Following her spectacular months-long Barbie press tour, it’s no shock that Margot Robbie is already delivering on the maternity-style entrance, after it was revealed earlier this week that she’s pregnant along with her first youngster.

Robbie and her husband, Tom Ackerley, had been among the many spectators on the Wimbledon males’s singles semi-finals, the place they watched Daniil Medvedev face off in opposition to Carlos Alcaraz. Whereas their eyes might have been glued to the match, we couldn’t assist however practice ours on the actor’s fresh-off-the-runway maternity look.

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Placing a cool spin on Wimbledon whites, Robbie wore a draped Alaïa gown by Pieter Mulier from autumn/winter 2024, that includes an asymmetrical hemline and one-shouldered cape. Though it seems the gown is patterned with small black polka-dots, it’s really affixed with snaps and grommets, permitting the wearer to customize the match. (Robbie opted to put on her gown in another way than on the runway, which linked the skirt to the cape for a extra extreme asymmetrical hemline.)

Robbie continued the Alaïa streak along with her equipment. She added a pair of black peep-toe mules, sculptural cat-eye sun shades, and the black-and-white iteration of the model’s Le Teckel bag.

It’s protected to say that, in her first official outing since her being pregnant reveal, Robbie aced being pregnant type at Wimbledon. We are able to’t wait to see what she serves up subsequent!

JOE BONSALL, RENOWNED SINGER AND MEMBER OF
THE OAK RIDGE BOYS, PASSES AWAY AT 76

Joe Bonsall, famend tenor and member of the legendary group the Oak Ridge Boys handed away July 9, 2024. He was 76.

The historical past of the Oak Ridge Boys stretches again to the Nineteen Forties. Wally Fowler, who got here to be generally known as “Mr. Gospel Music,” modified the title of the Georgia Clodhoppers to the Oak Ridge Quartet, as a result of the Knoxville, TN, group carried out commonly in close by Oak Ridge.

Fowler moved the Oak Ridge Quartet to Nashville, the place, in 1946, the group grew to become regulars on the Grand Ole Opry. Singing in a four-part concord type, they made frequent appearances on the Opry’s “Prince Albert Present,” broadcast nationally on NBC Radio, from 1939 to 1957.

In 1962, the group started experimenting with calling themselves the Oak Ridge Boys, and in 1966 they made the change everlasting. Alabama native William Lee Golden, a baritone, joined the group in 1965. The next 12 months Duane Allen, from Texas, grew to become lead singer. New Jersey native Richard Sterban, who sang with Elvis Presley as a member of gospel group J.D. Sumner & The Stamps, took over as bass singer in 1972. The next 12 months, when tenor Bonsall from Philadelphia signed on, the long-running, best-known lineup was set.

When Bonsall, a Philadelphia native and resident of Hendersonville, TN joined in 1973, the Oak Ridge Boys already ranked amongst gospel music’s most acclaimed acts. That they had gained three Grammy Awards and a number of other Gospel Music Affiliation Dove Awards. Additionally in 1973, the group signed with Columbia Information, with assist from Johnny Money, who had used them in his touring act and to supply concord on his single “Reward the Lord and Move the Soup.”

Esteemed Nation Music insider Jim Halsey started managing the group, convincing group members that they had been one hit away from being Nation stars. The Oak Ridge Boys moved to ABC/Dot (quickly absorbed by MCA Information) and had the breakthrough Halsey had envisioned. “Y’all Come Again Saloon” grew to become a No. 3 Nation hit in 1977. The successes piled up shortly after that, amongst them the No. 1 hits “I’ll Be True to You,” “Leaving Louisiana within the Broad Daylight,” “Making an attempt to Love Two Girls,” and “Fancy Free.”

The blockbuster “Elvira” grew to become the group’s first crossover hit, in 1981, when it climbed to No. 1 in Nation and No. 5 in pop. The Oak Ridge Boys had been named CMA Vocal Group of the 12 months in 1978 and obtained CMA Single of the 12 months in 1981 for the smash hit. The group additionally gained a 1981 Grammy for Greatest Nation Vocal Efficiency by a Duo or Group, considered one of 5 Grammys the Oak Ridge Boys have gained. The next 12 months, the doo-wop-influenced “Bobbie Sue,” one other No. 1 Nation report, reached No. 12 on the pop charts.

The Oak Ridge Boys additionally grew to become welcome friends on the recordings of different artists. Paul Simon enlisted the group’s harmonies on his 1977-78 worldwide pop hit, “Slip Slidin’ Away.” The quartet’s voices additionally will be heard on Brenda Lee’s Grammy-nominated “Damaged Belief” in 1980; George Jones’s traditional “Identical Ole Me” in 1982; and on recordings by Ray Charles, Billy Ray Cyrus, Invoice Monroe, Leon Russell, and lots of others.

In 1987, Golden left the group, changed by Steve Sanders, who had been taking part in acoustic guitar within the Oak Ridge Boys’ band. Sanders took an occasional lead vocal, together with the 1988 No. 1 hit “Gonna Take a Lot of River.” In January 1996, after Sanders resigned, Golden returned to the fold.

The Oak Ridge Boys had been inducted into the Gospel Music Corridor of Fame in 2000. Bonsall and Sterban had been enshrined within the Philadelphia Music Alliance Stroll of Fame in 1994, and the group was elected to the Nation Music Corridor of Fame in 2015.

An creator and author, Bonsall had written 11 books, together with a memoir to be printed in November 2024 titled “I See Myself.”

Bonsall is survived by his spouse, Mary Ann, daughters Jennifer and Sabrina, sister Nancy, granddaughter Breanne, grandson Luke, and nice grandsons, Probability and Gray.

Margot Robbie joined a number of celebrities on the second Friday of this 12 months’s Wimbledon event, marking her first public outing for the reason that announcement of her being pregnant.

The Barbie star appeared alongside her husband, Tom Ackerley, additionally 34, simply days after a number of sources confirmed that she was anticipating her first baby.

She wore a loosely fitted polka-dot gown and sun shades that appeared to subtly reveal her rising child bump.

The couple, who’ve been collectively since 2014 and married since 2016, are reportedly glad to have shared their information with the world.

Ms Robbie and Mr Ackerly had been snapped sharing a kiss inside the crowd.

The couple, nonetheless, had been removed from the one faces in attendance on day 12 of the event, with Jeremy Clarkson and Katherine Jenkins additionally snapped within the crowd.

Hugh Grant, 63, and his spouse Anna Elisabet Eberstein, 41, had been additionally in attendance on this notably star-studded day.

The actor wore a blue go well with to the occasion whereas his spouse, who he married in 2018, wearing a brief, tennis-style gown.

Different well-known faces who’ve attended the event thus far embrace David Beckham, Sir David Attenborough, and Queen Camilla.

Whereas Wimbledon officers have mentioned they continue to be hopeful that the Princess of Wales may seem to current the trophies, they acknowledged her well being stays the precedence.

“We’re hopeful that the Princess of Wales will be capable of current the trophies because the Membership’s patron, however her well being and restoration is the precedence,” All England Membership Chair Debbie Jevans advised Telegraph Sport.

“We don’t know what we don’t know. All we’ve mentioned is that we’ll work together with her and provides her as a lot flexibility as potential.”

The palace confirmed to The Unbiased that any information concerning the princess’s attendance shall be revealed as and when it’s out there.

Wimbledon involves an in depth on Sunday 14 July, with the nail-biting finals set to play out this weekend.

The 69-year-old, who’s the longest-serving presenter on the BBC Two present affairs programme after becoming a member of in 1993, hosted her final present on Friday night.

A lot of the programme was devoted to Wark, who touched on the US presidential election on the outset of the programme.

She was joined within the studio by former BBC journalist Lewis Goodall, Scottish actor Alan Cumming, Newsnight political editor Nicholas Watt and outgoing As we speak programme presenter Martha Kearney for her final version.

There was additionally a spherical of video clips from former UK leaders, who Wark had grilled over time.

Sir Tony known as her “robust however honest and at all times exceptionally sensible”.

He added: “I want you the perfect of luck and I’m certain you’ll keep it up doing nice issues.”

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton referenced his personal profession comeback as Overseas Secretary underneath Rishi Sunak throughout his message.

He mentioned: “Kirsty, many congratulations on over three many years of presenting Newsnight. You’ve gotten questioned us, quizzed us, held us to account and sometimes terrified us.

“However an ideal file, many congratulations. Now you’re retiring however you may at all times retire after an extended profession after which make a comeback, greatest needs, properly accomplished with all the pieces.”

Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon mentioned: “To say you’re a broadcasting titan, clearly throughout the UK, however significantly right here in Scotland can be an understatement. It’s onerous to think about that panorama with out you.

“I had a really, very first interview expertise with you after I was simply 17 or 18 years previous. I used to be in awe of you then and it’s honest to say that hasn’t actually modified.”

Former prime minster Gordon Brown known as her a “path breaker in British journalism” and an “interviewer who’s at all times requested the looking out questions”, in addition to calling consideration to her documentary work, which has included taking a look at social media, the menopause and influential feminine Scottish figures.

He added that she was “at all times a broadcaster who enhanced her data of present affairs” and thanked her.

Clips have been performed of Wark interviewing former prime ministers together with Baroness Margaret Thatcher, in addition to ex-US president Invoice Clinton and musicians Sir Elton John and George Michael, alongside together with her protecting main occasions over greater than three many years.

Wark will go on to current editions of BBC Radio 4 present Entrance Row, starting on the Edinburgh Competition in August.

She had introduced final 12 months that she was stepping down following the Normal Election.

Wark signed off Newsnight on Friday saying: “Thanks very a lot. Effectively, I imply, that’s all for me. It has been an honour and a blast.

“Thanks to all my great colleagues, equally great viewers. Carry on switching on, Victoria (Derbyshire) is again on Monday. Till then, good evening, and good luck.”

Colleagues gathered within the studio to clap her within the ultimate moments whereas earlier Derbyshire, together with Wark’s youngsters, contributed to video clips to the programme.

(Grey Information) – Gypsy Rose Blanchard is pregnant.

The 32-year-old is anticipating her first baby with boyfriend Ken Urker.

On Tuesday, Blanchard made the announcement in a YouTube video titled “I’m Pregnant, My Journey So Far.”

Blanchard mentioned she is due in January. She mentioned the being pregnant was “surprising” however that she and Urker are excited to enter parenthood.

In response to PEOPLE, Blanchard beforehand was in a relationship with Urker earlier than she married Ryan Anderson.

After her divorce, Blanchard mentioned she and Urker reconnected.

Blanchard was launched from jail in December 2023 after serving eight years for her function in her mom’s 2015 homicide.

Blanchard is a sufferer of abuse and Munchausen by proxy, and her story has launched her into the nationwide highlight. She now could be an abuse activist and social media persona.

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BBC presenter Kirsty Wark will current her closing episode of BBC Two’s Newsnight this night and is to begin presenting editions of Radio 4’s Entrance Row from Scotland this summer season.

Kirsty will current one version of Entrance Row weekly from Glasgow together with her first episode in entrance of a stay viewers on the Edinburgh Pageant on 13 August.

With a deep rooted appreciation for the humanities, Kirsty used to current Newsnight’s arts strand, Newsnight Evaluate, for greater than a decade, in addition to Newsnight, the place she was the longest-serving presenter. Throughout her time on the helm, Kirsty has interviewed many distinguished cultural figures, together with the ultimate interview with the playwright Harold Pinter.

Music journalist Kate Molleson will even be part of as a presenter of Entrance Row from Scotland and current some episodes weekly from September. Kate is a well known voice on BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week, the New Music Present and stay live shows. The programme will proceed to be a vigorous and eclectic mixture of the most important tales from the world of artwork, literature, movie, media and music, with particulars of the most recent reveals, occasions and exhibitions occurring throughout the UK and around the globe.

Kirsty Wark says: “I’ve been so fortunate to have been given a real labour of affection and I’m trying ahead to many conversations and performances proper throughout the inventive spectrum and past. I’ve all the time discovered that individuals fascinated with politics are simply as fascinated with tradition and vice versa so I see this new function as an extension of all the pieces that I maintain expensive.”

Mohit Bakaya, BBC Director of Speech, says: “We’re delighted that Entrance Row will come from Glasgow as soon as every week as a part of our dedication to creating manufacturing alternatives outdoors of London and investing in audio throughout the UK. Following the success of Saturday Reside transferring to Wales and Choose of the Week to Northern Eire, our new community radio manufacturing hubs permit us to raised replicate, symbolize and serve all audiences. I’m trying ahead to listening to Kirsty kick issues off stay on Entrance Row from the Edinburgh Pageant this August.”

Final yr the BBC dedicated to transferring 50 episodes of Entrance Row out of London as a part of a dedication to growing the quantity of content material that’s produced from Scotland and Northern Eire. The BBC’s Throughout the UK plan is centred round transferring reveals, expertise, groups, and content material away from London to permit the BBC to raised replicate, symbolize and serve all audiences. Entrance Row editions from London and Salford proceed on different days of the week.

The BBC now has a vibrant community of radio manufacturing hubs in all of the 4 nations, bringing extra funding into completely different components of the UK, enhancing portrayal and supporting the nations’ audio sectors.

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Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case has been dismissed following a movement filed by his defence crew accusing the prosecution of concealing ammunition proof.

After a unprecedented day in courtroom – throughout which the particular prosecutor known as herself as a witness – the actor broke down in tears and hugged his attorneys because the decide made the ruling and threw out the case, based mostly on errors by police and prosecutors.

Baldwin, 66, had all the time denied the cost of involuntary manslaughter over the deadly capturing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, sustaining he didn’t pull the gun’s set off and that others on the set of the Western movie Rust, in New Mexico, have been answerable for security checks on the weapon.

He confronted as much as 18 months in jail if he had been convicted.

In line with the prosecution, the star had behaved recklessly throughout a scene rehearsal on the set close to Santa Fe, enjoying “make imagine with an actual gun” and violating “the cardinal guidelines of firearm security”. However the defence crew argued this was not true – he was “an actor, performing” and “dedicated no crime”.

Now, virtually three years on from Ms Hutchins’ dying, the case in opposition to Baldwin has been dismissed – and Decide Mary Marlowe Sommer has mentioned it can’t be filed once more.

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“The late discovery of this proof throughout trial has impeded the efficient use of proof in such a manner that it has impacted the elemental equity of the proceedings,” the decide mentioned.

His spouse Hilaria, who was supporting him in courtroom all through the trial alongside along with his actor brother Stephen, additionally cried because the decide made the ruling. Baldwin left the constructing shortly afterwards and acquired straight right into a automotive, with out talking to reporters exterior.

How the case collapsed

The breakdown of the case started following the second day of proof, throughout which the actor’s defence crew discovered the Santa Fe sheriff’s workplace had taken possession of dwell rounds as potential proof earlier this yr, on the identical day the movie’s armourer, Hannah Gutierrez, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for her function in Ms Hutchins’ dying.

Investigators didn’t checklist these dwell rounds within the Rust file, nor have been they disclosed to defence attorneys. Prosecutors mentioned the ammunition was not related to the case and was not hidden.

The Colt 45 rounds on the centre of the dismissal have been handed in by Troy Teske, a buddy of Gutierrez’s stepfather Thell Reed.

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Baldwin’s authorized crew filed their request to dismiss in a single day, and the courtroom heard arguments on the movement from each events with out jurors current within the courtroom.

Ms Morrissey mentioned the bullets weren’t the identical measurement or chemical composition because the dwell rounds discovered on the Rust set, together with the one which killed Ms Hutchins. “This can be a wild goose chase that has no evidentiary worth in anyway,” she mentioned. “That is only a man making an attempt to guard his daughter.”

When Decide Marlowe Sommer determined she wanted to listen to extra proof to decide on the movement, she known as the jurors in solely to dismiss them right away.

The courtroom then heard proof from witnesses together with prop retailer proprietor Seth Kenney, who supplied blanks and dummy rounds to the set of Rust. He has denied supplying dwell ammunition to the manufacturing and has not been charged within the case. Corporal Alexandria Hancock and Lieutenant Ryan Randall, from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Workplace, additionally testified.

Prosecutor calls herself to the stand

Following the repeated recommendations from defence lawyer Alex Spiro that proof had been hid, in an uncommon transfer, particular prosecutor Kari Morrissey known as herself to the witness stand, regardless of the decide telling her she was not required to take action.

She denied proof had been hidden and maintained she had felt it was not related.

However Decide Marlowe Sommer discovered the prosecution’s conduct was “extremely prejudicial” to Baldwin and there was “no manner for the courtroom to proper this incorrect”.

Throughout his questioning, Mr Spiro put it to Ms Morrissey that she merely didn’t “like Mr Baldwin very a lot”.

“That’s completely unfaithful,” she replied. “I truly actually admire Mr Baldwin’s motion pictures. I actually appreciated the performing that he did on Saturday Evening Stay, and I actually admire his politics.”

Mr Spiro informed the courtroom that she had referred to the actor as a “c*********” and an “boastful p****” to witnesses. She mentioned she didn’t recall this.

Throughout questioning, it additionally emerged that one other prosecutor, Erlinda Johnson, had resigned from the case earlier that day.

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Following the decide’s ruling, Gutierrez’s lawyer Jason Bowles informed Sky Information the decide had achieved “the fitting factor to protect the integrity of our system”.

Gutierrez was sentenced to 18 months in jail and is presently interesting. Mr Bowles mentioned they might now be submitting a “comparable movement” in her case.

There has nonetheless not been a definitive dedication on how the dwell rounds made their manner on to the movie set.

Baldwin, who is thought for movies included The Departed, It is Sophisticated and The Hunt For Crimson October, in addition to his performances on Saturday Evening Stay, can now put the case behind him. He has a movie, Clear Lower, out subsequent week, and is ready to star in a actuality TV sequence subsequent yr.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who recruited her former boyfriend to kill her mom after years of being pressured to faux she was gravely ailing, introduced Tuesday that she is pregnant and hopes to present her baby all the things she lacked rising up.

Blanchard stated in a YouTube video that the newborn is due in January, which will likely be just a bit over a 12 months after she was free of a ladies’s jail northeast of Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.

“I simply wish to be an excellent mom for my baby,” she stated, her voice catching. “I wish to be all the things my mom wasn’t.”

Blanchard’s case sparked nationwide tabloid curiosity after studies emerged that her mom, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, who was slain in 2015, had primarily saved her daughter prisoner, forcing her to make use of a wheelchair and feeding tube.

Dee Dee Blanchard duped medical doctors into doing pointless procedures by telling them that her daughter’s medical information had been misplaced in Hurricane Katrina, Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s lawyer stated.

The lawyer stated the mom had Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a psychological dysfunction through which dad and mom or caregivers search sympathy via the exaggerated or made-up sicknesses of their kids.

The mother-daughter duo acquired charitable donations, and even a house close to Springfield, Missouri, from Habitat for Humanity.

When Gypsy Rose Blanchard turned 23, she equipped a knife to her then-boyfriend, and hid in a toilet whereas he repeatedly stabbed her mom, in response to the possible trigger assertion. Then Gypsy and Nicholas Godejohn, whom she met on a Christian relationship web site, made their method by bus to Godejohn’s house in Wisconsin, the place they have been arrested.

Godejohn is serving a life sentence in Missouri. Prosecutors lower Blanchard a deal due to the abuse she had endured. In the end she discovered a method to forgive her mom and herself, she stated quickly after her launch whereas selling the Lifetime docuseries, “The Jail Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard,” and her personal e-book, “Launched: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom.”

Earlier protection consists of the 2017 HBO documentary “Mommy Useless and Dearest” and the 2019 Hulu miniseries “The Act.”

Blanchard stated within the new video that she is aware of some individuals assume she isn’t able to be a mom, that it’s too quickly. However she was dismissive, saying nobody is ever actually prepared for parenthood.

“It’s a tremendous feeling when your complete world shifts and instantly it’s not about you,” she stated. “It’s not about something apart from this tiny little life that’s inside you that you’re now in command of defending. And that little tiny life is a child, somewhat tiny human that’s yours and that it’s important to just be sure you shield, you like, you maintain. And the entire issues that I want I might have had after I was little.”

She stated the newborn’s father is Ken Urker, a jail pen pal who proposed when Blanchard was incarcerated. They later broke up, and he or she as an alternative married Ryan Scott Anderson, a particular training trainer from Lake Charles, Louisiana. Quickly after her launch from jail, nonetheless, Blanchard and Anderson break up, and now she is again with Urker. Blanchard stated the being pregnant wasn’t deliberate however each she and Urker are excited and dedicated to making a household collectively.

“I could not be happier,” she stated, whereas acknowledging that the connection is unconventional. “All the pieces that has ever occurred to me in my life instantly doesn’t matter as a result of all of it led me to be who I’m in the present day and all of it led me to this second proper right here, proper now. And that’s a blessing.”

Mr Baldwin, greatest recognized for his function on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and for portraying Donald Trump on sketch present Saturday Evening Stay, wept because the decide learn from a prolonged assertion detailing her causes for the dismissal. His spouse, Hilaria, lined her mouth. Different members of his household cried and smiled.

The actor hugged his attorneys then embraced his spouse, who was seated behind him. They walked out hand-in-hand via a tunnel of press right into a black car with out answering any questions or making any feedback.

The proof got here to mild on Thursday, when a crime-scene technician informed the court docket {that a} man named Troy Teske, a retired police officer, had turned over stay ammunition that might be associated to the case.

Mr Teske is associates with the step-father of Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the movie’s armourer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter earlier this yr.

He was working with Seth Kenney, who helped with props and ammunition on the movie set.

After the decide despatched the jury residence on Friday, the court docket heard from a collection of witnesses in regards to the bullets, together with authorities who led the case and Mr Kenney.

In direction of the tip of the listening to, one of many prosecutors main the case – Kari Morrissey – took the stand to testify in regards to the bullets and why they weren’t shared with the defence. It is remarkably uncommon for a prosecutor to testify in a case they carry about their function within the investigation.

Ms Morrissey testified the ammunition had “no evidentiary worth” from her perspective. Whereas on the stand, she stated that her co-prosecutor, Erlinda Ocampo Johnson, resigned on Friday because the decide weighed to dismiss the case.

She defined Ms Johnson “did not agree with the choice to have a public listening to” over the proof claims.

Dumfries and involvement have by no means been strangers. The complete-backs of fifty years in the past would possibly recognise him in the identical method that an historic Egyptian pill carver would possibly recognise an iPad.

Overlapper doesn’t fairly appear to explain what he does; ultralapper may be a greater flip.

The 28-year-old is journey made human, half-resembling the kid hero of a Pixar movie, half-resembling a Purple Bull-sponsored excessive skier, tossing themselves down a mountain.

However after quarter-hour, Dumfries proceeded to toss himself into Kane. An England equaliser, and a Dumfries yellow card. Even by the Netherlands wing-back’s dynamic requirements, his first half towards England was busier than most.

As for the remaining, this was the cliche of ‘a recreation that had the whole lot’ inside one participant, inside half-hour.