On Tuesday night, the former Little Mix singer shared a string of photos on Instagram from over the course of the last 12 months, including a personal message from Sandie Shaw. “What an amazing piece of work,” Sandie wrote of the track, saying she was “absolutely thrilled to be included” in Jade’s musical “journey”. Sandie Shaw at Eurovision in 1966 Dezo Hoffman/ShutterstockAdvertisementReferring to Angel Of My Dreams’ lyrics, which allude to Jade’s complicated feelings about her decade in the music industry, Sandie continued: “A rage of love and hate about the music industry. “I have been fighting all my working life to make the music industry a better place and so happy that you have used your creativity to do this in such a glorious epic way. “So it felt natural to take that and show that it can be true and untrue at the same time.”

As a drag queen who reads and writes children’s books, this was certainly not the first time I have faced attacks, by politicians and otherwise. My second: It’s funny that Greene and other MAGA Republicans have yet to learn that it’s a bad idea to pick a fight with a drag queen. Largely missing from this political circus, however, was a strong defense of diverse public media. To be clear: I mean no shade to either of these public media leaders, as they were put in a very difficult position. So, it’s time to stand our ground: not only against homophobia, transphobia and censorship, but for diverse public media, libraries, schools and other institutions.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGThe march for voting rights from Selma, Alabama, to the capital of Montgomery in 1965 wasn’t meant to lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act. AdvertisementSixty years later, opponents of the Voting Rights Act have moved step by step, often painfully, backwards on that path. In the hands of conservative opponents of voting rights, the Supreme Court has subjected the Voting Rights Act to death by a thousand cuts. CHIP SOMODEVILLA via Getty ImagesEven raising the question of whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act violates the 14th and 15th Amendments has set off alarm bells in the voting rights community. AdvertisementJust look at what happened after the court disabled Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in its Shelby County decision.

Stephen King via Associated PressIf anyone is qualified to comment on what makes a good horror story, it’s Stephen King – and he reckons the world is living through one right now thanks to Donald Trump. “Trump is a horror story, isn’t he?”Donald Trump via Associated PressThroughout Trump’s political career, the horror writer has been one of his most vocal and prolific critics. AdvertisementJust last month, King had some choice words for the US leader in a post on X, writing: “Deep down in his heart, I believe Trump knows he’s an incompetent asshole.”Deep down in his heart, I believe Trump knows he’s an incompetent asshole. — Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 20, 2025AdvertisementKing has also repeatedly taken aim at the president using the acronym TACO, which stands for “Trump always chickens out”. — Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 29, 2025Advertisement

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Days later, his mother and sister made a decision that likely pleased the Trump administration: They followed Colindres out of the United States. Now, Baquedano Amador was wearing an ankle monitor, and the Trump administration had given her 30 days to leave the United States. The Trump administration has claimed that those who “self-deport” now will get the chance to reenter the U.S. later. Officials have also used the brutal conditions in immigration detention as self-deportation propaganda. We also don’t know what the Trump administration considers a “self-deportation,” or if they are counting these figures in their overall deportation numbers.

Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementThey used an image of Noem in “Got a Nut,” which shows the MAGA loyalist’s face melting, and made it the profile photo for the show’s social media accounts. "South Park" is using this image of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s melting face as its profile photo on X, formerly Twitter. Screenshot “South Park” via X/Twitter“Got a Nut,” which was the second episode of Season 27, was extremely critical of Noem. “South Park” used the same image of Noem on its Facebook account. Screenshot “South Park” via Facebook“It never ends.

I had been cast in several roles in stage productions, television shows, and movies, and had been a SAG-AFTRA union actor for a decade. The interview questions about what I did before being cast in “Primo” were really getting at what I did to earn being plucked out of obscurity. The author at the "Primo" Park After Dark launch event on the Santa Monica Pier in May 2023. Yesterday, a lady at the grocery store approached me and asked when the second season of “Primo” would premiere. “But, for now, I’m still dancing.”The author in Mexico City in January 2025.

“The Crime Numbers get worse, and the City only gets dirtier and less attractive,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump, though, cited the 2023 crime rate as he held up charts comparing Washington’s crime rates to that of major cities around the world. Trump on Monday said that this plan could serve as a model for what he does in other cities around the country. AdvertisementU.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart as he speaks during a news conference to discuss crime in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 11, 2025. The Georgia case was also delayed indefinitely, and the presiding judge in the New York case did not even fine Trump based on his imminent return to the presidency.

Federal agents working for ICE detain immigrants and asylum-seekers reporting for immigration court proceedings in New York City on July 24, 2025. The demand comes in the wake of multiple reports of men impersonating Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to kidnap and assault women. “People cannot tell the difference between a real agent and a criminal, and that makes everyone less safe – especially immigrant women who are the most vulnerable.”There have been at least three instances of men impersonating ICE agents in order to hurt women. ICE agents are often seen conducting raids fully masked, without proper identification and wearing plain clothes — making it increasingly hard to identify who is carrying out arrests. AdvertisementVelázquez introduced the No Masks for ICE Act in June to prohibit ICE agents from covering their faces during immigration enforcement and require them to wear clothing that shows their name and affiliation with ICE.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared a “crime emergency” here on Monday, took temporary control of the D.C. police department and said he’d deploy the National Guard. AdvertisementIt’s not uncommon for a president to use emergency powers, including for dubious reasons — Biden used emergency powers supposedly justified by the coronavirus pandemic to try to forgive student debt, for instance — but William Banks, a law professor at Syracuse University, said Trump’s use of emergency powers across his first and second terms exceeds what other modern presidents have done. “It conjures comparisons to authoritarian leaders in other parts of the world and other times in our history.”Democrats and even some libertarian-leaning Republicans have criticized Trump’s use of emergency powers. Data from the Metropolitan Police Department shows violent crime declined 35% in 2024 and fell a further 26% so far this year. “There is no crime emergency in the District of Columbia,” Schwalb wrote in a social media post.

Most people with this condition can lead a normal life.” In Diane’s case, he was wrong ― dead wrong. My spouse, my wife of 52 years, my high school sweetheart was going to die, and there was nothing I or anyone else could do about it. I can tell you coping with Diane’s death is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Diane’s death has taught me that no matter how much we love someone, we all have our own lives to live. The best way for me to honor the life Diane and I had together is to live the rest of my life the best way I know how.

We had four grown daughters and nine grandkids, a house we loved, a business we’d built, and a life that, on the surface, looked good. We tell them about the world and how big and beautiful it is, and that they can be part of it, too. Not everyone has the flexibility, resources or support to travel the world full time, and I’m deeply grateful every day that we get to live this way. You can want more, even if your life looks full on paper. But if there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s this: It’s never too late to live a life that feels like your own.

Dame Emma Thompson in 2023 via Associated PressWith a career that stretches back more than 40 years, everyone has a Dame Emma Thompson role they most associate her with. And, of course, there are thousands around the globe to whom Dame Emma will always be best remembered for her performance as the eccentric and scatty divination professor Sybill Trelawney in the Harry Potter films. Emma Watson and Dame Emma Thompson on the set of the third Harry Potter film Warner BrosAdvertisementHowever, it seems that the woman herself doesn’t quite hold that franchise as dear to her heart as some of her fans. AdvertisementElsewhere in the conversation, Dame Emma also admitted she’s surprised at the enduring appeal of Love Actually. “What moves you is not her crying, it’s her covering it up, going downstairs and being cheerful.”Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Dame Emma Thompson in Love Actually Peter Mountain/Universal/Dna/Working Title/Kobal/ShutterstockAdvertisementShe added: “[It’s a] constant source of astonishment to me [that the film has become so iconic].