Reading Time: 2 minutes In the wake of Hayden Panettiere’s death, her mother, Lindsey Vogel, made some surprising remarks. Specifically, Lesley blasted Hayden’s boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, saying that the family had been “trying to get rid of” him. Now, Gayle King is calling out Vogel for using a family tragedy as an opportunity to toss
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What To Know The first results show of Season 21 of America’s Got Talent aired on August 19. After 11 acts performed on the first night of Quarterfinals, fans voted for their favorites, and the top three learned they’d be moving onto the Semifinals. With Hundred Fingers getting Howie Mandel’s Golden Buzzer and automatically making the
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The full stage times for Reading & Leeds 2026 have been revealed – check them out below. This year’s festivals will take place over the Bank Holiday Weekend from Thursday August 27 to Sunday August 30, with headline performances from Florence + The Machine, Charli XCX, Fontaines D.C., Dave, RAYE and Chase & Status. Other artists appearing across the weekend include Skepta, Sombr, Role Model, JADE,
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Mark Kurlansky’s excellent cultural history Salt has gone viral 25 years after its publication. We recommend seven more books that track the history of civilization through a single subject. Originally published here.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Many across the nation feel captivated by the tragic case of Lindsay Clancy. Lisa Rinna is taking things one step further, unfortunately. The actor and Real Housewife is adding her name to the list of those who believe that Lindsay is innocent of her crimes — and covering for her husband.
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Gemma (Amelia Eve) in ScreenGems’ ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’. © 2026 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Opening in theaters on August 21 is ‘Insidious: Out Of The Further,’ written and directed by Jacob Chase and starring Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Sam Spruell, Joseph Lopez, Island Austin, and Lin Shaye. Release Date: Aug
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Wolf Alice have shared the folksy ‘Hit The Sky’, the last in their run of B-sides from ‘The Clearing‘ – listen below. The new song is the third and final song on ‘The Clearing: B Sides’, following on from the delicate, piano-led ‘Gospel Oak’ and a cover of The Roches’ ‘Hammond Song’, which featured Sunflower Bean‘s Julia Cumming and Bria Salmena. ‘Hit The Sky’ is a stomping folk
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Reading Time: 2 minutes New details are emerging following the tragic death of Hayden Panettiere. As we previously reported, the Heroes and Nashville actress was found unresponsive at a South Carolina residence on Sunday, August 16. She was just 36 years old. And according to a police report obtained by Page Six, Panettiere’s on-again, off-again
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An unknown vandal spray-painted graffiti and smashed a window displaying pro-LGBTQ+ signs at Corner Drug, a family-owned pharmacy in Woodland, California early Monday morning. The signs expressed support for Woodland Pride and LGBTQ+ residents, with one sign stating, “Hate has no business here” and another rainbow-colored sign declaring the business as a safe space from
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What To Know America’s Got Talent kicked off its Season 21 Quarterfinals with 11 acts performing for judges Simon Cowell, Sofía Vergara, Howie Mandel, and Mel B. One of Mandel’s previous Golden Buzzer picks once again earned his Quarterfinals buzzer with their latest performance. Viewers will vote for which acts will move on to the next round
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Frank Beard, the longtime drummer with rock legends ZZ Top, has died at the age of 77. The news was announced earlier today (August 18) by the band, with their official website confirming that Beard died yesterday while receiving hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas. He was surrounded by his family, and no cause
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A federal judge on Friday ruled against a Trump administration provision to to remove gender-affirming care as an essential health benefit covered under the Affordable Care Act, a 2010 law (also known as Obamacare) which requires the federal government to subsidize such benefits. Senior U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton (an appointee of former President George
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Civil Rights activist, calypso singer and actor Harry Belafonte said that in her time, Mahalia Jackson was the “single most powerful black woman in America,’’ by which he meant there was not a Black American “who did not respond to her civil rights message.” Best known as the finest gospel singer of her era—and, arguably,
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Most memoirs of personal transformation are told alone. Redemption, the new visual anthology from Her Majesty Queen Olori Atuwatse III, Queen Consort of the Warri Kingdom, opens with someone else’s voice first: her husband’s. The foreword, written by His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, CFR, the 21st Olu of Warri, is a rare thing in a
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