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The amount that Alex Jones has to pay has increased significantly.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA Texas jury ordered Alex Jones, founder of fringe media outlet Infowars, to pay $4.1 million to the parents of a 6-year-old who was murdered in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School after he had denied that the shooting was real and accused the child’s parents of participating in a government hoax. He is facing potentially millions more in defamation damages.Jones had claimed the Sandy Hook shooting — in which 20 children and six adults were killed — was a “giant hoax” perpetrated by “crisis actors,” and that “no one died” in the massacre.

Chris Brown is defending himself after a number of photos went viral on social media, showing himself engaging in risqué poses, particularly with female fans during his meet-and-greets.

The Voice #10 winner Alisan Porter announced Sunday that she got engaged to her on/off boyfriend Justin de Vera at the Greek Theatre in his native Los Angeles on Saturday.The 32-year-old professional dancer-choreographer popped the question to the 41-year-old former child star as two-time Grammy nominee David Gray serenaded them with 'our song.''@jtrvth did the damn thang!' Alisan - who boasts 303K social media followers - gushed. Congrats! The Voice #10 winner Alisan Porter announced Sunday that she got engaged to her on/off boyfriend Justin de Vera at the Greek Theatre in his native Los Angeles on Saturday'It was perfect and full circle and very US.

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Rebecca Lowe will be kicking around at NBC Sports for at least another six years. The longtime soccer host posted on social media today that she has re-upped at the network through the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

The Breakfast Club” with DJ Envy and Charlamagne tha God, is becoming a serial real estate investor — and she’s urging other women to get in on the game too, calling it “empowering.”Yee recently partnered in the purchase of an upstate New York home in the Catskills for $1.9 million with her friend and broker, Sara Golan of Nest Seekers International, Gimme Shelter can reveal. “I realized how important it was to have a place to get away from the city during the pandemic,” Yee told Gimme. The seven-bedroom, four-bath midcentury-modern home is 2,750 square feet and sits on 9.5 acres in the town of Roxbury. The listing broker was Katherine “Cricket” Keys, of the Catskill Dream Team.At the height of the pandemic, Yee, a graduate of Connecticut’s prestigious Wesleyan University, bought a $2.8 million landmarked Brooklyn brownstone. It originally asked $3.2 million. She also owns another Bed-Stuy brownstone and an investment condo in Williamsburg.

How does one preview a milestone birthday? By crooning a little “That’s Amore” and sharing a few pearls of wisdom, naturally.

Stevie Nicks is hitting the road once again for her fall 2022 tour.The "Edge of Seventeen" singer has a busy couple of months ahead after she announced on Monday via Instagram that she was going on a fall tour with special guest Vanessa Carlton.  "Here we go! I’m so excited to be back on the road and can’t wait to see everyone," Nicks wrote on her Instagram post.  The tour kicks off on September 13 in Clarkston, Michigan and wraps up on October 28 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Some of Nick’s other stops include Los Angeles, California, Phoenix, Arizona and Nashville, Tennessee.

Jenna Dewan became emotional after sending her nine-year-old daughter Everly Tatum off to sleepaway camp for the first time.On Sunday, the 41-year-old actress, who shares Everly with her ex Channing Tatum, 42, took to her Instagram Story to post photos as she bid her daughter farewell before she left for summer camp.'Then one day she grows up and wants to go to sleepaway camp,' Jenna wrote on a photo in which Everly was seen standing in front of a bus and flashing a peace sign. Bittersweet:Jenna Dewan became emotional after sending her nine-year-old daughter Everly Tatum off to sleepaway camp for the first time Milestone:On Sunday, the 41-year-old actress, who shares Everly with her ex Channing Tatum, 42, took to her Instagram Story to post photos as she bid her daughter farewell before she left for summer campJenna'sfiancé Steve Kazee, 46, and their son Callum, two, were by the Step Up star's side as they said goodbye to Everly before she boarded the bus.

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Variety reported.“Bee made television history in the late night space, paving the way for female voices in what has traditionally been, and continues to be a male-dominated landscape,” the 52-year-old comedian’s reps said to The Post about her seven-season run. ” ‘Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’ consistently broke barriers with Sam and her team boldly using political satire to entertain, inform and empower viewers, while embracing critically underrepresented stories, particularly about women.”Premiering Feb. 8, 2016, Bee’s gig came months ahead of Donald Trump’s whirlwind presidency.

Martha Stewart had a very difficult weekend.MORE: Martha Stewart's 14 surprise marriage proposals revealedThe 80-year-old took to Instagram to share her shock and heartbreak following a traumatic incident at her home in Connecticut. WATCH: Martha Stewart: How Women are Redefining the Boundaries of SuccessMartha posted a sad social media post on Saturday, revealing that six of her peacocks had been savagely killed by a marauding group of coyotes at her compound.READ: Martha Stewart's kitchen is fit for royalty – see photosMORE: Martha Stewart looks incredible in stunning swimsuit photo posted by Tyra Banks"RIP beautiful BlueBoy," she wrote alongside a video of her magnificent peacock. "The coyotes came in broad daylight and devoured him and five others including the magnificent White Boy.A post shared by Martha Stewart (@marthastewart48)Martha mourned the loss of her peacocks on Instagram"Any solutions for getting rid of six large and aggressive coyotes who have expensive tastes when it comes to poultry?? We are no longer allowing the peafowl out of their yard; we are enclosing the top of their large yard with wire fencing etc.READ: Martha Stewart looks incredibly youthful in LBD - and fans are blown awayMORE: 10 celebrities who live on farms"And by the way I do not have any idea how the Marvin Gaye music found its way to this sad post but when Blue Boy was alive it would have been perfectly appropriate," she added of the clip's accompanying track.A post shared by Martha Stewart (@marthastewart48)She often shared updates on her birds with her fansFans were quick to reach out and offer their condolences – and solutions.

Martha Stewart is mourning the loss of her beloved pet peacocks that were savagely killed at her home in Connecticut.The television personality, 80, took to her Instagram page on Saturday to share the news that her peacock named 'Blueboy' was among a group of her birds that were devoured by a pack of coyotes.'RIP beautiful BlueBoy,'she began in the July 23 post,along with a video of the peacock spreading his incredible feathers. Mourning: Martha Stewart, 80, shared the news that six of her pet birds, including a beloved peacock names BlueBoy, were killed by a group of coyotes; she's pictured in 2021 Tragic: The lifestyle guru posted a video of BlueBoy in her Instagram post on July 23Stewart went on to share some of the details behind her tragic loss of BlueBoy and the others.'The coyotes came in broad daylight and devoured him and five others including the magnificent White Boy,' the New Jersey native wrote, before asking her 1.6 millionInstagram fans and followers for any tips on how to deal with coyotes.

Gracie McGraw has shared her heartache over the news that 96% of elected Republican representatives voted to make birth control illegal. MORE: Tim McGraw opens up about becoming a grandfatherThe budding Broadway star captioned her post "what the actual" and shared the pictures that revealed that 50 years on from people obtaining the right to get birth control on their own, regardless of marriage status, was coming close to being overturned.WATCH: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's endearing love story194 Republican representatives in the House voted "nay"; 220 Democrats and eight Republicans voted "yea". Griswold v Connecticut is the court case that was decided by the Supreme Court in 1965 and allowed married couples to buy and use contraception without government restriction.Single women and people obtained the right in 1972.MORE: Faith Hill and Tim McGraw's daughter Gracie lashes out at 'corrupt Broadway'MORE: Tim McGraw reveals traumatic injury at the hands of wife Faith Hill The daughter of Faith Hill and Tim McGraw is an outspoken voice on social media and recently joked with fans that although she is looking for love, she doesn't always make the journey so easy on herself.The singer took to Instagram on 19 July to celebrate one of her closest friends' birthdays, flooding her Instagram Stories with adorable photos of them through the years.

EXCLUSIVE: Cooper Hoffman has been set to star opposite Stranger Things’ David Harbour in The Trashers, the next film by Sundance Festival winning director Cooper Raiff.

Big Thief performed an unreleased song called ‘Happiness’ during their recent appearance on NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’ – watch below.The Brooklyn band played a four-song set for the long-running video series, including ‘Change’, ‘Dried Roses’ and ‘Certainty’ from their fifth studio album, this year’s ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You’.Big Thief concluded the short gig by treating viewers to ‘Happiness’, a track that was first aired during the group’s 2020 European headline tour (via Setlist.FM).Filmed by Adam Gundersheimer and Vanessa Haddad, the latest ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’ video sees Big Thief performing in a cosy attic room in a house in Connecticut.Bob Boilen, host and creator of NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’, said: “What we see in this ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’ is playfulness substituting for the intensity that I normally find in Big Thief on a big stage.“There’s a bit of a ‘hold on to your hat’ feel here, with players watching each other for a possible surprise. Maybe it’s James Krivchenia’s banjo percussion, the galloping rhythm on ‘Certainty’ or how the four musicians sing aloud on a chorus; it is so much fun to see it all unfold.”Big Thief returned to the UK last month to play a show at Glastonbury 2022.

the ABC mockumentary-style sitcom “Abbott Elementary,” about an understaffed school in Philadelphia. And in real life, she embraces an educator’s ethos.

Katie Holmes was photographed in New York wearing a long and cozy-looking dress. While she looked very Bohemian and chic, the dress was a surprising choice considering the city’s aggressive heat.Katie Holmes traveled to Connecticut to support Christian Siriano’s new storeWatch the trailer of Katie Holmes’ pandemic romcomThe dress is Chloe and is brown and patterned.

The audience on “America’s Got Talent” gives a standing ovation to Amanda Mammana’s amazing audition.

Stephanie Davison placed the winning $2,700 bid for a private one-hour virtual candlelight date with fellow 90 Day Fiancé alum Stephanie Matto last Thursday.The 31-year-old Connecticut native confirmed the Michigan-born 54-year-old won the date to TMZ on Monday and she was 'completely blindsided.'The two Stephanies have never met and Matto told the outlet that Davison only wanted the date 'to talk about marketing ideas' and is 'especially interested in a potential fart jar collaboration.' Winner: Stephanie Davison (L) placed the winning $2,700 bid for a private one-hour virtual candlelight date with fellow 90 Day Fiancé alum Stephanie Matto (R) last Thursday 'Then things start getting interesting': The 31-year-old Connecticut native confirmed the Michigan-born 54-year-old won the date to TMZ on Monday and she was 'completely blindsided'The Unfiltrd CEO claimed she earned $280K selling her 'breast sweat and $1K toot jars' but TikTok shut down her account on June 21 with no warning for violating its community guidelines.On July 10, Stephanie admitted her 'home and pool were paid for by a sugar daddy' after boasting the opposite on June 23: 'Everything I have I bought and built on my own.' 10% of the proceeds ($270) from the three-day auction will go to Matto's 'favorite charity' - the blood stem cell non-profit, Be The Match.Audiences were first introduced to the 'spicy' content creator during the fourth season of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days where she romanced Erika Owens from Australia in 2020.