Olympic Boxer Who Faced Firestorm of Criticism Lands ‘Vogue’ Cover

Imane Khelif, an Algerian boxer who won a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics this year, is featured on the new cover of Arabian Vogue. Khelif was the subject of a torrent of hate and misinformation during the Paris Games, with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling just two of those who questioned her win—and her identity. Allegations doubting her gender were refuted by the International Olympic Committee, who referred to the controversy as “unaccepted hate speech.” Khelif called the ordeal a “very difficult experience” in her interview with the fashion magazine. “Despite winning the gold medal, that one event felt like a whole lifetime,” she said. “I was able to overcome it all thanks to my faith in God, in myself, and my dream. Without such challenges, I would never have become a champion.” Khelif, who Vogue Arabia described her therein as someone “redefining Arab beauty., posed for her photoshoot in structured suiting and punchy tailored pieces. She also talked about her childhood and boxing career, and said she always comes back to one phrase: “In suffering, champions are born.”

The owners of a squirrel with a dedicated social media following are speaking out after Peanut was seized and euthanized by New York government officials. Michael Longo and his wife, Danielle, told TMZ that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation “raided” their home in search of Peanut Wednesday after anonymous complaints. Although owning a squirrel is illegal in New York, Longo was still shocked by the turn of events. Peanut lived with the couple for seven years and had over half a million followers on Instagram.

“To the group of people who called DEC, there’s a special place in hell for you,” Longo wrote on Instagram. Longo told TMZ that his wife’s immigration status was questioned during the raid, and his pet raccoon was also taken. Both Peanut and his raccoon were euthanized during rabies testing. “For the last 7 years, Peanut has been my best friend,” Longo wrote. “He’s been the center of my world and many of yours for so long, I don’t know how to process this, emotionally.”

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Rapper Sexyy Red, who just last year was singing Donald Trump’s praises, revealed on Friday that she has cast her vote for Kamala Harris. “I just voted!!! Don’t tell us what to do with our coochies!!” she tweeted, adding the hashtag #Kamala4President. In 2023, Sexyy Red pushed back against suggestions that Trump was racist or sexist, saying, “Once he started getting Black people out of jail and giving people that free money, aw, baby, we love Trump. We need him back in office.” And just three months ago, she performed in front a giant inflatable MAGA-style hat that read “Make America Sexyy Again” at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago. All of that apparent support led Trump’s team to reportedly pursue Sexyy Red as a potential campaign surrogate. But in July, she shut down rumors that she would be performing at Trump’s Atlanta rally. And now, with just days to go in the race, she has made it very clear who she supports.

The Antenna Group, a Greek media company, is in talks to buy Time from Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff, CNBC reported Friday. Talks are still early, according to CNBC. Benioff bought Time in 2018 for a reported $190 million from Meredith Corp, which owned the media company for less than a year. Early talks with Antenna are to sell Time for $150 million. The possible shake-up comes at a turbulent time for media companies and their billionaire owners. The Washington Post recently shed 10% of its subscriber base after owner Jeff Bezos blocked their endorsement of Kamala Harris. The Los Angeles Times also faced pushback when its billionaire owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, also blocked their Harris endorsement. A spokesperson for Time told CNBC that there is “no agreement” to sell the company, but declined to comment on the talks with Antenna.

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Donald Trump’s Scottish company, which runs his golf courses in the country, has called First Minister of Scotland John Swinney’s endorsement of Kamala Harris “appalling,” according to the BBC. “People in the United States of America should vote for Kamala Harris,” Swinney said to reporters earlier this week. “And I’ve not come to that conclusion only because Donald Trump is opposed to Scottish independence.” (Trump, whose mother was born and raised in Scotland before emigrating to the United States, said on the Flagrant podcast earlier this month that he hopes Scotland stays with the United Kingdom.) Trump International Scotland subsequently released a statement condemning Swinney‘s support of Trump’s rival. “The Trump family has shown unwavering commitment to Scotland—pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the Scottish economy—and driving many tens of thousands of international visitors to Scotland every year,” spokeswoman Sarah Malone said. “It is appalling to see the first minister, who talks of the need to encourage economic growth, insult this commitment and all the people involved in delivering world-class services here in Scotland.”

Megan Thee Stallion has admitted to lying to journalist Gayle King during a 2022 TV interview, but King responded that she has nothing but love for the rapper. Stallion made the confession in her newly released Amazon documentary, Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words, and called King a “b---h” during her explanation. “Yes, b---h. I lied to Gayle King, b---h. First of all, I ain’t know that b---h was even finna ask me about that s–-t. I thought we was gonna talk about this shooting,” said Stallion, referring to her being shot in the foot by fellow rapper Tory Lanez. He was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison last year. When King asked Stallion if the two had a sexual relationship, she said they were just close friends. However, that was a lie, according to Stallion, revealing that she slept with Lanez one or twice while “out of her mind” drunk. King said there are no hard feelings, especially considering everything she has been through. “I have nothing but great, great love and respect for Meg Thee Stallion. Cheering her on always,” King said. “I got nothing but love for Meg Thee Stallion.”

A regional public health department in Idaho has outright banned COVID-19 jabs, the Associated Press reported Friday. The Southwest District Health Department board, which governs six counties along the Idaho-Oregon border, voted 4-3 against the recommendations of the district’s medical director, Dr. Perry Jansen. “Our request of the board is that we would be able to carry and offer those [vaccines], recognizing that we always have these discussions of risks and benefits,” Jansen said at the meeting last month. “This is not a blind, everybody-gets-a-shot approach. This is a thoughtful approach.” The ban appears to be the first such instance of a U.S. governmental body blocking inoculations, the AP noted. Vaccine misinformation has been proliferated not only at the local and state levels but also nationally by the likes of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump’s transition team co-chair Howard Lutnick.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has blasted an elite New York City private school for letting students stay home if they feel “too emotionally distressed” to attend class after the election. The Ethical Culture Fieldston School will not assign homework on Election Day, and excused absences are allowed on Wednesday or whatever day the results are announced, The New York Times reported. The school, which has three campuses and costs more than $65,500 per year to attend, will also make psychologists available to students throughout the week. It’s likely to be a “high-stakes and emotional time” regardless of who wins, the school told parents. Seinfeld’s two sons attended Fieldston, though he told the Times that his family couldn’t stand decisions like the Election Day leniency. His younger son transferred in eighth grade. “This is why the kids hated it,” he said. “What kind of lives have these people led that makes them think that this is the right way to handle young people? To encourage them to buckle. This is the lesson they are providing, for ungodly sums of money.”

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Meghan Markle’s lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, has hit yet another trademark snag. Harry & David, a rival lifestyle brand, filed a protest against Markle’s brand, claiming the name is too similar to their line of “Royal Riviera” pear baskets, the New York Post confirmed. This isn’t the first trademark snafu for Markle. Last month, the Patent and Trademark Office said “American Riviera” was too vague to be patented. Markle has also been unable to secure a trademark for her now-defunct lifestyle blog, The Tig, when she failed to submit a “statement of use” with her application. American Riviera Orchard quietly rolled out in March with an Instagram page and a celebrity “jam club.” It’s set to have a full scale launch early next year.

An ex-Playboy model claims Sean “Diddy” Combs once made her watch a single Jennifer Lopez music video, over and over again, during a weird sexual encounter. Speaking on The Daily Mail’s Trial of Diddy podcast, Rachel Kennedy said she met the mogul in 2000, while working as a dancer at a strip club in Tokyo. He invited her and two friends back to his hotel room, where she “realized before we even walked through the front door that it was just him,“ she explained. “I was like, ‘This is not a party.‘“ According to Kennedy, it was just Diddy in a bathrobe, playing his then-girlfriend‘s video on loop while he talked to her on the phone. Kennedy and her friend proceeded to perform oral sex on Diddy at his direction, she said, and while the encounter was consensual, she found the soundtrack strange. ”It seemed a little bit creepy to me,” she said. “Very disrespectful.” She didn’t say which song it was, though.