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Ketanji Brown Jackson is celebrating her new seat on the Supreme Court in the best way possible — taking a selfie with President Joe Biden! The president was sure to congratulate Ketanji for being the first Black woman to ever be confirmed to the Supreme Court on Thursday April 7. The historic occasion was finalized by a vote in the Senate over a month after Jackson was announced as the president’s nomination to fill the seat left open by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, after he announced his retirement.

Call the joke police! The late-night host laughed off the congresswoman’s wild claim she contacted authorities over Jimmy’s very mild monologue.

Niall Horan, Celine Dion, Michael Bublé, Justin Beiber and Iggy Azalea – and drives them about as if it’s a carpool. They play songs – usually belonging to the artist, but sometimes playing other hits – and have a hearty sing-song. Carpool Karaoke is back and it begins April 6th with @NICKIMINAJ! pic.

Carson Burton Emmy-award winning composer Geoff Zanelli is slated to compose the music for “The First Lady,” premiering on Showtime. The new hour-long anthology drama follows the lives of three of America’s First Ladies and stars Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt.Zanelli served as composer of films such as “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” and “Christopher Robin,” and he won an Emmy award for his work in the Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks miniseries “Into the West.” He also was nominated for HBO’s “The Pacific,” another Spielberg collaboration.“I’ve had the honor of writing music for ‘The Pacific’ and ‘Into The West,’ both shows about distinct times in America’s history, but nothing as intimate as ‘The First Lady,'” Zanelli said.

Manori Ravindran International EditorFew people can say their comfort zone is in playing strong women, but for Gillian Anderson, it ’s become something of a personal brand.The American-British actor, who was once best-known for her skeptical FBI agent Dana Scully in Fox’s long-running sci-fi hit “The X-Files,” has gone on to play detective Stella Gibson in “The Fall,” notorious British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Crown” and sex therapist Jean Milburn in “Sex Education.” (And you wouldn’t want to cross any of them.)Anderson — who will receive the Variety Icon Award in a ceremony at CannesSeries on April 1 — will next be seen portraying the rarely dramatized Eleanor Roosevelt, opposite Viola Davis’ Michelle Obama and Michelle Pfeiffer’s Betty Ford, in Showtime’s drama “The First Lady.” But portraying no-nonsense women didn’t begin as a conscious choice for Anderson. In 1993, she recognized a “stark difference” between the Dana Scully role and “pretty much everything else on television at the time,” though, at age 24, she wouldn’t have labelled Scully as the feminist icon she’d come to represent.“I don’t think it was as clear-cut in my mind as being, ‘Oh, this is a feminist character,’” she says.

Scarlett Byrne has welcomed twin daughters with her husband, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s son Cooper. The English actress, who played Slytherin student Pansy Parkinson in the wizarding films, said her “heart grew twice” after giving birth on Saturday. Sharing a photo of her holding the new arrivals in the hospital, Byrne revealed their names to her 412,000 Instagram followers.

Ellen DeGeneres’ show is coming to an end, and she invited David Letterman onto her stage for the last time on Monday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. While DeGeneres hasn’t revealed what her plans are once the show ends, the 74-year-old offered her advice: take ten days off and get another show.Letterman’s talk show on CBS, The Late Show with David Letterman ran for 23 seasons, with over 4,261 episodes, from 1993 to 2015.

Jennifer Garner has arrived at the 2022 Oscars. The  actress stepped out for the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday donning a red strapless gown by Brandon Maxwell. Garner paired her stunning look with dangling earrings, a sparkly bracelet and several rings.During the show, Garner has the honor of presenting one of the awards, along with fellow stars like Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel Zegler, Jason Momoa, Lady Gaga, J.K. Simmons, Lily James, John Travolta, Stephanie Beatriz, Simu Liu, Zoe Kravitz, Rami Malek, Jamie Lee Curtis and Venus and Serena Williams, who have also been tapped to hand out golden statuettes.It's been four years since Garner was last seen at the star-studded event.

with Vanity Fair on Friday, insisting that the former first daughter, 23, wasn’t a beneficiary of nepotism. “She’s just, like, an amazingly talented person,” Glover cooed of Malia. “She’s really focused, and she’s working really hard.”While most struggling screenwriters toil away for years trying to catch a break in Hollywood, it’s been a seemingly swift ride for Malia, who only graduated from Harvard last year.

Donald Glover, 38, has a new staff member on his creative team: none other than 23-year-old Malia Obama. It turns out that the daughter of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama is working with the actor and singer on a new Amazon series!

Touching tribute. While Duchess Kate has stepped out in stunning ensemble after stunning ensemble during her royal tour of the Caribbean, her latest look, a Jenny Packham emerald dress, is hands-down her best yet. 

Mario Lopez was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, something that got both of them pretty emotional. Aside from the fact that they’re long time friends, Lopez and DeGeneres have shared many appearances on her show, with him serving as guest host. In his latest appearance, he discussed his relationship with the show, how much fun he’s had, and that time he made out with Ellen.

Hillary Clinton has tested positive for COVID-19. The former first lady and secretary of state took to Twitter Tuesday to announce the news and stressed that she's feeling «fine» despite experiencing «mild cold symptoms.»«Well, I've tested positive for COVID. I've got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWanda Sykes has a very specific memory of hosting the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2009. “I shushed the first lady,” Sykes tells me, laughing. “I was sitting next to Michelle Obama and going over my notes, and she was trying to make conversation.

O-T Fagbenle has a message to former president Barack Obama, whom he portrays in the upcoming Showtime series “First Lady,” set to premiere April 17: “Barack, call me.”Fagbenle discussed his upcoming turn as the 44th president, alongside Viola Davis’ Michelle Obama, at the premiere of Apple TV Plus’s “WeCrashed” on Thursday at the Academy Museum. But did he try to contact President Obama to prepare for his role?“I did try and get in contact with him, of course!,” Fagbenle said.

Vanessa Williams is making her return to Broadway as the first lady and one of “the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world” in, a new comedy from playwright Selina Fillinger. “It is really wonderful to be a part of something that is so innovative,” she tells ET’s Rachel Smith about the ensemble production directed by Susan Stroman and also starring Julianne Hough, Julie White, Lea DeLaria, Lilli Cooper, Rachel Dratch and Suzy Nakamura. Together, they play the seven women forced to deal with an unexpected PR nightmare and keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble after the use of a four-letter word rocks the White House.“We see all the ladies behind the scenes, and that’s what this all is about,” Williams says, before teasing what’s said that kicks off the whole show. “I don’t wanna give away the first line of the play, but we go right there.

Express.co.uk, Karren spoke about the lack of female models in the workplace, leading many to idolise people they will never meet, like Oprah Winfrey.Karren has served as Lord Alan Sugar's assistant on The Apprentice since the show’s sixth series in 2009, having replaced Margaret Mountford.She is also known for her role as vice-chairman of West Ham United, alongside David Gold and David Sullivan, while she is also a regular newspaper columnist.Karren is working with Simply Business to help gender bias in the workplace, and offering mentoring sessions to women to help curb these issues.Express.co.uk asked Karren what she thinks needs to be done in the future to offer more female empowerment in the workplace.The businesswoman spoke about the lack of realistic female role models, leading many to look up to individuals like Oprah Winfrey and former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama.She said: "Everyone's so busy patting themselves on the back, they sort of fall off the edge of the cliff."This means we need to create that diversity and have women on the board."So, lots is said about having women role models and you could say Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama are role models, but they are women we never meet and never know."So, having a woman on your board is a real role model, someone you can aspire to so you know can do it."I think those are the things we can do to improve circumstances for women in the workplace."In the same interview, Karren also revealed why she believes that Meghan Markle receives such heavy criticism.The Duchess of Sussex is heavily involved in charity work focused primarily on women's issues and social justice.She retired from acting when she married Prince Harry in 2018 and became known as

The Ellen DeGeneres Show will air on Thursday, May 26th, and after 19 seasons, it’s sure to get emotional. Deadline reported Wednesday that a few of the more than 4,000 guests on the show will return in the months leading to the finale for a walk down memory lane. Included in the list is Michelle Obama, who has been on the show several times since 2010, and the former first lady even co-hosted the show back in 2016.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show has announced its official end date, along with a list of final celebrity guests. On Wednesday (16 March) the talk show revealed that the last ever episode will air on 26 May. DeGeneres’ list of final special guests includes former US First Lady Michelle Obama, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Garner, Zac Efron, Channing Tatum, Gwen Stefani, Serena Williams, Adam Levine, David Letterman, Diane Keaton, Behati Prinsloo, and Portia de Rossi.

a “toxic” culture on the set of the wildly popular program. Those claims surfaced back in 2020, prompting DeGeneres to offer an on-air apology for not being aware of the alleged problems plaguing her production.

Ellen DeGeneres will end her eponymous daytime talk show on May 26 after 19 seasons. The host of  will be joined in her farewell tour by a lineup of upcoming special guests that will include Michelle Obama, Jennifer Garner, Channing Tatum, Serena Williams, David Letterman, Adam Levine, Gwen Stefani and many more.They're scheduled to make appearances during the final months leading up to the finale and will pay tribute to the trailblazing host and share their favorite memories from DeGeneres' 19 seasons.Following the finale, the show will continue to air guest host shows, compilation shows and repeats during the summer months on affiliate stations.