Photographs taken by Paul McCartney during the height of Beatlemania will be the subject of a new exhibit at London’s National Portrait Gallery.
Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Stormis set to run from June 28 to October 1 and feature never-before-seen photographs taken by the Beatle. The portraits on display are from McCartney’s own archive and were taken between December 1963 and February 1964. They give fans an insight into McCartney’s point of view as the band members were becoming international superstars.
The BBC reports that gallery director Dr. Nicholas Cullinan says Sir Paul approached them in 2020 about the photos, “which he remembered taking but thought had been lost.” Cullinan notes, “We sat down with him and began going through the photographs and they are really extraordinary.”
Paul McCartney Photographs will be the National Portrait Gallery’s first major exhibition when it reopens June 22 after three years of renovation. Tickets to the McCartney exhibit are available for preorder now.
The 41-year-old entrepreneur and her husband, Carter Reum, also 41, recently welcomed their first child together. Taking to Instagram to share the exciting news, Paris shared an adorable close-up of the baby holding her thumb.
“You are already loved beyond words,” she captioned the snapshot, adding a blue heart emoji.
“It’s always been my dream to be a mother and I’m so happy that Carter and I found each other,” the new mom toldPeople, which confirmed the couple welcomed a son via surrogate. “We are so excited to start our family together and our hearts are exploding with love for our baby boy.”
Hilton and Reum, who wed in November 2021, were flooded with congratulatory comments from their famous friends which included Kim Kardashian, Demi Lovato, Heidi Klum, and more.
Riley Keough shared a tribute to her late mother Lisa Marie Presley on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after her sudden death.
“I feel blessed to have a photo of the last time I saw my beautiful mama,” the 33-year-old Zola actress wrote in the caption of an Instagram post alongside a photo of the two together.
Keough previously shared a throwback photo of her and her mother on Jan. 20, captioning it with a single red heart emoji.
Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, died Jan. 12 at the age of 54 after being rushed to the hospital earlier in day.
A memorial service to honor Lisa Marie Presley was held Sunday, Jan. 22, at her father’s iconic Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee. She was laid to rest Thursday, Jan. 19, in Graceland’s Meditation Garden.
At the service, Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen, Riley’s husband and the father of their first child, read aloud Riley’s emotional remembrance of her for her mother, which said in part, “Thank you for showing me love is the only thing that matters in this life. I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me…”
In addition to Keough, Lisa Marie Presley shared late son Benjamin , Riley’s brother, with ex-husband Danny Keough. Benjamin died by suicide at age 27 in July 2020.
Lisa Marie Presley also shared twin daughters, Harper and Finley, both 14, with ex-husband Michael Lockwood.
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(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — A Virginia public school system is set to decide the fate of its superintendent on Wednesday evening, after police say a 6-year-old student brought a gun into the classroom and intentionally shot his teacher.
The Newport News School Board has called a special meeting for Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET to vote on a separation agreement with Newport News Public Schools Superintendent George Parker III and the appointment of an interim superintendent.
Parker has been under fire from teachers, parents and community members since Jan. 6, when a first-grade student allegedly shot and wounded 25-year-old teacher Abigail Zwerner in a classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, a shipbuilding city near Virginia’s coast. The boy, who has not been named publicly, allegedly took a handgun from his home, put it in his backpack and brought it to school that day before shooting his teacher in an “intentional” act, according to the Newport News Police Department.
Police said Zwerner was giving class instruction that afternoon when the student pointed the gun at her and fired one round. The teacher took a defensive position, raising her hand. The bullet went through her hand and into her chest, police said.
There was no physical struggle or fight, according to police.
After Zwerner was shot, she ushered all of her students out of the classroom. She was the last person to leave the room, police said.
About 16 to 20 students were in the classroom at the time of the shooting and none of them were physically injured, according to police.
Police said responding officers found a school employee physically restraining the 6-year-old suspect in the classroom. The boy allegedly hit the school employee before officers took him into custody. He was subsequently taken to a local hospital for evaluation, police said.
Since then, a temporary detention order has been obtained and the child is currently receiving treatment at a medical facility, according to police.
Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew has called Zwerner a “hero” who “saved lives.” He told reporters that the teacher has repeatedly asked how her students are doing.
Zwerner was released from Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News last week and will continue to receive outpatient treatment, according to Riverside Health System.
Zwerner’s attorney, Diane Toscano, is expected to hold a press conference at 11 a.m. ET to provide updates on the teacher’s recovery, new information about the shooting and what their next steps will be, according to Hampton ABC affiliate WVEC-TV.
The investigation into the incident, including a motive, is ongoing and no one has been charged so far. Richneck Elementary School has remained closed in the meantime.
The 9 mm Taurus pistol used in the shooting was legally purchased by the boy’s mother, according to police.
Parker, the superintendent, told a town hall meeting with parents earlier this month that the student’s backpack was searched at school the morning of Jan. 6, after someone reported he may have had a weapon. The person who searched the backpack didn’t find a weapon, according to Parker. It was unclear who conducted the search or how the tip about the weapon was received.
When asked for comment, a police spokesperson told ABC News: “We have determined through our investigation that a school employee was notified of a possible firearm at Richneck Elementary before the shooting occurred. The Newport News Police Department was not notified of this information prior to the incident. I cannot release any further information at this time because of the ongoing investigation.”
Earlier this month, Newport News School Board Chair Lisa Surles-Law said they have been given approval to purchase 90 walk-through metal detectors, which will be installed in every school across the district, starting with Richneck Elementary School. The district will also bolster protocols on handling school violence, including implementing a safety stand down and reviewing student conduct and discipline records, according to Surles-Law.
The unnamed family of the boy released a statement last week, saying the “firearm our son accessed was secured” and that he “suffers from an acute disability and was under a care plan at the school that included his mother or father attending school with him and accompanying him to class every day.”
“The week of the shooting was the first week when we were not in class with him. We will regret our absence on this day for the rest of our lives,” the family said. “Since this incident, our son has been under hospital care and receiving the treatment he needs.”
The boy’s family called the shooting “horrific” and noted that they “have been cooperating with local and federal law enforcement to understand how this could have happened.”
“Our heart goes out to our son’s teacher and we pray for her healing in the aftermath of such an unimaginable tragedy as she selflessly served our son and the children in the school,” they added. “She has worked diligently and compassionately to support our family as we sought the best education and learning environment for our son. We thank her for her courage, grace and sacrifice.”
The Walking Dead’s Michael Cudlitz will play a new version of Lex Luthor in season 3 of the of CW’s Superman & Lois. Cudlitz confirmed the news, first reported by Entertainment Weekly, on Twitter, writing, “Holy Crap !!! ……. Cannot wait to join this amazing cast.” Les, per his official character description, is “known to the world as the visionary billionaire behind LexCorp,” but to the criminal underworld as “a brutal psychopath” who, after dropping out of the public eye, re-emerges “hellbent on correcting a personal injustice by enacting revenge on the two people he feels have wronged him” — Superman and Lois Lane — played respectively by played by Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch. Superman & Lois season 3 premieres March 14 on The CW…
Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, which picked up eight Academy Award nominations on Tuesday, will return to theaters nationwide for a special limited engagement in select locations this Friday, January 27. The film, starring Austin Butler in the title role and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker, received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Actor in a Lead Role for Butler, as well as for Cinematography, Film Editing, Costume Design, Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling and Sound. Elvis is currently streaming on HBO Max, alongside the 30-minute special Just a Boy from Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen…
NBC has ordered a pilot for the medical drama Wolf, from Greg Berlanti and Andy Serkis, according to Variety. The potential series, inspired by the books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars, by the late Oliver Sacks, “follows a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier, the human mind, while also grappling with their own relationships and mental health,” per the official description…
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend arrive to the 74th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on September 12, 2022. — (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)
Chrissy Teigen is giving fans a first look at her newborn baby girl.
The Cravings author took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a new photo of her newborn baby girl, Esti Maxine, who she welcomed with husband John Legend earlier this month.
Alongside a snapshot of Esti snuggled in a gray blanket, Chrissy wrote, “Look at u out here lookin like a baby.”
The full face photo comes just a few days after Chrissy, 37, and John, 44, officially announced the birth of their third child. The couple are also parents to daughter Luna and son Miles.
“She’s here! Esti Maxine Stephens – the house is bustling and our family could not be happier,” the model captioned a Jan. 19 post of the newborn with her older siblings.
“Daddy sheds nightly tears of joy seeing Luna and Miles so full of love, and I am learning you still need diapers with a c section!? We are in bliss,” the post continued. “Thank you for all the love and well wishes – we feel it all! X.”
Marilyn Manson — a.k.a. Brian Warner — has reached an agreement with Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco, putting an end to her sexual assault and sexual battery case against him.
“Ms. Bianco has agreed to resolve her claims against Brian Warner and Marilyn Manson Records, Inc,” Howard E. King, the lawyer representing Warner and the record label, tells Deadline. Bianco’s attorney released a similar statement Tuesday too, stating his client wanted “to move on with her life and career.”
Details of the settlement have not been revealed.
Bianco had accused Manson of abuse in February, 2021, telling ABC News at the time that the rocker had physically, sexually and psychologically abused her during their three-year relationship.
“I was coerced, I was defrauded, I was transported from the U.K. to the U.S., I was harbored, and then I was coerced into involuntarily servitude, which included sexual abuse and physical abuse,” she said.
The suit also named Warner’s longtime manager, Tony Ciulla, accusing him and Warner of violating human trafficking laws and forcing Bianco into “unpaid labor” when she was invited from the U.K. to Warner’s house in Los Angeles to star in a music video, only to learn that no video was being filmed.
Manson’s legal team attempted to dismiss Bianco’s lawsuit on statute-of-limitations grounds.
Bianco was one of several women who came forward with abuse claims against Warner after actor Evan Rachel Wood, the musician’s ex-fiancée, accused him in February 2021 of having “horrifically abused [her] for years.” Three others, including his former assistant Ashley Walters, model Ashley Morgan Smithline and an anonymous Jane Doe, have also filed lawsuits against Warner. Walters’ case was dismissed last May. Warner has denied all accusations.
If you are affected by abuse and needing support, or know someone who is, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). You can also chat online at thehotline.org or online.rainn.org, respectively.
(NEW YORK) — Credit card debt is often easy to pile on, but hard to pay off. For Lisa Samalonis, smart credit card saving was the key to rebuilding her life after divorce.
“It was very important for me to preserve some of that money so that I could put it down for a down payment and also to preserve through the divorce, to preserve my credit score so that I would be eligible for a mortgage,” Samalonis told ABC News’ Good Morning America.
The New Jersey mother said she had to adjust to living as a single mother of two on one income, so she decided to go on what she calls a “credit card fast.”
“Not using my credit card in the beginning was a key factor in that, because when you’re using cash or debit, you can see [that] you don’t have enough money,” she said. “It’s having the awareness to know that you’re actually spending more than you have.”
With the help of her new trick, Samalonis was able to buy her own home. She shared her top three steps to becoming financially free.
Break down your finances
Samalonis said she bought a notebook to write down her expenses, prioritizing what was most important.
“The ones that were most important at the top, like food and my mortgage or housing. And then down the list of things that were less important,” she said, adding that she was able to grant her own freedom by being honest with herself.
“By kind of breaking it down, and really being honest or getting real with myself, that actually gave me control as I went forward,” she said.
Use zero-based budgeting
Samalonis said if you must use a credit card, be sure to continue to allocate your expenses so your budget remains accurate.
“When you use your credit card, you take money that you have in your account and you put it into a category or you allocate it to what you’ve just spent,” she said.
Plan ahead
Finally, Samalonis said the best way to be prepared for the “credit card fast” is to plan ahead. Unexpected expenses will always come up, but you can plan a savings cushion to help cover some of those surprises.
“When unexpected expenses came up, either if it was things that were owed or if it was things that we wanted to do, I tried to plan ahead and so I would be able to save money each month towards that goal,” Samalonis said.
(NEW YORK) — Two doses of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine among school-aged children safely and effectively reduces COVID-19 infection risk as well as associated risks for developing multisystem inflammatory syndrome and COVID-19 related hospitalizations, new data suggests.
This study adds evidence to existing studies and “supports the safety and efficacy of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5-11 years,” authors Dr. Jun Yasuhara of the Center for Cardiovascular Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Dr. Toshiki Kuno of the Division of Cardiology at Montefiore Medical Center told ABC News.
Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center analyzed rates of COVID-19 infection, symptom severity and vaccine side effects among 10,935,541 vaccinated children aged 5 to 11 years compared to 2,635,251 unvaccinated children.
They found vaccinated children had lower rates of infection and less severe symptoms if they did end up infected. Severe reactions to the shot were rare and any local injection irritation went away after several days. The low rates of severe side effects should be reassuring for parents and guardians worried about adverse events following vaccination, according to the study’s authors.
The study also found only a small increase in risk for kids to develop inflammation of the heart (myocarditis) after COVID-19 vaccination. It found that there are 1.8 cases of myocarditis per million children who get two doses of the vaccine, a comparable or slightly higher rate than in children diagnosed with myocarditis before the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the risk of myocarditis after getting sick with COVID-19 is far higher than after getting the vaccine, according to Kuno and Yasuhara. Furthermore, kids are less likely to survive if they get COVID-19-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a rare condition associated with the virus, compared to those who developed myocarditis after mRNA vaccination.
Despite the vaccine’s safety, too few children are getting vaccinated. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released in January found overall low rates of vaccination coverage among children and adolescents between 5 and 17 years old. The report also revealed racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination status for adolescents and children. Vaccination coverage among Black children aged 5-11 years was lower than that among Hispanic, Asian and other minority children.
In another study, only one in five parents of school-aged children said their child either received the updated COVID-19 booster or will definitely be doing so, while 9% reported their child will probably receive a booster. This is in contrast to the 61% of parents who stated their child remained unvaccinated and thus ineligible for the booster.
There are many reasons why parents are reluctant to get their kids vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Dr. Angela Myers of the Infectious Diseases Division Director at Children’s Mercy Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri.
That includes a misconception that the vaccine is not effective because it doesn’t block all infections, Myers said.
“Instead [it] protects against severe infection, hospitalization and death,” she said.
Myers said parents should talk to their child’s pediatrician if they have questions about the vaccine.
“Despite vaccine hesitancy and sometimes refusal, the child’s primary care clinician is still the best place to get the best, most up-to-date, information,” she said. “Pediatric clinicians want what’s best for all children and data has shown that they remain the most the most trusted source of information for parents making vaccine decisions.”
(WASHINGTON) — The debt ceiling debate continues to loom large on Capitol Hill as both sides prepare for a showdown that the Treasury Department has said could throw the U.S. economy into a tailspin if it isn’t able to borrow more money.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday made it clear that his chamber will play a backseat role in the process, telling reporters that he “can’t imagine” a debt ceiling proposal that could first pass in the Senate and then in the House.
“In this current situation, the debt ceiling fix — if there is one or has to be dealt with — has to come out of the House,” he said.
“I think the final solution to this particular episode lies between Speaker McCarthy and the president,” McConnell said.
With his new Republican majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has vowed to try and bring what he calls fiscal discipline to Washington, though congressional Democrats and the Biden White House have rejected the push for spending cuts as a partisan tactic that could “wreck” numerous livelihoods while weakening popular programs like Social Security.
It’s not yet entirely clear what McCarthy and his conference hope to reduce.
On Tuesday, the speaker told ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott “no” when asked if he will change his mind on negotiating the debt ceiling with the White House.
“For the president to say he wouldn’t even negotiate — that’s irresponsible. We’re going to be responsible. We’re going to be sensible, and we’re going to get this done together. So the longer he waits, the more he puts the fiscal jeopardy of America up for grabs,” McCarthy said. “We should sit down and get this done and stop playing politics.”
The debt ceiling is a cap set by Congress on the amount of money the federal government can borrow to pay its current bills. The limit, now set at about $31.4 trillion, doesn’t authorize new spending.
The Treasury Department has said the U.S. hit that limit last week but that it can likely keep the government funded through early summer, through “extraordinary measures” and its standard cash flow.
McConnell said Tuesday that it was “entirely reasonable” for McCarthy to put spending cuts on the table and said he “wished him well” in talking with President Joe Biden.
“That’s where a solution lies,” said McConnell — whose been in such negotiations before. In 2011, he cut a last-minute deal with then-Vice President Biden to save the nation from debt default.
But the White House has repeatedly said raising the debt ceiling is non-negotiable and should be done without related cuts, especially on programs like Social Security and Medicare.
Biden said Tuesday, as he met with the new Democratic leadership at the White House, that he had “no intention of letting the Republicans wreck our economy.”
“Apparently, they’re genuinely serious about cutting Social Security, cutting Medicare,” Biden said of some of the measures proposed by Republican members, adding with a hint of sarcasm: “And I love their 30% sales tax.”
McCarthy last week said that he agreed to meet with Biden to discuss the debt ceiling, and while White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has said Biden looks forward to sitting down with the new speaker, she reiterated their position on the issue was not up for debate.
“If you look at the debt ceiling right now, 90% of it was before the president walked in,” she told reporters on Tuesday. “So this is their duty.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats are going to present a collective front.
“The bottom line is that we said that our unity is our strength,” Schumer told reporters after meeting with Biden Tuesday. “The president, the House, the Senate are going to be on the same page talking about what we should do,” he said.
“And one of the things we want to do on the debt ceiling is tell Republicans, ‘Tell us your plan,'” Schumer said.
One thing most Senate Republicans seem to agree on is avoiding cuts to defense spending.
“I think that I’ve always said that if you don’t get national security right, the rest is conversation. That’s the job — job #1. So, I hope that as they have conversations over there [in the House] about this year’s funding levels that national security won’t be part of that,” Senate Minority Whip John Thune told ABC News.
In the meantime, the Treasury Department is employing “extraordinary measures” to stave off a debt crisis. The latest measure announced by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is an alteration as of Monday to the investments in government-run funds for retirees.
“I respectfully urge Congress to act promptly to protect the full faith and credit of the United States,” Yellen wrote.
She previously wrote to McCarthy that she didn’t expect the department’s “cash and extraordinary measures will be exhausted before early June.”
