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T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach Empathize with Fired ABC News Colleague Rob Marciano
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Lorenzo Bevilaqua/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty ImagesAmy Robach and T.J. Holmes, the now publicly-coupled former ABC News anchors who were ousted from their network last year after reports of their affair hit the tabloids—both were married to other people at the time—offered words of support to Rob Marciano, a longtime ABC News me
Mohamed Al-Fayed’s Daughter Tells Court She Did Not Steal Her Little Brother’s iPhone
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Stefanie Keenan/Getty ImagesMohamed Al-Fayed’s daughter on Friday pleaded not guilty to a charge over the alleged robbery of her brother’s iPhone at the family’s mansion in southern England.Camilla Fayed, 39, is accused of ordering her bodyguards to rob the device belonging to her sibling, Omar, 36, in the gym of Barrow Green Court in Surrey in May
Russian Troops Have Entered Air Base Hosting U.S. Soldiers
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Mahamadou Hamidou/ReutersRussia has sent troops into an air base in Niger that is hosting American soldiers, reports say, after the country’s ruling junta ordered all U.S. forces to leave the West African nation.The situation at Air Base 101 in Niamey, the capital city, comes as relations between Washington, D.C. and Moscow are at their lowest poin
U.S. Surfer and Lacrosse Star Missing on Mexico Camping Trip
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ABC News YouTubeAuthorities in Mexico have arrested several people in connection with the mysterious disappearance of a trio of foreign tourists—including an American—who vanished in Baja California last week.U.S. national Jack Carter Rhoad and Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson have not been seen since April 27, according to the Robinson
Week 3 of Trump’s Hush-Money Trial Reaches Its Explosive Finale
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Michael M. Santiago/GettyThe third week of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will come to a close on Friday after a second week of bombshell testimony about what prosecutors claim was a scheme to bury salacious, damaging stories about him in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.The Manhattan courtroom on Thursday heard more from Keith Davidso
RFK Jr. Event Hosted by MAGA Group With Jan. 6 ties
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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyWelcome to Trail Mix, your 2024 election sanity guide. See something interesting on the trail? Email me at jake.lahut@thedailybeast.com. To get Trail Mix in your inbox, subscribe here for free.This week, an exclusive look at the connections between Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the MAGA-ve
Will Diddy Try to Use Met Gala to Rehab His Toxic Image?
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesOne year ago, Sean “Diddy” Combs attended the 2023 Met Gala dressed in an all-black ensemble by Sean John couture, representing both a comeback and a coup for the mogul’s eponymous fashion brand. Clad in a motorcycle jacket and black pants combo—topped off by a cape adorned with 1,000
Why Won’t the Royals Support Prince Harry’s Invictus Games?
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty imagesThe expected refusal of any members of the royal family to endorse Prince Harry’s Invictus Games charity by joining him at a church service commemorating its 10th anniversary next week is a “classic example of the royals cutting off their nose to spite their face,” a source has told T
Arizona’s Abortion Ban Repeal Is a Win and a Loss for Dems
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Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastOne irony of politics is that you are often punished for fixing a problem. The most famous example of this is Winston Churchill, who, after winning World War II, was promptly thrown out of office in 1945. No good deed goes unpunished; once you have solved our problems, we have no more use for you.To
Trump’s Latest Interview Is Also His Scariest to Date
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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.Donald Trump gave a lengthy interview this week for a cover story in Time magazine—and it sure scared The New Abnormal co-hosts Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy.In it, the twice-impeached 2024 hopef
‘The Idea of You’ Creator Calls Harry Styles Comparisons ‘Reductive’
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Amazon MGM/Getty ImagesWelcome to modern rom-com week at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed! In honor of two big romance releases this week—The Fall Guy and The Idea of You—we’re celebrating everything we love about the last 15 years of romantic comedies.When Prime Video unveiled the first stills from it
Jerry Seinfeld’s Crotchety Whining About ‘P.C. Crap’ Comedy Gets It All Wrong
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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyAll week long, feathers have been ruffling, hives of bees were buzzing in bonnets, and a record numbers of bears were being poked, all while social media hosted unprecedented amounts of tizzies. “What’s the deal?” you might say in response to that, which would be apropos considering that th
‘Sugar’ Destroyed Itself With One of the Worst Plot Twists Ever
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Apple TV+(Warning: Spoilers for Sugar ahead.)Over the course of its first five episodes, Sugar has detailed dapper movie-obsessed Los Angeles private eye John Sugar’s (Colin Farrell) investigation into the baffling disappearance of Olivia Siegel (Sydney Chandler), the daughter of powerful movie producer Bernie (Dennis Boutsikaris), half-sister of s
Why Jimmy Kimmel Is Demanding to Testify at Trump Trial
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ABCJimmy Kimmel just made history. On Thursday, the late-night host was as surprised as anyone else when his name was brought up during Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial, which had him feeling “very excited, I’m very proud, I’m exhilarated even,” as he told Thursday’s audience.“From here on, we aren’t just following the Donald Trump drama in
This Week on ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’: Ewan McGregor Almost Gets Arrested
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Ben Blackall/Paramount+ With ShowtimeThis week’s episode of A Gentleman in Moscow finally gets the heart racing. It’s been five long weeks in the Metropol Hotel holding cell, but now, Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor) is breaking out.Everything starts out like usual. We’ve hopped a little over a decade into the future, now in 1947, where high
Seth Meyers Shreds Trump’s Desperate Campus Protest Conspiracy Theory
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NBC“There’s a lot going on right now,” Seth Meyers declared at the top of Thursday’s “A Closer Look”—so much so that he repeated that claim again about four minutes into the segment.While Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial continues, so too do the pro-Palestinian protests popping up at college campuses across the country—and Meyers seems a li
These Knicks Prove You Don’t Need a Megastar—Just Good Vibes—to Win
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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettySomewhere permanently lodged in the back of my mind, there’s a rusted, creaking file cabinet. Open up any of the overstuffed drawers and you’ll find it crammed with ex-New York Knicks: Utterly forgettable failed prospects, botched draft picks, bored and surly free agent signings, journey
Dive Boat Captain Sentenced Over Horror ‘Seaman’s Manslaughter’ Deaths
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Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe captain of a scuba dive boat that was the site of the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison, despite the U.S. Attorney’s apparent unhappiness over the ruling.Jerry Nehl Boylan was the captain of the Conception when it caught fire and sank
Democratic Chair in MAGA-Friendly Palm Beach Resigns in Protest
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Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesThe chair of the Democratic Party in deep-red Palm Beach County, Florida, announced she was resigning Wednesday after claiming she was the victim of “vicious personal attacks” from members of her own party.Mindy Koch said she and her staff were inundated with nasty comments from a “small minority” of Democratic Executive Comm
Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tarts Movie ‘Unfrosted’ Is as Bad as You’d Expect
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John P. Johnson / Netflix No Pop-Tarts-related media will ever top the conclusion to last December’s Pop-Tarts Bowl, which ended with a human Pop-Tart mascot committing suicide by lowering himself into a giant on-field toaster (while holding a sign that said “Dreams Really Do Come True”) and then emerging out of a distant kitchen slot as a toasted
Columbia Law Review Students Want Exams Canceled Amid Campus Chaos
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Reuters/Caitlin OchsStudent editors at the Columbia Law Review penned a letter begging the university to cancel final exams this semester as they grapple with the on-campus chaos that has consumed the school in recent weeks. Columbia University is at the center of a wave of campus protests against Israel’s brutal military campaign in the Gaza Strip
The ‘Ghosts’ Season 3 Finale Had a Twist No One Expected, Living or Dead
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Bertrand Calmeau/CBSThe third season of Ghosts has been a time of change for the spirits and livings of Woodstone Manor, so it’s only natural for it to end with one of the biggest changes any person can ever make, alive or dead: holy matrimony. (Although, just how “holy” are ghosts themselves, really?)(Warning: Spoilers ahead.)“Isaac’s Wedding” tec
Laura Ingraham Is Pissed That CNN Mentioned Trump’s Scatalogical Nickname
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Fox NewsCNN’s on-air reference Thursday to Donald Trump’s former lawyer and likely hush-money trial witness Michael Cohen’s scatalogical nickname for his ex-boss received an unenthusiastic reception by Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who complained that the rival network’s coverage choice should spur James Earl Jones to revoke his iconic voiceover.Co
For Sale: Jeffrey Epstein’s Second ‘Black Book’ of the Rich and Famous
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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Alice BenjaminA second “black book” of contact names and numbers belonging to the well-connected dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is going up for auction in two weeks time. On May 15, the black book will be offered for private sale by sealed bids by Alexander Historical Auctions. A forens
NYPD Officer Opened Fire During Columbia Raid, Local Prosecutor Confirms
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Reuters/David Dee DelgadoAn officer for the New York Police Department discharged their gun at Columbia University while working to clear out pro-Palestine protesters on Tuesday evening, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office confirmed to The Daily Beast. The gunfire, first reported by The City, took place at the university’s Hamilton Hall—the bu
Is the Libertarian Party Too Bigoted Even for Trump?
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesOn Wednesday, the Libertarian Party made an eyebrow-raising announcement about its upcoming convention: the headline speaker will be Donald Trump. For the little-noticed third party, which has mostly been overshadowed this year by more prominent independent candidates, it was certainl
Greg Gutfeld Claims There’s ‘No Islamophobia’ on College Campuses
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Fox NewsFox News host Greg Gutfled on Thursday made the sweeping claim that amid the pro-Palestine protests on college campuses, there haven’t been any instances of Islamophobia.On The Five, Gutfeld took issue with President Joe Biden’s remarks earlier in the day in which he condemned both antisemitism and Islamophobia.In a speech from the White Ho
Stormy’s Defiant Ex-Lawyer Tries to Defend Slimy Hush-Money Deal
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Doug Mills/ReutersThe B-list celebrity lawyer who scored two hush-money deals for a porn star and a former Playboy model came off as an even shadier character on Thursday, as Donald Trump’s team worked hard to show that the prosecution’s witness was actually engaged in a scheme to extort the politician in the weeks before the 2016 election.The thir
Ethan Hawke Directs His Daughter in ‘Wildcat.’ But Their Movie’s a Bust.
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OscilloscopeWildcat, the Ethan Hawke-directed, Maya Hawke-starring Flannery O’Connor biopic, begins with a trailer for an entirely different movie, a black-and-white drama about “Star Drake,” the alias of a character from O’Connor’s short story “The Comforts of Home.” Star Drake was dubbed the town floozy who pays for everything with bad checks. Th
Trump Says He Was Just Resting His ‘Beautiful Blue Eyes’ in Court
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Peter Foley/Pool/AFP via Getty ImagesAccording to Donald Trump, he wasn’t napping in the Manhattan courtroom where he’s being tried for his alleged role in a hush money scheme to cover up an affair he had with a porn star. No, the former president said on Thursday, he was merely resting his gorgeous peepers for a moment or two.“Contrary to the FAKE