Jessica Simpson celebrated her memoir, Open Book, being named one of Apple’s best audiobooks of 2020 on Instagram thanking fans for their support and shared one of the reasons this means so much to her is because she is dyslexic. “OPEN BOOK, thank you for the therapy. @applebooks, thank you for recognizing and respecting my story. Turning…
‘The Voice’ Contestant Ryan Gallagher Is Off the Show After Breaking Coronavirus Protocols
Fans of The Voice tuned in to the show on Monday night and noticed a Team Kelly contestant Ryan Gallagher was missing. PEOPLE confirmed that Ryan can no longer participate after he broke the competition show’s COVID-19 protocols. Ryan told fans on his Instagram Story Monday night that a family emergency was not the reason he didn’t…
Dude Wants To Be A Singer, Girlfriend Doubts His Ability
Today on The Sitch, Lindsay wrote in about her boyfriend who thinks he could become a professional singer. During quarantine he picked up some recording equipment and started recording cover songs. Lindsay is all for supporting his passions and hobbies, but she has no faith in his ability. Which is just a nice way of…
Starbucks To Give Free Coffee to Front-Line Responders in December
Starbucks announced on Tuesday that people who identify as front-line responders at one of their participating stores will receive an iced or hot brewed coffee for free. The deal is for tall brewed coffees, and will be offered at U.S. company-operated locations, as well as “select licensed stores,” through the month of December. Those eligible…
How Cher Helped Save the World’s Loneliest Elephant
Cher has helped come to the rescue of an elephant living in dire conditions at a zoo in Pakistan on Twitter. For 30 years, Asian elephant Kaavan lived a sad life restrained by chains. His only companion, an elephant named Saheli, died in 2012 leaving Kaavan alone and grieving. A campaign was launched to remove Kaavan from the…
Miley Cyrus Calls Out Label for Not Making ‘Plastic Hearts’ Album Available on Release Date
Miley Cyrus released her new album “Paper Hearts” on Nov. 27th but some fans were frustrated when they couldn’t buy it in stores. One fan tweeted, “My Target shipment got delayed for dec 15 … so it doesn’t count for first week sales.” Another said, “No stores within 35 minutes of me have any copies…
Shawn Mendes Announces Livestream Benefit Concert
Shawn Mendes will perform a livestream benefit concert, Wonder: The Experience, to celebrate the December 4th release of his fourth studio album Wonder. The livestream will feature music from the upcoming album, including the lead single “Wonder” and other yet to be released songs. The event is free, but fans have the option of donating to the Shawn Mendes Foundation…
Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com Announce “Pandemic” As Its 2020 Word of the Year
For the first time, two dictionary companies on Monday — Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com — declared the same word as their tops: pandemic. Oxford Languages couldn’t settle on just one so they issued a 16-page report instead saying, “2020 is a year which cannot be neatly accommodated in one single `word of the year.’” John Kelly, senior research editor at Dictionary.com, told…
NASA Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, First Latina in Space, To Speak Virtually at Old Dominion University Tuesday
Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to travel into space, and the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, will give a virtual presentation at Old Dominion University at 3 p.m. EDT on Dec. 1. The event is sponsored by ODU Presents and the Remote Experience for Young Engineers…
Wreaths Across America Needs Your Help This Holiday Season
The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office is asking Hampton Roads residents for help with the local Wreaths Across America campaign. The goal is to raise enough money to purchase 2,000 Veterans Wreaths which will be placed on veteran’s graves in nine different cemeteries in Camden, Currituck, and Pasquotank counties. “Please help us honor and remember as many fallen…