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Online searches for gambling addiction surge as legalized sports betting expands, study finds

Feb. 18, 2025

Internet searches seeking help for gambling addiction have "increased substantially" as the number of states with legalized sports betting has expanded in recent years, prompting a need for more public health awareness, according to a study released Monday. The findings "suggest that sportsbooks pose a substantial health concern," researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and Bryn Mawr College wrote in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Jennifer Lopez, Troye Sivan to headline 2025 WorldPride Music Festival See the lineup

Feb. 18, 2025

Jennifer Lopez and Troye Sivan are headlining the WorldPride Music Festival in Washington, D.C., this summer. The two-day festival dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community will also feature a slate of iconic TV personalities from socialite Paris Hilton to the Queen of Drag RuPaul. Other performers confirmed for this year's lineup include artists Grimes, Tinashe, Kim Petras, Zedd, Raye, Rita Ora, Marina, Sofi Tukker, Galantis and Purple Disco Machine.

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Paul Simon returns to touring after 7 year hiatus and 2018 retirement

Feb. 18, 2025

The "You Can Call Me Al" hitmaker took to social media Tuesday to announce his Quiet Celebration Tour, slated to be held in mid-sized venues across America in 2025. The surprise news for fans comes as Simon is fresh off a duet with pop star Sabrina Carpenter on the "SNL50" anniversary special Sunday. Simon, who retired from touring in 2018, released his most recent album, the acoustic "Seven Psalms," in 2023.

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Fans react to the financial strain of loving Beyoncé 'I’m gonna have to Cé No'

Feb. 18, 2025

Beyoncé is not letting up when it comes to all of her ventures, and fans are letting the superstar know loving her comes with a huge price tag. The 35-time Grammy winner took to her Instagram to promote her newest Cé Lumière fragrance over the weekend and just days after tickets went on sale for her upcoming Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin' Circuit Tour. She captioned the first post "Love is the only gold" as she directed fans to her official Beyoncé parfums account.

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When do new episodes of 'Invincible' come out? Here's the Season 3 full episode schedule

Feb. 18, 2025

After returning to screens this month, the third season of Prime Video’s “Invincible” is underway, and the rest of its episode schedule has been confirmed. Based on the comic book by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley, "Invincible" is the story of "18-year-old Mark Grayson, who’s just like every other guy his age − except his father is (or was) the most powerful superhero on the planet," according to a description from Prime Video.

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Candice Bergen's husband Marshall Rose dies at 88 after Parkinson's battle

Feb. 18, 2025

Marshall Rose, Candice Bergen's husband of more than 20 years, has died after a battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 88. The news was confirmed in a New York Times obituary, which said Rose died "peacefully at home" on Saturday from Parkinson's complications after "many years of extraordinary strength and resilience." A representative for Bergen confirmed Rose's death in an email to USA TODAY on Tuesday.

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Donnie Wahlberg's Danny Reagan is heading to 'Boston Blue' in CBS 'Blue Bloods' spinoff

Feb. 18, 2025

Donnie Wahlberg is expanding the "Blue Bloods" universe, but he's moving TV detective jobs from New York City to his Boston hometown. Wahlberg, who played New York Police Department detective Danny Reagan on "Blue Bloods" for 14 seasons, will star in the new drama series "Boston Blue," CBS announced. Wahlberg, 55, will reprise his role while taking a position with the Boston Police Department, where he will be paired with Det. Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family, according to CBS. No casting information on Peters was disclosed by CBS, which said the first "Blue Bloods" spinoff series will arrive this fall.

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Jim Acosta, axed CNN anchor, reignites Trump feud over administration's treatment of the press

Feb. 18, 2025

The ex-"CNN Newsroom" anchor took to his new "The Jim Acosta Show" Substack on Sunday to call out the Trump administration's decision to ban The Associated Press from briefings for not following their language guidelines — and he encouraged a press boycott of Trump coverage. "News outlets then must rally to the cause ... writing op-Ed's backing the AP and, if necessary, refusing to cover presidential movements in solidarity, until Trump backs down," Acosta wrote in his newsletter.

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Why these 3 Oscar winners turned down their Academy Awards

Feb. 18, 2025

Winning an Oscar is considered the biggest honor an actor, writer, producer or director can receive. Why would anyone turn that down? And yet three people in the history of the awards have done just that. The reasons vary: Some wanted to draw attention to a cause, others felt strongly the annual glamour fest was an embarrassment to the profession.

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Where was Melania Trump before the White House? See her life in photos.

Feb. 18, 2025

This picture provided by courtesy of Nena Bedek and taken in 1977 in Radenci, northeastern Slovenia, shows Slovenian-American former model and Donald Trump's wife Melania Trump (born Melanija Knavs)(2nd R) as a child, together with Nena Bedek (R), attending a fashion review of Jutranjka, the textile company where her mother used to work. Because of Melania Trump's husband success so far in the Republican race for the White House candidacy, foreign journalists and tourists have bec