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Hundreds of thousands of Swifties are expected to descend on the streets of Toronto over the next two weeks as the city plays host to Taylor Swift. The global pop star is bring her ‘Eras Tour’ to the Roger Centre over the next two Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for a number of shows. Tickets for

Republican officials are finally ready to acknowledge that US elections are, in fact, secure—four years after they began falsely claiming otherwise and one week after their guy won at the polls. “Fraud and irregularity” were “limited” this time, House Speaker Mike Johnson said during a Tuesday press conference. The election was “free and fair,” confirmed

Fresh off earning his first No. 1 album on Billboard’s top 200 albums chart, country star Jelly Roll has announced he will be performing in a number of Canadian cities in 2025. “CANADA! I’m so excited to announce that The Beautifully Broken Great Northern Tour is headed your way soon!” the 39-year-old singer posted on

Donald Trump has literally declared that Kamala Harris should be prosecuted for her border policies, that Liz Cheney should be tried by military tribunal, and that “Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors” should receive “long term prison sentences” for the 2020 election—but according to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, the former and incoming president will not use

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toymaker Mattel is apologizing for a “wicked” blunder that saw the URL for a pornographic website printed on the packaging for special edition dolls that were released as the movie adaptation of Wicked gets set to hit theatres. The misprint began making the rounds on social media

Taylor Swift fans eager to decode the various so-called “Easter eggs” in her lyrics, Instagram posts, and apparel have a new mystery to unravel today. When the billionaire singer swanned into Kansas City, Missouri’s GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday to watch boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs play the Denver Broncos, she wasn’t

The first thing I thought when I awoke Wednesday morning was that there’s now an SNL Curse. Any female U.S. presidential candidate — even one who appears to be cruising to the White House — will ultimately lose the election if she appears on Saturday Night Live. First Hillary Clinton in 2016 and now Kamala Harris

That latter drug wasn’t mentioned in the official autopsy report released this week by prosecutor Andrés Madrea. Instead, the report revealed “traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescribed antidepressant.” His death, Madrea says, was a result of “multiple trauma” and “internal and external hemorrhage” from the three-floor fall. According to Madrea, officials do not believe

“Hey, bitch, we control your bodies! Guess what, guys win again,” Nick Fuentes, the consistently antisemitic and racist livestreamer who describes himself as a “proud incel,” said following Donald Trump’s electoral victory this week. Trump and Fuentes shared dinner in 2022 with Kanye West. “It’s your body, my choice,” Fuentes, who has over 430,000 followers

One day after the presidential election, and in the days following, Black people across the country, reportedly as young as middle schoolers, received text messages addressing them by name and telling them that they would be transported to plantations to work as slaves and “pick cotton.” While the exact language of the messages vary slightly,

Welcome to Beyoncé country. When it comes to the 2025 Grammy Award nominations, Cowboy Carter rules them all. She leads the nods with 11, bringing her career total to 99 nominations. That makes her the most nominated artist in Grammy history. Cowboy Carter is up for album and country album of the year, and Texas

Progressive governors and attorneys general are already moving to defy Donald Trump two months before the president-elect retakes the Oval Office. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom called on lawmakers Thursday to convene a special session aimed at “Trump-proofing” state laws. New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a statewide initiative to combat “policy and regulatory threats”

Three people have been charged in relation to One Direction singer Liam Payne‘s death in a fall from his Buenos Aires hotel balcony last month, Argentine authorities said on Thursday. The 31-year-old’s death shocked the world, and raised questions about how he had fallen. A 911 call from a hotel employee the day Payne died

Vice President Kamala Harris conceded the 2024 election to Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon. Speaking from Howard University, her alma mater, Harris directly addressed her young supporters, urging them to stay positive and to “keep fighting” for “the extraordinary promise of the United States of America.” Harris, whose defeat devastated the millions of people determined

When Taylor Swift swings through Vancouver in December, Mikaela St Louis will be among the pop star’s most prepared fans. The long-term care nurse based in Campbell River, B.C., will travel to one of the shows with 275 Swift-inspired friendship bracelets she made over the last few months. “We don’t have a ton of stores

All of these legal entanglements portended poorly for Trump’s presidential bid. And many believed his White House hopes might be altogether dashed by convictions, particularly in the classified-documents and election-interference proceedings. However, the former president successfully managed to delay those cases, while his top primary challengers, including former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley and Florida

Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic Thriller album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91. Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in the

For several news cycles this campaign season, it’s almost been like old times for Mark Halperin. The veteran political pundit has been hitting the media circuit, slinging opinions about the presidential race on NewsNation, Newsmax, Fox News.com, and Michael Smerconish’s satellite radio program. He’s been on Megyn Kelly’s mega-popular podcast and on Tucker Carlson’s too.

James Van Der Beek has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, revealing the news in an exclusive interview with People over the weekend. “I have colorectal cancer. I’ve been privately dealing with this diagnosis and have been taking steps to resolve it, with the support of my incredible family,” the 47-year-old Dawson’s Creek star told the

Queen Camilla has granted unprecedented access to Her Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doors, a new documentary about her work around domestic violence, which will air Monday, November 11 in the UK. Camilla, who has long advocated for increased awareness around domestic violence, allowed a camera crew to film her at Clarence House, where she

I try not to be judgmental, but I have a thing for correct nomenclature and proper pronunciations. I’ll let slide anyone who pronounces the “L” in “calm,” and I’ll give a little bit of slack to anyone who initially struggles with “quinoa.” But if you insist that “Uber” (as in “You’ve had too much to

Nebraska prohibits abortion at 12 weeks, with stated exceptions for rape, incest, or “to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.” Nevada Nevada’s Question 6, titled the Right to Abortion Initiative, would establish a state constitutional right to an abortion, while allowing the

Descrease article font size Increase article font size It was a meeting of two divas on Saturday night during Adele’s concert at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. While singing her song Easy on Me, Adele appeared to scan the audience and spotted Canadian chanteuse Céline Dion among the audience members, according to

Just over 50 years ago, President Richard Nixon privately wondered if the photograph of Kim Phuc, a nine-year-old Vietnamese girl whose body was burning from napalm, had been staged. He said to his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, “I wonder if that was a fix”—what now might be called “fake news.” But given the credibility

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe opted for out-of-this-world Halloween costumes this year — both choosing to dress as the stubby alien E.T. for their parties on opposite coasts. While the similar costumes will likely spark “who wore it best” debates that are popular in celebrity magazines, the

Canvassers in Michigan hired by Elon Musk’s America PAC were reportedly flown in from out of state, driven around in a moving van, and threatened with financial penalties if they didn’t meet aggressive performance targets. The allegations, which appear in a new report from Wired, are just the latest blow for America PAC’s get-out-the-vote operation.

NOTE: The following article contains disturbing content. Please read at your own discretion. Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in one of two lawsuits filed Monday of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005. The second lawsuit accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of similarly assaulting a 17-year-old

Allen and Rae tried a few different options before ultimately pairing the curve-hugging skirt with a signature gray Thom Browne corset that cinched Rae into an hourglass shape, and a strand of Mikimoto pearls, bringing new meaning to the term “office siren.” “It just felt perfect,” she says of the look. The skirt, which cascaded