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After taking some time off to focus on herself, Megan Thee Stallion is steadily returning to the limelight. On Thursday (Aug. 3), Academy Award-winning film production and distribution company A24 launched its trailer for Dicks: The Musical, starring Megan Thee Stallion, Bowen Yang, Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp. Directed by Emmy-winner […]
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Back-to-school shopping is officially here, which means it’s time to stock up on everything from a fresh backpack and school supplies to taking advantage of all the back-to-school sales. On top of snagging a first day of school outfit, you also need to make sure your shoe collection is up to date.
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No matter if you’re entering high school, college, graduate school and beyond, having a nice selection of back-to-school shoes will allow you to have options when pairing your pleated skirts and band t-shirts. No matter what your budget or style is, there are a mix of shoes out there for everyone.
To help take the work out of determining what types of shoes you should have in your arsenal, we rounded up the best back-to-school shoes from platform boots to sneakers.
Keep reading to shop the our picks below.
Amazon
Nike Air Force 1 Basketball Shoe
$99.99 $130.00 23% OFF
Every sneaker collection needs a pair of white low-tops like this Nike Air Force style. It comes with an all white style and platform sole that’ll not only elevate your outfits, but is versatile enough to be paired with wide-leg jeans, a midi-dress and more.
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Dr. Martens 2976 Chelsea Boot
$109.99 $170.00 35% OFF
Chelsea boots are considered a classic style as, like the white sneakers, they can easily be paired with numerous outfits from dressy to casual. Doc Martens especially are made from a patent leather material for added durability and are typically waterproof making them a stylish pair of ankle-length rain boots.
Madewell
The Patti Lace-Up Boot
$228
Give your booties a makeover with these lace-up styles from Madewell. Not only do they feature a little heel to take your outfits to new heights, but the above ankle length is ideal for wearing tucked or untucked with jeans or paired with trousers.
Urban Outfitters
UO Kallie Cross-Strap Ballet Flat
$29.99 $39 23% off% OFF
Pirouette on over to Urban Outfitters to grab these dainty ballet flats. It comes in five shades and was designed with an almond-shaped toe and satin-like material for added chicness.
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Vans Unisex Adults’ Classic Slip On Trainers
$54.77
If you’re in a rush, these slip-ons are ideal for adding a pop of pattern to your outfit without needing to lace and unlace them. If you’d prefer to keep things basic, the shoes also come in plain colors your can stock up on.
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AOSPHIRAYLIAN Mary Janes Shoes
$39.99
Chunky, platform shoes are a must-have if you’re looking to stay on-trend this school year and these Mary Janes will do just that. These come designed with an adjustable ankle strap and have a lugsole bottom that’ll elevate basically any outfit you wear it with.
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Converse Hi-Top Sneakers
$49.51 $55.83 11% OFF
You can’t go wrong with a classic pair of Chuck Taylors for their versatility and ability to be paired with practically anything and everything. Plus, it’s not secret that celebrities have been fan of the style with stars including Halsey, Jisoo, Lady Gaga, Madison Beer and more previously spotted wearing the brand.
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Planone Tall Rain Boots
$39.80 $59.80 33% OFF
Rainy days are not meant for sporting some sneakers or open-toed shoes to class. That’s where a solid pair of rain boots comes in and these Planone ones are the under $40 pick to snag. The style features an over-the-knee length ideal for splashing in puddles and keeping your feet dry and comfortable.
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Birkenstock Boston Soft Footbed Clog
$158
Clogs are having a major comeback and these Birkenstocks are just one of the popular styles people are clamoring to have. It could be thanks to the cork footbed and soft suede upper. Plus, did we mention it comes in five colors?
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HOKA Clifton 9 Sneakers
$145
Whether you’re headed to P.E. or are racing across campus to your next class, having a pair of running sneakers will help keep your feet supported and comfortable. These Hoka Clifton 9 Sneakers come with a breathable upper and stylish cream shade you can pair with your athleisure or jeans.
For more product recommendations, check out our roundups of the best jelly shoes, Ugg boots and platform heels.
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Big Brother is back for its 25th season! Hosted by Julie Chen Moonves, the reality show will air live Wednesday (Aug. 2) at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
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A Deaflympics gold medalist, brand strategist, exterminator, geriatric physician, professional flutist, political consultant and a DJ from Australia are among the 16 houseguests hoping to claim the $750,000 grand prize.
Keep reading for ways to stream the Big Brother premiere and other episodes from anywhere.
How to Stream Big Brother Online for Free
Good news, Big Brother fans: There are plenty of ways to stream the show online without paying a dime upfront.
Season 25 of Big Brother will premiere on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. The 90-minute, live premiere will also be available to stream on Paramount+ and CBS.com. Starting on Sunday, Big Brother will air three nights a week, new episodes will air on Sundays and Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET and Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET., per Variety.
The Big Brother 24/7 live feed will stream free on Pluto TV, but if you want to catch up on previous seasons of Big Brother, 24/7 live feeds and tons of other content in one place, subscribe to Paramount+ and enjoy a free trial for a month (uses code: PICKETT to redeem the free trial; offer ends Aug. 31).
‘Big Brother’ Season 25 on Paramount+
$0 for one month (with code: PICKETT) $5.99/month 100% off% OFF
Paramount+ subscriptions start at $5.99/month (or $59.99/year) for the Essential plan and $11.99/month (or $119.99/year) for the ad-free Premium plan with Showtime. Although both subscriptions allow you stream tens of thousands of episodes and movies, upgrading to the Premium tier gives you access to commercial-free streaming, local CBS stations, Showtime and more.
You can also try platforms that have CBS in the channel lineup such as DirectTV Stream and Fubo TV, both of which offer free trials at sign up. Sling TV, Vidgo and Hulu + Live TV offer CBS and other channels for an affordable price and ExpressVPN allows you to stream internationally.
Episodes of Big Brother are also available to stream free on Prime Video on Paramount+. Paid episodes are available on iTunes, Google Play, etc.
What’s streaming on Paramount+? Watch exclusive programs from BET to MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and The Smithsonian Channel including a lineup of original series includes Fatal Attraction, The Family Stone, School Spirits, Joe Pickett, Star Trek: Picard, 1923, 1883, Mayor of Kingstown, Seal Team, Star Trek Discovery, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and iCarly.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Scream VI, 80 for Brady, Top Gun: Maverick, Babylon and other movies are available to stream on Paramount+.
Keep reading for a breakdown of Big Brother’s new cast.
‘Big Brother’ Season 25 Cast: Meet the Houseguests
Sixteen houseguests, ranging from ages 21 to 63, will move into the Big Brother house this season. See the full list below.
America Lopez, 27, medical receptionist from Edinburg, Texas
Matt Klotz, 27, Deaflympics gold medalist from Cameron Park, Calif.
Blue Kim, 25, Brand Strategist from Riverside, Calif.
Kirsten Elwin, 25, molecular biologist from Orlando, Fla. via Dominica
Jag Bains, 25, trucking company owner from Omak, Wash.
Jared Fields, 25, exterminator from Norwalk, Conn.
Reilly Smedley, 24, bartender from Portland, Maine
Felicia Cannon, 63, real estate agent from Tacoma, Wash.
Luke Valentine, 30, illustrator from Weston, Fla.
Izzy Gleicher, 32, professional flutist from New York, N.Y.
Cameron Harding, 34, stay-at-home dad from Eastman, Ga.
Cory Wurtrnberger, 21, college student from Weston, Fla.
Mecole Hayes, 30, political consultant from St. Louis, Md.
Bowie Jane Ball, 45, a DJ from Melbourne, Australia
Hisam Goueli, 45, geriatric physician from Minneapolis, Minn.
Red Utley, 37, salesperson from Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Watch a preview of the new season of Big Brother in the video below.
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Kylie Jenner is getting dolled up, and this time, it doesn’t involve a lip kit from her self-titled beauty brand. The Kardashians reality star is making her debut as a miniature Bratz doll in the form of a palm-sized Bratz collectable collection inspired by her and some of her most iconic outfits.
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On Tuesday (Aug. 1), the doll brand released the Series 1 mini Jenner lookalikes, which includes a few of her legendary Met Gala outfits, while hinting at the potential for more to come. This collection completes a longtime dream of Jenner’s to be turned into one of the timeless dolls.
“I have been a fan of Bratz since childhood and I’ve always wanted my own Bratz doll,” said Jenner in a press statement. “I have loved every step of the process this past year in creating these dolls alongside the Bratz team.”
For Bratz, the partnership marks a major milestone for the brand as a whole.
“This is a seminal moment in Bratz history to join forces with Kylie Jenner as the brand’s first-ever celebrity collaboration,” said Bratz creative director Jasmin Larian in a press release. “Kylie truly embodies everything Bratz has stood for since its inception 22 years ago – from being disruptive and rebellious to energetic and expressive. Not only will this collaboration expand to Kylie’s millions of fans, but it will also reach the audiences that grew up with Bratz and are excited to relive the Y2K Bratz lifestyle today. We couldn’t be prouder to welcome Kylie into the Bratz family.”
There are a total of six minis you can collect with each representing key moments in her life. The collectibles will come with two different package designs that includes a Mini Jenner Bratz and an accessory. You can shop the Jenner minis on Amazon, Walmart and Target.
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Mini Bratz x Kylie Jenner Series 1 Collectible Figures
$9.99
Each collectable comes in blind packaging designed in a foil-wrapped twist on the classic Bratz trapezoid. Outfits you can look forward to collecting are her lavender ostrich feather dress from the 2019 Met Gala and her 2022 bridal Met Gala gown. Accessories you can expect include a cruiser in exclusive colors featuring Jenner’s signature across the side, Norman, one of Kylie’s Italian greyhounds and more.
For more product recommendations, check out our roundups of Barbie movie Funk Pops!, the best Barbie merch and Barbie Crocs.
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As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue, some of the most influential names in the entertainment business are reaching into their pockets and gifting hefty donations to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Emergency Financial Assistance Program. On Wednesday (Aug. 2), SAG-AFTRA Foundation President Courtney B. Vance announced that the Emergency Financial Assistance Program has raised more than […]
Jamie Foxx has kept a relatively low profile since his daughter, Corrine, announced on April 12 that her dad had been hospitalized for an as-yet-undisclosed “medical complication.” The actor/singer has made just a few appearances in public and has not yet discussed his illness or recovery in detail, but on Tuesday (Aug. 1) he took time to praise his sister, Deidra Dixon, heaping praise on his sibling for, in his words, saving his life.
“Happy birthday to my beautiful for sister @frequency11 “D”… you are magical you are beautiful you are the courageous lionesses #leoseason,” he wrote on Instagram along with a carousel of 10 pictures. “And without you I would not be here… had you not made the decisions that you made I would’ve lost my life…. I love you forever and ever happy birthday sis #swipeleft.”
Foxx, 55, did not offer context for what decisions he was referring to, but the accompanying pictures showed him hugging Dixon from behind, followed by nine close-ups of his younger sibling; Foxx’s other younger sister, DeOndra Dixon, died at 36 in Oct. 2020.
The post from Foxx was his first since July 22, when the actor appeared on camera for the first time since news of the health scare broke. In that clip he thanked his sister, as well as daughter Corrine, for their “protection” during his recovery from the illness. “To be honest with you, my sister Deidra Dixon, my daughter Corinne Marie saved my life,” Foxx said in the video, in which he said he wanted fans to see him laughing, having fun and partying and not with “tubes running out of me and trying to figure out if I was going to make it through.”
“I cannot tell you how great it feels to have your family kick in in such a way, they kept it airtight, didn’t let nothing out. They protected me, and that’s what I hope everyone can have in moments like these,” said Foxx, who is currently back on screen in the Netflix conspiracy drama They Cloned Tyrone.
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We’ve all got to start somewhere. For 19-year-old Summer Rios, a native of Brunswick, Ohio, that start is the pizza trade. Not everyone can go somewhere with music, however. For Rios, an impressive audition on America’s Got Talent might’ve wedged that door open.
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Currently, the teen is a manager at a Pizza Hut. “I make pizzas for a living,” she admits, regularly working morning-to-closes trying to pay bills and keep her head above water. “I hope this will get me out of pizza cutting and pizza making.”
Rios has been singing since the age of four, she explained, “but I haven’t really performed.” There’s no time like now, or quite like the AGT stage. She’s “trying to make music a thing, and try to put myself out there and not have so much anxiety.”
After displaying some of those nerves, which manifested as giggles, Rios set about showing the nation her true talents with a performance of Zach Bryan’s “Something in the Orange.”
Her performance married depth with power and a touch of grunt, without a hint of those early nerves.
She was visibly thrilled when the audience stood for an ovation, as did Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara. Read those lips: “Oh my god” she said to herself.
“You know Summer, I think you should be doing this more than slicing pizza,” remarked Howie Mandel. “I feel like we’ve just got a peak at what you can do. And you needed to open this door a crack and you’ve opened it more than a crack to just take off.”
“I loved it,” praised Klum. “To me it sounded a little bit like you swallowed Rihanna. You have a beautiful, beautiful tone in your voice. I think it was absolutely incredible.”
“Your voice is spectacular,” remarked Vergara. “You belong on a stage. Don’t waste more time, live your best life. Don’t be scared anymore.
Cowell wrapped things up. “Summer, what a great choice of song. I think every single person in this room wanted you to do well. Yeah, we all like you,” he said with a hint of emotion in his voice.
It was four yeses from the judges. Onwards, upwards.
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America’s Got Talent is back on our screens, back in our lives. And for one AGT contestant, Gabriel Henrique, everything is golden.
Henrique, a 27-year-old from Brazil, on his first trip to the U.S. of A., auditioned for Tuesday night’s episode (Aug. 1) and made the very most of it.
Speaking with the assistance of an interpreter, Henrique admitted he spoke only “a little bit” of English, and he’s “just trying.”
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No matter, music is the universal language. And he’s fluent.
Putting aside some early nerves, Henrique threw himself into a cover of Whitney Houston’s “Run to You,” with enough energy and high notes to power a small town.
A standing ovation ensued, including all four AGT judges.
“If Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey had a baby, it would be Gabriel,” quipped Heidi Klum. ”Wow, you are incredible.”
“I did not expect that voice to come out of you. You sound like the best and finest pop diva that ever was,” Howie Mandel enthused. “You’re amazing.”
Simon Cowell went next. “People are going to really like you. You’re just so interesting,” he claimed. “I can tell that you’ve sang in church and you don’t know how good you are. It was amazing.”
Sofia Vergara had the last comment, and action. “I don’t have words, that was so perfect, spectacular. Your voice is beautiful. Your energy, who you are. It was perfect.” That performance was “something I was waiting for, something very beautiful and very heartfelt.”
Before the panel had time to vote, Vergara put a halt to proceedings and triggered the golden buzzer.
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