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by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 29, 2025 Patti LuPone’s harsh comments about Audra McDonald have sparked backlash online. Actress Patti LuPone is facing backlash online for her latest interview, where she blatantly shades two Black Broadway stars. In a deep dive with The New Yorker published on May 26, LuPone was
A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump’s signature set of economic policies that have rattled global financial markets, frustrated trade partners and raised broader fears about inflation intensifying and the economy slumping. The ruling from a
As President Donald Trump announced his pardons for Todd and Julie Chrisley during an Oval Office call on Tuesday, his newly minted “pardon czar,” Alice Johnson, stood proudly beside him. Trump famously pardoned Johnson in 2018 after she served more than 20 years of her life sentence in prison for
Philadelphia’s mayor honored actor and producer Quinta Brunson with a key to the city Wednesday in a ceremony dedicating a separate mural at Brunson’s alma mater, which was the inspiration for her show “Abbott Elementary.” The producer, writer, and comedian gazed at the shiny key handed to her by Philadelphia
Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. His departure, announced Wednesday evening, marks the end of a turbulent chapter that included thousands of layoffs, the evisceration of government agencies and reams of litigation. Despite the
Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with a woman who says she is one of the subjects’ descendants. The photos of the subjects identified by Tamara Lanier as
President Donald Trump has commuted the federal sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, as part of a series of pardons and clemencies issued this week. Hoover, 74, was convicted of federal charges in 1997 and sentenced to six life terms. He was already serving a 200-year sentence on
President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for rapper NBA YoungBoy on Wednesday as part of a marathon of presidential pardons and clemencies announced this week. “I want to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and giving me the opportunity to keep building — as a man, as
The singer Cassie was content celebrating her 29th birthday with drinks, drugs and karaoke with friends, but her boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs, had a different idea. The hip-hop mogul insisted on taking Cassie, his R&B protégé, to a Los Angeles hotel for another of his “freak-off” sex marathons, her friend and former
Ja Rule just celebrated a significant fatherhood milestone: walking his daughter down the aisle. On Friday, May 23, the 49-year-old rapper’s daughter, Brittney Atkins, married her beau, Tevin Aitken, during an elegant and glamorous Great Gatsby-themed ceremony at the Villa Barone Hilltop Manor in Mahopac, New York. “Such an amazing
by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 29, 2025 Patti LuPone’s harsh comments about Audra McDonald have sparked backlash online. Actress Patti LuPone is facing backlash online for her latest interview, where she blatantly shades two Black Broadway stars. In a deep dive with The New Yorker published on May 26, LuPone was
A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump’s signature set of economic policies that have rattled global financial markets, frustrated trade partners and raised broader fears about inflation intensifying and the economy slumping. The ruling from a
As President Donald Trump announced his pardons for Todd and Julie Chrisley during an Oval Office call on Tuesday, his newly minted “pardon czar,” Alice Johnson, stood proudly beside him. Trump famously pardoned Johnson in 2018 after she served more than 20 years of her life sentence in prison for
Philadelphia’s mayor honored actor and producer Quinta Brunson with a key to the city Wednesday in a ceremony dedicating a separate mural at Brunson’s alma mater, which was the inspiration for her show “Abbott Elementary.” The producer, writer, and comedian gazed at the shiny key handed to her by Philadelphia
Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. His departure, announced Wednesday evening, marks the end of a turbulent chapter that included thousands of layoffs, the evisceration of government agencies and reams of litigation. Despite the
Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with a woman who says she is one of the subjects’ descendants. The photos of the subjects identified by Tamara Lanier as
President Donald Trump has commuted the federal sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, as part of a series of pardons and clemencies issued this week. Hoover, 74, was convicted of federal charges in 1997 and sentenced to six life terms. He was already serving a 200-year sentence on
President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for rapper NBA YoungBoy on Wednesday as part of a marathon of presidential pardons and clemencies announced this week. “I want to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and giving me the opportunity to keep building — as a man, as
The singer Cassie was content celebrating her 29th birthday with drinks, drugs and karaoke with friends, but her boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs, had a different idea. The hip-hop mogul insisted on taking Cassie, his R&B protégé, to a Los Angeles hotel for another of his “freak-off” sex marathons, her friend and former
Ja Rule just celebrated a significant fatherhood milestone: walking his daughter down the aisle. On Friday, May 23, the 49-year-old rapper’s daughter, Brittney Atkins, married her beau, Tevin Aitken, during an elegant and glamorous Great Gatsby-themed ceremony at the Villa Barone Hilltop Manor in Mahopac, New York. “Such an amazing