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When your competition has spent several weeks in court on charges related to allegedly paying off a porn star, you can afford to let down your guard.

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George Clooney will take his talents to Broadway next spring, with his reps announcing Tuesday that he’ll be performing in a stage adaptation of his 2005 film about journalist Edward R. Murrow.

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On the latest episode of Club Random with Bill Maher, comedian Bill Burr left Maher scratching his head when Burr, who has famously passionate opinions on the subject of cancel culture, confidently declared the phenomenon to be over.

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When businessman Wendell Willkie (who had been a Democrat) won the GOP nomination in 1940, one Republican Party stalwart memorably quipped: “I don’t mind the church converting a whore, but I don’t like her to lead the choir the first night.”

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A Columbia University graduate continued to protest against the war in Gaza at their master’s degree commencement ceremony on Friday, ripping up her diploma the moment she was handed it.

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Among the weirdest revelations at Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal trial in New York was this snippet from ex-lawyer Michael Cohen: The former president’s “locker room talk” excuse for the leaked Access Hollywood footage of him talking about groping women actually came from his supportive wife, Melania.

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Ellen DeGeneres announced Monday she’s headed back to Netflix for a new stand-up comedy special, five years since she last starred for the streaming service and four years after a toxic workplace scandal saw her tumble from her perch atop daytime television.

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A lottery winner who hit a billion-dollar jackpot sued his daughter’s mom for spilling to his family about his newfound wealth. And now his own dad is accusing him of lying about promising to help his family out with the funds.

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Whoopi Goldberg continued her sudden war of words with former President Donald Trump on The View after the high-profile criminal defendant attacked her on Truth Social all because of a meme.

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A Republican former White House aide and conservative dating app founder is drawing backlash for saying he gives fake money to homeless people so they’ll get arrested.

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In the months before Chad Daybell allegedly conspired with Lori Vallow to murder her two children and his first wife—before jetting off to Hawaii to get married—the doomsday author kept the romance alive in a series of steamy text messages.

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Just before pro-Israel comedian Jerry Seinfeld spoke at Duke University’s commencement Sunday morning, dozens of students walked out, chanting “free Palestine” and waving the country’s black, white, green, and red flag.

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While he’s perhaps Donald Trump’s arch-nemesis these days, the disgraced attorney Michael Cohen was once the former president’s personal fixer and attack dog for more than a decade, putting out fire after fire while proudly pledging he’d take a bullet for Trump.

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King Charles III said today that he had lost his sense of taste due to his ongoing treatment for cancer.

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Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday that she will remove a passage from her new book Say More that falsely claims President Joe Biden never checked his watch during a ceremony for American troops killed during the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Melinda French Gates is exiting the Gates Foundation, one of the largest private philanthropies in the world, signaling that she and her ex-husband were unable to collaborate effectively following their 2021 divorce.

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Meghan McCain has shared her ideal moderator for a Trump-Biden presidential debate, and it’s probably not who you think.

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Did John Mulaney’s live series Everybody’s in L.A. actually happen, or was it a strange, shared hallucination? Ever since the show’s finale on Friday, I’ve asked myself that question over and over again. For six nights on Netflix, Mulaney did the seemingly impossible, cranking out a late-night talk show that actually felt fresh and surprising.

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A former FC Barcelona player is accused of deceiving his new professional team by secretly sending his twin to play in his stead, a bizarre bait-and-switch that’s left the pro soccer world stunned.

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Jennifer Lawrence has chilled out a little since the peak of her self-deprecating relatable-girl interview era, but she can still be relied upon to deliver some key zingers when it matters. On Saturday, for example, Lawrence delivered a speech at the GLAAD Awards in New York City in which she made her disdain for former Vice President Mike Pence very obvious. “He’s in New York tonight... receiving a Kid’s Choice Award for weirdest dick,” she told the audience, breaking into laughter. Читать дальше...

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The loud, combative, and boisterous Michael Cohen ditched his usual bravado and showed up to the witness stand on Monday as a somber man reflecting on the disaster that was his time working for Donald Trump.

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Some notable MAGA lawmakers showed up at the courtroom where Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will be hearing from the former president’s ex-ally turned foe Michael Cohen on Monday.

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The media and legal commentators seem to have developed a collective amnesia about Michael Cohen’s history. Observing the daily disparagements of Cohen as a “serial liar” and predictions of what a terrible witness he will be, an uninformed consumer of the news would likely believe that Cohen is a uniquely bad witness who carries enormously heavy baggage. In fact, his “baggage” is well within standard size and weight limits for a cooperating witness’ “carry-on” luggage.

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A U.S. Army soldier currently detained in Russia was stabbed by his Russian girlfriend months before his arrest, his wife has claimed.