Author: Ishita Chatterjee

Michael Jordan. He is a name, brand, and icon all wrapped up in one. The basketball and Chicago Bulls legend was feared for his ferocious and gravity-defying dunks.  He conquered the court and people’s hearts when he was playing. But there’s one thing in his personal life that he couldn’t destroy- his fear of water. As a result, he can’t do the one thing many are comfortable enjoying. No, NBA star Michael Jordan can’t swim due to 3 significant tragedies in his life. When he was 7, his best friend drowned after getting pulled in by strong ocean currents. Also,…

Protests are inherently disruptive. After all, it’s impossible to protest without disrupting the usual way of life.  However, one has to ask where the line needs to be drawn. What would a protester have to do for you to go from sympathizing with them to hating them? For many sympathetic to Just Stop Oil’s modes of protest, that line in the sand came when they vandalized a classic painting worth $90 million. Hanan, 22, and Harrison, 20, two protesters affiliated with Just Stop Oil, vandalized Diego Velázquez’s The Rokeby Venus (1647-1651) painting. They used emergency rescue hammers to shatter the…

Who is the most famous relative in your family? For me, it was my grandfather, the president of the local football club and a hotshot in our little community. However, that’s nothing compared to sisters Jenna and Barbara Bush.  After all, their grandfather and father were both presidents of the USA. Now, that’s something no one else can boast about. In fact, there are very few in the world whose grandfather and father have led a nation. But people are confused about one thing regarding them- even at 41, they are still asked if they are twins. So are they?…

The Israel-Palestine conflict has become a ‘Which side are you on?’ conflict. Ever since the war began, there has been loss of lives, with brutalities taking place at an excessive scale on both sides.  On social media, as in real life, the lines have been drawn too. Massive protest rallies have been organized all over the world; people are tearing down posters of the missing people, etc. One such person who has been caught doing the latter is Olivia Lynch, and her actions have sparked massive online protests. But who is she? Olivia Lynch is an educator and artist for…

How lit are NFT parties? Many of the partygoers of the Hong Kong ApeFest event organized by Yuga Labs reported that they had a great time. However, there doesn’t seem to be a consensus on this.  One would think that parties would be fun and generally harmless. However, some people who attended the ApeFest event reported something shocking- that they had almost lost their eyesight! YugaLabs, the creators of the CryptoPunks and Bored Ape NFT collections, held an ApeFest Event in Hong Kong from November 3 to 5. As per their Twitter/ X statement, out of the 2,250 attendees, 15…

November is here! And that means the end of 2023 is in sight. It’s time for the memes and posts about how people have no idea where the year went by. Yet, many, like me, want to know what they did for the whole year.  Thanks to features like Spotify Wrapped and YouTube Rewind, we can peep into our viewing and listening habits. But that often isn’t enough to provide an adequate flashback experience. That’s why Instagram Wrapped is here. After all, what’s the one platform where everyone shares their aesthetically pleasing day-to-day photos? Only Insta. However, people are skeptical…

There are plenty of iconic sibling rivalries on-screen. From Lisa & Bart Simpson of The Simpsons to Haley & Alex Dunphy of Modern Family, the list is unlimited.  The above two examples are sibling rivalries that were laughter-inducing to watch. But some are dramatic and heart-wrenching, like Beth and Jamie Dutton in Yellowstone. Initially, viewers couldn’t figure out why Beth hated her brother with a passion. After all, she got into a physical fight with him at their father’s ranch. Plenty of theories were flying around until the shocking answer was finally revealed. Beth Dutton hates Jamie Dutton because he…

We all have our favorite celebrities- From Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie to Robert Pattinson and Chris Evans; my list is probably longer than yours. However, apart from big-shot and high-profile Hollywood stars, many are also fans of small-screen stars.  I am not talking about just TV show stars here. But of the other kind of TV stars- the news people. Let us not lie. We all have favorite newscasters and weathermen/women. For the people living in Boston, one of them was probably Zack Green at WBZ. But what’s going on with him at WBZ? He has been missing for…

Have you dipped your foot in the world of esports? Or hell, have you played Fortnite or followed a popular streamer who plays the Battle Royale game? Then, you will have come across the name of Tfue.  In 2018, Tfue was one of the turbulent and most prominent names in the Fortnite streaming world. I remember watching his streams with the FaZe clan, and they dominated every esports tournament. But then one thing happened after the other, and soon, the guy who was one of the OGs of Fortnite Chapter 1 announced a hiatus. Or has he? Turner ‘Tfue’ Tenney…

Superhero comics and the Modern Warfare (MW) games have a lot of similarities- dead characters come back to life with every reboot. For example, in the original Modern Warfare trilogy, John ‘Soap’ MacTavish doesn’t have a happy ending. In 2011’s Modern Warfare 3, Soap dies in front of his team after suffering a fatal wound. But he was brought back in the reboot. Now, with MW3 releasing on November 10, 2023, there’s a buzz in the air that Soap has been killed off again. But is it true? And how does he die? Warning: This article contains spoilers for Modern…

The beginning of the end is finally here, so it’s time to stay away from social media. After a decade, Attack on Titan is finally coming to an end, with the final anime episode set to air on November 4, 2023. But when will it be available on Crunchyroll? We are all waiting with bated breath to finally see if the controversial ending got changed by Hajime Isayama or remained the same. Attack on Titan will drop its finale, The Final Chapters: Special 2, on November 4, 2023. The 85-minute episode will be available on Crunchyroll at 5 p.m. PDT…

Scrapes, scratches, falls, and punches. As an unruly child, I certainly experienced my fair share of them, and so did many others. But very few of us went on to become professional stuntsmen/women.  But David Holmes did. He was the stuntman of Daniel Radcliffe on the Harry Potter sets. But in a turn of tragedy, while doing something that should have been routine for him, he lost everything. David Holmes, a stunt double of Daniel Radcliffe from the first Harry Potter film, broke his neck and was left paralyzed from the chest down while filming a jerk-back explosion scene for…

The transformation of Newsmax: Has the conservative site disappeared into the abyss? What are you paying to watch online? I am paying for Netflix and a few other services. But what’s the most niche service you have subscribed to? Will you support something if it caters to your political leanings? That’s the question Newsmax watchers will have to answer because it has transformed into the one thing every cable service is becoming nowadays- an app with a plus added to its name. Newsmax’s free feed is behind a paywall from November 1, 2023. This service is called Newsmax+ and is…

It’s over! The hours-long nightmare of server maintenance and updating of Fortnite is finally over. But things aren’t quite in the clear yet.  I logged in to play the new update and explore the new Chapter 1 map, only to find myself in a long queue with a timer. Turns out many others are stuck in a similar situation like me. But why is there even a queue? Fortnite players get a “waiting in queue” message with a timer when there’s a heavy load on the servers due to thousands trying to play the latest update. To fix this, try…

Are we seeing more of Tom Hiddleston as Loki? That’s always welcome. An entire decade of witnessing him in the MCU plus two seasons of the Disney+ show isn’t enough for us.  So, a season 3 of Loki would be most welcome. But is it possible with Disney boss Bob Iger to declare that Marvel Studios will be rolling back Disney+ Marvel outputs?  Marvel Studios or Disney haven’t officially announced Loki season 3. However, season 2 was announced after season 1 finished airing. So, an announcement can come on November 9, 2023, when season 2 will end. Executive producer of…