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Fans can now shop Beyoncé’s entire Cécred collection at Ulta Beauty retail stores and online. Some of the products include Cécred’s hydrating shampoo and conditioner, its fermented rice and rose protein ritual, and restoring hair and edge drops, which fans have been raving about online.

Additionally, 7,000 stylists across all 1,400+ locations will be trained on all things Cécred and will begin to offer hair services, including a scalp revival, protein treatment and hydration treatment at The Salon located inside the Ulta Beauty stores.

Beginning May 18, fans will also have the opportunity to experience a true “Cécred Sunday” during a weekly salon event that will take place at 200 Ulta Beauty locations and feature exclusive services. Of course, Beyoncé has showed off her own wash day routine, and it seems the brand is bringing the same energy to Cécred Sunday. Each customer will also receive a mini Temple Oud candle with the hair services.

In a video posted to TikTok, Ronnie Dunn, one-half of the renowned country music duo, can be seen exiting the stage midway through a performance of the group’s hit “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” at the end of their concert. The group is currently traveling for their Neon Moon tour, which is set to wrap up at the end of April.

Dunn tells the Indianapolis crowd to “sing it if you know it,” before walking away from the microphone himself, gesturing to a bandmate that he is done performing and shaking his head. He taps his chest a few times and points to the audience before leaving the stage for good.

“Feel better, Ronnie!!! Thanks for giving us all you could,” the video, posted by radio host Matt Malone, is captioned.

Moore was originally set to appear throughout Season 16 but was suspended indefinitely from filming after an altercation with Brit Eady and, later, departed the series following claims that she displayed “revenge porn.” Now, “RHOA” is airing the revenge porn incident in question.

On Sunday’s episode of the Bravo series, “RHOA” vets Porsha Williams, Cynthia Bailey and Drew Sidora, and new castmembers Shamea Morton Mwangi, Eady, Kelli Ferrell and Angela Oakley attend Moore’s hair spa grand opening.

Porsha Williams, Phaedra Parks talk ‘RHOA’ Season 16, creating ‘good TV’ again

Eady and Moore went back and forth earlier this season, with Eady at one point saying she had a “pistol.” Eady later expressed remorse to other cast members for her actions and threatening Moore. Attending the grand opening, the insurance agent brought Moore flowers and a card as a peace offering, which Moore made a show of rejecting.

In the final season of Emmy-winning drama series, June (Elisabeth Moss) fights to take down Gilead as Luke (O-T Fagbenle) and Moira (Samira Wiley) join the resistance, according to Hulu. Serena (Yvonne Strahovski), meanwhile, “tries to reform Gilead while Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) and Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) reckon with what they have wrought, and Nick (Max Minghella) faces challenging tests of character.”

“This final chapter of June’s journey highlights the importance of hope, courage, solidarity, and resilience in the pursuit of justice and freedom,” the season’s synopsis says.

Adapted from Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel of the same name, “The Handmaid’s Tale” tells “the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States,” according to the series synopsis.

Offred, one of the few fertile women in the oppressive Republic of Gilead, known as Handmaids, “struggles to survive as a reproductive surrogate for a powerful Commander and his resentful wife” in society.

The mystery of who dies in “The White Lotus” Season 3 is finally over.

The much-awaited finale showed that the gunshots, previewed in HBO’s Feb. 16 season premiere, were brought on by the tragic Rick Hatchett (Walton Goggins). Rick’s misguided actions led to five deaths in a gunfight at Thailand’s White Lotus Resort — including his own and his innocent girlfriend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood).

There is heartbreaking tragedy in the finale (now streaming on Max), along with a nearly-avoided Ratliff family tragedy, friendship reborn, a Bosch blender and one hell of a of a satisfying $5 million payout for visiting White Lotus Maui spa manager Belinda Lindsey (Natasha Rothwell).

Here’s what happened:

Rick seemed to have exorcised his demons meeting with Jim Hollinger (Scott Glenn), the hotel owner whom Rick thought had killed his saintly father decades ago (his body was never found). Rick threw Jim to the floor at their first meeting in Bangkok in last week’s episode, but ran off. In the finale, Rick happily embraces his beloved Chelsea and is ready to follow her hopeful spirit. But Jim collars Rick at the resort and informs him that his mother had lied. “She told you a fairytale, kid. Your father was no saint,” he snarls.

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Random Thoughts & Interesting Things

• BEST (4A: The “B” of BFF) BFF stands for BEST friends forever.
• OREO (14A: Twisted-apart cookie) Today our crossword friend OREO is making its second appearance of April, and its tenth appearance of 2025.
• PIANO (15A: Instrument played by Tori Amos) Tori Amos is a singer-songwriter and PIANO player. She has been composing pieces on the PIANO since she was five years old. Earlier this year, Tori Amos released a surprise album, The Music of Tori and the Muses, as a companion project to her illustrated children’s book, Tori and the Muses.
• MEME (16A: Tariq Tull singing “It’s Corn,” for example) In August 2022, a young boy named Tariq Tull was interviewed about corn. The interview quickly went viral, as Tariq’s enthusiasm was hard to resist. This led to the creation of multiple MEMEs, including a song by The Gregory Brothers that remixes portions of the interview.
• MATISSE (23A: “The Green Stripe” painter Henri) Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) was a French painter and sculptor. The Green Stripe is a 1905 oil painting Henri MATISSE did of his wife, Amélie Noellie Matisse-Parayre. The title is a reference to a vertical green stripe that runs down the middle of the face of the painting.
• OAHU (41A: Honolulu’s island) OAHU is Hawaii’s third-largest island. The state’s capital, Honolulu, is located on OAHU. 
• RAINIER (50A: Washington mountain also called Tahoma) Mount RAINIER, also known as Tahoma, is the centerpiece of Mount RAINIER National Park in Washington. Mount RAINIER is the tallest mountain in the Cascade Range.
• ANNE (64A: “Interview With the Vampire” author Rice) and ERIC (5D: “Interview With the Vampire” star Bogosian) ANNE Rice (1941-2021) was the author of The Vampire Chronicles series of books. The first book in the series, Interview with the Vampire (1976) was her debut novel. It was adapted into a 1994 movie of the same name starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. The TV series Interview With the Vampire premiered on AMC in 2022. ERIC Bogosian portrays journalist Daniel Molloy (who interviews the vampire).
• LEDS (67A: Energy-efficient bulbs) and DIODES (44D: Plural of the “D” in 67-Across) LEDS are light-emitting DIODES.
• MAMMAL (1D: Mole or vole) There are many MAMMALs. I appreciate that the examples chosen for this clue are two burrowing MAMMALs whose names rhyme.
• TOMCAT (3D: Male meower) My cat, Willow, is not a TOMCAT, and is too busy being cute to comment on this entry.

• NAOMI (20D: Tennis star Osaka) I’m always delighted when I know the answer to a sports clue without the help of crossing answers. I admire NAOMI Osaka not only for her sports ability, but for the way she uses her platform to raise awareness and advocate for others. During the 2020 US Open, at the beginning of each of her seven matches, Naomi Osaka wore a mask displaying the name of a Black person that was a victim of police or racist violence. In 2022, NAOMI Osaka joined forces with Modern Health to raise awareness of and destigmatize mental health care.
• SHE’S (24D: “___ Gotta Have It”) SHE’S Gotta Have It is a 1986 movie directed by Spike Lee. A 2017-2019 TV series of the same name was based on the movie.
• LEE (39D: “To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper) Harper LEE (1926-2016) wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). She also wrote Go Set a Watchman, which was published in 2015.

North’s friend, writer and producer Laurie Jacobson, revealed in a Facebook post that the actor died “peacefully at home” Sunday afternoon following a battle with cancer. Jacobson later confirmed to USA TODAY that North’s family notified her and her husband, actor Jon Provost, of North’s death.

“As many of his fans know, he had a difficult journey in Hollywood and after…but he did not let it define his life,” Jacobson wrote on Facebook. “He had a heart as big as a mountain, loved his friends deeply. He called us frequently and ended every conversation with ‘I love you with all my heart.’ And we loved him with all of ours.”

North’s “Dennis the Menace” co-star Jeannie Russell told The Hollywood Reporter that North died at his Lake Butler, Florida, residence and that he suffered from colon cancer.

During Sunday night’s Showstoppers round, some of the competition show’s standouts fell short of delivering show-stopping performances, while others made sure to bring their A-game. Platinum ticket winner Kolbi Jordan was set back by sinus issues, while several singers — including Nina Daig, whom Carrie Underwood disappointedly said was “better than that” — just didn’t meet the judges’ high expectations of them.

For those who need a reminder, we went into Episode 6 with 62 people who survived last week’s Hollywood Week bloodbath, and Underwood, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan were tasked with cutting 38 contestants.

Here are the episode’s most memorable performances.

Thunderstorm Artis gives a tired favorite, ‘Imagine,’ new life

When the announcer revealed Thunderstorm Artis would be singing John Lennon’s “Imagine,” my mind flashed to that viral 2020 video Gal Gadot unleashed on us. Apologies to the late John Lennon, but that song has been tainted for many.