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Betty White forever stamp arrives: See the design
USPS pays homage to Betty White with postage stamp feature
The U.S. Postal Service is honoring the late Betty White with a postage stamp set to be released in 2025.
The wait for the Betty White stamp is finally over.
The beloved comedian, whose long-running career made her a staple of American culture, was honored with her own U.S. postage, revealed in a first-day-of-issue ceremony Thursday at the Los Angeles Zoo. White worked with the zoo from its inaugural year in 1966 to her death in 2021.
Much like the spark and humor that grounded White, the stamp will not expire. A forever stamp, the postage will always represent the current price of a 1-ounce First-Class Mail postage. All commemorative stamps are forever stamps.
The stamp design shows the late “Golden Girls” star grinning on a violet background wearing a polka dot shirt, a digital illustration created by Dale Stephanos based on a 2010 photo by Kwaku Alston.
Singer-songwriter Ellis Hall performed parts of “Thank You for Being a Friend,” the theme song to “The Golden Girls,” at the ceremony and fans got a dose of the wildlife that White so loved.
“Animals were her kids and she loved them all — any shape, size and kind,” Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association board member Richard Lichtenstein said at the ceremony, the Associated Press reports.
When announcing the stamp originally, the U.S. Postal Service said the design, which will be sold on a pane of 20, exudes White’s “spritely sense of fun” and features bubbly spots on the background “that befit her sparkling personality.”
“It’s just a great photo — a sweet spot in her older years,” Stephanos said of the design in an interview with TODAY.com published Thursday. “I just kind of used that as reference and then kind of changed the colors and tried to make it more handmade than a photo would be.”
“This is the only stamp I’m going to use for the rest of my life,” joked Stephanos, who said White reminded him of his mother. “I’m going to be so obnoxious with this.”
Betty White’s military service, career more
Not just a celebrated actress and comic, White was also largely viewed as a representative for Americans of a certain era.
She served as a member of the American Women’s Voluntary Services during World War II and her shoulder bag from that time is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington D.C.
White received a whopping 21 Primetime Emmy nominations and won five during her lengthy television and film career, which included memorable roles on “The Mary Tyler Moore,” “The Golden Girls,” and “Hot in Cleveland.”
Her spunky humor and dead-pan delivery juxtaposed delightfully with her “grandmother next door” appearance.
She died on New Year’s Eve 2021 at age 99.
Where can you buy the Betty White stamp
Fans of White can buy the stamp online at the USPS store’s website Friday and it will be available at local post office locations following the launch.
Contributing: Brendan Morrow
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Cynthia Erivo honored at GLAAD Awards for LGBTQ advocacy
‘Wicked’ star Cynthia Erivo stuns in emerald gown on Oscars red carpet
Cynthia Erivo, Emma Stone, and Lupita Nyong’o make entrance on the 2025 Oscars red carpet in stunning style.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. − Fresh off a “Wicked” press tour and a nonstop awards show season that saw her nominated for an Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe, Cynthia Erivo was showered in love and support at Thursday night’s GLAAD Media Awards.
“Obviously, we’ll be celebrating ‘Wicked’ tonight,” host Michael Urie said during his opening speech at the awards show ceremony. “Or as we call it at my house, every night!”
All eyes were on Erivo inside the Beverly Hilton hotel ballroom − and the half a dozen security guards surrounding her − as she walked over to find her seat right as the lights dimmed before the night officially began.
She was the woman of the night, after all: Erivo was there to accept the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, honoring an LGBTQ media professional who has made a lasting impact in raising visibility and empowering the community.
“This has been a wild, wild ride and I’ve been deeply grateful for every second of it,” Erivo began her speech. “More than anything that I have seen and felt, how open-armed my community has been. I have spoken about being your whole self and your true self. I speak about the prizes that come from being you against the odds, but rarely do I acknowledge how hard that can be.”
Before she took the stage, actor and writer Brandon Kyle Goodman called Erivo “an avatar of self-actualization, love and expression,” adding that she inspires “all who see you to see ourselves with such brazen freedom that it awakens the collective imagination.”
Erivo said she “thought that I would make some room for those of us who are trying to find the courage to exist as we want, because I think this is the space to do that.”
Cynthia Erivo says ‘it isn’t easy’ to wake up and choose to be yourself
Erivo, 38, spoke about the hard parts that come with choosing to be yourself and expecting the world to follow suit.
“It isn’t easy. None of it is. Waking up and choosing to be yourself, proclaiming a space belongs to you when you don’t feel welcomed, teaching people on a daily basis how to address you and dealing with the frustration of re-teaching people a word that has been in the human vocabulary since the dawn of time,” Erivo said. “They, them. Words used to describe pedantically two or more people, (and) poetically a person who is simply more.”
She continued: “It isn’t easy to ask people to treat you with dignity, since you should just have it, because it’s a given. It isn’t easy to learn to grow who you are if the world around you is knocking at your door, telling you to stay inside. Some flowers bloom against all the odds, like the peony, but most flowers need to be tended to and cared for before they brave the light and open up their petals to the sun.
“Here in this room, we’ve all been the recipients of a gift that is the opportunity to be more. I doubt that it has come easy to any of us, but more for some, the road has not been one paved with yellow bricks but instead paved with bumps and potholes − whichever road you have traveled, how beautiful it is that you’ve had a road to travel on at all. There are the invisible ones who have had no road at all.”
Looking around the room, Erivo also stressed the “real work is making the ground we leave in our wake level enough for the next person who finds their way to the path we have made.”
“For the person who is searching and searching and has not found it yet,” she added. “This room is full of people who can and will, if they choose – and I hope they will, because I do – to be lanterns to light up your journey and your path on the way to showing the world who you are. We use the phrase ‘out and proud,’ and though you might not have had the strength or capacity to do that now, know that I am proud of your quiet and solitary want to be just that.
“We are all visible,” she said during her speech. “We can be seen. We see each other. I see you. You see me. But think of those who have not been seen. Think of those who sit in the dark and wait for their time, hoping and waiting for a light to light their path. I ask every single one of you in this room, with the spaces that you’re in and the lights that you hold, to point it in the direction of someone who just needs a little guidance.”
Watch Cynthia Erivo’s GLAAD Media Awards speech
The 36th annual GLAAD Awards will stream on Hulu on April 12.
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‘Holland’ ending explained: Nicole Kidman talks spoilers
Nicole Kidman and cast talk about their roles in ‘Holland’
Nicole Kidman unveils thrilling details about her new Prime Video movie “Holland” (streaming now) with the cast.
Spoiler alert! We’re dishing about the thriller “Holland” (streaming now on Prime Video), which has more twists and turns than a creepy train set. If you’d like to avoid picking your tulips before they’ve bloomed, come back after you’re seen it.
All aboard the crazy train!
Nicole Kidman stars in “Holland” as Nancy Vandergroot, the kind of woman you might envy (and not just because she has Kidman’s flawless complexion). The life skills teacher is a devoted mom to her son Harry (Jude Hill) and wife to a successful optometrist Fred (Matthew Macfadyen). She lives in the idyllic, Dutch-influenced town of Holland, Michigan, which gives a no-need-to-lock-your-door vibe. But below the surface, Nancy is dying.
“My life is like carbon monoxide,” she tells Dave Delgado (Gael García Bernal), the woodshop teacher she’s in love with. “It’s so sleepy and comfortable, I don’t even know that I’m suffocating.” Nancy feels like she isn’t living, “just existing.”
Seated between Macfadyen and García Bernal for an interview, Kidman says she loves “how relatable that was in terms of people at different times in their lives.”
Nancy “presents this very bubbly thing,” Kidman adds. “But there’s so many twists and turns in this, which is the thing that I loved when I was reading it. I didn’t know what was going to happen next.”
Nancy enlists Dave’s help when she suspects Fred is having an affair. If only! Fred is actually a serial killer who memorializes his slayings by creating replicas of his victims’ homes in his creepy train set village.
“Really, life is very complex,” García Bernal says. “Whenever there’s this construct of many aspects of perfection, there’s always something behind that. It’s not real.”
“And that’s why it’s exciting when something comes in and sort of explodes,” Kidman says − in this case, life as Nancy knows it.
By director Mimi Cave’s design, you might have questions about the film’s mysterious ending. Here’s what Cave and the cast had to say.
Is Fred dead, finally?
If your nervous system did celebratory backflips when you thought Dave fatally stabbed Fred after finding out Fred is a murderer, you’re not alone. Like so many villains before him, Fred returned from the dead (and the lake where Dave left him) to Holland to be with his wife and son. As Fred was driving the trio home, Nancy pretended to go along with the plan, only so Harry could flee to safety.
She then shot Fred in the face, but that didn’t kill him, naturally. She had to beat him to death with a clog, a move that Kidman calls “crazy” in an “Isn’t that delicious?” way.
Viewers can rest assured Fred is actually dead, for real this time, Cave says.
“I wanted Nancy to not only literally be the one to create real safety for herself and her son − which is sort of like eliminating the murderer that she’s married to,” says Cave, laughing, “but also, symbolically. She’s finally arriving in her life, and she’s taking agency and action.”
‘Holland’: Nicole Kidman is embroiled in a Midwestern mystery
A bored Michigan woman (Nicole Kidman) begins to think her optometrist hubby (Matthew Macfadyen) might be living a double life in “Holland.”
‘Holland’ ending explained: Was any of it real?
At the end of “Holland,” audiences hear Nancy and Dave say that sometimes they question if any of the saga was even real. Well, was it?
Macfadyen loves the film’s “ambiguous and odd” conclusion. “It’s just great,” he says.
“Was it real?” Kidman asks her castmates.
“I don’t know,” García Bernal responds, causing Kidman to burst into laughter.
The director is less coy and hints that Dave could’ve been a figment of Nancy’s imagination.
“Maybe Dave was never there, maybe Nancy fantasized this whole relationship, and her fantasy was a catalyst toward the truth,” Cave says. “If you look back in the film, it actually makes a lot of sense.”
She encourages her audience to really analyze the facts given to them. “’Let me look at it from a few different angles, and I might find a different meaning or a different truth,’” she says.
The endings with room for interpretation are the kind that Cave enjoys most. “This storyteller is giving me options of the truth,” she says. “It’s an engaging way to entertain people and keep them thinking about something.”
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Sophia Bush advocates for LGBTQ community at GLAAD Awards
Sophia Bush comes out as queer
‘One Tree Hill’ star Sophia Bush has revealed that she now identifies as queer.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. − The 2025 GLAAD Media Awards not only held space for the woman of the night, “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo, but also served as a night to reignite the fight for LGBTQ communities.
Host Michael Urie (“Goodrich,” “Shrinking” and “Ugly Betty”) kicked off the festivities Thursday with both a powerful and hysterical monologue, channeling his inner Elphaba and Glinda and donning a pink-and-green suit designed by Christian Siriano.
Urie acknowledged it was a night to “give flowers” to the movies, TV, music, video games, podcasts and journalism that provide “fair, accurate and inclusive representation of LGBTQ people and issues.”
“I am confident that if we keep fighting, loving and showing up, we can change minds and we will get that ‘T’ and that ‘Q’ back in the Stonewall National Monument,” Urie said, referring to the Trump administration’s erasure of references to transgender people from the New York monument website.
“We will get that ‘F’ back on Hunter Schafer’s passport,” he added. “And we will keep all of that ‘D’ in ‘The White Lotus,’” he concluded to a roar of laughter from the audience.
That was the tone of the night − one moment the Beverly Hilton hotel ballroom was reminded of the “terrifying and heartbreaking year” 2025 has been only three months in, and the next, the room was erupting in laughter, joy and applause.
This year’s GLAAD Media Awards, which will stream on Hulu April 12, also handed out awards to rapper Doechii for outstanding music artist, Harper Steele of the Netflix’s “Will & Harper” took home the outstanding documentary and “My Old Ass” (starring Aubrey Plaza and Maisy Stella) won outstanding film. Erivo was presented with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award.
Sophia Bush at GLAAD Awards says ‘queer values are American values’
Actress and activist Sophia Bush introduced GLAAD CEO and President Sarah Kate Ellis, but not before poking fun at her coming out journey.
“My membership card came in the mail,” Bush quipped onstage, jokingly pulling out a U-Haul card from inside her corset. “Listen, when I commit, I commit.”
“And commitment is exactly what GLAAD is all about, ensuring that acceptance isn’t just a buzz word but a reality. Yes, on screen, but also off. Everyone in this room knows that representation changes lives,” she continued. “Melissa Etheridge changed mine when she first sang ‘Come to My Window.’ (It) was a big clue for me back in 1993, and for my parents.”
The “One Tree Hill” alum added that she’s “since been very blessed” to be told by fans that her makeout scene with Brittany Snow in the 2006 movie “John Tucker Must Die” was an “‘aha moment’ for a lot of young queer people.”
“I just want to say to everyone who has shared those stories of representation with me, it is my honor to serve the community,” Bush joked, giving off a military salute onstage.
“Right now, at a time when so many marginalized people are under attack, communities like ours are under attack, and people who can cut through the noise and navigate this challenging media landscape are more important to us than ever,” Bush said. “We need leaders that remind the world that our values, queer values are American values.”
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Beyoncé released ‘Cowboy Carter’ album one year ago: A look back
Beyoncé released ‘Cowboy Carter’ album one year ago: A look back
It’s been one year since Beyoncé released her eighth studio album, “Cowboy Carter.” Here’s a look back at the album’s impactful year.
- Beyoncé’s album “Cowboy Carter” was released a year ago to critical acclaim and commercial success
- The album broke numerous records and won the Grammy for album of the year
- “Cowboy Carter” also sparked a conversation about Black artists in country music and the genre’s roots
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter released her eighth studio album “Cowboy Carter” a year ago, and it has proved groundbreaking in more ways than one.
The megastar first released the 27-track project March 29, 2024. As Beyoncé’s first country album, she made sure to feature country legends such as Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and country music pioneer Linda Martell. She also collaborated with crossover artists such as Miley Cyrus and Post Malone, as well as emerging Black country artists such as Shaboozey, Willie Jones, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Tiera Kennedy.
The album became a catalyst for the renewed spotlight on Black country artists and the genre’s Black roots. “Cowboy Carter” has challenged music industry norms and sparked important conversations pertaining to the intersection of race and country music.
On the one-year anniversary of “Cowboy Carter,” here’s a look back at 19 significant moments from its trailblazing year.
‘Blackbird’ contributors speak about Beyonce and country music
‘Blackbiird’ contributors speak about Beyoncé’s impact on country music
- Beyoncé shocked fans by announcing the album and releasing singles “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” in a surprise Super Bowl commercial in February 2024.
- Beyoncé became first Black woman to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart after her single “Texas Hold ‘Em” debuted at No. 1.
- Simultaneously, the song held the No. 1 spot on seven of Billboard’s charts: Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Hot Gospel Songs, Hot Latin Songs, Hot R&B Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
- Within a week of its release, “Texas Hold ‘Em” debuted at No. 54 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
- Beyoncé also became the first woman to top both Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs since the lists’ inception.
- Beyoncé made history again as the first Black woman to debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s top country albums chart.
- “Cowboy Carter” also reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Americana/folk albums and top album sales charts.
- “Cowboy Carter” was snubbed at the 2024 Country Music Association Awards, receiving zero nominations. However, the album earned 12 nominations at the 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards, making Beyoncé the leading nominee.
- Beyoncé then took home her first country music award for top country female artist at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.
- Beyoncé put on an NFL halftime performance during the Texans-Ravens game on Christmas Day, dubbed “A Cowboy Carter Christmas.” The live performance drew 27 million U.S. viewers, according to Netflix.
- Beyoncé became the leading nominee at the 2025 Grammy Awards after the album scored 11 nominations.
- The “Cowboy Carter” nominations also allowed Beyoncé to become the most nominated artist in the show’s history with a total of 99 career nods.
- Her nominations included five awards in the country and American roots field — her first in that category.
- Country music pioneer Linda Martell earned her first Grammy nomination for her feature on “Spaghettii.”
- Beyoncé won the award for best country duo/group performance for “II Most Wanted” with Miley Cyrus, making history as the first Black female solo artist to win a Grammy for a country song. The Pointer Sisters won in a similar category in 1975.
- Beyoncé took home best country album at the Grammy Awards. It was the first time a Black woman was nominated and won in the category.
- The “Cowboy Carter” creator also took home the top prize of the evening, album of the year. She joined only three other Black women in the show’s history to earn the honor.
- Beyoncé announced her highly anticipated Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour for the award-winning album.
- She quickly made history with the tour. She stands to set the record for most shows by any artist on a single run at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. She’ll also become the act with the most performances at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
The Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour will kick off April 28 in Los Angeles. Since the initial announcement, Beyoncé has added a handful of shows including final shows in Las Vegas.
Follow Caché McClay, the USA TODAY Network’s Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reporter, on Instagram, TikTok and X as @cachemcclay.
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Eras Tour dancer Kameron Saunders plays a bailiff in 'Poppa's House'TV
Eras Tour dancer Kameron Saunders plays a bailiff in ‘Poppa’s House’TV
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Eras Tour dancer to appear on CBS show ‘Poppa’s House’
Fresh off the Eras Tour, dancer Kameron Saunders is bringing all of his bejeweled moves to CBS after being cast as a sassy, vibe setting bailiff in “Poppa’s House.”
Saunders captured the hearts of Swifties around the globe as the only member of Taylor Swift’s crew with not one, but two speaking lines during her three-and-a-half-hour show. At international dates, he varied his line in the bridge of “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and counted to four in a long list of languages for “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart.”
Now the St. Louis, Missouri, native is dancing his way onto the small screen. Fans can spot him Monday in a brand-new episode of “Poppa’s House” as an Essex County, New Jersey, sheriff’s deputy. The show stars Damon Wayans as “Poppa,” a legendary talk radio host, and Damon Wayans Jr. as “Junior,” who still lives at home but wants to create documentaries.
Junior takes Poppa to small claims court — think “Judge Judy” but if the honorable was played by Vivica A. Fox. The father and son battle it out in front of Judge SayWha.
“Order case number 01333, all rise for the honorable judge,” Saunders says in an exclusive clip provided to USA TODAY, to which the courtroom responds with a saucy, “SayWhaaaa.”
Saunders twirls his arms, busts his hips, sticks out his tongue and passes off paperwork to Fox before gaining his composure and instructing the gallery to “be seated.”
“Sure you wanna come at me like that?” Judge SayWha asks Wayans Jr. after he accuses her of being prejudicial.
As an exclamation point to Fox’s snapback, Saunders offers a light-hearted threat, “Don’t make me come dance over there.”
The bailiff’s role is only written for Monday’s episode that airs on CBS at 8:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. CT. It will also be available on Paramount+.
Eras Tour dancer Kameron Saunders plays a bailiff in ‘Poppa’s House’
The dancer known for his “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” speaking lines and sassy dance moves is making his way onto the small screen.
Long live the Eras Tour with our enchanting book
Saunders’ widest reach may have come through Eras Tour, but his entertainment resume extends beyond the record-breaking show. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a BFA in dance before popping up on tours with Saucy Santana and Lizzo.
He’s been featured in the ensemble of Ryan Reynold’s Christmas movie “Spirited” and the 2023 movie adaptation of “The Color Purple.”
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Bret Michaels tour shows support military veterans: Here’s why
Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish among Rock Hall nominations
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has released its list of 2025 induction nominees. (Scripps News)
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Any time Bret Michaels is behind a microphone, expect him to acknowledge the military members in the crowd.
The Poison frontman, who tours regularly with his solo band for what he calls Parti Gras shows, always takes a few minutes to share his support for active troops and veterans before performing Poison’s poignant 1990 ballad, “Something to Believe In.”
Michaels’ dad, Wally, was a veteran of the Navy, and others in his family have military backgrounds. Michaels also works regularly with Operation Homefront, which provides aid to military families.
“We found we love the freedoms and opportunities afforded to us by the sacrifices of many,” Michaels tells USA TODAY.
“The freedom of opinion, the freedom to choose what religion we follow … that’s an amazing feeling and I have been in some countries that do not do that.”
In addition to championing the military, Michaels’ Life Rocks Foundation helps kids with diabetes. The rocker has lived with Type 1 diabetes since childhood and is an avid supporter of those with the condition.
“I’ve never complained about getting old,” says Michaels, who turned 62 March 15, “because I’ve known so many friends who never had the chance.”
Michaels will be on the road throughout the summer starting April 11, and is releasing a photo journal, “Then, Now and Forever,” in the fall.
The indefatigable rocker will blast through a trove of Poison hits (“Talk Dirty to Me,” “Unskinny Bop,” “Every Rose Has its Thorn”) during his upcoming shows at amphitheaters and theaters; play alongside Alice Cooper, Shinedown, Nickelback and others at the May 18 Boardwalk Rock festival in Ocean City, Maryland; and reconvene with pals Def Leppard for shows in June and July in between his own dates.
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Sofia Carson talks 'The Life List' and her motherEntertain This!
Sofia Carson talks ‘The Life List’ and her motherEntertain This!