Rue McClanahan, beloved by millions of LGBT viewers for her role as sassy Blanche Devereaux on Golden Girls, died five years ago — but don’t tell the Internet that. News of the death of the Emmy-winning actress who played the bawdy Blanche Devereaux on the hit TV series “The Golden Girls” was trending on Twitter and Facebook Thursday. Strange, given …

Whoa!!! 5 Seconds Of Summer’s Michael Clifford’s Hair Was Lit On Fire In An Accident During A Show Saturday. 5 Seconds of Summer fans were left shocked and worried when band member Michael Clifford’s hair and face were set on fire by stage pyrotechnics during a London gig.

Austrian brothel owner offers free sex for clients in protest against high taxes. “We are not paying taxes any more. Effective immediately: Free Entrance! Free Drinks! Free Sex!” the Pascha establishment in Salzburg posted on its website. A woman who answered the phone there on Sunday said it was no joke.

A 14-year member of the Ontario Provincial Police force has been charged after OPP busted an alleged illegal gaming house in Ottawa’s Alta Vista neighbourhood on Friday night, and it’s not the first time the officer has faced charges.

Flesh-eating bacteria are being found once again in the waters off Florida beaches. As temperatures rise in the Sunshine State, beachgoers are being warned of the dangers of the microorganisms.

Police are searching for two suspects in connection with the death of 32-year-old Sina Parsi, the missing Vaughan man whose body was found on Friday in the Jane Street and St. Clair Avenue West area.

Coney Island’s historic Cyclone roller coaster got stuck Saturday for the second time this year. Riders were stuck for about an hour.

Terry Virts knows how to spend his last day in space: gazing at planet Earth from afar and posting photos of that jaw-dropping view online for all to see.

Benedict Cumberbatch has become the proud father to a baby boy. The news means it is a double celebration for the British actor who has been named a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Having sex will be an out-of-the-world experience for adult performers Eva Lovia and Johnny Sinns, quite literally. Adult video streaming site PornHub, which claims to be the world’s largest online pornography portal, is crowdfunding for a sex tape that will be filmed in zero-gravity space.

Cicadas attack reporter? A KSNT reporter was filming a piece on Kansas’ Fort Riley when … these cute — OK, kind of terrifying — little buggers, a.k.a. cicadas, attacked. “OK, nope! Not doing it!” KSNT reporter Katya Leick said.