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Country music icon Dolly Parton died in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday at the age of 80. Her death was announced in a video by her nephew, Bryan Seaver.“I am representing the Parton and Owens family today, announcing the passing of my Aunt Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean. Sister, sis, Aunt Granny to one generation and Gigi to the next. This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” Seaver began. 5:23 Dolly Parton shares ‘health challenges’ after missing Dollywood event “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness o...

Tanuj Virwani is beaming with pride for being a hands-on dad. The actor, who was among the early Bollywood names to make the leap to OTT with Inside Edge (2017), has been juggling work and family life with ease. After wrapping up the shoot of the JioHotstar film Jumper in 2024, released in August, and Rana Naidu 2 (2025), Virwani moved away from the screen for longer than expected. In conversation with mid-day, the actor opens up about fatherhood, learning parkour, and his experience of working with Vijay Raaz in Jumper. Excerpts from the interview. Source link

Perez Hilton’s brother-in-law is sharing an update on the celebrity gossip blogger’s health, three weeks after a concerning TikTok livestream, in which he appeared to harm himself. A spokesperson for the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office previously told Global News that Hilton was hospitalized on Aug. 4 and was receiving “medical attention.”In an interview recorded on Sunday for the Perez Hilton Podcast co-hosted by Chris Booker, Hilton’s brother-in-law Tom said, “up until 48 hours or so ago from this recording, he was being treated for physical issues.” 6:49 Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton on his new memoir ‘TMI: My life In Scandal’ Tom, who is married t...

Belgium’s Prince Laurent has formally recognized his adult son, born before his marriage to Princess Claire, as a member of the country’s royal family. The prince publicly acknowledged last year that he was the father of Clément Vandenkerckhove, 26, a former car salesman, but officially established paternity before a civil registrar in February, according to a Wednesday article in the weekly Belgian publication Soir Mag.Vandenkerckhove was reportedly also present and signed the documents.Last September, Prince Laurent, in a statement published in the Brussels Times, shut down more than two decades of speculation concerning the paternity of Vandenkerckhove.“With this announcement, I acknowledge that I am the biological father of Clement Vandenkerckhove. We have spoken openly and honestly ab...

Parul Gulati has found herself at the centre of a fresh controversy following her eviction from The Traitors Season 2. The actress, who impressed viewers with her repeated ability to identify contestants she believed were traitors, is now facing allegations of cheating from fellow contestants Shahneel Gill and Krystle D’Souza. Both have questioned whether Parul received information from outside the game. Parul had earlier correctly identified Harman Singha and Krystle as traitors, leading several viewers to praise her instincts and gameplay. At one point, she was so confident about her suspicions that she even said she would quit her business if she turned out to be wrong. While some contestants and viewers admired her confidence, others found her repeated “gut feelings” difficult to under...

If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember ads and newspaper inserts from the Columbia House Record Club promising an unbelievable deal on records and tapes. We were told we could have seven/eight/11/12/13 albums from a long list of them for just a penny. One cent! That used to be the price of a single piece of Hubba-Bubba bubblegum! Fantastic! An instant record collection practically for free! All you had to do was agree to buy a certain number of albums over a specified time at regular club prices. The trick was you didn’t get to choose which albums those were. That meant you were often stuck buying a record you didn’t care about. And they were often big into negative option billing, meaning albums kept coming unless you cancelled.There were other downsides, too. Record club vinyl often...

Just when The Traitors Season 2 seemed to be getting more ruthless by the episode, the game has found itself at the centre of a fresh controversy. Shahneel Gill has alleged that confidential information from inside the game was leaked to a contestant through a member of the production support staff, calling it nothing short of “match-fixing”. The Traitors 2 controversy Without naming the contestant she was referring to, Shahneel Gill claimed in a video that every player on the show is assigned a “shadow” by the production team, a person who looks after their needs throughout the day. According to her allegation, one such staff member was allegedly paid to leak information from inside the game. Source link

U.S. cosmetics brand Neutrogena has addressed mounting backlash over allegations that it ended its long-term partnership with the late actor Hayden Panettiere after she spoke publicly about her mental health struggles. Panettiere worked with Neutrogena from 2005 to 2015 as a spokesperson and was a prominent face of the brand.In an Instagram post on Thursday, the company said she was a “valued member of the Neutrogena community” for more than a decade, and that it understands it “made her feel unsupported during a very difficult time.”Its comments drew responses from people expressing discontent with its apology, saying they would boycott the brand and its consortium of sister companies. Story continues below advertisement The brand’s statement came in response...

Bollywood actor Bobby Deol and the rest of the team of the popular web series, 'Aashram' commenced the shoot for the fourth season of the highly-awaited drama on Saturday. Sharing the professional update with the netizens, makers Prakash Jha Productions took to their official handle on Instagram and uploaded a picture of a clapperboard with 'Aashram 4' written on it, placed in the place of worship, accompanied by the caption, "Ek Aur aarambh …Aashram ke naye adhyay mein aapka swagat hai. Japnaam (Folded hands emoji) Aashram 4 now filming ! (Fire and Clapper Board” emoji) (sic)." As soon as the post was up, netizens expressed their excitement in the comment section. Source link

A Los Angeles judge has granted pop star Ariana Grande permission to subpoena information that will help to reveal the identities of anonymous hackers she alleges infiltrated the devices of people close to her and stole unreleased music. Judge Mark H. Epstein approved Grande’s proposed order for expedited discovery on Wednesday, after her legal team argued that it was necessary to identify those who hacked and stole the unreleased music, behind-the-scenes footage and music videos that were reportedly sold online.In her application for expedited discovery, Grande reportedly said she needed to accelerate her lawsuit because if she doesn’t identify the alleged hackers, “their hacking, theft, dissemination, sales, and publication of [her] content will continue,” Rolling Stone reports. ...