Matt James Makes His Bachelor Debut, Talks Feelings of 'Responsibility' as First Black Male Lead

This post contains spoilers from Monday’s season premiere ofThe Bachelor. New year,new Bachelor. Bachelorfranchise newcomerMatt Jamesbeganhis journey to find loveon Monday’s season 25 premiere episode. Before meetingthe 32 women competing for his heart, Matt opened up about how being the child of divorced parents affected his perspective on love. “Growing up in a single-parent home, I feel like I missed out on a lot of what it takes to be in a good relationship,” the former Wake Forest University football player, 29, said in an on-camera interview....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1358 words · Elizabeth Schultz

Matt James Recalls 'Hard Conversations' with Rachael Kirkconnell About Race After 'Bachelor' Scandal

Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Matt Jamesis opening up about the scandal that consumed hisBachelorseason. In his new bookFirst Impressions: Off-Screen Conversations With a Bachelor on Race, Family, and Forgiveness, James recounted what happened after past racially insensitive photos of contestant Rachael Kirkconnell at an antebellum plantation-themed college party in 2018 resurfaced online while the season aired last year. Though the couple did not get engaged during the finale, the two decided to pursue a relationship, and according to James, they were “in love” and in constant communication after his season wrapped....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 802 words · Mark Martin

Matt James, Becca Kufrin and More Praise Emmanuel Acho as New' After the Final Rose' Host

Matt James, Emmanuel Acho, Becca Kufrin.Photo: Billy Kidd/Getty Images; Cindy Ord/Getty Images; Jim Spellman/Getty Images Bachelorfranchise stars are showing their support for Emmanuel Acho, who has been tapped tohost the upcomingAfter the Final Rosespecial. On Saturday, two weeks after longtime hostChris Harrisonannounced that he would be"stepping aside for a period of time," ABC announced that Acho, 30, will be stepping in to discuss the outcome of the current season starringMatt James, the franchise’s first Black lead....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · Henry Reynolds

Matt King, Co-Founder of Popular Art Experience Meow Wolf, Dies at 37: 'Community Is Devastated'

Photo: Meow Wolf/Instagram Matt King, co-founder of the interactive art experience known as Meow Wolf, has died at 37, according to the company. Meow Wolf announced King’s “sudden” death Tuesday in a social media post honoring the late artist. A cause and manner of death remain unclear. “Our thoughts and condolences go out to his family, friends and everyone who knows and loves him,” Meow Wolf added. The company did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Brenda Boyle

Matthew Lawrence Clarifies Comments, Says He Didn't Mean to Put 'Pressure' on Chilli to Have Kids

Matthew Lawrence; Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas.Photo: Jim Smeal/Shutterstock; Amy Sussman/Getty “It’s such an interesting story. Joe and I were commiserating about this plan that we had to have children together … when we were growing up,” he said of older brother Joey Lawrence. “And I missed the first go around and now he’s starting a new family and I was thinking, ‘Man, it’d be great if we could do it again, when I didn’t have the chance to raise a family together....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Erin Garcia

Matthew Lawrence Reveals How He Met 'Amazing Woman' Chilli: 'She's Really, Really Special'

Matthew Lawrence; Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas.Photo: Jim Smeal/Shutterstock; Amy Sussman/Getty Matthew Lawrenceis opening up about his “really, really special” girlfriendRozonda “Chilli” Thomas. In an interview withEntertainment Tonighton Friday, TheBoy Meets Worldactor shared how he and the TLC singermet as well as their future plans to have kids. “My life is in complete bloom right now. I get to spend time with an amazing woman like Chilli,” he said. “I’ve never gotten to be able to experience that kind of relationship before....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 470 words · Carolyn Olson

Matthew Stafford Says Wife's Brain Tumor Changed His 'Perspective' on Life

Photo: Kelly Stafford/Instagram Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is returning to the field this week as his wife, Kelly Stafford, recoversfrom an operation to remove a tumor from her brain. Earlier this year, Kelly began to experience severe bouts of vertigo, which led her to have an MRI of the brain that revealed she had a benign tumor, known as an acoustic neuroma, resting on her cranial nerves. In April, she underwent a risky 12-hour operation to remove the mass, which could have left her without hearing....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 488 words · Justin Ross

Maury Povich Launches At-Home Paternity Test Kits Called 'The Results Are In'

Maury Povitch announced he’s launching an at-home paternity test business called “The Results Are In.".Photo:David Livingston/Getty David Livingston/Getty Maury Povichis taking his infamous paternity tests from the screen into homes. The formerMauryhost, 84, revealed toTMZthat he’s launched a new at-home paternity test business one year after his popular daytime show — which often featured guests in paternity disputes — came to an end. “I’m in, only because I know this,” he said in a video....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Shannon Stout

McDonald's Celebrates Walt Disney World's 50th Anniversary with 50 Limited Edition Happy Meal Toys

Photo: McDonald’sMcDonald’s customers may find a happy surprise in their Happy Meals later this month.Starting Sept. 14, the fast food restaurant giant is getting in helping celebrate Walt Disney World Resort’s upcoming 50th anniversary with withcustom Happy Meal toysand a chance to win a vacation to Disney’s big milestone event in Orlando.The event is for a limited time, and only at participating McDonald’s nationwide, but the gifts will be big for Disney fans....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1122 words · Ronald Taylor

Meet Pauline Ducruet, Grace Kelly's Olympic-Diving, Circus-Performing, Gender-Fluid Fashionista Granddaughter

Photo: Julien M. Hekimian/Getty Images Pauline Ducruet, the 27-year-old daughter of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, is 16th in line to the Monégasque throne, but she’s no stranger to the spotlight. Ducruet’s royal status is only one of the many impressive achievements on her remarkable resume — she has an Olympic diving background and is a designer of her own gender-fluid fashion line. As the eldest daughter ofPrincess Stephanieand the granddaughter ofPrincess Graceof Monaco (a....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 859 words · Kirsten Weber

Meet the Dogs with Special Needs Competing in Puppy Bowl 2024 — the 'Puppiest' Puppy Bowl Ever!

Mr, Bean, one of the six dogs with special needs competing in Puppy Bowl 2024.Photo:Animal PlanetPuppy Bowl XXis almost here, and Animal Planet is planning the “puppiest"Puppy Bowlevery to celebrate 20 years of the canine sporting event.Puppy Bowl 2024 will air on Feb. 11 as a three-hour special featuring over 131 puppies, the most dogs ever to take part in Puppy Bowl. The competing pets, divided between Team Ruff and Team Fluff, are from 73 shelters and rescues across 36 states and territories....

March 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1548 words · Stephen Terry

Meet the Man Who Connects Fans to Stars Like Justin Timberlake, G-Eazy and the Backstreet Boys

Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty Earlier this summer, one ofBackstreet Boys‘ biggest fans received her dream proposal right before the band’s residency show in Las Vegas — and it might all be thanks to a guy named Eddie Meehan. The co-founder andCEO of Wonderful Union— a California-based company that builds fan experiences for some of the biggest stars in Hollywood — has worked with the Backstreet Boys for years and is in charge of their pre-show meet and greets....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Beverly Patton

Meet the N.J. Woman Saving 600 Animals at Her Rescue After Escaping Domestic Abuse As a Child

Laurie Zaleski at Funny Farm.Photo: Amanda Werner When Laurie Zaleski snuck her twelfth animal into the house — this time a diaper-wearing chicken — her boyfriend of 11 years balked. Zaleski’s response? “Well, there’s the door.” The relationship ended soon afterward. “He didn’t want Funny Farm to be what it is,” she says of the 2017 breakup. “And I couldn’t have that.” For Zaleski, animals have always come first. She is the founder ofFunny Farm Rescue & Sanctuary, a nonprofit animal rescue in Mays Landing, N....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 1036 words · Todd Roberts