Nagini is first introduced at a Freak Show in Paris, where she has befriended Creedence and is helping him search for his birth mother. This seems like a perfect way to integrate Nagini into the central story, as most of the characters in the movie, including Newt and Grindelwald, are trying to track down Creedence. However, Nagini does virtually nothing in the film, having no more than 10 lines throughout Crimes‘ 134 minute-runtime....

As a drum was being brought onto the stage, Grohl spoke to the audience and recalled his epic drum-off against Bushell that entertained us all during the pandemic (we have the definitive timeline here) and reminded many of us that some people are simply prodigies. Grohl admitted he did not take the challenge seriously at first, which was clearly his loss, considering who came out the victor. But his friends told him that his 11-year-old challenger was the “real deal” and so he agreed to take her on....

One reason for the change is that getting a negative test result doesn’t necessarily mean you’re in the clear. Not only are some results false, but it takes time after getting infected for the virus to multiply in your body enough for a test to pick it up. Besides, if you’ve been exposed but test negative and have no symptoms, the CDC recommends you quarantine for two weeks anyway. “A negative test on day 2 doesn’t mean you’re negative....

It sounds like something you’d hear on a dubious late-night infomercial, but the government really might owe you money if you’re a new parent. Here’s why and how to get it. Both the CARES Act, passed in March, and the most recent coronavirus relief package provided direct payments to American citizens making under a certain income. Additional funds were sent to people who claimed dependents on their most recent tax returns, $600 per child for the CARES Act and $500 per child for the end-of-year relief bill that has been suggested to be a stopgap spending bill until President-elect Joe Biden takes office in late January....

First, New Zealand’s lockdown was strict and strong. The U.S. response was not. New Zealand confirmed its first COVID-19 case on February 28, more than a month after the U.S, according to CNN. Yet starting March 14, the Kiwis required a two-week quarantine for anyone entering the country. On March 20, they shut their borders to all foreign nationals. The country entered “level 3” lockdown on March 23, closing non-essential business, canceling events and gatherings, and shuttering schools for all children except those of essential workers....

As we enter the warmer months, we’re all in search of clean kicks. This year, I’m urging you to leave the Stan Smiths for everybody else and get on the hunt for a pair of Nike sacais, like the green and gray Blazer. You can’t find these shoes at your local Factory Outlet or the Nike website; you’ll need to hit the secondary market. But there are plenty of pairs available at prices ranging from totally doable to wallet crippling....

Squirrel and Hedgehog is one such animated show featuring cute, cuddly characters and hardcore military glorification. Produced by state-run SEK Studios, the series has been running since the 1970s and is something children in North Korea watch daily, according to the Los Angeles Times. “It’s a classic,” a North Korean guide told the Los Angeles Times. “Everyone knows Squirrel and Hedgehog.” The heavily-armed creatures often run up against evil weasels, representing Japan, and wolves, representing the United States....

The breakout star of The Mandalorian is one of the most memeable characters out there, so it was only a matter of time before he (she? it?) followed in the grand tradition of realistic Disney princesses and R-rated versions of Disney classics in a Mandalorian-Disney animated film mashup for the ages. The pop culture genius behind this effort is Crystal Ro, a Buzzfeed editor and aritst who you might remember as the woman who once replaced every Disney prince with Keanu Reeves....

These days, thanks to Disney+, and the streaming dominance of Disney+ you can watch the ’90s X-Men cartoon in the most binge-able, streamable format, ever. There’s just one little problem: After season 2 of X-Men, Disney+ has these vintage episodes in the wrong order. In fairness, some of this isn’t Disney’s fault. When X-Men first aired in the ’90s, a complicated production schedule meant that the script order of the episodes sometimes didn’t correspond to the order in which the episodes were released....

Not only did Billie Eilish and FINNEAS take home the Oscar for best original song for “No Time To Die,” but they also thanked their parents in the process, saying, “We love you as parents and we love you as real people, too.” Eilish also performed the song live, which if you haven’t seen is pretty excellent. But, on top of that, there was also an awesome montage celebrating 60 years of James Bond movies, starting with Dr....

At least, that’s according to a growing community of parents who have become obsessed with stuffed animals again. Here’s the deal: Jellycats rock and they’re a worthy stuffed animal to own if you’re an adult who needs some nighttime snuggles. But the skyrocketing obsession leads us to ask: what’s going on here? Are parents okay? Here’s the goss behind the trend and why we totally get it. Jellycats have become an unexpected trend in parental comfort, as the “coziest and cutest stuffies” sold by the British toy company are so soft and snuggly that a growing number of parents have discovered that these are the ideal bedtime partners....

When it comes to a child coming out, it’s no time for parents to wing it, according to clinical psychologist Dr. Kathryn Van Eck. “Early teens are very sensitive to lack of approval from adults,” she says. That sensitivity is something she’s observed in practice overseeing a clinic at Kennedy Krieger Institute that provides mental health care for transgender youth. “We don’t want to discourage kids in this very fragile process of sharing who they are as a person by communicating rejection or something that could be interpreted as rejection....

I sensed that the time was close, and then finally heard the sound I had wondered about for so long: the sweet sound of powerful lungs crying out to the world. She arrived, 6 pounds 10 ounces, 20 inches — my baby girl. As the emotions flood in, so do the questions. Is she healthy? Who will she become? How will she change the world? Why does cutting the umbilical cord remind me of dissecting a pig in class?...

A little bit of skepticism does make sense. Teens haven’t been through life. Many of them haven’t yet worked their first job. They haven’t become independent, financially or emotionally. This lack of standing can make it challenging for an adult with more information at hand and more experience under their belt to listen to an opinionated teenager. But inexperience and naïveté don’t make teenagers wrong. Inexperience and naïveté make teenagers annoying....

“Our findings demonstrate that animals in petting zoos can result in shedding and transmission of MDR pathogens that may cause illness for human visitors, even when the animals appear healthy,” study author Shiri Navon-Venezia, a professor of microbiology at Ariel University in Israel, said in a statement. Navon-Venezia noted that prior research indicates that petting zoos help children with their social, emotional, and cognitive development before adding that scientists have grown increasingly concerned in recent years that they may also be a breeding ground for dangerous bacteria....

The Food Network was curious, like we are, which dips are favorited in each state. Working with Google Search, the results were “an array of dips that spread across the spectrum of taste.” Google looked at search data over the past week to pull the most popular dips in each state. And, just like the big game, there’s one dip that came out the winner. Coming out on top overall as the best dip in the US is Buffalo chicken dip, which is a favorite in Tennessee, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Dakota, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Nebraska, Maine, Kentucky, Kansas, Iowa, Idaho, Washington, D....

One of Higa’s go-to bits is the ‘fake’ movie trailer, in which he takes a well-known cultural phenomenon, like Fortnite for example, and makes a movie trailer for it. Rather than come up with a plausible and realistic story, he usually just steers into whatever makes the thing he’s joking about totally absurd. The trailer for Pokémon: The Horror Movie essentially gives viewers a truly terrifying look at the life of a Pokemon before and after capture....

Another matter of debate — or at least rumor. Porn use has often been named as a top reason for erectile dysfunction. Now, recent research shows that that’s not the case at all. While there is definitely some problematic porn out there, typical use of pornography does not impact either sexual satisfaction or sexual function, according to a study published in the International Journal of Impotence Research. For the study, David R....

According to an affidavit, the little girl was outside playing with her brothers when Romero walked up to the front of the house, grabbed her by the wrist, and attempted to haul her away. The girl in question recalled Romero telling her that the two would be going to a bike trail. When the 6-year-old resisted and ran into her home, Romero weirdly decided to follow in an attempt to rob the house....

Evan Kyle Berger is one half of the Dumb Dad podcast, and the duo also has a hilarious TikTok account. They tackle the realities of parenting. Always coming with the real and the funny. Their latest video on the platform is a play on the sports post-game press conference. They do these for hockey, basketball, the UFC – any sport really and Kyle’s parenting post-game parody is so real we can’t stop laughing....