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The NBA has officially benched Tristan Thompson.

On Jan. 23, the league announced that the Cleveland Cavaliers player has been suspended without pay for 25 games for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program by “testing positive for ibutamoren and SARM LGD-4033,” both of which can be used as performance enhancers and are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Tristan’s suspension officially begins on Jan. 24 with his team’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks.

The 32-year-old has yet to publicly comment on this setback. E! News has reached out to his rep for comment as well as the Cavaliers but has not yet heard back.

Tristan, who shares kids True Thompson, 5, and Tatum Thompson, 18 months, with ex Khloe Kardashian, rejoined his former NBA team in September on a one-year contract, the league previously reported. 

The center was drafted by the Cavaliers in 2011 and remained with the team for nine years until his 2020 departure for the Boston Celtics. Since that time, Tristan—who is also dad to sons Prince, 7, and Theo, 2—played for the Sacramento Kings, the Indiana Pacers, the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers before returning to the Cavs.

Crystal Kung Minkoff is in hot water.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star is accused of saying some super shady things about her costars in E! News’ exclusive sneak peek at the Bravo series’ Jan. 24 episode.

The one spilling the tea? Season 13 newbie Annemarie Wiley, who quickly clashed with Crystal after joining the show.

“The first time that Crystal and I met was at a mutual friend’s house around the holidays,” Annemarie says in the preview. “The first thing that Crystal said to me about this group of women was that you ladies were not intelligent, nobody was educated and you’re very shallow.”

While the allegation leaves the cast shocked, a heated Crystal denies bad-mouthing her fellow Housewives.

“Shallow and uneducated?!” she fires back. “That’s ridiculous!”

In a confessional Dorit Kemsley hilariously claps back at Crystal’s alleged digs.

“You’re nowhere near more educated than the rest us,” Dorit deadpans. “By the way, child bride, while you were getting married at 12, the rest of us were building businesses, graduating college. Doing things, you know, to educate ourselves.”

Even when love is blind, red flags aren’t hard to see. 

At least, that seems to be the case in the Love is Blind season six trailer, which Netflix dropped Jan. 23. At one point during the clip, contestant Amber Desiree, aka “AD,” walked out on a pod date after getting a deal-breaking question from another single. 

The male contestant asked the 32-year-old real estate broker, “How many followers do you have on Instagram?” 

But other hopeful singles are faring better in their quest for the one. In the teaser, one woman told a supportive female contestant through happy tears, “I just love him so much.”

Dropping Feb. 14, Love is Blind season six will follow 30 singles from Charlotte, N.C., who are looking to meet their future spouses. Hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, the show will bring together contestants from a wide range of professional backgrounds, from 25-year-old makeup artist Brittany to 34-year-old “cloud solutions architect” Ben.

Common never knew a love like this.

Not long after confirming his relationship with Jennifer Hudson, the Grammy winner revealed if he’s ready to walk down the aisle.

“I feel like I have grown and the work that I have done on myself has allowed me to see that I am a marrying type,” Common explained on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna Jan. 22. “I’m capable and I have the capacity, and if at some point in my life I may want to do that, I would know when the right time is.”

And the 51-year-old, who has never been married, has chosen to let his faith navigate him in those decisions.

“For me, everything is divine,” he said. “I work from that discernment that God speaks—when He speaks into your stomach and you feel it in your heart and your spirit, so when I would feel that, I will communicate with that person and if she’s feeling that, then why not?”

Lights, camera, action.

Awards season is here, and on Jan. 23 Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid revealed the Academy’s list of nominations for the 2024 Oscars. And amid the impressive list of hopefuls comes, as always, some surprise nominees and others who were shockingly left off the list.

Among the expected, however, are Oppenheimer and Poor Things films coming out with the highest number of nominations, both with 11. Stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo also earned nods for their acting work in the films, and both are up for the coveted Best Picture award.  

Two of the most notable omissions occurred for Barbie, with Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig left off the nominees for Best Actress and Director respectively, while among the surprises nominations are a number for Netflix’s Nyad.

The 96th Academy Awards—hosted for the fourth time by Jimmy Kimmel—will air on Mar. 10 live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where viewers will get to see which of their favorites will walk away with one of film’s highest honors. 

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18. Phillip didn’t have a lot of time to practice the song before performing it for the space station concert scene.

“I think I got the song maybe the night before,” the actor told PeopleTV. “The choreographer was, I think, Michael Jackson’s choreographer.”

And, admittedly, dancing wasn’t exactly Phillip’s forte. “I’m not much of a dancer,” he continued. “I had two left feet. So I was trying to remember the song that I’d just been given plus these dance moves.”

19. While it’s hard to imagine Proto Zoa without his signature spikes, the ‘do wasn’t always part of the plan.

“I wanted to do something different, so we did the peroxide blonde thing, spiky hair thing,” Phillip added. “It wasn’t written that way actually.”

20. If you’ve orbited through all the Zenon movies, then you know Phillip was in the first and second films but not the third. The reason?

“I was shooting Nip/Tuck at the time, and…I was committed to it,” Phillip told HuffPost in 2018. “It was Ryan Murphy’s first big thing, and I just couldn’t leave, really.”

As a result, Nathan Anderson replaced him for Z3. And it looks like Phillip is a fan.

“I met him via a friend, and he’s a lovely guy,” he added. “That’s not easy taking over the role. He’s American. He had to do an English accent as well. That’s tough, just not fair.” 

21. “Supernova Girl” wasn’t the only soundtrack hit. Along with Donald Markowitz, Stu wrote “The Galaxy Is Ours” for The Zequel—noting it’s the only songwriting credit in his career.

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With millions of products on their site, Amazon is the best place to find random gadgets that you never knew you needed but that you now can’t imagine your life without. This is especially true when it comes to items that you use in your kitchen daily. Whether your aim is get your kitchen organized or find products that make prepping, cooking, and storing food much easier, Amazon has got you covered. If you’ve ever wondered which Amazon items are worth the hype, you’re in luck because we’ve done the research for your and compiled it all into a handy list highlighting the most popular kitchen products that Amazon can’t keep in stock.

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Michael Phelps is swimming with joy over his newest family member. 

The Olympic gold medalist and his wife, Nicole Johnson, welcomed their fourth child, Nico Michael Phelps, on Jan. 16. 

“@mrs.nicolephelps and I wanna welcome Nico Michael Phelps to the world. Born on 1/16,” the decorated athlete shared on Instagram Jan. 22. “We’re so blessed to be given a 4th child. We’re now a family of 6!”

The exciting announcement was accompanied by a photo of the couple with Nico, who was swaddled in a blanket while Phelps held him adoringly. 

Nico is the fourth kid—and fourth son—to join the Phelps family, which already includes Boomer, 7, Beckett, 5, and Maverick, 4. Michael and Nicole, who got married in 2016, first confirmed they were expecting a sixth addition to the fam in an anniversary post from October. 

“Happy Anniversary to my best friend, hubby and partner thru life,” Nicole captioned the sweet tribute. “I couldn’t have asked for anyone better!”