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Photo: Hunter Martin/GettyLia Thomasis addressing criticism she’s faced for being atransgendercollege swimmer amid theongoing debateregarding trans women in sports.The former University of Pennsylvania swimmer becamethe first openly transgender athleteto take home an NCAA Division I national championship in any sport in March.“The biggest misconception, I think, is the reason I transitioned,” Thomas said in an interview withABC NewsandESPNpublished Tuesday.Appearing to reference herhistoryof swimming forUPenn’smen’s team for three years before joining the women’s team in her senior year, Thomas added, “People will say, ‘Oh, she just transitioned so she would have an advantage, so she could win....

Audiences may have been shocked to find outT-Painwas the smooth and soulful voice behindThe Masked Singer’s monster, but the artist had long ago proved he didn’t need Auto-Tune. In 2014, the singer and rapper shocked millions around the globe when he sat down forNPR’sTiny Desk Concertsseries, showing people that underneath all of the digital distortion, he can really sing. “This is weird as hell for me. Never done anything like this,” he said at the top of the concert, before going on to address the elephant in the room....

Stars have been everywhere this week, fromTaylor Swiftjoining her NFL boyfriendTravis Kelceon the field to celebrate theKansas City Chiefs' big win, toJulia RobertsandEdward Enninfulsitting front row in at a fashion show in France.Adelesmiled during a performance at her Las Vegas residency, and across the pond in London,Matthew Broderick,Sarah Jessica ParkerandJohn Benjamin Hickeycelebrated their West End showPlaza Suite.Here, the best photos of celebs out and about this week. Come back tomorrow for more of the latest A-list outings!...

Photo:Elsa/Getty Elsa/Getty Taylor Swiftbrought a bunch of familiar faces to Sunday’s Chiefs-Jets game! Among Swift’s celebrity pals in attendance was actressSophie Turner, who accompanied the singer-songwriter, 33, to watch football playerTravis Kelceand the Kansas City Chiefs take on the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Sunday night. On Saturday,Brittany joined Swift, Lively and Turner for dinnerin New York City. The group dined at the Italian restaurant Emilio’s Ballato on Saturday and sat in a back room of the restaurant for over four hours, with Brittany staying till 1 a....

Taylor Swift and Haim.Photo:Mat Hayward/TAS23/GettyShe did it. With a little help from theHaimsisters,Taylor Swiftmade another change to theEras Toursetlist.Este,DanielleandAlanaHaim joined the Eras Tour as an opening act for the first of two shows in Seattle on Saturday, and Swift swapped “‘Tis the Damn Season” in the set’sEvermoresection to perform “No Body, No Crime” with the sister trio.The setlist switch-up came in the concert’s third act, when the stage turns into a woodsy landscape to showcase Swift’s ninth studio album....

Taylor Swift’s re-release of her 2012 albumRedincludes emotional new tributes to Ronan Thompson, whose death from cancer days before his 4th birthday inspired the ballad named after him. “This is how I’ll be all day. I just listened AND watched Ronan, Taylor’s version. I couldn’t tell you about the music video until now,“saidMaya alongside a tearful selfie. “It is beyond perfection and I can’t wait for you all to see it....

Angelica Vences-Salgado and her daughter, Jacqueline Hernandez.Photo: Clermont Police Department A teenage girl was finally reunited with her mother, more than 10 years after she was abducted from her Florida home at age 6. The decade-long case came to a happy ending on Friday when Jacqueline Hernandez, now 19, and her mom, Angelica Vences-Salgado, finally got to hug for the first time in nearly 14 years. “A kidnapped daughter was reunited with her mother as a result of enforcement working together,” David Pezzutti, an Assistant Special Agent in Charge with Homeland Security Investigations Orlando, said in a statement....

Alexander and Anastasia Bulakhov.Photo:Sandra Ryeom/GoFundMe Sandra Ryeom/GoFundMe A Tennessee doctor died while trying to ward off a robber from his wife and toddler, according to reports, leading police to make two arrests in Memphis, Tenn. The man, identified in the affidavit as Marious Ward, allegedly “demanded property” from the couple and Alexander “surrendered” what was in his wallet, including identification and a credit card. Ward then “pointed the firearm directly” at Anastasia and asked her to do the same, prompting Alexander to try and fight off Ward to “defend” her, the affidavit claims....

Teresa Giudice.Photo: Getty Images Teresa Giudiceis standing strong. Ahead of theReal Housewives of New Jerseyseason 11 reunion Wednesday night, Giudice, 49, says she’s excited for viewers to see a “different side” of her. “I feel like I’ve been attacked the whole time I’ve been on this show, people have tried to take me down,” she tells PEOPLE. “It’s been season after season after season. I’m not letting that happen anymore....

Johnnie Irwin.Photo:BBC BBC Jonnie Irwin is looking ahead to the future. “I am living with cancer rather than dying from cancer,”he saidon the May 24 podcast. “As soon as you say you’ve got cancer, people just write you off…[But] the day I came out and told the world that I had cancer, terminal cancer, is the day I started living again.” Irwin, now 49,was first diagnosedin August 2020 after he was in Italy filming for Channel 4’s house-hunting reality showA Place in the Sun, and experienced blurred vision while driving....

The Texas State Capitol building.Photo: Sergio Flores/Getty Images A new law in Texas will allow citizens who legally own a firearm to openly carry their gun in public without a permit or official training, joining several other states with the controversial policy already in place. The regulation, which went into effect Wednesday, has experts worried it will become increasingly difficult for law enforcement to protect the public against gun violence, which has spiked in America over the past year,CNNreports....

Photo: GoFundMe Rodolfo “Rudy” Arellano, 36,pleaded guiltyto kidnapping and murdering Elizabeth Pule Arellano, PEOPLE confirms. Under the plea agreement, he will not be given the death penalty but will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole. Elizabeth had gone out with colleagues on the evening of April 15, 2016. After leaving her friends, she went to her parents’ house for the night, calling a co-worker to say that she had made it home safely....

Photo:WARNER BROS. PICTURES/Youtube WARNER BROS. PICTURES/Youtube You’ll want to watchBarbiewith rose-colored binoculars. The film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling was released in theaters on July 21, and it’s packed with hidden Easter eggs throughout. In addition to making references to the Barbie brand, including featuring real discontinued Mattel dolls andarchival outfits,Barbiealso includes nods to other popular films such asThe Wizard of OzandThe Matrix. Barbiealso earned the biggest opening weekend of 2023, beatingThe Super Mario Bros....