Hoda Kotb Gives Update on 'Really Slow' Adoption Process During Pandemic for Baby No. 3

Hoda Kotbis remaining hopeful on her adoption journey.TheTodayco-host appeared onWatch What Happens Live! withAndy CohenThursday, offering an update on the process to welcome a third child into her family. Kotb, 56, and fiancé Joel Schiffman share daughtersHope Catherine, 2, andHaley Joy, 4, whom they also welcomed via adoption.“You know what’s funny about the adoption stuff that’s going on now? Apparently, it’s really slow during this time, during COVID,” she says. “I thought it would be a different game....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 1011 words · Brian Esparza

Hoda Kotb Says She's Only Gone on 2 Dates Since Ending Her Engagement 2 Years Ago

Hoda Kotb attends the 2022 Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2022.Photo:amie McCarthy/GettyHoda Kotbis taking her time when it comes to love.TheTodayhost shared that she hasn’t been actively dating since ending her engagement toJoel Schiffmantwo years ago.“I’ve only got on two dates since…” she told co-hostJenna Bush Hageron Thursday morning’s episode.The conversation came afterSofía Vergaracommented that dating in New York City is a lot easier than Los Angeles. The reason?...

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1300 words · John Perez

Hollywood Stars and Critics Say 'Shameful' Digital James Dean Casting Sets 'Awful Precedent'

The movie industry and its loyal fans have a lot to say about the planned use of a digitally resurrectedJames Deanperformance. Through the use of CGI technology, filmmakers are readying toreturn the iconic actor to the big screen— 64 years after his untimely death. Deandiedat the age of 24 in 1955 when he was involved in a head-on collision in California while driving his Porsche. For the upcoming Vietnam War era filmFinding Jack, directors Anton Ernst and Tati Golykh secured the rights to Dean’s likeness from his family, casting him in a secondary role,according toThe Hollywood Reporter....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 505 words · Timothy Miller

Hollywood's Older Dads Club

Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. As the years go on, some celebrity families keep growing! 01of 32 Gordon Ramsay Gordon Ramsay/Instagram 02of 32 Anthony Michael Hall Laura Jane Williamson “I couldn’t be happier because I always knew, even when I was a young man, that I wanted to get started later.“he told PEOPLE when he announced the happy news. “Here I am at 55, and I’m fully committed....

March 16, 2025 · 14 min · 2858 words · Heidi Travis

Home Stretch! Pregnant Morgan Miller Bares Her Baby Bump at 36 Weeks with Twins: 'Going Crazy'

Morgan Milleris ready to meet her twins! “36 weeks & 2 days,” Morgan wrote on top of the image, adding the hashtag, “#imgoingcrazy.” She and her husband, fellow athleteBode Miller, revealedtheir pregnancy newson theTodayshow in August, where Morgan explained that she went to her ultrasound appointment alone and was surprised to learn that she was expecting not one but two babies. “Sure enough, identical twin boys,” she added in the spouses’ interview withSavannah Guthrie, going on to reveal inan Instagram postthat the babies are due on Nov....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 260 words · Meghan Le

House Republicans Move to Cut Pete Buttigieg’s Cabinet Salary to $1

House Republicans this week moved to cut the salary of Transportation SecretaryPete Buttigiegto $1 in a largely symbolic move unlikely to be passed. The bill to which the amendment is attached has yet to be passed in the House is almost sure to fail in the Democratic-controlled Senate, though its dig at Buttigieg underlines the anger some Republicans are feeling. In introducing the measure, Greene claimed that American taxpayers “should not be on the hook for paying for his lavish trips or his salary....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Miss Rebecca Patrick MD

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Announces Impeachment Inquiry into President Joe Biden

Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy.Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty; Alex Wong/Getty Republican House SpeakerKevin McCarthyannounced Tuesday that his party is launching an impeachment inquiry into PresidentJoe Biden. Alleging a “culture of corruption,” McCarthy accused Biden of lying “to the American people about his own knowledge of his family’s foreign business dealings.” “Today, I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden,” McCarthy said in a press conference....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 601 words · Terry Wall

How 'HSMTMTS' Addressed Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale's Absence in Season 4

Photo:Lucas Dawson/Getty Lucas Dawson/Getty Warning: This post contains spoilers from the final season ofHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Series. High School Musical: The Musical: The Seriesreunited severalOG Wildcatsfor itsfourth and final season— though a few faces were noticeably missing on screen. Season 4 followed thefictional filming ofHigh School Musical 4: The Reunion, withCorbin Bleu(Chad),Monique Coleman(Taylor),Lucas Grabeel(Ryan) andKaycee Stroh(Martha) reprising their characters from the original movies as they attended their high school reunion....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 577 words · Amanda Mcmillan

How 'The Mandalorian' Explained Absence of Cara Dune After Firing of Controversial Star Gina Carano

Gina Carano inThe Mandalorian.Photo: Justin Lubin/Lucasfilm Ltd. Fans ofThe Mandalorianfinally have answers as to what would happen toGina Carano’s character Cara Dune, after the actress was fired over hercontroversial posts on social media. Wednesday’s season 3 premiere addressed the whereabouts of Dune in a conversation between Djarin and High Magistrate Greef Karga. In the scene, Karga asked Djarin if he wants Dune’s old job as a marshall in Nevarro, noting she was no longer around after being promoted to the Special Forces of the New Republic for her role in capturing Moff Gideon (Breaking Bad’sGiancarlo Esposito)....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 441 words · Mrs. Rachel Holland DVM

How I Parent: A Dad in a Same-Sex Marriage Who Used a Surrogate to Have a Son

Chase Weideman-Grant What was your journey to having the family life you have today?My husband and I were living in L.A. when we decided we wanted to have a family. I researched all of the agencies in California and all of them had at least one person write a review saying they wouldn’t use that agency again, which gave me pause. The only agency I found that had a 100 percent return rate wasNorthwest Surrogacy Center, LLCin Portland, Oregon....

March 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1660 words · Samuel Smith

How Olympian April Ross Uses Memory of Her Late Mom for 'Courage and Bravery' in Beach Volleyball Matches

April Ross continues to make her late mother, Margie, proud. “I really thought about how my mom would want me to go about my life in the aftermath of her passing and what would make her proud. And that really drove me and helped me turn a corner when I wasn’t doing so well,” she said of her late mother, who remains a source of inspiration. Harry How/Getty “I still draw on her memory today when I’m out on the court, and all the courage and the bravery she showed as she was going through her health challenges....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 421 words · Antonio Ball

How Protests in France Could Affect King Charles and Queen Camilla's First Overseas Visit of New Reign

King Charles and Queen Camilla at Sandringham recently.Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images King CharlesandQueen Camillacould be adjusting the agenda of theirupcoming state visit to Franceas members of the public protest PresidentEmmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age. PEOPLE understands that Buckingham Palace is closely monitoring the situation and taking advice from the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office as well as French officials. Logistics of the tour, which is set to begin on Sunday in France, may be impacted....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Christopher Ross

How Stars Are Celebrating Valentine's Day 2021

01of 55Michael B. JordanLori Harvey and Michael B. Jordan’s Valentine’s Day.Lori Harvey/InstagramLeave it to PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive to pull off an incredible date: The star rented out an aquarium so he and girlfriend Lori Harvey could have a private tour and a candlelit, rose-strewn dinner. 01of 55 Michael B. Jordan Lori Harvey and Michael B. Jordan’s Valentine’s Day.Lori Harvey/Instagram Leave it to PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive to pull off an incredible date: The star rented out an aquarium so he and girlfriend Lori Harvey could have a private tour and a candlelit, rose-strewn dinner....

March 16, 2025 · 15 min · 2998 words · Gina Perry