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John Stamos will never forget what his friend, the late Matthew Perry, did for him.The “Full House” actor still vividly recalls wanting to quit show business when his Season 9 appearance on “Friends” went awry. Stamos said it was Perry — who was found dead Saturday at 54 — who publicly gave him the confidence to keep going.“Matthew and I had been friendly long before ‘Friends,’ so when I guest starred as Zach, the prospective sperm donor for Chandler and Monica, I hung with him a lot,” Stamos wrote Tuesday on Instagram to caption footage of him on “Friends.”The episode…

Virginia state Rep. Tara Durant (R) regularly tells the story of how she first got into politics.It was June 2020, and as Durant tells it, an “angry mob” of Black Lives Matter “rioters” surrounded her car in downtown Fredericksburg. They “assaulted” the vehicle with Durant and her 12-year-old daughter inside, she says. When she called 911 for help, the police said they had no authority to intervene in what was a city-approved protest.Afterward, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson somehow got hold of the audio recording of Durant’s 911 call and aired part of it. He framed the incident as a “woman…

WASHINGTON — A Republican resolution censuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib accuses the Michigan Democrat of leading an “insurrection” at the Capitol last month over a protest inside a House office building — a clear effort to trivialize the events of Jan. 6, 2021.The Jan. 6 attack on Congress has been called an insurrection because it sent lawmakers scrambling as part of an effort by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election.The Oct. 18 protest involved 400 or so demonstrators demanding a cease-fire in Gaza inside the Cannon House Office Building, which was open to the public.Capitol Police arrested 305 people…

NEW YORK (AP) — Cher is obviously a superstar but even a superstar can be the opening act when it comes to Santa.Organizers of this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade have nabbed the Oscar-, Emmy- and Grammy Award-winner for their 97th annual event. Cher will make her appearance just before the parade’s end, signaled by the arrival of Santa’s sleigh, parade organizers said.This year’s parade will feature 16 giant character balloons, 26 floats, 32 novelty and heritage inflatables, 12 marching bands, 700 clowns and eight performance groups.It’s a busy time for Cher, who is preparing to release a 25th-anniversary edition…

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Hamas-run government in Gaza says Israeli airstrikes have hit apartment blocks in a refugee camp near Gaza City for a second day in a row, causing many deaths and injuries.Al-Jazeera television, one of the few media outlets still reporting from northern Gaza, aired videos of devastation in the Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza City and of several wounded people, including children, being brought to a nearby hospital. The Hamas-run government said the strikes killed and wounded many people, but the exact toll was not yet known.The Al-Jazeera videos showed nearly identical scenes as the…

At height of spooky season, nothing feels more horrifying ― or more disrespectful ― than human remains that have been on display to the public for decades without the consent of any relevant parties. New York’s American Museum of Natural History, world-renowned for its comprehensive collections of cultural relics, recently lifted the veil on the troubling origins of some of its artifacts. In a letter to staff, Sean Decatur, the museum’s new president, explained that many of the human remains on display and in their collection were sourced in racist and violent ways.“We must acknowledge that, with the small exception…

Beyoncé’s mom had some choice words for the legendary performer.Tina Knowles shared glowing praise for her family of creatives ― which also includes daughter Solange, son-in-law Jay-Z and granddaughter Blue Ivy ― on Tuesday’s episode of the daytime talk show “Sherri.” But she was candid when asked what Beyoncé was like backstage between songs and during her outfit changes on tour.“Oh my god,” Knowles said. “We laughed about this recently because I was saying, ‘Girl, you get really mean back there.’ And I am really happy that I don’t have to be back there anymore.”“She would say, ‘I’m a ―’”…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday criticized the plan of his Democratic colleagues on the Judiciary Committee to hold a vote to authorize subpoenas for three conservative benefactors of Supreme Court justices as part of the panel’s ethics investigation into the high court.Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who leads the committee, along with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), announced they intend to subpoena Texas billionaire Harlan Crow, conservative activist Leonard Leo and Republican donor Robin Arkley II for information over their ties to right-leaning Supreme Court justices.But McConnell thinks the move is wrong.“What he’s targeting here is private citizens with…

Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele on Tuesday warned Republicans who are failing to denounce violent rhetoric that they’ll eventually become targets too.“The flipside of this coin is it comes for you too at some point,” Steele told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace. “If you somehow think because you’re standing so close to the disease, you’re not going to catch it. Well, you will, it’s going to come for you too.”Steele and Wallace talked about the escalation in menacing language — current examples being former President Donald Trump’s threats toward court staff, judges and prosecutors involved in his myriad legal cases,…

The worm was hard to top, but Heidi Klum’s annual Halloween metamorphosis did not miss a beat this year.The supermodel enlisted the help of ten Cirque du Soleil performers to deliver a hypnotic, moving peacock ensemble for her famous Halloween bash in New York City on Tuesday night.Klum was the centerpiece in a shiny blue unitard topped by a bird’s head, complete with a prosthetic beak. The circus performers, in shades of blue and green, served as the mind-bending tail feathers of the exotic bird.On arrival, the circus performers twisted, flipped and tossed one another, before assembling to form the…