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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Former first lady Dr. Jill Biden bid $35,000 at a charity auction for the chance to make a cameo appearance in the hit ice hockey drama Heated Rivalry, only to lose out, according to a report. Dr. Biden, 74, was attending the NYC LGBT Community Center’s Center Dinner when she attempted to land the walk-on role and a meal with the cast but was outbid by two anonymous competitors, who each offered $125,000 for the opportunity, Variety reports. She subsequently posted on X (Twitter) about her near-miss, writing: “Guess I won’t be heading to the cottage after all – but it was worth a shot! What a wonderful evening supporting LGBTCenterNYC.” Dr Jill Biden revealed herself to be a huge fan of the hit Canadian ice hockey drama Heated Rivalry but was nevertheless outbid for the chance to appear on the show (AP) The show, …
WASHINGTON — Jill Biden is breaking her silence about Joe Biden’s decision to abruptly end his 2024 presidential reelection bid under pressure from Democrats concerned about his age, health and viability against Republican Donald Trump in a rematch of their 2020 campaign. A political spouse for nearly 50 years, Jill Biden said she has never publicly discussed her feelings about the three-week stretch when her husband ended his political career, instead saving her thoughts for the pages of her soon-to-be-released memoir. Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, on Wednesday announced that her book, “View from the East Wing: A Memoir,” is scheduled to be published June 2. Jill Biden told the Associated Press in a brief telephone interview that the book is a “reflection of my four years as first lady” and that writing it was somewhat healing. “It was kind of cathartic for me to write it, and I wrote about all the, you know, sometimes painful, but other times, most of it really beautiful, moments that Joe and I shared during his presidency,” …
Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Jill Scott has called out narrow-minded ideals of beauty, amid growing concern over the media and fashion industry’s return to a fixation on thin bodies. The renowned Grammy-winning US artist, 53, said the notion that people are not attracted to “buxom, curvaceous” women was “bulls***”. “Walking with that level of confidence, taking up space and not apologising for it… they’re walking goddesses,” she said. Appearing on the The Independent’s Good Vibrations podcast in the first episode of 2026, Scott continued: “They made a whole era about these women, they’re in museums around the world. I love to see it… I love it when I see a confident woman in any shape or size. It’s like, yes queen.” In the same episode, the “Golden” singer spoke about why she took time away from releasing new music to raise her son as a single mother, …
Alongside several returning faces – including lead Sophie Rundle – After the Flood introduces a number of new additions in season 2, among them Jill Halfpenny. Halfpenny plays DS Sam Bradley, who has recently relocated to the fictional town of Waterside from Newcastle after, according to her official character description, “finding herself single and home alone now that both of her kids are at university”. On paper, Bradley sounds like an ideal fit for the team, described as “a highly qualified and experienced murder detective”. “She’s pretty calm – she knows her stuff,” Halfpenny told RadioTimes.com and other press. “She’s been around for a long time, and she’s been brought in because she’s worked on these kinds of cases before. She’s a steady presence.” And that’s certainly a quality she’ll need, given what Jo and her colleagues are faced with in season 2. “As tensions simmer in Waterside amid the rising threat of moorland fires and the subsequent risk of further flooding, a body is discovered in bizarre circumstances,” reads the official synopsis. Jo’s race …
In the age of GLP-1s and the deep-plane facelift making dozens of famous women appear perpetually 32 years old, there’s something extra heartening about Pressha, the lead single from three-time Grammy-winner Jill Scott’s sixth album. “I wasn’t the aesthetic / I guess, I guess, I get it / So much pressure to appear just like them / Pretty and cosmetic,” she sings in a coolly unimpressed kiss-off to a former paramour too cowardly to be seen with her in public. It’s typical of the 53-year-old neo-soul superstar’s direct way with singing about femininity – a quality that’s made her an in-demand collaborator with artists including Dr Dre, Pusha T, Will Smith, Common and Kehlani. As well as having several US No 1 albums to her name, Scott is an artist’s artist: her new record features Tierra Whack, JID and Too $hort; she was originally discovered by Questlove back in her spoken-word days before releasing her platinum-certified debut Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol 1 in 2000. As well as music, Scott has maintained …
