Month: September 2019

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) released a series of executive orders on Thursday in response to two recent mass shootings in the state ― and none of them address gun control.  The Republican governor, an avid gun-rights advocate, issued eight orders, including one requiring the department of public safety to develop guidance for how law enforcement […]

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Vice President Mike Pence was greeted by a row of fluttering rainbow flags as he was driven to meet Iceland’s President Gudni Johannesson on Wednesday. The Advania technology company ― located in the building opposite Hofdi House in the capital Reykjavik, where Pence convened with Johannesson ― swapped its own flags for Pride ones on the […]

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The president of the National Farmers Union has leveled an astonishingly frank broadside against President Donald Trump, who rural voters largely supported in the 2016 election. Trade group leader Roger Johnson said in a radio interview Thursday that it will take “decades” to reverse damage caused by Trump. China, he added, is now a “lost market” for American […]

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The Conner family will soon be returning to TV screens—but without its matriarch. Three weeks after ABC canceled the Roseanne reboot following series creator and star Roseanne Barr‘s racist tweet, People confirms the network has greenlit the spinoff with John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman returning. “Tom Werner and Roseanne Barr have […]

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Hate it or love it (and some people really hated it), Meghan Markle’s wedding dress was unforgettable. The Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy design featured an “open bateau” neckline, was stitched together from gorgeous silk organza, and could eventually be plucked for a British royal museum exhibition.  No one could possibly get their hands on […]

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Ten seconds into the trailer for Crazy Rich Asians and it’s clear that the film lives up to its title. And we’re not just talking uber expensive luxury cars, jets and mansions, but also the characters’ lux fashion choices — and we have costume designer Mary Vogt to thank for that. Though Vogt was tasked with building the entire Crazy Rich fashion world, […]

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President Donald Trump‘s relationship with his daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka, frequently crosses the line of “appropriate father/daughter behavior,” in the opinion of ousted White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman, as recounted in her new book, Unhinged, out Tuesday. “As long as I’d known Trump, I’d observed the way he hugs, touches, and kisses Ivanka; the way she […]

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