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Washington Post
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
A rocket scientist wrestles with backlash over her Blue Origin flight
In early April, I was looking at a beautiful Elle magazine spread featuring the six women who were set to crew the all-female Blue Origin flight into space. There was Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King — and then my jaw dropped. There was my friend Aisha Bowe, surrounded by celebrities.
CNET
2 days ago
- Science
- CNET
Blue Origin's Next Space Launch Is Saturday: Here's How to Stream and What to Know
Blue Origin has been on a roll in 2025 with multiple successful launches already, and its next one is coming up on Saturday. The NS-32 mission will take six people into suborbital space for a quick jaunt before returning back to Earth. It's the third such New Shepard mission in 2025 so far, and the 32nd in total. The prior launch famously included an all-female crew featuring pop star Katy Perry, TV personality Gayle King, and journalist Lauren Sanchez. This mission is set to launch from Blue Origin's Launch Site One location in West Texas at 9:30 a.m. ET on May 31. Like the prior New Shepard missions, NS-32 will take its six crew members above the Kármán line — the internationally recognized boundary between Earth and space — to suborbital space for about 11 minutes before landing back on Earth. During the mission, the crew will experience the weightlessness of space while also getting an excellent view of the Earth. How to watch the NS-32 launch The launch will be webcast on Blue Origin's website with coverage starting 30 minutes before the launch, so 9 a.m. ET. If this launch coverage is the same as previous ones, the webcast will cover the launch itself, the entire flight, and the landing. Prior launches also included interviews with the crew to get their initial thoughts on going to space, which we expect will be included with the NS-32 webcast. Read more: SpaceX Loses Contact With Starship in Third Test Flight Failure in a Row If you miss the launch, you can still watch it later. The company posts all of its previous NS missions on its YouTube channel, typically within the same day as the launch. The New Shepard capsule is pressurized and climate controlled with window seats for all passengers Blue Origin What rocket is NS-32 using? NS-32 will be using the New Shepard rocket, like every other NS mission. This rocket is known for being fully reusable, with a small capsule at the top with room for all six passengers. Blue Origin says the vehicle is fully autonomous. It will launch, fly, and eventually land with no pilots, which is why none of the NS missions feature a human pilot. The rocket saw its first crewed launch in 2021 when Jeff Bezos famously took part in the flight. The crew includes a mixture of entrepreneurs and educators. Blue Origins Who is the NS-32 crew? Typically, Blue Origin crews have featured people from all walks of life, including teachers, business people, and celebrities. The NS-32 crew is no different, although it lacks the celebrity flair of the prior NS-31 mission. The crew includes: Paul Jeris Jeris is a real estate developer and entrepreneur. He has visited 149 countries and is looking to add space to his list of places visited. Jesse Williams Williams is a Canadian entrepreneur and the current CEO of Car History Group. He has climbed six of the seven highest peaks on Earth. Aymette (Amy) Medina Jorge Jorge is a high school and middle school teacher focusing on STEM subjects. She's the 2023 AIAA and Challenger Center Trailblazing STEM Educator Award winner. Dr. Gretchen Green Green is a radiologist specializing in women's imaging and has over 20 years of experience. Among her many accolades, she now serves on the US Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation Board. Jaime Alemán Alemán is a Panamanian attorney and businessman who also served as ambassador to the US. He also serves on the Special Olympics International's Board of Directors, Duke Law School's Board of Visitors, and the Woodrow Wilson's Latin America Board. Jaime will also be the first person ever to visit all 193 UN-recognized countries, the North and South Poles, and space. Mark Rocket The aptly named Rocket is an entrepreneur from New Zealand. He serves as CEO of Kea Aerospace and as the President of Aerospace New Zealand, furthering the country's interests in aerospace.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Gayle King stirs the pot between Audra McDonald and Patti LuPone after Broadway diva's brutal 'not a friend' swipe
Diva Patti LuPone dropped jaws earlier this week after she coldly revealed she doesn't consider fellow Broadway star Audra McDonald to be a friend. But now Gayle King has waded into the drama as she boldly asked Audra about the cutthroat comment in an upcoming interview for CBS Mornings. Despite insisting she didn't intend to 'start a Broadway dust-up' by asking the question, undoubtedly the remark will only stir the pot between the two. A composed Audra, 54, insisted she was unaware of any drama between them and that she hadn't seen her former co-star, 76, in over a decade. 'Patti Lapone says about you, "Audra is not a friend"... I know there's a lot of back and forth. Were you surprised to hear that said about you from her?' Gayle, 70, asked. 'And I'm not trying to start a Broadway dust up here, but I'm wondering how you're processing.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. As Gayle asked the question, the theater legend had a tight smile on her face but remained calm and collected. 'If there's a rift between us, I don't know what it is,' she replied. 'That's something that you'd have to ask Patti about. 'You know, I haven't seen her in about 11 years, just because we've been busy just with life and stuff. So I don't know what rift she's talking about, but you'd have to ask her.' The clip was posted by CBS Mornings to their TikTok account where they clarified in the caption that the interview was 'scheduled before' Patti's comments about Audra went viral. Audra's entire interview will air next week. Earlier this week the New Yorker published a profile on Patti where she declared Audra is 'not a friend anymore' - and hadn't been for some time. The touchy topic was brought to the surface when Patti was asked about Audra performing in Gypsy, a musical she's closely associated with. 'When I asked what she had thought of McDonald's current production of Gypsy,' the publication's Michael Schulman wrote, LuPone 'stared at me, in silence, for fifteen seconds. 'Then she turned to the window and sighed, "What a beautiful day."' Patti skewered multiple high-profile colleagues in a recent New Yorker profile where she declared Audra was 'not a friend anymore' - and hadn't been for some time. Pictured April 27 in NYC MacDonald and LuPone pictured during rehearsal of Mahagonny at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in LA on January 30, 2007 LuPone also questioned the experience of Kecia Lewis, six months after Tony-award winning actress called her out for remarks she found 'offensive' Patti also questioned the Broadway experience of Tony-award winning actress Kecia Lewis, who last year accused LuPone of making 'bullying' and 'racially microaggressive' comments about her show Hell's Kitchen. Patti told the magazine in reaction: 'Oh, my God. Here's the problem. She calls herself a veteran? Let's find out how many Broadway shows Kecia Lewis has done, because she doesn't know what the f*** she's talking about.' She added, 'She's done seven. I've done thirty-one. Don't call yourself a vet, b****.' (The publication noted that Lewis has done 10 and LuPone 28.)
Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Is this the moment the Pope got starstruck by Oprah? Fans convinced new Supreme Pontiff lit up when he spotted her in crowd
Oprah Winfrey sounded overjoyed to have a brief personal connection to Pope Leo XIV when she spotted him driving by in his popemobile. On Wednesday, the 71-year-old daytime television icon shared a video of the newly elected pope driving through an adoring crowd after having delivered his inaugural mass. As Pope Leo's vehicle crept past where she and her BFF Gayle King were standing, Oprah — who has dropped more than 40 pounds over the past year-and-a-half — shouted out, ' Chicago!' The city was both her longtime home and where she taped The Oprah Winfrey Show for decades, and it is also the birthplace of the latest pope, who was born Robert Francis Prevost in 1955. Oprah's clip quickly went viral, with fans left convinced that Pope Leo XIV was totally starstruck when he saw the TV icon in the crowd of people. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. On Wednesday, the 71-year-old TV icon shared a video of herself, Gayle King and Maria Shriver cheering on the new pope after his inaugural mass. Oprah even appeared to get his attention 'He knew it was you! So cool! Wow! He knows you're a great human,' one fan wrote. Another added: 'He pointed at you [Oprah]. That is so cool. The Pope knows Oprah' Many of Oprah's fans marveled at the 'special moment' and how they found the pope's reaction 'sweet.' They loved the way he appeared to 'point' at Oprah after 'recognizing her voice.' 'The point! He's gotta be a tiny bit amazed to see her in the crowd,' penned one Instagram user, who earned nearly 600 'likes' on the comment. Whether Pope Leo heard Oprah shouting out his old stomping grounds, or whether he just noticed her and Gayle in the crowd, she successfully managed to get his attention. Just as the pope was driving past their vantage point, he appeared to glance back with what looked like an expression of recognition. Pope Leo's grin grew even wider, and he went from waving at the adoring crowd members to pointing his finger toward Oprah's direction. 'He pointed at you!' Oprah could be heard saying to her companions just before the clip ended, suggesting that he may have been singling out Fr. Manuel Dorantes. 'This past Sunday, @oprah and @gayleking attended the inaugural mass for @pontifex — and they captured the moment he drove by them in the Popemobile!' the video's caption read on Instagram. 'It'll be a moment they'll never forget, especially for Chicago's own Lady O.' In a post for Oprah Daily, the entertainment industry mogul revealed that she and Gayle were also joined by their friend Maria Shriver at the Vatican to see Leo's first mass as pope. She revealed that it was Fr. Manuel who had invited the women to the celebration. 'It gave me hope to hear him speak, so simply and from the heart, of unity in a world so divided,' Oprah wrote of the Pope Leo's homily. 'The Pope's message wasn't cloaked in dogma or political calculation. It was an invitation,' she continued. 'An invitation to imagine what could happen if we centered our lives not around fear or control, but around love, service, and radical compassion.' Oprah's playful appearance at the the first mass for Pope Leo comes after another hilarious video in which she and Gayle partied before heading to one of the Los Angeles dates of Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter tour late last month. 'Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up!' Oprah shouted in a video of the women, before Gayle quoted lyrics from Beyoncé's Texas Hold 'Em, interjecting with 'Don't be a b****, come take it to the floor now.' The concert ended up creating some blowback among fans for Gayle, though, as some complained that she was ' flaunting her wealth ' as she and Oprah partied before the concert. The controversy followed after her ticket on Blue Origin's all-female voyage into space cost a whopping $150,000.
Daily Mail
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Gayle King could lose lucrative CBS News gig within months as embattled network faces ratings freefall
Longtime CBS News anchor Gayle King may soon be out of a job as her embattled network faces plummeting ratings amid its $8.4 billion merger with Skydance. King's one-year contract is due to end in September, and the 70-year-old star will likely face a difficult time trying to renew her contract, insiders told the New York Post. The network sources said her salary - which is believed to be more than $10 million - is just too high to justify CBS Morning's tanking ratings. The large sum had already been trimmed last year from $13 million when she inked a new one-year deal. But getting another one-year deal would be a 'miracle' as CBS News tries to cut its costs, one insider explained. 'This could be Gayle's last year,' another added. The insiders also noted that King does not have much bargaining leverage. Even if the legendary anchor opts for another pay cut, they said, it would likely be even steeper than last year's as the news division's ratings plummet and King continues to face backlash for her trip to space. Some 3.9 million viewers tuned into the space spectacle on the morning of April 14, new Nielsen numbers show. NBC's Today, meanwhile, managed 2.489 million total viewers on average in the same week - while Good Morning America at ABC averaged 2.655 million. But CBS Mornings - which King co-hosts with Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson - quickly dropped back to third place - in both total viewers and the hallowed 25-54 demo. Its total viewership has now sunk below 2 million total viewers - trailing NBC's Today Show, which had 2.6 million viewers in the week of May 5, and ABC's Good Morning America, which garnered 2.7 million viewers. As one insider said, 'Skydance is definitely not going to keep her with those numbers.' Yet others expressed their doubts about King leaving, saying the network is trying to stem its losses. It has already suffered a blow when former 60 Minutes boss Bill Owens announced his resignation - and on Monday, CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon said she is quitting the network. That leaves the number two executive, CBS News President Tom Cibrowski, in charge. 'Tom doesn't have enough hands to plug the holes in the dam,' said one insider, who noted that losing King would be a major shakeup for CBS' morning program - and would just be another problem Cibrowski would have to solve. Meanwhile, Paramount - the network's parent company - is already expected to kick off another round of layoffs as part of its efforts to slash $500 million as soon as next month in preparation for the merger with Skydance. Assuming that deal goes through, the new management from Skydance is also expected to continue the cost-cutting efforts at the network. 'The first year of the merger will just be consolidation,' another source said, while an insider close to Skydance emphasized that 'No one has given any thought to Gayle King's contract, as there are clearly other priorities to tackle.' In fact, executives at the embattled news network are also trying to settle President Donald Trump's $20 billion lawsuit. The president has claimed that a 60 Minutes segment featuring Kamala Harris ahead of the 2020 presidential election was deceptively edited. CBS News has maintained that the then-vice president simply gave a lengthy answer, which was then cut down due to time constraints. But Shari Redstone, the heiress of Paramount Global, is seeking to settle the suit in an effort to get the merger approved by Trump's Federal Communications Commission - which is also investigating whether the interview violated 'news distortion' rules. The FCC has already said it will not approve the deal until a settlement between CBS News and Trump is reached. It also reminded Paramount executives that it may not approve the merger if its investigation finds CBS staffers engaged in bias by 'deceptively' editing the 60 Minutes interview, to the point it could constitute 'distortion.'
