Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine lays off about half its staff weeks after she bought it back
About 30 jobs went on Friday, October 30, as the company once valued at $900 million narrows to film, TV and Reese's Book Club under Mediawan.
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Gabourey Sidibe dresses as Drake in his fringe shawl after AI memes put the rapper on her photos
On Jennifer Hudson’s Halloween episode on October 30, the actress copied the vintage Hermès shawl Drake wore in New York two days before his 40th birthday, beard included.
Applebee’s diner’s TikTok shows a 20% kiosk tip of $11.30 on a $49.49 bill, worked out after tax
The tablet's small print said tips are calculated after tax and before discounts. On a $56.50 after-tax total, 20% is exactly $11.30, about $1.40 more than the diner expected.
Nick Jonas says Bob Iger was among the first to reach out after the 2019 Jonas Brothers reunion
At a New York gala honoring the former Disney chief on October 27, Nick Jonas traced his Disney story from playing Chip on Broadway at 9 to becoming a Disney Legend alongside Iger.
Taurid meteors bring Halloween fireballs to US, UK and Canadian skies; peaks follow on November 5 and 12
Two debris streams from Comet Encke and asteroid 2004 TG10 overlap this weekend, adding up to about 10 meteors an hour from Taurus around midnight.
Benjamin Franklin’s 1784 Paris letter proposed cannon at sunrise and candle rationing, not clock changes
As US clocks fall back on Sunday, November 1, Franklin's anonymous Journal de Paris satire shows he wanted shutters taxed and sleepers woken, not time moved.
Red Baron pizza stocker hit by a fake Apple Pay prank gets more than $250,000 from strangers online
The Michigan father of four told the prankster he could not pay his mortgage. Red Baron's parent says the clip dates from August and he remains on its team.
BLM rounds up 259 wild horses from Utah’s Sulphur herd, where about 560 roamed land meant for 250
The two-week helicopter gather in western Utah ended October 17. The agency says many horses were thin, two died, and about 257 now head toward adoption.
A 2018 Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwich ad is TikTok’s newest meme, powered by an old harmonica riff
The looped opening of a 2018 frozen sandwich commercial, scored with Jimmy Dean's own song The Cajun Queen, has drawn millions of TikTok views since October 22.
Florida Museum biologist widened luna moth tails in a 7-year lab study; a first for moths or butterflies
Andrei Sourakov hand-reared more than 700 luna and polyphemus moths and used heparin to widen tails and enlarge eyespots, backing a 2010 'molecular cookie cutter' idea.
Lily Allen dresses as a Ticketmaster seat map full of unsold blue dots for Halloween
The singer's Instagram caption, "Never beating the allegations #bluedotfever," nods to a year in which several fall tour dates moved to smaller venues.
Meek Mill sets six-city Dream Chasers Nights tour, opening at Philadelphia arena on November 24
The run closes in Atlanta on December 20, and general tickets for Los Angeles, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago and Atlanta go on sale Friday, October 30 at 10 a.m. local time.
An AI-edited photo of Himmel, a snow leopard at Japan’s Ishikawa Zoo, is the new ‘paws at you’ meme
The real 2024 zoo photo got Mei Mei the cat's face in October 2026, and by October 28 even the Epic Games Store was posting its own version.
NBC sets Alan Jackson’s final Nashville concert as a two-hour primetime special on December 8
The June 27 Nissan Stadium farewell, with George Strait duets and a deep guest list, airs at 8 p.m. ET/PT and streams on Peacock December 9; a 25-song live album lands December 4.
Millions watch as a pastor’s first Waymo ride in Atlanta leaves the robotaxi stuck sideways in the road
Lou Pizzichillo's clip shows a support agent sending the car "suggestions" it would not take, and it has topped 5 million views on Instagram and TikTok.
Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe’s 1995 sci-fi thriller Virtuosity lands on Paramount+ on November 1
The 106-minute cyberpunk flop cast Crowe as SID 6.7, a killer built from code, a dozen years before the pair swapped sides of the law in American Gangster.
Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos set for joint Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony on November 5
The Good Morning America co-anchors were named to the 2026 class in July 2025 and will share the year's only double unveiling, joining co-host Michael Strahan.
War of the Worlds aired on CBS radio 88 years ago, but a same-night survey found only 2% of homes tuned in
Of nearly 2,000 letters sent to Orson Welles and US regulators after the October 30, 1938, broadcast, only about 27% came from frightened listeners.
Heidi Klum teases a bloody, fungus-like costume on Instagram as fans guess ahead of her 25th Halloween party
Klum posted a brain-like prosthetic close-up on October 24 and a fungus-like video on October 28; her makeup artist calls it one of the most elaborate costumes ever made.
Chornobyl nuclear plant dogs carry DNA signs of natural selection, not extra mutation, study finds
A September 2026 study of 63 dogs found 1,138 genetic outlier spots near DNA-repair and immune genes, and used Galapagos island dogs to rule out isolation alone.
BigXthaPlug drops country for rap on new album Better Over Time with GloRilla and Lil Yachty
The Dallas rapper's 18-track fourth album arrives October 30 with nine guests, after a roadside-ad rollout across seven cities and a short film told through his parents' eyes.
Former SeaWorld and Six Flags site in Aurora, Ohio, reopens as a 48-acre public park after 10 years
Aurora Park at Geauga Lake opened on Sunday, October 25, reusing the old SeaWorld ticket pavilions, with a pool, beach and kayak rentals planned for later phases.
Charlie Daniels was born in North Carolina 90 years ago this week; he played on three Bob Dylan albums
Before "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," the Wilmington-born fiddler moved to Nashville in 1967 and played guitar and bass on Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait and New Morning.
Danny Moder marks Julia Roberts’ 59th birthday with a throwback photo and a ‘more candles’ note
The cinematographer, who met Roberts on the set of The Mexican in 2000, posted the October 28 tribute on Instagram; Roberts replied with hearts.
Patrick Mahomes’ food allergy charity names Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que its first approved restaurant
The 'personal news' is a charity milestone: Joe's staff spent two years training in allergy-safe prep, and Mahomes shared the post days after the Chiefs' first loss of 2026.