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For the first time, her ballet classmate and fling Peter Kentes, now 72, is sharing his story about his relationship with the “flirty” global icon — which even included a naked shower together. He is also revealing rarely-before-seen, intimate images and video of her from their college days — circa 1978 — as she currently battles a shocking health crisis that delayed her much-anticipated world tour. The photos are a far cry from the superstar image she built over her four-decade career, with her latest feat — a self-congratulatory tour nodding to her body of work, aptly called “Celebration” —...

The stock market had a great run during the Trump presidency, and the latest boom might reflect Wall Street’s hope that Donald Trump could get re-elected, Breitbart Economics Editor John Carney said in a Tuesday interview with Fox Business host Larry Kudlow.“John Carney, smart guy that you are, why is the stock market booming?” Kudlow asked.Carney identified two possible factors. First, the market on Tuesday might have responded positively to the news that Trump could be facing another indictment from the Biden Department of Justice’s Special Counsel Jack Smith.“People say Trump is getting more likely to get elected every time...

Classified documents may not be the only prized items squirreled away at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Ancient ceramic oil lamps belonging to the Israeli government have been stashed at the Palm Beach property for years — despite the Jewish state’s efforts to get them back. The lamps were sent to America in late 2019 on the condition that they be returned within weeks, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. They were meant to be briefly put on display in the White House for a Hanukkah candle-lighting event, but that never happened due to “a bureaucratic difficulty raised by the Americans,” the outlet...

WORLD Jane Birkin, actor, singer and fashion icon, dies at 76 JULY 16, 2023 / 4:16 PM / CBS/AP Actor and singer Jane Birkin, who made France her home and charmed the country with her English grace, natural style and social activism, has died at age 76. The London-born star and fashion icon was known for her musical and romantic relationship with French singer Serge Gainsbourg. Their songs notably included the steamy "Je t'aime moi non plus" ("I Love You, Me Neither"). Birkin's ethereal, British-accented singing voice interlaced with his gruff baritone in the 1969 duet that helped make her...

Republicans must come to the realization that former President Trump is going to be the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee, U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno told Breitbart News on Saturday during an exclusive interview at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida.Moreno, who is running for a Senate seat in Ohio, identified himself as someone who is backing former President Trump in the 2024 Republican Primary during a discussion on the war in Ukraine, asserting that Trump is the “one person” who can solve that crisis “really quickly.”When asked about the primary drama between Trump and Florida...

Former President Trump received endorsements from all six members of Michigan’s Republican delegation in the House, his campaign announced Tuesday. The campaign said in a release that GOP Reps. Tim Walberg, Bill Huizenga, John Moolenaar, Jack Bergman, Lisa McClain and John James declared their support for the former president in the 2024 Republican presidential nominating contest. All of them will serve as the leaders of Trump’s Michigan federal leadership team, working to try to help Trump win the state’s electoral votes. Trump previously endorsed all six in their races for their House seats during last year’s midterm elections.The release notes...

Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced Wednesday that he would resign from his post after an independent investigation found “serious flaws” in some of the research he oversaw decades earlier. The panel of experts, which formed in January to look into allegations of research misconduct, found that Tessier-Lavigne did not personally engage in any fraud or manipulation of research data, nor did he have any knowledge of the malpractice going on in the lab. Still, the report found that on various occasions, when concerns about his papers emerged, Tessier-Lavigne “failed to decisively and forthrightly correct mistakes in the scientific record.”...

Donald Trump Jr. highlighted the hypocrisy of the swamp during an interview with Breitbart News on Saturday, noting that if he were “within 1,000 miles of D.C.” when cocaine was found in the White House, “it would be a real problem.” When asked how the cocaine incident at the White House would be different if former President Donald Trump were in office, Donald Trump Jr. said it would likely be treated much, much differently. “I have a feeling,” he began during an exclusive interview at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida. “I have a feeling that...

Preparing for a Suspended Magisterium? Response to Dr. Ed Feser Michael Lofton engages the "suspended magisterium" thesis that is being promoted by some in the church today. He considers whether there is a suspense in the magisterium and why some are promoting the thesis.

“I want this to be so huge that they’re forced to look at this,” Caviezel said. “I lost my agents over this. Yep, 17 years, 15 years. I lost my lawyer over this, and now I understand why all these actors didn’t want to do this movie because of this.” “Listen, you do SHINDLER’S LIST 50 years later, you’re a hero. Try doing SCHINDLER’S LIST when the Nazis are right there. Understand how that becomes more dangerous? I don’t understand why people are willing to let children be hurt, but in this time, Hollywood says, ‘No, no, let’s kick that...

Controversial social media personality Andrew Tate has openly called for the Islamisation of Britain. Responding to the news of a Muslim billionaire winning rights to turn the Trocadero, one of London’s most famous landmarks, into a mosque, Tate expressed his happiness and had this to say about Islamic culture: “This building is literally dead centre in the middle of London’s historic centre. Amazing news. The only alternative to Islam for the brits are pride flags as they no longer have any innate culture or patriotisim. Allah is the best of planners and I look forward to seeing The Islamic republic...

A GOP Congressman said the Secret Service blew up the cocaine and destroyed DNA evidence. The Secret Service closed its investigation into the Biden White House cocaine scandal without conducting any interviews. The Secret Service last Thursday concluded its investigation into the cocaine scandal that rocked the White House earlier this month. No suspect was identified and the Secret Service didn’t interview any of the more than 500 potential culprits. .... Snip.... Congressman Tim Burchett (R-TN) said the Secret Service destroyed all the DNA evidence after they blew up the baggy of cocaine. “Because apparently when they went in and...

The three ports that ring Odesa are Ukraine’s largest and include the only deepwater port in the country. Before the war, about 70 percent of Ukraine’s total imports and exports were carried out by sea, and nearly two-thirds of that trade moved through the ports of Odesa.

Former Nashua Democratic State Rep. Stacie Laughton talked about raping children and appears to admit having committed the crime in the past, according to the federal complaint filed this week. “I was asking because I know we’ve had some back-and-forth, and I know we initially said we do nothing with kids ever again, and you said you were afraid that if we had kids if they would go back and tell the parents the same with the kids you work with,” Laughton texted to lover and co-defendant, Lindsay Groves. Investigators combed through 10,000 text messages between the pair this year...

Tennessee legislator Justin Jones, a pro-gun control activist, tweeted: "We have an obligation to condemn Jason Aldean's heinous song calling for racist violence. What a shameful vision of gun extremism and vigilantism." But fans of Aldean rallied to his defence. One comment on the YouTube video accused the media of celebrating rap songs glorifying violence, "but a video by a country singer about self defense and neighbors looking out for each other is banned".

Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has cautioned that it would be a mistake for GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump to skip the party’s primary debates. “I think he should be on the stage. I want everybody on the stage that qualifies, obviously,” she told Fox News Wednesday. “It’s a mistake not to do the debates, but that’s going to be up to him and his campaign.” McDaniel cited two main reasons why she feels it’s in Trump’s best interest to jump into the upcoming verbal slugfest despite holding a massive polling lead over his rivals. “One, short-term, you want...

The first openly transgender lawmaker in the US is facing federal charges in connection with sexual exploitation at a Tyngsborough, Massachusetts daycare center. A teacher at the daycare who assisted the lawmaker in obtaining sexual pictures of the children has also been arrested and was charged in June. In a press release, the Justice Department referred to trans-identified male Stacie Laughton as "a New Hampshire woman." Stacie Laughton, 39, has been federally charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children and aiding and abetting by the US Attorney's Office District of Massachusetts. Lindsay Groves, Laughton's former girlfriend, was the...

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR), who served as White House press secretary during the Trump administration, has yet to endorse a candidate in the Republican presidential primary, reportedly causing friction in her relationship with former President Donald Trump. Axios’s Alex Thompson and Worth Sparkman reported on the alleged “tensions” between Trump and Sanders on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources “familiar with the relationship.” Sanders reportedly informed Trump’s team months ago that she would abstain from backing a presidential candidate until after Arkansas’s first legislative session, which concluded more than two months ago on May 1.

: LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia revealed in a tweet Wednesday that no permit was pulled to trim the now-infamous Ficus trees outside of Universal’s Gate 8. He added in a thread that “The City of LA’s Urban Forestry Division (UFD) will coordinate w/ StreetsLA’s Investigation & Enforcement Division (IED) to confirm if this case warrants the issuance of an administrative citation or hearing. If issued, the administrative citation fee starts at $250.” Mejia had previously tweeted that the trees — which had provided shade for picketers during the ongoing strike before they were pruned over the weekend — are...

Children in some areas of England are waiting up to 18 months on average for dental general-anaesthetic treatment and teeth extractions, an investigation reveals. Some have been left with prolonged dental pain, according to information shared with BBC News.The parents of one girl who has waited three years for extractions say the pain keeps her up at night. At the start of this year, more than 12,000 under-18s were on waiting lists for assessment or treatment at community dental service (CDS) providers, data obtained by the Liberal Democrats from the NHS Business Services Authority and shared with BBC News earlier...