Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Supreme Court Once Again Rejects Trump Appeal in E. Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Case
Trump argues that presidential immunity applies Carroll’s team had previously brought a defamation suit against Trump in 2019, pertaining to disparaging remarks he’d made about her while in office. A federal jury ruled in her favor in 2024, ordering Trump to pay $83.3 million. His team is currently asking the Supreme Court to review that…
Read MoreHayden Panettiere Traveled With Brian Hickerson One Day Before Her Death
Hayden Panettiere Shared Heartbreaking Final Instagram Post Weeks Before Death at 36 Before Hayden Panettiere‘s untimely death, she flew across the country with Brian Hickerson, E! News has learned. The Nashville actress traveled with Hickerson—her on-and-off boyfriend of nearly a decade—from Los Angeles to South Carolina on Aug. 15. E! News has attempted to reach…
Read MoreJohnny Bananas Speaks Out After Death of Real World Costar Tyler Duckworth
Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio is remembering his friend Tyler Duckworth. The reality star shared a touching tribute to his longtime friend and The Challenge costar after his death at the age of 44. “You were more than a friend,” Devenanzio captioned a video posted to Instagram Aug. 15. “More than a roommate. You were the brother I never had.…
Read MoreInside Hayden Panettiere’s Tumultuous Relationship With Brian Hickerson
Though she had a decidedly different slant on the scenario. “Getting an abusive person out of your life is like trying to rip a weed out that is so entangled into your life,” she explained to Us Weekly this past May, “and every time you pull it out another weed pops back up and you’re…
Read MoreHigher Education Doesn’t Need a Better Story. It Needs a More Believable One.
No amount of communications polish can repair a gap between what colleges promise and what students, families and employers experience. Image by Nextrecord Archives / G No amount of communications polish can repair a gap between what colleges promise and what students, families and employers experience. With political scrutiny up and public trust down, many…
Read MoreThe CEOs and Billionaire Investors Governing America’s Top Universities
Apple CEO Tim Cook is a board trustee at Duke University, where he earned his MBA. Liu Guanguan/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images The most influential figures at America’s largest corporations don’t just gather in company boardrooms; many also sit at university trustee tables, where Fortune 500 CEOs and Wall Street financiers help…
Read MoreAnne and Arthur Goldstein Reflect On the Responsibility of the Collector
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Read MorePilots and Flight Attendants Face a Real Cancer Risk. Frequent Flyers Shouldn’t Panic
The approach rested on simple logic. If cosmic radiation were truly driving cancer among air crew, the signal should appear specifically in the cancers that radiation is known to cause (breast, prostate, melanoma, and certain leukemias), and the signal should not appear in cancers like colon cancer that aren’t caused by this type of radiation.…
Read MoreDWTS’ Witney Carson Is Pregnant, Expecting Baby No. 3 With Carson McAllister
How Much Do the Celebrities Get Paid to Be on Dancing With the Stars? Citing multiple sources, Variety reported in 2019 that Dancing With the Stars contestants make $125,000 for the rehearsal period and first two weeks of the show. If they progress beyond that point, the outlet continued, they earn more money each week.…
Read MoreThe Most Anticipated L.A. Restaurant Openings Arriving in August
The traditional summer season might be coming to a close, but the L.A. local knows that the true SoCal summer is only just beginning in August, and this month marks a plethora of fresh starts. In addition to a handful of brand-new concepts, the city is gearing up for some highly anticipated reopenings in one…
Read MoreTributes Pour In for Actress Hayden Panettiere After Her Death at 36
In May 2026, Panettiere published her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning. Speaking with CBS about the book, Panettiere said that “once people figured out that I could cry on cue the way that I did, it was in everything.” At first, she said, she would imagine her pet passing away. “But then as I…
Read MoreThe Danger of Todd Blanche’s Statements on Abortion
Can the FDA and the DOJ—two departments typically unrelated in scope or matter— be united in a war to ban abortion? NAF members know that abortion bans come in many forms. In some places, the threat of investigations and prosecutions is enough to stop access. In other places, requiring people to travel for an abortion…
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