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2026 Belongs to Women’s Sports

2026 Belongs to Women’s Sports

The 2026 sports calendar is loaded with women’s events that drive storylines on their own terms, in GMA’s look at the year ahead in entertainment and sports. A full WNBA season, a stacked NWSL schedule, and major international tournaments put Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Sophia Smith, Alexia Putellas, and others in front of fans basically year‑round. Networks and streamers are programming around those games because they perform, not as a side dish to anything else. Ticket sales, jersey drops, an


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An Alleged AI Remix of Stromae’s “Papaoutai” Sneaks Onto the Global Charts

An Alleged AI Remix of Stromae’s “Papaoutai” Sneaks Onto the Global Charts

An alleged AI‑powered “Afro‑soul” version of Stromae’s 2013 hit “Papaoutai” has quietly slipped onto Spotify’s global chart, landing at No. 168 with more than a million daily streams and over 14 million overall. The track, credited to Unjaps, mikeeysmind and Chill77, has listeners debating whether the vocals and arrangement are heavily AI‑assisted or just extremely on‑point mimicry. Coverage in outlets like Newsweek frames the song as part of a wave of “AI‑adjacent” remixes that blur the line be


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TikTok’s outage and backlash

TikTok’s outage and backlash

TikTok is also under pressure on the technical and business side, with users reporting outages and glitchy performance in the U.S. just days after a deal to put the app under a new majority‑American ownership structure was finalized. According to reporting in outlets like The National, some users saw their For You feeds stall or fail to load altogether, prompting fresh speculation about whether infrastructure changes tied to the deal are already underway. The company has said little publicly bey


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Catherine O’Hara, Comic Genius of Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, Dies at 71

Catherine O’Hara, Comic Genius of Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, Dies at 71

Catherine O’Hara has died at 71 after a brief illness, and tributes are pouring in for one of the sharpest comic actors of the last 50 years. As detailed in outlets like the New York Times, her death on Friday at her home in Los Angeles closes a career that ran from the scrappy days of SCTV to global fame in Home Alone and, most recently, Schitt’s Creek. O’Hara first broke out as part of the Second City and SCTV ensemble in Toronto, where she developed the off‑kilter timing and character work t


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Trump’s Greenland Power Play Puts NATO on Edge

Trump’s Greenland Power Play Puts NATO on Edge

Trump’s latest Greenland gambit has turned a long‑running debate over NATO’s future into an urgent question for European allies watching Washington’s every move in the Los Angeles Times. In a two‑week stretch, he floated tariffs on partners and even suggested taking Greenland from Denmark by force, before abruptly claiming he’d secured a “framework” deal that gives the U.S. what it wants without firing a shot. The whiplash has left diplomats wondering whether this is a one‑off crisis or a previe


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Timothée Chalamet Turns a Critics Choice Win Into a Soft‑Launch Love Story

Timothée Chalamet Turns a Critics Choice Win Into a Soft‑Launch Love Story

Timothée Chalamet’s best actor win for Marty Supreme at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards doubled as a rare public moment with Kylie Jenner, with the actor thanking his “partner of three years” during his speech as cameras found her in the crowd in ABC’s recap of the biggest winners and moments. Jenner was caught on the broadcast mouthing “I love you” back toward the stage, a small but very intentional acknowledgment from a couple that’s mostly kept their relationship off‑mic. For an awards show th


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“Number One Fan”: Nicki Minaj’s Trump Turn and the Gold Card Backlash

“Number One Fan”: Nicki Minaj’s Trump Turn and the Gold Card Backlash

Nicki Minaj has officially entered her Trump era, and she is not being subtle about it. In coverage from outlets like People, she spent the week in Washington, D.C., calling Donald Trump her “wonderful, gracious, charming President” and “probably the president’s No. 1 fan” at the Trump Accounts Summit, then posting a photo of her Trump Gold Card on X and telling fans she is “finalizing that citizenship paperwork as we speak” after receiving the card “free of charge.” The appearance turned a poli


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Meghan Markle Turns Sundance Into a Love Letter to Girl Scouts With Cookie Queens

Meghan Markle Turns Sundance Into a Love Letter to Girl Scouts With Cookie Queens

Meghan Markle is back in the film‑festival mix thanks to Cookie Queens, a Girl Scouts documentary she and Prince Harry executive produced through Archewell Productions. The couple made a surprise appearance at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend, introducing the film at screenings in Salt Lake City and Park City and meeting the four Girl Scouts whose cookie‑season hustle anchors the story. On the red carpet, Meghan talked about the project as a way to take “something that is rooted in no


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Kim Kardashian Says Her Viral ‘Elephant Birkin’ Was a Fake Prop

Kim Kardashian Says Her Viral ‘Elephant Birkin’ Was a Fake Prop

Kim Kardashian has finally addressed the uproar over the “elephant Birkin” her character carried in Hulu’s legal drama All’s Fair, revealing on sister Khloé’s podcast Khloé in Wonder Land that the bag was a fake prop, not a rare Hermès made from elephant skin. She explained that she brought several of her own Birkin bags to set, but that the gray “elephant” bag was one of a handful of replicas the production kept around to match specific outfits, noting that the hardware is inverted if you look


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Trump’s Culture War Turns to Nonprofits and NGOs

Trump’s Culture War Turns to Nonprofits and NGOs

As Trump’s second term passes its first anniversary, one of the quieter fronts in his culture war is a campaign to rein in nonprofits and NGOs that he and his allies see as pillars of a liberal establishment in a New York Times opinion look at how far his revolution is reaching. The piece argues that the president is deploying the same domineering tactics he’s used against media and universities—public threats, funding pressure, and regulatory scrutiny—to reshape the nonprofit sector around his


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Actor Awards Rebrand Can’t Hide a New Round of Snubs and Surprises

Actor Awards Rebrand Can’t Hide a New Round of Snubs and Surprises

The ceremony formerly known as the SAG Awards is trying to reinvent itself as the Actor Awards, but the newly announced 2026 nominations prove the core drama hasn’t changed in E! News’ breakdown of this year’s snubs and surprises. Netflix’s “The Studio” leads all shows with seven nominations, while coming‑of‑age drama “Adolescence” scored five, staking out early dominance in the TV race. On the film side, performances that critics pegged as borderline—like Kate Hudson’s turn in “Song Sung Blue”—


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Grand Theft Auto VI Enters 295‑Day Countdown to November 19, 2026 Release

Grand Theft Auto VI Enters 295‑Day Countdown to November 19, 2026 Release

Grand Theft Auto VI is officially in the 295‑day countdown, with Rockstar Games currently targeting November 19, 2026, as the game’s long‑awaited release date. The crime epic was originally announced for “late 2025” and then penciled in for May 2026 before being pushed back again, which has kept speculation and frustration high in GTA circles. Recent coverage notes that Rockstar has not announced any new delays since locking in the November window, but fans remain skeptical after more than a de


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Guy Fieri’s Makeover Has Fans Wondering If “Flavortown” Is Closing

Guy Fieri’s Makeover Has Fans Wondering If “Flavortown” Is Closing

Guy Fieri has ditched the bleached spikes and bowling shirts—for now—debuting a slicked‑back, dark‑haired look that has fans doing double‑takes in The Hollywood Reporter’s first look at his Super Bowl commercial. The transformation is part of a big‑budget ad campaign for Bosch, with Fieri trading his usual diner‑drive‑in persona for a more restrained vibe meant to match the German appliance maker’s sleek branding. Photos from the shoot show him in tailored fits and muted colors, leaning into the


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His & Hers Brings Alice Feeney’s Thriller to Netflix

His & Hers Brings Alice Feeney’s Thriller to Netflix

Netflix’s latest crime thriller His & Hers arrived earlier this month and has been building word‑of‑mouth as a January binge on Netflix. The six‑episode limited series adapts Alice Feeney’s 2020 novel of the same name, moving its twist‑driven murder story to the screen with a compact season order. Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal star as Anna Andrews and Jack Harper, an estranged couple who become connected to the same homicide when a woman from their shared past is found dead. Anna covers the c


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Ms. Rachel Faces Backlash After “Accidentally” Liking an Antisemitic Comment

Ms. Rachel Faces Backlash After “Accidentally” Liking an Antisemitic Comment

Rachel Griffin Accurso, better known to millions of toddlers and parents as Ms. Rachel, is under fire after her Instagram account appeared to like a comment reading “Free America from the Jews” under a pro‑Palestine post in Variety’s report on the controversy. The remark was left beneath a Notes‑style graphic where she wrote “Free Palestine, Free Sudan, Free Congo, Free Iran,” and screenshots showing her account’s “like” on the antisemitic reply spread quickly across X and Instagram. Jewish watc


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YoungBoy Never Broke Again Uses His Complex Cover to Close the Door on His Wildest Era

YoungBoy Never Broke Again Uses His Complex Cover to Close the Door on His Wildest Era

YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s new sit‑down with Complex doubles as a reset moment, with the Baton Rouge star talking less about beef and more about longevity in Complex’s cover‑story interview. Filmed at his Utah home, the conversation walks through his run as Complex’s “Best Rapper Alive” of 2025, his transition from house arrest to a massive tour, and why the upcoming album “Slime Cry” is meant to close the book on his most chaotic years. He shrugs off “Michael Jackson of this generation” compa


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NBC Bets on “New‑Stalgia” With MLB, Bringing Bob Costas Back to Prime Time

NBC Bets on “New‑Stalgia” With MLB, Bringing Bob Costas Back to Prime Time

NBC is trying to do for baseball what it’s been doing for the NBA, reviving old‑school voices and camera angles while layering in modern analytics and social‑media‑friendly content in Front Office Sports’ look at the network’s new “new‑stalgia” strategy. The centerpiece is Bob Costas’ high‑profile return to the network that made him a household name, with the 29‑time Emmy winner set to host Opening Day coverage and front an exclusive primetime Dodgers‑Diamondbacks broadcast on March 26. Executiv


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Ellen DeGeneres Is Still Rebuilding After Her Show’s Toxic Workplace Scandal

Ellen DeGeneres Is Still Rebuilding After Her Show’s Toxic Workplace Scandal

Ellen DeGeneres’ public image shifted dramatically in the early 2020s, when reports of a toxic workplace behind The Ellen DeGeneres Show clashed with the daytime host’s long‑running “be kind” brand. In 2020, multiple investigations detailed allegations of intimidation, racism and, in some cases, sexual misconduct by senior producers, prompting internal reviews at Warner Bros., the departure of top staffers and a wave of reassessment about the show’s feel‑good persona. DeGeneres addressed the si


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A Brutal Winter Blast Arrives Late—But With a Vengeance

A Brutal Winter Blast Arrives Late—But With a Vengeance

After a weirdly mild start to the season, winter 2025‑26 is finally showing up in force, with a sprawling Arctic air mass and overlapping storm systems delivering snow, ice, and dangerous cold across most of the country in a late‑January breakdown from Skeptical Science. Forecasters say the pattern is driving days of snow and sleet from the Southern Plains through the Midwest and into the Northeast, with some cities bracing for half a foot to a foot of accumulation plus treacherous ice. Wind chi


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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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