Lia Thomas: “Trans People Don’t Transition for Athletics”

Arsenal snub by revealing that the Gunners told him he was "too expensive" a matter of days before they forked out a then-club-record £42.5million on Mesut Ozil.The Argentine striker carved out a remarkable career in Europe, which saw him smash in a glut of goals for the likes of Real Madrid, Napoli and Juventus. The forward also spent loan spells with AC Milan and Chelsea, although he came agonisingly close to signing for the Blues' London rivals Arsenal back in 2013.Higuain was continually linked with the Gunners during the early phase of his career, with Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger understood to be a huge admirer of the hitman.

French new wave cinema and burst onto the international scene in the 1966 film Un Homme et Une Femme (A Man and a Woman). He played a racing driver who found new love with a widow, played by Anouk Aimee, following the suicide of his wife. Their sensitive performances, alongside director Claude Lelouch’s visually stunning imagery and Francis Lai’s sentimental music, helped it to win two Oscars and the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or.

Paul McCartney halted his Glastonbury headlining set to check on an unwell member of the crowd who he was concerned about. The music star made history as the oldest ever solo star to headline the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, gracing the coveted Pyramid Stage in Worthy Farm. The music legend, who last week celebrated his 80th birthday, took to the stage for a crowd of thousands with a medley of his biggest hits, his first performance at the festival since 2004.

Bella Hadid was spotted on a shopping trip in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.The 25-year-old supermodel cut an eye-catching figure as she made her way along the city's sun-soaked walkways.Earlier in the day, Hadid attended this year'sCreate & Cultivate Conference to promote the non-alcoholic beverage line, Kin Euphorics, she co-founded. Retail therapy:Bella Hadid was spotted on a shopping trip in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.

Cardi B fired up a strong response to an online troll who called her three-year-old daughter Kulture 'autistic' in a Tweet on Friday.'My daughter is not autistic…You can't call her ugly so y'all have to diagnose her wit something. Go play in traffic b***h,' the rapper, 29, replied in the heat of the moment.However, her response received mixed reviews from fans who pointed out that autism is not to be taken as an insult.

Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland, 26, showed off her tattoos as she posed nude in the bathtub for Instagram this weekend.She put her ample cleavage on display as she artfully positioned herself so that the rim of the tub could prevent her from breaking Instagram's Community Guidelines.Clasping on a few necklaces, she placed a summery beverage in a wineglass at the edge of the tub for her latest picture. 'WOMEN ARE WORKS OF ART': Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland, 26, showed off her tattoos as she posed nude in the bathtub for Instagram this weekendIn another bathtub snapshot she was entirely invisible except for her legs, which she stuck upwards in a throwback pinup affect.'WOMEN ARE WORKS OF ART,' wrote Ireland, whose mother is the actress Kim Basinger of Batman and LA Confidential fame.

Nick Cannon sported an all-black look as he showed up to host the Hip Hop & Mental Health: Facing The Stigma Together event at The GRAMMY Museum on Saturday.TheWild 'n Out host, 41, rocked a stylish black leather jacket over a matching scoop neck T-shirt and jeans, and covered his head with a black turban.The event was hosted by the Recording Academy's Black Music Collective, MusiCares And Universal Hip Hop Museum in Los Angeles, and sought to 'amplify the importance of mental wellness, especially in Hip Hop culture.' Host of the night: Nick Cannon sported an all-black look as he showed up to host the Hip Hop & Mental Health: Facing The Stigma Together event at The GRAMMY Museum on SaturdayCannon finalized his trendy look with a pair of silver-rimmed eyeglassesand sturdy black boots. The rapper was seen flashing a big smile as he posed with Universal Hip Hop Museum's Executive Producer and Advisory Board member Tina Marie Tyler, music executive Adrian Miller, andpanelist Eric Brooks on the red carpet.Tyler looked ravishing in a form-fitting long-sleeve black dress, which she paired with open-toe platform heels.

Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon, who has gone into modeling, walked for a co-ed Marine Serre show at Men's Paris Fashion Week this Saturday.Lourdes, 25, was spotted going bra-less in a sheer top backstage while posing with her younger half-brother Rocco Ritchie, 21.The Queen Of Pop shares Lourdes with her ex Carlos Leon, a fitness trainer who has apparently remained friends with Madonna. Off she goes:Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon, who has gone into modeling, walked for a co-ed Marine Serre show at Men's Paris Fashion Week this Saturday So sweet:Lourdes, 25, was spotted going bra-less in a sheer top backstage while posing with her younger half-brother Rocco Ritchie, 21Madge shares Rocco with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie and also adopted four children from Malawi - David, 16, Mercy, 16, and twins Stella and Estere, nine.Lourdes playfully stuck her tongue out at the camera while posing backstage at Saturday's fashion show with her brother.

Hailey Bieber got a thrill when she drove past the huge billboard advertising her new skincare line Rhode on Hollywood's world-famous Sunset Blvd earlier this week.Plastered on the side of a tall building, the massive promo poster featuresacloseup of Hailey's face with Rhode's Barrier Restore Cream dotted on her cheeks, forehead and chin.'hello LA wave if you drive by @rhode on sunset,'Bieber, 25, wroteto her45.5 million Instagram fans and followers in a post shared Thursday. Wow!Hailey Bieber got a thrill when she drove past the huge billboard advertising her new skincare line Rhode on world-famous Sunset Blvd in Hollywood earlier this weekThe billboard photo only shows the in-demand model from the neck up.

Ben Stiller,John Turturro, Mystelle Brabbee, Ella Olivia Stiller and Katherine Borowitz all attended the Nantucket Film Festival in Massachusetts on Saturday.The performers all made a point of posing for a group photo while spending time with each other at the annual event.The actors, both of whom are involved in the production of the Apple TV+ series Severance, later appeared at a panel, during which the former addressed the audience that had gathered to see them speak. Showing up:Ben Stiller, John Turturro, Mystelle Brabbee, Ella Olivia Stiller and Katherine Borowitz all attended the fourth day of the Nantucket Film Festival, which took place on SaturdayStiller, 56, opted for a blue suit worn on top of a polo shirt during his time in front of the cameras.Turturro, 65, donned a navy blue jacket and matching pants, both of which were contrasted with a white button-up shirt.

William Earl Variety won seven first-place awards Saturday night at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 64th SoCal Journalism Awards, including the honors for entertainment journalist and music criticism.The Variety work recognized runs the gamut from a social media post to commentary urging the industry to act on timely issues, such as the hardships that exhibitors faced last fall, or the need for the Emmys to create new lanes for different forms of drama series.Owen Gleiberman, Variety‘s Chief Film Critic, prevailed against tough competition for entertainment journalist of the year.Gleiberman also garnered two other wins, while TV Editor Michael Schneider also nabbed two wins.Gleiberman was recognized for obituary/appreciation for his column on pioneering director Lina Wertmüller, who died in December at the age of 93. He also won in the music criticism category for his candid assessment of the Sparks in connection with Edgar Wright’s 2021 documentary “The Sparks Brothers.” Schneider won for commentary/analysis of TV or film for his column that put forth the proposal that it’s time to create a new Emmy category for traditional network dramas.

Alexander Nevsky will star in the new western Taken from Rio Bravo, which recently completed principal photography in Arizona under the direction of Joe Cornet (Promise).

On-set still photographer Lorey Sebastian, who worked on such movies as Crash, Twilight, Wild Hogs, Blow, St. Elmo’s Fire, I Am Sam, In the Valley of Elah and A Million Ways to Die in the West died May 9 in New Mexico after a brief illness. She was 78.

Bella Hadid is hosting the launch party for her new mocktail drink!

Nina Dobrev is enjoying a tropical beach vacation with boyfriend Shaun White.

Hayden Christensen is opening up about his return to the Star Wars franchise!

law, dubbed “The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” requires Louisiana K-12 schools, as well as universities, to designate all sports teams as for males or females, as determined by a person’s assigned sex at birth. Its passage into law makes Louisiana the 18th state to explicitly pass such restrictions into law, although Georgia effectively has a ban in place, having handed off responsibility to the Georgia High School Association, which implemented a restoration of its own.Under the Louisiana bill, coeducational, or mixed, teams will be open to both males and females, as long as a school does not disband a female-designated team for the purpose of creating a coed team, which the new law says would place cisgender females at an athletic disadvantage.

Queer identities have long been placed into a stereotypical box in entertainment, particularly on television. And if we did happen to get LGBTQIA+ characters that were nuanced, layered, and multi-dimensional, they most often were not Black.

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican,  is sounding the alarm: the end of the heterosexual may be imminent. Greene made the claim during a live broadcast, on May 28.Green said,  “They just want you to think that all of a sudden the entire population is steadily turning gay or turning trans.“Just generation, generation, probably in about four or five generations no one will be straight anymore.Marjorie Taylor Greene predicted straight people will go extinct:“Probably, in about four or five generations, no one will be straight anymore.

Piers Morgan has responded to reports suggesting transgender swimmer Lia Thomas could target a spot at the Olympics, saying the move "cannot happen."University of Pennsylvania star Thomas hit headlines in March when she won the NCAA Division I national championship in the women's 500-yard freestyle. After indicating in the past that she hopes to take part in the 2024 Paris Olympics summer trials, Thomas has now suggested she'll follow through with those plans."I intend to keep swimming," she told Good Morning America.