The Minnesota Republican Party is facing intense backlash after delegates at its state convention held a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin.

Chauvin, of course, is the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd.

According to multiple reports, the brief tribute took place Saturday morning during the party’s convention in Duluth.

The moment of silence was reportedly requested by a delegate and lasted approximately 10 seconds before convention business resumed. Party leaders later indicated the gesture was not part of the planned agenda.

The timing immediately drew criticism, as the convention occurred just days after the sixth anniversary of Floyd’s death, which sparked worldwide protests and renewed conversations about police brutality and racial justice.

Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder for Floyd’s 2020 killing and is currently serving his prison sentence.

Not surprisingly, the reaction from Democrats was swift.

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who led the prosecution against Chauvin, issued a blistering statement condemning the tribute.

“I am heartbroken and frankly shocked,” Ellison said, calling the moment of silence “an act of profound cruelty” toward Floyd’s family and anyone who believes in accountability under the law.

He added that honoring Chauvin “dishonors the memory of George Floyd” and “wounds his loved ones all over again.”

The controversy comes as some conservative commentators continue to argue that Chauvin did not receive a fair trial. Those claims have fueled calls from some right-wing activists for a presidential pardon, though legal experts have noted that any federal pardon would not erase Chauvin’s state murder conviction.

Critics, meanwhile, were left stunned that a state political convention would choose to honor a man convicted of murder.

The Minnesota GOP has not issued a formal apology for the incident, and the moment has quickly become a flashpoint in the state’s political landscape heading into the 2026 election cycle.

What was supposed to be a routine weekend of endorsements and campaign planning has now turned into a national headline.

And judging by the reaction on social media, this controversy isn’t fading away anytime soon.

Minnesota GOP Holds Moment of Silence for Derek Chauvin Days After Anniversary of George … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

Yes, Diddy is currently in prison on sex trafficking charges, but his chaotic personal life is still making tabloid headlines.

An explicit video allegedly connected to Sean “Diddy” Combs and a woman named Daphne Joy reportedly leaked online this week.

And because Daphne has a son with Diddy’s chief rival, 50 Cent, 50 wasted no time chiming in.

Prosecutors reportedly introduced the footage at Diddy’s trial, but the contents were not made available to the public.

Now, the tape — which Daphne says was recorded without her knowledge — has reportedly been making the rounds on social media.

Joy is trying to stop the spread of the tape, claiming that the other man in the video is using it to blackmail her.

“I was blackmailed by the person in the video and was threatened that if I didn’t give him the lump sum of money that they would leak it on the web,” she wrote in a since-deleted social media post.

Diddy is not likely to face new criminal charges due to the release of the tape, but he could wind up back in court, depending on the direction of Joy’s case against the other man, who has not been identified.

For his part, 50 is furious, but not on behalf of his ex. Rather, he claims that their son is the real victim in all of this.

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“She’s not a victim, SIRE is,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter), referring to his teenage son by Joy. “Can you imagine going to eighth grade to find out this is your mom. The court system in LA thinks it’s fine.”

While Diddy will be locked up for another two years, he remains the topic of frequent controversies and allegations.

And throughout nearly all of it, 50 Cent has been watching from the sidelines with popcorn in hand.

The rapper has repeatedly mocked Diddy on Instagram and other social media platforms, and he even produced a documentary about Diddy’s crimes.

In fact, his posts have become so frequent that fans practically expect commentary from him whenever a major Diddy development occurs.

And he rarely disappoints.

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This time, rather than offering sympathy or restraint, 50 responded with the same sarcastic humor that has defined much of his public commentary about Diddy over the past several years.

In one Instagram post, he alleged that Diddy was “born with no penis.”

Of course, the bad blood between these two stars didn’t start with Diddy’s criminal case.

Their feud dates back decades and has included diss tracks, interviews, social media jabs, and countless public insults. What began as a music-industry rivalry eventually evolved into one of rap’s most enduring grudges.

Now, with Diddy behind bars and hoping to be released in April of 2028, 50 appears determined to keep the pressure on.

Whether fans find the trolling hilarious or inappropriate depends largely on whom they ask.

But one thing is certain — when a major Diddy headline breaks, there’s a good chance 50 Cent won’t stay silent for long.

Diddy Sex Tape Featuring 50 Cent’s Baby Mama Sparks Tense Legal War was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

Over the weekend, a post broke containment and went viral.

The post’s creator was Jenny Mollen, a comedian and — more importantly — a mom.

Whatever her intentions, her mother-son PDA had some people calling for an investigation.

And, when you see the post for yourself, you might see why. …

‘The most toxic guy you will ever date’

Late last week, Mollen took to Facebook to share a series of photos featuring her and her 12-year-old son on a bed.

She and actor Jason Biggs welcomed their firsborn, Sid, back in February 2014.

In the photos of the now-deleted post, Mollen shared photos of her holding her son, seeming to lie between his legs.

Different families have different ways of expressing love. Some hold hands while watching a movie. Some kiss on the mouth. There’s a lot of variety.

But lying between her tween son’s legs was not, it turned out, the most eyebrow-raising part of the post.

Oh Jenny Mollen Biggs being a weird ass BoyMom™ was not on my bingo card but here we are.

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Mollen’s post indicated that she was listening to “’03 Bonnie & Clyde” by Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

Speaking of toxic couples, the comedian’s caption is what really drew people’s ire.

“Your eldest son will be the most toxic guy you ever date,” Mollen wrote.

The PDA is one thing. The caption is another.

The two in conjunction had people on virtually every social media platform calling for an actual investigation, seemingly accusing Mollen of some sort of wrongdoing.

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Many people just saw this as a random ‘boymom’ post

To be clear, many — perhaps most — of those who saw this image saw it robbed of its context.

Many versions of the screenshot of the (now deleted) post did not even include the name of the poster.

And (with all due respect to Ms. Mollen) not everyone knows who she is.

Seeing that a comedian posted something like that might make you wince at a joke that didn’t land as intended.

Seeing that a random woman posted it might make you worry. Or, at the very least, it seems unintentionally funny, like that “a girlfriend is a sister you choose” greeting card.

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TMZ spoke to a source close to Mollen, one who spoke a great deal like a publicist might.

“The picture is nothing more than a mother hugging her 12 year-old son,” the source emphasized.

“Any one inferring anything else should be ashamed of themselves,” the source then condemned.

As far as the caption goes, the same individual dismissed it: “She’s a comedian.”

For the record, Mollen joked that her then-newborn son’s penis was “huge” back in 2014. So it doesn’t seem like her very recent split with Biggs is to blame.

Jenny Mollen Skewered for PDA With Tween Son, Calling Him ‘The Most Toxic Guy You … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

This was supposed to be America’s summer.

Right now, the nation is celebrating its 250th anniversary while also preparing to host the World Cup — sounds like a good time, right?

Well, unfortunately, the vibe these days is much more “unprecedented levels of division and discord” and much less “party like it’s 1999.”

As we previously reported, multiple singers have pulled out of the America 250 concert in Washington, DC.

Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, the Commodores, Young MC, and several others announced last week that they had decided to perform at the event.

In most cases, they hinted that the concert had become politicized in ways they had not anticipated, but they did not get into specifics.

Never one to back down from a challenge (or an opportunity to be petty), Donald Trump responded to the situation by announcing that he wants to cancel the concert and host a MAGA rally instead.

“We should have a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform over the weekend.

“Cancel it, just like I canceled my involvement with the failing and unsafe to be in Kennedy Center, because a Highly Conflicted, Crooked Federal Judge, said that I should not be allowed to spend my time and money in order to MAKE THE CENTER GREAT AGAIN, actually, far greater than it ever was before!” the president continued, adding:

“It would have also been nice to see a Republican/Democrat union bring it back to life. The Kennedy Center is broken, unsafe, and $busted, and has been for many years!”

Yes, for a guy who likes to dance, Trump’s not big on parties. In fact, he recently skipped his own son’s wedding.

But there’s nothing the man loves more than one of his signature rallies, and it sounds like that’s what America 250 is about to become.

It’s an odd suggestion for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that political rallies are generally reserved for the campaign trail, and Trump is not currently running for office.

In fact, he’s not even eligible to run for the White House again, but don’t tell him that.

On top of that, there are several acts — including, we kid you not, Vanilla Ice and one of the dudes from Milli Vanilli — that are still slated to perform at America 250.

Canceling the event would seem like punishing them for their loyalty, but that sort of move is very much in the Trump administration’s wheelhouse.

Anyway, with just weeks to go before the start of the so-called Great American State Fair, the event is very much in a state of turmoil.

But perhaps these days, there’s no more appropriate way to celebrate America’s birthday than with more chaos and uncertainty.

Donald Trump Calls to Cancel America 250 Concert Following Performer Protests was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

For years, James Van Der Beek and Heather McComb were husband and wife.

That is no longer the case.

Van Der Beek passed away several months ago.

Now, his former wife has remarried. She had a lot to say, and so do fans.

They were married from 2003 until 2010

49-year-old Heather McComb was married to the late Van Der Beek from 2003 until 2010.

Later that year, he remarried to the Mrs. Van Der Beek we all know — his widow, Kimberly.

He left behind Kimberly and their six children: 15-year-old Olivia, 14-year-old Joshua, 12-year-old Annabel, 10-year-old Emilia, 7-year-old Gwendolyn, and 4-year-old Jeremiah.

Back in February, Van Der Beek passed away after an extended battle with colorectal cancer. He was only 48.

Now, Heather has remarried.

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On Sunday, May 31, Heather McComb celebrated her marriage to Scott Michael Campbell on her Instagram page.

“Yesterday @scottmichaelcampbell and I under the covenant of God got officially married by my beautiful sister @essence_says,” she began.

McComb detailed that they were “surrounded by the people we love most in the world in our most favorite city Missoula Montana.”

She gushed: “Our hearts are full and humbled by all of the love that we were surrounded by.”

McComb gave numerous shout-outs, including: “Thank you to all of our family and friends who traveled from all over the country to be with us.”

‘Thank you to everyone who made this so special’

“You all made it so special and a truly magical weekend that we will never forget,” McComb raved.

“We are sitting here counting our many blessings,” she then affirmed.

McComb reiterated: “Thank you to everyone who made this so special for us!”

As you can see (above), her full caption was even longer, and included numerous shout-outs to those involved in the wedding and reception.

Her photos made it clear that she had a great (and messy) time dancing. Weddings, as a rule, tend to generate very sore feet.

In his own Instagram caption, McComb’s new husband, Scott Michael Campbell, expressed his joy after the wedding.

“BEYOND BLESSED for the most AMAZING week,” he gushed, “getting married to the BEAUTIFUL soul who is @heatmccomb.”

Keeping things fairly succinct, he continued: “THANK YOU to ALL of our friends and family and all our newfound Friends and family!”

McComb and Campbell are, like the late Van Der Beek, both actors.

Comments poured in, congratulating them both on their nuptials.

James Van Der Beek’s Ex-Wife Marries New Man was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

Hold on to your rackets, tennis fans! The GOAT is officially returning to the court!

Yes, nearly four years after stepping away from professional tennis, Serena Williams has announced that she will return to competition, ending months of speculation and setting the stage for one of the most remarkable comebacks the sport has ever seen.

Now 44, Serena has not played a professional match since her emotional farewell at the 2022 U.S. Open.

Since then, she has focused on business ventures, family life, and raising her daughters.

But it turns out her retirement wasn’t quite permanent.

Williams confirmed today that she will make her return at the Queen’s Club Championships in London, where she is expected to compete in doubles alongside rising Canadian star Victoria Mboko.

The event serves as a major warm-up tournament ahead of Wimbledon.

The announcement follows months of rumors about Serena’s possible return.

Earlier this year, Williams quietly re-entered the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s testing pool, a required step for any retired player seeking to return to competition.

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At the time, she publicly denied that a comeback was in the works, telling fans on social media that she was “NOT coming back.”

Apparently, her plans changed. Or perhaps Serena simply wasn’t ready to reveal them yet. Either way, the tennis world is buzzing.

After all, we’re talking about a player who captured 23 Grand Slam singles titles, spent more than 300 weeks ranked No. 1 in the world and transformed women’s tennis in ways that are still being felt today.

Many consider Williams the greatest player the sport has ever produced.

The obvious question now is whether this return will be limited to doubles — or if something even bigger is coming.

Some tennis analysts have already speculated that Wimbledon could be the next stop if her comeback goes well, especially given Williams’ legendary success on grass courts.

She won seven Wimbledon singles titles during her career and remains one of the most dominant grass-court players the sport has ever seen.

For now, however, fans are simply celebrating the news.

Because after nearly four years away, Serena Williams is heading back onto a professional tennis court.

And that’s a sentence many people never expected to read again.

Serena Williams Announces Return to Tennis Nearly 4 Years After Retirement! was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

May was Mental Health Awareness Month.

Taylor Frankie Paul took the final day to update fans on how her life has been.

The The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and The Bachelorette star told followers of her mental health struggles.

She’s working on herself, and hoping to bring her youngest son back into her life.

‘Balled it up in both shows, made some boys cry’

On Sunday, May 31, Taylor took to her Instagram with a life update about how things have been.

She shared a series of photos, most of which detail her life as a mom.

A few of them featured her shirt, a printed tee that reads: “If you find me offensive, then I suggest you quit finding me.”

Taylor also weighed in on someone ranking reality TV personalities (she … did not come in first place).

However, perhaps the biggest point of controversy was in her caption.

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“Still processing two shows were put on pause,” Taylor reflected in her caption.

“Balled it up in both shows, made some boys cry,” she summarized, “and now I’m bawling.”

Taylor mused: “What is life?” That’s a complex question, no matter the context.

“Take it seriously, learn lessons but don’t forget to be silly too,” she advised. “It’s okay to smile again after making mistakes.”

Taylor concluded: “Today is the last day of mental health awareness month and just know if you’re out there struggling you’re not alone.”

This is a subject near and dear to her heart

Since 1949, May has been observed as Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States.

Taylor has been fairly open about her mental health challenges.

This has been both intentional — as you can see in the checklist below — and less deliberate, such as her on-screen behavior on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

It is probably safe to say that, regardless of the actions of other people, such as her ex, Dakota Mortensen, her mental health has made her life significantly harder in both public and private ways.

The therapy checklist that Taylor opted to share highlights this.

These days, Taylor has only limited time with her son, Ever, whom she shares with Dakota.

This week, she has a hearing to discuss custody matters.

It seems possible that she will return to having more regular contact with her youngest son.

In the mean time, rumors continue to claim that Taylor’s season of The Bachelorette will air in some form — possibly on Hulu.

For now, it seems that Disney hopes that the dust will settle before they risk it. They already lost a lot of money, and are likely anxious about losing more.

Taylor Frankie Paul Shares Big Mental Health Update While Fighting for Custody of Ever was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

We have more tragic details about the death of Matt Brown.

As we previously reported, the Alaskan Bush People star’s body was recovered from a Washington river on Saturday.

His younger brother, Noah Brown, revealed that he was the one who helped find and identify Matt.

In a video posted to Instagram, Noah explained that he had been actively participating in the search effort for his older brother when the discovery was made.

“We found my oldest brother, Matthew,” Noah said. “I identified it as Matthew. My oldest brother, Matthew Brown, has passed away.”

According to Noah, he was present when search volunteers located Matt’s body in the river and helped bring him ashore before authorities arrived.

“I was there when we pulled him out of the river,” Noah said, adding that he later formally identified his brother using documents found on him as well as visual confirmation.

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The reality star also thanked the volunteers, local residents and search groups who assisted in the effort, expressing gratitude to everyone who refused to give up hope during the search.

He then apologized to friends and supporters he had not yet been able to contact personally and acknowledged the overwhelming grief his family is experiencing.

“We hauled him up off the bank. And then, after the sheriffs got there and everything, the coroner did his thing, and I went down to identify that it was him,” Noah said, adding:

“It’s definitely Matthew. His ID and Social Security card was on him, and I was able to visually identify that it was Matthew.”

Perhaps most heartbreaking was Noah’s final message to his brother.

“I’m sorry it came down to this,” he said through tears.

Matt’s death has stunned fans of Alaskan Bush People, where he appeared as one of the original cast members when the Discovery Channel series premiered in 2014.

He later stepped away from the show to focus on recovery after years of publicly documented struggles with substance abuse.

The tragedy marks yet another painful loss for the Brown family, who also lost patriarch Billy Brown in 2021.

At this time, officials have not released a final coroner’s report. However, Matt’s brother Bear Brown has publicly stated that the family believes his death was self-inflicted and has spoken openly about Matt’s long struggles with addiction and mental illness.

For now, Noah’s words serve as a painful reminder that behind every headline is a grieving family trying to make sense of an unimaginable loss.

If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 in the United States to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Help is available 24 hours a day.

Noah Brown: ‘Alaskan Bush People’ Star Opens Up About Finding Matt … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

Some days, it seems like you can’t hurl a chair from a rooftop without hitting a Morgan Wallen fan.

But he has once again found himself under scrutiny.

Even though the singer has pleaded guilty and promised to remedy his ways, he still shows signs of behavioral problems.

This time, the piece of furniture was a piano. One technical difficulty on stage, and he lashed out.

The piano did not deserve this

On Friday, May 29, the Country singer was performing at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver.

Despite his numerous scandals, Wallen continues to draw crowds.

(So does Kanye West; some people just want to hear music and do not care about anything else.)

On stage, the singer experienced technical problems during his performance of the song, “Sand in My Boots.”

Finding that the instruments weren’t working to his satisfaction, 33-year-old Wallen tipped over the piano and walked away from it, finishing the song a cappella.

Apparently, the sound from the piano wasn’t reaching Wallen or his audience.

The concert it self was part of the singer’s “Lies Lies Lies” tour.

Wallen began the tour on April 10. It is set to conclude later in the summer, on August 1.

He has yet to publicly respond to the incident.

In the video and on social media, responses are mixed.

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Come to think of it, this is not the first piece of furniture to get this kind of treatment

Some of Wallen’s supporters (they are real and they do exist) have said that this was a playful moment on stage.

However, some have noticed that the singer appears to have a history of “moments.”

When Wallen has one of his “moments,” being a piece of furniture is ill-advised.

Famously, he was arrested after throwing furniture off of a rooftop in Nashville.

Fortunately, no one was hurt. Unfortunately, Wallen avoided any real consequences, which some believe means that his behavior will not change.

It is not actually normal or healthy for someone to overturn a piano.

Not merely because pianos are expensive and heavy, but because it’s not normal for people to overturn or destroy furniture.

Whatever Wallen has going on with him, it has led him to make a series of very public mistakes like this.

Some are assuming that, on his tour, he has fallen off of the wagon. We would caution that someone can make poor behavioral choices while entirely sober.

We hope that he gets whatever help he needs.

Morgan Wallen Overturns Piano After Technical Difficulties on Stage was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

Well, for better or worse, Euphoria wrapped up its run on HBO last night.

And the response from critics has been less than euphoric, with some comparing the show’s final episode to other disastrous finales of recent years, including Game of Thrones and Stranger Things.

The movie-sized, 100-minute finale brought most of the series’ major storylines to an end, but some viewers were not thrilled by the fact that the episode felt more like a Tarantino-esque action movie than a show about high school friends and rivals.

“Move over, Game of Thrones and Stranger Things, there’s a new worst finale in town,” wrote Page Six critic Lauen Sarner.

“Euphoria Season 3 ended the way it began: tawdry, tasteless, and squandering its all-star cast with ludicrous writing.

The review went on to note some of the most common complaints about the finale, including the fact that after centering Sydney Sweeney’s OnlyFans storyline for much of the season, the writers treated Cassie like an afterthought in the finale.

But at least by bringing her together with her best friend Maddie and sister Lexi to run a business catering to adult content creators, the show stops punishing Cassie for her decisions.

“To the extent that anybody gets a ‘happy ending,’ it seems to be these three women living together in a weird large house with yellow decor,” Sarner wrote.

The same can’t be said for Zendaya’s Rue, who — as many predicted — passed away from an accidental Fentanyl overdose.

Oddly, her death comes not in the final moments, but halfway through the episode.

The climactic conclusion is instead reserved for a gun battle between one relatively minor character (albeit a beloved one, Colman Domingo’s Ali) and one who was just introduced this season (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s Alamo).

A showdown between two men in their fifties probably isn’t the finale viewers would have predicted when this show about troubled teens got its start back in 2019.

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Of course, Euphoria has always thrived on defying expectations and confounding critics.

Unfortunately, it’s not easy to continually raise the bar in terms of shock value — at least not without winding up in a thoroughly ridiculous place.

Showrunner Sam Levinson likely knew that the finale would receive a divided response. But ironically, the Euphoria finale’s biggest sins had little to do with sex and violence and everything to do with bad pacing and unsatisfying character arcs.

We’re sure Levinson is unconcerned, and the same can be said for his biggest star, Sydney Sweeney, who celebrated the finale with a massive carousel of pics of her most memorable Season 3 moments.

Maybe Cassie was always destined for a happy ending. And maybe Sydney’s post is meant to remind us that Euphoria is just one small chapter in the story of her career.

Whatever the case, many viewers have made note of the fact that HBO lists last night’s episode as a season finale, rather than a series finale. So we may not have seen the last of Cassie Howard.

Sydney Sweeney Goes Topless as Middle Finger to Critics Who Say Euphoria Finale Was … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.