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Bill Maher delivers his monologue on Real Time with Bill Maher on July 31, 2026.

Bill Maher Reveals Why He’s Scared of Natalie Harp Saga

PLAYING IT SAFE

The comedian played it safe with the week’s biggest controversy.

Natalie Harp ad Donald Trump

Natalie Harp’s Intimate Letters to Trump Revealed in Full

WITH ALL MY HEART

Kash Patel and Alexis Wilkins

Keystone Kash's Girlfriend Suffers Humiliating Legal Setback

STRUCK DOWN

I Know Even MAGA Secretly Admits Truth About TrumpLOSING GRIP ON REALITY

The Daily Beast Podcast

Donald Trump is losing grip on reality.

Trump’s Staff Swapped X-Rated Question About Natalie: AuthorGETTING WEIRD

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Executive assistant to U.S. President Donald Trump Natalie Harp speak with Donald Trump during a visit at a golf course at Hains Point in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 28, 2026.

Trump Says Goon With Him From ’Very Beginning’ Is LeavingOUTSIDE LEGAL BATTLES

William Vaillancourt

Ed Martin

These Earplugs Are a Dream for Side Sleepers SWEET DREAMS

Loop Dream Earplugs Review

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Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard performs part of the bands' Mirror Ball Tour at Sleep Train Amphitheatre on September 11, 2011, in Wheatland, California.

Rock Legend, 63, Shares Devastating Update on Cancer Battle

MEN'S HEALTH

He once called a donor transplant his “only hope to survive.”

CNN

CNN Data Guru Reveals How Trump ‘P***ed Off’ Americans

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from the media after signing an executive order establishing the President's Military Spouse Commission to be chaired by Jennifer Rauchet, wife of Hegseth, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 3, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Hegseth’s Twisted Attack on Free Press Over Carrier Scandal

Sarah-Jane Collins

Hayden Panettiere

Hayden Panettiere’s Final Moments Revealed by Ex’s Brother

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Hayden Panettiere

Neutrogena Issues Statement on Hayden Panettiere Backlash

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Court Slashes $50M Alex Jones Judgment Over Sandy Hook ClaimDISCOUNTING THE TRUTH
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U.S. Olympic Star Retires After Shocking Cardiac Arrest‘THAT CHAPTER HAS ENDED’
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Lola Blankets Are 50% Off During Its Xmas in August Sale DEAL ALERT
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Pizza Hut Makes Bonkers New Name ChangeWHERE’S THE PIZZA?!
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Darth Vader Interrupts City Council Over Police CamerasDARK SIDE
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Watching the US Open? Put Your Predictions to the TestGAME, SET, BET
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Car Salesman, 26, Becomes Prince After Shocking DiscoveryROYAL TREATMENT

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I Got a Facelift From Denise Richards’ Surgeon

Britney Semler before her facelift, February 26, 2021.

Rock Legend, 63, Shares Devastating Update on Cancer Battle

Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard performs part of the bands' Mirror Ball Tour at Sleep Train Amphitheatre on September 11, 2011, in Wheatland, California.

World’s Oldest Person Shares Her Longevity Secrets

Courtesy of the family

A-Lister Raises Eyebrows With ‘Unsanitary’ Red Carpet Shoes

Andie MacDowell and Margaret Qualley attend COS, and Margaret Qualley celebrates L.A. Dance Project's L.A. Dances at L.A. Dance Project on September 21, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.

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Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson, and Noah Toth in It Ends.

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Road-Trip Horror Will Make You Terrified to Drive at Night

“It Ends” is a perfect capper to the summer’s horror hot streak.

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Celebrity

Bearded Colbert Makes Frank Admission in Rare Appearance

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Hayden Panettiere, girlfriend of Ukrainian heavyweight boxing world champion Vladimir Klitschko, reacts to Klitschko's victory over his Italian-born challenger Francesco Pianeta at the SAP arena in Mannheim, Germany, May 4, 2013.

Celebrity

36-Year-Old Star’s Shocking Memoir Predicted Her Tragic End

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

A photo illustration of Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.

‘Teenage Sex and Death’ Kills Summer’s Horror Hot Streak

“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” is a fatally self-conscious meta-slasher.

Nick Schager

MAGA Nemesis ‘Really Hurt’ Rosie Didn’t Invite Her on Kimmel

Rosie O’Donnell on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Oscar Winner Breaks Silence on ‘Love of Her Life’s’ Death

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Sandra Bullock

‘Oppenheimer’ Star Drops Bombshell Career Update

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

KRUMHOLTZ IN OPPENHEIMER

‘Friends’ Star Reveals Role She Really Wanted on Hit Show

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, and Lisa Kudrow in Los Angeles, 1995.

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Jimmy Fallon Humiliates Trump by Interviewing ‘Natalie Harp’

Jimmy Fallon and “Natalie Harp”

Republicans Rebel as Trump Stumps for Nepo Sister Pick

Sarah Ewall-Wice

Senator Darline Graham participated in a televised debate ahead of the Republican primary runoff in Newberry SC, United States on August 18, 2026.

Trump Kicks Key Voting Bloc in the Teeth in Wild Self Own

President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks on August 14, 2026 in Garden City, New York.

The Teen TV Show Even Old People Will Obsess Over

A still from 'Sterling Point'

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Karoline Leavitt

Trump Reveals ‘Best’ Person to Take Karoline Leavitt’s Job

YOU’RE HIRED!

Andie MacDowell and Margaret Qualley attend COS, and Margaret Qualley celebrates L.A. Dance Project's L.A. Dances at L.A. Dance Project on September 21, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.

A-Lister Raises Eyebrows With ‘Unsanitary’ Red Carpet Shoes

SOLE CRUSHING

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks on the day U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announces annual healthcare fraud takedown results and fraud enforcement actions at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 23, 2026.

RFK Jr. Loses It After Humiliating CNN Segment

HARD TO SWALLOW

The MAHA math on the cost of healthy eating does not add up.

Michelle Pfeiffer attends the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute Gala honoring actor Nicole Kidman at Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Three-Time Oscar Nominee, 68, Addresses Retirement Rumors

BORN TO ACT

Britney Semler before her facelift, February 26, 2021.

I Got a Facelift From Denise Richards’ Surgeon

FACE VALUE

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Ritz Carlton Lake Tahoe

Here’s How to Make Your Bed Feel Like the Ritz-Carlton

SUITE DREAMS

Taylor Jean Stephan

Laura Mercier Mint Setting Powder Review

Laura Mercier's Mint-Tinted Setting Powder Is My Redness Fix

MINT TO BE

These Affordable OTC Hearing Aids Mask Tinnitus Like a ChampI Can’t Hear You

This Cooling Wand Is My Ultimate Antidote to PuffinessCOOL DOWN

Hypochlorous Acid Is Skincare’s Rising Star—Derms Weigh InACID SPRITZ?

I Tried the Buzzy Trampoline Workout Taking Over FitnessBOUNCE WITH ME

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Harry and Meghan quit California

Harry and Meghan Sensationally Quit California

REVERSE MEGXIT

Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, Clarence Thomas, Jeffrey Epstein, JD Vance, Natalie Harp, Karoline Leavitt, Melania Trump, Stephen Miller, Mitch McConnell

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President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 17, 2026.

Trump’s Prized Carrier Limps Home From Iran War

WAR-WEARY

Isabel van Brugen

Donald Trump, Natalie Harp

The Real Role Natalie Harp Fills in Trump’s White House

Michael Ian Black

KRUMHOLTZ IN OPPENHEIMER

‘Oppenheimer’ Star Drops Bombshell Career Update

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Natalie Harp and Donald Trump

How Natalie Harp Keeps Fueling Trump’s Delusions

Erkki Forster, The Daily Beast Podcast

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