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Rapper Nicki Minaj and actor Dean Cain will join a “Shark Tank”-style White House event later this month as five American entrepreneurs compete for a share of a $1 million prize pool. via: People The Trump administration is producing a reality show competition featuring rapper Nicki Minaj as one of its judges and former Superman actor Dean Cain as its host, Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler announced this week. The Million Dollar Pitch Competition will g

Madonna was clearly not in Donald Trump's suite at the World Cup final, despite online gossip to the contrary. via: Rolling Stone A social media post making the rounds after Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final claims that Madonna was spotted sitting in President Donald Trump’s luxury suite at MetLife Stadium. She wasn’t. The confusion appears to stem from a brief shot of Trump’s box during the match between Spain and Argentina. The camera caught several guests seated alongside Tru

Paramount’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is facing yet another legal challenge, as shareholders have sued David Ellison and his father, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, alleging they struck an undisclosed deal with President Donald Trump to help win approval for the blockbuster media merger. via: Variety Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison and his tech billionaire dad Larry Ellison have been sued by a Paramount shareholder who alleged they cu

Rosie O'Donnell has made a shocking prediction about Donald Trump's future. The comedian said she doesn't believe the president will live to see the 2028 election. via: OK Magazine Rosie O’Donnell made a shocking prediction about President Donald Trump's death in a new interview. Speaking on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper on Friday, July 10, the comedian said that she believes that the president will not live through 2028. The topic came up when host Jake Tapper asked about

As president, Donald Trump has made more money than he was making as a private citizen. His personal income in 2025 nearly quadrupled the earnings from his business ventures in 2024, with most of his $2.2bn gain from cryptocurrency – a nascent space that depends almost entirely on how it is regulated by the government. via: Rolling Stone Making money is hard. Just ask Donald Trump. Back in 2022, House Democrats released years of the then-former and now-current president’s tax

Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure has revealed that he received a $10.7 million licensing payment tied to Amazon MGM Studios’ Melania documentary, offering the clearest look yet at how much the president earned from the critically reviled project. via: Variety Amazon MGM Studios reportedly paid a total of $40 million to acquire “Melania” and spent $35 million to market the movie. The documentary garnered about $16.6 million at the theatrical box office worldwide, and

Jimmy Kimmel announced comedian Rosie O’Donnell will be temporarily taking over his late-night show as he steps back for a two-month sabbatical. via: EW "I will be taking the next two months off — this time voluntarily," Kimmel said in Thursday's monologue on the show, a cheeky reference to ABC pulling the talk show from the air for six days in September. The late-night host went on to list several of the entertainers who will step in for hosting duties over the course of the

President Trump’s deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz (which wasn't closed before he decided to start an unnecessary war with Iran, BTW) in exchange for lifting sanctions on Iran is getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill who warn that giving Iran’s theocratic regime access to billions of dollars in economic relief would be a major “blunder.” via: Rolling Stone During the G7 conference on Wednesday, Donald Trump told reporters that while “nobody knows

Jon Stewart noticed an ironic, unintended dig against Donald Trump during his own televised White House event. The president hosted a series of MMA fights on the White House South Lawn on Sunday night. The event was branded as a celebration of America’s 250th year of independence, but was timed to coincide with Trump’s 80th birthday. Trump’s $60 million birthday party event was filled with advertisements for Monster Energy. Stewart, who noted that the entire event felt like s

Laverne Cox has questioned the framing of her iconic TIME magazine cover from 2014, which included the memorable cover line ‘The Transgender Tipping Point’, while discussing lost earnings in the Trump era. via: Variety Laverne Cox recently told The Guardian while promoting her new book, “Transcendent: A Memoir,” that 90% of her income has been lost over the last few years due to Donald Trump administration’s attacks on gender ideology and DEI. The “Orange Is the New Black” Em

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg offered a surprise defense of President Trump as she called out fellow co-host Sunny Hostin for insinuating that he was the cause of the Knicks losing to the Spurs last night. via: EW Whoopi Goldberg has long blamed Donald Trump for many misfortunes in America — but the New York Knicks' loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals isn't one of them. The View moderator and actress pushed back against speculation — including from

Donald Trump received a not-so-warm welcome at Madison Square Garden during Game 3 of the NBA Finals. As the President appeared in front of his hometown crowd, he was met with a sea of boos from thousands of basketball fans. via: Rolling Stone New York was having a little too much fun celebrating the Knicks’ first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 — so Donald Trump had to crash the party. The president threw Midtown Manhattan and Madison Square Garden into logistical chaos on

Olivia Rodrigo did not hold back when reflecting on a moment that reportedly left her furious with the Trump administration. The Grammy-winning singer recently revealed that she was shocked to discover one of her songs had been used in a White House social media post promoting ICE deportations. via: Variety Olivia Rodrigo told Dazed magazine in a new interview ahead of the release of her third studio album that she was “enraged” last fall when she was scrolling on her phone a

The House offered a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, passing a Democratic-led measure to end his war with Iran over objections from Republican leadership. via: Rolling Stone As the Iran war enters its fourth month, the Republican-led House voted on Wednesday to end the war with Iran, with four Republicans backing Democrats in the push against President Donald Trump. The 215-208 bipartisan vote to adopt the war powers resolution is largely a symbolic congres

ABC this week accused the Trump administration of violating its free speech rights with a regulatory action focused on the talk show “The View,” according to a filing submitted to the Federal Communications Commission. via: Variety Disney’s ABC is firing back at the FCC, accusing the agency of engaging in actions that “threaten to upend decades of settled law and practice and chill critical protected speech.” The issue involves an FCC investigation into whether talk-show “The

Caitlyn Jenner says she appealed directly to President Donald Trump after she was unable to change her passport’s gender marker, the Olympic athlete turned Fox News contributor said on a recent episode of the Tomi Lahren is Fearless podcast. via: Out As Out first reported Thursday, the Olympic gold medalist, who came out as transgender in 2015 , told Lahren that she had appealed to Trump for help after the gender marker on her passport was changed from female to male. “Recent

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon drew some attention after recently suggesting he might run for President at some point. via: Deadline With the 2028 presidential election inching closer every day, Don Lemon is the latest public figure to flirt with running for office. The CNN alum recently teased “it could happen” as he feels confident he “could definitely run this country better” than Donald Trump, although Lemon is unsure about running as a Democrat. “I’ve never said that I was

Donald Trump is once again firing back at Bruce Springsteen, who kicked off the American leg of his Land of Hope and Dreams tour with a series of searing speeches eviscerating the president and his administration. via: Rolling Stone Two days after Bruce Springsteen kicked off his Land of Hope and Dreams Tour, where he labeled the Trump administration “corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous,” Donald Trump, quite predictably, fired back with a scathing Truth Soc

Nick Cannon denounced the Democrats as 'the party of the KKK' and praised the Republicans for having 'freed the slaves' in an interview with Amber Rose. via: Variety Nick Cannon let his politics be known on a recent episode of his web talk show “Big Drive” (via TMZ ), during which he called the Democratic Party “the party of the KKK.” After his guest, model Amber Rose, said that Democrats “don’t care about people of color and the Republicans do,” Cannon replied, “I agree wit

Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show on Monday by launching into criticism of President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran. via: Rolling Stone Jon Stewart criticized the ongoing missile strikes against Iran coordinated by Israel and the U.S., which killed Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei over the weekend. The late-night host joked he needed to bring back a “20-year recurring segment” titled “Mess O’Potamia.” “America, apparently, had to start an entire war to kill an 86-year-old ma