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Trump Calls Tiger Woods From Rehab, Melania Explains Epstein Statement

Trump Calls Tiger Woods From Rehab, Melania Explains Epstein Statement

Saturday Night Live wasted no time parodying President Donald Trump’s polarizing Easter social media post about the Iran war. The cold open kicked off with James Austin Johnson’s Trump discussing the wording of the post with Ashley Padilla’s Karoline Leavitt. “Start with, ‘Open the f-ing Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in hell.’ And then at the end, maybe throw in, ‘Praise be to Allah,’” Johnson’s Trump said, which prompted Padilla’s Leavitt to reply, “You think I should type, ‘Praise be to Allah,’ and that’s from you, the President of the United States?” “Yes, yes, Allah, you say Allah. It’s a sarcastic attack on the world’s largest religion,” he added. “They famously have a great sense of humor about that kind of stuff.” “As your press secretary, this puts me in a tough position, sir,” Padilla’s Leavitt responded. “Oh, don’t worry about that, Karoline. Like I said to Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem right before I fired them, you’re doing a terrific,” he added. Trump went on to “make some urgent phone calls” …

If You Don’t Know Anitta from Brazil, You’re About To

If You Don’t Know Anitta from Brazil, You’re About To

Anitta’s singing career began at age 8 Born Larissa de Macedo Machado in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Honório Gurgel, Anitta started singing as an 8-year-old member of her parish church. By age 11, she was also studying English and dance, but then her studies took a more vocational bent, as she graduated with a public administration certificate. But by 2013, when she was just 20, the turned back to the arts, winning a career-boosting “Best New Artist” award from the São Paulo Association of Critics. Anitta’s name didn’t always have two “ts” Anitta chose her stage name after watching 2001 TV series Presença de Anita, about a seductive teen (the titular Anita) at the center of a deadly love triangle. Anita “could be sexy without looking vulgar; girl and woman at the same time,” Anitta said of the character. After beginning her career as “Anita,” she changed her moniker to “Anitta” soon after she was discovered on YouTube by record producer Renato Azevedo. That two-t name was firmly in place by 2013, when …