A luxury gym chain packed 250 fitness professionals into its Wall Street location for a high-stakes audition where judges cut candidates in under a minute, and only a handful walked away with job offers. Life Time, the high-end fitness chain with ten locations across New York City, held an open instructor audition at its Financial […] The post Life Time's cutthroat instructor tryouts draw 250 hopefuls to Wall Street gym appeared first on American Almanac .
A luxury gym chain packed 250 fitness professionals into its Wall Street location for a high-stakes audition where judges cut candidates in under a minute, and only a handful walked away with job offers. Life Time, the high-end fitness chain with ten locations across New York City, held an open instructor audition at its Financial District gym that looked less like a job fair and more like a reality-TV elimination round. Candidates lined up to mic up, pick a song, and lead a live workout in front of seven judge-instructors, with most getting stopped well before their two-minute time limit expired. Of the 250 who showed up, just 40 earned callbacks across three categories: strength and cardio, pilates and barre, and yoga. Six offers were…Open
Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis shared a bruised-toe update with fans days before the Dancing with the Stars Season 35 premiere on ABC, but she says she plans to push through the pain. De Laurentiis posted an Instagram video on September 6 showing her discolored toe after a weekend rehearsal session left her hobbling. […] The post Giada De Laurentiis injures toe in rehearsals ahead of 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 35 premiere appeared first on American Almanac .
Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis shared a bruised-toe update with fans days before the Dancing with the Stars Season 35 premiere on ABC, but she says she plans to push through the pain. De Laurentiis posted an Instagram video on September 6 showing her discolored toe after a weekend rehearsal session left her hobbling. The celebrity chef, paired with professional dancer Alan Bersten for the upcoming season, told followers the injury was painful but not enough to sideline her. In the video, De Laurentiis walked fans through the damage : "I had a great day at rehearsals today, but sadly, I busted my toe. Take a look. There's my toe. As you can see, it's quite purple, and it wraps all the way around. I'm for sure gonna lose my…Open
Prince Harry's camp is blaming King Charles' letter clarifying the Sussexes' royal status for Uganda's abrupt withdrawal from the 2027 Invictus Games, a move that undercuts the duke's signature charitable project just weeks after his return to Britain. Uganda's chief of defense forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, announced the withdrawal on X one day after Charles […] The post Prince Harry points finger at King Charles after Uganda exits Invictus Games appeared first on American Almanac .
Prince Harry's camp is blaming King Charles' letter clarifying the Sussexes' royal status for Uganda's abrupt withdrawal from the 2027 Invictus Games, a move that undercuts the duke's signature charitable project just weeks after his return to Britain. Uganda's chief of defense forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, announced the withdrawal on X one day after Charles released guidance through the Lord Chamberlain's office declaring that Harry and Meghan Markle "remain nonworking royals" and are "private citizens with commercial and charitable interests." Kainerugaba made his position plain: he stands with the king, not the Sussexes. An unnamed Sussex source responded through ITV News correspondent Chris Ship, as Page Six reported ,…Open
Ella Langley earned a field-leading nine nominations for the 60th annual Country Music Association Awards, pulling ahead of her mentor Miranda Lambert and staking her claim as country music's most dominant young artist. The Country Music Association announced the nominations Thursday from New York, and Langley's haul touched nearly every major category. She picked up […] The post Ella Langley dominates 2026 CMA Awards nominations with nine nods appeared first on American Almanac .
Ella Langley earned a field-leading nine nominations for the 60th annual Country Music Association Awards, pulling ahead of her mentor Miranda Lambert and staking her claim as country music's most dominant young artist. The Country Music Association announced the nominations Thursday from New York, and Langley's haul touched nearly every major category. She picked up a nomination for entertainer of the year, the genre's most coveted prize, along with two single of the year nods for "Be Her" and "Choosin' Texas," an album of the year nomination for "Dandelion," and two song of the year nominations for the same pair of singles. Lambert followed with six nominations, Kacey Musgraves and Ben West earned five each, and Cody Johnson, Chris…Open
Maryland Governor Wes Moore now says he will "be part of a bigger conversation going forward", a sharp reversal from his repeated insistence that he was not running for president, and one that arrives as investigations continue to pick apart his personal biography. Moore made the comments Wednesday on a podcast hosted by CNN analyst […] The post Wes Moore signals 2028 presidential ambitions, reversing earlier denials amid mounting résumé controversies appeared first on American Almanac .
Maryland Governor Wes Moore now says he will "be part of a bigger conversation going forward", a sharp reversal from his repeated insistence that he was not running for president, and one that arrives as investigations continue to pick apart his personal biography. Moore made the comments Wednesday on a podcast hosted by CNN analyst and Democratic political consultant Bakari Sellers, who asked the governor about his 2028 plans. Moore stopped short of a formal announcement but left little room for doubt about his trajectory, telling Sellers he believed Maryland's record under his leadership justified a larger national role. "I am going to be part of a bigger conversation going forward," Moore said. "I think the state of Maryland and what…Open
Retired General Michael Flynn says fully unredacted FBI interview notes, released this week by the White House, show the bureau's own agents knew he did not lie, and that he would never have accepted his 2018 guilty plea had he seen the evidence at the time. The Trump administration's Government Transparency Task Force on Wednesday […] The post Michael Flynn: newly declassified FBI notes prove he never should have been charged appeared first on American Almanac .
Retired General Michael Flynn says fully unredacted FBI interview notes, released this week by the White House, show the bureau's own agents knew he did not lie, and that he would never have accepted his 2018 guilty plea had he seen the evidence at the time. The Trump administration's Government Transparency Task Force on Wednesday declassified the complete, unredacted handwritten and typed notes from Flynn's January 24, 2017 FBI interview, documents that had been partially blacked out for years, even from Flynn's own defense team. Flynn, appearing on the Just the News, No Noise television show that evening, said the newly visible material changes the entire picture of his prosecution under Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The core of…Open
President Trump said in a new interview with "The Ingraham Angle" on Thursday that he would make the same decisions on the Iran war, despite acknowledging that he sometimes questions himself. Why it matters: The Iran war is weighing on Trump and Republicans as they make their case to voters ahead of the midterms. - Trump faces declining approval ratings as Republicans sour on the president, thanks to the war in Iran, high gas prices and inflation. What he's saying: "I don't believe in the word regret," Trump told Fox News' Laura Ingraham when asked about concerns over the war heading into the midterms. - "You can always question yourself a little bit. And a few people have asked me that. If I had it to do again, I'd do exactly as I…