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Mathew Knowles Makes Rare Comment About Ex Tina Knowles
Beyoncé’s Name Is a Beautiful Mistake Speaking of Angie Beyince, Tina’s niece ended up with that last name because Tina and her siblings all spelled their last name differently. It just so happened that Tina’s birth certificate read “Celestine Ann Beyoncé.” Which, Tina recalled in Matriarch, she wanted to change. Sitting with her brother Larry…
Read MoreTexas Attorney General Paxton expands fluoride wars to toothpaste
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced investigations Thursday of leading toothpaste companies, accusing them of misusing fluoride in their products. “I will use every tool available to protect our kids from dangerous levels of fluoride exposure and deceptive advertising,” Paxton, who is also a Senate candidate, said in a statement. The investigation — announced…
Read MoreTrump’s First 100 Days: The Remaking of America’s Cultural, Artistic and Academic Landscape
President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box during a tour of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2025. Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images The first 100 days of the second Trump administration have been remarkably eventful across…
Read MoreDHS memo offers new guidance on terminating status of international students
AUSTIN (KXAN) — An internal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo filed in court this week indicates what could be new guidance for when an international student can have their legal status terminated, though the policy has not been published in the official journal of the federal government, which shows agency rules and public notices.…
Read MoreMichelle Obama Says “Everybody Would Know” If She and Barack Obama Had Marriage Troubles
Michelle Obama is tuning out the noise. Amid rumors that she that she and former President Barack Obama were planning to divorce after 32 years of marriage, the former first lady addressed the speculation head on—and firmly set the record straight. “If I were having problems with my husband, everybody would know about it,” the 61-year-old…
Read More6 Space Missions to Watch in May: Starlink, Axiom, China and Rocket Lab
People take photos of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 18, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images After a packed April with Katy Perry’s venture into space aboard Blue Origin New Shepard rocket, the return of two stranded astronauts from the International…
Read MoreWhy We Think We Deserve Good Karma—And Others Don’t
For thousands of years, people have waited on karma to catch up with their good behavior—or promised it would roll around for anyone who crossed them. The lure of karmic thinking is that if you do good things, positive outcomes will rain down on you, while the opposite is true for those who don’t uphold…
Read MoreBilly Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley Seal Their Romance With a Kiss
Billy Ray Cyrus is wearing his achy breaky heart on his sleeve. Over a week after the “Back to Tennessee” singer debuted his new romance with Elizabeth Hurley on April 20, the couple are flaunting their love on social media again. In a photo posted on Billy’s Instagram April 30, he and Elizabeth shared a…
Read MoreHHS Report Urges “Exploratory Therapy” for Transgender Youth
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report on Thursday, May 1, aiming to discredit gender-affirming-care and instead encouraging transgender and nonbinary individuals to try “exploratory therapy”—or psychotherapy—and stating that mental health care alone is a way to treat gender dysphoria in children. “There is a dearth of research on psychotherapeutic…
Read MoreAt the Wallace Collection, Grayson Perry Topples the Affluent Class from Within
Perry plays with the ascribed femininity of 18th-century French Rococo and the ascribed masculinity of arms and armor. Cassandra Parsons The Wallace Collection in London is brimming with fine and decorative arts: oil paintings from the 14th Century, Limoges enamel, 18th-century chests of drawers veneered with mahogany and Renaissance objects. This solemn reservoir is on…
Read MoreFarmer Wants a Wife’s John Sansone Breaks Silence on Samantha Riehl’s Shocking Exit
John Sansone is still searching for “the one.” The Farmer Wants a Wife star spoke out for the first time after season three contestant Samantha Riehl abruptly left the Fox dating competition series mid-season. “There were thoughts for all of them where I thought they could be ‘the one,’” the 25-year-old told People in an…
Read MoreDesign, Comfort and Context: Mexico City’s Most Noteworthy Luxury Hotels
To understand Mexico City’s current hotel renaissance, you have to think in layers. This is a capital built not on erasure, but accumulation—Aztec causeways beneath colonial cathedrals beneath mid-century concrete beneath today’s experimental facades. Reinvention isn’t the exception here; it’s the default. And nowhere is that more apparent than in its hotel scene, where a…
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