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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Video: Puppy Wants to Play With New Toy but Gets Scared by How It Squeaks
Puppies absolutely love to play with their toys. However, if the toy turns out to be a squeaky one, it might get a different reaction from them. This particular Staffordshire Bull Terrier, aka Staffy puppy, named Jolene, aka Jojo, was having a fun time with her new bright yellow chicken toy until it started to squeak. The puppy's reaction to it was as adorable as it gets. The pet parent posted the Instagram video on July 4 via the puppy's account @jojothestaffy. Since its upload, it has received over 399K views and around 36K likes. Staffy puppy reacts to squeaky toy in adorable video A new video on Instagram features a Staffy puppy named Jolene, aka Jojo, reacting to a squeaky chicken toy in the most adorable way possible. The video has captured the hearts of many on social media. In the caption, the parent of the adorable canine simply wrote, 'poor jojo.' The Instagram video began by focusing on the cute Staffy puppy with her new toy, which was a bright yellow and red chicken. The text written over the clip read, 'Jolene wants to play with her new toy so bad.' It continued, 'But she's so scared of the squeak.' The puppy was holding the toy in her mouth. Soon, the pet parent made the toy squeak by pressing it. As soon as Jojo heard the squeak from the toy, she threw it and ran away to hide under the bed. Afterwards, she returned from under the bed and took the toy with her. People have been expressing their thoughts on the video in the comment section. One person praised the puppy by writing, 'Such a cutie pie.' Meanwhile, another Instagram user perfectly pointed out, 'She's gonna go play… Quietly…' 'She is literally perfect!!!' expressed another person. The post Video: Puppy Wants to Play With New Toy but Gets Scared by How It Squeaks appeared first on DogTime. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Carly Pearce Does Dolly Parton Tribute at the Ryman — ‘Straight Out of a Country Music Dream'
Carly Pearce Does Dolly Parton Tribute at the Ryman — 'Straight Out of a Country Music Dream' originally appeared on Parade. Country star Carly Pearce joined the legions of Dolly Parton fans paying tribute to the country legend by sharing her take on Parton's 1973 hit "Jolene." Considered one of the defining songs of country music, "Jolene" has been covered by musical icons as wide-ranging as Beyoncé to Jay-Z. Pearce's take on the iconic song was part of the Grand Ole Opry's 100th-anniversary celebration, Opry 100: A Live 35, called Parton one of her musical heroes, stating it was an honor to pay homage to the 79-year-old legend. The stunning performance was part of Pearce's 40-show Hummingbird Tour and took place at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium. Pearce also reflected on the performance on her own Instagram account, calling it a 'moment straight out of a country music dream.' While much speculation has been made about the subject of Parton's "Jolene," the song is said to have been inspired by a red-headed bank teller who flirted with Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean. The famously private Dean passed away in March at the age of 82."Jolene" has been covered over 400 times, according to People magazine. Parton has cited Mindy Smith's version as one of her favorites—though she'll likely be adding Pearce's fresh take to her list. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 Carly Pearce Does Dolly Parton Tribute at the Ryman — 'Straight Out of a Country Music Dream' first appeared on Parade on Jul 17, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 17, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
Newsweek
3 days ago
- General
- Newsweek
Cat Trying To Blend In With Chickens Has Internet in Stitches
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. In a viral TikTok video, a cat named Jolene can be seen trying her best to fit in with her owners' chickens, and internet users can't cope with the hilarious footage. The clip, shared in June under the username @taylorth0ma, shows the tortoiseshell cat strolling around the neighborhood with four of her owner's farm chickens, moving at their pace and even making similar moves with her body. "Our cat to the chickens after we told them she's not actually one of them..." reads layover text in the clip. The caption says: "I haven't had the heart to tell the cat Jolene that she can't lay eggs..." About 11 million households across America currently keep chickens in their backyards, making them the third-most-popular pets, after dogs and cats. Pet chickens have seen an increase in popularity in the past few years, and according to the Pacific Legal Foundation, that is due to the price of eggs skyrocketing because of recent chicken shortages. Many cities and counties across America may ban or restrict chicken keeping, so before bringing the pet home it's important that you contact your local planning and zoning office to make sure that backyard chickens are actually legal in your area. Chickens are very intelligent birds that can be kept in relatively small spaces, but they are also social, and should not be kept alone. Pet MD advises keeping at least three together. Many breeds of chicken are trainable, and can make excellent pets if socialized properly. These feathery companions should be fed a complete pelleted commercial diet, though they also enjoy the occasional meal worms or chicken scratch. They also eat caterpillars and other insects that feed off flowers and veggies. A stock image shows a cat hanging around with a bunch of chickens in his yard. A stock image shows a cat hanging around with a bunch of chickens in his yard. getty images The video quickly went viral on social media and it has so far received over 683,600 views and 137,600 likes. One user, TeraTheTerrible, commented: "They are living in an inclusive world. We need more of that." Lisa Jelikovsky said: "Look how happy she is! Let her believe she is one of them. Especially since they accept her!" StraightOuttaCompton added: "She almost looks like she's walking like the chickens." Newsweek reached out to @taylorth0ma for comment via TikTok comments. We could not verify the details of the case. Do you have funny and adorable videos or pictures of your pet you want to share? Send them to life@ with some details about your best friend and they could appear in our Pet of the Week lineup.
Eater
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Eater
Kingfisher Team Breaks the Sports Bar Archetype in Durham
is an editor of Eater's South region, covering Atlanta, Nashville, Miami, New Orleans, and the Carolinas. She has been writing about the food scene in the Carolinas and Savannah for 12 years. Erin has resided in Charleston, South Carolina, for the past 20 years. The owners of underground cocktail bar Kingfisher and retro lounge Queeny's have another project on the way for downtown Durham, North Carolina. Restaurateurs Michelle Vanderwalker and Sean Umstead recently announced that they will open a 'community-driven sports bar for everyone,' named E.O. Athletic Club, this fall at 341 West Main Street. The focus of E.O. Athletic Club will be fostering community through sports. As with Vanderwalker and Umstead's other projects, everyone is encouraged to visit — NFL fans, WNBA fans, ultimate frisbee fans, Olympic curling fans, and even Tar Heel fans in the Duke-centric town. The owners plan to host watch parties, theme nights, and competition games. Basically, this will not be your average bro-centric sports bar. E.O. Athletic Club will serve Northeast-inspired pizzas, loaded baked potatoes, wings, sandwiches, salads, and other high-end bar fare. The establishment will be open for lunch, dinner, and late-night takeout. The bar is named for biologist E. O. Wilson, who is the subject of the PBS film E.O. Wilson – Of Ants and Men. 'The name came from a conversation Michelle and I had about a documentary on E.O. Wilson,' says Umstead, 'Which said that nothing shows human desire for belonging better than sports and sports fandom. We really want to embrace the community and togetherness that comes so naturally from sports.' E.O. Wilson will join the growing trend of modern sports bars leaning away from the archetype of macho sports bars with sticky floors. Spots like Jolene, Jolene in Atlanta, the Sports Bra in Portland, and Watch Me! In Long Beach, California, challenge the notion that watching athletes is only for football-obsessed dude bros. Eater Carolinas All your essential food and restaurant intel delivered to you Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Buzz Feed
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Worst Celebrity Fan Encounters
As someone who's been involved with stan culture for, like, 15 years, I've seen a lot of wild fan drama go down. However, no fake pregnancies, secret wedding conspiracy theories, or niche fanfiction discourse can compare to the way some fans act towards their favorite celebrities in public. Here are 22 times celebs had absolutely wild fan encounters: Norman Reedus got bitten by a fan at a meet-and-greet. He told Conan, "I was sitting there. I was taking a picture, and then she kind of started shaking a little bit, and then she kind of looked up at the sky and kinda howled like a werewolf." She yowled then bit him on the chest "real hard, like, left teeth prints." He continued, "The police escorted her out of the building, and, I guess, she got outside. And she said, 'What happened?' And they said, 'Ma'am, you bit Norman.' And she goes, 'I did?' They were like, 'Do you wanna press charges?' And I was like, 'No she just had a moment. She seemed like a nice lady.'" Dolly Parton told the Windy City Times, "Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when 'Jolene' was a big hit. We came home one day, and there was a baby in a box at our gate with a note in it. The note said, 'My name is Jolene. My momma has left me here, and she wants you to have me.' Of course, we all freaked out!" She added, "We immediately called Human Services and took care of the baby until they got there. We never did know or hear anything about it. I knew nothing else. What do you do in a situation like that? There are some loony people in this world! Can you imagine yourself in that situation? It wasn't like it was a kitten or a puppy dog. It was a baby named Jolene!" On Hot Ones, Shawn Mendes recalled, "I had a fan show up at my door in the middle of winter, and she had basically a crop top on and shorts in the middle of the winter. And she goes, 'I don't know what happened. I just am lost.' And I went, 'You're lost, eh?' 'Yeah, like, I don't know where I am.' I'm like, 'Alright.' She knew who I was. 'I just need someone to drive me to Starbucks.' I'm like, 'You're really good. Okay, I'll drive you to Starbucks.' She had me. There was no way getting out of it... I drove her. She was really smart. I gotta give it to her." In 2022, Jay Ellis was physically assaulted by a disgruntled Insecure viewer. He tweeted, "Good morning to everyone except for the lady that slapped me in the face at the airport because she got mad at Lawrence for something he did in season 3." During the height of One Direction's fame, some Directioners hacked into the security cameras at airports and hotels where the band was. They watched the boys as if it were a live stream of animals at the zoo. In 2016, a group of Harry Styles fans allegedly hacked into his mom's iCloud account, stole pictures of the singer vacationing with Kendall Jenner, and spread them across social media. Harry's reps didn't respond to the situation, but his mom deleted her Twitter. And in another instance of "why can't we be normal about Harry Styles?", fans marked the spot where he famously puked on the side of the 101 freeway in 2014 with a sign reading, "Harry Styles Threw Up Here." However, that's not the wildest part — one fan reportedly scooped up Harry's vomit and listed it on eBay! When Harry learned about the eBay listing during a BBC Radio interview, he remarked, "This took a very strange turn... It's worrying that this is the world we live in." When Taylor Swift attended her friends Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley's Jersey Shore wedding in 2023, massive crowds of fans gathered outside a restaurant where the newlyweds were holding a dinner. The fans reportedly chanted Taylor's name and tried to film her. Reportedly appearing stunned, Taylor politely waved to the onlookers, but as viral videos of the crowds spread, criticism for the gathered fans poured in. They were called out for disrespecting Taylor's privacy as well as intruding on Jack and Margaret's big day. Many people brought up Taylor's reaction to the crowds gathered outside her home in her Netflix documentary Miss Americana. Similarly, in 2017, Taylor Swift was a bridesmaid in her childhood best friend Abigail Anderson's wedding. Security shielded Taylor from the crowd gathered outside the venue with drapes and an umbrella. Some fans reportedly booed her and chanted, "Very disappointing, not cool." Lauren Jauregui was outed when Fifth Harmony fans found pictures of her with her girlfriend in a private family album, and Perez Hilton got ahold of them. On Red Table Talk: The Estefans, she said, "I'd been dating the girlfriend that I had at the time for probably a year at that point, but we had fallen in love when I was 15. I was at my uncle's wedding in New Orleans, and my aunt very innocently posted the photos from the photo booth onto her Facebook page. It was a link for the family to be able to click on, and my fans are just a little wild, and they found the picture where my girlfriend and I — we were drunk — so we were kissing. [Perez Hilton] definitely outed me." She continued, "I wasn't ready because I'm also Latina. There was that whole looming thing of, 'What is my community going to feel about me? Are they even going to accept me?' I know that my family obviously accepted me. But was that something that I was willing to deal with on a public scale? I felt like my own process was violated." When Fifth Harmony was on tour in Mexico, a crowd of fans greeted them at the Monterrey airport. One fan yanked Ally Brooke while attempting to hug her, holding on and pulling her with them as security tried to separate them. In response, Ally tweeted, "Hi my loves, Just to let you know, I am okay after the airport incident. Please be careful and gentle so nobody gets hurt. That was scary. Thank you! Monterrey, I couldn't be happier to be here! It's been a dream of mine since I was little. My favorite singer Selena Quintanilla had many beautiful performances here. And now I get to perform in this city! I am beyond honored & proud." Ashley Benson told BuzzFeed, "So, I was at a Korean spa — I've told this before, but like, it's just so insane that this happened. But I was in a Korean spa, and I was in the shower. And obviously, like, everyone is completely naked. This girl, like, came into my stall and was asking me questions like, 'Who's A? Who's this?' whatever. And I was like, 'Whoa, I'm literally naked.' She fully came into my shower stall and was having a conversation. I was just covering myself, so embarrassed, and being like, 'What is happening?' Then she was asking for photos. I was like, 'This is insane. Oh my God.'" Dax Shepard told MTV, "This woman was convinced that I was the father of her kid, and I'd never, ever met her. She marches in the restaurant. Restaurant's full, and she goes, 'Ahem. Are you gonna deny that he's yours?' And I go, 'What?' She goes, 'Are you willing to take a paternity test or not?' And I go, 'What?' She goes, 'He's your son!' And that was a very surreal experience." John Travolta told People, "I lived in Santa Barbara about 30 years ago, and someone snuck into my house. I opened the closet, and there she was. It did scare me, but it turned out to be an innocent person. She was a girl who probably wanted to meet me and didn't know how to do it." Da'Vine Joy Randolph told BuzzFeed, "Last year, when we were on the press tour for Dolemite Is My Name, there was one group of people that always seemed to be where I was, whether it was a restaurant, at a hotel, or even doing press at 30 Rock. They just always knew my comings and goings. I was like, 'Who's leaking this?' So that was a little like, 'Oh, I don't do well with stalkers.'" Finn Wolfhard told ABC News, "I got followed back from my house by a couple in Toronto. And the minute I got to my door, they were just like, 'Can we take a picture with you?' I was like, 'No, you followed me back for four blocks, that's super creepy.'" Once, when Millie Bobby Brown was a kid, she fell asleep whole on a mostly empty plane to the Philippines — and a fan sat next to her. Millie told ABC News, "You know when you just, kind of, wake up and she's sitting right there? I'm like, 'Hi.'" She felt that the fact she and the rest of her Stranger Things castmates were still children made such situations more uncomfortable. She said, "I just think that for me, because we're so young at the moment, it's like we haven't experienced this stuff yet, so for us, it's like, 'Whoa. That is just weird.'" Chappell Roan has had multiple scary encounters with fans, such as when they figured out her flight information and tried to make the airport into a meet-and-greet. One man got so angry that she wouldn't sign an autograph that airport police had to be called. She later saw him amongst the paparazzi in LA. She told Rolling Stone, "I got home and dropped to my knees. I have a hard time crying now because of my meds, but I sobbed and was screaming." Another time, a fan was at the same bar where Chappell was celebrating her friend's birthday. Grabbing her, the fan kissed her. The same night, her father's phone number was leaked on the internet, and a fan called him. It prompted her to post a TikTok calling out harassment from fans. In another video, she said, "I don't care that abuse and harassment, stalking, whatever, is a normal thing to do to people who are famous, or a little famous. I don't care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job. ... That doesn't make it okay, that doesn't make it normal. I don't want whatever the fuck you think you're supposed to be entitled to whenever you see a celebrity..." In 2019, Ethan and Grayson Dolan announced the passing of their father. Fans of the Dolan Twins YouTube channel began sharing (fake) details of the funeral, posting about attending, and using hashtags like #SeanDolanFuneral and #SeanDolanMeetupParty. Some of their fans reportedly blamed the situation on K-pop fans who were allegedly trolling, but regardless of who was behind it, the Dolans were pushed to publicly ask for privacy. Grayson tweeted, "We want this ceremony to be an opportunity for the people who had a close connection with my Dad to say goodbye and pay their respects. We appreciate all of our fans so so much. Please respect My father Sean, Ethan, my family, and me send your love through social media only! ... Your kind posts about my Dad have been heartwarming. Thank you all. Again, please do not show up to his wake, funeral, or any of his services." Likewise, Ethan tweeted, "If you are a fan of Grayson and I we love you and appreciate you so much. The best way you could support us during this tough time is to NOT show up at our fathers wake or funeral. thank you guys and please please please respect my wish." Some of Joe Locke's fans tried to get in direct contact with his family members. A few called his grandmother's phone, and others messaged his mom on social media and tried to figure out where she was, prompting her to make new accounts for privacy. He told Teen Vogue, "It's a weird guilt I sometimes feel that, by association, their lives are affected by choices in my life... It's a mutual thing. I need to learn my boundaries, and people need to learn their boundaries. Most attention comes from a really good place, and I hope I always appreciate that." Joe Jonas told Digital Spy, "The craziest thing we've ever been given is definitely a dead shark." Nick added, "It wasn't a real big shark, though. It was only a baby shark, but they'd preserved it in this tube for us. That was odd... They didn't even leave a note explaining. It was just, 'Here's a dead shark.'" And finally, on TikTok, singer Jake Miller said that he's "legally a dad" because, after a show in about 2015, he went outside to take selfies and sign autographs for fans. He was moving quickly down the line because it was dark, cold, and "not in the best area." He said, "As I'm going down the line, I see some girl with a paper. I'm like, 'That looks kinda weird. What's that?' She's like, 'It's nothing. It's just my math homework.' And I'm like, 'Okay, good luck. Hope you get an A.' And then I sign it, and I walk away. And then a couple minutes later, some girls were like, 'Jake! You gotta come back! This girl lied to you!'" He continued, "So I'm like, 'Oh, okay. I'm back. What's up?' And they were like, 'This girl just tricked you. That wasn't math homework. That's an adoption paper.' I'm like, 'What the fuck?' And they're like, 'That's an adoption paper.' So I call my manager... over, and he rips that shit up. And she starts hysterically crying. I'm like, 'No wait, don't cry. But also, what the fuck? You tricked me. Am I legally your dad?' And she was like, still crying, and I was like, 'This is fucked up.'"
