Month: May 2025

A Florida couple died this week at Bryce Canyon National Park after falling several hundred feet from a popular overlook, reportedly after climbing over a safety railing meant to keep visitors away from the cliff’s edge.

The fatal fall occurred near Inspiration Point, one of the park’s most iconic viewpoints, known for its sweeping vistas of Utah’s rugged hoodoo-filled landscape. The Associated Press reports that Garfield County Sheriff’s Department said the incident likely happened late Monday or early Tuesday, though the exact timing remains unclear.

Their bodies were discovered around 2 p.m. Tuesday by visitors who spotted them below the rim. A helicopter operated by the Utah Department of Public Safety was dispatched later that day to recover the remains.

As of Wednesday, authorities confirmed the identities of the deceased but are withholding their names until next of kin are notified. The sheriff’s office also noted the couple had apparently been living out of a U-Haul vehicle.

Bryce Canyon, famed for its towering rock spires and dramatic viewpoints, attracts more than 2 million visitors each year—but its beauty comes with risks. Park rangers routinely urge hikers and sightseers to respect trail boundaries and safety features designed to prevent accidents in steep and unstable terrain.

Climbing over barriers, while not uncommon in national parks, often ends in tragedy. This incident is a sobering reminder of the very real dangers posed by bypassing safety measures in high-risk environments.

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Dave Portnoy had a matter-of-fact reaction to Bill Belichick’s bizarre statement in defense of his viral CBS Sunday Morning interview.

Belichick, 73, and his girlfriend Jordon Hudson, 24, made headlines for all the wrong reasons after the former Patriots’ coach and his paramour dominated last Sunday’s broadcast with a strange, eight-minute segment. Ostensibly there to promote his new book, The Art of Winning: Lessons from My Life in Football, Belichick was instead quizzed by host Tony Dokoupil about how he met Hudson.

“We’re not talking about this,” Hudson interjected, to which Dokoupil responded, “No?”

“No,” Hudson shot back.

The heated exchange caused more than its share of controversy, and on Wednesday, Belichick released a statement denouncing CBS’s interview tactics and defending Hudson. Unsurprisingly, Barstool Sports founder Portnoy had an opinion about Belichick’s lengthy rejoinder.

“The fact that this statement is on the official website of North Carolina is bonkers,” Portnoy posted to X alongside a screenshot of Belichick’s statement. “I think Bill is probably as aware that this statement was released as he was that he has a very active Instagram account,” Portnoy jabbed in a second post, a thinly veiled reference to Belichick’s apparent confusion when CBS asked about some of his viral social media posts.

The fact that this statement is on the official website of North Carolina is bonkers https://t.co/9Mpdwf9n7D

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) April 30, 2025

In his statement, Belichick accused CBS of creating a “false narrative” around his and Hudson’s relationship. He claims that his requests to keep the segment focused on his book were not honored, which is why Hudson interrupted the interview. “She was not deflecting any specific question or topic but simply doing her job to ensure the interview stayed on track,” he wrote.

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“The final eight-minute segment does not reflect the productive 35-minute conversation we had, which covered a wide range of topics related to my career. Instead, it presents selectively edited clips and stills from just a few minutes of the interview to suggest a false narrative — that Jordon was attempting to control the conversation — which is simply not true,” he claimed.

A CBS spokesperson responded: “When we agreed to speak with Mr. Belichick, it was for a wide-ranging interview. There were no preconditions or limitations to this conversation. This was confirmed repeatedly with his publisher before the interview took place and after it was completed.” 

Apple has faced a stinging defeat in a court case involving app compensation.

According to The Associated Press, a federal judge “has strongly rebuked Apple,” ruling that the company “willfully violated a court injunction in an antitrust case filed by Fortnite maker Epic Games.”

The order came down from U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who previously ruled that Apple needed to “lower the barriers protecting its previously exclusive payment system for in-app digital transactions,” according to AP.

The wire service noted that the judge also ordered Apple to “allow developers to display links to alternative options.”

“Apple’s continued attempts to interfere with competition will not be tolerated,” Gonzalez Rogers said in the ruling, according to AP.

Her ruling says that Apple can “no longer impede developers’ ability to communicate with users nor will they levy or impose a new commission on off-app purchases,” according to AP.

Apple is fighting back.

“We strongly disagree with the decision. We will comply with the court’s order and we will appeal,” the company said in a statement to CBS.

According to CBS, Epic accused Apple of creating “an illegal monopoly around its popular App Store that makes billions of dollars annually from a then-exclusive payment system.”

CBS reported that the system “collects commissions ranging from 15% to 30% on in-app commerce.”

According to CNN, Epic accused Apple of “stifling competition for app downloads and overcharging commissions for in-app purchases.”

At issue was Apple’s decision to put “a new 27% fee on app developers,” according to CNN.

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Seth Rogen has pushed the envelope on his Apple TV+ series The Studio more than once, but one moment felt a little too far even for him.

Speaking with People magazine in a new interview, The Studio star and creator admitted he was “nervous” going into the episode titled “Casting.” The episode revisits the pilot’s vision for The Kool-Aid Movie, with rapper Ice Cube now cast as the voice for the iconic drink mascot. The whole episode is centered around Rogen’s character, movie studio head Matt Remick, and his colleagues debating if casting for their film is “racially insensitive” as they cast Black actors in lead roles.

Rogen admitted he felt weird pitching the idea to Ice Cube and Ziwe Fumudoh, who also appeared in the episode to insist that Kool-Aid’s wife should be Black, thus causing the ousting of Sandra Oh from the project.

“[It was] the only episode [where] I was kind of actively nervous about the needle we were threading,” Rogen told People, noting that he had a Zoom call with Ice Cube to pitch the storyline to him. “Trying to get Ice Cube in on the joke [was] legitimately petrifying,” he added. “The call with Ziwe, where I was explaining it to her, was one of the most nerve-racking moments of my entire life.”

“Thank God people seem to get the joke as well. But I was pretty nervous going into that episode,” Rogen admitted to the outlet.

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Rogen’s comedy series has featured a long list of famous guest stars playing themselves, including movie producers Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard. Rogen told Variety that since the debut of his series in March, he has “been reached out to by almost every head of every major studio throughout the day to day.”

“It’s a lot of like, ‘This is great, but very traumatic to watch,’” Rogen said at a screening for The Studio.

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