(WASHINGTON) —The Capitol Police Department has a new chief, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
They confirmed to ABC News that J. Thomas Manger has been selected to be the leader of the department.
Manger has previously served as the police chief in Montgomery County, Maryland, and in Fairfax County, Virginia. He was also the president of the Major City Chiefs of Police Association.
He replaces acting Chief Yogananda Pittman.
Capitol Police referred questions from ABC News to the Capitol Police Board which picks the new chief.
This is a developing news story. Please check back for updates.
Mick Jagger has eight children who range in age from 50 to four years old, and his current girlfriend has now given us a glimpse of the Rolling Stones front man with his youngest.
Ballet dancer Melanie Hamrick, Mick’s girlfriend, shared a photo on Instagram of herself along with Mick and little Devereaux. Hamrick, 34, is kissing Mick, 77 on the cheek while Devereaux peeps out from behind his dad’s leg. The photo, posted on Sunday, evidently was taken around the time of Hamrick’s birthday.
Mick’s children include Karis, his daughter with Marsha Hunt; Jade, who he shares with Bianca Jagger; Georgia, Lizzie, James and Gabriel, who he shares with Jerry Hall, and Lucas, who he shares with his ex Luciana Morad.
Some of the kids seem pretty close: Georgia, 29, posted some photos of herself with Luca, 22, in L.A. just last month.
With DIY home improvement projects taking off amid the pandemic, the Property Brothers have some valuable tips for beginners.
Speaking with ABC Audio, Drew and Jonathan Scott listed some projects that someone starting off can tackle without professional help.
“The easiest thing in the world is paint,” Jonathan said, stressing the importance of investing in “a good, quality paint.”
“It’s all about the prep,” the HGTV star continued, “as long as you prep the walls properly, clean them, sand down anything that’s not great, use a great primer, tape off all the areas you’re not going to be. You can tackle a room and make a huge difference just with that. And then, maybe, you tackle trim.”
Jonathan quickly added “swapping a light fixture” is another easy way to transform a room into “something fresh and something new.”
Though Scott noted the current “booming” prices of construction materials might slow DIY enthusiasm, he assured the trend will not be permanent and that he’s noticed “a lot of those materials [are starting] to come back down.”
For those who really don’t want to tackle a project by themselves, Drew recalled a “strategy” his twin brother successfully used when they were younger.
“A painting party is great to have friends come over to help you,” he laughed, “Jonathan told us, ‘Come over, I’ll have pizza and drinks and we’ll have a great time’…So we painted this whole space and, at the end, he brings out a personal pan pizza — a tiny little pizza — and a jug of water!”
If you want more home renovation tips from the Property Brothers, they’re offering a Bright session on August 6 about transforming the bedroom. Tickets are $25 and available now.
The numbers are in, and Loki apparently enchanted audiences.
According to data compiled by viewing tracker app Samba TV, the series not only scored the best premiere for a Marvel Studios show on the streaming platform, but its sixth and final episode, “For All Time,” was watched by 1.9 million viewers in the U.S. between Wednesday when it dropped, and Sunday.
The performance bested the 1.7 million viewers who watched the finale of its predecessor The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and the 1.4 million households that watched the finale of Marvel Studios’ first series, the multiple-Emmy nominated WandaVision.
Overseas, Loki‘s final installment also out-performed its predecessors, with 300,000 pressing play in the U.K., and 96,000 in Germany over the respective first five days the finale was available.
Unlike WandaVision and TFAS, the last episode of Loki also teased a second season for the series headlined by Marvel movies star Tom Hiddleston.
Marvel Studios is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.
(LAS VEGAS) — Team USA and Chicago Bulls guard Zach Levine has entered health and safety protocols and will not travel with the team to Tokyo, according to USA Basketball.
USA Basketball said they hope Levine can join the team later this week.
Levine is the third player on Team USA to be entered into the health and safety protocols. Washington guard Bradley Beal was forced to leave the team and Detroit guard Jerami Grant was placed in contact tracing quarantine for four days.
The team will now travel with just eight players, according to ESPN. The team is still waiting on Suns guard Devin Booker, Bucks forward Kris Middleton, and guard Jrue Holiday. The three are playing in the NBA Finals. Milwaukee is leading 3-2 with game six Tuesday night.
(NEW YORK) — Nashville Predators prospect Luke Prokop announced on social media that he is gay.
He becomes the first gay player on an active NHL contract. No active or retired player has come out as gay, according to ESPN.
“It has been quite the journey to get to this point in my life, but I could not be happier with my decision to come out,” Prokop wrote. “From a young age I have dreamed of being an NHL player, and I believe that living my authentic life will allow me to bring my whole self to the rink and improve my chances of fulfilling my dreams.”
The 19-year old was drafted in the third round of last year’s NHL Draft and played for the Calgary Hitmen in the Western Hockey League in Canada last season.
He told ESPN coming out publicly would help ease his mind and play his best.
“Luke is a valued prospect of the Nashville Predators and we think he has a bright future,” said Nashville President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile in a statement. “We want Luke to become a successful hockey player, and we understand his ability to be out comfortably will help him achieve his goals on and off the ice. We are committed to ensuring nothing stands in the way of his ability. His courage is an inspiration to us, and to the LGBTQ community in Nashville.”
Nashville defenseman Roman Josi told NHL.com the entire team is behind Prokup.
“We’re obviously very proud of him for taking that step,” Josi, told NHL.com. “Our message as a team [is that] we’re obviously very supportive of him. We just reached out and told him [we’ll help with] whatever he needs and that we’re proud of him. It’s a big step for him and we fully support him.”
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman applauded Prokop.
“I share his hope that these announcements can become more common in the hockey community,” Bettman said in a statement. “LGBTQ players, coaches, and staff can only perform at their absolute best if they live their lives as their full and true selves. We do not take the meaning and importance of this announcement lightly.”
The announcement comes a few weeks after Las Vegas Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib announced he was gay. Prokup told ESPN he made his decision independent of Nassib, but the public reaction to Nassib was inspiring.
Green Day is doing a surprise show Tuesday night in Tulsa, OK. The sold-out show, which starts at 9:15pm, will take place at Tulsa’s legendary venue, Cain’s Ballroom.
While the show was first announced earlier on Monday, the band noted on its socials, “Due to the recent spike in the Delta variant, and because it’s indoors, we’ve been asked to do this as a fully vaccinated show. ID & proof of vaccination will be required for entry for ALL attendees. No exceptions.”
In the comments, some fans expressed displeasure at this requirement. On the event page, the band also noted that the date of attendees’ last injection must be “not later than July 6, no exceptions at all.”
The Hella Mega tour, featuring Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer, officially gets underway July 24 at Globe Life Field in Dallas, TX. No word if Green Day plans to do any other surprise shows ahead of the tour.
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Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is ready to tell his life story.
Harry, 36, plans to release a memoir late next year that he says will be a “firsthand account of my life that’s accurate and wholly truthful.”
““I’m writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become,” Harry said in a statement released by Penguin Random House, the publisher. “I’ve worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story — the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned — I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think.”
Harry calls it a “firsthand account of my life that’s accurate and wholly truthful.”
Harry, the youngest son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, stepped down from their senior roles with the royal family in 2020. The couple now lives in California with their two children, Archie, 2, and Lilibet, who was born on June 4.
The Sussexes have been very candid about the difficulties they say they faced as senior members of Britain’s royal family, including their explosive, tell-all interview earlier this year with Oprah Winfrey.
Harry has also been open about the mental health struggles he faced following the death of his mom, Princess Diana, in 1997.
Penguin Random House describes it as an, “intimate and heartfelt memoir from one of the most fascinating and influential global figures of our time.”
Harry’s book will be published in late 2022 initially in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
The terms of Harry’s book deal were not released. He will be donating proceeds to charity, according to Penguin Random House.
Black Veil Brides’ new album The Phantom Tomorrow is coming out in October, and now the band has announced that they’re giving you something to read while you listen to it.
The group has teamed with Incendium to create a six-issue comic book series, also called The Phantom Tomorrow, which front man Andy Biersacksays will “build on the world that we have developed for “Blackbird,” “9,” “Scarlet,” and the entire Phantom Tomorrow universe that BVB fans have come to know over the past year via our music videos and other visual mediums.”
The Phantom Tomorrow story is based on a concept by Biersack, and is written by Michael Moreci, who’s contributed to Stranger Things and Batman: Detective Comics. It follows a brilliant scientist named Dennis Kane, whose huge ego “causes the world to fall apart around him,” according to the description on Incedium‘s website.
Then, Kane is “resurrected as “Blackbird — a mysterious figure caught between life and death,” who is desperately seeking redemption, and is “willing to fight through hell and back to get it.”
The first print edition of each issue will come as a limited-edition, individually numbered collectible book with cardstock covers, foil treatments and glossy pages.
Biersack writes on Instagram, “Growing up, I was heavily influenced by the works of Alan Moore, Todd McFarlane, and many other iconic writers and artists in the comics field and to have the chance to create and develop an original character that both pulls from those influences as well as creates new and compelling story arcs is a dream come true.”
In addition to the comic books, both t-shirts and action figures are also being released as part of The Phantom Tomorrow series. You can pre-order the series now.
(NOTE LANGUAGE) Yes, Kate Beckinsale looks stunning at 47, and no, good doctors can’t take the credit. The Underworld series star put it plainly in a chat with the UK’s Sunday Times that she hasn’t had any work done.
“I’m not against people having it,” she allows. “[But] I do get pi**ed off. It’s sort of a given that I’ve had it, which I just literally haven’t.”
The actress explains it’s her mother — who Beckinsale says at 76 is still “f***ing radiant and amazing” — who scared her away from getting any tweaks.
Beckinsale says of Botox, “I’m frightened of paralyzing my face. My mum’s voice is in my head, very loud, at all times. I know if I did do Botox, I’d be the one that would get the droopy eye and my mum would go, ‘I f***ing told you! See? You should never do that.'”
Beckinsale, promoting her new Amazon Prime action film Jolt, noted women in showbiz can’t win. “I think women are damned anyway,” she said. “You’re seen as too young, you’re too old. Where is the f**king sweet spot for women? At some point you just have to go, b**** – this is me.”
Jolt, which also stars Laverne Cox, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, and Jai Courtney, hits Amazon Prime on July 23.
