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Starting at this year’s Miss Teen USA pageant being held on July 30th, contestants will no longer be competing in a swimwear competition. Instead, the 14 to 18-year-old contestants will model athletic wear before the judges.  Fans are cheering after pageant officials announced the change on Tuesday. The change was brought on a new commitment…

Selena Quintanilla will be getting her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced at a conference held last Tuesday. “The Committee looked carefully at each nominee and we feel that we have selected a great group of talent that will appeal to the tastes of many…

Coming this September, one of Hollywood’s most beloved characters will return to the big screen. Bridget Jones is returning for a third film in the franchise titled Bridget Jones’s Baby which focuses on a now pregnant Jones and her hunt to discover which of two men is the father to her unborn child. The movie was shot…

Michael Phelps made history after he became the first American male swimmer to quality for five Olympics. On Wednesday evening Phelps beat out Tom Shields by almost a second. Shields shook his head when asked what it would take to beat Phelps. “I’m still trying to figure out how so I can have that stop happening,”…

Underdog lovers are celebrating Iceland after they took a win against England in the last 16 in the 2016 Euro Cup. Iceland pulled off one of the biggest shocks in European Championship history by beating England 2-1, continuing the astonishing run of the smallest nation in the tournament. A country of only 333,000 people, Iceland…

It might be hard to believe, but “The Devil Wears Prada”—the ultimate terrifying insight into the world of fashion magazine—turns 10 June 30th. The movie, which brought in over $326 million worldwide, has become an iconic classic for the millennial generation. “The Devil Wears Prada” became a modern-day “Working Girl” for young women who could…

Four-time Oscar nominee Gary Ross (The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit) presents Free State of Jones, an epic action-drama set during the Civil War that tells the story of defiant Southern farmer Newt Knight and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the confederacy. Based on a true story, Newton Knight was a prominent American figure who did not give up on…

The Australia-based band, Hillsong UNITED, is releasing their highly anticipated movie Hillsong – Let Hope Rise which features the band’s spectacular and miraculous rise to fame in the Christian community. Directed by Michael John Warren (Jay Z’s Fade to Black), the film explores Hillsong’s journey from a tiny church in the Sydney suburbs to an influential international…

“Finding Dory,” the squeal to the Oscar-winning 2003 film “Finding Nemo,” established a new record for an animated film opening by bringing in $136.2 million during it’s opening weekend. The success of the film from Pixar animation studios is no surprise. Pixar’s parent company, Disney, has dominated the movie business. Disney currently has the top three…

The 2016 Tony Awards, held at New York’s Beacon Theatre, opened with a touching tribute to Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando. Host Jame Corden dedicated the award show to the victims of the shooting. “Our hearts go out to all of those affected by this atrocity,” said Corden. “All we can say is you are…

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