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France’s under‑15 social media ban

France’s under‑15 social media ban

France has just moved to ban most social‑media access for children under 15, one of the strictest measures yet in a broader European push to curb how much time minors spend on platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat. Under the law, platforms will have to block under‑15s from creating accounts unless a parent explicitly authorizes it, and regulators are expected to push for stronger age‑verification systems to make that workable in practice. The measure comes on top of existing EU rules tha


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Sydney Sweeney Turns the Hollywood Sign Into a Lingerie Billboard—and a Possible Crime Scene

Sydney Sweeney Turns the Hollywood Sign Into a Lingerie Billboard—and a Possible Crime Scene

Sydney Sweeney’s latest stunt to launch her lingerie line involved a late‑night climb up to the Hollywood sign, where she and a small crew strung bras across the iconic letters in a guerrilla shoot that’s now under review by authorities in TMZ’s breakdown of the bra‑covered sign. Video shows the “Christy” star scaling what appears to be the “H” under cover of darkness as a production team films her threading a clothesline of bras along the metal frame. Sources told the outlet the whole spectacle


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Eric Dane’s ALS Battle Forces Him to Step Back From the Spotlight

Eric Dane’s ALS Battle Forces Him to Step Back From the Spotlight

Eric Dane was supposed to be the guest of honor at the ALS Network’s Champions for Cures and Care Gala in Los Angeles over the weekend, but he had to cancel at the last minute because of what he called the “physical realities” of his diagnosis in Extra’s report on the change of plans. In a statement read at the event, the “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria” actor apologized for not being able to attend in person and thanked organizers for highlighting a disease that is rapidly reshaping his daily li


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Trump’s Plan to “Bring Back Insane Asylums” Collides With a Broken Mental‑Health System

Trump’s Plan to “Bring Back Insane Asylums” Collides With a Broken Mental‑Health System

Marking the first anniversary of his second term, Trump told reporters he has signed an executive order to “bring back mental institutions and insane asylums,” a move he framed as a way to “get the people off the streets” in coverage of the announcement by Breitbart News. The order directs federal agencies to help states reopen or build locked psychiatric facilities for people with severe mental illness, positioning institutionalization as a response to homelessness and visible distress in big‑c


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BLACKPINK mini‑album and 2026 plans

BLACKPINK mini‑album and 2026 plans

BLACKPINK are closing out their all‑stadium Deadline World Tour tonight in Hong Kong, wrapping a run that started in Seoul last July and hit major markets like Tokyo, Singapore, London and New York. The shows doubled as a preview for Deadline, a new mini‑album that’s set to land shortly after the tour, marking the group’s first multi‑track project together since Born Pink in 2022. During the touring gap, all four members focused on solo work, with releases from Jennie, Rosé and Lisa each reachi


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Indiyah Polack’s Love Island Fairytale Hits Its First Real Plot Twist ​

Indiyah Polack’s Love Island Fairytale Hits Its First Real Plot Twist ​

Love Island 2022 finalist Indiyah Polack is back in the headlines after reports that her four‑year relationship with fellow Islander Dami Hope has ended, with both sides citing a breakdown of trust. A YouTuber known as Bouncer claims in a video that he saw Indiyah getting close to Swedish Twitch streamer Marlon Lundgren at London restaurant Duck & Waffle, describing them as kissing and leaving together in the early hours while online gossip pages and fan forums have amplified the story. In cover


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Hannah Montana’s 20th Birthday Party Is About to Take Over 2026 ​

Hannah Montana’s 20th Birthday Party Is About to Take Over 2026 ​

The next big Disney nostalgia wave is already penciled in for March 2026, when Miley Cyrus plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hannah Montana with a special event featuring music and fan surprises in a report on her reunion plans. Cyrus has teased live performances, re‑recorded songs, exclusive merch, and fan activities like meet‑and‑greets that lean straight into the “best of both worlds” era that turned a Disney Channel sitcom into a full‑blown pop machine. Online searches for “Hannah M


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Natalie Portman Calls Out Oscars Over Another Year of “Boys’ Club” Best Director Nods

Natalie Portman Calls Out Oscars Over Another Year of “Boys’ Club” Best Director Nods

Natalie Portman is back in the awards‑season discourse, this time for calling out the Academy’s 2026 nominations for once again shutting women out of the best director race in a new report on her comments. Despite a year that included acclaimed films from women behind the camera, the directing lineup is once again all male, echoing the criticism she brought to the 2018 Golden Globes stage with her “all‑male nominees” quip. The difference now is that social media is primed to dissect every omissi


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Golden Globes Go Fully Online as YouTube Becomes Awards‑Night Home

Golden Globes Go Fully Online as YouTube Becomes Awards‑Night Home

The Golden Globes are leaning harder into streaming this year, with the full 2026 ceremony and hours of red‑carpet coverage living side‑by‑side on Youtube. Viewers can jump between the official Golden Globes channel, Associated Press’ marathon red‑carpet feed, and outlets like Page Six that are streaming arrivals and backstage interviews in real time. Instead of treating social video as an afterthought, the awards are increasingly programmed like a live‑event ecosystem where entire shows unfold


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Charli XCX’s The Moment Extends Her Brat Era

Charli XCX’s The Moment Extends Her Brat Era

Charli XCX is extending her Brat era into film with The Moment, a new mockumentary that just premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by longtime visual collaborator Aidan Zamiri from an idea Charli helped develop, the movie has her playing an exaggerated version of herself trying to wrap a never‑ending “Brat summer” while a record label, streaming partners and a tour‑film director push her to keep cashing in. The story drops her into late 2024, juggling a concert film for a tech g


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NBA Delays Warriors–Timberwolves Game Amid Minneapolis Unrest

NBA Delays Warriors–Timberwolves Game Amid Minneapolis Unrest

The NBA postponed Saturday’s matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis by a day, citing safety concerns amid escalating protests over a fatal shooting by federal immigration agents. The game was originally set for a nationally televised slot at Target Center but was moved to Sunday evening after demonstrators filled downtown streets near the arena and the Warriors’ hotel, according to reports from outlets including ESPN. In its brief statement, the leag


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Democrats Clash With Trump Over DHS Funding After Minneapolis Shooting

Democrats Clash With Trump Over DHS Funding After Minneapolis Shooting

Senate Democrats are threatening to block the current government funding package unless money for the Department of Homeland Security is changed or pulled in response to this month’s fatal shooting of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said Democrats will vote against the DHS bill as written, raising the odds of a partial government shutdown if negotiators cannot agree on new language. The Minneapolis shooting was the third high‑profile


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Wonder Man Brings a New Marvel Lead to Disney+

Wonder Man Brings a New Marvel Lead to Disney+

Marvel is kicking off the week with Wonder Man, a new eight‑episode Marvel Television series set to debut on Disney+ tomorrow, January 27, at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET. The show follows Simon Williams, a working actor best known for commercials who is cast as the lead in a superhero remake also titled Wonder Man, where his on‑screen persona begins to affect his life off set. Yahya Abdul‑Mateen II stars as Simon opposite Ben Kingsley’s Trevor Slattery, a character audiences will recognize from Iron Ma


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Amanda Knox Returns in Mouth of the Wolf

Amanda Knox Returns in Mouth of the Wolf

Amanda Knox is back in the spotlight with Mouth of the Wolf: Amanda Knox Returns to Italy, a new feature documentary debuting today on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. Directed by her husband, writer Christopher Robinson, the film follows Knox as she returns to Italy nearly two decades after she was convicted and later definitively acquitted by Italy’s highest court, offering a real‑life companion to last year’s scripted limited series The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox. Rather than re‑litigating the mur


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Cheaper Gas? Same Old Bills

Cheaper Gas? Same Old Bills

Forecasters say 2026 is on track to be the cheapest year for gasoline since the Covid era, with national averages expected to stay just under the 3‑dollar‑a‑gallon mark even after the shock of Venezuela. For drivers who remember the 5‑dollar peaks of 2022, when fuel was the face of the inflation crisis, pulling up to a pump that starts with a “2” feels like one of the only prices moving in the right direction. The U.S. Energy Information Administration now projects that average retail gasoline


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American Idol Season 24 Returns Tonight

American Idol Season 24 Returns Tonight

American Idol is back with a revamped formula for 2026, returning tonight for season 24 with new rounds, new voting twists and a familiar face elevated to the judges’ table. The long‑running competition series premieres Monday, January 26 at 8 p.m. on ABC, shifting from its traditional Sunday slot and rolling out episodes weekly with next‑day streaming on Hulu. Network executives are pitching the move as a way to give auditions and live shows more breathing room across the spring schedule while


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Chris Pratt’s AI Thriller ‘Mercy’ Debuts at No. 1, Ahead of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

Chris Pratt’s AI Thriller ‘Mercy’ Debuts at No. 1, Ahead of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

Chris Pratt’s new sci‑fi thriller Mercy has finally knocked Avatar: Fire and Ash off the top of the box office after five straight weekends of Na’vi dominance, even as a brutal winter storm dragged down overall ticket sales. The Amazon MGM release opened to around 11–13 million dollars in North America, enough to edge out Cameron’s third Avatar film, which is settling into second place while crossing roughly 380 million dollars domestic.  Zootopia 2 is still quietly racking up money in third, h


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Valentino’s Rome Funeral Draws Fashion Royalty and Hollywood Stars for a Final Farewell

Valentino’s Rome Funeral Draws Fashion Royalty and Hollywood Stars for a Final Farewell

The fashion world gathered in Rome this week to say a final goodbye to Valentino Garavani, turning his funeral into a rare, old‑Hollywood‑style moment of collective mourning. The service was held at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, where crowds filled the piazza outside as editors, supermodels, designers, and actors filed past cameras and into the church. Mourners leaned into Valentino’s legacy with sharply tailored black coats, archival gowns and flashes of his signature


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Vanna White Marries Longtime Partner John Donaldson in Low-Key “Surprise” Wedding

Vanna White Marries Longtime Partner John Donaldson in Low-Key “Surprise” Wedding

Vanna White has quietly turned her 14-year relationship with John Donaldson into a formal marriage, revealing that the pair recently wed in a low-key ceremony. The 68-year-old Wheel of Fortune icon shared the news in an Instagram post on January 21, writing “Surprise! We got married!” alongside photos of Donaldson carrying her in a white gown and a carousel of throwback pictures from their years together. She told followers that the pair, who first met at a barbecue in 2012, decided “a little wh


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A$AP Rocky Talks Candidly About His Strained Relationship With Drake

A$AP Rocky Talks Candidly About His Strained Relationship With Drake

A$AP Rocky is using the Don’t Be Dumb rollout to finally unpack his long-rumored issues with Drake, turning side comments and subliminals into a clearer, if still messy, story. In a new run of interviews, he’s said there’s “no real smoke” but also admitted “I just don’t f–k with him,” describing their relationship as strained rather than outright nonexistent. He frames it less like a traditional rap beef and more like lingering personal tension that never really got resolved. Rocky has pointed


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Alex Pretti’s Death in Minneapolis Raises New Questions About Federal Force

Alex Pretti’s Death in Minneapolis Raises New Questions About Federal Force

A federal immigration operation in Minneapolis has turned deadly after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti during an anti-ICE protest on Saturday morning. Officials say agents were conducting a “targeted operation” when Pretti approached them, and the Department of Homeland Security claims an agent fired “defensive shots” after an armed suspect violently resisted efforts to disarm him. Pretti was pronounced dead at the scene, and authorities have identified hi


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Harry Styles’ ‘Aperture’ And 2026 Madison Square Garden Residency

Harry Styles’ ‘Aperture’ And 2026 Madison Square Garden Residency

Harry Styles is finally back with new music and a massive live plan to match. The 31‑year‑old has released “Aperture,” the lead single from his upcoming fourth studio album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, ending a gap of more than three years since his last original solo release. The track, co‑written with longtime collaborator Kid Harpoon, leans into bright, mid‑tempo pop with lyrics built around the idea of “letting the light in” and the refrain “we belong together,” signaling another


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JD and Usha Vance Announce They’re Expecting Baby No. 4

JD and Usha Vance Announce They’re Expecting Baby No. 4

Second lady Usha Vance and Vice President JD Vance are expecting their fourth child, a baby boy due in late July 2026, adding one more kid to a household that already includes Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel. The news dropped Jan. 20 via a short social post from Usha saying their “family is growing,” followed by confirmation from the vice president’s office and outlets like NBC News in a piece titled “JD Vance and wife Usha Vance announce they’re expecting their fourth child”. Coverage has zeroed in o


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Kai Cenat’s Vivet: Turning ‘I Quit’ Into a Fashion Era

Kai Cenat’s Vivet: Turning ‘I Quit’ Into a Fashion Era

Streamer Kai Cenat is using his new clothing brand Vivet as a public reset button, turning a burnout story into a fashion narrative instead of another throwaway merch drop. He introduces the label through a 23‑minute short film titled I Quit, a cinematic YouTube piece that initially sparked retirement rumors before revealing itself as a pivot into design. The film centers on Cenat stepping back from nonstop streaming to ask what kind of work he wants to “live forever,” setting up Vivet as that l


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