Buckingham Palace Announces New Pudding Contest to Craft Dessert That Will Be Named After Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth.Photo: Oli Scarff/WPA Pool/Getty Queen Elizabethwill soon have her very own pudding named in her honor. Buckingham Palace has announced that a baking competition will take place in the United Kingdom to craft the monarch, 95, a brand new-pudding with her name. The search for the dessert will come about amidQueen Elizabeth’sPlatinum Jubilee, where she will mark 70 years of service and time on the throne. According to Buckingham Palace, the Big Jubilee Lunch and Fortnum & Mason are inviting residents ages 8 and up “to create the perfect platinum pudding recipe....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 326 words · Michael Parrish

Buddy Valastro and Wife Lisa Look Stunning in Black Tie for Family Wedding

Photo: Buddy Valastro/Instagram They clean up nicely! Buddy Valastro and his wife, Lisa, celebrated a family wedding on Saturday and got decked out for the occasion. The wedding, held in Jersey City, N.J., was for Buddy’s nephew, Rob Faugno, and his wife, Claire McSherry. TheCake Bossstar posted a collection of sweet snapshots on Instagram along with their four children (daughter Sofia, 18, and sons Buddy Jr., 17, Marco, 14, and Carlo, 10) from the Oct....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Mr. Jacob Fox

Buddy Valastro Approves of His Daughter Sofia’s Boyfriend: ‘He Makes Her Happy’ (Exclusive)

Buddy Valastro and his daughter Sofia Valastro.Photo:Denise Truscello/Getty Denise Truscello/Getty Buddy Valastrois a proud — and protective — father. While debuting the release of Buddy V’s Cake Slices at Chuck E. Cheese, theCake Bossstar and his family sat down to chat exclusively with PEOPLE. The celebrity baker gushed about his oldest child and only daughter,Sofia Valastro, revealing how he feels about her boyfriend of just shy of a year and a half....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 375 words · Christina Lee

Buddy Valastro on Mom's ALS Battle: 'You've Gotta Look At It Glass Half-Full'

Photo: TLC While everyone fromBen AfflecktoAnna Wintourhas participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the cause has even more meaning to Buddy Valastro – because his mom has Lou Gehrig’s disease. TheCake Bossstar’s mother, 66, was diagnosed in 2012 with theneurodegenerative diseasethat affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord. As for how his mother’s doing now, “She’s got good days; she’s got bad days,” Valastro tells PEOPLE, adding that while it’s difficult watching her weaken, there is a silver lining....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 340 words · Jordan Grant

Bula Vinaka! Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Are Welcomed to Fiji with Traditional Ceremony

Meghan Markleand Prince Harry received quite the welcome to Fiji. After the royal couple — who recently announced they areexpecting their first child— arrived at Nausori Airport on Tuesday, they met with Fijian President Jioji Konrote and headed to an official welcome ceremony in Albert Park. Tim Rooke/REX/Shutterstock REX/Shutterstock Tim Graham/Getty Images “Bula vinaka!” Harry told the crowd, demonstrating his knowledge of the Fijian greeting. “The Duchess and I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible during the next two days and celebrating the links and close friendship between Fiji and the United Kingdom....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Jason Porter

Busbee, Grammy-Nominated Songwriter and Producer, Dead of Brain Cancer at 43

The music community is mourning the death of one of its most talented songwriters and producers. Michael James Ryan, who worked professionally under the moniker Busbee, has died at the age of 43. News of his death broke on Sunday. Though a cause has yet to be reported, a friend toldVarietyBusbee wasundergoing treatment for glioblastoma— an aggressive brain tumor that last year took the life of Sen. John McCain — after being diagnosed with it over the summer....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 539 words · Stephen Marshall

Busy Philipps Is Pretty in Pink on the Cover of Her First Book — Find Out the Funny Title!

Busy Philippsis keeping busy! TheI Feel Prettyactresswill release her first book, a memoir titledThis Will Only Hurt a Little, on October 23, PEOPLE can reveal.In the exclusive jacket image, the mom to Birdie, 9, and Cricket, 4, dons head-to-toe fuchsia, rocking a hot pink power suit and a matching tied silk scarf against a magenta wall.“I’ve been waiting my whole life to write this book,” Philipps, 38, says. “I’m just so grateful someone asked....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Angela Long

Busy Philipps Shares Angry Note Her Daughter Wrote E! After Talk Show Cancellation: 'You Suck'

On Wednesday, Philipps, 40, shared a gallery of photos on Instagram that detailed the circumstances of hershow’s cancellationback in April. Among the pics included selfies of herself crying after hearing the news, text messages with the head of E!, and a tattoo she got the day the show was canceled. For each photo, Philipps explained its meaning in her lengthy caption. And though it wasn’t easy, Philipps showed she had a good sense of humor about it now — laughing especially at an angry letter her daughterBirdie, 11, wrote to the network....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 598 words · Brian Garcia

Bye Bye Winter? Punxsutawney Phil Predicts an Early Spring on Groundhog Day

Photo: DAVID MAXWELL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Groundhog Dayhas rolled aroundyet again, which means it’s time to find out whether we’re in for another six weeks of winter or if spring is on its way! Around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his slumber and didn’t see his shadow, meaning an early spring is apparently on the horizon. “Faithful followers, there is no shadow of me and a beautiful spring it shall be,” a top-hatted member of Phil’s Inner Circle told the crowd as he read from a scroll, according toCNN....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 511 words · Jennifer Schneider

Caitlyn Jenner Says It's 'Unfortunate' She's Not Involved in The Kardashians' New Hulu Show

Photo: Joe Scarnici/Getty Despitebeing thrilledabout her family’s new Hulu show,Caitlyn Jenneris also disappointed that she will not have a role in the forthcoming series. On Thursday, Caitlyn, 72, shared her support forThe Kardashians —the streaming service’s upcoming reality series starringKris Jenner,Kim Kardashian,Khloé Kardashian,Kourtney Kardashian,Kendall Jenner, andKylie Jenner. “I was there when this started from day one. I watched it grow. And doing the show for almost 20 seasons was one of the highlights of my life,” Caitlyntweeted....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 580 words · Elizabeth Roberts

Calif. Man Visiting N.C. for Friend's Wedding Is Paralyzed After Drive-By Nightclub Shooting

Photo: GoFundMe Ventura was in town for one night from Los Angeles for a friend’s wedding, “but the course of his life was changed forever,”a GoFundMe pageset up to help pay for medical expenses states. The bullet shattered Ventura’s spine and severed his spinal cord. He was initially left paralyzed from the neck down and unable to breathe without assistance. However, in the weeks since the shooting, Ventura has reportedly made incredible strives in his recovery, including being able to breathe on his own....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Matthew Jordan

California Governor's Wife Gets Candid on the Inequality of Parenting: 'Our Culture Punishes Mothers'

Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty In afrank new essayforGlamour,Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Gov.Gavin Newsom, is opening up about the challenges she faces not just as a working parent in the spotlight — but as a working mom. “[D]espite our partnership and despite the support I feel in our relationship, I will always bear the responsibility of our children in a way Gavin never will,” Jennifer, 45, wrote in the Oct....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 497 words · Rebecca Boyle

California Man on Ozempic Dies by Suicide: 'I Know He Didn’t Want to Die’

Ozempic.Photo:Mario Tama/Getty Mario Tama/Getty “I know he didn’t want to die,” his fiancée, Carolyn Hasty, toldNBC News. She said that Anthony — whose name was not disclosed to protect his children — exhibited a personality change as soon as he started taking the drug. “He’s usually very charismatic, talking and joking. He’s a pretty outgoing guy. But he was fairly quiet,” Hasty said. “I think the Ozempic was putting these suicidal thoughts in his mind,” his sister, Merlene Hall, told NBC News....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Tyler Holland