A ’nepo baby’ is used by many on social media as an insult to infer a successful person got into that position only because of help from or proximity to famous or successful family members. The daughter of director Jude Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up) and actress Leslie Mann (This Is 40) will be making her theater debut in Little Shop of Horrors as lead character Audrey. The news was announced by Playbill on Instagram, but the post was quickly inundated with comments accusing the 25-year-old of landing the role because of her well-connected parents....

In the piece, Ranallo said he was contacted by Michael Cole last month about his interest in working for the company. He then sent in some of his broadcast work including a mock fight between Floyd Mayweather and Warren Buffett for Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. That put him over the top in Vince McMahon’s eyes. MORE: WWE TLC results | Big E has found his groove | Wrestlers turned actors...

According to The Farmer’s Almanac, May’s full moon takes its name from the bounty of flowering of plants visible at this time of year. It is a tradition that dates back to Native Americans naming the moons to keep track of the seasons. May’s moon can also be called the full corn planting moon, as it marks the period after the frost when the farmers start to seed the fields, and the full milk moon, as it marks the time in Europe when dairy farmers would move cows to summer pastures....

BRODERICK: Hello there. Sorry I’m late… Just f—ed up. I totally– LANE: You’ve been ill. You’ve been on medication. MB: No, I just forgot. I totally spaced out. What a fun little angle that will be. [Laughs.] “He rushes in, disheveled, talking like an idiot.” NL: Nooo, you look snappy. MB: Well, I knew I had an interview this morning. NL: This morning. And then you couldn’t remember why you put the suit on?...

Although Mayweather is a perfect 47-0 entering the bout, boxing experts remain split on their picks. Celebrities tend to favor “Money” over “Pacman.” MORE: Time, date and odds | Ticket prices | How to watch the fight | History at MGM Grand Expert predictions Dan Rafael, ESPN.com: Mayweather by decision (via ESPN.com) Rafe Bartholomew, Grantland.com: Pacquiao by decision Teddy Atlas, ESPN/Friday Night Fights: Pacquiao by split decision Joe Tessitore, ESPN/Friday Night Fights: Majority draw...

New Jersey and Virginia are the only states with regularly scheduled gubernatorial elections this fall. While recent polling indicates sitting New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is several points ahead of his Republican competitor, Jack Ciattarelli, polls suggest the race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin in Virginia is much closer. Both Democrats are campaigning at a time when criticism of President Joe Biden is high amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, supply chain delays and the recent withdrawal of U....

The main event of the fight card will be Austin McBroom and AnEsonGib. Last June in Miami, McBroom defeated Bryce Hall via TKO. On that same card, AnEsonGib beat Tayler Holder via unanimous decision. AnEsonGib is known for facing Jake Paul in a boxing bout in 2018. Paul beat him via TKO in the first round. This fight card was supposed to take place in July, but AnEsonGib had to back out to undergo medical tests....

“Certainly November’s elections did not hand any side a mandate for sweeping ideological change,” McConnell said from the Senate floor on Tuesday. “Americans elected a closely divided Senate, a closely divided House and a presidential candidate who said he’d represent everyone.” The U.S. Senate, which has been under Republican control since 2016, will flip to Democratic control when two new Georgia senators are sworn in Wednesday after the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris....

The Unite union, which represents Kiwi workers at the fast food giant, said that more than 60,000 staff are due between 500-1,000 New Zealand dollars ($320-$640) in arrears per year they worked, which could result in a total bill of up to NZ$90 million ($57 million), Radio New Zealand reported. The fast food chain is among a number of private and public organisations in New Zealand which miscalculated annual leave entitlements after legislation was changed in 2003....

Charlotte Sunshine from Edinburgh, Scotland, bit into what she thought was the veggie deluxe burger, which comes with “red pesto veggie goujons with sandwich sauce and shredded lettuce in a sesame topped bun,” and is served in restaurants across the U.K. The McDonald’s meal was ordered by her boyfriend, Calum Donaghy, via the food delivery service JustEat on June 8. But when she bit into the burger, Sunshine realized something was wrong....

A text message that Kempczinski sent to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on April 19 was publicly released last week following an activist’s Freedom of Information Act request. The CEO was commenting to Lightfoot about the deaths of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams, who was fatally shot at a Chicago McDonald’s drive-thru the previous day, and 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer weeks earlier. “With both [shootings], the parents failed those kids which I know is something you can’t say,” Kempczinski wrote....

Sergeant Vincent Cole, a spokesperson for Phoenix Police Department, said the teenager, Prince Nedd, got into an altercation at about 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, at the fast-food outlet where he worked near 51st Avenue and Baseline Road in west Phoenix. Police believe the victim knew the man who shot him, CBS 5 reported. After the fight in the bathroom, the suspect ran away. Sgt Cole told the network: “There is a person of interest that we’re looking for....

The McGrath campaign told Newsweek that the team raised $8.7 million in August—the most money she has raised in any single month since launching her bid in the summer of 2019. The average donation in August was $48. “We continue to see excitement and momentum for Amy McGrath in the homestretch of the election,” campaign manager Dan Kanninen said in a statement. “After 36 years of Mitch McConnell working for D....

Ambrose was fined $25,000 for punching Mears, and Mears was fined $15,000 for instigating the incident by grabbing and shoving Ambrose in the garage. MORE: McMurray feeling no pressure from rookie teammate | Montoya to return | Harvick son McMurray believes NASCAR should have simply overlooked the incident and not taken action. “Well, I hoped that NASCAR would just let that go,” McMurray said a national teleconference Wednesday. “They have preached to all of us that they want us to be who we are, and I think it's good that you have some characters in the sport....

McMurray circled the half-mile track at an average speed of 99.905 mph for his second pole of the season. McMurray won the Sprint All-Star Race in May, but has not won a points race this season. Chase driver Joey Logano was second at 99.605 mph, followed by Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer. Logano, Kenseth, Hamlin, Keselowski, Newman and Edwards all advanced to the third round of the Chase last week....

Day’s story is a revealing way for McCain to open his book, for the success of the decision is far from obvious. In the very long run, it proved right—Day lived through the war, was an inspiring figure for McCain and others in captivity and ultimately came home to his family—but it was a very long run indeed. The lesson McCain takes from Day’s experience is that you make the best call you can given the facts of the moment, and then you take your chances, come what may....

As the below graph from Statista shows, 52 of Americans prefer plant-based foods that have similar tastes to meet. Accordingly, restaurants have met this demand and, using substitutes from the likes of Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, fast-food lovers are seeing their favorite dishes recreated. Newsweek has rounded up the restaurants in North America that are offering plant-based foods, as well as those who have made their intentions clear on launching meat-free menu options....

Later Wednesday, though, NFL Media reported the Patriots would not release Stork but instead trade him to the Redskins for a conditional draft pick. It’s a strange story, as Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald points out. MARVEZ: Still plenty to learn about Patriots This isn’t a blockbuster trade, but it’s interesting to see how an early leak of a player’s release led to the team getting value out of him....

Though the sport had a miniscule TV footprint just a decade or so ago, there is a relative bonanza of soccer now available to the American audience. On an average weekend day between August and May, an American TV viewer with basic cable can watch multiple games from two of Europe’s biggest leagues. A more advanced package grants access to the other three “big five” leagues. More likely than not, at least one match will be shown on an over-the-air broadcast network....

Between late 2014 and early 2015, Avanos sold hundreds of thousands of MicroCool surgical gowns, totaling $8,939,000 in value, to customers in the U.S. and abroad. The company said its gowns provided the highest possible level of protection from infectious diseases in surgical and other high-risk medical settings. However, only the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can classify hospital gowns as meeting the standard to provide such protection. In this case, the U....