Read Perez Hilton’s sister Barbara Lavandeira’s full interview after blogger’s suicide attempt
Warning: The interview below discusses suicide, self-harm and mental health struggles. Some details may be difficult or distressing to read. For the first time since Perez Hilton (real name: Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr.) livestreamed his suicide attempt via TikTok on Aug. 4, his family is speaking out about what really happened that horrific night — […]
Matthew McConaughey gets reaction from Ella Langley over ‘Choosin’ Texas’
Matthew McConaughey is a Texas boy at heart. During Wednesday’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the 56-year-old actor embraced his Southern roots by performing Ella Langley’s hit song, “Choosin’ Texas,” alongside Fallon and indie folk band The Last Bison. The cover quickly drew attention on social media and even earned a response […]
A trailblazing women’s class enters the Hall: 1996 US Olympic team, Parker, Delle Donne, Holdsclaw
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Dawn Staley and the 1996 Olympic women’s basketball team paved the way for the WNBA and players such as Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne and Chamique Holdsclaw. The team that started the Americans’ 30-year Olympic dominance will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday along with […]
Laufey Interview: ‘A Very Laufey Day’ fan event turns 4
NEW YORK (AP) — It was 2023 when Laufey, the Icelandic singer-songwriter known for her neoclassical jazz-pop, decided to create a global fan event. Her second album, “Bewitched,” was soon to be released and she wanted to do something big to celebrate it. But more than that, she says, she “wanted to find a way […]
Puerto Rican boxer Prichard Colón dies 11 years after sustaining brain damage in the ring
The boxing world was in mourning Friday following the death of Puerto Rican fighter Prichard Colón at the age of 33, 11 years after he sustained brain damage in the only defeat of his professional career. Colón’s death was confirmed in statements by the World Boxing Council and the World Boxing Organization late Thursday. In […]
Skip Bertman, LSU’s 5-time national title-winning baseball coach, dies at 88
Stanley “Skip” Bertman, who turned LSU’s baseball program into a national powerhouse that won five national championships in the span of a decade, died at age 88 early Friday morning. The former LSU coach and athletic director passed away in a Baton Rouge hospital, LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette said. The LSU Tigers, now synonymous with […]
Trump Team’s Use of Arcane Budget Rule Threatens Medicaid Coverage
About 200,000 low-income Arkansans could see major changes to their health coverage next year after the Trump administration recently informed state officials it will not renew a key Medicaid agreement with the federal government. The decision by federal officials, citing authority granted under President Donald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending law, suggests the GOP-led state’s predicament could […]
Sarajevo Film Festival Boss Jovan Marjanović Owns Their Origin Story
Jovan Marjanović is aware just how special the Sarajevo Film Festival is. He would know, having worked for the Bosnian festival since he was just 19. Marjanović is 46 now, and comes into his fifth edition as the event’s sole director with buckets of confidence in what this fest has to offer European cinema. Sarajevo […]
Putin visits disputed Kuril Islands, Japan protests
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions from reporters at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on May 25, 2026. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on May 25 the government will compile a $19 billion supplementary budget to support households grappling with soaring everyday costs driven by the Iran war. (Photo by JIJI PRESS […]
German runner calls for ‘more respect’ after seeing online racial abuse of teammates
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — German middle-distance runner Smilla Kolbe has condemned the online racial abuse directed at some of her teammates at the European championships. The 24-year-old Kolbe, who is white, spoke out Thursday after her semifinal heat in the 800 meters at Alexander Stadium. “Let me say one thing. I read so many comments […]