Jailyn White, one of the men accused of attacking Lady Gaga‘s dog walker, has been sentenced to four years in state prison.
Rolling Stone reports White accepted a plea deal that allowed for a reduced sentence. Gaga’s dog walker, Ryan Fischer, addressed White when recalling the night he was shot while defending the singer’s three French bulldogs —Gusav, Asia and Koji.
Fisher was shot after three assailants — including White — ran away with Koji and Gustav. Both dogs have since been returned.
“You left me bleeding out and gasping for my life,” Fischer told White. “I did almost die that night.” The former dog walker added that while he is still recovering from the gunshot wound, he’s also grappling with the emotional and mental toll of the attack.
“You didn’t just steal dogs from me that night, you stole my livelihood,” Fischer said, detailing how he fell into debt because he was no longer able to do his job. “You stole my purpose, and I’ve been lost without it.”
White bowed his head during Fischer’s testimony.
A judge then ruled White spend four years in state prison. He was served credit for the 533 days he already served in custody or through good behavior.
Another one of Fischer’s assailants, Lafayette Whaley, was present in court that day. His hearing has been scheduled for September 20.
The man who allegedly shot Fischer, James Jackson, was mistakenly released from prison in April and remains on the run. Authorities say he shot the dog walker in the chest with a .40-caliber handgun when attempting to steal the French bulldogs.
The hit reality competition show Dancing with the Stars will premiere on September 19, Disney+ announced Wednesday.
Earlier this year, it was announced that the show would be moving to Disney+ after airing on ABC for 30 seasons. The show will be the first live series to debut on the streaming service.
Last month, it was announced that Fresh Prince of Bel Air star Alfonso Ribeiro would be co-hosting DWTS with America’s Next Top Model‘s Tyra Banks, who became the show’s first solo host in 2020. Banks is also a co-executive producer on the show.
This won’t be Ribeiro’s first time in the ballroom. In 2014, Ribeiro won the mirror ball trophy on the show with pro Witney Carson.
“Dancing with the Stars has been such an important part of my life for so many years, and I am ecstatic to officially rejoin this tight-knit family as co-host,” Ribeiro said in a statement.
On this season of DWTS, Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough will return as judges.
Good Morning America will exclusively reveal the cast for DWTS season 31 on September 8.
Just days after dropping her Renaissance album, Beyoncé has followed up with another project — one surrounding her lead single, “Break My Soul.”
The Break My Soul remix EP features four new iterations of the song, with Black Eyed Peas‘ will.i.am, Chicago house legend Terry Hunter, DJ Nita Aviance and global scene queen Honey Dijon lending their talents to the project. Each song sees the aforementioned individuals bring their creativity to the track, altering the beat and length to their liking.
“To say i am gagged and honored doesn’t even begin to express; and doubly so to play my role on a project which features my big sisters and heroes @kevinavianceofficial & @honeydijon,” she captioned her post, which includes a snippet of her “Break My Soul” remix. “anyone coming @beyonce for this moment not bein bout real house music, CATCH who they got involved.”
She added, “this one is for the queens, dancefloor divas & all the late-night revelers; see u at the club.”
Honey Dijon — credited as a songwriter on Renaissance‘s “Cozy” and “Alien Superstar” — also shared her thoughts about working with Bey.
“Beyond proud. Thank you@beyonce for including me on this musical journey,” she wrote. “I am so honored and humbled to be a part of this masterpiece.”
Terry and will.i.am promoted their remixes on their Instagramaccounts.
Beyoncé’sBreak My Soul remix EP is available now, as is her newly released Renaissance album.
The hit-and-run driver responsible for the death of Nicki Minaj‘s father learned his fate on Wednesday. TMZ reports Charles Polevich was sentenced to a year in jail in connection to the fatal car crash that killed Robert Maraj in February 2021. As part of his punishment, he also faces a six-month license suspension and is required to pay a $5,000 fine.
As previously reported, Robert was walking in Long Island’s Mineola village back in February 2021 when he was struck by Charles, who allegedly fled the scene. Authorities said he made his escape only after getting out to look at Nicki’s father and attempted to hide the car, covering it with a tarp. He also failed to call 911.
Cops eventually discovered Charles’ vehicle with the help of security footage, and arrested him on charges of tampering with or suppressing physical evidence and leaving the scene of an incident involving the death of a person. He pleaded guilty to both charges in May.
As for Robert, he was taken to Nassau County Hospital, where he succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash the following day. In a letter on her website, Nicki deemed her father’s death “the most devastating loss of my life.”
For country fans looking for a fun, summer activity that combines music and beer, Busch Light has you covered.
The beer brand has created a DIY craft project that requires a few household items and cans of beer to make a functioning guitar.
Tools and items required include a wooden board, wrench, guitar strings and a collection of Busch Light cans. The company provides a detailed breakdown on how to build the guitar, a process that includes cutting the tops off the cans and drilling holes into the wooden board where the tuning knobs will be placed.
The end product is a mini acoustic guitar that you can play all summer long. The full list of instructions are here.
The guide was created in partnership with craftsman Logan Elliot. It’s inspired by cigar box guitars, a DIY project that dates back to the 1800s.
Fans can also enter an online contest and share their favorite Busch Light and country music memory for a chance to win a Busch Light guitar signed by Jordan Davis. The contest runs August 9-11.
Get ’em before they’re gone! Olivia Rodrigo launched a new collaboration with Casetify, this time to celebrate the recently completed SOUR world tour.
The “drivers license” singer teased two new phone cases on her Instagram Story, writing “Sour tour cases out now!” She also included a link to the Casetify website so fans can snatch up the new collection before it sells out completely.
The new line comes in two new colors, a pink butterfly print case with the official SOUR tour logo embedded in black ink and a clear case with various stickers — as well as the tour logo — decorating the see-through exterior. Both cases also have the option of coming in a clear frost or black protective lining to protect against falls.
In addition, both cases are only available for iPhone models from the iPhone X to the most recently released iPhone 13 Pro Max.
(DALLAS) — A Dallas City Council committee passed a resolution Tuesday looking to limit the impact of Texas’s strict abortion law.
The council’s Quality of Life, Arts, and Culture Committee voted to adopt the ordinance, which directs law enforcement to make investigating or prosecuting any allegation related to abortion outcomes their lowest priority.
It also limits city funds from being used to compile reports of abortions that were performed, to “conduct surveillance” to determine whether an abortion has occurred and to relay the information to any governmental agencies.
The resolution will be presented to the full council for a vote Aug. 10.
“I believe that we have to do what we can at every level of government to push back on legislation that takes away our rights, specifically when it comes to women’s rights,” Councilman Adam Bazaldua, who spearheaded the resolution, told ABC News. “It’s our job as local leaders to preserve quality of life for residents and access to health care.”
Bazaldua said it was vital the resolution was passed before Texas’s so-called trigger law goes into effect.
Most abortions were already illegal in the state prior to the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in June. However, after the decision, a near-total ban went into effect with very limited exceptions.
When the “trigger law” is enforced on Aug. 25, performing an abortion in Texas will become a felony punishable by a fine of up to $100,000 and possibly up to life in prison.
Dallas is not the only Texas city that has attempted to affirm its support of abortion rights.
In June, Denton — 40 miles northwest of Dallas — was the first in the state to adopt a resolution directing police to make investigating abortions a low priority and, last month, the Austin City Council approved a resolution similar to the one passed in Dallas known as the Guarding the Right to Abortion Care for Everyone or GRACE Act, which effectively decriminalized abortion within city limits.
In addition to the measures also passed in Dallas, the Austin resolution also launched a public information campaign about vasectomies, explaining that the burden of preventing pregnancies “disproportionately falls on women.”
Lastly, the Austin resolution prevents employment and housing discrimination based on whether someone is pregnant or has had an abortion.
“As a father of a 10-year-old daughter, I find it unfathomable to raise a young woman in a time when she has less rights afforded to her than her grandmother did in her lifetime,” Bazaldua said. “And I think it’s important for this issue to be strongly considered when voters go to vote this November.”
(FRANKFORT, Ky.) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said water and electricity systems across the state remain heavily damaged Wednesday from intense flooding, an issue raising concerns as scorching heat replaces rainfall.
National, state and local authorities are working to bring food, water and electricity to those in the affected areas, he said.
“These are proud, hardworking folks that have just lost it all, and I think the least we can do as human beings, as people of values, is to give and do what we can to get them back on their feet,” Beshear said.
At Wednesday’s press conference, Beshear also said 1,300 people have been rescued from flooded areas and 3 have been confirmed as missing, although that number is likely higher than what has been reported.
The death toll hasn’t risen since Monday, with 37 people reported to have died due to the floods, according to the governor.
Beshear said that a total of 219 people have been temporarily housed in Kentucky’s state parks and another 221 in shelters, to account for 440 displaced individuals. However, there are many more displaced persons that are staying with friends and family that are not included in that total, he said.
Cooling centers have been established across eight counties region braces for severe heat on Wednesday and Thursday, according to Beshear. The governor encouraged residents, especially elderly, high risk and displaced individuals without electricity to use the cooling centers in order to stay safe in the heat.
Restoring the damaged water systems will require “significant time and significant dollars,” Beshear said.
Beshear added that power outages were cut almost in half on Tuesday, with a remaining 5,058 hookups without power. Water outages remain at just over 1,800 service connections and 45,600 are under boiled water advisories, he said.
The most essential relief right now, Beshear said, is to get people water.
The National Guard has distributed over 2,400 cases of water as of Wednesday morning. Crews continue to deliver supplies and conduct welfare checks, officials said.
Jeremey Lowe, a Kentucky National Guard detachment sergeant and critical care flight paramedic, said the role of his crew has changed from emergency rescues to health and welfare checks over the last couple of days.
At the height of the flooding, Lowe’s crews worked to hoist people off roofs and out of trees using aircraft to take them to a safe area. The paramedics are now working to help elderly and medication dependent residents, he said.
Lowe told ABC News the majority of their welfare checks require no further assistance from the team, as “the people affected are self-sufficient and independent.”
While many people have been evacuated throughout the flooding, some are now sheltering in isolated areas, relying on food and water deliveries from authorities, Kentucky National Guard crew chief Shaun Morris told ABC News.
Morris said flooding conditions seem to be improving, but that debris and damages have left many roads and bridges impassable, making his airborne crews essential to the relief effort.
Beshear said many roads and bridges have been “just eaten away.”
There is a Team Kentucky Flood Relief Fund that has raised over $3 million in donations for affected families, Beshear said.
The first funds will go toward funerals for those who were killed in the floods, Beshear said.
“A lot of the grief that we’ve suppressed these last seven days trying to get the mud out and take care of each other…it’s going to come to the surface,” Beshear said. “Remember it’s okay not to be okay. I don’t think our brains or our hearts are designed to deal with trauma and loss at this level.”
Grey’s Anatomy fans will see less Meredith Grey next season.
ABC News can confirm that series star Ellen Pompeo, the show’s namesake character who has appeared in 400 episodes to date, will continue her iconic role in a limited capacity in season 19.
Pompeo will appear in eight episodes this upcoming season, premiering Oct. 6 on ABC, and stay on as executive producer.
A new crop of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital interns have recently been announced for season 19, including Alexis Floyd as Simone Griffin, Niko Terho as Lucas Adams, Midori Francis as Mika Yasuda, Adelaide Kane as Jules Millin and Harry Shum Jr. as Daniel “Blue” Kwan.
The fresh faces seem to indicate that Grey Sloan’s residency program — which was shut down in the season 18 finale — will be back up and running sooner rather than later. That shocking twist, however, led to Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) resigning and Meredith agreeing to step in as interim chief of surgery.
Pompeo had already downsized her role on the show somewhat over the past two seasons, with Meredith having been in a COVID-19 coma for most of the pandemic-centric season 17. Her character also spent a large part of last season in Minnesota, where she entered into a relationship with Scott Speedman‘s Nick Marsh.
Production on the long-running ABC medical primetime drama begins this week.
(NEW YORK) — Children as young as 9 years old have engaged in disordered eating behaviors, according to a new analysis published in JAMA this week.
The analysis, which was published Monday and based on data from nearly 12,000 children, showed that 5% of children — both boys and girls — engaged in binge eating, one of many types of disordered eating behaviors.
“It starts younger than a lot of us may think,” ABC News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton said on “Good Morning America” Wednesday.
Disordered eating behaviors can lead to eating disorders, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, where someone may avoid or severely restrict the amount of food they eat; bulimia nervosa, where someone may overeat and then vomit or overexercise afterward; and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), an extreme version of picky eating, where someone is selective about the foods they eat.
Researchers say such issues are common: More than 28 million in the U.S. are living with an eating disorder, which often starts during the teenage years.
“When they found 9- [and] 10-year-olds starting to engage in binge eating, that really shifts our timeline to try to be more aware earlier and try to intervene,” Ashton said.
How to spot warning signs of an eating disorder
Parents may often be the first to notice disordered eating behaviors at home. Here are some red flags to watch out for:
A sudden change in appetite
Sudden avoidance of meal times
Frequent calorie counting
Overexercising
Poor body image or constant focus on weight or talk of weight gain or weight loss
What parents can do
If parents notice their child may be developing or already have an unhealthy relationship with food, Ashton recommends seeking professional help. As a starting point, parents can begin by initiating a conversation with their child’s pediatrician.
Ashton added that parents should keep their child’s privacy in mind and anticipate kids may act out, especially when they’re nearing their pre-teen years.
If you or someone you know is battling an eating disorder, contact the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) at 1-800-931-2237 or NationalEatingDisorders.org.
