Author: Gesi Lloyd

U.S. special operations forces rescued a second American airman from Iranian territory Saturday night, completing a two-day operation that senior officials described as one of the most complex search and rescue missions in recent military history. President Donald Trump announced the rescue Sunday on Truth Social, confirming that the service member had sustained injuries but was expected to recover fully. The airman had been airlifted to Kuwait for medical treatment, according to the New York Times. The rescue came days after a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran on Friday, the first American aircraft lost since the…

Few reality television careers have produced as many quotable moments as Porsha Williams’ run on ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta.’ Since joining the Bravo series in season 5, Williams has built a reputation for unfiltered honesty, sharp instincts and a talent for turning even the most mundane scene into something the internet will discuss for years. Season 17 premiered Sunday, April 5 at 8/7c on Bravo, with new episodes streaming the following day on Peacock. The new cast includes Drew Sidora, Pinky Cole, K. Michelle, Angela Oakley, Shamea Morton and Kelli Ferrell. Williams told Us Weekly that viewers can expect…

There is a moment in most press tours where the outfits start to blur together. That did not happen with The Drama. Over the course of several weeks, Zendaya and her longtime collaborator Law Roach traveled through Los Angeles, Paris, Rome and New York for the promotional run of the A24 film, which follows an engaged couple whose wedding week unravels after an unexpected turn. Rather than dress around the film’s visual palette or its genre, Roach and Zendaya built the entire wardrobe around the traditional wedding saying: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Zendaya confirmed on Good…

A brush fire broke out in Southern California on Friday morning and moved fast enough to outpace initial estimates within hours, growing from roughly 5 acres at first report to 3,500 acres by mid-afternoon. The Springs Fire, first reported around 11 a.m. on April 3, 2026, along the 15900 block of Gilman Springs Road east of Moreno Valley, was 5% contained as of 4 p.m. with evacuation orders in effect across a significant stretch of Riverside County. A second fire, the Crown Fire, broke out in Los Angeles County at 11:23 a.m. the same day and had burned 280 acres…

A business meeting in between Gucci Mane and Pooh Sheisty in Dallas turned into an armed kidnapping. Federal prosecutors laid out the details on April 2 at a press conference led by Ryan Raybould, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and what emerged was a case that has rattled the hip-hop industry and raised uncomfortable questions about how record deals get made and unmade. The victim was Gucci Mane. How the meeting became a robbery The incident took place in January, when Gucci Mane and two associates traveled to a Dallas studio for what they understood to be…

Jermaine Cole has played basketball in Rwanda. He has played in Toronto. Now he is heading to Nanjing. The Grammy-winning rapper known as J. Cole has signed with the Nanjing Monkey Kings of the Chinese Basketball Association, ESPN reported Wednesday. The move marks his third professional basketball stint and follows through on a commitment he made to the franchise last year. A promise turned into a plane ticket Cole, who stands 6’3″, first floated the possibility publicly while promoting his latest album, The Fall-Off, released in February. During an appearance on the Talk With Flee show hosted by Cam’ron, he…

Nancy Metayer Bowen had buried her brother less than four months ago. She had just appeared on the campaign trail. She was days away, by some accounts, from formally announcing a run for Congress. On April 1, 2026, colleagues who could not reach her requested a wellness check. Police arrived at her Coral Springs home and found her dead. Her husband, Stephen Bowen, now faces charges of first-degree premeditated murder and tampering with evidence. What police found and what followed Officers arrived at the home just after 10 a.m. after Metayer Bowen failed to appear for a scheduled meeting. Inside…

The release of Phases, Brandy Norwood’s memoir, on March 31 set off a wave of conversations that the Grammy-winning singer seems entirely prepared to have. Among the most closely watched threads is the one about her younger brother, Ray J, and the growing distance between them that fans have been tracking for years. Brandy has rarely been the one to put it into words. That changed with her recent cover story in Parade magazine, where she addressed the state of their relationship with a directness that felt less like a reveal and more like a conclusion she had already reached…

Eddie Murphy showed up to the Los Angeles premiere of his Netflix documentary Being Eddie on November 12, 2025, looking comfortable at the TUDUM Theater in Hollywood. It was the kind of night that tends to prompt a reckoning with the body of work behind the man on the carpet. Murphy turned 65 yesterday. That alone is reason enough to take a serious look at what his filmography has actually earned, not just what critics said at the time. What the numbers say about Murphy His box office record is not what most casual fans would guess. Murphy does not…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Florida SAVE Act into law this week, establishing a citizenship verification requirement tied to the state’s voter registration process. The law mirrors the stalled federal SAVE Act and works by cross-referencing voter registration information against records maintained by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which uses a federal system to confirm eligibility when issuing or updating identification documents. Current registered voters will not be required to take additional steps unless the state flags a discrepancy in their records. Voters will not be asked to show proof of citizenship at polling places.…