At the precise time of the murder, McCullagh, known online as 'votesaxon07', appeared to be drinking alcohol and livestreaming himself playing computer games to an online audience.
At least a lot of Hollywood was willfully ignoring the potential of YouTubers here. There is that level of respect that I just haven't met yet. People have made movies before, just that it would be 'woefully unwise' to tackle writing, directing, acting and editing a movie myself.
I don't think we slept for two months straight. But, you know, we made it work. They knocked down walls, changed layouts, installed a wall-length, accordion-style glass door, all to transform a once-congested design within the modern Spanish-style home into a wide, open-concept living space.
At the box office earlier this month, four out of the five top-grossing movies were not from big companies. There was Solo Mio, an inspirational romantic drama starring Kevin James from the faith-based distributor Angel Studios; a filmed concert from the K-pop group Stray Kids; and a French adaptation of Dracula from the director Luc Besson that had already made big money overseas.
On the 10th day of the search for Nancy Guthrie, reporters camped outside of the missing woman's home noticed a strange man strut right up to the front door. It had been more than a week since the mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie had disappeared, and authorities had just announced they had a new lead from Ring footage of what looked like a potential subject attempting to tamper with the doorbell camera on the morning of her disappearance.
Dhar Mann's morality tales about Karens getting exposed, kids with disabilities finding acceptance, and the like have made him one of the internet's most popular creators. He also stands out in a mostly unscripted world for his focus on scripted content, including a recent micro-drama production deal with Fox. His videos, shot in a 125,000 square-foot Burbank production studio, regularly run 20 minutes or longer and get upward of a million views on YouTube.
McCullough's videos focus on U.S. and Canadian culture and how they intersect. A sampling of recent videos: "How bad is the PragerU guide to presidents?", "What 2025 permanently added to American culture," "whatever happened to Canada's Online Streaming Act?", and the four presidents that lead America into (and out of) war. His audience is around 80% male, with most of his viewers between the ages of 20 and 35 and about half based in the U.S.