RadioRob

Published by Radar Online Caitlyn Jenner.MEGA Caitlyn Jenner got snubbed. Citing anonymous sources, TMZ reports that Caitlyn Jenner was not invited to Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker‘s wedding in Italy over the weekend. Jenner never got an invitation to the ceremony in Portofino, according to the outlet. However, the couple has no hard feelings toward Jenner, Kardashian’s former stepparent, TMZ reports. Rather, Kardashian and Barker wanted a smaller ceremony and Jenner simply didn’t make the cut. Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker.MEGA TMZ’s sources said Kardashian and Jenner have a relationship, but they do not speak that often, so the former decided it was not necessary to invite the latter. Jenner spent the weekend cheering on her new passion, Jenner Racing, according to TMZ. Driver Jamie Chadwick won her fifth W Series race in a row in Barcelona. “Win! Win! Win! No matter what!” Jenner tweeted. Jenner, however, did attend Kim Kardashian and Kanye West‘s wedding in Italy in May 2014, a year after splitting from Kris Jenner. It was also a year before Jenner’s transition. Caitlyn Jenner.MEGA Kardashian and Barker have a Los Angeles wedding celebration planned, TMZ reports, so it’s possible Jenner will get another chance to be part of the celebration. Jenner wasn’t the only one having a ball while Kourtney Kardashian and Barker were getting married. Kourtney Kardashian’s ex, Scott Disick, was spotted at a New York City strip club over the weekend. Page Six reports that Disick, 38, was spotted at Sapphire strip club in the early hours of May 23, according to TMZ. He went to the gentlemen’s club around 2:30 a.m. with a group of men and women. He stayed for about an hour and chatted iwth one woman in particular before leaving, Page Six reports. Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker.MEGA On May 22, the former “Flip It Like Disick” star detailed his stay at New York City’s Casa Cirpiana on an Instagram Story. “Little movie night,” a story showing his room service was captioned. Disick also posted a photo of a steak dinner, saying “If ya know, ya know.” Disick was perhaps planning a longer vacation as he posted a photo from a private jet May 22, saying “Where 2?” He then posted his flight status, saying “Next stop, the beach.” View the full article

Published by Reuters By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated three women to serve as appellate judges including Florence Pan, who would succeed U.S. Supreme Court-designate Ketanji Brown Jackson on the influential federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. Pan’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit marks the second time Biden has picked her to fill a seat vacated by the incoming Supreme Court justice, after selecting Pan in 2021 to succeed Jackson as a district court judge. Biden also nominated public interest lawyer Rachel Bloomekatz to serve on the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Magistrate Judge Doris Pryor to sit on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The White House said the nominees continue fulfilling Biden’s pledge to diversify the federal bench. Nearly three-quarters of his 98 federal judicial nominees have been women. A majority have been people of color. The D.C. Circuit is considered by many the second most important court after the Supreme Court thanks to a docket filled with cases concerning government decisions and regulations. Pan would fill a vacancy created by the U.S. Senate’s April confirmation of Jackson to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court once Justice Stephen Breyer retires at the end of this term. The Senate in September confirmed Pan on a 68-30 vote to become first Asian American woman judge on the federal district court in Washington, D.C. She was previously a D.C. Superior Court judge. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday will vote on advancing another D.C. Circuit nominee, U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs, who Biden considered for the Supreme Court nomination. Pryor, a former prosecutor and public defender who is Black, would be the first judge of color on 7th Circuit from Indiana. Bloomekatz launched a public interest law firm in Columbus, Ohio, in 2019 after working at Washington-based appellate firm Gupta Wessler. She served as state counsel for Biden’s 2020 campaign in Ohio. (Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Tomasz Janowski) View the full article

Published by Radar Online Mega Vladimir Putin has promoted one of his longtime bodyguards to a new minister position, suggesting the Russian leader is becoming increasingly more paranoid of those ordered to protect him, Radar has learned. Major-General Alexander Kurenknov, Putin’s former bodyguard, was appointed to Emergencies Minister on Tuesday just months after the former Emergencies Minister, Yevgeny Zinichev, died under mysterious circumstances after allegedly falling off a 90ft waterfall in September. Mega The promotion of Kurenknov also marks the sixth of Putin’s bodyguards to be promoted to a high position within the Kremlin, suggesting the 69-year-old Russian leader is becoming more paranoid and only feels safe amongst those who have a long and loyal history of protecting his life. “Putin knows him well personally,” Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said regarding Kurenknov’s new promotion. “And the choice means that, according to the head of the state, Kurenkov’s personal, service and professional qualities will allow him to serve in this function.” Mega While it took Putin nearly six months to fill the Emergencies Minister position following Zinichev’s mysterious death in September, sources close to the Russian president claim Putin is still distraught over the minister’s death – so much so that Putin reportedly described Zinichev’s passing as an “irreplaceable personal loss.” But although Zinichev’s death was ultimately ruled an accident, others familiar with the situation believe Zinichev was actually murdered. “I will say right away that it was not the death, but the murder, of the general,” Russian Professor Valery Solovey said about the mysterious and strange circumstances surrounding the late minister’s death. “He did not die alone, several other people died with him.” As RadarOnline.com reported, the promotion of Kurenknov and Putin’s allegedly increasing paranoia come amid rumors that those closest to the Russian president are planning to assassinate the leader after his failure to successfully take Ukraine after sending forces in more than three months ago. Mega “He’s all about staying in power,” General Keane, who previously worked as the Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, recently said about a possible coup or assassination attempt against Putin. “That’s his motivation. He will do anything to stay in power.” “The alternative, he knows full well, by a successor who doesn’t agree with him, could mean the end of him – his demise,” Keane continued. “He’s fighting to stay in power and he’s determined, I think, to still accomplish his goals even though his focus is in the south [of Ukraine].” “He has no future beyond him being the president of Russia. That’s a fact.” View the full article

Published by DPA An illustration photo shows a medical syringe with the word Monkeypox virus in the background. Sufficient supplies of the Imvanex vaccine against monkeypox are available to handle the current outbreak, the producer of the shot told DPA on Wednesday. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Sufficient supplies of the Imvanex vaccine against monkeypox are available to handle the current outbreak, the producer of the shot told dpa on Wednesday. Bavarian Nordic is the only company in the world whose monkeypox vaccine has regulatory approval. It is currently possible to produce 30 million doses annually, spokesman Rolf Sass Sørensen said. Cases of monkeypox are spreading. The virus usually causes mild symptoms such as rash, fever and pustules, but can also be severe. The company is based in Denmark and produces the vaccine there, although it was initially developed in the German branch in Martinsried near Munich. However, the shot is only approved in the US, where it is called Jynneos, and Canada. Planning is currently under way for it to be approved in the European Union is being planned, Sørensen said. In Europe, the vaccine has only been approved for smallpox in humans, which is considered extinct. The vaccine is also being used in Britain but “off label,” without the corresponding approval, Sørensen continued. He said the company was receiving many enquiries about the shot but did not state which countries had bought the vaccine or how much. Germany has ordered “up to 40 000 doses” of smallpox vaccine, according to Health Minister Karl Lauterbach. Bavarian Nordic’s smallpox shot was originally developed based on work with the US government set up after the attack on 2001 World Trade Center attack, when Washington feared a future attack could involve smallpox viruses. The government planned to vaccinate the entire population, Sørensen said, noting that the older vaccines were associated with significant side effects. “That’s why they came to us and asked us to make a better and newer generation of smallpox vaccine,” he added. It is a very safe vaccine that has been tested on very solid data, he said. View the full article

Published by Radar Online PTNY/©2013 RAMEY PHOTO Ricky Gervais sparked backlash for anti-trans jokes in his new Netflix comedy special, leaving some members of the LGBTQ community outraged. The controversial comic, 60, became a hot topic on social media after his SuperNature special premiered on the streaming platform. “I love the new women,” Gervais quipped at one point. “They’re great, aren’t they? The new ones we’ve been seeing lately. The ones with beards and c—–. They’re as good as gold, I love them.” Joe Russo / MEGA He then referenced the trans bathroom controversy just minutes into his comedy set, igniting more angry tweets. “It’s the old-fashioned ones, they go, ‘Oh, they want to use our toilets.’ ‘Why shouldn’t they use your toilets?’ ‘For ladies!’ ‘They are ladies — look at their pronouns! What about this person isn’t a lady?’ ‘Well, his p—-.’ ‘Her p—-, you f—ing b—t!'” he joked. Gervais went on to discuss “woke comedy” and how comedians are now supposed to create a “safe space” for the audience instead of saying what they really want to. “I tried to watch a bit of it, and I decided I’d rather watch Louis C.K. masturbate,” he said of the comic’s sexual misconduct scandal. “Can’t mention him anymore. He’s canceled.” PTNY/©2013 RAMEY PHOTO Gervais also mentioned Kevin Hart losing his 2018 Oscars hosting opportunity after homophobic tweets were brought to light. “You don’t know who the dominant mob will be,” he continued. “You know, like, the worst thing you can say today — that get you canceled on Twitter, death threats — the worst thing you can say today is, ‘Women don’t have p——,’ right? Now, no one saw that coming.” After watching his newly released special, several critics voiced their disapproval. “To him we exist only as a punchline, a threat, something less than human,” one social media user vented while another echoed, “If you’re a comedian and you support trans people, it’s your responsibility to be speaking out against Dave Chappelle and the new Ricky Gervais special.” ©2011 RAMEY PHOTO “Trans people are on the least funded end of the healthcare spectrum and facing a barrage of negativity from an increasingly trans hostile media. This isn’t a joke,” British artist Miss Freda Wallace also posted in response. In the special, Gervais seemingly knew some backlash would arise as he offered a disclaimer, telling the audience he does support trans rights in real life. “I support all human rights, and trans rights are human rights,” he insisted. “Live your best life. Use your preferred pronouns. Be the gender that you feel you are. But meet me halfway, ladies. Lose the c—. That’s all I’m saying.” View the full article

Published by New York Daily News A “prayerful” Nancy Pelosi Tuesday hit back at the Catholic archbishop who banned her from receiving Holy Communion over her pro-choice stance. The powerful House speaker said the archbishop of her hometown of San Francisco has no business imposing his conservative views on her or the nation’s tens of millions of Catholics. “We just have to be prayerful, we have to be respectful,” Pelosi said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show. “I come from a largely pro-life Italian-American Catholic family, so I respect people’s views about that. But I don’t respect us foisting it onto others.” Pe… Read More View the full article

Published by The Charlotte Observer Following the lead of other Republican-led states, North Carolina lawmakers proposed a bill Tuesday that would ban teachers from talking about gender or sexuality in early elementary school grades, and could force school employees to out LGBTQ students to their parents. Critics in other states have called similar bills “Don’t say gay” rules and accused their backers of homophobic intentions, but Republicans have defended the changes as being pro-parent, and not anti-gay. “It has no place in the K-3 curriculum,” said Sen. Deanna Ballard of Watauga County, the bill’s lead sponsor. The bill faces… Read More View the full article

Published by OK Magazine mega Awkward! Mick Jagger doesn’t have time to be compared to Harry Styles. In a new interview, the 78-year-old spoke about their “easy relationship,” but he also dissed him in the process. “I mean, I used to wear a lot more eye make-up than him. Come on, I was much more androgynous. He doesn’t have a voice like mine or move on stage like me,” Jagger told The Sunday Times. “He just has a superficial resemblance to my younger self which is fine — he can’t help that.” HARRY STYLES OBSESSED WITH OLIVIA WILDE ROMANCE, ‘HE’S TURNED INTO HER LITTLE PUPPY DOG,’ DISHES SOURCE Styles, 28, has been a fan of Jagger for a long time. In fact, the former One Direction member did an impression of the rockstar on Saturday Night Live. Jagger has spoken about Styles in the past. “I was looking at a photograph of him and __Bianca [Jagger] __the other day and he was wearing this amazing yellow suit. I’m a massive fan and I like him a lot. I don’t know what he thinks of me,” he previously shared. “He’s got it going on. I can see the influence. But I don’t say anything to him, I just tell him he [looks nice. I like him](https://okmagazine.com/p/harry-styles-ashamed-sex-life/). He’s very decent.” “I know him, he comes to see me in lots of show,” he added. mega JOE JONAS, HARRY STYLES & MORE! TAYLOR SWIFT’S MOST FAMOUS BOYFRIENDS & THE SONGS FANS BELIEVE THEY INSPIRED The U.K. native recently released his third album, where he gets more candid about his life. “I think because I started so young, it became kind of like – that’s who I am. I don’t know if I ever stopped for long enough to realize what I was if I didn’t do it. But I think getting to a place where I feel like, ‘This is what I do and I love it, but it’s not necessarily who I am.’ Just feels like a much healthier place to be operating from and making music from,” he said. mega View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Keanu Reeves has been hailed one of the world’s nicest men in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2022 issue. The actor, 57, was gushed over in the special edition by his co-star Carrie-Anne Moss, 54. She said in an essay for the magazine: “In this often unkind and shallow world, my friend Keanu gives others hope.” The actress, who played Trinity alongside Reeves in ‘The Matrix’ films, added he was far from other celebrities who proved a let down off-screen. She added: “The actions of this handsome, talented, successful, and fiercely committed actor have become a reprieve from the constant disappointment we have for those who get put on a pedestal.” Moss also called Reeves’ fame “unique” and said he is renowned for “his kindness and generosity”. The pair first worked together on 1999’s ‘The Matrix’ before reprising their roles three times in follow-ups, with the most recent outing in December. Moss said about their first meeting: “Keanu was just as he always is: kind, generous, and thoughtful… (he is) still the man who checks in on me during an intense training day just as he did then.” Keanu, worth an estimated £320 million, has given away chunks of his fortune over the years as part of good deeds. He runs a private foundation that benefits cancer research and children’s hospitals, gifted the stunt crew on ‘The Matrix’ a motorcycle each, and bought his mum a house. Among the other famous faces listed in the 100 most influential people issue are Kris Jenner, 66, actress Mila Kunis, 38, and comedian Pete Davidson, 28, who has been dating Kris’ daughter Kim, 41, since November 2021. Each of those listed has a tribute written about them by a peer or colleague. Zendaya, 25, was one of five celebrities to get her own cover for this issue. The others went to singer Mary J Blige, 51, actor Simu Liu, 33, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley, 56, and chief executive officer of Apple Tim Cook, 61. View the full article

Published by OK Magazine Mega Is Rosie O’Donnell off the market? It sure seems like it after the former cohost of The View, 60, shared a sweet snap to Instagram on Sunday, May 22, of her hand lovingly resting on another person’s leg as the two held hands. @rosie/Instagram “how’s ur weekend? #spokane,” O’Donnell wrote alongside the picture of the intimate embrace between herself and the mystery person. ROSIE O’DONNELL SYMPATHIZES WITH ELLEN DEGENERES FOLLOWING TOXIC WORKPLACE CLAIMS, SAYS THE SPOTLIGHT CAN BE ‘TOUGH’ Fans were quick to congratulate the former The Rosie O’Donnell Show host on the new flame in her life via her comment section. “Not nearly as well as yours appears to be going.,” one follower quipped in reference to O’Donnell’s caption about her weekend. “Omg I’m happy for you ,” another supportive fan penned. “Bliss. [hope] you’ve had a great weekend with you know who,” one of the star’s pals Wendy Perkins teased below the photo. @rosie/Instagram The Broadway producer was previously engaged to Boston police officer Elizabeth Rooney, but the couple split in 2019 after two years together. O’Donnell was previously married to Kelli Carpenter for one year in 2004. The former couple shares children Parker, 26, Chelsea, 24, Blake, 22, and Vivienne, 19. TAKE THAT, TRUMP! ROSIE O’DONNELL MAY GET KENNEDY CENTER HONOR UNDER BIDEN’S PRESIDENCY The outspoken star was also engaged to Michelle Rounds, with whom she shares daughter Dakota, 9, from 2012 to 2015. Sadly, Rounds committed suicide in 2017. Although O’Donnell has been laying low as of late, the media mogul opened up last year about how she felt about working with Whoopi Goldberg on the hit ABC panel show. “Whoopi really didn’t like me,” the actress told Howard Stern of the on-air tension between herself and the actress. @rosie/Instagram “I didn’t know that she saw the countdown…I saw that, and there was a pause, and I said ‘well, we’ll be right back after this.’ And that was the first day, and it was trouble from then on,” she explained about being the one to cut to a commercial when the producers were signaling Goldberg to call the break. “She was mean to me on live TV,” O’Donnell additionally told the shock jock. “When people say, ‘Well, what happened,’ I say, ‘Go back and watch [the episodes].’ It’s not like a mystery, watch the way it went down. So I was like, ‘I gotta get out of here, I can’t do this.'” View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Bad Bunny refuses to give clothes a gender. The 28-year-old rap star – whose real name is Benito Ocasio – is unsure what defines “masculine” or “feminine” and cannot discriminate clothing choices based on gender. He said: “Everybody has to feel comfortable with what they are, and how they feel. Like, what defines a man, what defines being masculine, what defines being feminine? I really can’t give clothes gender. To me, a dress is a dress. If I wear a dress, would it stop being a woman’s dress? Or vice versa? Like, no. It’s a dress, and that’s it. It’s not a man’s, it’s not a woman’s. It’s a dress.” The Latino singer – who had a job packing groceries at a supermarket in Puerto Rico before shooting to fame and becoming Spotify’s most streamed artist of 2021 with a reported 9.1 billion plays worldwide – went on to claim that becoming a celebrity was never his intention and explained that his native audience would typically “undervalue” Latino musicians who sang in their own language. In a new cover story for GQ’s June issue, he said:”I was never on a mission to be like, Oh, this is what I’m going to do. It happened organically. Like, I’ve never made a song saying, ‘This is going to go worldwide.’ I never made a song thinking, ‘Man, this is for the world. This is to capture the gringo audience’. Never. On the contrary, I make songs as if only Puerto Ricans were going to listen to them. I still think I’m there making music, and it’s for Puerto Ricans. I forget the entire world listens to me. “The Latino audience would always undervalue their artist. Sometimes, Latinos would want to record with an American, and because they’re American, they’d think, I have to do it. No, man. He’s not at the level I am, you know? Just because they’re American. But that perspective has changed. You can see it now. People have become aware. They suddenly see, Wow, Bad Bunny has been the most listened to on Spotify for 70 days. It wasn’t the American. It’s this guy, who’s Latino.” Read the full cover story, ‘Bad Bunny’s Giant Leap’ n GQ’s June issue and on GQ.com View the full article

Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Congressionally mandated commission announced on Tuesday its recommendations for changes to the names of nine U.S. Army bases that currently honor the Confederacy and Confederate leaders. The recommended changes, if implemented, would name bases in honor of Black, Hispanic and female American heroes, including Mary Edwards Walker, the only woman to win the Medal of Honor for her service as a surgeon during the Civil War. They are: * Fort Benning, Georgia – rename Fort Moore after Lieutenant General Hal and Julia Moore. * Fort Bragg, North Carolina – rename Fort Liberty after the value of liberty. * Fort Gordon, Georgia – rename Fort Eisenhower after General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower. * Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia – rename Fort Walker after Dr. Mary Walker * Fort Hood, Texas – rename Fort Cavazos after General Richard Cavazos * Fort Lee, Virginia – rename Fort Gregg-Adams after Lieutenant General Arthur Gregg and Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams * Fort Pickett, Virginia – rename Fort Barfoot after Technical Sergeant Van T. Barfoot * Fort Polk, Louisiana – rename Fort Johnson after Sergeant William Henry Johnson * Fort Rucker, Alabama – rename Fort Novosel after Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael J. Novosel, Sr. The commission, which has no power to change the names on its own, said it will complete a written report for Congress by Oct. 1. Under previous legislation passed by Congress, the Pentagon will be required to implement changes by 2024, it said. The United States has been re-examining its history and removing segregationist symbols across the country following the May 25, 2020, murder of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis. That re-examination has extended to the U.S. military, which quickly issued a de facto ban on displaying the Confederate flag at U.S. military installations. Congress then passed legislation requiring changes to base names, despite fierce opposition from then-President Donald Trump. Confederate flags and base names can be offensive to many Americans, who see them as reminders of the enslavement of Black Americans and a symbol of white supremacy. (Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Leslie Adler) View the full article

Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order on Wednesday directing federal agencies to revise use-of-force policies as the United States marks the two-year anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd, the Washington Post and other U.S. media reported. The order, which the Washington Post said Biden would sign on Wednesday, will create a national registry of officers fired for misconduct and use grants to encourage state and local police to tighten restrictions on chokeholds and no-knock warrants, the New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Floyd, a Black man suspected of passing a counterfeit bill, was killed when Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, kneeled on his neck as three other officers looked on. The incident triggered a wave of protests over racial injustice. Chauvin was sentenced to 22-1/2 years in prison last year after his conviction on murder charges. One of the three officers pleaded guilty last week to aiding and abetting manslaughter in the May 25, 2020, incident. The White House has scheduled a signing ceremony at 4 p.m. on Wednesday (2000 GMT) at which Biden will be joined by members of Floyd’s family, civil rights advocates and law enforcement officials, the Washington Post reported, citing two people briefed on the announcement. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub in Washington; Editing by Matthew Lewis) View the full article

Published by Reuters By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -A man suspected in the fatal weekend shooting of a New York City subway rider, less than two months after a mass shooting on the transit system, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, authorities said. Andrew Abdullah, 25, was arrested at his lawyer’s offices for the slaying of Brooklyn resident Daniel Enriquez, 48, who was fatally shot in his chest while he rode in a subway car on Sunday morning, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at a news conference. Abdullah was described as a gang member and repeat offender with a criminal history dating back to 2016, including arrests for felony assault, robbery, attempted murder and a gun charge that remains open. He was given a 30-month sentence in May 2017 for the attempted murder charge, and was out of prison in June 2019 and released from parole in June 2021, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said. New York Mayor Eric Adams called Abdullah the “poster child” for perpetrators of violence in the city and suggested that the state’s criminal justice system played a role in the killing. “We got a killer off our streets, but far too many killers are back on our streets through the revolving door of the criminal justice system,” Adams said. Abdullah was photographed by Reuters walking into the NYPD’s 5th Precinct station in handcuffs with a police detective escort. Law enforcement was able to locate the suspect with the help of police canvassing, community engagement and social media outreach, Sewell said. A 9-millimeter shell casing discharged from a Ruger firearm was recovered at the scene, Essig said. The gun, which was stolen in Hampton, Virginia in 2019, was later handed at random to a homeless male, who authorities brought in for questioning, he said. Enriquez, who worked for investment bank Goldman Sachs, was riding a train crossing a bridge from Brooklyn into lower Manhattan when he was shot without provocation, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital. Adams said his heart is with the family of Enriquez, an innocent person who should be alive today. Sunday’s attack adds further pressure on Adams, a former police captain and Brooklyn borough president who made crime and public safety a focus of his campaign for mayor last year. In February, Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul promised to increase police patrols and mental health outreach in response to a spate of attacks in the subway system, which is run by the state-controlled Metropolitan Transportation Authority. On April 12, the subway system saw one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a man set off a smoke bomb and opened fire in a subway car, leaving 23 people injured in the chaos, including 10 hit by gunfire. Frank James, 62, was arrested a day later. He was indicted earlier this month on terrorism and other federal charges. (Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles and Brendan O’Brien in Chicago; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Bill Berkrot) View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Ellen DeGeneres’ “career pause” will begin with a luxury African vacation. The final episode of ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ will air later this week, and Ellen and her wife Portia de Rossi are now planning to head overseas with some of their close friends, as she embarks on the next chapter of her career. A source told The Sun newspaper: “Right after the show finale airs she, Portia and her closest friends, including her brother, Vance DeGeneres and his wife, are heading to Rwanda for the opening of her gorilla campus.” Ellen – who began hosting the talk show in 2003 – is set to open the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund. Gorilla conservation is passion project for the TV star, and for the time being, she doesn’t have any “definite” career plans in place. The insider added: “She’s going to take some much-needed time off and just take a pause.” In April, Ellen took to Twitter to confirm she’d already filmed her last-ever episode of her long-running talk show. The host – who married Portia in 2008 – wrote on the micro-blogging platform at the time: “Today we taped the final episode of The Ellen Show which airs on May 26th. “When we started this show in 2003, the iPhone didn’t exist. Social Media didn’t exist. Gay marriage wasn’t legal. We watched the world change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. “But whatever was happening, my goal was always for the show to be a place where we could all come together and laugh for an hour. Being invited into your lives has been the greatest privilege of my life and has brought me incredible joy. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (sic)” View the full article

Published by Reuters (Reuters) -A gunman opened fire at an elementary school in South Texas on Tuesday, killing 14 students and one teacher, Governor Greg Abbott told reporters. Abbott said the suspect, who he identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was himself killed, apparently by police officers responding to the scene. Official details on the circumstances of the midday shooting remained sketchy in the immediate aftermath of the violence, which unfolded at Robb Elementary School in the town of Uvalde, Texas, about 80 miles west of San Antonio. “He shot and killed horrifically, incomprehensibly, 14 students and killed a teacher. Mr. Ramos, the shooter, he himself is deceased and its believed that responding officers killed him,” Abbott told a news briefing. The gunman drove up to the school and entered with a rifle and a handgun, CNN reported. University Hospital in San Antonio said on Twitter it had received two patients from the shooting in Uvalde, one child and one adult. Both patients, a 66-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl, were listed in critical condition. (Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los AngelesEditing by Grant McCool) View the full article

Published by Raw Story By Sarah K. Burris Esquire columnist Charlie Pierce is reminding voters that former Vice President Mike Pence is no savior for the mainstream GOP, even if he’s going up against Trump in Georgia with a battle of endorsements. Pence, he explained “is such a political maladroit that he makes Willard Romney look like Pericles.” Pence tens to “yammer” about Jesus a lot, wrote Pierce, but other than that he’s generally doing the worst possible things at the worst possible time. Pierce remembered the time Pence signed the anti-LGBTQ bill on the same weekend as the Final Four basketball tournament. Th… Read More View the full article

Published by Radar Online MEGA Dolce & Gabbana “hosted” Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker‘s top-of-the-line wedding over the weekend, so it’s safe to say the famous family put their awkward history with the fashion label behind them. Fans of the reality TV moguls watched as Kourtney’s loved ones showed up and showed out in expensive Dolce & Gabbana outfits leading up to the ceremony on Sunday. MEGA The worldwide coverage is set to give “millions of pounds worth of free publicity” to D&G, Daily Mail reported as Travis and Kourtney celebrated their next chapter together. “As part of the deal, guests will be ferried from their hotels to Portofino harbor in a fleet of four classic wooden Riva speedboats, furnished with Dolce & Gabbana accessories,” the outlet added. Perhaps the Kar-Jenners have chosen to squash any lingering tension with the fashion house years after its co-founder, Stefano Gabbana, once labeled them the “most cheap people in the world.” Instagram account Diet Prada spotted the shade at the time. MEGA The designers also sparked fury in 2015 when they spoke out against gay fathers having children through surrogate mothers — with many fans pointing out that Kim has welcomed two of her children via surrogate. “The only family is the traditional one,” Domenico Dolce and Stefano said at the time. “No chemical offsprings and rented uterus: life has a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed.” Some have also labeled the brand as racist over a series of controversial ads they shared featuring a Chinese model, who later said “it nearly killed my career.” Despite the backlash the brand has faced over the years, Kourtney proudly wore a one-of-a-kind Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda lace and satin corset mini dress for her star-studded wedding in Italy this weekend. MEGA “Designing my dresses with Domenico and Stefano has been a dream come true in every way,” the blushing bride gushed to Vogue. Travis was also donning a black double breasted suit from the fashion label. Kourtney and her Blink-182 rocker beau tied the knot three times in recent weeks, first getting hitched in Las Vegas without a marriage license before making it official at a Santa Barbara courthouse. Their lavish nuptials in Portofino served as the grand finale. View the full article

Published by Chicago Tribune The TV landscape tends to feel pretty dismal when “Saturday Night Live” is the only sketch comedy game in town. And often that’s the case. Over its four-plus decade run, it certainly has outlasted so many others — from “SCTV” to “In Living Color” to “MADtv” to “Key & Peele” and more — but that doesn’t make it the funniest or most creative. Just the longest standing. Which brings us to the return of “The Kids in the Hall” on Amazon, and it’s as if the clouds of gloom have parted to make way once again for their particularly sunny sense of the absurd. Even with “SNL” head honcho Lorne Michaels a… Read More View the full article

Published by NJ.com Let’s start this post off with a small bit of objective truth: There is no such thing as the widespread use of sexual education curriculum to groom young children. None. It doesn’t exist. It’s not happening, nor has it ever happened. It’s a right-wing fever dream used as a vehicle for the airing of grievances and imposing the will of the few on the many. It’s how the right has decided they can influence the conversation. Purposely misinterpret vague curriculum guidelines and use the ensuing manufactured rage to gain a seat at the table in the name of parental choice. It’s nonsense and it’s tim… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Tan France gets parenting tips from Gigi Hadid. The 39-year-old star and his husband Rob France welcomed their son Ismail into the world via surrogate last July and he’s been turning to his ‘Next in Fashion’ co-host – who has 20-month-old daughter Khai with Zayn Malik – for baby-related advice. Tan told Us Weekly magazine: “Love! She’s one of my closest friends. I love her so much. “It makes the show really, really fun. It’s probably the best time I’ve ever had in a show. “She’s an amazing mom. I’ve gotten so many tips from her.” And the 27-year-old model sent Tan and Rob a “care package” to welcome Ismail into the world. He added: “She was a mom before I was a parent, like, seven months before [my son was born]. And so, she was the first person that sent me a care package of all the things that my baby might need. It was so sweet. “If you’re not a parent, you won’t know this, but [there’s a product] called a Baby Brezza, which is a machine that helps you make your formula really quickly. She included a sound machine, bibs, pacifiers, like, everything I could possibly need.” The ‘Queer Eye’ star previously spoke about his devastation at missing the birth of his son, who was born seven weeks early. He wrote on his Real Reality Bulletin page: “HOLY S***!! I’m writing this 2 days after the birth of our son, Ismail France (You can call him Ishmail). “This came out of nowhere, on the night of July 10th, 2021. I woke up to my alarm, at 7am, on July 11th (UK time), to a bunch of missed calls from Rob. Rob never calls at night, and texts if he needs me to call him. But, I was completely out of it and called him asking what was going on, not thinking it was probably baby related. Remember, I was super jetlagged, after traveling to the UK, from our babymoon. “He told me that about half an hour prior, our son was born. He came 7 weeks early. I couldn’t believe it. I cried so hard, at the thought of not being there for our son’s first moments. I cried because I knew Rob was alone and that he needed my emotional support. I cried because I was so jealous that he was there with Ismail, and I wasn’t. (sic)” The fashion designer also praised the pair’s surrogate. He wrote: “Our surrogate is such a warrior. She gave birth to him in a matter of minutes, and after a night’s stay, she said she was feeling totally fine and went back to normal life. She gave us the greatest gift, and the most immense joy, one could ever give another person. We are so grateful. She’s formidable. (sic)” View the full article