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  • Creepy bone-cracking dance crew makes “America’s Acquired Expertise” viewers cringe and wins the final Golden Buzzer

    Creepy bone-cracking dance crew makes “America’s Acquired Expertise” viewers cringe and wins the final Golden Buzzer

    The Unreal Crew steps onto the 'America's Got Talent' stage The Unreal Crew steps onto the 'America's Got Talent' stage
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    Even Simon Cowell was confused after seeing a gaggle of dancing contortionists carry out on Tuesday's episode of America's Got Talent.

    "Barely speechless," the choose stated, earlier than launching right into a glowing analysis. "However, to be trustworthy with you, I simply thought it was so artistic, good, scary. And I may inform how a lot work it’s essential to have put into this, as a result of this doesn't occur in a single day."

    The act that had received him over was the Unreal Crew, a gaggle of seven dancers from India who wore matching white-and-black fits, with their faces painted as skeletons, as they danced and contorted to ominous music. The creepiest half? The soundtrack to all of it included sufficient cracking to maintain the viewers and judges cringing and gasping. Jaws dropped.

    'America's Got Talent' host Terry Crews poses with judges Howie Mandel, Mel B, Sofía Vergara, and Simon Cowell
    'America's Acquired Expertise' host Terry Crews poses with judges Howie Mandel, Mel B, Sofía Vergara, and Simon Cowell.

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    Whereas it was powerful to observe at instances — twisting in ways in which appeared not possible — by the tip, that they had received over the viewers and judges alike. They stated that they had been training for the present for years, and, as Cowell famous, it was evident.

    Choose Sofia Vergara complimented them, too.
    "Excellent audition. I imply, your personalities, the hassle you set into your clothes," she stated. "The strikes are unbelievable. I've by no means seen something prefer it. It was top-of-the-line exhibits we've seen this season."

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    Whereas Mel B didn't weigh in verbally, she stood for the contestants.
    Choose Howie Mandel then gave them an enormous enhance, however he teased them first.

    "We see dance crews. We see contortions," Mandel stated, "however to place all of it collectively, and to point out us one thing in a manner we've by no means seen earlier than, and even the truth that you’ve got an interpreter doing completely nothing, can be wonderful. You deserve every little thing."

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    He then reached over and hit the ultimate Golden Buzzer of the season that's left to provide out. The twist within the recreation signifies that the recipient is headed on to the season's Reside Reveals.

    On this, the twentieth season of AGT, every choose plus host Terry Crews was awarded two Golden Buzzers for the primary time. They've beforehand obtained only one. Followers will recall that Mandel gave his first Golden Buzzer to a singer, New Orleans avenue performer Jourdan Blue, for his tackle The Script's "Breakeven."

    America's Acquired Expertise auditions proceed Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

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  • “Days of Our Lives” insists Suzanne Rogers is not leaving present: ‘Couldn’t be farther from the reality’

    “Days of Our Lives” insists Suzanne Rogers is not leaving present: ‘Couldn’t be farther from the reality’

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    Days of Our Lives military, stand down. Suzanne Rogers isn't going anyplace.

    Rumors have been swirling that the five-decade veteran of the enduring sudser could be packing her character Maggie Horton Kiriakis' luggage and taking depart of the sequence' fictional Salem setting for good. However a rep for Days flatly denies any such risk, telling Leisure Weekly, "This might not be farther from the reality, Maggie and Suzanne are integral to the present's historical past, current storylines, and now, on the heels of our pick-up, the long run!"

    Simply this week Days was picked up for 2 extra seasons on Peacock, its unique residence since 2022. The daytime drama beforehand aired every day on NBC since 1965, with Rogers in its core solid since 1973. Longtime viewers can be hard-pressed to call a personality extra pivotal than Maggie and a star extra watchable than Rogers. So, gratefully, in keeping with Days reps, "Neither are going anyplace."

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    John Clarke and Suzanne Rogers as Mickey and Maggie Horton on 'Days of Our Lives'.

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    Although recurring star Susan Seaforth Hayes has Rogers beat by first becoming a member of the sequence because the character Julie Olson Williams in 1968, Hayes has taken a number of years-long hiatuses. Rogers is formally the sequence' longest-running solid member, having performed the loyal, loving, however no-nonsense Maggie for 52 years straight.

    The latest season, 61, noticed Maggie assist daughter Sarah (Linsey Godfrey) choose up the items of her life after an acrimonious divorce with the dastardly Xander (Paul Telfer), struggle on Sarah's behalf for custody of her child Victoria, and assist within the broader dynastic battle between her Kiriakis clan and the highly effective DiMeras. Not solely that, however followers are counting all the way down to the present's sixtieth anniversary in November, a celebration that ought to little doubt pay tribute to the sequence' most enduring star.

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    Hypothesis that Rogers could be departing the sequence started to bubble up in early July on fan websites and social media teams devoted to Days. If one have been out there for indicators that Rogers have been maybe on her means out, a number of may very well be discovered on Days and throughout the star's private life.

    On the present, Ashley Puzemis' Holly Jonas has been leaning on grandma Maggie to assist resolve a convoluted bind associated to a little bit of stolen jewellery. It might appear minor, however the unshakeable nature of Maggie and Holly's bond coupled with Holly's more and more determined scenario led some to think about that not solely Holly would flee Salem, however she'd take Maggie together with her.

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    Suzanne Rogers as Maggie Horton on 'Days of Our Lives'.

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    Off display, there's Rogers' battle towards myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune dysfunction she was recognized with in 1984. The situation impacts Rogers' facial muscle groups, and has induced her to take at the least one transient midseason hiatus to recuperate. However Maggie herself was recognized with the situation on the present the identical yr as Rogers, and the actress has all the time been clear about her well being, opening up in regards to the "hurtful and traumatic" interval round her prognosis in a 2022 interview.

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    Rogers isn't going anyplace, however Days is shedding one among its essential stars this yr. Billy Flynn left the present after 10 yearsthis season, saying of his character Chad DiMera, "I believe with this character, I've carried out all the things I can… I'm trying ahead to doing one thing new. I'm about to start out a brand new journey and inform one other story. It truly is simply that straightforward."

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  • Andy Cohen admits his “And Simply Like That” cameo was ‘very troublesome’ for him: ‘I used to be only a catastrophe’

    Andy Cohen admits his “And Simply Like That” cameo was ‘very troublesome’ for him: ‘I used to be only a catastrophe’

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    Be careful, Carrie Bradshaw — shoe salesman Daniel is coming on your highlight.

    The newest episode of And Simply Like That introduced Sarah Jessica Parker's longtime pal Andy Cohen again into the Sex and the City universe, with the Watch What Happens Live host making a quick cameo as a Bergdorf Goodman worker named Daniel. However fast as his look could have been, Cohen has revealed that it took a couple of tries for him to nail his single line.

    "I feel the road within the script was identical to, 'Oh hey, Carrie, I'll be with you in a sec,'" Cohen recalled on Monday's episode of his SiriusXM radio present, Andy Cohen Dwell.

    The scene is certainly fairly easy: After yet one more argument along with her boyfriend Aidan (John Corbett), Parker's Carrie walks into Bergdorf's for some retail remedy when Daniel passes by with a stack of shoeboxes. He provides some assist, to which Carrie says she's simply wanting. Nonetheless, it took a couple of changes for Cohen to nail the interplay.

    Andy Cohen and Sarah Jessica Parker behind the scenes on 'And Just Like That'
    Andy Cohen and Sarah Jessica Parker behind the scenes on 'And Simply Like That'.

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    "Taking pictures these exhibits for me may be very troublesome," he admitted. "You must actually stroll 4 steps, say your line at a specific spot, after which preserve going. There's a variety of blocking concerned, and I simply don't — I'm not good at it."

    Cohen stated that after a couple of makes an attempt, collection creator Michael Patrick King modified the road to, "Hey, Carrie, I'm slammed, I'll be with you in a minute." However that solely led to Cohen delivering his dialogue means too intensely.

    "After I inform you that I used to be marching out like, 'Carrie, I’m slammed! I'm gonna be with you in a minute!'" he stated with emphasis. "And Michael Patrick King comes over after we do it twice and he goes, 'Um, it is a actually pivotal scene for Carrie.' He didn't inform me, however now I do know that she simply had an enormous battle with Aiden."

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    Cohen stated he was reprimanded by King, who advised him, "You're stealing focus from Carrie. The episode title ought to now be known as 'Daniel's Busiest Day.' And it's not about 'Daniel's Busiest Day,' preserve it on Carrie!'"

    Parker joined in too, giving Cohen some recommendation about the right way to ship the road. "It was very particular and I used to be saying it within the mistaken place," he recalled. "I used to be only a catastrophe. Nevertheless it was so humorous, the concept it was 'Daniel's Busy Day.'"

    As for the ultimate product, Cohen quipped that it was "the perfect they may get."

    Andy Cohen and Sarah Jessica Parker attend The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City.
    Andy Cohen and Sarah Jessica Parker on the 2024 Met Gala.

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    Regardless of all of the turmoil concerned in taking pictures the cameo, the second marked a candy callback to Cohen's prior appearances within the SATC universe. He performed a then-unnamed shoe salesman throughout the sixth season of the unique collection, whom Leisure Weekly has confirmed is certainly a youthful model of Daniel, not but on a first-name foundation with Carrie.

    However the lore goes again even additional: Cohen additionally made a blink-and-you'll-miss-it look in an earlier episode.

    In 2018, Cohen shared a screenshot on Instagram of his true SATC debut, writing, "You might know that I used to be a Barney’s shoe salesman within the final season of #SATC however have been you conscious I appeared in Season 4 (I feel) shirtless in a homosexual bar standing subsequent to Carrie Bradshaw?"

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    He defined that the scene was lower from the TV model however lives on in DVD kind.

    There's no phrase on but on whether or not Daniel can also be Shirtless Man in Homosexual Bar, however Cohen joked about his character development on Instagram, thanking King for "bringing again the BELOVED character of 'Barney's Shoe Salesman'… who’s now a Bergdorf's Shoe salesman named DANIEL!"

    A reputation and a brand new job? Speak about a glow-up for Daniel.

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  • “RHOBH ”alum Teddi Mellencamp says she ‘really believes that I am gonna stay’ amid 50/50 most cancers analysis

    “RHOBH ”alum Teddi Mellencamp says she ‘really believes that I am gonna stay’ amid 50/50 most cancers analysis

    Teddi Mellencamp visits the Trü Frü backstage portrait studio at iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango concert on May 10, 2025 in Huntington Beach, California. Teddi Mellencamp visits the Trü Frü backstage portrait studio at iHeartRadio's 102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango concert on May 10, 2025 in Huntington Beach, California.
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    Teddi Mellencamp is selecting to be optimistic as her years-long most cancers battle continues.

    Whereas unpacking the emotional toll of her stage 4 most cancers analysis with podcast host Jamie Kern Lima, Mellencamp received candid about discovering the stability between worry and positivity.

    "It ebbs and flows," the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum stated on The Jamie Kern Lima Show. "Once I first got here out of this journey, I felt higher than I do now as a result of I assumed it was gonna go instantly. You thought what? I assumed it was gonna go instantly."

    She admitted, "I assumed that after I had my surgical procedures from my mind tumors that then I used to be gonna go in for that first scan and so they had been gonna say, 'The remainder of the tumors are gone. You're healed.' After which they didn't."

    Though she didn't hear the information she hoped for, Mellencamp stated that she now understands that "no one is aware of" with certainty how lengthy it would take her to heal, so she chooses to maneuver ahead with a constructive angle.

    Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave attends "An Unforgettable Evening" Benefiting the Women's Cancer Research Fund at The Beverly Hilton on April 28, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.
    Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave attends "An Unforgettable Night" Benefiting the Ladies's Most cancers Analysis Fund in Beverly Hills.

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    Mellencamp was identified with stage 2 melanoma in 2022, which kicked off three years of testing and therapy because the illness unfold by her system. Then, in February, she received the information that she had stage 4 melanoma, because the most cancers had metastasized to her mind and lungs. Even so, Mellancamp says that extra of her vitality goes to "perception" than to "worry."

    "Primarily due to the quantity of folks that have reached out and stated, 'I received checked' or 'My mother had this,'" Mellencamp defined. "Even my buddies, they've given me that perception that irrespective of what number of possibly not so nice issues that I've performed, this is without doubt one of the nice ones."

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    Mellencamp, who beforehand shared that docs gave her 50/50 odds of surviving most cancers, famous that whereas her likelihood is nonetheless the identical, she is set to maintain combating.

    "I actually consider this after I say this — and it's gonna make me emotional — I actually consider that I'm gonna stay," she stated. "I have to consider it. 'Trigger if not, it's simply too unhappy."

    Explaining her method, the TV star and daughter of musician John Mellencamp added, "I can't stay my life so afraid that I'm gonna die, that I don't stay in any respect."

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    John Mellencamp and daughter, Teddi Mellencamp.

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    Mellencamp additionally shared that assist from her household — together with her three youngsters and ex Edwin Arroyave — has helped make this perseverance doable. As for her father, Mellencamp added that he has helped with issues she “wouldn’t be able to doing" herself.

    "He has been past,” she stated of the "Pink Homes" singer. "With all of those medical therapies and the whole lot. He has stepped in, he's helped me have a nurse… he calls me each single day. He makes positive that I'm okay.”

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    In a earlier replace, Mellencamp instructed listeners of her Two Ts in a Pod podcast that she can be pausing immunotherapy to permit her physique time to get better. She defined that whereas the therapies have been profitable in beating again the expansion of her tumors, she's been feeling sicker in different methods and during the last month, has struggled to maintain her eyes open and her phrases straight.

    "We’re going to take somewhat break on the immunotherapy to get my physique again feeling stronger," she shared.

    Teddi was a solid member on Bravo's The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills from seasons 8-10 between 2017 and 2020, and later returned as a visitor on seasons 11, 12, and 13.

    Watch Mellencamp talk about her most cancers journey within the full dialog with Lima above.

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  • “Jeopardy ”tremendous champion Scott Riccardi addresses theories he intentionally misplaced after 16-game streak

    “Jeopardy ”tremendous champion Scott Riccardi addresses theories he intentionally misplaced after 16-game streak

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    What’s: self sabotage?

    Scott Riccardi, the true star of Jeopardy season 41 is addressing mounting fan hypothesis that he intentionally threw Friday's Remaining Jeopardy query, bringing his 16-game victory streak to an finish.

    From the class "Twentieth Century names," host Ken Jennings learn the clue: "In response to one obituary, in 1935 he owned 13 magazines, eight radio stations, two film firms and $56 million in actual property."

    Any cinema fan might have doubled their cash on the spot with the reply: William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper magnate and inspiration for Orson Welles' towering traditional Citizen Kane. However Riccardi's thoughts went to a special Twentieth-century cinema icon: aerospace entrepreneur and RKO Photos founder Howard Hughes.

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    Capping his earnings at a shocking $455,000, Riccardi misplaced to Jonathan Hugendubler, an adjunct professor from Baltimore. However the truth that the person who accurately answered dozens of sophisticated questions on topics starting from robotics to world languages to historic structure missed a query about one of many extra distinguished figures in American historical past isn't sitting nicely with some viewers.

    Fortuitously, the 26-year-old mechanical engineer and New Jersey native took to Reddit on Friday to clarify what led to his loss.

    "My thoughts sadly went straight to Howard Hughes principally because of overestimating the significance of the film firms a part of the clue," he wrote.

    Whereas Hearst did set up two film studios all through his prolific profession — Worldwide Movie Service, an early animation studio, and Cosmpolitan Productions, co-founded with Paramount's Adolph Zukor — Hughes' RKO was and stays the a lot better-known studio.

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    Scott Riccardi competes on a 2025 episode of 'Jeopardy'.

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    "Any earlier [Final Jeopardies] that had come to thoughts instantly had labored out, so I trusted my preliminary response on this," Riccardi continued. "Hearst wasn't on my thoughts in any respect till the second [competitor Charlotte Cooper's] reply was revealed, and even then it didn't instantly strike me as appropriate till Ken confirmed it."

    He additionally admitted he was "particularly unprepared to reply accurately to a clue about Hearst" regardless of making a earlier psychological be aware to maintain the magnate in thoughts because of his look in "archived observe clues." He was additionally bewildered by "a complicated quantity of three-named Williams in publishing (William Randolph Hearst, William Lloyd Garrison, and William F. Buckley, to call a number of)."

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    In the end, Riccardi chalked it as much as "a number of data near-misses and a poor understanding of the timeline within the clue [that] actually piled as much as stop me from getting what I now perceive to be a really gettable clue."

    Nonetheless, the champ wrote that he's "glad to have had the prospect to be a significant a part of this season" and prolonged a hearty "congratulations to Jonathan for the superb win!"

    Riccardi mirrored on the brighter facet of his Jeopardy wins with the collection' government producer, Sarah Whitcomb-Foss, on a brief episode of the Jeopardy "Winner's Circle" on Saturday.

    "It's onerous to imagine I even got here this far. I really feel like I barely gained lots of my first few video games, after which I had a fairly powerful week the place I type of ramped up," Riccardi mentioned. When Whitcomb-Foss talked about he'd formally entered the present's Leaderboard of Legends, or the collection' prime 10 performers (Riccardi's 16-game streak left him tied for tenth place with Ryan Lengthy, however he's the collection' eighth highest-earning participant), Riccardi admitted he initially believed, "There's no method I'm hitting any of these. That's simply not going to occur, like how might it?"

    Followers who liked Riccardi's gameplay don't must say goodbye simply but. He's set to change into his season's frontrunner within the annual Event of Champions parallel program, which pits every season's prime winners towards each other.

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  • Why “Jeopardy” is not on the air this summer season and when it should return with new episodes

    Why “Jeopardy” is not on the air this summer season and when it should return with new episodes

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    Jeopardy is on summer season trip.

    The long-running recreation present, which has change into an American establishment over the course of its 41 seasons on tv, is taking a break this summer season. Season 41 formally concluded on Friday, which implies viewers tuning in to the question-and-answer contest on Monday could also be dissatisfied and stunned to name up a rerun.

    Right here's why Jeopardy is taking the remainder of the summer season off, and when followers can anticipate season 42 to begin.

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    Since Jeopardy first entered day by day syndication in 1984, the collection has launched new seasons in September, and ended them in summer season. Some seasons finish in June, others in July and August, however 41 seasons of Jeopardy in a row have all kicked off in September.

    Viewers tuning into their native community that carries this system can anticipate to see reruns till Jeopardy and its host, Ken Jennings,return for season 42 on Sept. 8.

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    Season 41 concluded on a dramatic be aware on Friday when 16-game tremendous champion Scott Riccardi lastly misplaced to opponent Jonathan Hugendubler — by $1.

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    'Jeopardy' super-champ Scott Riccardi gained 16 video games.

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    Riccardi had amassed a fortune in winnings over the course of his four-week streak, totaling $455,000. His victory in 16 consecutive video games inducted him into a number of unique golf equipment peopled by previous Jeopardy champs, together with changing into an official "tremendous champion," that means he gained not less than 10 video games in a row.

    Riccardi dominated Friday's recreation as he had the final 16 in a row, getting into Remaining Jeopardy with a $10,000 lead over Hugendubler, his closest competitors. The clue for the "twentieth Century Names" class learn, "In keeping with one obituary, in 1935 he owned 13 magazines, eight radio stations, two film corporations, and $56 million in actual property." The right reply was William Randolph Hearst, however Riccardi guessed, "Who’s Howard Hughes?"

    Hugendubler went residence that evening's champion, however Riccardi will likely be memorialized in Jeopardy historical past in perpetuity.

    Jeopardy returns for season 42 on September 8. Verify your native listings to see when and the place the nationally syndicated recreation present airs.

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  • Stephen Colbert continues to double down on Trump jokes following present’s cancellation

    Stephen Colbert continues to double down on Trump jokes following present’s cancellation

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    The clock on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is ticking, nevertheless it's nonetheless going.

    Stephen Colbert doesn't let up on his jokes about President Donald Trump on Monday's present, persevering with to double down on the politician, lower than two weeks after Colbert introduced that the long-running late-night discuss present would finish in Could.

    In a preview of Monday's monologue posted to Instagram, Colbert mocks Trump's assertion about Jeffrey Epstein, made throughout a gathering with U.Okay. Prime Minister Keir Starmer: "By the best way, I by no means went to the island," Trump stated. "I by no means had the privilege of going to his island."

    "I'm sorry, what?" Colbert says, earlier than breaking right into a Trump impression. "Sadly, I by no means had the consideration of eating with Jeffrey Dahmer."

    Trump's full assertion was that he declined an invite from Epstein.

    "I by no means had the privilege of going to his island, and I did flip it down, however lots of people in Palm Seaside had been invited to his island," Trump stated, in line with The New York Times. "In one among my superb moments, I turned it down."

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    Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019, allegedly used the 2 non-public islands he owned to site visitors underage ladies for intercourse. Trump's supporters and opponents are calling for him to launch all details about Epstein, who was pleasant with the president for years. Colbert additionally poked enjoyable on the motive Trump stated he finally parted methods with Epstein, whom he wouldn't discuss to after the American financier and youngster intercourse offender "did one thing that was inappropriate."

    Colbert says that, lastly, Trump had proven "some ethical spine."

    The present then cuts to Trump noting that Epstein "stole individuals" who labored for him.

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    Colbert imitates Trump once more: "Sorry, Jeff," he quips. "Underage intercourse trafficking is one factor. However I draw the road at you stealing my omelet man, okay? He's the one one which is aware of I like ham."

    Trump additionally defined that he instructed Epstein to not rent individuals away from him once more, however Epstein did, per the Occasions.

    "And I threw him out of the place, persona non grata," Trump stated. "I threw him out, and that was it."

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    Stephen Colbert hosts 'The Late Present with Stephen Colbert' on CBS.

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    Since his present was canceled, Colbert — and different hosts of late evening — have roasted the president much more than regular. In return, Trump has stated that it's "actually good" to see Colbert go, and he hopes that he "performed a serious half in it."

    With out providing proof, he claimed "the phrase is" that Jimmy Kimmel after which Jimmy Fallon could be ousted from late evening, too.

    The Late Present with Stephen Colbert airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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  • “The Unbelievable 4: First Steps ”director explains these tributes within the credit

    “The Unbelievable 4: First Steps ”director explains these tributes within the credit

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    This text incorporates spoilers about The Unbelievable 4: First Steps.

    The Fantastic Four: First Steps ended on an emotional observe — and we don't simply imply for the tremendous quartet of Reed Richards/Mister Unbelievable (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Girl (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn), and Ben Grimm/the Factor (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) after Sue's loss of life and stunning resurrection.

    Director Matt Shakman's Marvel Cinematic Universe movie options two tributes through the finish credit: "Devoted to Jamie Christopher," and "For Inez."

    Christopher was a producer on the film who died from coronary heart issues in 2023, whereas Inez Shakman is the filmmaker's late mom, who died on April 3, just some months earlier than the film's launch.

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    "Jamie Christopher was a tremendous filmmaker," the director tells Leisure Weekly. "Longtime first assistant director, labored on many Marvel films, labored on Harry Potter, labored on Star Wars films. A beloved, beloved character, fantastic particular person. He was our unique producer on this film, who handed away after we have been in pre-production."

    Shakman's mom, in the meantime, died at age 80 and didn’t get to see the completed film.

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    "She didn't see a lot of it, no, sadly," Matt says.

    Nonetheless, the director is blissful that she received to see his daughter, Maisie Shakman, make a cameo within the film (Maisie performs a younger youngster in a scene with the Human Torch).

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    "She was delighted to see my daughter Maisie's little cameo bits — she noticed some photos of that," the director says. "And there was a poster that Marvel put out that occurred to make use of one in all Maisie's photographs holding her little Factor doll, wanting up. She noticed that, however I'm sorry she didn't get an opportunity to see the completed film."

    The Unbelievable 4: First Steps is now taking part in in theaters.

    —Further reporting by Mike Miller

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  • “Meet the Dad and mom 4” is a go! All about “Focker In-Legislation”’s launch date, returning solid members, and Ariana Grande’s potential position

    “Meet the Dad and mom 4” is a go! All about “Focker In-Legislation”’s launch date, returning solid members, and Ariana Grande’s potential position

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    • A fourth Meet the Dad and mom movie, titled Focker In-Legislation, is within the works.
    • Ariana Grande will star alongside franchise veterans Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro.
    • Focker In-Legislation is at present slated to hit theaters on Nov. 25, 2026.

    Are you able to milk a cat? We're nonetheless unclear. You may, nonetheless, milk nostalgia. Living proof: The Meet the Parents franchise is formally getting a fourth movie. Sure, the circle of belief is opening again up.

    In December 2024, phrase received out that Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, and Teri Polo have been in early talks to reunite for an additional spherical of household chaos. By March, it was confirmed that Meet the Dad and mom 4 was within the works. John Hamburg, who penned all three earlier movies, is about to write down and direct.

    On Monday, July 28, Common Studios formally revealed that the sequel is titled Focker In-Legislation, and that it’ll fold a chart-topping, Oscar-nominated pop star in with a number of of the franchise's acquainted faces.

    Learn on for every thing we learn about Focker In-Legislation.

    What’s Focker In-Legislation about?

    Ben Stiller as Greg Focker and Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes on the set of 'Meet the Fockers'
    Ben Stiller as Greg Focker and Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes on the set of 'Meet the Fockers'.

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    As of now, plot particulars for Focker In-Legislation are nonetheless being saved hush-hush, however The Hollywood Reporter revealed in Might that the story will observe Greg (Stiller) and Pam's (Polo) grown son, Henry, "who will get engaged to a ball-busting lady who appears all mistaken for him."

    At a twenty fifth anniversary screening of Meet the Dad and mom throughout the 2025 Tribeca Competition, Stiller opened up about what impressed him to return to the movie sequence.

    "I believe what spurred the concept was that at this time limit, I'm the age that Bob [De Niro] was after we did the primary film," he defined. "And there was this kind of mirror to the primary movie by way of the truth that my youngsters are grown. And, yeah, that my child, considered one of my youngsters, is considering introducing his particular person to the household."

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    Following the screening, Stiller reunited with De Niro, Polo, and the unique director Jay Roach for a Q&A. Stiller joked that he might inform the group "the entire plot," however correctly stopped brief.

    "It's thrilling that we're going to do it once more and be collectively," Stiller continued. "And I believe life informs every thing that's occurred within the final 25 years, and it's been some time since we did the final one. … So, it's sort of nice to take a look at it as a kind of a brand new factor. However after all, there's all these nice reminiscences, and I really feel like our connections are nonetheless there after we get again collectively. It's simply all baked in there."

    De Niro added that the script is "actually good" and shared that he had really tried to get a fourth movie began whereas engaged on 2010's Little Fockers. "Once we filmed the final one, I used to be with Ben and John [Hamburg] in my camper,” he recalled, "And I stated, 'Let's begin writing one now, to be prepared for an additional one.' And so they stated, 'Yeah, yeah, positive, positive, positive.' They have been humoring me."

    Who's within the Focker In-Legislation solid?

    Ariana Grande joins the cast of 'Focker In-Law'
    Ariana Grande joins the solid of 'Focker In-Legislation'.

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    On Monday, July 28, the official Focker In-Legislation social media accounts dropped a video saying the movie's title and solid.

    Set to Randy Newman's tune "A Idiot in Love," which was featured within the first movie, the video rolls out the names of De Niro, Stiller, Danner, Polo, and Owen Wilson, confirming that they may reprise their roles as Jack Byrnes, Greg Focker, Dina Byrnes, Pam Byrnes Focker, and Kevin Rawley, respectively.

    It goes on to highlight Grammy-winning pop star Ariana Grande as part of the solid. Leisure Weekly beforehand confirmed Grande's involvement again in Might.

    Grande is recent off her Oscar-nominated flip as Glinda the Good in Wicked (2024), a efficiency we praised for completely capturing "Glinda's aesthetic and angle."

    It's a giant get, as sources lately advised the Hollywood Reporter that Grande has been "supplied quite a few film initiatives from Common, Sony and Warner Bros., passing on all of them."

    Deadline reviews that two different thrilling names have joined the solid: Skyler Gisondo, who performed Jimmy Olsen on this 12 months's Superman, and Golden Globe nominee Beanie Feldstein (Impeachment: American Crime Story).

    Is there a trailer for Focker In-Legislation?

    (L to R) Dustin Hoffman as Bernie Focker, Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes, Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes, and Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes in 'Meet the Fockers'
    (L to R) Dustin Hoffman as Bernie Focker, Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes, Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes, and Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes in 'Meet the Fockers'.

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    As of this writing, a Focker In-Legislation trailer has but to be launched.

    When does Focker In-Legislation come out?

    Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes and Ben Stiller as Greg Focker in 'Meet the Parents'
    Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes and Ben Stiller as Greg Focker in 'Meet the Dad and mom'.

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    Focker In-Legislation is primed to make theatrical audiences squirm on Nov. 25, 2026.

    The place can I watch Meet the Dad and mom?

    (L to R), Owen Wilson as Kevin Rawley, Thomas McCarthy Bob Banks, Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes, and James Rebhorn as Larry Banks in 'Meet the Parents'
    (L-R), Owen Wilson, Thomas McCarthy, Robert De Niro, and James Rebhorn in 'Meet the Dad and mom'.

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    In the event you want a fast refresher earlier than Focker In-Legislation lands in theaters, you’ll be able to stream Meet the Dad and mom, Meet the Fockers, and Little Fockers on Amazon Prime Video.

    Need extra film information? Join Leisure Weekly's free publication to get the newest trailers, movie star interviews, movie evaluations, and extra.

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  • Kelly Ripa addresses ‘throuple’ scenario with Mark Consuelos’ ‘actual work spouse’ in new TV sequence preview (unique)

    Kelly Ripa addresses ‘throuple’ scenario with Mark Consuelos’ ‘actual work spouse’ in new TV sequence preview (unique)

    • EW has an unique preview of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' new present, Operating With the Wolves.
    • The couple navigates dwelling life and co-owning a soccer group with Consuelos' "actual work spouse."
    • Consuelos later tells Ripa that they're in a "throuple" scenario with Matt Rizzetta.

    Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos may've bought a soccer group, however they're additionally down to attain a number of objectives in relation to increasing the bounds of their relationship on dwelling turf, too.

    In Leisure Weekly's unique preview (above) of the couple's new ESPN docuseries Running With the Wolves, the Dwell With Kelly and Mark cohosts navigate home life whereas balancing the challenges of co-owning the Italian Campobasso Wolves soccer group, together with Consuelos dedicating extra of his time to a brand new associate.

    The clip begins with Consuelos and Ripa, each 54, on a video name with their daughter, Lola Consuelos, earlier than he will get a telephone name from Matt Rizzetta, one other Wolves co-owner.

    Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos react to Consuelos' 'real work wife' in 'Running With the Wolves'
    Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos react to Consuelos' 'actual work spouse' in 'Operating With the Wolves'.

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    "Oh shoot, that is Matt. I've bought to go speak to Matt. I'll be proper again," Consuelos tells the women, with Ripa joking, "Dad has to speak to his different spouse."

    In a confessional, Ripa tells the crew that she "thought our funding can be a silent-partner funding," and that she "didn’t understand that Mark's actual work spouse is Matt."

    Ripa asks her husband, "And I’m now the… what would you name me?"

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    With out lacking a beat, Consuelos smiles as he provides a quippy response.

    "We're a throuple!" Consuelos replies, as Ripa throws her head again and repeats the sentiment with fun.

    Exterior of the throuple joke, Consuelos and Ripa have lengthy displayed the energy of their marriage to audiences each morning on their daytime speak present.

    Final season, the pair even traveled again to the Las Vegas marriage ceremony chapel the place they had been first married in a secret ceremony in 1996, after assembly on the set of the cleaning soap opera All My Kids.

    Kelly Ripa tells her and Mark Consuelos' daughter Lola Consuelos about her dad's 'real work wife'
    Kelly Ripa tells her and Mark Consuelos' daughter Lola Consuelos about her dad's 'actual work spouse'.

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    Shortly thereafter, radio host Wendy Williams outed their relationship to her viewers.

    "We'd eloped. It'd been a number of months at that time — we'd been married for 3 months. No person at [All My Children] knew we had been even relationship, a lot much less married to one another," Ripa recalled on a previous Dwell installment. "We're brushing our tooth and we've bought Wendy Williams' radio present on. We're listening, and he or she's like, 'I've bought movie star dish.' The celebrities, I suppose they’d a broad use of the time period again then, was the truth that two cleaning soap stars from All My Kids, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos,… eloped in Las Vegas. There was this eyewitness that labored within the Clark County courthouse that mentioned we eloped, and the information broke, and we needed to inform everyone we had been married."

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    Operating With the Wolves episodes 1 and a pair of premiere Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, adopted by a streaming premiere on ESPN+. Watch EW's unique preview of the sequence within the clip on the prime of this publish.