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Dolly Parton sidelined by health issues, misses Dollywood ride debut

Country music icon Dolly Parton missed the dedication of her theme park's newest, most expensive attraction Friday after her doctor advised her to stay home in Nashville because of ongoing "health issues."

August 15, 2026

Jeff Daniels says Reagan-Gorbachev drama echoes today’s fears

Actor JARED HARRIS on new movie with Jeff Daniels about Reagan-Gorbachev talks: "The desire for something like this is to remind people what statesmen look like."

August 15, 2026

Marvel unveils ‘X-Men’ reboot cast, sets 2028 release

Marvel Studios has finally put faces to its long-rumored X-Men reboot, and the movie is due in May 2028.

August 15, 2026

Sign-stealing dispute flares again at Little League World Series

A sign-stealing controversy has erupted for the second consecutive year in the run-up to the Little League World Series.

August 15, 2026

Maher says some immigrants now reject assimilation, demand cultural exceptions

BILL MAHER on immigrants: "If you want the American Dream, you have to take the American values."

August 15, 2026

Geno Auriemma calls WNBA transgender athlete debate ‘manufactured’

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma says the trans controversy with the WNBA has been overblown by people seeking personal gain: "Why are we making a big issue over an issue that doesn't exist?"

August 14, 2026

Frankie Valli denies he has retired, disputes brother’s statement

Frankie Valli is disputing a wave of news reports that he has retired, calling the claim false after outlets took at face value a statement from his younger brother suggesting the 92-year-old singer's decades-long career had ended.

August 14, 2026

Will Smith’s ‘King Richard’ co-star defends his Oscars slap of Chris Rock

Actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, who co-starred with Will Smith in "King Richard," defended Smith's decision to slap comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, arguing the First Amendment shouldn't "protect a--holes." "I know that he wanted to protect his wife, and I stand by that," she said. "I stand with him for that."

August 14, 2026

Actor Mark Ruffalo says RFK Jr. ‘has killed the lettuce market’ amid outbreak

Actor MARK RUFFALO says RFK Jr. "has killed the lettuce market by not getting to the bottom of these outbreaks and playing politics with everything. We can't trust the CDC or him."

August 14, 2026

State Department cuts DEI reading list that praised looting, reparations

The State Department has ended its DEI training program for foreign service officers, the Trump administration announced Thursday. The scrapped curriculum included lessons on invented pronouns and a reading list defending looting and reparations.

August 14, 2026

Kelly Osbourne slams Dee Snider over Ozzy songwriting claims

Kelly Osbourne is defending her late father's legacy after Dee Snider suggested Ozzy Osbourne relied heavily on bandmates and bassists to write his most celebrated lyrics.

August 14, 2026

Candace Owens concedes no direct proof Israel killed Charlie Kirk in debate with Andrew Wilson

Candace Owens acknowledged she has no direct evidence that Israel was behind the assassination of Charlie Kirk during a nationally streamed debate with online debater Andrew Wilson, even as she laid out a theory she says points to an "Israeli angle" in the case.

August 14, 2026

CNN analysis says Patriot Games ‘overwhelmingly White’

CNN host criticizes Trump's Patriot Games: "The president promised the best of the best student-athletes. I'm not sure that's what we got ... Of the ones who were featured in the Freedom 250 Instagram page, many attend private Christian schools. They also appear to be overwhelmingly White, and the application for the games didn't specify race."

August 14, 2026

Rudy Giuliani says Judge Boasberg could face impeachment over Chinese biotech company ruling

Rudy Giuliani says U.S. District Judge James Boasberg should be investigated and could face impeachment over a ruling that blocked the Pentagon from labeling a Chinese biotech company a "Chinese military company."

August 14, 2026

Rising golf star, 18, dies after brain hemorrhage in Thailand

Jessica Bang, an 18-year-old professional golfer, died Thursday at a hospital in Bangkok after suffering a brain hemorrhage nearly two weeks earlier while preparing for a tournament in Thailand.

August 14, 2026

Comedian Shane Gillis says he dodged a photo op with Trump

Comedian Shane Gillis said he deliberately avoided being photographed with President Trump during a UFC card held at the White House this summer, telling Joe Rogan he stood outside in the rain rather than join other entertainers in a VIP viewing area.

August 14, 2026

5 questions about the Qusra settler siege in the northern West Bank

For five nights, Israeli settlers surrounded Palestinian homes in Qusra and cut off their water and power, a siege so severe that the U.S. ambassador called it terrorism.

August 14, 2026

Stephen A. Smith heaps praise on Rubio, Vance and DeSantis

STEPHEN A. SMITH: "I think Rubio is the real deal."

August 13, 2026

Spanish town’s Socialist council moves patron saint holiday, drawing backlash

A small town in Andalusia has become the center of a national dispute after its Socialist-led council voted to move a centuries-old local holiday off the date tied to its patron saint's festivities, drawing accusations from the opposition that the change is designed to strip the celebration of its religious character.

August 13, 2026