Daily Archives: August 7, 2026

“I need help.” Per the Daily Mail, those are allegedly the words of Perez Hilton, the celebrity blogger who apparently was self-harming last week at his Miami home and livestreaming it. Concerned onlookers who witnessed his behavior from afar via TikTok then contacted police on his behalf. Hilton was brought to a hospital, where he […]

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United States Senator Mitch McConnell is headed back home after a recent health scare landed him in the hospital. Back in June, McConnell was found unresponsive in his home and was transported to the emergency room via ambulance. McConnell Headed Home After Months in The Hospital In a statement on Friday *(August 7), Senator McConnell […]

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Doing the news on TV can be challenging. There is no handy script to rely upon. Additionally, news anchors have to keep their emotions buttoned up. No matter how they feel, or how justified their gut reactions are, they have to keep it quiet. Which brings us to what happened to KJ Jacobs. He is […]

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11-year NBA vet Enes Kanter appears to be ready to return to basketball. But this time it will be in a different capacity. In a post shared to his social media account on Friday (August 7), Kanter revealed his plans to declare himself eligible for the 2027 WNBA Draft. The former Boston Celtics big man […]

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Didn’t take the Ivy League for a group of bear hunters, but I’m happy to stand corrected. If you’re anything like me, your college nutrition was far from optimal. We’re talking chips, snacks, mac and cheese, and of course, instant ramen noodles. You can go to the cafeteria, but is that much better? It’s more or less fast-food quality, no better than your average shopping mall food court. You’d think after all that money I gave DePaul University, they’d spend […]

The post Cornell University Officially Bans Processing Wild Game In Dorms After Students Cleaned A Black Bear In Communal Kitchen Last Year first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

The hockey icon was recently taken into hospital, where doctors found multiple worrying symptoms. His daughter gave an update online.

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Inject this into my veins. It’s hard to understate just how much of a force to be reckoned with Chris Stapleton has become throughout his music career. With 12 Grammys, 19 CMA Awards, 11 ACM Awards and a plethora of other hardware from the likes of Billboard, the Americana Music Association, ASCAP and more, the Kentucky native is arguably the biggest and most critically-acclaimed country artist this century. Of course, there’s so much to talk about when discussing Stapleton’s career […]

The post WATCH: Zach Top Joins Chris Stapleton For Cover Of Waylon Jennings’ “I Ain’t Living Long Like This” Live In Toronto first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

You picked GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite – BLUES NOW as your favorite new release for the week of July 31, 2026.

The rock icon posted that she didn’t want to “disappoint” fans. However, she needed to “focus on physical therapy” following the surgery.

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Didn’t want to perpetuate the stereotypes. There’s no doubt that the south often gets a negative portrayal in the media, with Hollywood writers frequently depicting those from the southern United States as backwards, uneducated, racist rednecks. Of course anybody who lives in the south (or spent any time here) knows that’s not true. I mean, just ask all of the World Cup tourists who visited the south and came away realizing what a welcoming and kind place it is, even […]

The post Walton Goggins Initially Turned Down A Now-Iconic Role Because He Didn’t Like How It Portrayed The South first appeared on Whiskey Riff.