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Hanna Wickes

Hanna Wickes is a content specialist working with McClatchy Media’s Trend Hunter and national content specialists team. She also writes for Life & Style, In Touch, Mod Moms Club and more, covering everything from trending TV shows to K-pop drama and the occasional controversial astrology take (she’s a Virgo, so it tracks). Before joining Life & Style, she spent three years as a writer and editor at J-14 Magazine — right up until its shutdown in August 2025 — where she covered Young Hollywood and, of course, all things K-pop. She began her journalism career as a local reporter for Straus News, chasing small-town stories before diving headfirst into entertainment. Hanna graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2020 with a degree in Communication Studies and Journalism.

GettyImages-2160769324 You’ve Done It a Thousand Times—But Who Actually Invented the High Five?

You’ve Done It a Thousand Times — But Who Invented the High-Five?

You’ve done it thousands of times. After a game-winning shot, a solid joke, a perfectly executed parallel parking job. You’ve probably never thought twice about who did it first. The high-five is so woven into sports and everyday life that it feels like it must have existed forever — like a handshake or a wave. […]

Cat Gives Birth in Chicken Coop and Hens Step In as Babysitters in Viral Instagram Video

Chickens Step In as Babysitters After Cat Gives Birth in Coop in Viral Video

A black cat picked a chicken coop nesting box as the spot to deliver her kittens — and the hens sharing that space decided to pitch in with the newborns. In a video posted by @farmer.jo.homesteading on Instagram, the cat gives birth to a litter of kittens in a nesting box right next to the […]

GettyImages-2198243267 Why the Viral Frozen Egg TikTok Trend Is Dangerous, According to Food Safety Experts

Why Experts Say the Viral Frozen Egg TikTok Trend Is Dangerous

A viral egg trend on TikTok shows users freezing whole eggs in their shells, slicing them in half and frying them into tiny “mini eggs.” The method has gained millions of views across multiple waves on the platform, resurfacing again and again as new users discover the hack and try it for themselves. It looks […]

Llamas in Sweaters? Inside Portland Airport’s Viral Therapy Animal Program That’s Helping Travelers Relax

Llamas in Sweaters? Inside Portland Airport’s Therapy Animal Program

If you’ve ever felt the stress of navigating a busy airport terminal, imagine turning a corner and finding a six-foot-tall llama dressed as a pirate waiting to greet you. That scene is a regular reality at Portland International Airport, where therapy llamas and alpacas visit about once a month as part of an animal-assisted therapy […]

Devin Booker Blasts NBA Referee After Suns’ Game 2 Loss to Thunder in Heated Playoff Clash

Devin Booker Blasts NBA Referee After Suns’ Game 2 Loss to Thunder

The Phoenix Suns are down 0-2 to the Oklahoma City Thunder in their first-round playoff series, and the postgame press conferences are already more heated than the games. After the Thunder’s 120-107 Game 2 victory on April 22, Suns guard Devin Booker went somewhere few NBA players dare to go — he named a specific […]

2-Day-Old Kitten Survives Michigan Tornado and Is Now Fighting for His Life

2-Day-Old Kitten Survives Michigan Tornado, Now Fighting for Life

He had been alive for roughly 48 hours when a tornado tore through the area near Gun Lake in Michigan — and somehow, buried in the wreckage, the tiny kitten survived. Rescuers pulled the newborn from the storm debris and rushed him to Kittens In The Mitten, a rescue group that immediately recognized the severity […]

GettyImages-104503532 'Nonna-Maxxing' Explained: The Italian Grandmother Lifestyle Gen Z Says Could Boost Longevity

'Nonnamaxxing' Explained: The Trend Gen Z Says Could Boost Longevity

The hottest wellness trend of 2026 doesn’t involve a supplement, an app or a biohacking protocol. It involves knitting, long lunches and walking to the market — just like an Italian grandmother would. The trend is called nonna-maxxing, and it’s gone viral on TikTok as Gen Z embraces the slower, more intentional lifestyle of an […]

GettyImages-1246039762 Cape May Zoo’s Capybara Family Just Got Even Cuter With Two New Pups

Cape May Zoo Welcomes 2 New Capybara Pups Born in April

Two tiny capybara pups are the newest residents at the Cape May County Park and Zoo after mother Buttercup gave birth on April 14, the zoo announced in a news release. The pups mark the second litter for Buttercup, who also delivered two pups in October. The father of both litters is Goomba, the resident […]

GettyImages-2272017777 Mike Myers Goes Full Shrek to Celebrate Eddie Murphy’s at AFI Life Achievement Award

Mike Myers Goes Full Shrek to Celebrate Eddie Murphy's AFI Honor

Mike Myers didn’t just give a speech. He went full ogre. At the AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony Saturday night honoring Eddie Murphy, Myers arrived dressed as Shrek — green makeup, ogre ears and all — delivering one of the most memorable tributes of the evening in a moment that quickly lit up social media. […]

GettyImages-1406985650 This Chick-fil-A In Maryland Gives You Free Ice Cream for Ditching Your Phone

This Chick-fil-A Gives You Free Ice Cream for Ditching Your Phone

Here’s a deal most families wouldn’t expect to find at a fast-food restaurant: Put your phone away and get a free dessert. A Chick-fil-A location in Towson Place, Maryland, is offering complimentary Icedream® Cones to customers who agree to stash their phones in a container for the duration of their meal. The promotion is called […]

GettyImages-455906172 Remember This Dad Who Snuck His Son Into a Water Park? The Viral Video Is Back Again

Remember When a Dad Snuck Into a Water Park for His Son’s Birthday?

Somewhere in your phone’s endless scroll, you’ve probably seen the video — a father and his young son, both in swimming trunks, padding through a completely empty water park in the dead of night. Security cameras captured every moment. And somehow, the story behind it is even better than it looks. The footage, shared by […]

GettyImages-1220081387 When Is the Lyrid Meteor Shower 2026? Peak Night, Visibility & How to Watch

When Is the Lyrid Meteor Shower 2026? How to Watch the Rare Celestial Event

Spring has a gift for stargazers, and it arrives in late April with the return of the Lyrid meteor shower. One of the oldest known meteor showers still observed today, the Lyrids will light up the night sky in 2026 with a display of fast, bright streaks of light caused by comet debris burning up […]

Remember When Niall Horan Caddied for Rory McIlroy and Wiped Out on Live TV?

Remember When Niall Horan Caddied for Rory McIlroy — and Fell on Live TV?

Before Rory McIlroy became a back-to-back Masters champion, he handed his golf bag to a pop star — and the internet got one of its favorite sports crossover moments. At the 2015 Masters Par-3 Contest, One Direction’s Niall Horan served as McIlroy’s celebrity caddie at Augusta National. The pairing of a global music star and […]

Who Is Slayyyter? Meet the Artist Behind Coachella’s Viral Mojave Stage Crowd

Who Is Slayyyter? Meet the New Artist Who Went Viral at Coachella

If your feeds have been flooded with clips of a packed-out Mojave Stage and comparisons to Chappell Roan’s 2024 breakthrough set, allow us to fill in the gaps. Slayyyter just made her Coachella debut in April 2026, and the internet has not stopped talking about it. The performance drew a capacity crowd and sparked viral […]

Parents Charged After 1-Year-Old Child Reaches Into Wolf Enclosure at Pennsylvania Zoo

Parents Charged After Toddler Reaches Into Wolf Exhibit at Zoo

A 1-year-old boy slipped through a small opening in a wooden fence, reached into a wolf enclosure and was grabbed by one of the animals — all while his parents sat roughly eight to nine meters away, looking at their cellphones, police said. Now those parents face misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a […]

Where Is the ‘I Like Turtles’ Kid Now? His Life After Going Viral

Where Is the ‘I Like Turtles’ Kid Now? His Life After Going Viral

It was 17 seconds long. A young boy in zombie face paint stood before a local news reporter at an arts festival in Portland, Oregon. When asked about his freshly painted face, he delivered a response that would echo across the internet for years to come: “I like turtles…” That 2007 viral video became one […]

Frankie Muniz’s 5-Year-Old Son Is the Real Star of the 'Malcolm in the Middle' Reboot Premiere

Frankie Muniz’s Son Is the Real Star of the 'Malcolm in the Middle' Premiere

Frankie Muniz returned to the spotlight for the premiere of the Malcolm in the Middle reboot — but it was his 5-year-old son who stole the show. Little Mauz Mosley Muniz went viral for his red carpet appearance at the premiere of Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair on Tuesday, April 7 in New […]

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Olympic Champion Alysa Liu Teams Up With Laufey in Viral Video

If you thought Alysa Liu’s 2026 Winter Olympics run was the peak of her crossover moment, you missed what just dropped on TikTok. Liu, the figure skater who captivated audiences in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo with two gold medals, appeared in a video posted April 7 alongside Icelandic singer Laufey. The two danced to “Stateside” […]

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Emma Chamberlain attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Why Emma Chamberlain Doesn’t Want a Lead Role After Her Acting Debut

Emma Chamberlain has made a name for herself as one of the most recognizable content creators of her generation, but now she’s stepping into a new spotlight — and she’s doing it on her own terms. The YouTuber and social media star recently discussed her first foray into acting following her role in Forbidden Fruits, […]

How Gen Z Revived Japanese '70s Musician Masayoshi Takanaka’s Career Nearly 50 Years Later

Gen Z Fans Spark Comeback for Japanese Guitar Legend Masayoshi Takanaka

For nearly 50 years, Masayoshi Takanaka was virtually unknown outside Japan. Now, thanks to a wave of young fans discovering his music online, the 1970s guitar hero is selling out major venues around the world — and he’s as surprised as anyone. “I was actually planning to fade out [my career],” Takanaka told The Guardian […]

Here’s How a Catholic Sister Podcast Quietly Became a TikTok Sensation Overnight

How a Catholic Sister Podcast Became a TikTok Sensation

Somewhere in a Michigan recording studio, a group of Dominican sisters are making a podcast. Millions of people on TikTok have found it. The sisters themselves? They have almost no idea. Members of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist have gained viral attention after clips from their podcast “Dominican Sisters Open Mic” […]

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