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Wendy Williams has finally received some favorable news regarding her guardianship. A doctor has ruled she doesn’t have dementia.
As spotted on TMZ, Wendy Williams may be going into the new year on her own free will. According to the celebrity gossip site, a neurologist has ruled that she does not have frontotemporal dementia. The medical expert tested her last month and provided her team with the results. This independent exam contradicts an earlier test ordered by Wendy Williams’ guardian, which says that she tested positive for the brain disease.
TMZ says that the former talk show host’s legal team will look to submit their test along with a request for a new hearing. At that meeting, they will ask for the presiding judge to release Wendy Williams from a court-ordered guardianship. If these results do not convince the court to let her go, lawyer Joe Tacopina will demand a formal trial and plead the case.
Williams’ road to this point has been complicated and, at times, heartbreaking. Back in 2022, she was placed under a court-ordered financial guardianship after Wells Fargo froze her accounts, claiming she was an “incapacitated person.” That decision came amid mounting public concern over her health, including erratic media appearances and reports of cognitive decline. Her legal and medical affairs were placed in the hands of a guardian whose identity has largely remained private, limiting Wendy’s ability to make personal and financial decisions independently.
Around that same period, Wendy’s team announced that she had been diagnosed with both aphasia and frontotemporal dementia—conditions that affect speech and behavior. The news sparked an outpouring of concern from fans and industry peers, with many calling for her privacy to be respected as she received treatment.
If this new medical assessment holds up in court, it could mark a major turning point for the former daytime queen. Known for her fearless takes and signature “How you doin’?” catchphrase, Wendy Williams has spent the last few years largely out of the public eye. Regaining control of her life and finances would not only restore her autonomy but could also pave the way for a long-awaited comeback—on her own terms.
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Looks like Diddy is going to be in prison a little longer than he expected. According to Page Six, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ prison release date has been pushed back a month and speculation is that’s because the disgraced Hip-Hop mogul keeps breaking the rules.
“The embattled music mogul was initially expected to finish serving time at Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institute in New Jersey on May 8, 2028,” Page Six reports. That date has now been changed to June 4, 2028.
While there has been no official reason for the added time to Diddy’s sentence, Page Six notes that the adjustment in the arguably best ad-libber since Pete Rock’s sentence comes after reports of several prison rules violations.
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Just last week, TMZ reported that Combs was in “trouble with prison officials” for consuming “homemade alcohol” made from apples, soda and fermented sugar.
Combs’ spokesperson told Page Six that Diddy was adjusting to life at FCI Fort Dix and “working on himself and doing better each day.”
The rep added, “As with any high-profile individual in a new environment, there will be many rumors and exaggerated stories throughout his time there — most of them untrue. We ask that people give him the benefit of the doubt, the privacy to focus on his personal growth,” Page Six reports.
CBS News reported, Friday, that Combs was busted again for reportedly having a prohibited three-way phone call. The alleged three-way call reportedly took place on Nov. 3, just four days before Combs was transferred from Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center to the low-security New Jersey prison. Also a new mugshot of Diddy where he displayed his gray hair has been trending on social media.
Combs claimed he didn’t know that a “third party or three-way calls are not authorized” as he was never given the prison admission and orientation handbook.
Combs has been locked up since his arrest in September 2024 when he was charged with “racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution,” Page Six reports.
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Looks like Diddy is going to be in prison a little longer than he expected. According to Page Six, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ prison release date has been pushed back a month and speculation is that’s because the disgraced Hip-Hop mogul keeps breaking the rules.
“The embattled music mogul was initially expected to finish serving time at Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institute in New Jersey on May 8, 2028,” Page Six reports. That date has now been changed to June 4, 2028.
While there has been no official reason for the added time to Diddy’s sentence, Page Six notes that the adjustment in the arguably best ad-libber since Pete Rock’s sentence comes after reports of several prison rules violations.
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Just last week, TMZ reported that Combs was in “trouble with prison officials” for consuming “homemade alcohol” made from apples, soda and fermented sugar.
Combs’ spokesperson told Page Six that Diddy was adjusting to life at FCI Fort Dix and “working on himself and doing better each day.”
The rep added, “As with any high-profile individual in a new environment, there will be many rumors and exaggerated stories throughout his time there — most of them untrue. We ask that people give him the benefit of the doubt, the privacy to focus on his personal growth,” Page Six reports.
CBS News reported, Friday, that Combs was busted again for reportedly having a prohibited three-way phone call. The alleged three-way call reportedly took place on Nov. 3, just four days before Combs was transferred from Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center to the low-security New Jersey prison. Also a new mugshot of Diddy where he displayed his gray hair has been trending on social media.
Combs claimed he didn’t know that a “third party or three-way calls are not authorized” as he was never given the prison admission and orientation handbook.
Combs has been locked up since his arrest in September 2024 when he was charged with “racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution,” Page Six reports.
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On Wednesday (November 12), Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three emails from the trove of documents related to the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in which there are allegations that President Donald Trump knew about his exploits during their friendship. Republicans would release another huge swath of emails, and the findings to this point have sparked severe reactions from members of Congress and observers.
The reactions come as the House of Representatives convenved to vote on the funding bill agreed upon in the Senate earlier in the week, ending the shutdown of the federal government which lasted 43 days. That also led to the swearing in of Representative Adriana Grijalva, a Democrat from Arizona who won her seat nearly two months ago.
After being sworn in by House Majority Leader Mike Johnson, Grijalva signed onto a bipartisan petition to force a vote demanding the White House and the Justice Department release the full trove of files related to Epstein, who took his own life in 2020. Johnson has promised that the vote will take place next week. The
Democratic Representative Ruben Gallego highlighted one of the emails in a post on X, formerly Twitter, writing: “April 2011 email from Epstein to Maxwell: “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump.” Where there’s smoke there’s fire…”
Former Pentagon Special Counsel Ryan Goodman viewed it as ominous. “It begins. Clearly incriminating against president of the United States,” he wrote, sharing images of the three emails released by the House Democrats.
A user on BlueSky named Mozilla pointed out one damning Epstein comment in their post.
Kyle Griffin highlighted another email from Epstein in 2018 which painted Trump in a bad light: “I know how dirty Donald is.”
Democratic strategeist Adam Parkhomenko called out Vice President JD Vance’s past tweet calling Epstein and his association with powerful figures out, writing: “Donald Trump was President when Epstein died and Donald Trump is on the Epstein list. Let’s talk about it.”
Columnist Jamelle Bouie voiced the growing opinion that the federal shutdown was all done by Republicans to protect Trump.
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On Wednesday (November 12), Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three emails from the trove of documents related to the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in which there are allegations that President Donald Trump knew about his exploits during their friendship. Republicans would release another huge swath of emails, and the findings to this point have sparked severe reactions from members of Congress and observers.
The reactions come as the House of Representatives convenved to vote on the funding bill agreed upon in the Senate earlier in the week, ending the shutdown of the federal government which lasted 43 days. That also led to the swearing in of Representative Adriana Grijalva, a Democrat from Arizona who won her seat nearly two months ago.
After being sworn in by House Majority Leader Mike Johnson, Grijalva signed onto a bipartisan petition to force a vote demanding the White House and the Justice Department release the full trove of files related to Epstein, who took his own life in 2020. Johnson has promised that the vote will take place next week. The
Democratic Representative Ruben Gallego highlighted one of the emails in a post on X, formerly Twitter, writing: “April 2011 email from Epstein to Maxwell: “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump.” Where there’s smoke there’s fire…”
Former Pentagon Special Counsel Ryan Goodman viewed it as ominous. “It begins. Clearly incriminating against president of the United States,” he wrote, sharing images of the three emails released by the House Democrats.
A user on BlueSky named Mozilla pointed out one damning Epstein comment in their post.
Kyle Griffin highlighted another email from Epstein in 2018 which painted Trump in a bad light: “I know how dirty Donald is.”
Democratic strategeist Adam Parkhomenko called out Vice President JD Vance’s past tweet calling Epstein and his association with powerful figures out, writing: “Donald Trump was President when Epstein died and Donald Trump is on the Epstein list. Let’s talk about it.”
Columnist Jamelle Bouie voiced the growing opinion that the federal shutdown was all done by Republicans to protect Trump.
Rev. Jesse Jackson is currently in a Chicago hospital under observation due to his progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) diagnosis. Although Rev. Jesse Jackson was initially diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, it was later confirmed this year that the longtime civil rights leader suffers from PSP.
According to a statement from Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Jackson was taken to a Chicago area hospital for additional observation and treatment. Jackson, 84, has been a fixture in the fight for civil rights for over six decades and was mentored by the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Rev. Jackson was born Jesse Louis Burns on October 8, 1941, in Greenville, S.C. After his mother married, Jackson was adopted by his stepfather and took his surname. A high school athlete in high school in South Carolina, Jackson would eventually attend and graduate from North Carolina A&T University in 1964. He later attended the Chicago Theological Seminary, but stopped attending in the late 1960s to focus his attention on the civil rights movement.
While details of Rev. Jackson’s condition are yet unknown, the family appreciates all warm wishes and prayers for their dear loved one, according to the press statement.
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Kenshi Yonezu’s “IRIS OUT” stays atop the Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 for the eighth straight week, on the chart released Nov. 12.
Across individual metrics, the Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc theme continues to dominate streaming, video views, and karaoke, while coming in at No. 3 for both radio airplay and downloads, and No. 15 for CD sales. Radio impressions saw a 168% increase from the previous week.
Until now, Yonezu’s longest-running No. 1 was “Lemon,” which led for a total of seven weeks. “IRIS OUT” has now surpassed this record with eight weeks at the summit. Among all artists, the track now ties for the sixth-most total weeks at No. 1 in Japan Hot 100 chart history.
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List of All-Time Total Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100
YOASOBI “Idol” 22 weeks
Creepy Nuts “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” 19 weeks
Ado “Show” 13 weeks
Official Hige Dandism “Subtitle” 13 weeks
Aimer “Zankyosanka” 9 weeks
LiSA “Homura” 8 weeks
Kenshi Yonezu “IRIS OUT” 8 weeks
Official Hige Dandism “Pretender” 7 weeks
Mrs. GREEN APPLE “Lilac” 7 weeks
Official Hige Dandism “I LOVE…” 7 weeks
Kenshi Yonezu “Lemon” 7 weeks
Yonezu and Hikaru Utada’s “JANE DOE” returns to No. 2. Though overall points for the ending theme of the same movie declined, the track rises from No. 5 last week. Yonezu also scores multiple entries this week: “1991” climbs from No. 9 to No. 5, while “Plazma” comes in at No. 50, “KICK BACK” at No. 70, and “BOW AND ARROW” at No. 89.
HANA’s “Blue Jeans” rises 11-3 this week, while the group’s “My Body” lands at No. 6 — one of seven songs the girls have on the chart this week. AiNA THE END’s “On the Way” rebounds from No. 12 to No. 4, marking her first return to the top five in about two months.
MAZZEL’s “Only You” debuts at No. 8. The lead track from their upcoming single of the same name, due out Nov. 26, leads downloads and hits No. 3 for video views and No. 27 for streaming with its advance digital release. Outside the top 10, Tatsuro Yamashita’s “MOVE ON” bows at No. 12. Featured in Daihatsu’s TV commercial for its kei-type vehicle MOVE, the song from the veteran singer-songwriter’s first single in two years earns the week’s No. 1 in radio.
The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.
See the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from Nov. 3 to 9, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.
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Taylor Swift can come back anytime she likes to record at Marcus Mumford’s home studio, with the Mumford & Sons bandleader revealing that the pop superstar was an ideal guest when she recorded parts of Evermore there a few years ago.
In a clip from his recent appearance on the Table Manners podcast, Mumford recalled how his pal and frequent Swift collaborator Aaron Dessner arranged for the Eras Tour headliner to use the personal recording space Mumford has at the home in England he shares with wife actress Carey Mulligan. “Aaron called me and said, ‘I’ve got someone I’m working with that needs a studio in the U.K.,’” Mumford began.
“And I was like, ‘Cool. Well, if it’s one of your homies, then I’m sure it’ll be fine,’” Mumford continued. “‘Like, what is it? Beyoncé or something?’ He was looking for a discreet studio in London. I was like, ‘I don’t think there really are any.’ And he was like, ‘Can they come and use yours?’”
The folk-rock musician was surprised to learn that the artist Dessner was talking about was none other than the biggest pop star on the planet. “She came down right at the end of COVID, and was the most phenomenal houseguest,” Mumford said. “Burned a lot of vegetables for her. And she brought a killer candle. Her candle game was excellent.”
During her time there, Swift would finish the second half of Evermore, according to Mumford. “And then she asked me to sing on one [of the songs] and I said yes,” he added, referring to fan-favorite “Cowboy Like Me.”
The album would go on to debut atop the Billboard 200 in December 2020, remaining in the No. 1 spot for four weeks. Years later, the 14-time Grammy winner would bring Mumford up on stage at one of her Eras Tour shows to perform “Cowboy Like Me” in front of tens of thousands of fans.
Mumford is now gearing up to release his band’s next album, Prizefighter. As announced at the end of October, the project will feature collaborations with Gracie Abrams, Chris Stapleton, Gigi Perez and Hozier.
Watch Mumford reflect on sharing his space with Swift below.
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Tyler the Creator has just dropped yet another collaboration with Converse, but instead of sneakers, he’s launched a line of boots.
The collaborative 1908 Bronco boot is a unisex vintage-inspired utilitarian style with tons of personality, much like Tyler’s other collaborative silhouettes. The ankle-length style retails for $150 and comes in four colorways: Green, Black, Brown and Pear. You can shop the collection right now at Converse.com or on Tyler’s GOLF le FLEUR* website. The new entry in Tyler’s Converse universe comes just in time, given it is the season for cozy puddle stomping snow-trudging footwear a la a boot.
The 1908 Bronco boot features textural suede uppers that transition into sturdy rubber toe overlays and glistening brass eyelets. The boot also has welted lug outsoles, a non-slip detail that gives the wearer more control with each step. Every pair comes with an interchangeable set of laces, one solid and one two-toned, so you can change up the boot’s look depending on your mood. Every model is also accented by a cursive logo and Le Fleur* branded lace jewels. Even the soles feature Converse x GOLF le FLEUR* branding, an instantly recognizable touch.
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Converse x Tyler the Creator 1908 Bronco Boot in Green
Converse x Tyler the Creator boot.
Converse x Tyler the Creator 1908 Bronco Boot in Brown
Converse x Tyler the Creator boot.
We’d recommend snagging up this silhouette while you can. Most, if not all, of Tyler’s collaborations with Converse have sold out within the day, if not the week. The colors of these boots alone drew us in, given there’s really nothing like this on the market. You’ve got basics like brown and black for the less-adventurous and a forest green and yellow-ish cream tone that caters to the trendsetters. The shoe is, as we mentioned, great for winter weather thanks to the sturdy rubber soles.
If you’re wondering, which you probably are, the 1908 in the style’s name makes reference to the year Converse’s was founded. The collection celebrates the timeless Converse legacy, which now includes a multitude of collaborative endeavors with Tyler. The “New Magic Wand” rapper’s collaboration began with the brand following his long standing collaboration with Vans ended.
Converse x Tyler the Creator 1908 Bronco Boot in Black
Converse x Tyler the Creator boot.
Converse x Tyler the Creator 1908 Bronco Boot in Pear
Converse x Tyler the Creator boot.
He moved on to Converse in 2017 with the launch of his Converse One Star “Scum F*ck Flower Boy” model, in reference to his 2017 album Flower Boy. The One Star model was a major hit, leading to a slew of other collaborative models like his Golf le Fleur x Converse One Star and One Star “Mono Collection.” The rapper even launched a collaborative high-top for Pride Month back in 2019, featuring rainbow soles. Tyler’s footwear is inventive and playful, serving as an extension of himself and his music. It’s clear to see why the rapper keeps getting tapped for fashionable endeavors, given his personal style has always been a stand-out.
Trending on Billboard VENU, a sponsor of Billboard’s recently wrapped Live Music Summit, announced today that global pop star Niall Horan has become a shareholder and strategic partner. With more than a decade of chart-topping hits, sold-out tours, Horan brings experience and insight into what resonates with both artists and audiences. From his early success […]
