A former NFL defensive lineman and college football national champion waded into the WNBA's escalating transgender athlete controversy with a blunt social media challenge, while a physical altercation outside a Fever-Lynx game showed the debate spilling well beyond the court. Breiden Fehoko, who won a national title with LSU, posted a two-part broadside on social […] The post Former NFL champion Breiden Fehoko joins WNBA transgender athlete debate as tensions boil over at Target Center appeared first on American Almanac .
A former NFL defensive lineman and college football national champion waded into the WNBA's escalating transgender athlete controversy with a blunt social media challenge, while a physical altercation outside a Fever-Lynx game showed the debate spilling well beyond the court. Breiden Fehoko, who won a national title with LSU, posted a two-part broadside on social media taking Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham's side in the dispute that has consumed women's professional basketball for weeks. Cunningham has faced sustained backlash, including organized online pressure campaigns , after publicly stating she wanted to "protect young girls" from "biological men" in women's sports. Fehoko did not mince words. In his first post, he wrote…Open
Former LSU national champion and NFL defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko jumped into the WNBA's transgender athlete controversy with a blunt social media post backing Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham, as Sunday night's Fever-Lynx game in Minneapolis became a flashpoint for the debate. Fehoko, who won a college football national championship with LSU before his NFL […] The post Former NFL champion Breiden Fehoko backs Sophie Cunningham, calls trans athlete push 'bulls***' appeared first on American Almanac .
Former LSU national champion and NFL defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko jumped into the WNBA's transgender athlete controversy with a blunt social media post backing Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham, as Sunday night's Fever-Lynx game in Minneapolis became a flashpoint for the debate. Fehoko, who won a college football national championship with LSU before his NFL career, posted on social media that "there are no trans kids" and accused parents who say otherwise of "grooming." He sided squarely with Cunningham, who has faced weeks of backlash, and growing support, after saying she wanted to "protect young girls" from "biological men" in women's sports. The former defensive lineman's comments landed as the broader fight over transgender…Open
An Alaska nurse hired as a surrogate is waging a multi-state legal battle to protect the life of an unborn baby after the biological parents demanded she abort him following a heart defect diagnosis, and now two state courts are pulling her in opposite directions. McKenna West, a single mother of two and a nurse […] The post Alaska surrogate fights courts to save unborn baby after California couple demands abortion appeared first on American Almanac .
An Alaska nurse hired as a surrogate is waging a multi-state legal battle to protect the life of an unborn baby after the biological parents demanded she abort him following a heart defect diagnosis, and now two state courts are pulling her in opposite directions. McKenna West, a single mother of two and a nurse in Alaska, is 35 weeks pregnant with a baby boy she carried for a California couple through a Connecticut-based surrogacy agency. At the 20-week ultrasound, a doctor found no blood flowing through the left side of the baby's heart. A maternal-fetal medicine specialist diagnosed the condition as hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a serious but treatable defect that requires a series of three surgeries after birth. The biological…Open
An Alaska nurse serving as a surrogate is battling the biological parents in court after they demanded she abort a baby diagnosed with a treatable heart condition, and the State of Alaska is backing her right to refuse. McKenna West, a single mother of two and a registered nurse, agreed to carry a child for […] The post Alaska surrogate nurse fights to save unborn baby after California couple demands abortion appeared first on American Almanac .
An Alaska nurse serving as a surrogate is battling the biological parents in court after they demanded she abort a baby diagnosed with a treatable heart condition, and the State of Alaska is backing her right to refuse. McKenna West, a single mother of two and a registered nurse, agreed to carry a child for a California couple identified in court documents only as AB and CD. The arrangement, brokered through Connecticut-based Worldwide Surrogacy Specialist in LLC, appeared routine until a 20-week ultrasound revealed the baby boy had hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a condition in which blood does not flow properly through the left side of the heart. The biological parents responded by invoking a clause in the surrogacy contract and…Open
Actor Scott Eastwood is revisiting a tense confrontation with costar Shia LaBeouf on the set of the 2014 war film "Fury", and crediting Brad Pitt with keeping it from boiling over. Eastwood, now 40, appeared on the "Armchair Expert" podcast in an episode released August 3, where he described a clash with LaBeouf about midway […] The post Scott Eastwood says Brad Pitt stepped in to defuse on-set clash with Shia LaBeouf during 'Fury' appeared first on American Almanac .
Actor Scott Eastwood is revisiting a tense confrontation with costar Shia LaBeouf on the set of the 2014 war film "Fury", and crediting Brad Pitt with keeping it from boiling over. Eastwood, now 40, appeared on the "Armchair Expert" podcast in an episode released August 3, where he described a clash with LaBeouf about midway through production. The dispute started over something minor: Eastwood was chewing tobacco and spitting on a tank during a scene. LaBeouf objected. The problem, Eastwood said, was that the action was written into the script. LaBeouf confronted him anyway, and Eastwood fired back. Pitt, the film's lead, stepped between them before things escalated further. A scripted action sparked the whole dispute Eastwood first…Open
Actor Scott Eastwood is revisiting a tense confrontation with costar Shia LaBeouf on the set of the 2014 war film "Fury", and crediting Brad Pitt with keeping the situation from boiling over. Eastwood, now 40, appeared on the "Armchair Expert" podcast in an episode released Aug. 3, where he described an incident roughly midway through […] The post Scott Eastwood says Brad Pitt stepped in to defuse on-set clash with Shia LaBeouf during 'Fury' appeared first on American Almanac .
Actor Scott Eastwood is revisiting a tense confrontation with costar Shia LaBeouf on the set of the 2014 war film "Fury", and crediting Brad Pitt with keeping the situation from boiling over. Eastwood, now 40, appeared on the "Armchair Expert" podcast in an episode released Aug. 3, where he described an incident roughly midway through production of the World War II tank drama. LaBeouf, he said, took issue with Eastwood spitting chewing tobacco on a tank used in the film. The objection escalated quickly. Eastwood admitted he cursed out LaBeouf, and the moment teetered toward something physical before Pitt, the film's lead, walked in and cooled things down. The story is not new, but Eastwood's latest telling adds texture to an episode that…Open
Two competing documentary projects about Wendy Williams are now in development at Peacock and Netflix, even as the former talk-show host battles dementia and remains too unwell to appear on camera. Suzanne Bass, Williams's former executive producer, pitched a documentary to Peacock and secured a deal, The U.S. Sun reported. Netflix has a separate project […] The post Peacock and Netflix race to produce rival Wendy Williams documentaries as her health declines appeared first on American Almanac .
Two competing documentary projects about Wendy Williams are now in development at Peacock and Netflix, even as the former talk-show host battles dementia and remains too unwell to appear on camera. Suzanne Bass, Williams's former executive producer, pitched a documentary to Peacock and secured a deal, The U.S. Sun reported . Netflix has a separate project in the works. Both streaming services are pushing to be first to air. The result is a strange spectacle: two major media companies scrambling to tell the story of a woman who, by all available accounts, can no longer speak for herself. Williams has been diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. The U.S. Sun previously reported she also suffers from alcohol-related…Open
Christina Applegate, the 54-year-old actress who has battled multiple sclerosis since 2021, is back home after a hospital stay that began in late March, though the specific reason for her admission remains unclear. An insider told TMZ on Monday that Applegate had been discharged and was "doing well." Her representative did not respond to a […] The post Christina Applegate returns home after nearly four months in the hospital appeared first on American Almanac .
Christina Applegate, the 54-year-old actress who has battled multiple sclerosis since 2021, is back home after a hospital stay that began in late March, though the specific reason for her admission remains unclear. An insider told TMZ on Monday that Applegate had been discharged and was "doing well." Her representative did not respond to a request for comment from Page Six. The hospital where she stayed was not identified. Applegate was admitted in late March. A few days after that admission, she posted on Instagram to address the health scare and thank fans. She did not name a diagnosis or describe a procedure. Her representative, speaking at the time of the hospitalization, offered only a general statement: "She's had a long history…Open
Christina Applegate has been discharged from the hospital after a stay that began in late March, a grueling stretch that underscores the relentless toll of her battle with multiple sclerosis. An unnamed insider told TMZ that the 54-year-old actress is back home and "doing well" following the extended hospitalization, Page Six reported Monday. No specific […] The post Christina Applegate returns home after nearly four months in the hospital appeared first on American Almanac .
Christina Applegate has been discharged from the hospital after a stay that began in late March, a grueling stretch that underscores the relentless toll of her battle with multiple sclerosis. An unnamed insider told TMZ that the 54-year-old actress is back home and "doing well" following the extended hospitalization, Page Six reported Monday. No specific hospital or city was identified, and the exact reason for the late March admission remains unclear. Her representative was not available for comment on the discharge. Applegate, best known for her role as Kelly Bundy on "Married... With Children" and more recently for the Netflix series "Dead to Me," was diagnosed with MS in 2021. The Mayo Clinic defines the disease as a condition of…Open
Two major streaming platforms are developing rival documentary projects about Wendy Williams, but the former talk-show host is reportedly too unwell to appear on camera for either one. Peacock and Netflix have each begun work on separate documentaries about the former daytime television star, who has been battling dementia and living under a court-appointed guardianship […] The post Peacock and Netflix race to produce competing Wendy Williams documentaries as her health declines appeared first on American Almanac .
Two major streaming platforms are developing rival documentary projects about Wendy Williams, but the former talk-show host is reportedly too unwell to appear on camera for either one. Peacock and Netflix have each begun work on separate documentaries about the former daytime television star, who has been battling dementia and living under a court-appointed guardianship since 2022. The projects come on the heels of a contentious Lifetime documentary released last year that drew a lawsuit from Williams's guardian, a suit that was quietly dropped just weeks ago. The dueling productions raise uncomfortable questions about who profits from Williams's story while the woman herself remains unable to participate in telling it. Both streamers…Open