Norfolk Public Schools and Suffolk Public Schools are the latest to announce they will cancel winter sports for the 2020-2021 season. Wednesday, Portsmouth Public Schools also decided to cancel its winter sports season. Hampton City Schools, Newport News Public Schools, and Chesapeake Public Schools all previously announced that they would cancel winter sports as well.…
Virginia Zoo Welcomes ‘Fiesty’ 6-Foot-1 Baby Girl Giraffe
The Virginia Zoo welcomed the first animal born at the zoo in 2021: a baby giraffe! A newborn Masai giraffe calf arrived on January 11, 2021. Keepers say the baby weighed 148.5 pounds and stood 6’1″ tall at birth. After a neonatal exam was performed, veterinarians learned the baby is a girl and say she…
Hot Tea Bombs are Taking Over TikTok. Here’s How To Make Your Own. {VIDEO}
Hot cocoa bombs were all the rage this fall and so now it’s time to change it up. TikTok users have moved on to hot tea bombs. These can be made with isomalt – a clear sugar substitute that you can pour into spherical molds. After you make your isomalt, place teabags or loose tea…
Jeff Bridges Shares Update on Lymphoma Diagnosis
DFree / Shutterstock.com Jeff Bridges shared some positive news with fans on his battle with lymphoma last week. In an update on his website, he wrote that his tumor has “drastically shrunk” following ongoing treatment saying, “I came home elated with the news.” Wanted to sing you guys a tune & some other stuff to check out…https://t.co/GcCI5SkF65…
Demi Lovato to Open Up About 2018 Overdose in New YouTube Docuseries
On Wednesday, YouTube Originals announced a new documentary series: Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil. A press release says the docuseries will provide “an honest look back at some of the most trying times in Lovato’s life as she unearths her prior traumas and discovers the importance of her physical, emotional, and mental health.” Demi…
Betty White Shares Her Secret To Feeling Young Ahead of Her 99th Birthday
The beloved Betty White will celebrate her 99th birthday on Sunday and she says her sense of humor has helped keep her young at heart. “Don’t take yourself too seriously,” she advised in a recent interview with People. “You can lie to others — not that I would — but you cannot lie to yourself.” She…
Siegfried Fischbacher of Siegfried & Roy Has Died at Age 81 After Cancer Battle
Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Siegfried Fischbacher of Siegfried & Roy has died at the age of 81. According to a press release, he passed away in his Las Vegas home on Jan. 13 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. While funeral services are expected to be private, the release stated that there will be a public memorial at…
Anne Hathaway Asked Everyone to Stop Calling Her Anne
Anne Hathaway was on The Tonight Show last night, where she asked everyone to stop calling her Anne! She started off the interview by saying, “Call me Annie — everybody, everybody, call me Annie, please.” She said she chose ‘Anne’ as her stage name at 14 years old never expecting to be called that for…
Va Beach Schools Delay Return to In-Person Learning Until February
Virginia Beach school leaders voted to phase back in the first groups of students for in-person learning next month, instead of on January 19. JUST IN: @vbschools votes to approve substitute motion that will bring students and some special education students back to campus starting Feb. 1 *if* community COVID positivity rates show decline for…
Watch This Old Video of a Teenage Ed Sheeran Failing an Audition That’s Making the Rounds Again [VIDEO]
For years, a video of an unknown, 16-year-old Ed Sheeran failing an audition for a British TV show has been making the rounds and it’s back again. Here’s the backstory: When ED SHEERAN was a 16-year-old unknown, he tried out for a musical TV series called “Britannia High”. The producers loved Ed’s musical talent. One of them even calls him “the…