Author: Gesi Lloyd

Sleep debt is the running total of sleep you lose night after night, and it doesn’t disappear when the coffee kicks in. The CDC recommends at least seven hours a night for adults, yet about a third of U.S. adults regularly get less. In your 20s, the cost shows up as brain fog and cravings. By your 30s, it shows up in your skin, your mood and your blood sugar. By your 40s, it can show up in your blood pressure and your heart. The longest-running evidence points even further ahead. A study that followed nearly 8,000 British adults for…

Keke Palmer says her 3 year old son, Leo, is picking up big words fast, from tarantula to destination, along with his mom’s protective streak. In an interview with People published Saturday, the 33 year old Emmy winner said Leo repeats the protective lines she uses around him. On arcade trips, for example, she narrates a Jurassic Park game by shouting that the dinosaurs aren’t getting her son, and now he shouts it too. She calls herself a territorial mom, and Leo is doing the same thing for his cousin. When Palmer’s sister scolds her daughter, Leo steps in and…

Avengers: Doomsday opens in U.S. theaters Friday, Dec. 18, with Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom. Fans in the U.K. get it two days earlier, on Dec. 16. Anthony and Joe Russo directed the film, tickets are on sale now, and the Endgame re-release in theaters this weekend includes four new scenes that fans believe connect to the new movie. It is the first Avengers team movie since 2019. Most of the buzz is about Downey in the mask. Far less of it is about Wakanda, which has a lot riding on this film. Sam Wilson carries the shield as…

About 167,639 pounds of raw pork, beef and goat are under a Class I recall, the most serious level the U.S. Department of Agriculture uses. Star Meat Delivery Inc. of Lucama, North Carolina, processed the meat without federal inspection. It shipped the meat under labels with the establishment number EST. 1363, which does not have a federal grant of inspection. The meat went to A&D Foods, a distributor in Duluth, Georgia, and on to restaurants and retailers. No illnesses have been reported. Most coverage misses what’s on the list itself. It includes oxtail, pork feet, pork hocks, beef shanks, goat,…

Chadwick Boseman’s estate fight is no longer mainly about cash. His widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, told a Los Angeles court on Sept. 24 that nearly every dollar has already been paid out. That includes more than $1.7 million she says she has paid Carolyn and Leroy Boseman since 2022. What his older brothers, Derrick and Kevin Boseman, want now is a say in how the Black Panther star’s name, image and story get used. The brothers filed their petition in July on behalf of their parents and asked the court to remove Ledward as administrator. Ledward, 35, says the case…

The woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 has formally admitted her claims were false. In a sworn declaration filed Thursday, Sept. 24, in Manhattan federal court, the Alabama woman known as Jane Doe said she never met or spoke to Shawn Carter. She said he never did anything inappropriate to her. Carter then dropped her from his lawsuit. The reversal comes nearly two years after she named the Roc Nation founder in a lawsuit alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs. The suit claimed both men assaulted her at a party after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.…

A forensic examiner hired by Nolan Wells’ family said Today that Snapchat messages were deleted from the teen’s phone after the last time he used it, and that someone had to take a deliberate action on the device to delete them. Andrew Garrett of Garrett Discovery said he could not determine who deleted the messages or why. Wells, 18, disappeared during a July 4 trip to Mississippi’s Horn Island, and his body was found in the water two days later. That finding runs straight into the official account. Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath has said the phone reports…

Chris Brown told the world this week that he is done being nice. In a string of Instagram Stories on Tuesday, the 37-year-old singer said he hates the music industry, does not like most celebrities, does not want anyone’s approval and is ready to be the villain. He also called himself the king and claimed no artist alive can touch him, even on his worst day. The timing makes the rant more revealing. Two days later, a Los Angeles judge signaled he would cut the $12.9 million a jury awarded to a housekeeper mauled by Brown’s dog, lowering it to…

Rihanna’s beauty business took home wins across makeup, skin care and hair care at Allure’s 2026 Best of Beauty Awards, with Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin and Fenty Hair each landing a top honor in their category. The sweep lands during a milestone year for the awards themselves, marking the 30th anniversary of Allure’s annual list, which recognized 319 products across the industry this cycle. What products actually won Fenty Beauty’s Shake ‘N Play Buildable Liquid Blush took Best Liquid Blush, praised for its natural, skin like finish and a tightly curated five shade range that held up through a full…

Rain and wind are shaping several NFL Week 2 matchup Today, and the biggest threat to fantasy lineups isn’t the game getting the most hype. It’s tucked into the early afternoon slate, and the numbers behind it are worse than anything else on the board. Wind speeds above 15 mph start disrupting passing offenses and field goal accuracy, and multiple Today matchups are approaching or clearing that line. Which games look safe to trust with your studs Buccaneers against Browns sits at the calm end of the spectrum, with temperatures climbing into the upper 80s, only a 20% chance of…