Can you get fired for calling in sick after watching Euro 2024 final? Employment expert gives verdict

NBC’s main Olympic sportscaster Mike Tirico triggered instant backlash on social media after a comment about the flag French basketball player Mathias Lessort had wrapped around him during the Olympic awards ceremony after the Men’s Basketball final.

Jennie Garth is expressing her frustrations with the changes menopause is bringing her.

Team USA is taking home another Gold Medal after the men’s basketball team came out on top in the final game against France on Saturday (August 10) in Paris, France!

Chris Olsen opened up to his fans about intimate photos of him that are circulating online.

TikTok sensation and the newest addition to Loose Women, GK Barry, might be swapping the panel for the jungle soon.The influencer, who became a hit with her relatable content during lockdown, is reportedly in the final stages of discussions to join the cast of ITV's I'm A Celebrity. Fresh from her debut as the youngest ever panellist on Loose Women at 24 years old, a source spilled to The Mirror: "She's a big personality...

Celine Dion's team has come out swinging against Donald Trump for his unauthorised use of her iconic ballad at an election rally, stating: "Today, Celine Dion's management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorised usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion singing 'My Heart Will Go On' at a Donald Trump / JD Vance campaign rally in Montana." The star's representatives issued a public statement saying, "In no way is this use authorised, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use. ...

It was a one-possession game with under three minutes to go. The French crowd was going wild, sensing that momentum was on their side in the gold medal finale of Olympics men’s basketball.

Jordan Chiles may have to return the bronze medal she won at the 2024 Paris Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in favor of an appeal filed by the Romanian gymnastics team. During the women’s floor exercise final on Monday, Aug.

When Nikki Glaser took to the stage to join in The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady, she made headlines with her close-to-the-bone whip-smart jokes. Then, just days later, she broke viewing records with her comedy special Someday You’ll Die, which has now earned her an Emmy nomination. Now she has a show in the works called Unsettling, written by Jamie Lee, about two childless women who decide to parent together. Here, she mulls over her compulsion to say unspeakable things, explains why she doesn’t want kids and expresses compassion for Tom Brady. Then there are those big awards shows she would love to host…

“The zen garden is the type of garden that’s providing people more freedom in a sense of point of view, because it’s meant to be viewed from a certain distance, and from whichever angles you are seeing objects in the garden, it provides a relativity between those rocks or the landscape and how you see things,” says Elastic creative director and main title designer Nadia Tzuo. “It’s like how we follow the protagonist, John Blackthorne, because he’s a foreigner experiencing this entirely alien landscape of Japan and he’s sort of in the onlooker position the whole time. So, we thought that would be perfect to follow his ship in the sequence through the garden.” Below, Tzuo gives insight into how the main title sequence came together.

Sharon van Rouwendaal, who won a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics after winning the women’s marathon swimming paid an emotional tribute to her late dog Rio in an emotional speech. After a tough swim in the River Seine, after concerns have been made about the 'cleanliness' the Dutch star beat 23 other athletes in the 6.2 mile (10km) race. Sharon, who had named her dog Rio after her win in Rio de Janeiro eight years prior, tragically announced he had passed away in May, just months before the Paris games began.

David Birtwhistle, a contestant from the first season of Netflix reality show Too Hot To Handle, was involved in a motorbike accident earlier this week.The 34 year old reality star took to Instagram Stories on Saturday to share his experience with his 776,000 followers. He admitted that he had "become lazy" on the road and ended up crashing into the front of a van.The Netflix heartthrob posted pictures of his wrecked bike and confessed that he was "lucky" the incident wasn't more severe.

Emma Bunton took to Instagram on Saturday to post a rare snap of her eldest child Beau on his 17th birthday as she proudly gushed about "the young man" he has become. The Spice Girl, 48, is usually notoriously private and has often shied away from sharing images of her two children in the past in order to keep them out of the spotlight, but it appears Beau's birthday was one reason to make an exception.The singer, who shares two children – 17-year-old Beau and Tate, 13– with husband Jade Jones, proudly posted three rare photos of her towering teenage son who looked very grown up. In one snap, Beau appeared to cover his face while posing in a stylist trenchcoat ensemble while another photo featured the teen striking a pose outside the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

EXCLUSIVE: Karen Bass is about to make some history, again.

Gina Gershon nearly put her first onscreen love interest in the hospital.

Ginnifer Goodwin is addressing the possibility of doing a Once Upon a Time reboot.

Rachael Gunn, aka Raygun, is speaking out in response to criticism of her breakdancing performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

As the cast of Euphoria gears up to film the long-overdue Season 3, Colman Domingo has one thing on the mind.

Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav has been immortalised with his own Olympics-themed Funko POP! doll.The hip-hop legend’s involvement with the US Olympics team is being celebrated with the limited-edition item that will only be available until August 16.Named ‘POP: Team USA USAWP Flavor Flav’, orders can be placed this week, with shipping estimated in December. Each sale will include a donation to Team USA’s Water Polo fund.

Ethan Shanfeld SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “Good One,” in theaters now. From first-time feature director India Donaldson, “Good One” is a breezy dramedy about three people on a backpacking trip. Until, suddenly, it isn’t. Lily Collias, in her second feature role, plays the 17-year-old Sam, who goes camping with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros), and his bumbling friend Matt (Danny McCarthy).

Aramide Tinubu When the script for “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” landed on Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor‘s desk, she jumped at the opportunity to star in the historical drama. Despite a three-decade-long career, it’s a rarity for Ellis-Taylor to find herself cast in projects that pass the Bechdel test. “The Supremes,” which debuted at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAFF) on Wednesday night, is based on the best-selling novel by Edward Kelsey Moore.

Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach were spotted enjoying some downtime together during a break from filming!

Laura Muir missed out on her Olympic podium target as GB star Georgia Bell stole her thunder by grabbing a sensational 1500m bronze.

André 3000 has shared his thoughts on the Kendrick-Drake beef, saying the whole saga left him feeling “a little sad”.The OutKast legend, who last year took an artistic left turn with his instrumental jazz flute album ‘New Blue Sun’, discussed the rap feud of the year in a recent interview with Crack.“I got a little sad, at a certain point,” he explained. “In early rap battles, you had kids in the park rapping against each other.

Some NEEDED happy Taylor Swift news to share!!

Vanderpump Rules has given us some big stars and major drama over the years!

These things are done a certain way!!!!

Celine Dion’s team have stated that Donald Trump used ‘My Heart Will Go On’ without authorisation at a rally and that she “does not endorse this”.At the political campaign event in Bozeman, Montana on Friday (August 9), a video clip of Dion singing the 1997 song was played on the big screen.At the time, it was unclear whether Trump’s people had followed the proper routes to clear the usage of the track, but in a social media post to Dion’s accounts on Saturday, the answer became clear.“Today, Celine Dion’s management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion singing “My Heart Will Go On” at a Donald Trump / JD Vance campaign rally in Montana,” it read.A post shared by Céline Dion (@celinedion)“In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use.”“…And really, THAT song?” the statement concluded, possibly referencing the song’s synonymous links with Titanic, the world’s most famous sinking ship.Dion had been invited to perform at Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, but once again, she refused to be associated with the former president.The Canadian singer gave a showstopping performance of Edith Piaf’s ‘L’Hymne a L’Amour’ at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on July 26, her first public performance since she revealed her stiff person syndrome diagnosis in 2022.Dion is far from the first artist to speak out after their music was used at a Trump rally.

Nick Viall finally made his thoughts known about Rachel Lindsay’s ex-husband, Bryan Abasolo.

Pixar have confirmed that Incredibles 3 is now in production, and have announced a spin-off series for Inside Out.The animation studio made a series of project announcements at Disney’s Entertainment Showcase Panel on Friday (August 9), also sharing that the already-announced Toy Story 5 will be receiving a 2026 release.Incredibles 3 was not given a firm release date, but it was announced that Brad Bird, who directed both of the previous films, as well as The Iron Giant and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, will also return to helm the third instalment in the superhero franchise.The Inside Out series – their first ever such series – will be titled Dream Productions and will hit Disney+ in 2025. It is set between the first two films and will explore the studio inside Riley’s mind where her dreams are literally made.“This is our first original series, and we wanted to do something unique and bold, unlike anything we’ve done before,” said Pixar veteran Pete Docter at the showcase.It follows on from the recent cinema release of Inside Out 2, which is the highest-grossing film of 2024 so far, the highest-grossing Pixar film ever and the second highest-grossing animated film of all time, after the 2019 version of The Lion King.The film reconnects with Riley, now 13 years old, whose emotions from the first film are now joined by Anxiety, Embarrassment, Envy and Ennui.

Celine Dion for the win! Sorry, Donald Trump!

David Castaneda, star of The Umbrella Academy, has conceded that the Netflix show's finale will "divide" viewers as he addresses one of the ending's most contentious points.

Some very big stars started off on Saturday Night Live!

Celine Dion is hilariously throwing shade at Donald Trump and JD Vance for using her song “My Heart Will Go On” at their rally in Montana.

Rosemary Rossi On behalf of Italian Americans everywhere, please don’t let the volatile, perennially miserable and explosive Berzatto family depicted in “The Bear” scare you into running for the hills if you find yourself drawn into an Italian famiglia’s orbit. We really are much more fun than they are. Hulu’s can’t-decide-if-it’s-a-drama-or-a-comedy mega-hit, “The Bear,” has been the talk of the town since it premiered in 2022, and deservedly so.

McKenna Grace is set to co-star opposite Allison Williams in Regretting You, an indie adaptation of the 2019 novel from It Ends with Us scribe Colleen Hoover, Deadline has confirmed. The news comes amid the theatrical release of Sony’s It Ends With Us adaptation, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, which is expected to be a big hit, opening in the mid $40 million-range.