Dionne Warwick's 'What the World Needs Now (Is Love)' Tapped for Global Refugee Solidarity Challenge

Dionne Warwick.Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Dionne Warwick’s music is timeless. The campaign calls on creators, artists and communities to spread a message of global support for refugees seeking safe and legal access to asylum. Warwick was originally part of UNHCR’s World Stars Festival in 1968. “When I supported the World Stars Festival over 50 years ago for UNHCR, there were fewer than four million refugees. Now, there are well over 85 million displaced globally,” Warwick, 81, said in a press release....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Michelle Davis

Disney Cancels All Cruise Lines Through June, Says It's 'Working Towards Resuming Operations'

Photo: Matt Stroshane Disney Cruise Linehas extended suspensions of it voyages due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, the cruise line announced in anupdated travel alertthat all sailings have been canceled through June. The extension came following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)new guidelineson how cruise lines can resume sailing. The guidelines include a requirement for test cruises, having COVID-19 testing centers on board and implementing enhanced health and safety measures....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Daniel Maynard

Disney Channel Star Garrett Clayton Reveals He's Engaged to Boyfriend Blake Knight

Garrett Claytonis officially off the market!The Disney Channel star, best known for his role inTeen Beach Movie,revealed on Instagram Thursday that he’s engaged to his long-term boyfriend Blake Knight — and it’s been a year since Knight popped the question in Iceland!In thesweet post, Clayton, 27, opened up about the proposal, calling it the “most beautiful trip and the most beautiful day of my life to date.” He also shared several photos from their vacation, including one from the exact moment Knight proposed....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1222 words · Linda Turner

Disney Star Garrett Clayton Says Hollywood Pressured Him to Stay Closeted

Photo: Gay Times Two months after publicly announcing his sexual orientation,Garrett Claytonis opening up about how being gay has impacted his acting career.The Disney star, 27, recalled toGay Timesmagazine about a time when he felt the industry pressured him to stay closeted.“One of the first things somebody who was instrumental in starting my career did, they sat me down and they said, ‘Are you gay?’ And I could feel the pressure of the question, so I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m gay, or bi, or whatever,’ because suddenly I could feel that there was something wrong with that in this person’s eyes,” Clayton said....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1347 words · Scott Stewart

Does CBD Oil Have Health Benefits — and Is It Legal?

Photo: Tinnakorn Jorruang/Getty CBD oil was in the news again this week whena great-grandmother was arrested outside Disney Worldfor allegedly having the cannabis-based compound with purported medicinal benefits in her purse. Specifically: Are the claims about CBD’s benefits true? And is it even legal? The answers are complicated. Does CBD Have Health Benefits? Dr. Kevin Hill, an addiction psychiatrist and Director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,told PEOPLE in March, “It’s an extremely promising compound and there are a lot of studies that show its potential....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 578 words · Lisa Ewing

Dog the Bounty Hunter's Wife Beth Chapman Leaves Hospital Despite Doctor's Advice

Less than a week after undergoing emergency surgery,Dog the Bounty HunterstarBeth Chapmanhas left the hospital. Beth, 51, wife ofDuane “Dog” Chapman, 61, wasdiagnosed with stage II throat cancerlast year. Two months later, the couple announced she wascancer-free— but on Nov. 26, she was rushed to the hospital in Los Angeles for anemergency surgeryto clear a throat blockage that was obstructing her airways. The cancer has reportedly returned. They have since checked out of the hospital and returned to their home in Colorado....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Christopher Caldwell

Dolly Parton Admits She Has a 'Crush' on Jimmy Fallon: 'I Think He Is Precious'

Dolly Parton is smitten withJimmy Fallon.The country music star, 75, addressed her crush on the 47-year-old host ofTheTonight Showduring an interview forWMagazine’s new cover story. Parton said she and Fallon, whom she’s previouslycollaborated with on a Christmas song, “get along so good.““Well, I have a crush on Jimmy Fallon, but I’m big now, I can’t excuse myself on that!” she said with a laugh, adding, “I think he is precious. He’s so funny....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 844 words · Sherry Edwards

Dolly Parton on Importance of Reading to Children: 'These Are the Memories That Last Forever'

Dolly Partonis working “9 to 5” to inspire children to read. The country music star, 72, has created aspecial video and playlistto encourage children to explore the art of the written word just in time for YouTube Kids’ global Reading Month. “I believe initiatives like Reading Month in YouTube Kids that encourage kid’s love of reading at an early age are so important,” Parton tells PEOPLE exclusively. “These are the moments when dreams are born and these are the memories that last forever....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Michelle Gibson

Dolly Parton Talks Climate Change, Compares Mistreating Earth to 'Being Ugly to Your Mama'

Dolly Parton.Photo: Mark Seliger/ABC via Getty Dolly Partonwants you to know the importance of climate change awareness. The country icon recently spoke toNational Geographicfor an in-depth story about her native Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains, touching on the region’s colorful vegetation, wildlife, and the crucial nature of protecting it from the effects of climate change. “We should pay more attention,” said Parton, 76. “We’re just mistreating Mother Nature—that’s like being ugly to your mama… We need to take better care of the things that God gave us freely....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 355 words · Mr. Andrew Berg

Donald Trump Is Strengthening the Government's Definition of Anti-Semitism — as Critics Decry 'Hypocrisy'

The New York Timesfirst reportedthat Trump would sign the order, which would compel colleges receiving federal money to more aggressively police anti-Semitism on campuses under Title VI of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. While theTimesdescribed the order as reclassifying Judaism, in the government’s view, as a nationality or race, a draft text of the orderleaked on Wednesdayahead of the signing showed otherwise. The text stated that it would direct federal authorities to refer to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’sworking definition of anti-Semitism....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 727 words · Erica Smith

Donald Trump Leaves Wife Melania Out in the Rain While He Uses an Umbrella — See the Photos

Photo: MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Apparently First LadyMelania Trumpcannotstand under her husband’s umbrella. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP/REX/Shutterstock MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Partway through their walk to the waiting helicopter, Trump shifted the umbrella to also cover his wife’s head. RELATED VIDEO: PEOPLE Writer Natasha Stoynoff Breaks Silence, Accuses Donald Trump of Sexual Attack This isn’t the first time Trumphas been accused of monopolizing an umbrella. In January, Trump appeared to let his wife and their sonBarron Trump, 12, take the brunt of a storm as the trio boardedAir Force One....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Blake Martinez

Donald Trump Refused to Be Seen with Military Amputees: 'Doesn't Look Good for Me,' His Former Chief of Staff Confirms

Donald Trump (L); John Kelly (R).Photo:James Devaney/GC; Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty James Devaney/GC; Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty In the statement, the retired U.S. Marine Corps general, 73, described Trump, 77, as “a person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them.'”...

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Becky Kelly

Donna Rice Hughes: From '80s Sex Scandal to 'Fun Grandma' and Internet-Safety Crusader

Photo: Celeste Sloman In May of 1987 the bombshell news broke that a beautiful 29-year-old model and pharmaceutical sales rep, Donna Rice, was linked to the married Democratic presidential election front-runner, Colorado Sen. Gary Hart. In less than a week, the scandal shut down Hart’s White House campaign. Soon after, an infamous photo of Rice sitting on Hart’s lap landed on the cover of theNational Enquirer. A film about the scandal,The Front Runner, opens in theaters nationwide Nov....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · John Melton