Hilaria Baldwin Teases Next “Adventure” With Alec Baldwin to Leave Hamptons, Sell $20 Million Home
There’s nothing complicated about how Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin’s eldest daughter feels about their age gap.
Indeed, the couple’s 12-year-old daughter Carmen took a playful jab at her parent’s 26-year age difference in a hilarious video meant to celebrate the 30 Rock alum’s 68th birthday.
“Hey, it’s me. It’s my birthday. I’m 68 years old. What can I say? I’m 68,” Alec said in an April 3 Instagram video alongside his kids in a tropical location. “I’m 68 years old—what a way to turn 68. My favorite birthday before this was 40. That was a while ago.”
Emphasizing her dad’s point, Carmen jokingly added, “That was a really long time ago.”
Visibly shocked at her comment, Alec—who also share kids Rafael, 10, Leo, 9, Romeo, 7, Eduardo, 5, Maria, 5, and Ilaria, 2, with Hilaria—asked, “How long ago was it, Carmen?”
Taking the time to do some mental math, she quipped, “Um, so Mommy was 14?”
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The NBA is investigating the Milwaukee Bucks for their handling of the player participation policy and potential inconsistent statements regarding the health of Giannis Antetokounmpo, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Friday.
Antetokounmpo and the Bucks have told league investigators different stories. Antetokounmpo has informed the Bucks and the NBA that he wants to play, but the team will not medically clear him, sources told Charania. Milwaukee informed the league that it doesn’t believe Antetokounmpo is ready and actually wants to play, sources said.
Antetokounmpo, who has not played since he hyperextended his left knee against the Pacers on March 15, spoke to reporters before Friday’s 133-101 loss to the Boston Celtics in Milwaukee and reiterated he is healthy and ready to play.
“I’m available to play, but I’m not in the game,” Antetokounmpo told reporters Friday. “I’m available to play today. Right now. I’m available.”
Antetokounmpo missed his 10th straight game Friday night because of a hyperextended knee and bone bruise. A few days after the injury, sources told Charania that the Bucks wanted to shut down Antetokounmpo for the rest of the season and that he refused the team’s request and wanted to play again this season.
The National Basketball Players Association issued a rebuke of the Bucks late last month, with a statement implying Milwaukee is “tanking” and damaging the league’s integrity.
The Bucks were eliminated from postseason contention March 28, marking the first time since 2016 that they will miss the playoffs.
The league has interviewed Antetokounmpo, the Bucks and team doctors, sources told ESPN.
“For somebody to come and tell me to not play or not to compete, it’s like a slap in my face,” Antetokounmpo told reporters Friday. “So, I don’t know where the relationship goes from there.”
Antetokounmpo, 31, has appeared in 36 games this season, by far the fewest he has played in any season of his career. He has dealt with two calf strains, an adductor strain and a knee hyperextension this season.
Since he was injured March 15, Antetokounmpo said the Bucks have not approached him about playing again. Coach Doc Rivers said last week that Antetokounmpo had not practiced. But before home games, Antetokounmpo has been going through his usual pregame routine, working up the intensity in those workouts to make a statement, according to team sources.
The Bucks have five regular-season games remaining.
Information from ESPN’s Jamal Collier was used in this report.
And yes, that means Lenovo’s flagship may now cost twice as much as a $999 Microsoft/Asus Xbox Ally X with the same AMD chip, as much as a far more powerful GPD Win 5 with AMD Strix Halo cost last year. But the way things are going, it’s probably only a matter of time till Microsoft’s handheld Xbox hikes its price too. (For now, Asus rep Anthony Spence tells there’s “no price increase on the horizon, so far as I can tell” at least in the US.)
The Legion Go 2 has other things going for it besides the chip, including detachable controllers and a stellar screen, but $2K? Get outta here.
RAMageddon is coming for everything you care about, and gaming hardware in particular has taken a hit. Sony just hiked the price the PS5 by $100 to $150, and speaking of Strix Halo, Ayaneo has canceled its $1,999-and-up Next 2 because storage prices made it “unsustainable.” (GPD has hiked its Strix Halo handheld prices some, but still sells the Win 5 with 32GB of RAM, 2TB storage and an AI Max Plus 395 chip for $2,500, for now.)
In season three, Burke abandoned Cristina at the altar and then just took off, eventually winning a Harper Avery award elsewhere and then at some point, moving to Zurich, Switzerland to open his own hi-tech hospital. He got married, started a family, and then in season 10, he invited Cristina to his hospital to take it over for him as he retired.
Isaiah Washington left the series after it was reported that he called costar T.R. Knight a gay slur during an argument on set with Patrick Dempsey, and all his defenses just kept making it worse before he finally was let go from the series. Apparently he and ABC made up, because they let him return for a second in 2014.
As for what Washington has said of the incident? He later issued a public apology, adding in another statement, “I can also no longer deny to myself that there are issues I obviously need to examine within my own soul, and I’ve asked for help.”
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An unprecedented time in the WNBA is upon us. Over the next few weeks, the league will finally hold free agency for 100-plus players. Yes, you read that right: 100-plus. Free agency was put on hold while the league and Women’s National Basketball Players Association negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement, which was ratified by both sides in March.
Knowing that a huge payday could be on its way in 2026, all but two of the league’s veteran players agreed to contracts that would expire following the 2025 season — which means more than 80% of the league currently is not signed to a team.
That said, two major players are already off the board: New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart announced on her podcast this week that she’ll be returning to Brooklyn, and teammate Sabrina Ionescu told reporters Wednesday at USA Basketball camp in Phoenix that she’ll also be re-signing with New York.
The official timetable for free agency has yet to be announced nor shared with teams, sources told ESPN, as the long-form version of the CBA gets completed. A late February memo shared with front offices proposed that free agency could begin April 7 with formal signings starting April 12 if a deal was completed by March 10. But the terms of the new CBA were verbally agreed to March 18, and those dates were thought to be fluid.
Another factor at play is Friday’s two-team expansion draft (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) for the Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire. Each of the league’s preexisting teams can protect only five players, and Toronto and Portland can each pick only one player who is set to become an unrestricted free agent. That can include a player who is no longer core eligible, but the only benefit the expansion team would have in picking such a player would be that it can offer them a supermax salary.
With training camp still expected to begin on time April 19, this will be the most consolidated free agency period the league has ever seen — and with a $7 million salary cap in 2026, the most lucrative, as well.
ESPN ranked the top 55 free agents into tiers and broke down what factors could be at play as they make decisions this month. The players listed below are unrestricted free agents unless otherwise noted.
It is almost unheard of to see the league’s perennial MVP candidates all hit free agency at the same time. But the likelihood of these stars actually seeking new homes seems minimal. Aside from Stewart’s announcement, the Las Vegas Review Journal has reported that Wilson intends to re-sign with the Las Vegas Aces at the new $1.4 million supermax for 2026 as soon as possible. Collier and Thomas, meanwhile, seem content with the Minnesota Lynx and Phoenix Mercury, respectively.
What’ll be worth monitoring are the terms of their eventual deals: Will they end up on long-term contracts, and will they join Wilson in taking the supermax? The supermax constitutes 20% of the salary cap (up from 16.5% in the prior CBA), but historically some stars have been willing to take less than that amount in an effort to sign deals that help their squads sign more talent around them.
This group consists of players who could be prime candidates to be cored by their teams, which is the WNBA’s version of the NFL’s franchise tag. The core rules don’t change in the new CBA until 2027; the most recent rules stipulated that players who have played two seasons while under the core designation cannot be cored again, meaning, of the aforementioned players, Copper, Jones, Ogwumike and Stewart are all ineligible for the designation.
Ionescu indicated that New York’s nucleus — which also features Jones — will remain intact. All eyes will be on whether Las Vegas can also retain its big three of Wilson, Chelsea Gray and Young. Young would be a no-brainer for teams to poach from Las Vegas if she wants to follow in the example of Plum and become a team’s centerpiece.
Caitlin Clark and the Fever, meanwhile, have made it abundantly clear since the season ended that priority No. 1 is to re-sign Mitchell. When Plum was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks last offseason, both sides envisioned it being a long-term partnership, not just a one-off, so it seems likely she will be back there. Elsewhere, does Ogwumike return to the Seattle Storm after coach Noelle Quinn was let go?
It’s possible some of these players end up with the $1.4 million supermax in 2026. If not, the regular max isn’t too much lower ($1.19 million in 2026).
With such a condensed free agency, some industry insiders predict there will be less movement than initially expected and that players will sign one-year deals to wait to see how the new landscape sorts itself out. So which players could potentially be on the move?
Griner’s presence on the floor was diminished by the end of her first season with the Atlanta Dream — does that fit still make sense for both parties? Ogunbowale’s future will be of primary interest, too, after her productivity dipped last season and then-rookie Paige Bueckers emerged as the clear franchise cornerstone for the Dallas Wings. Loyd shined for the Aces once she started coming off the bench, helping them win their third title. Is that the role that makes most sense for her moving forward?
Magbegor is also hitting free agency at an interesting time following the arrival of Dominique Malonga in Seattle. Must the Storm choose between the two young bigs? Free agency will reveal more about the vision for the team under new coach Sonia Raman (and GM Talisa Rhea).
Seattle is in a position similar to Minnesota of contending but not yet breaking through to win a title with its current iteration. One of the major storylines of free agency will be whether the Storm maintain most of their roster from last year or lean toward heavy changes.
Of note: Players from this group who are no longer core eligible are Diggins, Jones, Griner and Loyd.
There’s an assortment of players facing an interesting set of circumstances in this group. Will the Liberty run back the Cloud-Ionescu backcourt pairing, or go a different route? What does Laney-Hamilton’s future hold as she looks to return to the WNBA after missing a year because of a knee injury? Meesseman is always an unknown given her overseas commitments; does she return to the WNBA in 2026, and would New York want to give it another go with her?
Vandersloot and Atkins seem poised to be in the Chicago Sky‘s plans, with the former also a bit of a wild card as she returns from an ACL injury. Could a player such as Stevens be lured away from Los Angeles for a larger role or more money elsewhere? Veterans such as Bonner and Charles, similarly to Vandersloot, have more years behind them than ahead of them but can still make a difference for teams.
Players from this group who are no longer core eligible are: Bonner, Canada and Charles.
The situation for Mabrey is also tricky: The Connecticut Sun are clearly in a rebuild with young talent but are also relocating to Houston in 2027, with Comets and Sun front office personnel already working in tandem beginning this season. The impact of the franchise’s relocation on its free agency plans remains to be seen.
These players have the greatest variance in what their roles could look like depending on the makeup and vision of their teams. A player such as Carrington (who was traded from Dallas to Minnesota) is in an uncertain position as a midseason acquisition who proved her value, but there are a lot of unknowns regarding the direction the Lynx will choose. Smith thrived in Las Vegas following a midseason trade and helped the Aces to a championship, and might have found a new home there. The Fever have less uncertainty than others in that they have Clark and Aliyah Boston, both all-WNBA players, under contract, but they must decide whether they’ll look to return that pair’s surrounding cast of Howard (no longer core eligible), Hull and Cunningham.
The national semifinals for the 2026 men’s basketball tournament take place Saturday with a pair of highly anticipated matchups.
The action tips off when 3-seed Illinois (-1.5, over/under 139.5) takes on 2-seed UConn at 6:09 p.m. ET, followed by a showdown between pair of No. 1 seeds, Michigan (-1.5, O/U 157.5) and Arizona, at approximately 8:49 p.m.
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Illinois moneyline (-130)
This national semifinal is a rematch of two teams that met back in late November at Madison Square Garden. It’s really tough to stand in front of UConn and bet against them, especially after what we just saw in the game against Duke on Sunday. However, this is a much different Illinois team now. The Illini are the most efficient offense in the country. When you have two teams that play slow to very slow in a game with limited possessions, give me the better-shooting squad with the more efficient offense.
The best, and likely the only, way for UConn to win this game is to muck it up and keep it a low-scoring affair. That’s what the Huskies did in November. They will be charged with the task of keeping Illinois’ team shooting to around 42% or worse. Five of Illinois’ eight losses have come when it shot 42.5% or worse from the field — and two of those games went to overtime. The Illini have been held to fewer than 70 points just twice this season, but one of them was the game against UConn, which held them to a season-low 61 points.
The Illini have the edge in size and on the boards and can play inside better than UConn. They also take care of the ball better, with the 10th-lowest turnover percentage in the country. Illinois takes a lot of 3s, so even if it is making them at a below-average rate, that should be enough to keep it in the game for 40 minutes.
The Illini have proved that they can win low-scoring games, as they did against Houston in the round of 16. But UConn isn’t built to win a high-scoring game. If this turns into a shootout, that’s a major advantage for Illinois. Give me the better-shooting team to win here as Illinois get its revenge.
Michigan-Arizona 1st half UNDER 73.5 (-105)
These are the two best defenses in the country. They are also two of the top five offenses in the country. That said, here’s why I’m willing to look at the under. I’m using the same logic I used for the Duke-UConn first-half play last weekend.
The only other reference point we have for Michigan against a defense this good was versus Duke in a game that ended 68-63. The game total there was 151.5. The only similar reference points we have for Arizona are two matchups against Houston. The regular-season matchup total was 142.5 and the Big 12 tournament final was 138.5. We are at 157.5 here for this game and it seems too high for me.
The first half between Michigan and Duke totaled just 68 points. The regular-season matchup between Arizona and Houston featured just 67 first-half points. In the Big 12 final, they scored 80 in the first half, but both teams were playing their third game in three days and it’s natural to expect that defense would lag in that spot.
On Saturday, these two teams will have had at least five days of preparation for each other, which should keep the defenses sharper at the outset. Add in the fact that this game is at Lucas Oil Stadium, so the sightlines will be different. There have been three previous national semifinals in this venue. In 2021, the totals came in at 145.5 and 134 points. In 2015, the semifinal totals were 131 and 140. Lastly, in 2010, the totals were 136.5 and 128.
Recognizing that those opponents were all different and the game itself is higher scoring now than even five years ago, some rise in the total is expected. Still, I think we have enough here to expect that defense will rule the day at the outset.
Eliminator pick: Illinois
If you’ve gotten this far and have multiple teams available, you need to pick the team in the national semifinal that you think will lose in the final. That’s why the Illini fit here. If you have both Michigan and Arizona, picking either one here will likely have you losing your next game by going against them. Illinois advances one last time.
Richard Allen didn’t invent the automobile bike rack — his 1967 patent application makes it clear that others came before. But after nearly sixty years selling popular and simple mechanical bike carriers, his company Allen Bikes now offers a line of — yes — Bluetooth-monitored suction cups to stick bikes to your car.
If you feel stressed just looking at these pictures of the new $299 Smart Suction Go, you’re not alone! It’s the first thing my colleague Andrew Liszewski said, and I wholeheartedly agree. But apparently some people already swear by the ease and portability of suction-cup bike mounts — SeaSucker is the big name in that space.
Now, Allen is trying to reduce the anxiety with smart pressure sensors, so you’ll (hopefully) know if the suction’s failing long before your precious bike hits the asphalt. It pairs over Bluetooth with a smartphone app. And, the company’s using the same tech in a mount to stick your DSLR or mirrorless camera to vehicles, too.
We had many questions. Here are some of the answers:
How long do you have to pull overonce suction starts failing?
“Because of the redundant design, users have several minutes to pull over and address any issues. Suction is actively checked every 5 seconds,” Alex Allen, the founder’s son and new owner, tells The Verge by email.
How do you know you’ve got enough suction to begin with?
Each cup has a little push-button pump on the side, with a color-changing indicator once there’s enough vacuum as well as detection in the app. But also, the company only advertises it for bikes weighing 35 pounds or less, mounted facing straight forward.
How many suction cups are monitored?
With the new $299 version, “The front three cups are actively monitored. The cups are actually strong enough that only one will keep the bike in place, but it is designed for redundancy and optimal stability.”
How do you know when it’s failing?
Smartphone notification, an alert in the app, and you can hook it up to Apple CarPlay or Android Auto to monitor on your dash, too. It doesn’t look like you can monitor exact pressure, images we’ve seen either show “good suction” or a warning.
The app supports both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, so you can monitor on your vehicle’s dash if you want.Image: Allen Bike
How about in about hot and cold weather? Suction cups can fail in each.
“Extremely reliable due to the real rubber blend material used for these cups,” claims Allen. “This material is specifically chose to withstand a wide range of temperatures and has UV-resistant additives to extend life even in harsh conditions. Smart Suction Go has been real-world tested in Dubai, where temperatures frequently exceed 40C.” He writes that the tested operating range is “-15C to +60C.”
Doesn’t rubber break down over time?
“In terms of lifespan, with typical consumer use the cups would generally be expected to provide about 7–10 years of service. Also, the cups themselves are fully replaceable if needed over time e.g., due to damage.”
What prevents a bike from being rapidly stolen?I see the original version comes with a security strap…
“The Smart Suction Go SB05 does not include the security tether of the first version. It is primarily designed to only be used for transporting the bike, not for storing the bike on the vehicle,” writes Allen. He also says disengaging the suction cups will trigger a notification in the app.
A picture of the app.Image: Allen Bike
Both of the company’s mounts take four standard AA batteries with “6-8 hrs total active usage,” according to Allen. “Probably could drive from SF to LA — but if you get stuck in traffic on the way back, you might need to put some fresh batteries in. (If you don’t have spares, most gas stations still carry AAs, no need for special CR2032 or anything,” he adds.)
Did Allen cut any other corners with the $299 version compared to the $599 original?
The back suction cup isn’t monitored, for one, and the company says some users might like how the original’s aluminum bar can keep the cups the same distance from each other every time. Also, Allen says the company simply has remaining inventory of the original that still needs to be sold.
I love the space-age meets hippy vibe of Allen’s original patent drawings, featuring a Volkswagen Beetle.Image: USPTO
You said something about a camera mount?
Yep. $70 for a single six-inch suction cup with Bluetooth monitoring, standard threaded screw mount, double ball-head for angling, rated for up to 6.6 pounds of camera, lens, and accessories. Might take away a little anxiety when you’re getting a fancy shot for your next film?
Image: Allen Bike
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Noah Schnapp briefly turned his fans’ brains upside down.
The Stranger Thingsstar appeared to hard launch a new relationship on April 1, writing “one month of us” with a heart alongside an Instagram Story photo of him and another man looking at a sunset with their arms around one another.
However, just hours later, Schapp, 21, revealed his actual relationship with the mystery man. As he quipped on his April 2 Instagram Story with a cheeky kissing emoji, “April fools.”
Prior to his reveal, fans celebrated his seemingly-taken relationship status—and demanded to know more about the man in his Story. On his most recent Instagram post from Feb. 26, featuring him and twin sister Chloe Schnapp, one fan asked, “HELLO HIS STORY? WHO IS IT NOAHHH.” Meanwhile another wrote, “I saw your story and I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOUUU THAT YOU FOUND YOUR PERSON.”
Still, some couldn’t help but clock the suspicious timing of his reveal, as a third person quipped, “I’m so happy for Noah, but… April 1st? Hmm.”
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