16 Brave Singers Who Survived Absolutely Brutal Stage Falls

These 16 onstage wipeouts were particularly memorable, and prove that cringing is basically an occupational hazard when you’re a music star. 1.Blake Shelton Afterfalling during a concertin Pendleton, Oregon, in July 2018, PEOPLE’s2017 Sexiest Man Aliveturned to Twitter to poke fun at his actions and ask for the evidence. “Ok Pendleton I know somebody is bound to have video of me falling on stage last night!!” heposted. “Please!! I have to see it!...

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1386 words · Eric Richmond

17-Year-Old Nearly Killed by Her Ex-Boyfriend 5 Days After She Ended Relationship

Photo: Los Angeles County A 20-year-old California man was found guilty Tuesday of attempted murder for slashing the throat of his ex-girlfriend after she broke up with him, PEOPLE confirms. A Los Angeles County jury also found Jason Scott Gustin guilty of mayhem and the special allegation that he personally inflicted great bodily injury upon the victim under circumstances involving domestic violence and that he used a knife during the crime....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Colleen Benjamin

17-Year-Old New York High School Football Player Dies After Practice from Medical Emergency

Miguel Lugo.Photo: GoFundMe A New York family is mourning after a high school football player died suddenly following a football practice. Miguel Lugo, 17, reportedly suffered a medical emergency on Monday during the first practice of the season after COVID-19 related delays,USA Todayreported. Lugo was taken to a hospital, where he died. A cause of death has yet to be determined, and Lugo’s family members are left questioning how their otherwise healthy son died so suddenly....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Austin Miller

2 Hawaiian Men Found Guilty of a Hate Crime After Beating White Neighbor 9 Years Ago

Photo: Paul Mounce/Corbis via Getty Two Native Hawaiian men have been sentenced to several years in federal prison on Thursday for beating their white neighbor nine years ago, an assault categorized as a hate crime. U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright sentenced Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi, 32, and Levi Aki Jr., 33, to more than six years and more than four years in federal prison, respectively. Several U.S. Attorneys argued that the men’s assault of victim Chris Kunzelman was racially motivated, according to theDepartment of Justice’s statementissued Friday....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 785 words · Heather Myers

2 Married Wis. Teachers Accused of Unlawful Sexual Relations with Student

Photo: GettyIn Kansas, two former teachers have been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student, PEOPLE confirms.Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck tells PEOPLE that Allan, 51, and Deborah Sylvester, 55, both face felony charges of unlawful sexual relations.“If convicted they could face anywhere from 31 to 136 months of incarceration depending on criminal history, if any,” Schuck explains.The prosecutor says that the alleged victim was a student at the time and “was an age of 16 or over but under 18....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 828 words · Amy Ibarra

2-Time Olympians Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue Aren't Retiring Without One More Shot at the Podium

It’s been a season of endings for returning — and retiring — OlympiansMadison Hubbelland Zach Donohue. As Hubbell says, they are approaching the period on the end of their sentence. “We’re up for the challenge,” she says. Thebond between the two has evolvedover the years (yes,they previously dated) and is now a “more peaceful friendship,” Hubbell has said. It’s “a reflection, not just of our developing relationship and the work we’ve put into caring for each other, but really it came from demanding more from ourselves on the ice,” she tells PEOPLE....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 727 words · Charles Hanson

2-Year-Old Georgia Girl Beats Rare Form of Ovarian Cancer: 'She's a Rock Star'

Photo: Fight with Kenni/ Facebook A 2-year-old girl who was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer in February is now cancer-free — and doctors believe she is going to continue to thrive. McKenna Shea Xydias, of Senoia, Georgia, had an ovarian yolk sac tumor,according toGood Morning America, and went through four rounds of chemotherapy. The toddler was first diagnosed after her daycare told her parents, Mike and Meagan Xydias, that she had a fever in January, and just a month later her stomach was bloated and she seemed uncomfortable....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 514 words · Rachel Allen

20 Concussions, Barely Walking Straight: Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Not Believing He'd 'Get Healthy'

Even now,Dale Earnhardt Jr.struggles to describe what it felt likebeing concussed in his race car, over and over again. “It’s the hardest thing,” the recently retired NASCAR superstar tells PEOPLE at his 300-acre home in Mooresville, North Carolina, where he lives with his interior designer wife,Amy, and their 6-month-old daughter,Isla Rose. “It’s so frustrating trying to explain the symptoms,” he continues, “because I can’t think of anything that I’ve ever experienced to compare it to....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 777 words · Jennifer Russo

20 Times Mila Kunis Impressed Us with Her Realness

01of 20ON BELIEVING IN BATH TIMEAshton Kutcher/Instagram"It’s too much!"— in anInstagram video,bathing son Dimitri, 4, and daughter Wyatt, 6, with husbandAshton Kutcher, after inadvertently ignitinga hot debate on hygiene02of 20ON CHANGING HER MINDEric Charbonneau/Invision for STX Entertainment/AP"The fact that I didn’t let him go into space was so selfish of me, but I was a new mom and I was like, ‘You can’t leave me and the babies.’ And so that’s where that decision was made out of....

March 16, 2025 · 17 min · 3579 words · Leah Jackson

2021 Emmy Awards Nominations: 'The Crown', 'Ted Lasso' and 'WandaVision' Lead

The2021 Emmysnominations were announced on Tuesday during a live, virtual event streamed on the Television Academy’s website.This Is UsstarRon Cephas JonesandHamilton’sJasmine Cephas Jones— who are also father and daughter in real-life — presented this year’s nominees alongside Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma. Cedric the Entertainerwas announced as this year’s Emmys host on Monday. This year’s ceremony will also feature a limited in-person live audience of nominees and their guests, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Emmys to go mostly virtual in 2020....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 513 words · Jeffrey Cohen

2022 Oscar Nominations: Will Smith, Kristen Stewart Score Nods, 'The' 'Power of the Dog' Leads with 12

The 2022 Oscar nominees are unveiled! Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordanannounced the nominees together. The Power of the Dogearned 12 nominations — including for real-life couple Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons — who play husband and wife in the drama.Dune, the sci-fi epic starring Timothée Chalamet, earned 10 nods, whileBelfastandWest Side Storygot seven. Will Packer is producing the broadcast this year with Glenn Weiss directing the ceremony. The Emmy nominee — behind movies likeGirls Trip,Straight Outta ComptonandStomp the Yard— said in apress release, “The power, the beauty, the romance of the imagery in movies has always attracted me....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 567 words · Mark Floyd

21 Savage Says Atlanta Is in a 'Dark Place' After Takeoff's Death: 'Just Ain't the Same'

21 Savage; Takeoff.Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage, Prince Williams/Wireimage 21 Savageis opening up about howTakeoff’s death has impacted Atlanta as a whole. 21, whoComplexnamed its best rapper of 2022 this week, spoke with the publication as part of the yearly recognition. During the interview, the England-born and Atlanta-based rapper shared his thoughts on recent challenges and tragedies in the city’s rap scene — from Young Thug and YSL’songoing RICO caseto theshooting of Takeoff in November....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 462 words · Joshua Smith

21-Year-Old Hiker Falls to Death While Taking Photo from Arizona Mountain Peak

Photo: Ted Shaffrey/AP/Shutterstock A 21-year-old man fell to his death while attempting to take a picture during a camping trip at Lost Dutchman State Park in Arizona, according to authorities. The body of hiker Richard Jacobson was recovered after he fell from Flatiron Peak in the Superstition Mountains, located to the east of the Phoenix metropolitan area, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement to PEOPLE. A companion of Jacobson’s called 911 around 12:45 a....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Ryan Trujillo DDS