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90s Goosebumps star who gave children nightmares looks so different 21 years on

90s Goosebumps star who gave children nightmares looks so different 21 years on

Published by Daniella Wilson

A child star who made a very memorable appearance on the beloved 90s show Goosebumps looks completely different 31 years later. Kathryn Long, 43, portrayed Carly Beth Caldwell in the first-ever episode of the kids’ horror series, The Haunted Mask. The show was based on the book series of the same by R.L. Stine, and the debut episode was a special one-hour event when it aired in October 1995. The Haunted Mask told the story of a young girl named Carly Beth who bought a frightening Halloween mask in order to scare a pair of boys in her school. However, the mask quickly took on an evil mind of its own and refused to come off. R.L. Stine said in a 2012 interview that The Haunted Mask is his favourite Goosebumps episode. Kathryn recently attended the Monsterpalooza horror convention where she was reunited with the monster mask – and a mask replica of her own face – from the episode. Talent agency Midnight Media Entertainment uploaded a video to Instagram where the two masks were …

Toyota just gave its electric SUV a major upgrade. Is it enough to overtake Tesla?

Toyota just gave its electric SUV a major upgrade. Is it enough to overtake Tesla?

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get our weekly Drive Smart newsletter for motoring news, reviews and advice from EV editor Steve Fowler Get motoring news, reviews and advice from EV editor Steve Fowler Get our EV editor’s weekly Drive Smart newsletter Embracing an electric vehicle is an exciting prospect, but selecting the right model can be a complex decision. For a growing number of motorists, an electric SUV presents the most practical choice for everyday life. The latest models boast sufficient range for daily commutes and occasional longer journeys, ample family space, and innovative technology. But with numerous options emerging, which one truly stands out? This is where the Tesla Model Y and Toyota bZ come into sharp focus. For 2026, Tesla’s best-selling electric vehicle, the Model Y, is slated for significant updates, including refreshed styling, a smoother ride, and a more luxurious cabin. However, Toyota’s all-electric SUV, the bZ, is also a formidable contender. The front-wheel-drive version of the Toyota 2026 bZ can go up to 314 miles on a single charge, according to EPA estimates (Toyota Motor Sales …

Long before FIFA, these brutal folk games gave birth to soccer

Long before FIFA, these brutal folk games gave birth to soccer

Published by Jenni Sidey

The variety of historical ball games in the Americas, China, and Greece shows that there is something very human about kicking a ball around. It may help explain why soccer became popular in so many diverse places. People in the British Isles also played versions of football, and that is where the modern game of soccer came from. Its rules were first written down in London in 1863, but its roots run much deeper. Before soccer, there were a variety of recreations called “football.” Eventually, they evolved into the games that we know as different kinds of football. Association football or soccer is one of them. Rugby is another. In the United States, the sport is known as American or gridiron football. Down under, there is a different football game called Australian Rules. There are even Irish and Canadian versions. One way to think about it is like a family tree with different branches that all go back to a single trunk. The common ancestor to all types of football, including soccer, came from traditional …

Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend

Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend

Published by skeptic

At its recent I/O developer conference, Google introduced Gemini Spark as an always-on agent that connects to your personal data, completes online tasks, and automates aspects of your daily interactions. It’s Google’s take on the viral OpenClaw agent that rocked Silicon Valley at the start of 2026. OpenClaw’s early adopters handed their entire lives over to an AI agent for messaging and scheduling automation—sometimes with bot-induced mishaps causing embarrassing results. My first time using Gemini Spark had me wheezing with laughter. I gave Google’s new AI agent access to everything from my personal Gmail, Docs, and Calendar apps. (So long privacy.) Then, I sent an innocuous, one-sentence prompt, asking the bot for help planning a party for my upcoming birthday. Not only did Gemini Spark comb through my inbox and calendar to find the real reservation I made at a karaoke bar, it also generated a five-page itinerary complete with a guest list, venue rules, nearby dining spots, after-party bars, email invites, and theme ideas. The result was genuinely impressive and done in just a …

How seeing Bruce Springsteen in DC gave me hope

How seeing Bruce Springsteen in DC gave me hope

Published by Sam Flores

After dealing with Donald Trump for the better part of the last decade, it was not until Wednesday night that I finally understood the difference between my childhood and today. I credit Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for making that distinction clear. Springsteen rode into Washington, D.C., to play in the driving rain for 40,000 fans at Nationals Park with the energy of a 19-year-old — and the insight of a 76-year-old who lived through the same divisiveness I experienced as a child. His performance, according to Nils Lofgren, one of the guitarists in the 19-piece E Street Band, was a “brutally honest and melodic statement of Truth.” To say that things have dramatically changed in the United States since I was a child in the 1960s is an understatement. It’s not the gaping hole in the ground that used to be the White House’s East Wing – which gives the unpleasant impression the executive mansion is rebuilding from a bombing. It’s not the circus-like cage arena currently being built on the South Lawn …

In the ‘Hacks’ Series Finale, Deborah Gave Ava “the Ultimate Declaration of Love”

In the ‘Hacks’ Series Finale, Deborah Gave Ava “the Ultimate Declaration of Love”

Published by Sam Flores

Statsky: Yes, everything that is said in that episode about their history is true, and you’ve seen it all happen in the course of the show. That’s why, I think, that episode was so fun for us to write. You’re seeing all the things you’ve watched over five seasons come to fruition. It’s like, Oh yeah, they are intimately involved. Aniello: Not to mention that they look great together. They would’ve had beautiful (and funny) babies. Aniello: Well, they’re not dead yet! You’re saying there’s the possibility of a Hacks reboot someday? Aniello: Cold open: Deborah and Ava are in Provincetown during Dyke Week, having a blast. Statsky: The camera pans down to Ava’s pregnant belly… This season delved into one of Deborah’s emotional wounds: the way her ex-husband took her idea and made himself the sole creator of her sitcom, Who’s Making Dinner? And in fact there were hardly any shows created solely by women in the 1970s. Then you have Ava getting to remake it today, working, as you are, in the aftermath …

How a Curious FIFA Deal Gave Fox a Huge Bargain for World Cup Broadcast Rights

How a Curious FIFA Deal Gave Fox a Huge Bargain for World Cup Broadcast Rights

Published by Sam Flores

Fox Corporation is getting an enormous bargain to broadcast the 2026 World Cup next month, industry analysts say. It is paying less than $500 million to air the tournament, according to people familiar with the agreement who were not authorized to speak on the matter. Yet experts say the rights are worth as much as three times that amount, raising questions about how Fox secured such an incredible deal. The answer stretches back to March 2014, when FIFA’s board convened in a soundproof room reserved for the most important decisions, deep in the subterranean layer of its glass-and-steel headquarters in Zurich. There, some of the most powerful figures in soccer were told that a decision worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the sport’s governing body was needed to make a problem go away, according to people with direct knowledge of what was said in the meeting. A separate resolution, made in the same room four years earlier, was to blame. That’s when FIFA chose tiny but wealthy Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup, …

This is how we do it: ‘I thought I’d never want to have sex again – then I gave myself a pep talk’ | Life and style

This is how we do it: ‘I thought I’d never want to have sex again – then I gave myself a pep talk’ | Life and style

Published by Sam Flores

Lucia, 45 double quotation markI felt guilty because I love him and want to make him happy About five years ago, my libido was so low I thought if I never had sex again, I’d be fine. I’m not sure what was causing it. It was during the pandemic and I was stressed by that, or perhaps it was due to hormonal changes that come with perimenopause. It was like something in my brain wasn’t working, and I just couldn’t get it together. I didn’t feel like myself and Edwin and I were arguing more. When we talked about it, he’d say: “What’s going on? You don’t want to have sex with me.” And I’d reply: “It’s not that. It’s that I don’t want to do anything.” It was stressful because we’ve been together for 26 years and he has always been up for it. I felt guilty because I love him and want to make him happy. So I knew that sex was something that still needed to happen in our relationship. It was six months to …

I Gave My OpenClaw Agent a Physical Body

I Gave My OpenClaw Agent a Physical Body

Published by skeptic

I recently gave my OpenClaw a real robot arm to play with. The results just about blew my own neural network. The AI agent was able to configure the arm, use it to see and slowly grab things, and even train another AI model to pick up and place specific objects. And they say AGI is still a few years away! (I’m joking, it probably is). The results have me convinced that we may be on the brink of a robotics breakthrough. Training and controlling robots used to require considerable skill. Today’s AI models can make it almost easy. “AI-powered coding is super exciting because it has the potential to bridge the gap between conventional engineering methods, which are reliable but don’t generalize, and contemporary vision-language-action models, which generalize but are not yet reliable,” says Ken Goldberg, a roboticist at UC Berkeley who is exploring the approach. I told OpenClaw to try moving its new arm and it came up with this little wave. I bought a prebuilt arm called a LeRobot 101. It’s part …