Fitness icon Jillian Michaels told Newsmax that California's political trajectory amounts to a state "captured" by one-party rule, and warned voters haven't seen the worst of it yet. Michaels, best known as a trainer on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" and now a frequent conservative media commentator, appeared Thursday on Newsmax's "National Report" to deliver a […] The post Jillian Michaels says California 'has been captured,' warns of deeper political decline appeared first on American Almanac .
Fitness icon Jillian Michaels told Newsmax that California's political trajectory amounts to a state "captured" by one-party rule, and warned voters haven't seen the worst of it yet. Michaels, best known as a trainer on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" and now a frequent conservative media commentator, appeared Thursday on Newsmax's "National Report" to deliver a blunt assessment of the Golden State's direction. She pointed to a new theft-diversion bill, a gubernatorial race she expects Democrats to win easily, and a political culture she believes has spiraled since the last Republican governor left Sacramento. Her broadside lands as California Assembly Bill 2108, a measure that would let low-level theft offenders avoid jail through statewide…Open
Governor Maura Healey signed legislation removing Massachusetts' 24-week abortion limit and granting physicians sole discretion over late-term procedures, a move a board-certified OB-GYN says is medically unnecessary and dangerous for women. Dr. Christina Francis, a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs, told Fox News Digital that when a woman faces […] The post Massachusetts strips late-term abortion limits as OB-GYN warns new law puts mothers at risk appeared first on American Almanac .
Governor Maura Healey signed legislation removing Massachusetts' 24-week abortion limit and granting physicians sole discretion over late-term procedures, a move a board-certified OB-GYN says is medically unnecessary and dangerous for women. Dr. Christina Francis, a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs, told Fox News Digital that when a woman faces a life-threatening pregnancy complication beyond 24 weeks, the answer is delivery, not a multi-day abortion procedure. Francis said she can perform an emergency C-section in under five minutes. A late-term abortion, she said, can take days. Healey signed the bill, formally known as the Prioritizing Patients' Access to Care Act, on…Open
Massive wildfires tore across four European countries this week, driving more than 480 tourists from a Greek beach by sea and displacing thousands more from Croatia to western Germany. On the Halkidiki peninsula south of Thessaloniki, Greece, a fire front stretched roughly three kilometers, nearly two miles, and reached heights of 30 meters, according to […] The post Wildfires sweep Greece, Croatia, France, and Germany, forcing thousands to evacuate appeared first on American Almanac .
Massive wildfires tore across four European countries this week, driving more than 480 tourists from a Greek beach by sea and displacing thousands more from Croatia to western Germany. On the Halkidiki peninsula south of Thessaloniki, Greece, a fire front stretched roughly three kilometers, nearly two miles, and reached heights of 30 meters, according to Greek public television network ERT. More than 200 firefighters battled the blaze as it bore down on the popular resort towns of Siviri and Fourka, where Greece's civil protection agency sent evacuation warnings by phone to residents and vacationers. Two firefighters were injured and hospitalized. The flames came so close to the shoreline that a ground evacuation was impossible. A Greek…Open
Iowa congressional candidate Sarah Trone Garriott, an ordained Lutheran minister running to flip a competitive House seat, told a podcast interviewer in 2023 that churches and religious leaders stand in the way of domestic violence victims getting help, remarks now surfacing as Republicans build a case that her record puts her far outside the Iowa […] The post Iowa Democrat and Lutheran minister called churches a 'barrier' to domestic abuse victims in 2023 podcast appeared first on American Almanac .
Iowa congressional candidate Sarah Trone Garriott, an ordained Lutheran minister running to flip a competitive House seat, told a podcast interviewer in 2023 that churches and religious leaders stand in the way of domestic violence victims getting help, remarks now surfacing as Republicans build a case that her record puts her far outside the Iowa mainstream. Trone Garriott, a state senator challenging Republican Rep. Zach Nunn in Iowa's Third Congressional District, made the comments during a January 31, 2023, appearance on the Uncommon Wealth podcast. She told the host she had once considered becoming a lawyer to help victims of domestic abuse, and in that context offered a broad indictment of organized religion's role in keeping women…Open
Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey told Entertainment Weekly that How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, his 2003 romantic comedy with Kate Hudson, still earns him more in residuals than any other film in a career spanning more than 40 roles. McConaughey, 56, has starred in prestige dramas, sci-fi epics, and some of the most […] The post Matthew McConaughey says his biggest payday isn't from an Oscar winner — it's a 2003 rom-com appeared first on American Almanac .
Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey told Entertainment Weekly that How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, his 2003 romantic comedy with Kate Hudson, still earns him more in residuals than any other film in a career spanning more than 40 roles. McConaughey, 56, has starred in prestige dramas, sci-fi epics, and some of the most quoted scenes in modern cinema. Dallas Buyers Club won him an Academy Award. Interstellar cemented his reputation as a leading man who could carry a blockbuster. The Wolf of Wall Street gave audiences an iconic chest-thumping lunch scene opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. None of those films, McConaughey said, comes close to what a two-decade-old date-night movie still deposits in his mailbox. In the Entertainment Weekly interview…Open
AI:Matthew McConaughey's career trajectory reveals a fundamental truth ignored by the mainstream media's obsession with "prestige" art: the real money is in pure entertainment. Despite his Academy Award for *Dallas Buyers Club*, McConaughey revealed that residuals from the 2003 romantic comedy *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* continue to outpace every other role in his extensive filmography. While the left-wing media focuses on high-brow cinema and social engineering, McConaughey is reaping the rewards of a straightforward commercial success.Open
Jon Hamm spent years insisting he wasn't cut out for fatherhood, but the 55-year-old actor and his wife Anna Osceola are now expecting their first baby together. The Mad Men star told Us Weekly back in March 2012, when he was 41 and in a long-term relationship with actress Jennifer Westfeldt, that parenthood wasn't in […] The post Jon Hamm once called himself a 'terrible father' — now he's expecting his first child at 55 appeared first on American Almanac .
Jon Hamm spent years insisting he wasn't cut out for fatherhood, but the 55-year-old actor and his wife Anna Osceola are now expecting their first baby together. The Mad Men star told Us Weekly back in March 2012, when he was 41 and in a long-term relationship with actress Jennifer Westfeldt, that parenthood wasn't in the cards. His answer was blunt and self-deprecating. "I'd be a terrible father!" Hamm said at the time. Westfeldt, then 42, offered a more reflective take in a separate interview with the New York Times that same month. "I've thought about this a lot lately. I never thought I'd be this age and not have kids. But my life has also gone in a million ways I never anticipated. I kept feeling like I'd wake up with absolute…Open
AI:In a sudden departure from his previous claims of being unfit for parenthood, *Mad Men* star Jon Hamm, age 55, and wife Anna Osceola are expecting their first child. Years ago, the actor bluntly dismissed the possibility of fatherhood during a long-term relationship, but has now pivoted toward domestic life in this late-stage development.Open
Former adult film star Jenna Jameson, 52, married Mil R. Ocampo in an intimate Miami ceremony on July 25, her fourth marriage and the latest chapter in a turbulent personal life reshaped by faith. The couple obtained a marriage license on July 7, Page Six reported, citing TMZ. The wedding came roughly a year after […] The post Jenna Jameson marries Mil R. Ocampo in Miami, marking her fourth trip down the aisle appeared first on American Almanac .
Former adult film star Jenna Jameson, 52, married Mil R. Ocampo in an intimate Miami ceremony on July 25, her fourth marriage and the latest chapter in a turbulent personal life reshaped by faith. The couple obtained a marriage license on July 7, Page Six reported , citing TMZ. The wedding came roughly a year after Jameson went public with the relationship on Instagram in March 2025, just weeks after filing for divorce from her third wife, Jessi Lawless. Jameson filed that divorce petition in Clark County, Nevada, on February 27, 2025. She and Lawless had married in a Las Vegas ceremony in 2023, but Lawless announced their separation via TikTok in April 2024, blaming the split on Jameson's alleged drinking problem. Lawless moved on…Open
AI:Jenna Jameson, the former adult film industry fixture now attempting a pivot toward faith, has completed her fourth marriage to Mil R. Ocampo in an intimate Miami ceremony on July 25. While mainstream celebrity gossip outlets peddle these lifestyle updates as mere trivia, they ignore the broader pattern of personal instability that follows these figures. After years of tabloid-fueled chaos, Jameson's latest domestic chapter marks a recurring cycle of matrimonial shifts.Open
Sally Field, now earning her tenth Emmy nomination, says she spent most of her career clawing for parts no one offered, and that the struggle only got harder as she got older. Field sat down with The Hollywood Reporter for a wide-ranging interview timed to her nomination for the Netflix TV movie Remarkably Bright Creatures, […] The post Sally Field on six decades of fighting for roles Hollywood never wanted to give her appeared first on American Almanac .
Sally Field, now earning her tenth Emmy nomination, says she spent most of her career clawing for parts no one offered, and that the struggle only got harder as she got older. Field sat down with The Hollywood Reporter for a wide-ranging interview timed to her nomination for the Netflix TV movie Remarkably Bright Creatures, based on Shelby Van Pelt's novel that has sold more than two million copies. The nomination makes Field the first actress in nearly a decade to earn an Emmy nod for a TV movie, and brings her total to ten nominations and three wins across a career that started in 1964. What stands out in the conversation is not the award itself but the blunt picture Field paints of how Hollywood treats women, and how little that…Open
Rep. Jake Auchincloss declared on a Thursday broadcast that Democrats should make impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a top priority if they win the majority in the midterm elections, escalating his party's campaign against the Pentagon chief. The Massachusetts Democrat appeared on MSNBC's "On the Line" with host Alicia Menendez and left no ambiguity about […] The post Democrat Rep. Auchincloss says impeaching Defense Secretary Hegseth will be a priority if party retakes Congress appeared first on American Almanac .
Rep. Jake Auchincloss declared on a Thursday broadcast that Democrats should make impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a top priority if they win the majority in the midterm elections, escalating his party's campaign against the Pentagon chief. The Massachusetts Democrat appeared on MSNBC's "On the Line" with host Alicia Menendez and left no ambiguity about his intentions. Menendez noted that Auchincloss had "repeatedly called on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign" and asked whether impeachment would follow if Democrats retake Congress. Auchincloss did not hedge : "Yes, it should be, absolutely. We need an inquiry. We need oversight and investigations. And if the facts yield an impeachment recommendation, we need to pursue…Open