Biden Singles Out a Focus on Reducing Asian Hate Crimes amid COVID-19

President Joe Biden signed executive orders in the Oval Office soon after he was sworn in last month.Photo: Evan Vucci/AP/Shutterstock In amemorandumissued Tuesday, PresidentJoe Bidenacknowledged and condemned the anti-Asian bias and discrimination that has been on the rise in parts of the world amid thenovel coronaviruspandemic. He echoed that view in a speech on Tuesday while he signed additional executive orders to, he said, address racial inequality. “Today, I’m directing federal agencies to combat resurgence of xenophobia, particularly against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, that we’ve seen skyrocket during this pandemic,” Biden said Tuesday....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 718 words · David Allison

Biden's Team Returns 'Small Number' of Classified, Obama-Era Documents Found in Former D.C. Office

Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president, said in a statement that Biden was notified about the documents after they were found at the think tank. “The White House is cooperating with the National Archives and the Department of Justice regarding the discovery of what appear to be Obama-Biden Administration records, including a small number of documents with classified markings,” Sauber said. President Joe Biden.Susan Walsh/AP/Shutterstock Republicans were quick to respond to the news, reminding Americans ofhow Biden reactedwhen missing classified documents were found at former PresidentDonald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 338 words · Denise Berry

Big Brother's Zach Rance Comes Out as Bisexual, Says He Hooked Up with Frankie Grande

Frankie Grande, Zach Rance.Photo: Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic Zach Rance is owning his true self. TheBig Brotheralum came out as bisexual during a virtual conversation on Tuesday withthe Mental Health Collection and With Love, Alexa, which also included season 21’sTommy Bracco. During the chat, Rance, 30, opened up about his sexuality and said he hooked up with his season 16 costarFrankie Grande, the older brother ofAriana Grande, after the show wrapped in 2014....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 403 words · Seth Hubbard

Big Time Rush Reunites for 'Comeback of Epic Proportions' 7 Years After Disbanding: 'We Are Back!'

Photo: Big Time Rush/Twitter You gotta live it big time! On Monday, Big Time Rush — the pop boy band formed on the Nickelodeon sitcom of the same name — announced that it is reuniting on stage for the first time since their final Live World Tour in 2014! The announcement comes more than a year after the group — comprising Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Peña Vega and Logan Henderson — reunitedvirtually at the start of the pandemic, before releasing an acoustic version of their song “Worldwide” last June....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Samuel Rice

Bill Paxton's Widow and Children to Receive $1M in Partial Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit

Bill Paxton’s family has reached a partial settlement with an anesthesiologist medical group in the wrongful death/negligence suit they filed following theactor’s death in 2017. According to court papers submitted on Wednesday with theLos Angeles Superior Court, attorneys for co-defendants General Anesthesia Specialists Partnership are seeking approval of a settlement of $1 million between Paxton’s family and the company. The agency was involved in Paxton’s heart surgery that occurred at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles less than two weeks before his death on Feb....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Ashlee Lawrence

Billy Porter Says He's a 'Free Man' After Revealing HIV Diagnosis: 'I've Never Felt Joy Like This'

Billy Porteris proudly living his truth! Whileappearingas a guest onThe Tonight ShowThursday, the 51-year-old actor opened up about how his life has been since publicly revealing hisHIV diagnosisearlier this month. “I lived with the shame of it for a really long time and last week I released that shame, I released that trauma and I am a free man, honey! Free!” Porter continued, amid cheers from the in-studio audience. “I’ve never felt joy like this before....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 569 words · Megan Burke

Blake Griffin Roasts Ex Kendall Jenner's Parent Caitlyn Jenner for Giving Her Kids 'Daddy Issues'

Blake Griffindoesn’t hold back while ribbingCaitlyn JenneratAlec Baldwin‘s upcoming Comedy Central roast.In a clip from the special, taped on Saturday, the professional basketball player — who previously dated Caitlyn’s daughterKendall Jenner— cracked a few jokes at the expense of the television personality and former Olympic athlete, referencing her gender transition and parenting.“I want to take this moment to publicly thank you,” said Griffin, 30, as Caitlyn, 69, watched from her seat onstage....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 886 words · Tiffany Payne

Blake Shelton Jokes He 'Was a Jerk' Before He Started Dating Gwen Stefani

Blake Sheltonadmits that he had a few rough edges before girlfriendGwen Stefanicame along.The country singer — who currently works alongside Stefani on season 17 ofThe Voice, where the couple first met in 2014 — reflected on how the “Hollaback Girl” singer has impacted his life in a recent interview withEntertainment Tonight, crediting his girlfriend for his change in attitude.“I don’t want to remember what I was like before Gwen, actually,” he told the outlet....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1080 words · Steven Lee

Blake Shelton Jokes Sexy Doesn't 'Exist Anymore' as His Sexiest Man Alive Reign Comes to an End

When it comes toPEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alivetitle,Blake Sheltonmay have lived it, but he sure isn’t ready to pass it on.Ahead of Monday night’s big announcement of who will benamed 2018’s Sexiest Man Alive, the country superstar, 42, sat down with Ellen DeGeneres onThe Ellen DeGeneresshow to reveal he already feels his sexiness trickling away.“I feel like sexy ends when I’m not Sexiest Man Alive anymore,” Shelton told the talk show host on Monday’s episode....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 701 words · Denise Sanchez

Blake Shelton Jokes That He Wants Voice Alum Adam Levine to Perform at His Wedding to Gwen Stefani

Blake Sheltonis gearing up to wed his fiancéeGwen Stefani— and he’s already thinking of ideas for their marriage ceremony.During his virtual appearance onLate Night with Seth Meyers, the country star, 44, revealed that he wants close friend (and former fellowVoicecoach!)Adam Levine, 41, to perform during his nuptials.Chatting with thetalk show hostabout his upcoming wedding, the “God’s Country” singer said, “I’ve decided that I’ve been doing this a long time now and I’ve got a lot of favors out there....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 988 words · Kaylee Martin

Blake Shelton Wears Pink Bunny Suit to Celebrate Easter with Gwen Stefani: 'The Easter Blakey'

Photo: Gwen Stefani/Instagram Blake SheltonandGwen Stefanitake Easter Sunday seriously! “hoppy#Easterfrom me + the easter blakey 🐰🐰🐰gx,' Stefani captioned the video, which she hilariously set to a kids' song spelling out the word, “Bunny.” Stefani also shared selfies of her and Shelton in the suit on her Instagram Story, including one she embellished with an Easter-themed tag reading, “He is risen.” Gwen Stefani/Instagram Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Patrick Simon

BlueBird iMate Jam Clone

Okay , details do n’t get much more svelte than this , but when someone says ‘ iMate Jam killer ’ we pose up and take card . This prototype gimmick is from BlueBird , a Korean company that establish a stack of Windows Mobile devices . They ’re showing it off in booth and other places around Korea , but no news is out about an literal product launch , so they could just be load their prototyping muscles ....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Caleb Murray

Bob Saget Said He Would Keep Fighting Scleroderma 'Until I'm Gone' in Interview Weeks Before Death

Bob Sagethonored his late sisterGayin one of his final interviews before his death. In 1994, the beloved comedian lost older sibling Gay to the autoimmune disease scleroderma. Last month, he spoke to CBS' Chief Medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook about the illness and his work with theScleroderma Research Foundation. “For me, it’s an homage to her and somehow telling her that her life had a real purpose,” Saget said of raising awareness for scleroderma in the interview, which aired Friday onCBS Mornings....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Jacob Gutierrez