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Dylan and Cole Sprouse's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody premiered more than 15 years ago. In honor of their 29th birthday, we're revealing everything you didn't know about their Disney hit. By 04 Aug, 2021 3:00 PM Tags TV Brenda Song Disney Ashley Tisdale Celebrities Features Nostalgia Cole Sprouse Dylan Sprouse Watch More than 15 years later, we're still suite on the Sprouse twins. Dylan and Cole Sprouse became two of the biggest stars in young Hollywood when their hit series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody debuted on the Disney Channel in March 2005, quickly becoming one the network's highest rated and most popular shows. Starring the twins as brothers who live and stir up trouble in a Boston hotel where their mom is a lounge singer (shout-out to Carey Martin!), the beloved sitcom also helped launch the careers of Ashley Tisdale and Brenda Song , as well as Debby Ryan , who joined the …

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Meghan Markle turns 40 on Aug. 4, a mother of two and happy with her partner-in-everything Prince Harry, but also reconfiguring her place in public life after their move away from the royal family. By 04 Aug, 2021 5:00 PM Tags Birthdays Royals Prince Harry Features Meghan Markle Archie Harrison Lili Diana Meghan Markle is free to return to Instagram any time. Free, as in, there is no keeper of the royal rules looking over her shoulder, approving content. And also free in that we're heartily inviting her to get back to it, publicly that is, none of this private-only-for-her-pals business. As the purveyor of lifestyle website The Tig before getting engaged to Prince Harry as well as an actress with plenty of devoted 'gram fans , there's no carefully curated account we'd rather see popping up in Stories. Since posting their farewell to the Sussex Royal Instagram page in March 2020, Meghan and her husband of three years have …

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In honor of Raven-Symoné's 35th birthday Dec. 10, we're checking in on the stars of the beloved Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls . By 10 Dec, 2020 6:21 PM Tags TV Music Disney Raven-Symoné Celebrities Features Entertainment Watch The Cheetah Girls starring... Solange Knowles ?! It almost happened. While all good Disney Channel Original Movie fans know that the empowering musical film franchise starred Raven-Symoné , Adrienne Bailon , Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan as the BFFs-turned-pop stars, it may come as a surprise to learn that Beyoncé 's kid sister reportedly came close to making a big splash as Aquanetta "Aqua" Walker. As Sabrina told International Business Times in 2018, "The auditions were long. They auditioned hundreds of girls for the four roles…I went to a couple more callbacks, and then the last and final callback, they had Raven there. She was being …

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Is there anything in politics more fascinating than the breakaway party? It’s the cruel romance of watching hardened politicians vainly attempt to start afresh. It’s the priestly talk of principle as they grind their axes. It’s the delicious speculation about whether they will disrupt the system or flop. Alex Salmond’s Alba surely won’t disappoint . At its recent media launch, the Scottish nationalist was clearly wrestling with his natural belligerence as he outlined his project’s “strategic” aims. These included actually helping his former SNP colleagues to win a pro-independence “supermajority”. His candidates list unveiled a fabulous motley crew of eccentrics. They feature populist bruiser Kenny MacAskill – most famed for lifting the ban on alcohol sales at international rugby union games as a cabinet secretary – and the co-host of Salmond’s talk show programme on Kremlin-backed RTV, Tasmina Ahmed-Sheik. Even a startup party headed by a politician as mired in controversy …

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“Scotland hasn’t failed; its leadership has failed” – it’s not often I agree with Alex Salmond, but the former SNP First Minister’s summary of the SNP performance in office is one that has my whole-hearted support. It has failed Scotland, in almost every way: failed to support business, failed to reduce drug deaths, failed to meet health targets, including those designed to support young people needing help with mental health problems. The party elected to be “stronger for Scotland” has overseen such a fall in Scottish schoolchildren's achievement levels, compared to international levels, that it is too ashamed to reveal the actual figures. The SNP is in truth the wreckers of devolution, constitutional thugs, scheming and twisting broadly drafted and weakly defined devolved powers, to create a legal and political wall between Scotland and other parts of the UK, justified by a hatred of 'Tories' and 'Westminster (England)'. Westminster has, unfortunately, during most of the past …

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A company seeking to build a disputed oil pipeline over an aquifer that provides drinking water to 1 million people agreed verbally Tuesday to stop pursuing lawsuits against Tennessee property owners who refused to sell access to their land for construction. Plains All American Pipeline spokesman Brad Leone said the company will put an agreement in writing with the Memphis City Council to set aside lawsuits filed against property owners fighting the Byhalia Connection pipeline. Leone spoke at a council committee meeting in which members discussed a proposed city law making it difficult for the pipeline to be approved and built. Plains is part of a joint venture with Valero Energy to build the Byhalia Connection, a 49-mile (78-kilometer) underground pipeline linking the east-west Diamond Pipeline through the Valero refinery in Memphis to the north-south Capline Pipeline near Byhalia, Mississippi The Capline, which has been transporting crude oil from a Louisiana port …

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Tony Hawk has become synonymous with skateboarding thanks to his huge career in the sport. He has appeared as himself in many TV shows and movies, including The Simpsons , Jackass and The Eric Andre Show . Now he is to become the subject of a new documentary, which will hopefully feature other big names of the skateboarding world speaking on his massive influence in popularizing the sport. We break down all there is to know about the documentary so far. Newsweek will update this article as further developments are revealed. What Is The Tony Hawk Documentary? At the moment, the Tony Hawk documentary does not have a name, but is already in the editing process. Hawk told Variety : "We have already shot everything for it, it's just in the editing process. I definitely wanted to give them as much footage and interview as possible." As a result, it could be the release date is not too far off, perhaps being released at the end of 2021 or early 2022. The movie has …

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The ever-controversial rapper Kanye West has now retracted his earlier statement saying slavery was a choice when he stopped by Chicago's WGCI 107.5 on Wednesday. "I don't know if I properly apologized for how that slave comment made people feel," West, 41, said Wednesday. "I want to take this moment right now to say that I'm sorry for hurting, I'm sorry for the one-two effect of the MAGA hat into the slave comment and I'm sorry for people who felt let down by the moment." West appears to recognize the repercussions of his words. He elaborated further, adding: "I appreciate you guys giving me the opportunity to talk to you about the way I was thinking, what I was going through and what led me to that. I just appreciate you guys holding onto me as a family." West detailed his relationship with President Donald Trump during an interview with TMZ in May, but his thoughts on slavery struck a nerve for many. "When you hear about slavery for 400 years….For 400 years? That sounds like …

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Former basketball player Dennis Rodman invited celebrity rapper Kanye West to North Korea in the hopes that the trip would inspire an album. Rodman, 57, who considers North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a close friend, told Us Weekly on Tuesday he hoped to visit the East Asian country in September. His invitation to bring a friend extended to Kanye West, following a tweet the rapper wrote thanking Rodman for a signed Chicago Bulls jersey and calling the man "one of his biggest inspirations...always breaking barriers with independent thought." Rodman responded on Saturday with a recorded video thanking West for the shoutout, and suggested he and West "do a track together man, about world peace, about leaders of love, baby, about leaders of love." Rodman and West previously bonded at a Black Lives Matter rally and over their support of Donald Trump. West had not yet confirmed whether or not he would attend the trip. At the moment, West is reportedly preoccupied creating music in …

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What happens when you combine the collective power of Kanye West and Drake? Well, we'll soon find out. The stars behind the year's biggest rap records— The Life of Pablo and Views —are in the studio working on a collaborative project that, given Drake's recent dominance on both the global singles and album charts this summer, could eclipse West's past joint work with fellow hip-hop heavyweight Jay Z. West confirmed the project in an interview with Vogue about season four of his Yeezy clothing line. "We're just working on music, working on a bunch of music together, just having fun going into the studio. We're working on an album, so there's some exciting things coming up soon," he said . Speculation about a collaboration between the pair gained traction last month when a mysterious billboard appeared in Los Angeles featuring the logos for both West's GOOD Music record label and Drake's OVO lifestyle brand. The billboard espoused that "Calabasas is the new Abu …

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