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Mauricio Umansky and his family are currently engulfed in a legal battle over his father’s rights. TMZ reports his sister Sharon has accused their father’s longtime girlfriend, Simin Tabibnia, of financial elder abuse.  In the suit, Sharon says their father Eduardo has been in cognitive decline since 2021. She alleges...

Fired Tennessee librarian Luanne James (WSMV-TV) The Tennessee librarian who was recently fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books from the library’s children’s section has said she “had no choice” and would do the same again. Luanne James, who worked as a library director in Rutherford County, spoke publicly about...

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Millions Has Released Their Spring 2026 Book Preview The Millions released their...

While The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has divided critics and audiences, there’s nothing ambiguous about its commercial performance. The sequel scored the biggest box office opening weekend of 2026, albeit not making quite as much as The Super Mario Bros. Movie did when it opened in 2023. Nevertheless, The Super...

There have been 23 American Idol winners and several have gone on to enjoy award-winning, chart-topping, venue-filling careers.Others could literally knock on your door right now, introduce themself and explain who they are and you'd still be left asking, "Who?"We're not throwing shade at Caleb Johnson, the first American Idol...

Deadliest Catch deckhand Todd Meadows’ official cause of death has been revealed more than a month after the Discovery Channel personality died at sea while crabbing off the Alaskan coast. The 25-year-old deckhand’s cause of death is listed as “drowning with probable hypothermia” and “submersion of body in cold water” on...

Lady Gaga may live for the applause—but she’ll have to wait a little longer to receive it from the Montreal audience again. Hours before the “Abracadabra” singer was set to perform in the Canadian... Original Source...

Megan Rapinoe (Getty Images) Megan Rapinoe has criticised the International Olympic Committee’s recent decision to ban trans women from competing in women’s Olympic events. Speaking on the 3 April episode of her podcast A Touch More, soccer star Rapinoe called the ban “horrible” and criticised its title: “The Protection of...

It took from April 2025 until January 2026 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to have a budget for fiscal year 2026. Those 10 months of fighting for the IMLS budget came following Trump’s proposed sunset of the only federal agency dedicated to libraries and museums in...

Now that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is officially out in the world on the 2026 movie schedule, audiences are digging into everything from its stacked voice cast to its surprisingly deep bench of Nintendo characters. But one of the more entertaining behind-the-scenes stories has nothing to do with Easter...

Carpenter and Qualley co-directed the clip for the Man’s Best Friend cut Sabrina Carpenter, Margaret Qualley, and Madelyn Cline do some light-hearted burglarizing in the new music video for “House Tour.”  Co-directed by Carpenter and Qualley, the video finds the trio rolling up to a big L.A. mansion late at...

Savannah Guthrie had an emotional return to TODAY on Monday as she marked her first live show back since the disappearance of her mother, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. While Savannah offered simply that it was “good to be home” early on in Monday’s broadcast, she couldn’t hide her feelings as she...

John Kent Tarwater (Montgomery County Jail photo) A university professor and author of anti-LGBTQ+ works has been charged with multiple sexual offences against children. John Kent Tarwater, 55, of Greene County, Ohio has been charged with two counts of rape, three counts of sexual battery and three counts of gross...

Katie's parents never told her "no" when she asked for a book, which was the start of most of her problems. She has an MLIS from the University of Illinois and works full time as a Circulation & Reference Manager in Illinois. She has a deep-rooted love of all things...