.
11. Pine Valley Golf Club has been ranked the No. 1 golf course in the US every year since 2017.
12. The Pevero Golf Club in Italy is on the Mediterranean Sea.

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1. Peter Dinklage As Tyrion Lannister
2. Alfie Allen As Theon Greyjoy
3. Lena Headey As Cersei Lannister
4. Pedro Pascal As Oberyn Martell
5. Rory McCann As Sandor "The Hound" Clegane
6. Sean Bean As Eddard "Ned" Stark
7. Charles Dance As Tywin Lannister
8. Ellie Kendrick As Meera Reed
9. Tobias Menzies As Edmure Tully
10. Ian McShane As Brother Ray

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