Author: Shekari Philemon

For decades, the question followed Gayle King everywhere she went. And for years, she wanted her best friend to help make it stop. Now, at 70, she is talking about it openly and with a sense of peace that took a long time to find. In a recent podcast appearance, the veteran television anchor addressed the longstanding public speculation about the nature of her friendship with Oprah Winfrey. She was direct, warm and unapologetic. She made clear that the two women are not and have never been romantically involved, and she added that there would be absolutely nothing wrong with…

Oklahoma City will once again take the floor without one of its most important players at the worst possible time. Jalen Williams, the Thunder’s All-NBA forward, has been ruled out of Game 5 of the Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs, extending what has become a critical injury absence at a critical moment in the postseason. Williams went through pregame warmups Tuesday in an attempt to test his left hamstring before being ruled out ahead of tipoff. The winner of Game 5 takes a three-to-two series lead and moves one win away from the NBA Finals, making the…

What began as a celebrity MMA event has turned into a genuine health concern. Ray J, the singer and television personality, has been hospitalized in Las Vegas since Saturday following a knockout loss to internet personality Supa Hot Fire, and photographs taken at the facility show him connected to medical monitoring equipment as he rests in a hospital bed. Tuesday marked the third consecutive day of Ray J’s hospitalization, and those close to him indicated he would remain under medical supervision for at least several more days. The extended stay has already forced him to miss Memorial Day weekend with…

Coco Gauff arrived at Roland-Garros on Tuesday with a story most athletes never have to tell. Before the defending French Open champion even stepped onto the clay, her day had already taken a turn nobody planned for. The car Gauff was riding in struck a pole on the way to the complex, leaving the vehicle undrivable and her commute suddenly in chaos. She escaped without injury, though the impact was forceful enough to send the juice she was drinking spilling through the car. From there, she improvised, hailing a taxi to reach a secondary pickup point before catching another car…

A fund created through a presidential settlement with the IRS is generating significant backlash, and the criticism is not coming solely from Democrats. Republican senators have begun pushing back loudly against the 1.8 billion dollar Anti-Weaponization Fund, raising legal, ethical, and constitutional objections that have put the Trump administration on the defensive. Roughly 45 Republican senators attended a recent closed-door meeting with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, and by multiple accounts the room was not friendly. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who was present, described at least half the chamber firing criticism directly at the attorney general. The resistance reflects…

Dana White has spent decades in rooms full of fighters, presidents, and billionaires. In his estimation, Mark Zuckerberg belongs in all of those rooms at once. White, the chief executive of the UFC and a member of Meta’s board of directors since January 2025, described Zuckerberg in a recent profile for Time magazine as one of the most competitive and capable figures he has encountered in any industry. He placed the Meta co-founder in the same category as President Trump, billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, and NBA legend Michael Jordan, a grouping defined less by industry than by an unrelenting…

For years, Idris Elba’s name has circulated as one of the most compelling candidates to take over the James Bond franchise. Fans campaigned loudly, headlines repeated the speculation regularly, and the conversation around the Hackney-born actor and the iconic British spy became one of the more persistent stories in entertainment. This week, Elba closed the door on it definitively. Speaking at the premiere of his new film, *Masters of the Universe*, Elba addressed the renewed Bond speculation that has followed Amazon’s search for a successor to the Daniel Craig era. He made clear that his name was never genuinely in…

Khloé Kardashian has built a reputation for candor on her podcast, but a recent admission about her cats has landed her in the middle of one of the more heated celebrity controversies of the moment. The 41-year-old reality star revealed during an episode of her show that she had both of her cats declawed after receiving what she described as poor advice, and the response online was swift and largely unforgiving. Kardashian has two grey cats named Grey Kitty and Baby Kitty, along with a Labrador named Peppermint. She has shared affectionate photos of the cats with her children on…

Shaquille O’Neal has four NBA championships, a Hall of Fame induction, a business empire and now, officially, a master’s degree. But if you ask most people what they will remember about his latest academic milestone, the answer will almost certainly involve Charles Barkley. O’Neal recently returned to Louisiana State University, where he played college basketball before launching one of the most dominant careers in NBA history, to accept his Master of Arts in Liberal Arts degree from the College of Human Sciences and Education. The ceremony took place at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, a building that already carries significant…

Deion Sanders has built a reputation as the father who roasts his kids as openly as he coaches his players. But when he stepped into his youngest daughter’s comment section recently, he walked straight into a trap she was more than ready for. Shelomi Sanders, who graduated earlier this month from Alabama A&M, posted a series of vacation photos on Instagram. She appeared on a boat in a pink bikini, layered jewelry, and an easy confidence that caught attention quickly. Her caption on the final slide described herself as the cherry on top. It was the kind of post that…