27 October 2025 A growing number of young women in their twenties and thirties are challenging the once-inalterable tradition of changing their last name upon marriage, instead choosing to retain their birth names or create alternatives that reflect identity over convention. One TikTok creator known simply as Lucy triggered a widespread conversation when she asked her 438,000 followers: “For my girls who didn’t change your last name, I want to hear your reason why.” Her answe

26 October 2025 Brazilian influencer Melissa Said is accused of being a drug trafficking boss Instagram/@melissasaid In a development that has caught global attention, Brazilian social-media star Melissa Said has publicly spoken out following her arrest by authorities in the state of Bahia on charges of leading an alleged interstate drug-trafficking and money-laundering organisation. The influencer, known for her posts promoting cannabis and styling herself as “ervo afetiva”

25 October 2025 Nara Smith and her newborn daughter, Fawnie Golden. Credit : Nara Smith/Instagram Just two weeks after sharing the joyful news of her fourth child with husband Lucky Blue Smith, influencer and model Nara Smith posted an image to her Instagram Stories that quickly stirred conversation. In the photo, she holds her newborn daughter, appearing in white low-rise linen pants and a beige cropped sweater that reveals toned, post-baby abs. She captioned the image simpl

24 October 2025 It is with profound sorrow that we share the news of the passing of 19-year-old influencer Emman Atienza. Her parents, television personality Kim Atienza and advocate Felicia Atienza, confirmed the heartbreaking news on October 24, 2025 in a joint Instagram post that began, “It’s with deep sadness that we share the unexpected passing of our daughter and sister, Emman.” Emman stood out in the digital sphere with a rapidly growing following on TikTok and Instagr

23 October 2025 Michael Marinelli and Jordana Abraham. Jordana Abraham/Instagram Jordana Abraham, the co-founder of Betches and host of the podcast Baby Steps, revealed that after nearly four years of trying to conceive she and a trusted surrogate are both pregnant a deeply emotional and triumphant milestone for the couple. Abraham laid bare the difficult path she walked: two miscarriages, an ectopic pregnancy and three chemical pregnancies before finally deciding to pursue s

22 October 2025 Sophia James' TikTok about group 7 ; Barbara Corcoran shares a TikTok about being in group 7. Credit : Sophia James Music/TikTok; Barbara Corcoran/TikTok On the surface, TikTok’s “Group 7” trend looks like another fleeting internet meme light, cheeky, and fun. But dig a little deeper and you’ll find a clever fusion of self-expression, algorithm strategy and collective identity wrapped in seven numbered videos. What started as a quirky marketing experiment by s

21 October 2025 Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan of One Direction in 2014. Ethan Miller/Getty In a candid and emotionally charged interview with The Independent published on October 18, former Louis Tomlinson laid bare his anger toward YouTuber Logan Paul, saying he will “forever despise” him for the 2022 podcast episode in which the late Liam Payne appeared and made divisive remarks about his former bandmates in One Direction. The podcast

20 October 2025 Dubbed the “AI Homeless Man Prank,” this new social media craze sees users create realistic, digitally altered images of a disheveled homeless figure inside bedrooms, living rooms or kitchens, and then send them to unsuspecting family members to provoke panicked reactions. In one widely circulated clip, a young man texts his mother a doctored photo of a man sleeping on her bed. The mother, enraged and frightened, demanded to know what was happening in her own

19 October 2025 When it came to response across the country on October 19, 2025, an almost surreal chapter opened in America’s political theatre: Donald Trump reposted an AI-generated video of himself flying a crown-adorned fighter jet marked “King Trump” and dumping what appeared to be sewage on protesters from the No Kings Movement rally, a clip set to the strains of “Danger Zone” without the permission of its original artist. The 19-second clip hit social media hours after