Actress Virginia Leith — Known for 'On the Threshold of Space' and 'Toward the Unknown' — Dies at 94

Photo: Everett Actress Virginia Leith, known for her roles in movies likeOn the Threshold of SpaceandToward the Unknown, has died. She was 94. A spokesperson for Leith’s family, Jane Chalmers, toldVarietythat the actress died at her Palm Springs, California, home on Nov. 4. According toVariety, her death came “after a brief illness.” Born Cora Virginia Leith on Oct. 15, 1925, in Cleveland, Leith spent her early working years as a waitress at a drive-in and a hat check attendant, accordingto her IMDb biography....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Dale Ryan

Adele and Husband Simon Konecki Split: A Look Back at Their Extremely Private Relationship

Adele and Simon Konecki.Photo: Lester Cohen/Getty Images for NARAS After more than seven years together,Adeleand her husband Simon Konecki havecalled it quits. Despite their decision to end their marriage, a rep for the Grammy winner, 30, says the former couple is “committed to raising their son together lovingly,” according to theAssociated Press. Adele and Konecki welcomed Angelo on Oct. 19, 2012. Over the years, Adele (born Adele Adkins) has remained a prominent figure in music, gaining a reputation as the reigning queen of chart-topping sadness....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 622 words · Cameron Griffith

Adele Announces New Album '30', Calling It Her 'Ride or Die' During Her Life's 'Most Turbulent Period'

Adele.Photo: Mike Marsland/WireImage30is finally coming!Adeleannounced on Wednesday that her fourth album, titled30, will be released on Nov. 19, almost six years to the day since she released her last record.In a candid statement, the 33-year-old singer revealed she’d started work on the album nearly three years ago — and was in a completely different place than she expected to be.“I was certainly nowhere near where I’d hoped to be when I first started it nearly 3 years ago,” she wrote on social media....

March 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1669 words · Elizabeth Pace

Adele Brings Us to Tears with Sneak Peek of 'To Be Loved' from Album '30' : 'I Don't Regret a Thing'

Photo: Adele/Instagram Get your tissues out. In anticipation of the release of her album30on Friday, Adele shared a video of herself singing along to the album’s 11th track, “To Be Loved,” from her home. She continues, “It’s about time that I face myself / All I do is bleed into someone else / Painting walls with all my secret tears / Filling rooms with all of my hopes and fears....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Jessica Wagner

Adele Postpones Las Vegas Residency, Will Go on Vocal Rest: 'I'll Miss You Like Mad'

Adele performs onstage during the “Weekends with Adele” Residency Opening in 2022.Photo:Kevin Mazur/GettyAdeleis pausing her Las Vegas residency and going on vocal rest.“Sadly I have to take a beat and pause my Vegas residency,” the singer, 35, began ina social media poston Tuesday.“I was sick at the end of the last leg and all the way through my break,” she said, adding that she “hadn’t quite gotten the chance to get back to full health before shows resumed....

March 16, 2025 · 9 min · 1743 words · Jennifer Wallace

Adele Spotted Looking Happy & Fit During Island Getaway with Harry Styles & James Corden

Adeleis living her best tropical life. She paired her flowing dress with a bold orange neck scarf which she wore along with gold necklaces and topped off with gold hoop earrings, a series of bangles and rings. The Grammy-winner was pictured barefoot as she enjoyed her walk along the beach. Complementing her island vibe, Adele’s hair was styled in a loose updo which was casually held up with a clip....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Douglas Reynolds

Adele's Boyfriend Rich Paul Talks Having 'More Kids,' Looks Forward to Being a 'Different Dad'

Adele and Rich Paul.Photo: Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty ImagesAdele’s boyfriendRich Paulhas got babies on the brain!The sports agent, 40, became a father at a young age and now is the proud dad to an adult daughter.He hinted at the possibility of expanding his family as he discussed having “more kids” and being “an older dad” during a new interview.“As a young dad, growing a business, it was pretty tough,” he toldE!...

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 998 words · Jack Jordan

African Lions Face Same Threats As Extinct Sabre-Toothed Cats

When modern world first originate search the Earth , they happen a land populated by a whole host of big cat species , many of which then lead extinct around 10,000 years ago . It turns out thatthe forces that force back many Ice Age felines to extinction are still in core today , and threaten the future of two big cats – the African lion and the Sunda clouded Panthera pardus ....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Christopher Johnson

After Riot, Pelosi Details Security Review and Warns of 'Prosecution' for Possible 'Accomplices' in Congress

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Speaking in a press conference Friday, House SpeakerNancy Pelosiannounced that the “security infrastructure” of the U.S. Capitol would be under review following last week’s deadly pro-Donald Trumpriot, which put the lives of lawmakers (including the vice president) at risk. “We must subject this whole complex to scrutiny in light of what happened and the fact that the inauguration is coming,” Pelosi said....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Michael Walker

Air Force Reserve Pilot Who Was Disqualified for Health Condition Returns To Flying 2 Years Later

An Air Force Reserve pilot who was prevented from serving due to a health condition is now getting his second chance to fly. Lt. Col. Josh Nelson was disqualified from the Air Force in late 2017 after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, CBS affiliateWCCOreported. “Out of nowhere, with no family history or any background on it whatsoever, I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, which falls underneath the umbrella of inflammatory bowel disease,” Nelson told the outlet....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 579 words · Toni Jones MD

Ala. Police Search for Sex Offender in Case of Woman Found Dead Who'd Texted 'I Feel in Trouble'

Photo: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office; Facebook Alabama authorities are searching for a 50-year-old sex offender in connection with the death of a Trussville woman last seen leaving a bar with two men before being found dead two weeks later. On Thursday, Jefferson County Deputy Chief David Agee announced at a press conference a warrant has been issued for Fredrick Hampton, 50, for abuse of a corpse in connection with thedeath of 29-year-old Paighton Houston....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Justin Orr

Alabama Shakes Drummer Steve Johnson Arrested for Alleged Child Abuse: Reports

Steve Johnson.Photo: Limestone Sheriff Steve Johnson, the former drummer for the Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes, has been arrested on child abuse charges, according tomultipleoutlets. Johnson, 35, was arrested last Wednesday morning in Limestone County, Alabama, and is currently being held at Limestone County Jail on a $21,500 bond,jail recordsshow. According toWHNT News 19, Johnson was indicted on charges of willful torture, willful abuse, and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · Richard Hoover

Alan Kalter, 'Late Show' Announcer for David Letterman, Dead at 78: 'Many Great Memories'

Alan Kalter.Photo: Diane Bondareff/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Alan Kalter, the announcer forDavid Lettermanfor 20 years, has died at age 78. The announcer died on Monday atStamford Hospital in Connecticut, his wife Peggy toldThe Hollywood Reporter. Kalter, nicknamed Big Red onLate Show, replaced Bill Wendell as the show’s announcer in 1995 and worked with Letterman, 74, untilhis final episode in May 2015. David Letterman; Alan Kalter.CBS “When our announcer of 15 years Bill Wendell retired, producer Robert Morton came to my office with an audio tape containing auditions for several announcers,” Letterman said in a statement shared with PEOPLE....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 573 words · Ryan Martinez