American tourist claims he was kidnapped in Mexico, left for dead after machete attack

Comedian Chris Redd, who was attacked outside the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village on Wednesday night, has been released from the hospital, the Los Angeles Times reported. Deadline has confirmed that the former Saturday Night Live castmember’s show at New York’s City Winery on Sunday has been canceled. The club said in a statement that “the show has been cancelled due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict.” Deadline also reached out to Redd’s rep and will add any comment received.

An American student who creates video blogs of his travels and who recently spent a month and a half in Scotland has created a clip detailing all the things he'll miss about it now he's left. Eric Boutin-Bloomberg, 29, who posts videos on his @EricBloombergTravels TikTok account loved his time here and posted several videos of his travels around the country.

12 Years a Slave. This led to the start of her remarkable film and theater career playing memorable roles. But after Nyong’o won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, she experienced “panic” and serious health issues.

Friends star Matthew Perry says he was on the brink of death after his colon burst from drug abuse. The 53 year old actor, who played the funny and sarcastic Chandler Bing on the popular US sitcom, has opened up about the role – as well as the substance and alcohol problems that have dogged his career – in a new autobiography. In an interview with People magazine, Perry said he waited until now to share the extreme depths of his addiction because he wanted to make sure he is “safe from going into the dark side of everything again”.

Belle and Sebastian have announced a 2023 North American tour.The band will be playing across the UK and Europe from November, then heading over to start their US portion of the tour in Mexico on April 24 next year.The tour continues their live dates supporting new album ‘A Bit Of Previous’. The album, which received a four-star review from NME, was previewed by the singles ‘Young And Stupid‘ and ‘Unnecessary Drama’, which were later performed by the band during their NPR Tiny Desk Concert in July.See the band’s North American touring schedule below, and check out the presale here.APRIL24 – Guadalajara, Mexico – Theatre Diana25 – Mexico City, Mexico – Metropolitan Theatre28 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall29 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre30 – Columbus, OH – Athenaeum TheatreMAY02 – Toronto, Ontario – History03 – Ottawa, Ontario – Bronson Centre04 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground05 – Ithaca, NY – State Theatre06 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall08 – Hudson, NY – Basilica Hudson09 – Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall10 – Richmond, VA – The National12 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern13 – St. Augustine, FL – Backyard at St. Augustine Amphitheatre14 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room15 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Landing17 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn18 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant19 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Brewery (Outdoor)Discussing the new album in an interview with NME, Murdoch said that ‘A Bit Of Previous’ allowed the band “to do what we loved, with a concentration that perhaps we’ve never had before.”Last week, Murdoch shared his thoughts on the Conservative Party during an appearance as a panellist on BBC’s Question Time.During the show – which was filmed in Musselburgh and aired yesterday (October 13) in the UK

Mexican prosecutors have launched an investigation into the alleged machete attack of a Utah dad vacationing with his wife in Cancun for Valentine’s Day. "The Attorney General's office is announcing that an investigation is underway regarding the apparent illegal deprivation of liberty of a tourist of U.S. nationality, which occurred in Cancun in February 2022," the Quintana Roo prosecutor’s office told Fox News Digital.

Samuel W. Alderson is the genius who made dummies smart.  The California inventor parlayed a knack for tinkering in his old man’s sheet metal shop into a gift for making highways safer here in America and around the world.  A prolific producer of cutting-edge military hardware in World War II, Alderson is most famous as the father of the crash test dummy.  In scientific circles, these objects are known as anthropomorphic test devices — a more accurate indication of their robust capabilities.  "Sam Alderson was driven by a passion to save lives by using crash test dummies that produce data [that] engineers use to design safer vehicles," Chris O’Connor, president and CEO of Humanetics, a company founded by Alderson with headquarters in Farmington Hills, Michigan, told Fox News Digital.

Lenny Kravitz is, apparently, not afraid of sharing the occasional thirst trip — especially when it could lead to a big project! The 58-year-old rocker flashes his abs in the trailer for and on Instagram, where his shirtless photos have garnered a hilarious response from his daughter, Zoe Kravitz, and even her boyfriend, Channing Tatum.In an interview with ET's Rachel Smith, Lenny jokes about the time that Zoe and Channing commented on his posts with questions about whether he intended to audition for . «Well I figured, you know, your boyfriend might give me a job,» Lenny cracks, acknowledging that he «missed the boat» on the franchise's third installment. «There's always the number four,» he jokes. Unfortunately, however, the upcoming  is expected to be the final piece of the franchise. A post shared by Lenny Kravitz (@lennykravitz)Lenny spent Wednesday evening celebrating the launch of his latest business endeavor, a partnership with the new spirit Nocheluna Sotol. The drink originates from the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico and is harvested from the Dasylirion plant. «I tasted it and I fell in love with it,» he says.

Fox & Friends Weekend were forced to make an on-air u-turn after learning about the hateful things Kanye West actually tweeted over the weekend.Initially, Will Cain, Pete Hegseth and Rachel Campos-Duffy supported West after it was revealed he was banned from Instagram for posts deemed “anti-semetic”.On Saturday (October 8) West shared a series of texts he’d exchanged with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs following Combs’ criticism of his ”White Lives Matter” t-shirt – a slogan tied to white supremacist movements. In one of those texts, West wrote to Diddy: “I’ma use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me.” Shortly after that, his Instagram account was restricted by Meta and posts were removed.“We’re in this weird era where people can’t just say what they want to say,” said Campos-Duffy, who had seen the post.

Britain’s favourite cookery show has been accused of cultural appropriation by some of the country’s top Mexican chefs.

Environmental Progress founder Michael Shellenberger is sounding the alarm on President Biden's "woke green energy" agenda for threatening U.S. security.