I’m Katie Couric and OF COURSE I’m going to hop on this #tiktok trend (after my social media producers explain it to me 🤪😉)
Wow. @jonimitchell preformed on the Grammys stage for the first time tonight. As they said, how lucky are we to live in the age of Joni Mitchell. 🩷
🚨 A Manhattan jury on Friday ordered former President Donald J. Trump to pay $83.3 million to the writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her in social media posts, news conferences and even on the campaign trail ever since she first accused him in 2019 of raping her in a department store dressing room decades earlier.
Per @nytimes reporting, the award included $65 million in punitive damages, which the nine-member jury assessed after finding Mr. Trump, 77, had acted maliciously after Ms. Carroll’s lawyers pointed to Mr. Trump’s persisting attacks on her, both from the White House and after leaving office.
Ms. Carroll, 80, testified that his repeated taunts and lashing out had mobilized many of his supporters, leading to an onslaught of attacks on social media and in her email inbox that frightened her and “shattered” her reputation as a well-regarded advice columnist for Elle magazine. “I was attacked on Twitter,” Ms. Carroll told the jury. “I was attacked on Facebook. I was living in a new universe.”
It is the second time Mr. Trump has been ordered to pay Ms. Carroll damages in less than a year. In May, a different Manhattan jury awarded her $5 million after finding Mr. Trump liable for sexually abusing her in the dressing-room assault in the mid-1990s, and for defaming her in post on his Truth Social website in October 2022, in which he called her accusation “a complete con job” and “a Hoax and a lie.”
@cecilerichards is a force, and one of my personal heroes. This week in @thecut, she revealed that at the age of 66, she’s been diagnosed with brain cancer.
Cecile has been on the side of women’s and reproductive rights for decades. Through her early organizing fighting for better wages and working conditions in the labor movement; helping her hilarious mother, Ann Richards, get elected as Texas’s first Democratic woman governor; serving as President of @plannedparenthood for more than a decade, where she worked to increase affordable access to reproductive health care and strengthen the movement for sexual and reproductive rights; to starting @supermajority, a nationwide initiative working to build an intergenerational, multiracial movement to advocate for gender equity.
Her mom used to say, “You just have to look forward and keep going,” and Cecile is doing just that. Fighting for reproductive rights and women’s healthcare at a time when abortion access has been wiped out in nearly half the country and the Supreme Court is poised to rule in a case that could restrict the use of the abortion pill nationwide.
Let’s show Cecile some love and support—after all she’s done so much for us. When I reached out after the news she delivered this message to all of us: “Continue to stand up for women. We have a lot more to do.” Cecile is still working away to help women who need access to abortion care. We love you Cecile and are sending you healing energy and light. 💪🏼❤️ Let’s make a contribution to Planned Parenthood in Cecile’s honor and tell her what an awesome badass she is in the comments below!!
Good morning from ????? #happysaturday #bucketlist✔️( I feel like I psyched you all out with the music. I should have picked PL)
I can’t believe this moment was from 30 YEARS AGO! It’s been referenced too many times for me to count and I would just like to say…it was a different time people!! 😅😂🤪 Clearly I wasn’t the only one confused! lol
🎥: @todayshow
#throwback #whatistheinternet #todayshow
Allie Phillips (@allie4tn), a young Tennessee woman who runs a daycare from home and has a young daughter, Adalie, was delighted to learn she was pregnant with a second daughter, Miley Rose, in 2022. The same year, Tennessee enacted an abortion ban after the fall of Roe v Wade. Allie had no reason to believe this would affect her – but unfortunately it did.
Miley Rose was deemed “incompatible with life” at around 19 weeks, and Allie was faced with the decision many women must grapple with now that Roe has fallen: to leave the state to receive abortion care, or to continue her pregnancy as her daughter deteriorated, threatening Allie’s life and fertility. She chose the former, and documented the difficult, time-sensitive process to her nearly 300,000 TikTok followers.
Now, Allie is running for a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives. ➡️🎧You can listen or watch her amazing story at the link in my bio, or anywhere you listen to your podcasts.
#podcast #newepisode #tennessee #reproductiverights #womenshealth #linkinbio #election #vote Clarksville, Tennessee
When it comes to the Biden/Harris administration addressing the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Israel, I wanted to go straight to the source. 🗣️ I spoke to @vp @kamalaharris about a possible two-state solution, her thoughts behind conditional aid, and the reaction to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s rejection of U.S. calls to scale back Israel’s military action in the Gaza Strip. 🎥 Click the link in my bio to watch our full interview.
#vicepresidentharris #kamalaharris #vp #interview #news
Chita Rivera, the extraordinarily talented Broadway 🌟 who originated roles in “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” won two competitive Tony Awards, and became one of the most honored Latina entertainers of her generation, died Jan. 30 in New York. She was 91. 💔
Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a brief illness.
Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story” and was still dancing on Broadway with her trademark energy a half-century later in 2015’s “The Visit.”
In August 2009, Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can give a civilian.
Ms. Rivera won Tonys for “The Rink” in 1984 and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in 1993. When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said “I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.”
Rivera married fellow “West Side Story” performer Tony Mordente in 1957. The marriage ended in divorce. Their daughter, Lisa, also became a performer who occasionally appeared on Broadway, garnering a Tony nomination in 1982 for “Marlowe.”
On a personal note, in 2002, Chita participated in an event I helped organize to raise money for colon cancer research and the Jay Monahan Center at New York Hospital. It was a tribute to the music of West Side Story. Chita, Rita Moreno and Bette Midler sang America. It was amazing. And Chita was so lovely to lend her talent to the evening. Thank you Chita…for everything. ❤️
📸: @gettyimages
Chita Rivera, the extraordinarily talented Broadway 🌟 who originated roles in “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” won two competitive Tony Awards, and became one of the most honored Latina entertainers of her generation, died Jan. 30 in New York. She was 91. 💔
Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a brief illness.
Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story” and was still dancing on Broadway with her trademark energy a half-century later in 2015’s “The Visit.”
In August 2009, Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can give a civilian.
Ms. Rivera won Tonys for “The Rink” in 1984 and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in 1993. When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said “I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.”
Rivera married fellow “West Side Story” performer Tony Mordente in 1957. The marriage ended in divorce. Their daughter, Lisa, also became a performer who occasionally appeared on Broadway, garnering a Tony nomination in 1982 for “Marlowe.”
On a personal note, in 2002, Chita participated in an event I helped organize to raise money for colon cancer research and the Jay Monahan Center at New York Hospital. It was a tribute to the music of West Side Story. Chita, Rita Moreno and Bette Midler sang America. It was amazing. And Chita was so lovely to lend her talent to the evening. Thank you Chita…for everything. ❤️
📸: @gettyimages
Chita Rivera, the extraordinarily talented Broadway 🌟 who originated roles in “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” won two competitive Tony Awards, and became one of the most honored Latina entertainers of her generation, died Jan. 30 in New York. She was 91. 💔
Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a brief illness.
Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story” and was still dancing on Broadway with her trademark energy a half-century later in 2015’s “The Visit.”
In August 2009, Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can give a civilian.
Ms. Rivera won Tonys for “The Rink” in 1984 and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in 1993. When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said “I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.”
Rivera married fellow “West Side Story” performer Tony Mordente in 1957. The marriage ended in divorce. Their daughter, Lisa, also became a performer who occasionally appeared on Broadway, garnering a Tony nomination in 1982 for “Marlowe.”
On a personal note, in 2002, Chita participated in an event I helped organize to raise money for colon cancer research and the Jay Monahan Center at New York Hospital. It was a tribute to the music of West Side Story. Chita, Rita Moreno and Bette Midler sang America. It was amazing. And Chita was so lovely to lend her talent to the evening. Thank you Chita…for everything. ❤️
📸: @gettyimages
Chita Rivera, the extraordinarily talented Broadway 🌟 who originated roles in “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” won two competitive Tony Awards, and became one of the most honored Latina entertainers of her generation, died Jan. 30 in New York. She was 91. 💔
Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a brief illness.
Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story” and was still dancing on Broadway with her trademark energy a half-century later in 2015’s “The Visit.”
In August 2009, Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can give a civilian.
Ms. Rivera won Tonys for “The Rink” in 1984 and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in 1993. When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said “I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.”
Rivera married fellow “West Side Story” performer Tony Mordente in 1957. The marriage ended in divorce. Their daughter, Lisa, also became a performer who occasionally appeared on Broadway, garnering a Tony nomination in 1982 for “Marlowe.”
On a personal note, in 2002, Chita participated in an event I helped organize to raise money for colon cancer research and the Jay Monahan Center at New York Hospital. It was a tribute to the music of West Side Story. Chita, Rita Moreno and Bette Midler sang America. It was amazing. And Chita was so lovely to lend her talent to the evening. Thank you Chita…for everything. ❤️
📸: @gettyimages
Chita Rivera, the extraordinarily talented Broadway 🌟 who originated roles in “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” won two competitive Tony Awards, and became one of the most honored Latina entertainers of her generation, died Jan. 30 in New York. She was 91. 💔
Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a brief illness.
Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story” and was still dancing on Broadway with her trademark energy a half-century later in 2015’s “The Visit.”
In August 2009, Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can give a civilian.
Ms. Rivera won Tonys for “The Rink” in 1984 and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in 1993. When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said “I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.”
Rivera married fellow “West Side Story” performer Tony Mordente in 1957. The marriage ended in divorce. Their daughter, Lisa, also became a performer who occasionally appeared on Broadway, garnering a Tony nomination in 1982 for “Marlowe.”
On a personal note, in 2002, Chita participated in an event I helped organize to raise money for colon cancer research and the Jay Monahan Center at New York Hospital. It was a tribute to the music of West Side Story. Chita, Rita Moreno and Bette Midler sang America. It was amazing. And Chita was so lovely to lend her talent to the evening. Thank you Chita…for everything. ❤️
📸: @gettyimages
Chita Rivera, the extraordinarily talented Broadway 🌟 who originated roles in “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” won two competitive Tony Awards, and became one of the most honored Latina entertainers of her generation, died Jan. 30 in New York. She was 91. 💔
Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a brief illness.
Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story” and was still dancing on Broadway with her trademark energy a half-century later in 2015’s “The Visit.”
In August 2009, Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can give a civilian.
Ms. Rivera won Tonys for “The Rink” in 1984 and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in 1993. When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said “I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.”
Rivera married fellow “West Side Story” performer Tony Mordente in 1957. The marriage ended in divorce. Their daughter, Lisa, also became a performer who occasionally appeared on Broadway, garnering a Tony nomination in 1982 for “Marlowe.”
On a personal note, in 2002, Chita participated in an event I helped organize to raise money for colon cancer research and the Jay Monahan Center at New York Hospital. It was a tribute to the music of West Side Story. Chita, Rita Moreno and Bette Midler sang America. It was amazing. And Chita was so lovely to lend her talent to the evening. Thank you Chita…for everything. ❤️
📸: @gettyimages
Chita Rivera, the extraordinarily talented Broadway 🌟 who originated roles in “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” won two competitive Tony Awards, and became one of the most honored Latina entertainers of her generation, died Jan. 30 in New York. She was 91. 💔
Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a brief illness.
Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story” and was still dancing on Broadway with her trademark energy a half-century later in 2015’s “The Visit.”
In August 2009, Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can give a civilian.
Ms. Rivera won Tonys for “The Rink” in 1984 and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in 1993. When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said “I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.”
Rivera married fellow “West Side Story” performer Tony Mordente in 1957. The marriage ended in divorce. Their daughter, Lisa, also became a performer who occasionally appeared on Broadway, garnering a Tony nomination in 1982 for “Marlowe.”
On a personal note, in 2002, Chita participated in an event I helped organize to raise money for colon cancer research and the Jay Monahan Center at New York Hospital. It was a tribute to the music of West Side Story. Chita, Rita Moreno and Bette Midler sang America. It was amazing. And Chita was so lovely to lend her talent to the evening. Thank you Chita…for everything. ❤️
📸: @gettyimages
Chita Rivera, the extraordinarily talented Broadway 🌟 who originated roles in “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” won two competitive Tony Awards, and became one of the most honored Latina entertainers of her generation, died Jan. 30 in New York. She was 91. 💔
Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a brief illness.
Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story” and was still dancing on Broadway with her trademark energy a half-century later in 2015’s “The Visit.”
In August 2009, Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can give a civilian.
Ms. Rivera won Tonys for “The Rink” in 1984 and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in 1993. When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said “I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.”
Rivera married fellow “West Side Story” performer Tony Mordente in 1957. The marriage ended in divorce. Their daughter, Lisa, also became a performer who occasionally appeared on Broadway, garnering a Tony nomination in 1982 for “Marlowe.”
On a personal note, in 2002, Chita participated in an event I helped organize to raise money for colon cancer research and the Jay Monahan Center at New York Hospital. It was a tribute to the music of West Side Story. Chita, Rita Moreno and Bette Midler sang America. It was amazing. And Chita was so lovely to lend her talent to the evening. Thank you Chita…for everything. ❤️
📸: @gettyimages
Chita Rivera, the extraordinarily talented Broadway 🌟 who originated roles in “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” won two competitive Tony Awards, and became one of the most honored Latina entertainers of her generation, died Jan. 30 in New York. She was 91. 💔
Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a brief illness.
Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story” and was still dancing on Broadway with her trademark energy a half-century later in 2015’s “The Visit.”
In August 2009, Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can give a civilian.
Ms. Rivera won Tonys for “The Rink” in 1984 and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in 1993. When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said “I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.”
Rivera married fellow “West Side Story” performer Tony Mordente in 1957. The marriage ended in divorce. Their daughter, Lisa, also became a performer who occasionally appeared on Broadway, garnering a Tony nomination in 1982 for “Marlowe.”
On a personal note, in 2002, Chita participated in an event I helped organize to raise money for colon cancer research and the Jay Monahan Center at New York Hospital. It was a tribute to the music of West Side Story. Chita, Rita Moreno and Bette Midler sang America. It was amazing. And Chita was so lovely to lend her talent to the evening. Thank you Chita…for everything. ❤️
📸: @gettyimages
Chita Rivera, the extraordinarily talented Broadway 🌟 who originated roles in “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” won two competitive Tony Awards, and became one of the most honored Latina entertainers of her generation, died Jan. 30 in New York. She was 91. 💔
Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she died in New York after a brief illness.
Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story” and was still dancing on Broadway with her trademark energy a half-century later in 2015’s “The Visit.”
In August 2009, Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can give a civilian.
Ms. Rivera won Tonys for “The Rink” in 1984 and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in 1993. When accepting a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, she said “I wouldn’t trade my life in the theater for anything, because theater is life.”
Rivera married fellow “West Side Story” performer Tony Mordente in 1957. The marriage ended in divorce. Their daughter, Lisa, also became a performer who occasionally appeared on Broadway, garnering a Tony nomination in 1982 for “Marlowe.”
On a personal note, in 2002, Chita participated in an event I helped organize to raise money for colon cancer research and the Jay Monahan Center at New York Hospital. It was a tribute to the music of West Side Story. Chita, Rita Moreno and Bette Midler sang America. It was amazing. And Chita was so lovely to lend her talent to the evening. Thank you Chita…for everything. ❤️
📸: @gettyimages
The final season of @curbyourenthusiasm premieres tonight so I thought it would be fun to relive the time I pulled one over on Larry David. 😂 🥃 (Honestly this kills me every time. I cannot believe Larry fell for it. I should have had a second bottle with the real stuff for Larry’s “taste.”😂)
🎥: @yahoo
🚨 The chief executives of the nation’s top social media companies were grilled on Wednesday on Capitol Hill over child safety, with the tech leaders seeking to defend their companies from accusations that they’ve failed to protect kids from exploitation and abuse.
At @senatorhawley’s urging, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stood to apologize to the families in the hearing room who said their children were harmed by social media use.
“I’m sorry for everything you have all been through,” he said. “No one should go through the things that your families have suffered and this is why we invest so much and we are going to continue doing industry-wide efforts to make sure no one has to go through the things your families have had to suffer.”
Mary Rodee, a parent advocate in the audience, called Zuckerberg’s comments at the hearing “really weak.”
“If he really wants to apologize to me then answer any of my letters or contacts from any attorneys or anybody else the whole time since my kid died three years ago,” Rodee told The Hill.
Rodee said her son, Riley Basford, died by suicide when he was 15 after he was a victim of sexual exploitation on Facebook Messenger.
🎥: @cspan
🚨The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest court, has ordered Israel to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a ruling that could have far reaching consequences though the court has no power to enforce it. The ICJ stopped short of ordering a cease-fire but granted a number of the emergency measures requested by South Africa while it hears the full case accusing Israel of genocide. The US and Israel have dismissed the accusations.
Though the ICJ’s decisions are legally binding, they can be hard to enforce. Russia for instance, ignored a 2022 order to cease its war against Ukraine.
“The court considers that the civilian population in the Gaza Strip remains extremely vulnerable,” Judge Joan Donoghue said. “The court considers that the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is at serious risk of deteriorating further before the court renders its final judgement.”
More than 26,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, the majority of them women and children. Israel’s campaign is a response to a Hamas-led attack on Oct 7 in which Israeli officials say 1,200 people were killed and around 240 were taken to Gaza as hostages. More than 130 hostages are still being held in Gaza. CIA Director Bill Burns is set to meet with Qatar’s prime minister and the director of Mossad this weekend in an effort to break a deadlock in talks for a new hostage deal with Hamas.
In three hours of testimony on Jan 11, South Africa’s legal team laid out the war’s devastating impact on civilians. “It is becoming ever clearer that huge swaths of Gaza – entire towns, villages, refugee camps – are being wiped from the map,” Blinne Ni Ghealaigh, an Irish lawyer on the South African team, said at the hearing. “On average, 247 Palestinians are being killed and are at risk of being killed each day, many of them literally blown to pieces. They include 48 mothers each day, two every hour. And over 117 children each day.”
Reporting via NBC News and The Washington Post.
Image via Getty The Hague, Netherlands
Who loves @kchenoweth more? Me or Thunder? 🐶🤔😍 ICYMI ➡️ I joined the Broadway superstar and her service/rescue pup to talk stories of adoption in a brand new episode of @marsglobal Unleashed. 🎥
Spreading the love, one gift idea at a time! 💝 Katie Cupid’s here to give you my top Valentine’s Day gifts that’ll make your heart do a happy dance – whether you’re treating a special someone or giving yourself the love you deserve! 🎁😄 My one-stop-shop gift guide has everything from clinically proven cocoa flavanols for heart health and adorable waffle makers to charming customizable glasses and a great instant photo printer. Click the link in my bio to start playing Cupid! 💘
Does the emergence of AI mean machines can be creative? ⚡ I asked @wongrobert, VP of Creative Lab at @google, for his take. 🗣️
Robert shared his thoughts on AI, and what it could mean for people in creative roles, in this episode of Future Ready by #ThinkWithGoogle. More to come soon. 🗓️ #Ad
