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One cleanup volunteer, Ariana Raygoza, said, “Many people we speak with are so moved or shocked that we’re offering help, and it’s clear they have not been asked before. Law enforcement officials are posted on every corner, just sitting in their cars. At best, they just stand back and stare while we’re helping. At worst,

Image Credit: Getty Images After taking the Oath of Office, Donald Trump was sworn in again as president of the United States on January 20, 2025. Upon returning to the White House, he signed multiple executive orders — one of which effectively ends all DEI federal programs, and therefore, those employees’ jobs. Learn more about

By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press Posted January 21, 2025 5:27 pm Updated January 21, 2025 5:36 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Netflix is raising its prices in Canada. The streaming giant says the monthly cost of its cheapest offering – the standard plan with ads – is

Last week, five Assumption University students in Massachusetts were arraigned on charges of conspiracy and kidnapping. The group, all aged 18 or 19—a sixth student was charged separately in juvenile court—was alleged by police to have used a Tinder profile of an 18-year-old woman to lure a 22-year-old active-duty military service member to a basement

Image Credit: Getty Images Carrie Underwood has performed at Donald Trump‘s presidential inauguration. Find out if she’s a Republican below! Is Carrie Underwood a Republican? It is unknown whether Carrie is a Republican or not. In a 2019 interview with The Guardian, Carrie shared: “I feel like more people try to pin me places politically.

Rami Malek claims that he was once racially profiled by the Los Angeles Police Department. In a recent interview with The Guardian, the Oscar-winning actor recalled an encounter with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during which he was allegedly racially profiled and thrown onto a police car while authorities were trying to locate a

Like Lazarus, TikTok has risen from the dead. A ban on the social media app used by more than 170 million Americans has been averted, at least for now, the company announced in a midday tweet on Sunday. The news came after President-elect Donald Trump announced he would use an executive order to extend the

Image Credit: Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images TikTok went down for all American influencers and users hours before the January 19, 2025, ban went into effect. Once people in the U.S. opened their apps to find that they couldn’t post videos anymore, social media blew up with memes and playful “RIP” jokes. The fan-favorite social

Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag Pratt, once known for their rise to fame on hit reality series The Hills, are back in the spotlight and taking over the music charts. Montag’s 2010 album Superficial has hit No. 1 on iTunes’ all-genre songs and albums charts — 15 years after its release. Her album beat Bad

President Joe Biden announced on Friday that, as far as he’s concerned, the Equal Rights Amendment is the “law of the land,” a somewhat symbolic move that is poised to allow more women across the country to sue their states for gender discrimination—including challenges to abortion bans. The ERA, originally drafted over a century ago

View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images Today’s the big day! Cameron Diaz gets back to her roots in action-comedy with Back in Action. In a January 16, 2025 interview with Extra, the Charlie’s Angels bombshell, 52, explained exactly what it would take to get her back on a movie set after taking ten years off.

The legal battle between It Ends With Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni continues. In response to Baldoni’s new $400-million defamation and extortion lawsuit against the Gossip Girl star, Lively’s legal team said in a statement, “This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its associates is another chapter in the abuser playbook.” “This is an

Nearly two dozen reporters and spectators settled into a drafty 15th-floor Manhattan federal courtroom Thursday morning expecting to hear Rudy Giuliani testify in a trial that would determine whether he gets to keep his $3.5 million Florida condo and three World Series rings. Except the former New York City mayor never showed up. Giuliani was

Image Credit: Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Scott Bessent might be jumping into the political arena soon. As one of Donald Trump‘s cabinet picks, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury nominee has made headlines. Since Bessent is a billionaire and part of the finance world, many want to learn more about his career and how

Drake has escalated his ongoing legal battle against his record label, Universal Music Group (UMG), by filing defamation lawsuit against the parent record label he and rival Kendrick Lamar are signed to. The Toronto rapper filed a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, Jan. 15, and referred to the release

In a striking sign of how far right the tech sector has swung, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will both have seats of honor at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday—and Zuckerberg will host a black-tie ball to honor Trump with Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson. The news, first reported by Puck and NBC News, caps

Image Credit: Getty Images for Tony Awards Pro Is love in the air for Hugh Jackman? The 56-year-old actor was spotted walking hand in hand with actress Sutton Foster during a night out, as seen in photos shared by PEOPLE earlier this year — and they were even spotted kissing in other images obtained by Page

Carrie Underwood has accepted a pretty high-profile gig, agreeing to perform America the Beautiful at Donald Trump’s inauguration next week. But the 41-year-old’s appearance at the event has many taken aback and confused, as the American Idol alum has never endorsed Trump in the past — in fact, she’s never really been one to talk

Businesses along Lake Avenue destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, on January 9, 2025.by ZOE MEYERS/AFP/Getty Images. It’s a lesson you gradually learn, a reality you adjust to—or perhaps, to quote Jim Morrison, “learn to forget.” Occasional tremors remind you that the ground is not trustworthy: you compare earthquake notes on social media

Image Credit: CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag Pete Hegseth has been working in the public eye for several years. As a previous on-air Fox News co-host, the Minnesota native is a published author, a father, a husband and a vocal conservative. Once Donald Trump named him as a potential cabinet pick, Pete was reintroduced

Bots — automated programs that can perform tasks online exponentially faster than us poor meatbags — have been a plague on the concert ticket-buying public for decades now. A single bot can buy a thousand or more tickets in less than 60 seconds. There are examples of a couple of bots hoovering up 15,000 tickets

Followers of paparazzi-focused Instagram accounts likely noticed a change in tone last week, as photos of celebrities such as Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck depicted the stars far from their usual coffee runs or shopping trips. Instead, paparazzi headed to some of the most dangerous zones in fire-afflicted Los Angeles in search of the actors,

View gallery Image Credit: Anadolu via Getty Images Los Angeles County has been under a blanket of ash and smoke for nearly one week. Countless residents lost their homes and are displaced, including multiple celebrities, and more than 10 fatalities have been reported so far. As evacuations continue, many Southern California residents are wondering how

Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as Soul Man and ‘Hold On, I’m Comin,’ has died. He was 89. Publicist Jeremy Westby said Moore died Friday morning in Coral Gables, Florida, due to complications while recovering from surgery. No additional

Though the fires are still burning, we’re starting to get an understanding of just how devastating the damage is for Los Angeles. In the arts-and-culture community, dozens of people, if not hundreds, have lost their homes, and in some cases decades’ worth of artwork—artists lost their studios and personal holdings, while collectors lost their entire

View gallery Image Credit: The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Based on the popular UK series of the same name, The Traitors stateside has become a solid hit. Alan Cumming hosts the third season of the reality competition, which streams on Peacock. The first three episodes dropped on Thursday, January 9, and subsequent episodes can be

Out-of-control wildfires are ravaging parts of Los Angeles this week, ripping through neighbourhoods and enclaves many Hollywood stars call home, including the Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Altadena. California firefighters are battling wind-whipped fires tearing across the area as the quick-moving flames destroy homes and critical infrastructure. The Pacific Palisades neighbourhood is a hillside area along

Justice Timothy Fancourt, not a judge who easily loses his cool, was exasperated. Addressing the counsel facing him in London’s High Court, he snapped, “[There is] no question of that happening.” The counsel, Anthony Hudson, was leading the team of lawyers representing Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) in the civil case brought against them

View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images The Palisades fire that broke out in California in January 2025 quickly spread throughout Southern California. In just one day, multiple fires erupted across Los Angeles County. Since Pacific Palisades is well known for its celebrity residents, concerned fans wondered if any stars’ homes were affected by the wildfires.

Leah Remini has shared an emotional and heartfelt tribute to her “closest confidant” Mike Rinder, following his death over the weekend. “On Sunday, we lost a giant, and I lost a man who was more than a friend – he was family,” she wrote about her friend and co-worker, who had joined her on a