Author: Gesi Lloyd

Justus Kelley made Miss USA history on Aug. 27, becoming the first married woman, the first mother, and the first woman in her 30s to win the title in the pageant’s 75-year run. But before any of those records became official, the 31-year-old had already made her point a different way, arriving in Miami with some of her belongings packed inside black trash bags instead of luggage. Why did she actually carry trash bags to the pageant? To draw attention to something she and her husband, Tyler, see up close as licensed foster parents. Kelley wrote on Instagram that the…

Lil Nas X announced the death of his mother, Tameka Hill, in an emotional Instagram tribute posted Saturday, sharing photos spanning from his childhood to his rise to fame. The 27-year-old rapper, born Montero Hill, wrote that the loss would hurt deeply, calling his mother the best there ever was. Hill’s age and cause of death haven’t been made public, and representatives for the musician have not responded to requests for comment. What did the tribute actually include? Three photos accompanied the post: one of Hill looking directly at the camera, one of mother and son together at a public…

Bahama Breeze’s Kennesaw, Georgia, restaurant closes for good this weekend, becoming the first domino to fall in a shutdown that will erase the Caribbean-themed chain entirely by 2027. Parent company Darden Restaurants confirmed the closure plan earlier this year, and the Kennesaw location, roughly 27 miles outside Atlanta, is set to reopen in September as a Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen. How many Bahama Breeze locations are left, and when do they close? Eleven restaurants remain open across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and every single one has an expiration date now. After Kennesaw shuts down, Fayetteville, North Carolina, follows…

Dolly Parton dismissed the idea of Nashville’s airport carrying her name back when the petition first appeared in January 2025, telling an interviewer she took it as more of a joke than anything real. That old comment is circulating again this week for an uncomfortable reason. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and airport officials announced Friday that they intend to do exactly what Parton once waved off, renaming Nashville International Airport in her honor, three days after her death at 80. Why is a two-year-old petition suddenly moving? Nashville comedian Lydia Popovich and photographer Dan Dion started the Change.org petition in…

Viola Davis rejected Target’s apology because she says pulling one costume off shelves does not undo a pattern the retailer has been building for over a year. The Oscar winner posted on Instagram this week that Target’s statement failed to grasp the weight of what it had sold, and her timing mattered: the post landed while the company was already absorbing financial fallout from a boycott tied to its retreat from diversity commitments. What was actually wrong with the costume? The item, a $25 ‘Kids’ Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown’ bodysuit sold through Target’s Hyde and EEK! Boutique line, paired…

Tropical Storm Moke is moving toward Hawaii this weekend, threatening to dump more rain and knock out power in communities that are still digging out from Hurricane Lala just days earlier. The storm is expected to pass south of the islands without making landfall, but forecasters warn the Big Island could still see life threatening flooding and mudslides in areas already saturated from last week’s damage. What made Lala so devastating in the first place Before Moke ever formed, Lala had already reshaped parts of the Big Island. Mud, water, rock and debris tore through large sections of Naalehu in…

Marvel executives never doubted Shaquille O’Neal’s star power. They doubted whether audiences could see past it. The NBA legend confirmed in a new Variety interview that Marvel turned down his years long campaign to join the Avengers franchise, telling him plainly that his face is too recognizable for viewers to accept him as anyone other than himself. An eight year pitch that never landed O’Neal’s Marvel dream did not start this week. He first went public with it back in 2018 during an Entertainment Weekly interview, where he said he wanted to join the Avengers and even joked about wanting…

Retired Judge Michael Chitty ruled Saturday that Karmelo Anthony will not receive a new trial, keeping his murder conviction and 35-year sentence exactly where they were before the hearing started. The decision followed two days of testimony in McKinney, Texas, where attorneys from both sides walked through what really happened behind closed doors during Anthony’s original trial. A conviction that already made headlines Anthony, 19, was convicted in June of stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf to death during a heated confrontation at a Frisco track meet in April 2025. A Collin County jury took about three hours to reach a guilty…

Prince Harry and Meghan are relocating back to the United Kingdom after six years in the United States, bringing their children Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, to start school there in September. King Charles was informed of the move on Aug. 16, just weeks after hosting the family for their first full reunion with him in four years. When exactly is this happening, and how did it come together? The couple is expected to relocate within days, according to multiple reports, with the timeline driven partly by the UK school year starting in early September. Notably, the move itself was…

Trade negotiations between the United States and Canada collapsed late Friday, triggering 50% tariffs on a portion of Canadian exports to the US after months of on-again, off-again talks failed to produce a deal before President Trump’s deadline expired at midnight. What led to the breakdown? Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the suspension of negotiations shortly before the deadline, saying that while meaningful progress had been made in recent weeks, it fell short of what Canada needed. He described last-minute changes to the US proposed terms as unfair and economically unworkable, and said the shift raised doubts about whether…