Louis the French bulldog getting a playful nip from one of his foster puppies.Photo:Kelley Likes Kelley Likes Louis is the king of dog foster dads, but he brings more of a “fun uncle” vibe to his pet parenting. The French bulldog is one of 8 rescue canines who live with Kelley Likes and her husband, Joe Shininger, at their home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Likes says Louis runs around the house “like a meatball with legs,” but he wasn’t always so active and enthusiastic....

WFFT/Amy Jones Captivity in a concrete box is over for 15 big cats. On Dec. 16, 12 tigers and three leopards were rescued from a tiger farm in northern Thailand, where the animals have spent their lives in captivity. The rescue was prompted after legal action was taken against the undisclosed farm over alleged illegal wildlife trading, according toWildlife Friends Foundation Thailand(WFFT). Government officials and rescuers from WFFT visited the farm in December to begin removing animals to move to WFFT’s sanctuary....

Rep. Matt Gaetz.Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty U.S. Rep.Matt Gaetz, the Republican firebrand who is currently embroiled in a federal sex crimes investigation, won his primary Tuesday in Florida. Gaetz, 40, defeated former FedEx executive Mark Lombardo and retired military officer Greg Merk in the 1st Congressional District race. In recent weeks, Lombardo aired attack ads against Gaetz, a Trump-endorsed ally. In another ad, Lombardo implied that Gaetz had been the FBI informant that led tothe Aug....

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Emeril Lagasse’s Mini Po’Boys.Photo:Fred Hardy II Fred Hardy II YourSuper Bowlparty main dish is handled thanks toEmeril Lagasse. “These mini po’boys will be like bringing a taste of New Orleans into your living room!” says the celebrity chef of NOLA, which is hosting the big game on Feb. 9. “The rolls are the perfect vehicle for meltingly tender, rich and garlicky roast beef.” The easy recipe is great for Super Bowl — which will see the Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles — “because the roast can be cooked up several days in advance and warmed on game day,” says Lagasse, who recently opened34 Restaurant & Bar, a new Portuguese hot spot in New Orleans, with his son,E....

Emeril Lagasse and daughter Meril Lagasse. ; Emeril Lagasse’s daughter Jillian Lagasse and son E.J. Lagasse.Photo:Emeril Lagasse/Instagram ; Emeril Lagasse/Facebook Emeril Lagasse/Instagram ; Emeril Lagasse/Facebook Emeril Lagasse’s four children — Jessica, Jillian, E.J and Meril — have all followed in his culinary footsteps in one way or another. Jessica and Jillian have written two cookbooks together, and E.J. now heads his father’s flagship restaurant, Emeril’s. Although Meril hasn’t followed in her dad’s culinary footsteps, Emeril named another one of his New Orleans restaurants, Meril, after her....

Emilia Clarkesays she’s missing “quite a bit” of her brain after suffering two aneurysms in 2011 and 2013.“The amount of my brain that is no longer usable — it’s remarkable that I am able to speak, sometimes articulately, and live my life completely normally with absolutely no repercussions,” theGame of Thronesalum, 35,told BBC One’sSunday Morningover the weekend. “I am in the really, really, really small minority of people that can survive that....

Photo: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany is taking back what he said aboutGame of ThronesstarEmilia Clarke. During the premiere of the show’s spin-offHouse of the Dragonin Sydney earlier this week, Delany spoke to the audience before the screening started. In his speech, the CEO recounted how he was late to start watchingGame of Thrones, a show in which Clarke starred as Daenerys Targaryen. “I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?...

Karla Sofía Gascón.Photo:CBS CBS Emilia Pérezwon a top honor at 2025’sGolden Globe Awardsceremony. Taking the stage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to accept the honor, Audiard handed the mic to Gascón, who made history as the first trans actress ever nominated for a Golden Globe. What followed was inspiring remarks for members of marginalized communities. “The light always wins over darkness,” Gascón said. “You can maybe put us in jail, you can beat us up, but you never can take away our soul, or our resistance, or our dignity....

Karla Sofía Gascón and Fernanda Torres.Photo:Emma McIntyre/Variety via Getty; ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Emma McIntyre/Variety via Getty; ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty After Gascón, 52, appeared to claim “there are people working with Fernanda Torres tearing me andEmilia Pérezdown” on social media during a Jan. 28video interviewwith a Brazilian outlet, the Spanish actress said in a statement that she did not mean to suggest Torres, 59, or anyone “directly associated with her” is smearingEmilia Pérez....

Karla Sofía Gascón.Photo:Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Karla Sofía Gascónis addressing her decision todelete her X/Twitter account.TheEmilia Pérezactress, who recently issued an apology for inflammatory old tweets, further shared a statement toThe Hollywood Reporteron Friday, January 31, in which she said she received death threats and harassment.“I’m sorry, but I can no longer allow this campaign of hate and misinformation to affect me and my family, so at their request I am closing my account on X,” Gascón, 52, wrote in the statement....

Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón in ‘Emilia Pérez’.Photo:Netflix Netflix There’s no movie quite likeEmilia Pérez, a musical thriller from French filmmakers about a fictional Mexican cartel leader transitioning into a woman. Despite being an unprecedented, genre-mashing original, the Netflix film has also emerged as awards season’s most controversial contender. Writer-director Jacques Audiard’s musical has steadily generated buzz starting with a glowing 2024Cannes Film Festivalreception where it won the best actress prize....

Jacques Audiard; Karla Sofía Gascón.Photo:Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Emilia Pérezdirector Jacques Audiard is speaking out about thecontroversiessurrounding his movie’s star,Karla Sofía Gascón. In a candid interview withDeadlinepublished Wednesday, Feb. 5, the French writer-director, 72, called herresurfaced social media postscriticizing Muslim culture,George Floyd, diversity and more “inexcusable.” Karla Sofía Gascón on Jan. 4.Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty...