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Another day, another slay for Beyoncé. The singer, who is pregnant with twins and in her third trimester, showcased her baby bump in a $1,395 long sleeve, skintight red silk plunging STELLO "Aurora" gown, paired with a flower crown, at her mom Tina Knowles Lawson's Wearable Art Gala at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles Saturday. The look marked a throwback to her pregnancy announcement photo from February, which showed her kneeling in lingerie on a floral display, and also brought to mind her now-iconic goddess-themed 2017 Grammys performance, in which she wore a golden crown and which also featured flowers onstage and appearances by her and Jay Z's 5-year-old daughter Blue Ivy and her mother. Beyoncé attended the gala with her husband and daughter and they avoided the red carpet and the press at the event. She posted a pics of herself in her outfit on her website Sunday morning.

Caitlyn Jenner is not holding back. After decades of hiding her authentic self, she has put pen to paper to document the progression of her life from a dyslexic young boy from Mount Kisco, New York, to an Olympic gold medalist to a reality star dad to a trans woman. In the process of the progression, Jenner has notably encountered an array of other famous people—including O.J. Simpson and, of course, the Kardashians. Jenner seems to hold nothing back throughout the 320-page memoir, aptly titled The Secrets of My Life. Here are her most shocking secrets: 1. Caitlyn took her first wife Chrystie Crownover to McDonald's for their wedding dinner. After their small wedding ceremony, they booked a suite at the Holiday Inn and, by 10 p.m., they hadn't eaten dinner. Room service was closed and every takeout place had a wait. "We went to McDonald's for an intimate wedding night supper," she described. 2. She set up a debit account under a secret name to b

The first Monday in May approaches, and that can only mean one thing: The Met Gala is here.  Every year, Hollywood and fashion's brightest converse on the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for an evening of true opulence. The red carpet is just as glamorous as the Oscars (but don't tell the Academy that!) and the after parties rival that of the party's west coast rivals. Everyone knows the highly-publicized point of the big event: To gather a bunch of beautiful people together in the name of raising money for the museum's renowned Costume Institute. Attendees don their finest duds (all in keeping with the theme, of course) and rub shoulders in the name of high Culture-with-a-capital-C.  But there's a whole host of things that go down beyond just the obvious hobnobbing: There are behind-the-scenes secrets and mysteries that those who aren't of the A list variety typically never hear about. But thanks to social media and a few

The summer is upon us—as are Zac Efron's abs. The former Disney star's chiseled physique will be on full display with the Memorial Day Weekend release of the Baywatch movie, the raunchy big screen adaptation of the iconic television series. Mr. Efron is just one of many attractions coming to a theater near you this summer. What else are we looking forward to seeing? How about Gal Gadot kicking as Wonder Woman? Or there's Mandy Moore fighting for her life in shark-infested waters in 47 Meters Down.

Taylor Swift 's "Blank Space" may not have actually been calling out Starbucks lovers, but we are! Yes, we're talking to you, girl in the blue, who ordered a skinny vanilla latte with coconut milk this morning. And you, guy over there, who finally snuck in a Unicorn Frappucino to cool off yesterday after work. And you, dad with two kids, ordering three hot chocolates (one for yourself) ahead of the movie last night...Starbucks has a major surprise for all of you! The coffee company announced it will be opening its biggest store in the United States come 2019, a four-story "Reserve Roastery" (as it's been titled) in Chicago. Here's everything we know so far:

It's a Tuesday night, or maybe a Wednesday, in 2006 or 2007 or maybe even 2009. The date doesn't really matter. What does matter is that if you happened to be in Los Angeles, at a very specific intersection on Las Palmas Avenue just south of Hollywood Boulevard, you were suddenly at the epicenter of young celebrity culture. You're standing outside Les Deux, just steps away from where the A-list set of actors, models and whatever else they're identifying as currently (DJs? Reality stars?) are partying their youthful, beautiful, tanned lives away. Or maybe you're a couple miles west, on the heart of Sunset Boulevard, outside the pulsing lights of Hyde nightclub. You may not be able to see inside, past the velvet ropes, but the best of the gossip will be splashed across the Internet the next morning anyways. To be young in Hollywood in the mid-to-late 2000s was, often, to find yourself out at impossibly late hours. The club scene was a hallmark of that era that

Not only did he take on the alphabetical challenge in the midst of the prank phone call, he did it all in an elderly British accent, never cracking...not even once! Even when he asked, "Zoologically speaking, would you say it's accurate for the stick bug to say, 'I am Groot?'" Pratt didn't even bust a smile. To put that in perspective, he got through a nearly four-minute prank phone call, in a British accent, talking about a stick bug baby Groot without laughing. How...how do you do it, Chris Pratt?!

Jessica Lucas is set to head down the aisle! The 31-year-old Canadian actress, who plays Tabitha Galavan on the Fox series Gotham, revealed on Instagram Wednesday night that she is engaged to boyfriend Alex Jermasek, a butcher at Curtis Stone's Los Angeles restaurant and butcher shop Gwen. The two have been dating for more than four years. Lucas posted a photo of the two standing by the water while on vacation in Florence, Italy, with her holding up her engagement ring. "Feeling like the luckiest girl in the whole world! Can't wait to spend my life with this man. Love you @alexjermasek," she wrote.

Much has happened since Kim Kardashian last appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. In Thursday's episode, Kim gives her first TV interview about being bound, gagged and robbed at gunpoint in Paris last year. Ellen DeGeneres begins by saying, "I don't know that everybody understands how horrific that experience must have been for you." "I know this sounds crazy, but I know that was meant to happen to me. I don't want to start crying, but I feel like that was so meant to happen to me," Kim says while wiping away tears. "I'm such a different person. I, um...I don't want to start crying anymore. It was meant to happen to me. I really feel like things happen in your life to teach you things. It was probably no secret, and you see it on the show—I was being flashy and I was definitely materialistic before." Kim points out that there's nothing inherently "bad with having things and working hard to get those things, and

When Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie boarded a flight from Nice to Los Angeles last September, neither of them could have realized the trip would mark the beginning of one of the nastiest splits in Hollywood history. We now know the fated journey, during which Brad got into a disagreement with his 15-year-old son Maddox, would lead to an explosive FBI investigation into what really happened on the plane. Less than a year earlier the couple had posed together on the red carpet while promoting their latest movie together, By the Sea—ironically a film about the breakdown of a marriage. Despite the depressing subject matter, Brad and Angelina acted like two people deeply in love as they held hands and looked adoringly into one another's eyes while photographers joyfully snapped away

The happiest place on Earth just got even more magical thanks to Johnny Depp. On Wednesday evening, the actor decided to make a surprise appearance at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. Instead of exploring the food, parades and other attractions inside the theme park, Johnny decided to head straight over to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride for a special gig. Dressed perfectly as his character named Captain Jack Sparrow, the actor was able to surprise dozens of riders as they rode in their respective boats. "Everyone was surprised, shocked and excited to see him," an eyewitness shared with E! News. "He acted exactly like his character in the movies."

President Muhammadu Buhari has formally written to the National Assembly, seeking its approval to borrow over $12 billion loan. President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, while reading the letter on Wednesday, which was addressed to him by President Buhari, said the amount will be from the Chinese Nexim Bank and World Bank. In the letter, Buhari said it will be for repair of railway transportation across the country, as well as for the rehabilitation of the North-East zone and other social security programmes. Details later

 As Jennifer Lopez recalled to Ellen DeGeneres Monday, the songstress and her "great guy," baseball star Alex Rodriguez, started dating thanks to a lunchtime run-in. The host would not let Lopez spare any detail—she was eating a Cobb salad and tortilla soup when she spotted the athlete on his way out of a Los Angeles restaurant. see more pictures

Blac Chyna may have had some serious drama when it came to her own baby shower, but that doesn't mean she doesn't know how to get down at her besties' baby bash! Earlier today, the 28-year-old got her groove on when she attended the shower for her best friend Treasure, who is expecting a girl. In the middle of the pastel party, the two ladies, who first met in Washington D.C. over 10 years ago, bump and grind to the music for all to see. The E! star snapchatted several images from the shower and also posted the dancing video on her Instagram, writing "I love my bestie @1badish!!!" and "Baby Shower Vibes."

Serena Williams can't wait to be a mom. The all-star tennis player took to Instagram to share a selfie of her growing baby bump and penned a heartfelt note to her unborn baby. "My Dearest Baby, You gave me the strength I didn't know I had. You taught me the true meaning of serenity and peace. I can't wait to meet you. I can't wait for you to join the players box next year," she wrote, "but most importantly, I am so happy to share being number one in the world with you.... once again today. On @alexisohanian bday. from the world's oldest number one to the world's youngest number one. -Your Mommy." 

When the world found out that  Prince  had been found dead in the elevator of his Paisley Park compound, the news came as a devastating blow. He was only 57 and had  just performed  a week beforehand, less mobile than usual behind a piano but commanding the stage as always. His indomitable presence, despite only standing at 5-foot-2, gave pretty much everyone who watched him the impression that he would simply play on forever. But it was at least fitting that Prince died at home, instead of aboard a jet thousands of feet in the air, or at a hospital across the country from his hometown of Minneapolis. Built in 1987, Paisley Park, in Chanhassen, Minn., was the artist's safe haven and creative headquarters, where he housed his memorabilia, his studio and a climate-controlled basement vault harboring thousands of hours' worth of unheard recordings.

Amid heightened security,  Kate Middleton ,  Prince William  and  Prince Harry  were the cutest cheerleaders at the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon Sunday. The three commanded attention as they pressed a large red button to give runners the green light to start the race, then watched from the sidelines, enthusiastically cheering on the 700 people running the 26 miles for Heads Together, the event's official charity. Kate, William and Harry wore matching black jackets with the group's logo. The trio has for years spearheaded Heads Together's campaign to end the stigma around mental health.

twitter.com/RedFlagsLadies Lady Gaga  touched scores of hearts with a beautiful and somber moment during her headlining set at the  2017 Coachella  Valley Music And Arts Festival Saturday. Her 2016 album  Joanne  features a bonus track, "Grigio Girls," which is about her longtime friend  Sonja Durham,  who is battling stage IV cancer. During her headlining set on weekend two of Coachella 2017, Gaga dedicated an acoustic version of her song "Edge of Glory" to her. "My friend Sonja is very sick and I love her so much and if it's okay with you, I'd like to sing this song for her," the singer said, sitting by a piano. "I'm sorry you don't feel well," she said, mid-song. "We all wish you were here with us."

Senator Isiaka Adeleke has died at the age of 62. The three-term Senator currently represents Osun West Senatorial district having won the election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2015. Adeleke died Sunday at Bikets Hospital in Oshogbo, the Osun state capital, after suffering a heart attack according to family sources. Adeleke, the first civilian governor of Osun state, in 2014, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. At an event in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, while leading thousands of his supporters to defect to APC, Adeleke noted that with the alleged assault on him by the then Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan, and candidate of the PDP, Iyiola Omisore, he and his followers were no longer safe in the party. The former governor claimed he was called upon by the leaders of the PDP to contest the governorship seat in Osun having realised that Omisore stood no chance against the incumbent governor, Rauf Aregbesola. He said he was thereafter

This is a continuation of my article » on the night Dagrin died. On our way back from LUTH, Mr Ayo Animashaun called us and told us to go where Dagrin lived to see if anyone was at his apartment and probably interview them. Prior to his death, Dagrin had moved to a new and fancy housing estate, sort of a like a mini-1004 estate, at the outskirts of Agege. We found the estate in no time and convinced the security guards to let us in. We drove around the estate for thirty minutes because we didn't know Dagrin's building and apartment number. I guess a bus roaming around a pretty estate at midnight must have scared the people who lived in the estate. We parked the bus and found Dagrin's apartment eventually. It was locked. Nobody was there. When we got back to the bus, some of the residents had already come out from their flats. They more or less kicked us out of the estate. Everyone was protective about Dagrin. Anyway, we got back to the office and it was empty. I wrote t

Veteran Nollywood actor, Olumide Bakare, has passed on after a failed battle with a heart and lung disease. His personal assistant, who said he died in the early hours of Saturday on his way to the hospital, announced his death. Mr. Bakare has been sick for over a year and reports say aside from suffering low blood flow into the heart, there were also indications of a lung-related disease. He suffered cardiac arrest earlier in the year and was rushed to the emergency unit of University College Hospital where he was placed in intensive care. Mufu Onifade, former president of the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP), has confirmed his death in a statement. “He had a successful surgery and after the surgery, he talked to people and told them he was fine. But two hours later, he passed on. It is very painful because I had actually been wishing him a quick recovery,” he said. “Olumide Bakare is someone who was a hundred percent committed to the

Former  Happy Days  star  Erin Moran  passed away  from unknown causes earlier today at the age of 56.  Moran became a household name in 1974 when she landed the role of  Ron Howard 's outspoken younger sister, Joanie Cunningham, on  Garry Marshall 's iconic sitcom,  Happy Days , which ran for 10 years. The actress is also widely remembered for the playing the same role in  Happy Days ' short-lived spin-off  Joanie Loves Chachie , alongside  Scott Baio . Despite her initial fame, Moran's time in the limelight has waned; she hasn't starred in anything since 2010. However, she will still be missed by fans and friends alike for her childhood roles on  Gunsmoke , her sitcom days and her time aboard the  Love Boat.  Some of her former co-stars have taken to social media to pay tribute to the former teen star by remembering some happier days