But ultimately, acting is Laura’s primary passion.
“It’s lovely to be considered pretty and lovely to do photo shoots, and I just love fashion,” she told Vogue in 2015. “But I’m proud that I did the characters I wanted to do.”
And when it comes to playing the role of cheerleading mom, the Oscar winner deserves all the awards.
Case in point: She was there to support Ellery when he made his own runway debut, walking the catwalk at Raf Simons‘ Calvin Klein show during New York Fashion Week in 2018.
“Always a privilege to witness Raf Simons’ genius for Calvin Klein,” Laura, who watched the event from the front row, wrote on Instagram at the time,” especially when I am the proudest mama witnessing my son walk for him.”
Laura was not the only celeb who stepped out at Paris Fashion Week. Read on to see more stars at the shows…
The Trump administration has put up banners across federal websites blaming Democrats for the government shutdown, and in some cases, blatantly campaigning for President Donald Trump. One banner on the US Department of Agriculture’s site says, “The Radical Left Democrats shut down the government,” adding that “President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people.”
Other websites display similar messages, with a banner on the Department of the Treasury stating that Democrats have shut down the government “in the name of reckless spending and obstructionism.” The White House website similarly blames Democrats and includes a timer showing how long the shutdown has lasted so far.
On Wednesday morning, the federal government shut down after Congress couldn’t reach an agreement on a funding bill, as Democrats continue facing Republican pushback on their fight to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act. Republicans have largely blamed the freeze on Democrats, with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) writing on X that the Democrats “voted” to close the government.
Not all federal agencies display these kinds of messages, as websites for the Department of State, the Department of Education, and the Federal Communications Commission have a banner that simply states that the sites will not be updated due to the government shutdown.
ATLANTA — Brian Snitker, who managed the Atlanta Braves to the 2021 World Series championship as the highlight of almost a half-century with the organization, will not return to the dugout next season.
The Braves announced Wednesday that the 69-year-old Snitker will move to an advisory role and will be inducted into the team’s hall of fame next year.
The news conference to announce the decision was described as a celebration by Braves chairman Terry McGuirk and general manager Alex Anthopoulos. Snitker was emotional at times as he described his late-season uncertainty about his desire to manage another year and how he finally concluded it was time to step down.
“I said I’m going to need a little time after that last out to decide what I’m going to do,” said Snitker, who was joined by his wife, Ronnie, at the news conference. “After I got home and decompressed a little bit, I did decide this was the best move.”
Snitker has been with the organization for 49 years as a minor league player and manager and major league coach and manager.
He led Atlanta to 811 wins, six NL East division titles, one wild-card berth and the 2021 World Series championship in his 10 seasons as manager.
“Honestly, I never thought I’d manage one day in the major leagues, much less 10 years,” Snitker said. “I never thought I’d hoist a trophy.”
Snitker paused to collect his emotions before referring to players at the news conference and his joy to “be around a group of guys that makes this so special.”
McGuirk presented Snitker with keys to a new Ford truck and announced that the team was sending Snitker and his wife on a vacation to Hawaii.
“Today, we celebrate and honor not only one of the most accomplished managers in the history of our franchise but also one of the finest people to ever wear the uniform,” McGuirk said. “You will always be a Brave, a Brave forever, and this organization will always be your home.”
Snitker said he looks forward to his new role.
“I’m still going to be here,” he said. “I’m going to be in spring training. I’m excited about this new role.”
Snitker, who signed with the team as an undrafted free agent catcher in 1977, spent 20 seasons with the organization as a minor league manager. He was named Atlanta’s interim manager May 17, 2016, and was given the permanent title following the season.
He posted a record of 811-688 as manager and ranks third in franchise history in wins, trailing Hall of Famer Bobby Cox (2,149) and Frank Selee (1,004).
Cox was Snitker’s mentor. Snitker continued to visit Cox regularly after Cox was hospitalized in 2019 following a stroke. Cox returned to Truist Park on Aug. 22 for a 30-year celebration of the Braves’ 1995 World Series title.
Anthopoulos and McGuirk did not address a plan to find Snitker’s replacement. Braves bench coach Walt Weiss is Colorado’s former manager. Third-base coach Fredi González is a former manager with Atlanta and the Marlins.
The Braves finished 76-87 this season, which was the final year of Snitker’s current contract.
The Braves are the fifth MLB team to move on from their manager since the regular season ended Sunday. The Los Angeles Angels announced Tuesday that Ron Washington, 73, would not return. Washington is a former Braves coach.
San Francisco fired Bob Melvin and Minnesota fired Rocco Baldelli on Monday before Bruce Bochy and the Texas Rangers mutually decided Bochy won’t return to the dugout.
Washington, the 70-year-old Bochy and Snitker were the three oldest managers in the majors.
CLEVELAND — When it comes to winning in the MLB postseason, circa 2025, you hear a lot about high-octane bullpens and home run hitters. But when you have a throwback ace like Tarik Skubal on your side, starting pitching and a little small-ball can still get it done.
Skubal lifted the Detroit Tigers to 1-0 lead in their AL wild-card series against the Cleveland Guardians with perhaps the most dominant outing of a career that’s been full of them, tying a 53-year-old Detroit postseason record with 14 strikeouts and pitching into the eighth inning of a terse 2-1 win.
Joe Coleman set the Tigers’ postseason strikeout mark in the 1972 ALCS against Oakland.
“It doesn’t really matter,” Skubal said. “Winning is what matters to me. It’s mattered to me all year. I think winning is the most important thing in sports.”
The outing became more dominant the deeper Skubal worked into the game. According to ESPN Research, Skubal topped 100 miles per hour with a pitch 11 times, six more than he’s ever had in a start. He topped 100 five times alone in the seventh when he struck out the side, the last whiff coming on a game-high 101.2 miles-per-hour laser to get Brayan Rocchio.
If it looked like Skubal was emptying his tank, it’s because he was: Based on his usage during the season, Skubal figured that would be his last frame. But Detroit manager A.J. Hinch wanted three more batters from the AL’s reigning Cy Young winner — and the favorite to win it again.
“I thought my outing was coming to a close,” Skubal said. “But I was ready to go back out there. Never going to take myself out of a game.”
Among the 28 batters Skubal faced, only three managed to get the ball out of the infield. None of those three came in the fourth inning when Cleveland managed to scratch out a run against the blazing lefty. That tally came on two infield hits sandwiched around a walk, the second of those safeties a chopper off the plate that scored hustling Angel Martinez all the way from second.
Cleveland starter Gavin Williams struck out eight over his six-plus innings, and both runs he allowed were unearned, two errors you can’t make against an ace like Skubal when he’s on. These tight games are part-and-parcel of the Tigers-Guardians rivalry.
“What an unbelievably pitched game we got to watch,” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said. “Tarik Skubal was outstanding, punched out 14. Couldn’t get anything off of him. Gavin similarly.”
Game 1, played under a cloudless sky on an unusually warm early autumn day in downtown Cleveland, was something straight out of 1976. Both starters worked deep into the game. All three runs came via the small-ball route, and no ball left the yard.
The Tigers scored the go-ahead run in the seventh on a perfectly executed safety squeeze bunt by Zack McKinstry that plated Riley Green. Detroit — which laid down just five sacrifice bunts during the regular season — had two of them in Game 1.
“Anyone new to the Tigers-Guardians, this is what they look like,” Hinch said. “Like, every game. And obviously, Tarik set an incredible tone for us.”
It was indeed a throwback game dominated by a throwback starting pitcher in Skubal, who would look like an ace in any era of the big leagues.
“He’s a beast,” Hinch said. “And it’s why he’s considered by many as the best pitcher in the big leagues.”
The Guardians will try to keep their season alive in Wednesday’s Game 2, when Detroit’s Casey Mize will face Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee. The winner of the series will advance to the ALDS to face the Seattle Mariners.
Cleveland, which overcame a 15-1/2 game deficit to overcome Detroit in the AL Central race, has, in a sense, been playing elimination-type games for some time.
“Our backs have been against the wall for three months,” Vogt said. “What’s one more day?”
Vanessa Hudgens is soarin’, flyin’ into the ultimate pizza party.
The High School Musicalalum—who is currently expecting a second child with her husband of nearly two years Cole Tucker—put her baby bump on full display while noshing on all sorts of pizzeria treats at Pizzeria Bianco in Los Angeles.
In a Sept. 30 Instagram Story, Vanessa donned a tight zebra-patterned long dress, which helped accentuate her growing bump.
“Would you like a piece of pizza?” Vanessa asked in the clip from the event—hosted by Airbnb Experiences—while doing her best Italian accent. “We have amazing pizza for you. Any flavor you like: pistachio, the onion.”
The 36-year-old—who already shares with Cole a 15-month-old son whose name has not been revealed—and her pals feasted on fresh focaccia, antipasti, salads and a slew of Pizzeria Bianco pizzas including their Margherita, Rosa (which features the aforementioned pistachios) and the Wiseguy. For dessert, the group enjoyed olive oil cake and freshly churned gelato.
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Google appears to have blocked AI search results for the query “does trump show signs of dementia” as well as other questions about his mental acuity, even though it will show AI results for similar searches about other presidents.
When making the search about President Trump, AI Overviews will display a message that says, “An AI Overview is not available for this search”:
Go directly to AI Mode, and you’ll only receive a list of 10 web results instead of a summarized page of information:
Similar searches about Trump are limited in the same way. Various queries about dementia, Alzheimer’s, and senility display no AI overview and only produce a list of links inside AI Mode.
Google’s behavior is inconsistent if you swap in different names. When asking “does biden show signs of dementia”, Google doesn’t show an AI Overview at all:
But in AI Mode, it will offer a summarized response. When I searched for it, the response started with, “It’s not possible to definitively state whether former President Joe Biden has dementia based solely on publicly available information.”
Google also displayed AI overviews for queries about Biden and Alzheimer’s, stating there is “no clinical diagnosis or public proof that former President Joe Biden has Alzheimer’s disease.”
This is all different from what you get when using the names of other public figures or recent presidents. Use Obama’s name instead, and you’ll get an AI Overview — when I searched, it said that “No public evidence or statements from medical professionals indicate that former President Barack Obama has dementia”:
I got a similar result while searching about Obama in AI Mode:
There’s been a lotof coverage of the mental acuity of both President Trump and President Biden, who are the two oldest presidents ever, so it’s reasonable to expect that people might query Google about it. The company may be worried about accurately presenting information on a sensitive subject, as AI overviews remain susceptible to delivering incorrect information. But in this case, it may also be worried about the president’s response to such information. Google agreed this week to pay $24.5 million to settle a highly questionable lawsuit about Trump’s account being banned from YouTube.
Google spokesperson Davis Thompson didn’t say why AI overviews weren’t triggered for these queries when asked by The Verge. “As we’ve said, AI Overviews and AI Mode won’t show a response to every query.” Thompson also pointed to a document that explains how AI Overviews may not show for every query and that AI Mode may choose to show links instead of generating a response.
Update, September 30th: Added response from Google.
Jeff Legwold covers the Denver Broncos at ESPN. He has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years and also assists with NFL draft coverage, joining ESPN in 2013. He has been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors since 1999, too. Jeff previously covered the Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills and Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans at previous stops prior to ESPN.
Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while making appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN’s NFL shows and ESPN Radio programs. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He is an adjunct journalism professor at Southern Methodist University and a member of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).
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DENVER — Three hours before Monday night’s game, an ominous sky covered most of the downtown neighborhoods that surround Empower Field at Mile High.
But the quirky weather in the Rocky Mountain regions can change on a whim, much like the Denver Broncos so far this season. They had lost back-to-back games — both coming on the last play — heading into their prime-time matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals.
The sun eventually appeared before kickoff, and things looked much brighter for the home team in a 28-3 rout. The Broncos did it with a defense that showed its elite potential once again — albeit against an offense without injured quarterback Joe Burrow — and quarterback Bo Nix had his most complete game of the season as he notched his first 300-yard passing game (326) of the year.
There were issues, such as penalties (7 for 72 yards) — the Broncos entered this weekend’s games tied for the fourth-most penalty yardage, and Monday won’t help the totals as center Luke Wattenberg was flagged four times — and drops on offense, including two by wide receiver Troy Franklin.
But with the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles next on the docket and a trip to London the following week, the Broncos needed to regain their balance, especially Nix.
And Monday’s get-right win did just that.
Here are the most important things to know from Monday night for both teams:
What to make of the QB performance: Nix entered the weekend 26th in the league in QBR after a performance against the Chargers in Week 3, when he missed multiple big-play chances with overthrows to open receivers. The Broncos had a more reigned-in approach Monday, and Nix was far more settled. With a little more intention in the run game and throwing to Courtland Sutton — 81 yards receiving — Nix had a composed night overall. Save for an end zone interception late in the first half, he showed more settled footwork in the pocket and easily had his best passing game of the season. His 206 passing yards in Indianapolis in Week 2 had been his season high.
Most surprising performance: Tight end Evan Engram has dealt with calf and back injuries this season — he missed the Week 3 loss in Los Angeles — so he has not had a full docket of practice time in the team’s offense. But the Broncos’ biggest free agent acquisition on offense this past offseason is still in search of his bust-out game. By the end of the third quarter, Engram had three receptions for 18 yards and a drop on his six targets. The beleaguered Bengals’ defense struggled to get the Broncos off the field, but the Broncos will need to find ways to get Engram involved — meaning there will be games where they need more than four catches for 29 yards from him. Coach Sean Payton has said it is an important matchup to win in the middle of the field against nickel defenses.
Stat to know:J.K. Dobbins‘ 101-yard rushing effort ended a regular-season streak of 37 games for the Broncos without a 100-yard rusher. Latavius Murray had the last 100-yard rushing game for the Broncos in the 2022 season finale — 103 yards on Jan. 8, 2023, against the Chargers.
Troubling trend: It will be lost in what became a rather tidy get-well win, but when the Bengals finished their opening drive with a 26-yard field goal from Evan McPherson, it meant all four of the Broncos’ opponents had opening-drive field goals. The Broncos, New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the only teams in the league that have not scored first in a game this season. — Jeff Legwold
Next game: at Philadelphia Eagles (1 p.m. ET, Sunday)
By winning their first two games of the season, the Bengals were off to their best start during coach Zac Taylor’s tenure. But that feels like a distant memory, even though it was just two weeks ago.
Last week, Cincinnati was handed its worst loss in franchise history, a 38-point defeat on the road against the Vikings. Monday’s loss to the Broncos didn’t feature the turnovers that plagued Cincinnati a week ago, but the longer the game went on, the more it carried the same vibe. Both games had one thing in common: The offense mustered just three points through the first three quarters.
But this defeat could be more concerning. This was as comprehensive a defeat as the Bengals have suffered in some time. Cincinnati’s offense never got rolling. The defense was gashed throughout the night. And the Bengals were whistled for 11 penalties for 65 yards, with several of those coming while the outcome was still in question. And it will not get any easier with games against NFC powers Detroit and Green Bay coming up next.
What to make of the QB performance: Jake Browning tried to be aggressive early and push the ball downfield, but through three quarters, he didn’t have a ton of success. During that span, he was 11-of-20 passing for 106 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions. On throws of 10 or more air yards, Browning was 2-of-7 passing, according to Next Gen Stats. Other than one drive, the offense was out of sorts for a bulk of the evening. He finished 14-of-25 for 125 yards with no TDs or interceptions.
Troubling trend: The Bengals have been blown out in back-to-back first halves. In the past two games against Denver and Minnesota, Cincinnati was outscored a combined 55-6 in the first half, including 21-3 on Monday. Cincinnati was outgained by 210 yards in the first half as the Bengals surrendered more than 300 yards for the second time in the past three years.
Stat to know: Cincinnati’s offense was nonexistent in the middle of the game when Denver gained control. Excluding penalties, the Bengals gained 21 yards on 18 offensive plays during five full drives that spanned the first and third quarters. During Browning’s previous stint as a starting quarterback in 2023, Cincinnati’s offense was still effective. Through two games, that has not been the case. — Ben Baby
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Now, Leighton is the face of what TikTok affectionately calls “the starter skincare brand that actually works.”
The brand shared her favorites from the line with E!, and you can shop them below. While you’re browsing, don’t miss Leighton’s hilarious commercial for Bubble:
