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Bill Gates acknowledged this week that he had two affairs with Russian women during his marriage to Melinda French Gates and addressed his past association with Jeffrey Epstein during a town hall meeting with employees of the Gates Foundation. He apologized to staff for the controversy surrounding his connection to the disgraced financier while insisting he was not involved in any illegal activity.

According to a recording reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Gates told employees at the Feb. 24 meeting that he "did nothing illicit" and saw nothing illegal during his interactions with Epstein. A spokesperson for Gates said the event was a regularly scheduled town hall where he answered questions submitted by foundation staff. Topics included the release of Epstein related documents, the foundation's work in artificial intelligence, and the future of global health. The spokesperson added that Gates spoke openly and took responsibility for his past actions.

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Gucci’s shift toward AI-generated marketing has sparked a significant controversy, highlighting a growing rift between high-fashion heritage and digital automation. By replacing human talent with algorithms, the fashion house faces accusations of hypocrisy for claiming to champion "Italian craftsmanship" while simultaneously removing the human element from its creative process.

"Bleak days when Gucci can't find a real human Milanese grandmother to wear an outfit from 1976," said one in response to an AI-generated image of a glamorous older Italian woman in a classic Gucci outfit.

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Lexi Jones is speaking openly about a difficult time in her life.

David Bowie and Iman's daughter shared a 20-minute video detailing various aspects of her adolescence, including her struggle with drugs and alcohol following her late father's cancer diagnosis.

"It was my first year of high school, and everyone around me was experimenting, but for me, it wasn't about having fun," she wrote on Instagram on February 18. "I was not experimenting. I was fleeing—from my complicated mind, family, and school. When everyone else's party ended, I continued on my own, drinking and getting high."

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"Back to the Future" actor Crispin Glover has been hit with a lawsuit by a former girlfriend who alleges he subjected her to abuse, fraud and wrongful eviction in a troubling legal filing.

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Paul Anthony Kelly is living a new kind of love story.

After all, the Love Story actor and his wife, Syd Widziszewski-Kelly, just welcomed their first child together.

So it's not just the fame from his role as John F. Kennedy Jr. that keeps him awake at night. Being tired, he told Kelly Clarkson on the February 23 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, "That's, like, an understatement, for sure."

Naturally, his newborn has a connection to Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, played by Sarah Pidgeon in the FX series.

In November, after filming, he admitted, "My wife and I need to go back home and start nesting," he told Interview. "The baby arrives in January. Originally, the baby was expected to arrive on January 7, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy's birthday.

For the Canadian model, who married Syd in May 2023, all of these major life milestones occurred simultaneously.

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The Los Angeles Lakers honored legendary coach Pat Riley, mastermind of the team’s 1980s “Showtime” era, with a statue outside Crypto.com Arena on Sunday.

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The collective effort to support the family of the late Eric Dane continues to gain momentum, with his former partner, model and actress Priya Jaine, contributing $10,000 to the actor’s memorial fund. The donation added to a rapidly growing total that has seen significant participation from both the public and high-profile figures within the entertainment industry.

The GoFundMe campaign, titled the “Book of Days Memorial Fund,” was established shortly after the Grey’s Anatomy star passed away on February 19 following a private battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Jaine’s contribution appeared on the fundraiser’s public ledger just one day after a $20,000 donation from Hailey Bieber, highlighting the broad network of support surrounding Dane’s surviving family.

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Supermodel Bella Hadid is opening up about the emotional toll of stepping back from work during her Lyme disease treatment.

In a recent joint interview with her sister Gigi Hadid for Vogue Italia, Bella revealed that her health struggles forced her to decline nearly all professional opportunities for close to a year, a period she says deeply affected her sense of self.

"I was emotional because you feel disposable," Bella admitted, reflecting on the time she spent focusing on treatment instead of her fast-paced modeling career.