Warner Bros. is planning to remake the 1992 romantic thriller “The Bodyguard” that featured superstars Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour director Sam Wrench is set to direct the remake, which prompted rumors that Costner, 70, will reprise his role, and Taylor Swift will play his superstar client.
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The original film made $411 million at the box office.
The plot centered around Costner’s former Secret Service agent Frank Farmer, who takes a gig as a bodyguard to famous R&B star Rachel Marron, played by Whitney.
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Rachel is being stalked by a deranged fan who makes his move after she wins the Best Picture Academy Award.
The original movie was nominated for 2 Oscars for its songs. The soundtrack became the best-selling of all time. The hit songs by Whitney Houston included “I Will Always Love You,” “I’m Every Woman,” “Queen of the Night,” “Run to You” and “I Have Nothing.”
A Pennsylvania jury that convicted Sonya McKnight of attempting to murder her ex-boyfriend didn’t know she was a magistrate judge.
McKnight, 58, shot her ex-boyfriend, Michael McCoy, 54, in the head while he slept on February 10, 2024. McKnight lived with McCoy, but she refused to move out of his home after they broke up.
McKnight agreed to leave the home on February 9, 2024. According to a police report, McKnight waited until McCoy went to sleep, then she shot him in the head.
McCoy awoke with a severe headache and screaming that he couldn’t see. McKnight repeatedly asked him, “Mike, what did you do to yourself?”
McKnight called 911 and told the dispatcher her boyfriend couldn’t see. She did not explain that he’d been shot.
The shooting left McCoy permanently blind in one eye.
Last week, Judge McKnight was found guilty of one count of attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault.
She faces up to 60 years in prison when she’s sentenced.
The jurors that convicted McKnight were surprised to learn that she is a sitting magistrate judge in Dauphin County. The jurors weren’t given that information during the trial.
McKnight has held the position as magistrate judge since 2016. Despite being found guilty of attempted murder, she is still a judge.
The jurors also learned after the trial that McKnight had previously shot her ex-husband in the groin in 2019. No charges were filed in that case after investigators determined that she had acted in self-defense.
Update: Former college football player Quaydarius Davis was arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, April 12, on domestic violence-related charges. He faces charges of first-degree burglary and domestic abuse.
On Saturday, Davis, 22, was caught on a doorbell camera strangling his girlfriend, Ja’Yunna Monae, after she broke up with him.
The video, recorded at an apartment complex, shows the former Southern University wide receiver putting Monae in a choke hold until she lost consciousness.
After recovering from the shocking assault, Monae wrote in a post on X (Twitter):
“I’m ok, my downstairs neighbors gots cameras, my upstairs neighbors got cameras pointed directly towards my door. Everything is captured… I called the police, my neighbors called the police ..I will be pressing charges, and NO I AM NOT GOING BACK. I’m the one who initiated the break up cause so many red flags were occurring.”
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In a follow-up post, Monae wrote: “I also went to the hospital, my vessels in my neck is okay, it’s just a couple bruising and my neck is very very very sore!”
She added: “THANK GOD IM ALIVE!!! IM SO GRATEFUL!!”
In a previous incidence of domestic violence in 2021, Davis, then 18, was accused of hitting a woman he was living with on March 22, 2021.
Davis accepted a plea deal in exchange for paying a fine, and having no contact with the woman. He was also ordered to complete a court-ordered domestic assault prevention program.
Davis was a four-star recruit out of Skyline High School in Dallas, Texas in 2021. He committed to play for the University of Kansas, but he was dismissed from the team when another woman posted photos of her injuries on social media after an alleged assault by Davis. He was not charged in that case.
The University of Kansas issued a statement: “Any violence against women is not acceptable.”
Davis then played for Jackson State University in 2022, before transferring to Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA. He was dismissed from Southern University’s football team for an unspecified rule violation in October 2024.
Davis posted on Instagram earlier this week that he planned to enter the transfer portal with one year of eligibility left.
The transfer portal for college football opens on April 16-April 25.
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Correction: An earlier version of this post erroneously stated Davis played for Florida A&M.
A growing number of women older than 40 are becoming first-time moms, while a record low number of teenagers are giving birth.
A new report by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) showed that the average number of babies in the U.S. are being born to middle-aged women.
Overall, the fertility rate in America has declined 14% since 1990, mainly because younger women under the age of 30 are having fewer children.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), teen births (births to women under 20) dropped a whopping 73% since 1990.
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Meanwhile, births among women ages 40 and older have surged 193% during that same timeframe.
1. Your chances of getting pregnant decrease dramatically
By age 40, if you’re healthy, you have only a 5% chance of getting pregnant per menstrual cycle.
2. Your chances of having a miscarriage increase significantly
The risk of miscarriage increases with your age. A typical 40-year-old has about a 40% chance of losing the pregnancy. That compares to less than 15% for someone in their 20s.
3. You have a lot fewer eggs than the amount you were born with
You’re born with about 1 million eggs in your ovaries. As you age, your eggs decrease substantially. By the time you hit puberty, you only have about 300,000 eggs left. That number decreases to only 25,000 eggs by the time you are age 35 – the cutoff age that doctors recommend for geriatric pregnancy.
4. Pregnancy complications and birth defects increase
Women age 40 and older are at risk for more complications during pregnancy than younger women. Risks include gestational diabetes, miscarriage, babies born with down syndrome, and preeclampsia (high blood pressure that can cause organ damage and death).
In February, rapper Tyga announced the passing of his beloved mother, Pasionaye Nguyen, in a post on Instagram. Tyga said she died on January 18. He did not specify a cause of death.
According to Rhymeswithsnitch, earlier this week, Tyga met with celebrity psychic Tyler Henry to help him make contact with his mom.
In a post on his Instagram Stories, the 35-year-old rapper thanked Tyler for helping him connect with his mom. He captioned the post, “Thanks for visiting today. Great conversation and connecting [with] my mom.”
Tyga didn’t share what he and his mom discussed.
In his emotional Instagram tribute to his late mom on February 21, Tyga wrote:
“I been trying to understand and process why God takes the most meaningful and most beautifulest people away from us. But I know I’ll never get an answer that will fill the emptiness in my heart. Can’t imagine life without you by my side. You were the best and most supportive person in my life, you always made things better when I felt at my lowest and worst. I would trade anything just to be able to be with you again. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.”
Passionaye was born in Vietnam and Tyga’s father was born in Jamaica. His parents raised him in a middle-class home in the Valley.
Later, when Tyga pursued a rap career, he claimed he grew up in the hood.
Tyga signed a recording contract with Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment. Tyga is best known for his hit single “Rack City” off his second album, Careless World: Rise of the Last King (2012).
Usher Raymond nearly caught a potential case in the UK where he is performing in his “Past, Present, Future Tour”. Usher is known for serenading his female fans and feeding them cherries during his concerts. The intimate moments have gone viral and made Usher’s concerts the hottest ticket in town.
But one viral moment nearly resulted in criminal charges for the father-of-four. Usher serenaded a young lady and was about to feed her cherries during a stop at the O2 Arena in London.
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While singing his hit song, “There Goes My Baby”, Usher encountered the young fan in the crowd.
“How old did you say you were? Did you say 16?” the 46-year-old R&B crooner asked the girl before he turned and quickly walked away.
The fan yelled after him that she was actually 19, and he turned back around and returned to her.
“I see that you have tattoos. You know I had a tattoo at the age of 16. Wait, what you say? ‘I’ve got a Black mom.’ My mom is Black, too, you know?” Usher said with a fake British accent.
He then asked her one more time how old she was. “Are you really 19? Are you sure? Are you sure you’re sure?” Not satisfied with her answer, Usher let her friend feed her a cherry.
“Just to be safe, I’m not feeding you a cherry. I’m gonna let her feed you a cherry,” he said, before presenting a bowl of cherries to her friend.
Wendy Williams appeared in court on Thursday before Judge Lisa Sokoloff, who previously said she wanted to move Wendy to a different facility.
Sources tell TMZ that the judge told Wendy, her career is over and done with, and she has no hope of a comeback.
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The judge allegedly went off on Wendy’s niece, Alex Finnie, accusing her of leaking information to the news media and threatening her with sanctions if she does it again.
According to TMZ, the judge also attacked Wendy’s family, telling them they were no good.
Then Judge Sokoloff talked about Wendy’s career, saying she will never have a career again — “It’s done.”
TMZ’s sources say the judge’s comments hurt Wendy deeply, and it was unclear why she said it.
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Wendy recently retained high profile attorney Joe Tacopina to help with her guardianship battle. Tacopina previously represented President Donald Trump and rappers A$AP Rocky and Meek Mill in criminal cases.
It isn’t clear if Tacopina was in court with Wendy on Thursday.
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Wendy has a history of medical problems and mental health issues that worsened after she learned her then-husband, Kevin Hunter, was cheating on her with another woman.
In October 2017, she fainted on the set of The Wendy Williams Show.
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She struggled with alcohol and cocaine addiction over the decades. In March 2019, Williams revealed she had been living in a sober house for alcohol addiction treatment.
In January 2022 Wendy’s bank, Wells Fargo, froze her accounts after a family member made large, unauthorized withdrawals. The bank asked a judge to order guardianship over Wendy’s finances so she wouldn’t go broke.
Caitlin Clark doubled down on her comments about “White privilege” in a recently aired interview with David Letterman. In the interview, Clark said Black WNBA players built the league and she didn’t feel targeted by them.
The Indiana Fever superstar caused controversy when she made the initial comments in her interview with Time Magazine in December.
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“I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a White person, there is privilege,” Clark told Time. “A lot of those players in the league that have been really good have been Black players. This league has kind of been built on them.”
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She doubled down on her “White privilege” statements in her interview with former talk show host David Letterman that was filmed in December.
Netflix aired Clark’s interview with Letterman earlier this week.
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“I definitely have privilege,” she said on Letterman’s “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.”
“I’m obviously White but I think … I’m somebody that grew up a huge fan of this league. I grew up watching this league, going to games, supporting this league. So, I know where this league comes from,” she added.
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Clark continued: “A lot of Black women that grew up making this league what it is. That’s kind of the shoulders that we stand on. So, I think that was something I’m very aware of and something I’m very thankful for. And they definitely deserve all the credit and the more we can give credit to them, the better. I’m very aware of that and I know that and I think there is responsibility in acknowledging that.”
Clark’s fans say her popularity is due, in large part because she is an amazing basketball player. And in small part because she’s a heterosexual in a league full of lesbians. Her fans say the latter is the real reason Clark was targeted for abuse by the players and the liberal news media.
Ballet sneakers are the next big thing this spring. Louis Vuitton is getting in on the trend by unveiling its LV ‘Sneakerina’. The Sneakerina is described as a sportswear shoe that combines the streamlined design of a ballet flat with the stability of a sneaker.
Other brands like Nicole Saldana, Acne Studios, Zara, are releasing their own versions of the ballet sneakers.
Pop singer Dua Lipa recently posted photos of her ballerina sneakers on Instagram.
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And before you say men won’t wear ballet sneakers, Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny teamed up with adidas Originals to debut his Ballerina sneaker last month.
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Launching on Saturday, April 12, is the musician’s adidas Ballerina collab in simple off-white and black colorways. The sneakers silhouette draws inspiration from the adidas Taekwondo model introduced in the early 2000s.
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Bad Bunny x adidas Ballerina shoe will launch on Saturday via the adidas Confirmed app, adidas.com, and at select retailers for $120.
Once they sell out, the shoes will be available on eBay.com or other resellers at triple the price.
Federal agents arrested an Atlanta-area man who tried to cash a $32 million tax refund check at a bank in Ohio.
Christopher Dowtin of Jonesboro, Georgia, fraudulently filed tax returns for 2 businesses that he did not own.
According to the charging documents, Dowtin filed eight Change of Address forms to convert both businesses’ IRS accounts to his name and address.
He then received two tax refund checks for both businesses from the IRS, including one check for more than $32 million and another in the amount of $26,156.50.
Dowtin, 48, flew from Georgia to Ohio and opened an account at a bank in the Southern District of Ohio.
On Feb. 13, Dowtin took both checks to a Morgan Stanley office in Beavercreek, Ohio, and attempted to deposit the funds into a brokerage account in a trust in his name.
Dowtin allegedly told the Morgan Stanley financial advisor that the two companies owed him money for illegally using his “personhood.”
He said the payments were transferred to him from the IRS.
The Morgan Stanley financial advisor verified that the two checks were valid U.S. Treasury checks. The checks were deposited into the brokerage account.
On Feb. 19, an executive director at Morgan Stanley contacted the U.S. Secret Service and IRS Criminal Investigation to verify Dowtin’s story.
Law enforcement seized both checks and charged Dowtin with wire fraud and theft of public money.
Genevieve Billia, a spokeswoman for IRS Criminal Investigation, said she could not explain why the IRS sent business refund checks to Dowtin for companies he did not own, or how he was able to change the addresses.
“That question about how it was changed, and why it was done, unfortunately is a question for the (IRS’) civil side,” she said. “On the enforcement side, we had the same question. How did that happen?”
Dowtin appeared in federal court in Atlanta. He is charged with wire fraud and theft of public money, punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison.
