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In a State of the Union address front-loaded with calls to challenge Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden on Tuesday called for assistance from Congress in enacting his domestic agenda — and renewed his call for passage of the Equality Act to advance LGBTQ rights.

A Florida Senate committee passed legislation Monday that would ban classroom discussions about LGBTQ people, referred to by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, after the state House of Representatives passed it last week.

JESY Nelson sent fans wild with a new video of her singing about a messy break-up following her split from Sean Sagar last year. The 30-year-old posted a clip showing her crooning about having feelings for someone else while in a relationship.

KATIE Price has worn a pair of shoes made of fox and mink despite saying she would never wear fur again. The mum-of-five showed off her footwear to fans as she enjoyed a break in Thailand with fiance Carl Woods.

THEY'RE rich, famous and regularly fawned over - but living next to Britain's biggest celebs isn't always as fun as you might imagine. Rows over noise, extravagant building plans and security issues have proven a headache for regular residents living close by to national treasures.

Saget lost consciousness in the bathroom, fell backward onto the marble floor and struck his head, People magazine has reported. He is believed to have regained consciousness and stumbled into bed before losing consciousness again and dying.

SHE’S one of the most beautiful women in the UK, and, at 51, still has the body of a 20-year-old - so it’s unsurprising that Amanda Holden's daughter Lexi is taking after her. The Britain’s Got Talent judge revealed yesterday that her stunning 16-year-old daughter has signed to Storm Management - the same modelling agency that shot Kate Moss to fame.

James Earl Jones, the Shubert Organization announced Wednesday.Beyond appearing in more than 100 films such as “Star Wars” and “Coming to America” during his storied career, Jones, 91, has been on Broadway in 21 shows. The man with one of stage and screen’s “most memorable voices” made his main-role debut in 1958’s “Sunrise at the Campobello” — in the very theater that will soon bear his name.  “For me, standing in this very building 64 years ago at the start of my Broadway career, it would have been inconceivable that my name would be on the building today,” Jones said in a statement.

“The Batman” this weekend.AMC theaters are planning to charge higher ticket prices for the Robert Pattinson superhero flick when it opens this Friday, March 4.The cinema chain is experimenting with variable pricing for films, meaning they want to charge more money for certain, presumably higher-budget movies.AMC’s CEO Adam Aron announced the news on Tuesday during a web call about the company’s quarterly profits: “Currently, our prices for ‘The Batman’ are slightly higher than the prices we are charging for other movies playing in the same theaters at the same time,” he said. Aron then said that the transition follows a few years after they raised weekend prices for some of its locations in the United States, Deadline reported.“This is all quite novel in the United States, but actually AMC has been doing it for years in our European theaters.

Randy Newman, the prolific Oscar-winning songwriter, has postponed a European tour as he recovers from surgery to repair a broken neck.

Russian troops are running short on supplies because over-optimistic commanders expected to seize Ukraine in three days, sources in Ukraine are reporting. A news alert from Russian newspaper Pravda, citing a report from the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) read: "Putin expected to seize Ukraine in three days.

Norwich City head coach Daniel Farke has become the second manager to recently quit managing a Russian Premier League.The German boss has left side Krasnodar, who he joined in January, despite not even presiding over a game. The 45-year-old is the second manager to leave his post in Russia in a matter of days following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Reddit users questioned whether the unusual live stream was actually for people with a sleeping fetish. Posting on Reddit, the anonymous bloke said: “Local job ads are getting weird .”Attached was a photo of a poster taped to a glass window.It said: “Sleeping person needed!“Looking for somebody to love stream sleeping overnight on my Instagram.“If Interested please call or text – thanks.”Hundreds of people liked the post but some commented on the advert being a little fishy.One poster said: “People don't usually advertise their fetishes so publicly and identifiably.“I’m sort of curious about whether this is completely innocent or even worse than it sounds.“Somnophilia - it's a fetish where people get sexually excited by watching others sleep.“I think it's also known as Sleeping Beauty syndrome.”But, others weren’t upset by the ad and fancied the job themselves.Get all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter A commenter noted: “There’s a job where I could easily put overtime in.”“I'm chuffed theres a job I'm qualified for,” added another.While a third wrote: “I’ll be clocking in for that shift shortly.”But, another pointed out that the poster could be an old stunt pulled by prankster Oobah Butler who advertised for a sleeping person just to see if he would get any replies!Fun fact: he did get a genuine reply to the advert!

“We all need to cling on to as many joyful happy things as possible.“Looking at real and lovely images help us realise that there is still so much good in the world xx.”Other users were quick to jump on to the post and echo the same sentiments. @Twiggslane wrote: “I think Amanda and her lovely family are a tonic xx.” @Carr56_andrew said: “I agree with the last message you really help with my mental health love all the photos and videos.” @Nellybucket commented: “A truly wonderful, amazing family.

Russian tanks.The brave civilian was seen in a town square flying two huge Ukrainian flags right in front of rows of Russian military personnel with tanks and rifles. The near-deserted square was the stage for a one-man protest as the brave Ukrainian flew the two flags in defiance of the recently invading Russian forces, almost a week after the invasion of Ukraine.

Now that the COVID-19 rules have officially relaxed, weddings are well and truly back on. But have the wedding trends changed over the past 2 years? You can find out here. It’s safe to say not everyone is up for a traditional wedding anymore, especially with thousands of weddings being restricted to just family members over the pandemic.

Boris Johnson has been asked why he has not yet imposed any sanctions on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich over his alleged "links" to the Kremlin.The Russian billionaire bought Chelsea from Ken Bates in 2003 and has since invested heavily to bring in a golden era of success at Stamford Bridge.Johnson is now facing mounting calls to sanction Abramovich, though, including from Labour leader Keir Starmer, who pressed the Prime Minister during PMQs on Wednesday in the House of Commons.Abramovich is understood to have put Chelsea up for sale as he looks to sell his UK assets following Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week.Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Starmer questioned the Prime Minister as he exclaimed: "We must stand up to Putin and those who prop up his regime."Roman Abramovich is the owner of Chelsea FC and various other high-value assets in the UK.“He’s a person of interest to the Home Office because of his links to the Russian state and his public association with corrupt activity and practices.“Last week the Prime Minister said Abramovich is facing sanctions. He later corrected the record to say he isn’t.

BBC One high-school drama, including causing the death of his best friend Adam Deardon, before he went on to marry his childhood sweetheart Chlo Grainger.And it appears as though the 33-year-old isn’t the only one who is returning to his old stomping ground as he joins the show alongside blonde bombshell Katie Griffiths who will also be starring as her former character. But there are a few new faces on the block and one of them is none other than the Emmerdale star’s nieces Scarlett Thomas which he excitedly announced last month on This Morning.

Bob Saget’s wife Kelly Rizzo is getting candid about the grief she’s experiencing nearly two months after losing her beloved husband. On Tuesday, the Eat Travel Rock blogger took to Instagram Story and posted a series of videos where she described how the millions of tributes honoring the late "Full House" star have helped her cope. The actor passed away on Jan.

Love Island star Hugo Hammond has shared his heartache following the death of his beloved dog and "best friend".The 25-year-old TV star had grown up with the chocolate brown Labrador named Mocha as he explained it had been a "sad day in the Hammond House."Paying tribute to his life-long companion, the PE teacher turned TV star shared a number of adorable images of himself growing through the years with his pooch at his side.He penned: "Today is a sad day in the Hammond house as we said farewell to our perfect choccy lab, Mocha.""She had so much love to give and just loved being near people.

Liverpool back in July 2008, he was warned by Rafa Benitez that it was time to end his trademark goal celebration.The famous cartwheel-cum-forward roll-cum-imaginary gun firing was a disaster in the making, argued the Spanish boss, given how the acrobatic nature of Keane's signature move seemingly risked injury.The Irish striker reluctantly agreed, pledging to bin the routine once he'd scored his maiden Liverpool goal. As it turned out, it wasn't a moral dilemma Keane had to confront too often after that, netting just six more times in red before being sold back to Tottenham the following January.But whilst Benitez played the role of killjoy, he could be forgiven for exerting caution.