Month: July 2020

I spent last week burning through The Great, Hulu’s new-ish series that has Elle Fanning playing a very fictionalized version of a young Catherine the Great. The first season is about Catherine (not yet the Great) preparing to overthrow her husband, the emperor, and take power, which is a pretty amazing conflict to center on. The show is very reminiscent of The Favourite (it shares both a writer and a very identifiable shooting location), infusing this period drama with modern absurdity and some very over-the-top characters. Nicholas Hoult plays the amazingly pompous and bro-y emperor in a way that almost makes him feel like a tech CEO at times — at one point, he’s even wearing what looks a lot like a hoodie. I don’t know if the show can thrive once Catherine is no longer the unde...

When an eagle-eyed viewer noticed something on the broadcast journalist Victoria Price’s neck during a televised segment last month, the woman sent her a short, cryptic email. “Just saw your news report,” the viewer wrote to Ms. Price, an investigative reporter for WFLA-TV in Tampa, Fla. “What concerned me is the lump on your neck. Please have your thyroid checked.” “Reminds me of my neck,” the viewer added. “Mine turned out to be cancer.” Ms. Price heeded the advice: A week later, she saw her doctor. That visit was followed by a first round of blood work and an ultrasound that she said came back as “suspicious.” Then came a referral for a thyroid specialist. On Tuesday, she learned that she had thyroid cancer and that it was spreading to her lymph nodes. Ms. Price, 28, shared the news t...

A new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle claims the couple's relationship with Prince William and Kate Middleton got so bad that they barely spoke. "Finding Freedom," an unofficial biography of Harry and Markle, charts the Sussexes' alleged issues with the royal family and the increasing tension which ultimately led to their resignation. The book has been serialized in the Times and claims that the Sussexes repeatedly tried to resolve their frustrations within the monarchy, but ultimately felt they had no choice but to exit. "I gave up my entire life for this family. I was willing to do whatever it takes. But here we are. It's very sad," Markle reportedly told a friend in March. A spokesperson for Harry and Markle said they were not interviewed for the boo...

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Blake Shelton is opening up about becoming part of Gwen Stefani's family. In a Friday interview with "Today," the longtime coach on NBC's "The Voice" spoke about his relationship with Stefani and her children. Stefani shares three sons — 14-year-old Kingston, 11-year-old Zuma and 6-year-old Apollo — with her ex-husband Gavin Rossdale. During the interview, "Today" host Hoda Kotb asked Shelton about Stefani's Instagram post from Father's Day, in which she thanked Shelton for "helping me raise these boys!!"  "That’s a scary moment for me, because it’s one thing for me to be with the kids all the time and be their buddy," Shelton said. "But then you do have to consider after awhile, that they're starting to listen to things that you say, and there’s a lot of responsibility that comes wit...

The members of the Kardashian-Jenner clan always seem to be involved in one scandal or another. While the Kardashian-Jenners have made some questionable decisions along their path to the top, it seems like they are ridiculed in some capacity for nearly every decision they make. While the family has built an empire by marketing themselves, the Kardashian-Jenner sisters are always getting slammed for using their social media only to promote things they want to sell. Read on to learn why fans feel like they are being used and are upset about Khloé Kardashian‘s latest sales promotion.  Khloé Kardashian | Getty ImagesBuilding the Kardashian-Jenner empire The Kardashian-Jenner sisters are expert saleswomen. The family matriarch, Kris Jenner, has created an empire for...