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On a sticky August Friday afternoon on Fire Island, New York City’s second most illustrious summer weekend destination, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and First Secretary of Transportation Gentleman Chasten Buttigieg held the most successful fundraiser in the island’s history, according to event co-chair and former 18-year treasurer of the Democratic National Committee Andrew Tobias. He

The cool, calm, and collected Turkish pistol shooter has found himself in the grips of online fandom while securing a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday. Yusuf Dikec, alongside his partner Sevval Ilayda Tarhan, took second place in the mixed team 10-meter air pistol event. But what noticeably stood out was Dikec’s

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Pete Davidson has cancelled all of his upcoming comedy shows amid a report that he checked himself into a wellness facility for mental health treatment. A source told People that the Saturday Night Live alum is focusing on his sobriety and mental wellbeing with the support of his loved

Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to pick her running mate by next week—the latest step in the Democratic Party’s newly energized bid to stay in the White House come November. In the days since President Joe Biden bowed out of the race and endorsed Harris in his stead, the political-pundit class and everyday Americans

Image Credit: Getty Images Being Marvel superheroes means not only taking down the bad guys together but also reprising past roles together. America’s Captain, Chris Evans, was so thankful put on his Johnny Storm suit to take on his previous role in the Fantastic Four films in a small cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine. The

The mother of the musician Grimes has accused Elon Musk of “withholding” her three grandchildren and blocking them from visiting their dying great-grandmother in Canada. Sandy Garossino on Saturday posted the plea to X, the social networking site owned by Musk, and claimed she has no other way to contact the billionaire. Garossino, a columnist

A TikTok search for the term “Mormon Swinging Moms Scandal” will yield more videos than one may expect—inching towards 100 million of them, to be exact. The drama that spawned such a glut of content will be explored in Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, an upcoming reality series about eight TikTok influencer moms,

Image Credit: Getty Images Not only did Team USA win gold in the 2024 Olympic gymnastics final, but Simone Biles made history by becoming the most decorated Olympian in U.S. gymnastics history. The 27-year-old athlete has been a part of the Olympic Games since her debut at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where she

A stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga class in England has claimed the life of another child after a nine-year-old girl died from her injuries Tuesday, bringing the death toll up to three. Eight other children and two adults are still in the hospital, with several of them in critical condition. The

The Villages is a 55-plus retirement community located in Sumter County, Florida that has not voted for a Democratic candidate in a general election since 2000. In 2020, Donald Trump won 67.8% of the vote compared to Joe Biden’s 31.7% in the county. In 2016, Trump won 68.8% to Hillary Clinton’s 29.5%. In 2008 and

Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images Maggie Steffens and her family experienced a heartbreaking loss before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris. On Tuesday, July 23, Lulu Conner—the Olympic U.S. Water Polo team captain’s sister-in-law—died at 26 after traveling to the city to support Steffens as she competes for a fourth consecutive gold

Celebrities and royals have descended on the City of Light to kick off the Paris 2024 Olympics, and they’re lighting up the red carpet as the city lights the Olympic flame. The night before the opening ceremony, the party got started at Louis Vuitton’s Prelude to the Olympics event, which saw some of Hollywood’s elite

Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance claimed that his past remarks on the country being run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies” was merely a “sarcastic comment” in a face-saving interview with journalist and television personality Megyn Kelly that aired Friday. In a 2021 interview with former Fox News host and current ally Tucker

Image Credit: Getty Images SAG-AFTRA is striking against video game publishers to protect actors from being exploited with the help of artificial intelligence. After a year and a half of negotiations a deal has not been reached. The union wants to ensure that artificial intelligence is not used as a tactic to take advantage of

Céline Dion certainly knows how to make a comeback. The Quebec singer returned to the stage for the first time in almost four years Friday, but it wasn’t just any stage — of course the pop diva selected the Paris 2024 Olympic opening ceremony, on the Eiffel Tower, as the site of her first performance

Even though Prince Harry moved to Southern California in 2020, he has continued a series of legal battles in the UK, with the aim of improving his access to security and changing the culture at the nation’s tabloids. In a new interview with ITV, Harry mentioned that his fears for Meghan Markle and her safety

Image Credit: Getty Images For the longest time, Madison Square Garden has felt like home to one piano man. But after his 150th show at the iconic New York City venue on Thursday night, Billy Joel concluded his residency nearly 50 years after his first show at the Garden and more than 10 years after

The black clouds billowing from the fires razing Jasper National Park hold more than the reek of charred timber and scorched earth. For thousands of Canadians and mountain-lovers around the world, it’s the smell of cherished memory going up in smoke. “It’s a huge amount of history and memories that are now lost,” said Alexis

Coon: Elizabeth Olsen has done such interesting work, and I think we haven’t even touched what she’s capable of yet. I feel like her moment hasn’t even arrived yet, because she’s young—and so, so talented. I can’t wait to see what happens to Elizabeth 10 years from now. And I feel like we were bumping

Image Credit: Getty Images President Joe Biden appeared in an historic televised presidential address since stepping down from the 2024 presidential race. While speaking to the American public from the Oval Office on Wednesday, July 24, the 81-year-old began his speech by crediting his predecessors, including Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, “who showed us presidents

Snoop Dogg is set to bring extra swagger to the final leg of the Olympic torch journey in France, as the crip-walking rapper is scheduled to parade the flame through Paris ahead of the opening ceremony on Friday. The mayor of Saint-Denis, Mathieu Hanotin, announced the news on X on Tuesday morning. In French, the

“Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller… all the blind guys.” That’s how the multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, one of the chief architects of the British blues revival of the 1960s, who died at 90 yesterday at his home in California, described the influences that shaped his musical tastes and inspired a career that stretched

View gallery Image Credit: WireImage It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a decade since the British boy band One Direction was formed on The X Factor. July 23 marks the 14th anniversary of the band — Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and former member Zayn Malik — being placed together by Simon Cowell. Their rise

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt‘s daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt has publicly confirmed she is removing “Pitt” as her last name. Shiloh first petitioned to change her name in May when she turned 18, asking in a Los Angeles County Court to change from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie. In recent weeks, Shiloh publicly announced

Taylor Swift is the influencer to end all influencers, able to wield her massive popularity and power effectively enough to impact economies and legislation, moviemaking practices and album release strategies. She’s lent her voice in the past, to great effect, to voter registration efforts, but with the news that Vice President Kamala Harris is the

Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images In one of the most historic moments in American history, President Joe Biden has decided to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race for reelection. Weeks after multiple celebrities, politicians and other public figures called on Biden to drop out of the race, several responded to the president’s announcement on

Bob Newhart, the deadpan accountant-turned-comedian who became one of the most popular TV stars of his time after striking gold with a classic comedy album, has died at 94. Jerry Digney, Newhart’s publicist, says the actor died Thursday in Los Angeles after a series of short illnesses. Newhart, best remembered now as the star of

The Republican National Convention speaker lineup was chock-full of leaders who have historically not been shy about their anti-abortion views—yet, the speeches this year were remarkably silent on the topic of reproductive care access altogether. In his 2020 RNC nomination acceptance speech, then-president Donald Trump touted common anti-abortion myths, saying that Democrats support, “the extreme

Image Credit: Getty Images Kylie Jenner is living the lavish mom life in her Italian getaway with her two kids Stormi and Aire – who she shares with Travis Scott. The 26-year-old mogul was totally giving chill mom vibes as she was spotted— in pictures seen on Page Six, in a laidback denim spaghetti strapped