Back in June, MSNBC host and political commentator Rachel Maddow confidently told the hosts of “The View” that Democrats shouldn’t have a backup plan for Biden because they wouldn’t need it. So, on Tuesday morning, she dutifully ate her “humble pie” when she returned to the ABC talk show.
Ahead of Maddow hitting the stage, “The View” replayed the clip from earlier this summer, in which she told host Alyssa Farah Griffin that “the backup plan is run a better campaign” and that “there’s no reason” to have a backup candidate. From there, they introduced her with a laugh.
“A little humble pie, anyone?” Maddow joked as she took her seat at the table.
“I hate to start with dunking, you’re so rarely wrong in political forecasts!” Farah Griffin conceded, earning gratitude from Maddow.
But the MSNBC host fully accepted her fate, arguing that the twist makes a good case for viewers to be skeptical at all times.
“So, A) humble pie. B) I feel like the universe feeds us things like this back just to keep us, keep our egos in check a little bit,” Maddow said with a chuckle. “This is a good reminder, don’t believe anything anybody says, right?”
You can watch the moment in the video above.
Maddow admitted that she was caught entirely by surprise when Biden dropped out, but noted that it “shows you the power of a debate.” As a result, the host said she’s prepared for every single possible outcome ahead of Tuesday night’s debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce drank four bottles of champagne as they put on a loved-up show at the US Open over the weekend.
The superstar couple and Brittany and Patrick Mahomes were at the Arthur Ashe Stadium to watch Italy’s world No 1 Jannik Sinner battle it out with American star Taylor Fritz for the last Grand Slam title of the year.
The group, minus pregnant Brittany, ordered two bottles of Rosé Champagne Moët et Chandon and two bottles of Champagne Impérial Moët et Chandon, sources close to Travis told The US Sun.
They also reportedly enjoyed The Honey Deuce – the tournament’s trademark cocktail, made with Grey Goose vodka.
The foursome ordered plenty of snacks ordered as well, with Taylor and Brittany ordering fish tacos and Travis and Patrick going for the lobster rolls, filet mignon sandwiches, ribs, and French fries.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce drank champagne and a famous cocktail as they put on a loved-up show at the US Open over the weekend
The group ordered two bottles of Rosé Champagne Moët et Chandon and two bottles of Champagne Impérial Moët et Chandon
Travis also enjoyed some desert in the form of Van Leeuwen ice cream.
Fans ripped into Taylor and Travis over their ‘trash’ antics at Sunday’s US Open final – which left Brittany cringing.
At one stage of the final cameras panned to the celebrity super-couple as they belted out iconic 2000s rock song ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’ by The Darkness in the stands, with a clip of the moment setting the internet ablaze.
As Taylor and Travis sang along animatedly, a number of users pointed out how awkward Brittany and Patrick looked alongside them, with the Chiefs WAG seemingly whispering to her quarterback husband in disbelief: ‘Do you know this song?’
After Patrick responded a mortified Brittany then appeared to say: ‘Like, what?!’
Fans ripped into Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce over their ‘trash’ antics at the US Open final after belting out an iconic 2000s rock song in a ‘pure cringe’ moment
An awkward Brittany Mahomes appeared to ask husband Patrick: ‘Do you know this song?’
Her awkward moment next to Taylor comes after the pair were not sat together for the Chiefs’ opening NFL fixture on Thursday, which sparked talk of a potential rift between them after Mahomes’ recent like on Donald Trump’s Instagram post.
While Swift’s die-hard followers and a portion of tennis fans were in awe at her and Kelce’s singalong, others took aim at the couple for lacking ‘decorum’ and putting on a show for the cameras in New York.
One user wrote on X: ‘Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are pure cringe at the US Open, this looks completely forced and unnatural’.
Another commented: ‘No other couple in the celeb world loves the cameras this much. We’re still not buying it.’
‘If you can’t see that Taylor is being overly dramatic and making a spectacle of herself, you’re beyond help,’ said a third. ‘No one acts like a 15 yr on her first booze cruise at the US Open. It’s the US Open, not a football game in honky tonk. Maybe she’s just really trash vs class, I dunno.’
One fan replied to that post and agreed: ‘That’s what I was saying! Do you see any other couples making out in the stands?! Like you said It’s the US open not a football game have some decorum’.
‘She definitely won’t be invited to Wimbledon,’ concluded another.
While one simply put: ‘incredibly cringe’.
In another clip shared by comedian Matt Friend, Swift could be seen grooving along to another song while dancing on Kelce as he chatted with teammate Mahomes.
Swift and Kelce were slammed online for their behavior in the stands during the final
They attended the game with friends Patrick (right) and Brittany Mahomes (second from right)
Taylor and Travis landed in New York City on Friday and visited Brooklyn pizza hotspot Lucali that evening, with tons of paparazzi waiting for them as they arrived.
Do you think Taylor and Travis make a cute couple?
The trip to the US Open concluded the weekend before Kelce jets back to Kansas City ahead of the Chiefs’ Week 2 clash with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Swift was in the stands for their opening victory over the Baltimore Ravens at Arrowhead on Thursday, watching the game alongside Kelce’s family.
After not sitting together that night, many questioned whether Taylor and Brittany were on good terms amid the controversy over the latter liking one of Trump’s post on Instagram last month.
Swift has publicly condemned Trump in the past, meaning many have questioned whether Mahomes’ endorsement of the former President could spell the end of their friendship.
However, the BFFs put any talk of a feud to bed when they were seen embracing alongside their man at the US Open final.
Mom-of-two Brittany also came under fierce fire after admitting that she didn’t know the extremely popular tune by The Darkness.
Not Brittany asking Patrick “do you know this song?”‘ one person commented with a bunch of laughing emojis.
Taylor and Brittany put to bed any talk of a potential rift between them by embracing
‘She’s lame,’ replied someone else, while another user added, ‘I don’t need more reason to dislike the Mahomes.’
‘Anyone not into this song fails the vibe check,’ read a fourth comment.
A fifth said, ‘Brittany is so [tired looking]. Go to bed girl.’
‘In a world of Patricks and Brittanys, be the Taylor and Travis,’ a different person wrote.
‘Brittany, just pretend you know the song even if you don’t,’ suggested someone else.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 10: Justin Timberlake attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party … [+]
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Justin Timberlake has had a tough year. First, his new album Everything I Thought It Was turned out to be perhaps the biggest commercial disappointment of his solo career. Then, he was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence.
While 2024 has not shaped up to be a stellar time for the pop superstar, things may turn around—if only slightly—in a few months. Eligibility for the 2025 Grammys closed a little over a week ago, and nominations are expected to be released later this year. Timberlake is far from a shoo-in, but he could wind up a possible winner again.
Timberlake’s latest full-length is certainly being considered by voters for a Best Pop Vocal Album slot. The set may have underperformed, but the Recording Academy’s body has a tendency to stick with the names they love—those that have proved themselves many times before. Even if a new album fails to live up to its predecessors, it’s usually easier for a legend to wind up a nominee with a lackluster project than for a newcomer with a more impressive one.
If Everything I Thought It Was does wind up being included in the highly-competitive Best Pop Vocal Album field, it will mark Timberlake’s sixth career nod in the category. That sum includes his solo work and the music he released as a member of NSYNC. The boy band is also eligible for several Grammys this time around, though not with a full-length.
One more nod in the Best Pop Vocal Album vertical would help Timberlake tie the all-time record for most nominations. Currently, the honor is owned by Kelly Clarkson, who has snagged half a dozen chances to win.
Timberlake is presently matched with both Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift with five Best Pop Vocal Album nominations apiece. Both of those women released huge titles in the past eligibility period, and they are all but assured to land one of the five or six available slots. All three artists could match Clarkson’s record, or perhaps only some of them will manage to do so.
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NSYNC scored back-to-back nominations in the Best Pop Vocal Album space in 2001 (No Strings Attached) and 2002 (Celebrity), though they never won any award. Timberlake snagged the prize in 2004 for his first solo offering, Justified. He was then nominated again for his own efforts FutureSex/LoveSounds and The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience.
To the surprise of exactly no one, the hosts of The View had a lot to say about the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on Wednesday (September 11) morning’s episode.
Whoopi Goldberg started the conversation off by calling the debate a “booty whooping” and saying she was “quite relieved” by the results of the debate. “Clearly, Vice President Harris kicked some butt. She called you-know-who out for kissing up to dictators, killing the immigration bill, having no healthcare plan, and spewing lies about post-birth abortion.”
Then, after reviewing a particularly talked-about segment in which Trump claimed members of an immigrant community in Ohio are eating pet animals for fun, Joy Behar chimed in to joke that her own dog was afraid before adding, “She was so tough on him that was almost like elder abuse, like I was watching a woman kick the babooey out of a man.”
Alyssa Farah Griffin, who previously worked in Trump’s administration but has become a vocal critic of him, agreed that Harris “objectively won the night” and said that she predicted one thing that happened at the debate: “He melted down within the first few minutes. She laid traps for him, and he flopped right into them. On the issue he should’ve been strongest on, border security, he ended up talking about his rallies.” After running through some of the perceived mistakes Trump made during his appearance on the debate, Griffin added, “If you can’t get through a 90-minute debate, how can you get through four years?”
For Sunny Hostin, Harris delivered on one of her hopes, performance-wise, as she explained, “I had said from the very beginning that I like the match-up of a prosecutor and felon, right? I like that. And what you saw was that— you saw Kamala Harris prosecuting a case.”
Goldberg went on to physically demonstrate the opening moments of the debate, when Harris approached Trump on his side of the stage to offer an introductory handshake and added, “And then she said her name correctly. And you’ll notice he didn’t say it at all.” Sara Haines also praised that first exchange as a “bold way to start the whole thing.”
Hostin then revealed why she took personal offense to the comments about pet-eating, saying, “When he was talking about Springfield, Ohio, he was talking about Haitian people in particular, and as the wife of a Haitian and as the mother of Haitian children, how dare you?”
Goldberg went on to conclude the segment by reviewing some of her other picks for highlights of the evening, saying, “She nailed him on [Project] 2025, she popped him in the head on abortion, she slapped the lips off him on the border.”
“What you saw was preparation,” Hostin said in agreement.
Check out highlights of the debate discussion below.
.@Sunny Hostin on Tuesday night’s presidential debate: “You saw Kamala Harris prosecuting a case.” pic.twitter.com/pP6FNMJ19j
.@AlyssaFarah Griffin: “If [Trump] can’t get through a 90-minute debate, how can [he] get through four years of being president?” pic.twitter.com/mG46orBxPV
Goldberg topples a barricade of boxes in a teaser of the show’s fresh broadcast studio for the new season ahead.
Whoopi Goldberg is ready to shake the Hot Topics table and bust down a wall of boxes as The View prepares to return for a new season next week.
At the tail end of the show’s month-long summer hiatus, The View dropped a season 28 preview days before its grand return from inside a new broadcast studio, and the teaser clip (below) shows the Oscar-winning actress breaking through a giant barricade of moving boxes in anticipation of new episodes.
“Y’all know we’re moving, right?” Goldberg says at the top of the ad, with cohost Sunny Hostin promising, “We’re moving downtown to the hottest new studio to match our Hot Topics.”
Whoopi Goldberg breaks through boxes in ‘The View’ season 28 preview.ABC
Ana Navarro — fresh from her hosting gig at the Democratic National Convention — also appears in the clip, carrying her dog, ChaCha, inside one of her moving boxes, indicating that she and her pooch are “ready for the move” into season 28.
“I’m not carrying these boxes. Let Alyssa do it,” Joy Behar quips in the next scene, which quickly cuts to Republican panelist and former Donald Trump White House communications team member Alyssa Farah Griffin carrying a parcel of her own.
“I’m used to heavy lifting,” Griffin says. “I’m a Republican on The View!”
The preview ends with an announcer addressing Goldberg, asking the Ghost star if there will be surprises in the new episodes ahead.
“Oh yeah!” Goldberg says as she smashes through a wall of moving boxes while the off-camera crew around her laughs.
Season 28 marks a significant occasion for the show, as all six permanent cohosts are set to return for the third consecutive year — making the current cast the longest-running consistent roster of ladies to sit at the table in several years.
New episodes have a big legacy to follow, though, as season 27 included some epic moments for the panelists, from unknown noise-based entities terrorizing the set and high-profile interviews with political and entertainment industry figures, to Behar comparing the Washington Monument to a penis and Goldberg reminding the in-studio audience that they’re all going to die.
The View returns for a new season on Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. ET on ABC. Watch the cohosts prepare to take on their new studio in the preview above.
Classic ’90s sitcom Boy Meets World may have ended nearly a quarter century ago, but the stars are keeping the legacy alive by regularly getting together to talk about the beloved show. Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel, and Will Friedle recently reunited with Matthew Lawrence to reminisce about days gone by, leading Lawrence to reveal how he made a bad impression on Justin Timberlake when NSYNC would visit the Boy Meets World set.
Matthew Lawrence played Jack across the last three seasons of Boy Meets World from 1997-2000, which was also around the height of the boy band rivalry between NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys. On the Pod Meets World podcast hosted by Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel, and Will Friedle, Lawrence opened up about an exchange he had with Justin Timberlake about their encounters on the set of Boy Meets World:
I don’t know if you guys — well, of course, you remember this — but when NSYNC kept coming over to the set? … I found out years later when I bumped into Justin [Timberlake] that he thought I was not very nice. He didn’t like me, and he flat out told me to my face. … I didn’t have any recollection of this, and he was like, ‘Oh, yeah. Yeah, now you wanna be friends with me? You were so mean on the set!’
Lawrence explained that he was a huge fan of the singer when he spoke with Timberlake at the time that his debut solo album Justified released in 2002, which was only a couple of years after Boy Meets World ended with its seventh season. (You can revisit the full series streaming now with a Disney+ subscription.)
The actor’s former co-stars all seemed pretty shocked to hear what Timberlake had said to him, but it’s safe to say that they got to know him a whole lot better working together than Justin Timberlake did during the NSYNC set visits. Lawrence went on:
I was super shy, and also, I had kind of a crush on Danielle. And these guys kept rolling up on set, like, trying to hit on her!
Danielle Fishel may have gone through her fair share of struggles on set during Boy Meets World‘s earliest days –including very harsh criticisms from the showrunner right after she landed her role – but plenty of young fans watched the show and were crushing hard on Topanga. That apparently included Matthew Lawrence and some of the members of NSYNC!
Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris for President only days after her friend Brittany Mahomes – wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes – appeared to support Donald Trump.
Caitlin Clark was among those who liked the bombshell post by Swift – the girlfriend of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce – following Tuesday’s Presidential debate.
Patrick Mahomes and Kelce are close friends and the couples sat together at the men’s US Open singles final on Sunday.
They later headed out for a double date in New York, not long after Brittany had hit the headlines by liking several posts on social media in support of Trump.
More than 2.5million people had liked Swift’s Instagram post in little over half an hour on Tuesday night, when the pop superstar confirmed: ‘I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election.’
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift sat with Patrick and Brittany Mahomes at the US Open final
She explained that the Vice President ‘fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.’
Swift added: ‘I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.
‘I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate (Walz), who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades. I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice.’
It’s official – Taylor Swift has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President!
Moments after the Presidential Debate between Harris and former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night (Sept. 10), the 34-year-old “Cruel Summer” singer took to Instagram to announce that she was be voting for Harris for President in the upcoming election this November.
“Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most,” Taylor wrote. “As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country.”
Taylor then went on to address the AI photos circulating on social media that falsely suggested that she was would be voting for Trump.
“Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”
Taylor then went to explain why she’s voting for Harris and her VP pick Tim Walz.
“I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Taylor wrote. “I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.”
Taylor concluded her post by referring to herself as a “childless cat lady,” which Trump‘s running mate J.D. Vance previously used as a derogatory term to describe Democratic women who worked in politics.
“I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice,” Taylor wrote. “Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make. I also want to say, especially to first time voters: Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered! I also find it’s much easier to vote early. I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story. With love and hope, Taylor Swift. Childless Cat Lady.”
The “Boy Meets World” actor admits he accidentally made a bad impression on the NSYNC singer.
Matthew Lawrence said bye bye bye to his chances of a friendship with Justin Timberlake a long time ago, when the duo first met on the set of Boy Meets World.
While Lawrence has alway been a big fan of the then-NSYNC singer, they unfortunately got off on the wrong foot. Or at least, that’s what the actor was told by Timberlake himself. Lawrence divulged the details of the encounter on the latest episode of the rewatch podcast Pod Meets World, hosted by his former costars Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle.
“I don’t know if you guys — well, of course, you remember this — but when NYSYNC kept coming over to the set? I found out years later, when I bumped into Justin, that he thought I was not very nice,” Lawrence revealed. “He didn’t like me. And he flat out told me to my face.”
Lawrence explained that this revelation came hot on the heels of Timberlake’s debut solo album, Justified, when he approached the pop star to compliment his work.
“I was a huge fan,” he said. “I didn’t have any recollection of this, and he was like, ‘Oh yeah? Yeah? Now you wanna be friends with me? You were so mean on the set.’”
Matthew Lawrence, Danielle Fishel, and Justin Timberlake.David Livingston/Getty; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty; MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty
While Friedle, Strong, and Fishel initially reacted with shock, they then admitted that Timberlake’s bad impression was probably due to Lawrence being pretty as a teen.
“I was super shy,” Lawrence agreed, but also pointed to another reason that he may have responded poorly to NSYNC’s constant presence. “I had, you know, kind of a crush on Danielle. And these guys kept rolling up on set, like, trying to hit on her!”
Strong was quick to back him up, adding that the band was “just orbiting around Danielle in a constant circle.”
Fishel only laughed: “I was wondering if you were gonna say it! I was like, ‘I also know why he was probably a little standoffish.’”
Though Lawrence was apparently the only one whose jealousy made an impression on Timberlake, Strong and Friedle commiserated the memory of sharing Fishel’s attention with the massively popular boy band.
“I remember us guys would always be like, ‘These dudes! Oh my god, they come around here.’ And we would watch Danielle, like, completely ignore all of us,” Strong said. “We would, like, lose our sister. We would just lose her, and we’d be like, ‘Oh, god. She totally changes around them. She just totally changes.’”
The former castmates then joked about the fact that Fishel ultimately went on to land Lance Bass, who she dated for about a year in 1999 — six years before he would publicly come out as gay.
Ben Savage, Will Friedle, Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel, an Matthew Lawrence on ‘Boy Meets World’.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Friedle quipped that, despite her “one-in-five chance” of ending up with a member of NSYNC, “she chose poorly.” But Fishel maintained that it was all part of the plan.
“I liked the comfort and security of knowing nothing was gonna happen,” she joked.
Meanwhile, Lawrence lamented that he never got the chance to fully explain himself to Timberlake. But despite his jealousy over the “Cry Me a River” singer, Fishel made no mention of Timberlake ever pursuing her and previously mentioned that he played an instrumental role in kicking off her romance with his bandmate.
Bass joined the Pod Meets World hosts for a 2023 episode of the podcast, where he and Fishel shared details about their nearly foiled meet-cute, when NSYNC played a televised event hosted by Fishel. After Bass failed to get her number, Fishel saw the tour bus depart and assumed they had missed their chance — until someone called her name.
“I stopped, and I turned around, and it was Justin,” Fishel said, sharing that Timberlake asked for her number and said it was for Bass. “And sure enough, a couple days later, I had a missed call and a voicemail from Lance — and it was Lance but Justin also screaming in the background about how nervous Lance was to be calling me.”
“The best revenge is success,” Sara Haines added on “The View.”
Whoopi Goldberg has attempted to lasso fan expectations when it comes to Beyoncé’s country music crossover, as The View moderator and Oscar-winning actress said she doesn’t feel the CMA Awards snubbed the former Destiny’s Child superstar when it bestowed her Cowboy Carter album with zero nominations earlier this week.
“A lot of people are surprised — I don’t know why — that it didn’t receive a single CMA Award nomination. Well, this is the question: Are you surprised?” the 68-year-old said on Tuesday’s episode of the talk show, opening the discussion up to her cohosts after she said, “I don’t think she was snubbed, I think they just didn’t… it wasn’t for them.”
Legal expert Sunny Hostin said she expected Beyoncé to score nominations for two tracks from the well-received album, including a contemporary reinterpretation of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” which Parton herself gave her blessing to — enough so that Parton actually appeared on Cowboy Carter to introduce the song.
“I happen to love Dolly Parton, so I felt that when the Queen of Country sort of passed the baton a little bit for ‘Jolene,’ which was an incredible song on her album, and ‘Texas Hold ‘Em,’ two incredible country songs, I thought she would at least get nominated for those two,” Hostin, 55, said. “But, my mother always told me, ‘Find the audience that’s looking for you.’ This audience isn’t looking for her.”
Conservative panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin jumped in, estimating that the “audience is” in Beyoncé’s corner, despite “industry insiders” in the Country Music Association voting block. “Listeners are with her,” Griffin, 35, stressed, referencing Cowboy Carter’s success on American music rankings. “The Country Billboard charts do not lie.”
Goldberg reminded Griffin that listeners are “not the voters,” before cohost Sara Haines told her colleagues that she felt artists are, most importantly, “making [music] to be consumed, not for it to be judged by people,” and that there are “always some politics involved” in awards-based voting processes.
“She knows who she is,” the 46-year-old finished. “The best revenge is success.”
Upon its release in March, Cowboy Carter hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, after its lead single, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Still, select country radio stations initially refused to play the song due to Beyoncé’s artistic roots in other popular music genres.
Goldberg’s thoughts on award snubs has remained consistent over the years, including when she addressed claims that the Oscars snubbed Barbie’s Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig in the Best Actress and Best Director categories earlier this year.
“There are no snubs. That’s what you have to keep in mind: Not everybody gets a prize, and it is subjective. Movies are subjective,” Goldberg said on The View in January. “The movies you love may not be loved by the people who are voting.”