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Matthew Schaefer has already notched the first goal of his NHL career. Late in the third period during Saturday’s game against the Capitals, Schaefer was able to tap the puck past Washington goalie Logan Thompson after a pileup formed near the net. Matthew Schaefer #48 of the New York Islanders celebrates his first NHL goal in the third period at 4:28 with Mathew Barzal #13 against the Washington Capitals at UBS Arena on October 11, 2025 in Elmont, New York. NHLI via Getty Images Schaefer, 18, slammed his body against the glass in celebrating after scoring, as he was met…

Obviously, not everybody is going to like the same things you do. It’s human nature to have different opinions, but when it comes to classic horror films you would think the amount of 1-star reviews on Letterboxd would be minimal. They’re classics! But that’s not the case, some of the movies listed below have bad reviews in the thousands. We can say, that a lot of the bad reviews aren’t really reviews at all. Things like “I hated it” or “It was too gross” aren’t really based on the merit of the filmmaker, actors, or special effects. That being said,…

As part of the US-brokered cease-fire in Gaza, Israel is set to free 250 Palestinians serving prison sentences — possibly as soon as next week. Israeli officials published the list of prisoners Friday, and while the most popular Palestinian leader — Marwan Barghouti — is not among those set to be released, some notorious terrors are.  They have been convicted of terrorism-related crimes over the past two decades, although they are not believed to be Hamas members involved in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, according to reports. President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the deal at the…

A New Jersey man was sentenced for his role as the middleman in a monkey torture ring where people paid for repulsive “monkey crushing” videos depicting the young chimps being physically and sexually abused by a child. Giancarlo Morelli was sentenced to four years in prison for conspiring to create and distribute the horrific fetish films to would-be buyers, according to the US Department of Justice. Giancarlo Morelli of New Jersey was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in torture of monkeys, such as this one seen in a file photo. billyghawastock – stock.adobe.com Morelli and co-conspirator…

An Argentinian singer and model was shot and killed by motorcycle riding bandits just days before he was set to star on a reality television show, according to reports. Fede Dorcaz, 29, was shot three times — including once in the neck — on Thursday in the Amplacion Daniel Garza neighborhood, the Secretariat of Citizen Security of Mexico City announced. Officials have not announced a motive and have no suspects in custody but the incident was an apparent attempted robbery, according to multiple outlets. Fede Dorcaz, 29, was shot and killed just days before he was set to premiere on…

This is Part 2 of a series on breaking free from doomscrolling. Read Part 1 here. Co-authored by Alicia Del Prado and Bette Maisel Back in 2011, Apple’s iPhone ads plastered billboards with glossy images of people traveling, celebrating milestones. The message was seductive: This device is your ticket to belonging and intimacy. And in many ways, those ads weren’t wrong. Smartphones made it easier to FaceTime across continents and capture memories—but they also planted a subtle belief: that closeness itself lived inside the device. When Cutting Back Feels Both Liberating and Hard At first, scaling back can bring enormous…

With her death today, we’ve lost not just one of the great comedic actresses, but one of the great actresses, period.

It’s all about perspective. Oran Almog was just 10 years old when a suicide bomber shattered his life — detonating an explosive in the middle of a Haifa restaurant that instantly killed five members of his Israeli family. Yet the now 32-year-old believes the high price Israel – and terror victims who are forced to watch their tormentors walk free – is willing to pay to retrieve the 48 remaining hostages in Hamas’ hands, 20 believed to still be living, is worth the pain. Oran Almog was just 10 years old when a suicide bomber shattered his life — detonating an explosive…

Celebrities and fellow CosPlayers made their way to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to appear at New York Comic Con 2025. Cosplayer Malibare (@ur_malibare) as Zero Two from ‘Daring in the Franxx’ with Chainsaw Man are seen at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center for New York Comic Con (NYCC) on Saturday, October 11, 2025. Kyle Stevens/Shutterstock A cosplayer poses as the Silver Surfer from Marvel during New York Comic Con 2025 at The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 11, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images for ReedPop (L-R) Krysten Ritter and Charlie Cox speak onstage…

A trio of Trump diplomats celebrated the historic Gaza peace deal alongside a massive crowd in Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square on Saturday night — in anticipation of release of the remaining Israeli hostages. US envoy East Steve Witkoff, first daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner — who recently emerged as a key player in the long-shot peace negotiations — addressed a gathering of tens of thousands, who waved American and Israeli flags and held placards with images of Hamas-held hostages. “God-willing we’ve accomplished the first phase. It’s been rocky. One day we’ll tell you the story, it’ll make…