Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo posed at a photocall during the Australian premiere of “Wicked” in Sydney, Australia on Nov. 5.
Cynthia’s fans are shocked by her anorexic appearance! Photos from the promo event show Cynthia’s protruding neck bones and sunken cheeks.
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Cynthia, 37, recently revealed to the New York Times that she and co-star Ariana, 31, contracted COVID and they had to pause filming.
“There was one time when I got Covid, there was another time when she got Covid,” Cynthia said in an interview published Wednesday, Nov. 6.
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The actresses – who play Elphaba and Glinda in the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical – caught the COVID virus before filming their biggest musical numbers.
“We only got sick once each, but both were before some of the most important works of the whole movie,” said Ariana.
Cynthia said she caught COVID before filming her big number “Defying Gravity.” She believes catching COVID was a cosmic sign: “It was literally like, ‘Sit down, Cynthia, not yet.'”
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We’d worked ourselves to the bone
Cynthia speculated that they caught COVID because they were exhausted and worked themselves to the bone.
“At first, it felt like an interruption, and then as it went on, it felt like the rest we needed,” she recalled. “We’d worked ourselves to the bone. I was really grateful because the next thing that we had to do [until the strike happened] was ‘Defying Gravity,’ and it felt like the universe going, ‘You need your full strength to do this.'”
Wicked will be split into two films, with the first part premiering in November 2024 and part 2 scheduled for early 2025.
George Gascon lost the Los Angeles District Attorney race to former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Nathan Hochman on Tuesday.
Erik and Lyle were convicted of shooting their parents, Hollywood music executive José Menendez and homemaker Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, at their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989.
José was shot six times while he and Kitty watched TV on a sofa in their den on August 20, 1989. Kitty was shot ten times as she was on the floor crawling away.
Last month, Gascon recommended resentencing the Menendez brothers. They could walk out of prison this month.
“We are going to recommend to the court that the life without the possibility of parole be removed and they would be sentenced for murder,” Gascon told reporters on October 24. “I believe that they have paid their debt to society.”
As the newly-elected District Attorney, Hochman could withdraw Gascon’s recommendation for resentencing.
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Erik, then 18, and Lyle, then 21, shot their parents with 2 Mossberg 12-gauge shotguns. They purchased the shotguns because they didn’t want to wait for the 2-week cooling off period mandated by California law.
Following the murders, Erik and Lyle left the house to dispose of their bloody clothes and bury the shotguns.
They went to a movie theater to buy tickets for a Batman movie to use as an alibi. But they abandoned their plan when they noticed the timestamps on the movie tickets was after the time of the murders.
They then headed to the “Taste of L.A.” festival at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, according to police.
When Erik and Lyle returned home hours later, they were surprised to see a lack of police presence around the mansion. Their neighbors had not reported the sounds of screams and gunshots to police.
In an emotional call to 911, Lyle told the operator, “someone killed my parents!” Lyle said he and his brother returned home and discovered their parents’ bodies in the den.
Detectives grew suspicious when a computer specialist contacted them and said Lyle and Erik hired him to delete their father’s updated will from José’s computer hard drive.
With the money from the fraudulent will and their parents’ life insurance policies, Lyle and Erik went on a lavish $700,000 spending spree.
The brothers threw wild parties in the murder house, traveled extensively, and gifted clothes and jewelry to their girlfriends.
But their lavish lifestyle came to an end when a remorseful Erik tearfully confessed to the murders during a recorded session with his psychologist.
Erik was especially distraught when he described his mother’s murder.
Erik said that after shooting their parents multiple times, they ran out to the car where Erik handed Lyle ammunition to reload his shotgun. They went back into the house and Lyle coldly approached their mother who was on the floor screaming and crawling away. Lyle then fired the kill shot to Kitty’s face, lacerating her brain.
The psychologist later told police about Erik’s confession, which led to Lyle and Erik’s arrests.
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Erik, now 53, and Lyle, now 56, have remained behind bars since their arrests in 1990.
After their first trial ended in a mistrial in 1994, they were found guilty of first-degree murder in 1996 and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
But a Netflix movie, titled “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” cast doubts on their guilt and Gascon announced he would consider resentencing them.
Kamala Harris could still be America’s first female president — if President Joe Biden resigns.
Journalists are calling for President Biden to step down so Harris can have her presidential moment.
President-elect Donald Trump crushed Harris’ dreams of becoming America’s first female and woman of color president.
Trump won by a landslide over the vice president in a historic political comeback on Tuesday.
Despite her shocking loss last night, journalists are calling for Biden to resign so Harris can ascend to the presidency now.
“President Joe Biden should pardon his son, Hunter, and then resign in order to elevate Kamala Harris to the presidency,” said NewsNation contributor Kurt Bardella.
“Make one more mark in the history books while you can. I’m not saying that’s going to happen, but if I were Joe Biden, that’s exactly what I would do,” Bardella said.
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Biden, 81, was forced out of the race after he appeared dazed and confused during his first presidential debate with Trump in June.
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President-elect Trump probably would not object to Harris being president for 2 months.
He told reporters in October that, if he won the election, he would pardon Biden’s son, Hunter.
“See, unlike Joe Biden, despite what they’ve done to me, where they’ve gone after me so viciously, despite what — and Hunter’s a bad boy. There’s no question about it. He’s been a bad boy,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.
The U.S. will have two Black women serving as senators for the first time in history. Voters elected Lisa Blunt Rochester (left) from Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks (right) of Maryland to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
Blunt Rochester, 62, will be sworn in as the first Black Delawarean in the U.S. Senate. She said she was “not running to make history” — but she wanted to make an impact.
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Joe Biden called Blunt Rochester to congratulate her on the historic win in his home state on Tuesday night.
“I stand here before you tonight extremely humbled and with a heart filled with gratitude to God and to the people of Delaware who put their trust in me,” she told the cheering crowd at an election party.
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Blunt Rochester beat out Republican candidate Eric Hansen for the U.S. Senate.
Three other women of color have served in the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley Braun, Kamala Harris and Laphonza Butler.
“We are a country that is strengthened over time by the soul and sacrifice of those who serve and by all of those who came before us,” Blunt Rochester said.
“As I prepare to step foot on that trail blazed by three strong Black women senators who came before us –– I have a message to the young people who are standing up, speaking up and giving your all for your country and the world: I see you, I’m grateful to you and you’ve got next.”
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Alsobrooks, 53, a former County Executive and prosecutor who beat out the state’s former Republican governor, is the first Black senator from Maryland.
Blunt Rochester and Alsobrooks have said they became friends as they campaigned in their respective states. They call themselves “sister senator-to-be” in their private text chain, Blunt Rochester told the Associated Press.
Music industry insiders say President-elect Donald Trump will pardon his good friend Sean Combs if the music mogul is convicted next year.
Combs was arrested in September on charges of sëx trafficking and conspiracy. He is in a federal detention center in Brooklyn awaiting trial set for May 5, 2025.
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But Combs may get out of jail before his trial, according to sources. Trump may “put in a good word” to a New York judge to release Combs on bond.
According to Washington insiders, Trump plans to clean house at the Department of Justice and Homeland Security after he takes office in January. Trump has said he will fire special counsel Jack Smith who is prosecuting his Florida documents case.
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Trump also plans to pardon his supporters who were convicted for their involvement in the January 6, 2021, uprising at the U.S. Capitol.
There are reports that Sean Combs was arrested and thrown in jail as a warning to his celebrity pals to support Kamala Harris.
His arrest was timed perfectly ahead of the presidential election.
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Celebrities who rarely speak out on political issues rushed to endorse Harris in the weeks before the election.
Those same celebrities allegedly show up in videos seized from Combs’ homes in Florida and California in March.
Now they’re looking at prison time if they are drawn into Combs’ criminal case.
Every time I see a celebrity who is fired up for Kamala, I can’t help but wonder if they’re doing it because they need whatever tapes they’re on, from Diddy and Epstein, to stay hidden.
Milk and cookies, LEGOS and coloring books will be provided to students at Georgetown University to help them deal with post-election stress.
President-elect Donald Trump made history on Tuesday as only the second president to win the election after losing a re-election race.
Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy announced it is hosting a post-election “Self-Care Suite” for students to de-stress after the election. The school said the Self-Care Suite will include playtime with Legos, milk and cookies, and coloring books to help students cope with “stressful times” after the election.
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An email obtained by the Free Press from the school’s Director of Student Engagement Jaclyn Clevenger reportedly informed students the Self-Care suite would be available from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Students will be provided with Legos blocks, coloring books and “milk and cookies” while visiting the suite.
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“In recognition of these stressful times all McCourt community members are welcome to gather… in the 3rd floor Commons to take a much needed break, joining us for mindfulness activities and snacks throughout the day,” the email reads.
McCourt School of Public Policy in New York offers graduate degrees in data science, policy management and international policy, among others. The estimated cost of a graduate degree from the school is $92,661 per year.
The prestigious liberal school is known for producing alumni who have gone on to hold jobs working in the Obama campaign and the U.S. House of Representatives, among others.
Beloved Los Angeles news anchor Chauncy Glover died suddenly and unexpectedly on Tuesday. He was 39. His cause of death was not made public.
The Emmy-winning journalist’s family confirmed his death in a statement to KCAL News on Tuesday.
“We, Sherry and Robert Glover, along with Chauncy’s beloved family, are devastated by the unimaginable loss of our beloved Chauncy,” they said in their statement. They remembered Glover as “more than a son and brother — he was a beacon of light in our lives and a true hero to his community.”
Glover’s KCAL colleagues announced his death in an emotional newscast on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Glover worked at KCAL News for a year after working in Houston for eight years.
News anchor and journalist Chauncy Glover has died unexpectedly at the age of 39.
For the past year, he has co-anchored the 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts with Pat Harvey and shared the desk with Suzie Suh at KCAL News in Los Angeles at 8 and 10 p.m. ???? pic.twitter.com/sYJSW5sDEq
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Glover shared the news desk with Pat Harvey for the 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts and Suzie Suh at 8 and 10 p.m. They celebrated his 1-year anniversary at KCAL last month.
In one of his final social media posts, Glover posted a montage video on Instagram, highlighting some of his most memorable moments with KCAL. He captioned the post, “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going! My first year in #LA on #kcalnews #cbsla in the books! God is good!”
I’m shocked to learn my friend and neighbor Chauncy Glover has passed away.https://t.co/TIZI9eFlqr
Glover, an Alabama native, was the first Black male main anchor for Houston’s KTRK.
His fans paid tribute to Glover in posts on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday.
My heart is breaking! I remember when @ChauncyOnTV was here in Detroit @Local4News My heart goes out to his family, friends, coworkers and all who knew and loved him. Prayers abounding during this difficult, difficult time.
President-elect Donald Trump crushed the Democrats to take back the White House in a historic political comeback on Tuesday.
Trump is the first convicted felon to be elected president in U.S. history. He faced dozens of criminal charges and survived two assassination attempts.
He is only the second U.S. president to regain the office after losing a re-election.
Record voter turnouts in Georgia, Florida and other red and blue states propelled Trump over the finish line.
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Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump to concede in the early morning hours on Wednesday. She is expected to make her concession speech today at her alma mater Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Harris, 60, cancelled her speech at the HBCU just before midnight when it became apparent that Trump was going to win.
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Thousands of Harris supporters waited for hours to hear her historic victory speech at Howard University. But they were told to go home when Harris cancelled her appearance before midnight.
Even before her shocking defeat on Tuesday, Democrats wondered if they made a mistake pushing Joe Biden out of the race and installing Harris.
The turning point for Harris’s campaign came when she made an appearance on ABC’s “The View.”
“What, if anything, would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years?” co-host Sunny Hostin asked Harris.
Harris responded, “There is not a thing that comes to mind.”
Kamala Harris is presenting herself as the candidate of change, but here she tells The View that she would have done nothing differently in the past four years. She cannot defend her track record. pic.twitter.com/VkcQyvnsae
There were other Harris mishaps — such as picking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate instead of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
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Rapper Cardi B, who endorsed Harris for president, lashed out at her fans for letting Harris down. “I hate y’all bad,” she said during a livestream after the race was called.
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CNN noted that Trump was re-elected to the White House as a “convicted felon.” Trump was the first former president to be criminally charged.
“It’s an extraordinarily unique position for him to be in: Never before has a criminal defendant been elected to the nation’s highest office,” CNN wrote.
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In May, Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a hush money scheme in New York.
A New York judge is set to sentence the former president to prison later this month after delaying his sentencing to avoid the appearance of election interference.
Trump still faces charges of hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago compound in Florida.
Trump, 78, is expected to pardon himself – and he plans to fire special counsel Jack Smith who is prosecuting his Florida case.
Fulton County DA Fani Willis, who was re-elected to a second term on Tuesday, still hopes to put Trump in prison for attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
“It clearly paid off to aggressively push to delay these cases as long as possible,” said Jessica Levinson, a constitutional law professor at Loyola Law School.
Donald Trump went from convicted felon to McDonald’s worker to President of the United States.
Never give up.
— Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. (@ParikPatelCFA) November 6, 2024
Seeing this election be so close is actually so disappointing. Trump is a literal convicted felon with sexual assault charges who’s been impeached twice and tried to overthrow democracy by inciting an insurrection yet there’s STILL people voting for him?? ?
MSNBC's Joy Reid Says 'White Women Voters Did Not' Come Through for Kamala Harris: This Was Their 'Second Opportunity' to Change How 'They Interact With the Patriarchy' https://t.co/Fl32xMJjxk
Rap legend Buckshot Shorty is speaking out after he was brutally beaten in a video that went viral over the weekend.
Buckshot, a prominent member of Black Moon and the Boot Camp Clik, was reportedly pistol-whipped on his block in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn on Halloween (Oct. 31).
A man named Danny Shaw wrote on Facebook: “This vicious attack stemmed from a property he bought in which he is the rightful owner & the unauthorized occupants refused to vacate. Buckshot said the attackers used there weapons/pistols to beat him.”
Buckshot was transported to the hospital, where he was treated and released.
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In a statement to AllHipHop on Tuesday (Nov. 5), Buckshot thanked everyone for their support and explained what led up to the vicious attack.
“To all my friends, fans, and supporters — thank you for reaching out during this difficult time,” he said.
“Recently, I was the victim of a violent assault involving multiple individuals armed with weapons, including handguns,” he continued. “This attack stems from ongoing disputes over my property, where I am the rightful owner but have faced issues with unauthorized occupants who escalated the situation to violence.”
“As someone who’s been an entertainer and part of this community for over 30 years, I am deeply disturbed that such an incident could happen in New York — a city I love and call home,” he added. “Violence like this has no place here, and I’m calling on everyone to come together to make New York safer and better for all of us.”
“I am currently recovering from my injuries and am working closely with my legal team and law enforcement to ensure this matter is handled properly,” Buckshot said. “We are committed to seeing justice served, and I ask for your patience and support as the legal process unfolds. Again, thank you for all the well wishes. Let’s put an end to violence and help rebuild a stronger, safer New York.”
Buckshots fans are threatening to ride to the neighborhood to seek justice.
A man I’m from Detroit. I’ll send a whole squad down there to get at them. HMU
Atlanta Falcons Superfan Carolyn “Bird Lady” Freeman was arrested at Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Atlanta police said Freeman had an active warrant for her arrest for swindling a tailgate group out of $14,000.
Freeman was charged with one felony count of theft by deception.
According to Atlanta News First, a group of Kansas City fans paid Freeman to organize a tailgate party during the Chiefs-Falcons game on Sept. 22. But Freeman failed to show up and did not return the money.
She was arrested after Atlanta News First Investigates interviewed her and asked about allegations that she used tailgate party money to pay for car repairs and buy season tickets.
“I don’t need that money,” Freeman said. “I’ve never had a problem with money. I have money; my family has money.”
When asked about the Chiefs tailgate party, Freeman said she never received $14,000 for a tailgate party, and she did not owe anyone the money.
She needs to be banned from Falcons games. She been pulling these scams going back to the Super Bowl scam. She pulled.
Freeman was often seen at Falcons home games decked out in one of her custom “Birdlady” outfits.
She was named a 2016 Bud Light NFL Super Fan, and was featured on an Equifax billboard inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium this season.
Freeman, a former police officer, said a car wreck left her bedridden for 12 years. She watched Falcons games on TV from her bed — until one day in 2008 she decided to rise up and become the ultimate team “mascot.”
Tailgate groups asked the Falcons to ban Freeman from attending any tailgate events or games.
The Georgia Attorney General’s office and Atlanta Police are investigating Freeman.
