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Ben Affleck May Have Hinted at J.Lo Split Months Before Announcement
Ben Affleck may have given a subtle hint about the fate of his marriage with Jennifer Lopez in an interview with Kevin Hart released in June. According to the Daily Mail, Affleck dropped the breadcrumb while relaying an anecdote about his daughter on the comedian’s Peacock show Hart to Heart. In their conversation, Affleck explains to Hart that while trying to make it through Times Square one day, the family was overrun by fans and tourists. At that moment, Affleck’s daughter proposed a name for her future autobiography: J-Lo Was My Stepmother. “And I was like, alright that’s a good title,” Affleck told Hart. In retrospect, the word “was” seems troubling as Bennifer was reportedly still together when the interview was filmed sometime in early 2024, and Lopez marks their date of separation as April 26. Coincidentally, the outlet also points out that Jane Fonda seemingly hinted at their impending split during her cameo in Lopez’s movie, The Greatest Love Story Never Told. In it, Fonda told Lopez her relationship with Affleck “feels too much like you’re trying to prove something.”Read it at Daily MailRead more at The Daily Beast.
Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary
Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff celebrated a decade of marriage on Thursday, the same day Harris delivers her keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. Emhoff took to X on Thursday to post a slideshow of pictures of him and the vice president over the years. Emhoff said during his speech to the DNC on Tuesday night that the two met in 2013 on a blind date, telling the crowd that it was “love at first sight.” “We were literally talking about our future by the end of the first date,” he added. “The morning after our first date, Doug emailed me with a list of his available dates for the next couple of months,” Harris recalled in her memoir The Truths We Hold. “I really like you, and I want to see if we can make this work,” Emhoff wrote in the email. A year later, the two tied the knot in Santa Barbara.Ten years of marriage, forever to go. Happy anniversary, @VP. I love you. pic.twitter.com/MlfqjhZ7oh— Douglas Emhoff (@SecondGentleman) August 22, 2024 Read it at XRead more at The Daily Beast.
Ann Coulter Deletes Heartless Gus Walz Tweet After Backlash
Right wing bomb-thrower Ann Coulter took aim at Tim Walz’s 17-year-old neurodiverse son, Gus, for crying while his father spoke at the DNC on Wednesday night. Gus stood up and began pointing at his father as he spoke last night, appearing to shout “that’s my dad” as he sobbed through his words.“Hope, Gus and Gwen–you are my entire world, and I love you,” Walz responded from the podium.May we all be fortunate enough to love and be loved by a child like Gus Walz. pic.twitter.com/a1N3bYaHP1— Wonky Muse (@wonkymuse) August 22, 2024 The Walz family have told how Gus, the younger of...
Gay Penguin Mourns Dead Partner in Surprising Act of Love
The animal world is in mourning after losing one of its most viral stars—Sphen, the gay penguin. Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, where Sphen lived with his partner, Magic, broke the news in a statement on Thursday. According to the aquarium, Sphen died of natural causes at 11, the average lifespan for a Gentoo penguin in captivity, reported NBC News. After being taken to see Sphen’s body to aid in the grieving process, Magic “immediately started singing, which was beautifully reciprocated by the colony,” said aquarium general manager Richard Dilly. Sphen and Magic became famous in 2018 and together raised two chicks, Sphengic (Lara) and Clancy. They have been the subject of children’s books and made a cameo in Netflix’s Atypical. Underneath the aquarium’s announcement, Sphen and Magic’s fans wrote touching tributes. “Sphen and Magic were equality icons,” one fan wrote. “Thank you for taking care of these sweet penguins 🐧❤️🌈 Love is love!” wrote another. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium (@sealifesydneyaquarium) Read it at NBC NewsRead more at The Daily Beast.
‘Industry’ Is Really a Show About Mommy and Daddy Issues
“When you’re born with a silver spoon in your mouth, people are going to assume you’re an idiot,” says Henry Muck, as he nurses a glass of wine in one of London’s most exclusive, dimly-lit dinner spots. His father used to tell him this all the time, apparently.Henry, played by Kit Harrington, is a new character in HBO’s Industry—a drama that follows the messy lives of financiers at London-based bank, Pierpoint. After two episodes of the third season, we’ve learned that Henry is an old-money nepo baby. (Or as he said himself: a “posh c–t.”) But as the CEO of...
‘Love Actually’ Star Says Husband Is Ending Their 12-Year Marriage
Love Actually star Martine McCutcheon has announced in an Instagram story on Thursday that her 12-year marriage to Jack McManus was no more, according to the People. “After much thought and consideration, Jack has decided it’s best for us to separate after 18 years together and I accept his decision,” McCutcheon wrote. The two married in Sept. 2012, and three years later she gave birth to nine-year-old, Rafferty, whom they “of course, still cherish and look forward to being parents together to... for the rest of our lives.” “We are still finding our new way forward as a family and kindly ask for some privacy at this time... especially for our little boy,” the actress added. While the announcement was made on her story, the comments on her posts were full of fans giving their well-wishes. “Sorry to hear about your split but you concentrate on you and Rafferty, brighter days ahead pet xx,” one wrote under a picture of her and Rafferty. “Take good care of yourself and don’t let anybody ruin your life ❤️😍,” another wrote.Read it at The SunRead more at The Daily Beast.
Jon Stewart Calls ‘Bulls**t’ on Trump’s Response to Obamas’ DNC Speeches
Jon Stewart is calling “bulls--t” on Trump’s claim that he “respects” former President Barack Obama.Trump told CNN Tuesday, “I like [Obama], I think he’s a nice gentleman” and added, “I respect him and I respect his wife.” But as Stewart pointed out on his podcast The Weekly Show With Jon Stewart, Trump was first in line to smear the Obama family when they were in the White House."I respect him and I respect his wife" -- oddly soft comments from Trump to CNN today on Obama, who he viciously defamed to fuel his political rise pic.twitter.com/7ExpvrJNVt— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August...
This Democratic Leader Says It’s Brat Summer: ‘F***in’ A!’
CHICAGO, Illinois—The Kamala Harris campaign’s embrace of Charli XCX’s Brat has been all the rage at the DNC, from Tuesday’s brat-centric “Hotties for Harris” soundtrack to the Brat-green “Kamala” pin adorning many an attendee’s chest.Surprisingly (OK, shockingly) no one perhaps is feeling more brat than Chuck Schumer, the 73-year-old Senate majority leader. Asked if he was having a “brat summer,” as so many of his fellow Democrats have called it, Schumer didn’t skip a beat: “Yes.”“F---in’ A,” he added, with a touch of Brooklyn brat, at the CNN-Politico Grill on Wednesday.Never Too Late to RockAfter Gov. Tim Walz’s tear-jerking speech,...
DNC ‘Childless Cat Lady’ Speaks Out After Viral Oprah Moment
The producers behind the DNC’s broadcast likely let out a sigh of relief Wednesday night.Not long after they were mocked for cutting to an unidentified woman immediately after Oprah Winfrey mentioned “childless cat ladies” during her speech, the woman has revealed herself to be Maryland delegate Teresa Woorman: No, she is not offended. And yes, she is indeed a childless cat lady.“Damn right this childless cat lady is 100% disgusted by JD Vance in general,” wrote Woorman on X following her unexpected viral moment. Woorman added that she “may be childless,” but she hopes that isn’t a “permanent condition.”Damn right...
Eric Adams Accidentally Brags About His ‘Ability to Sexualize’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams had an awkward verbal slip-up at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday when he appeared to brag about his “ability to sexualize,” according to a report. Adams was answering a journalist’s question about the federal corruption inquiry into his 2021 campaign when he made the gaffe, according to The New York Post. “One of the gifts that I have that really made me good at being a mayor is my ability to sexualize and stay focused,” Adams said, according to the Post. The tabloid claimed that a review of audio left it “unclear” as to whether Adams was trying to say “actualize” or “centralize,” but that he definitely did say “sexualize.” Federal prosecutors served grand jury subpoenas in July to Adams, his election committee, and City Hall, according to The New York Times. Adams has denied all wrongdoing.Read it at The New York PostRead more at The Daily Beast.
Kamala Harris’ Style Is ‘Quite Dull’—And That's the Point
As the first female, first Black and first Indian American Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris has already made history more than once. She may also be the first executive officer to have garnered websites breathlessly documenting her style—but only briefly.Kamala’s Closet launched in November 2020, with a post documenting the then-V.P.-elect honoring the women’s suffragist movement in a resplendent white Carolina Herrera pantsuit. (Her silk-satin pussy bow blouse perhaps throws some sartorial shade toward the then-defeated Donald Trump, and his misogynistic boasts involving genitalia.) The site posted just once more, however, sharing Harris’ landmark—and divisively informal—2021...
What TV Shows Should Be on Chick-fil-A’s Streaming Platform?
Streaming is a dying business. While David Zaslav and Bob Iger crawl towards any competitive stance against Netflix, and Shari Redstone fights for a Paramount get-out-of-jail-free card, streaming entertainment is not looking as lucrative as imagined in the 2010s. Still, two companies are reportedly expanding their streaming capabilities. One is Trump Media (yes, of TruthSocial and meme stock fame). The other, surprisingly, is Chick-fil-A.The fast food retailer has a two-part brand identity: Irresistibly delicious, and irrefutably homophobic. While the company has since halted its contributions to anti-LGBTQ+ charities, there’s still a slew of stories connecting Chick-fil-A to homophobic rhetoric and...
Elon Musk Chops Down 500,000 Trees for New Tesla Factory
Elon Musk’s new Tesla Gigafactory just outside of Berlin, Germany, has led to some 500,000 trees being chopped down since construction began in 2020, according to satellite analysis done by the environmental intelligence agency Kayrros.Antione Halff, a chief analyst at Kayrros, told the Daily Beast that the amount of trees chopped down increased carbon emissions by 13,000 tons, the equivalent of driving 33 million miles in a combustion car, or keeping 3,000 cars running for a year, according to the EPA.The satellite images produced by Kayrros show 813 acres of forest were felled between 2020, when construction began and May...
Beloved Olympics ‘Pommel Horse Guy’ Headed to ‘Dancing With the Stars’
Stephen Nedoroscik, the bespectacled Rubik’s Cube whiz who stole American hearts with his pommel horse heroics at the Paris Olympics, is going to compete on Dancing With the Stars.The 25-year-old confirmed his participation in season 33 of the show on Thursday morning during an appearance on Good Morning America. Asked if he’d bring some of his gymnastics moves to the dance floor, Nedoroscik said: “I want to bring some of that gymnastics, maybe a backflip or a handstand. I want to have fun with it.”Nedoroscik became an overnight viral sensation at the Paris Games thanks in part to his pommel...
WATCH: Nantucket Beachgoers Help Rescue Great White Shark
Beachgoers in Nantucket made a heart-pounding decision to help a great white shark stuck in the shallows at Low Beach in Siasconset last weekend. Video shows Liza Phillips wading into the water to help the maneater, which appeared bloodied after getting its fin caught in the sand. “It was so helpless, we were thinking it was going to get back in itself but it was completely beached,” Phillips told the Nantucket Current. “We said we have to step up and try to help. Definitely, there was some adrenaline involved. One of our guests took off his shirt to go in, and I said ‘I’m going, too.’” Despite initial efforts, Phillips had to submerge her body almost completely in the water to help free the shark, which eventually swam away. “Touching a great white? That’s not even something you put on a bucket list because it’s just so unbelievable,” she told the Current. View this post on Instagram A post shared by NANTUCKET CURRENT 🌊 (@nantucketcurrent) Read it at InstagramRead more at The Daily Beast.
‘Fox & Friends’ Instantly Corrects Trump’s Bogus Harris Claim After Interview
Fox & Friends had no choice but to correct Donald Trump just seconds after an interview on the show Thursday morning in which he falsely claimed Kamala Harris met with Vladimir Putin just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The Republican nominee—who also used his time on the air to complain that all Democrats do “is make up lies about me”—claimed President Joe Biden “sent comrade Kamala to see Putin in Russia three days before the attack.” He described the incident as a “little known fact” which the “press doesn’t want to talk about.”The elaborate conspiracy theory he outlined came hours before...
Gus and Hope Walz Become Breakout Stars of Tim Walz Campaign
Tim Walz’s kids played a major part in their father’s speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night.Hope, 23, and Gus, 17, and their mom Gwen wept as the Minnesota Governor was given a hero’s welcome when he stepped out on stage in Chicago, with thousands of cheering attendees raising “Coach Walz” signs in appreciation. He also specifically mentioned his children at the emotional peak of his speech.Speaking about the “hell” of infertility, Walz said it had taken “years” for him and Gwen to start a family even with the help of treatments. “And when our daughter was born,...
Trump Slams ‘Overrated Jewish Governor’ in Unhinged Rant
Donald Trump invoked Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s religion while attacking him early Thursday in a rambling rant about Judaism and Israel.The former president made the remarks in a Truth Social post hours after Shapiro spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Shapiro used the speech to describe Trump as “a man with no guardrails” who “wants to take away our rights and our freedoms.”“The highly overrated Jewish Governor of the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, made a really bad and poorly delivered speech talking about freedom and fighting for Comrade Kamala Harris for President,” Trump wrote in his...
Trump Makes Bizarre Boast About Dead Queen: I Was Her Favorite President
Donald Trump seemed to be trying to start a feud with a dead woman Thursday after he said reports the late Queen Elizabeth II found him “very rude” were “totally false” and added for good measure the highly questionable claim that he was her “favorite president.”While technically his outrage was aimed at “sleazebag” journalist Craig Brown, who has claimed in a new book that the queen disliked Trump and cast aspersions on his marriage, Trump appeared to come dangerously close to picking a fight with the ghost of Elizabeth.Trump’s claim that he was Her Majesty’s “favorite” seems a very unlikely...
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