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The first image ofCynthia Erivoas musical phenomenonAretha Franklinhas arrived.TheHarrietstar, 32, completes her transformation as the Queen of Soul in the first look for National Geographic’sGenius: Aretha, a biographical television anthology series about Franklin.In a still released Friday, Erivo sits at the piano in what appears to be a recording studio, wearing a colorful jacket, a gray turtleneck and a pink necklace and earring.“Over the last few months, I’ve been preparing myself to embody the Queen of Soul, from relistening to her music to discovering her rare interviews and reading some amazing books on her — all to really capture Aretha’s attitude and spirit,” said Erivo in a statement....

Sabrina Parrhas been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.The 34-year-old fitness influencer, who waspreviously engagedtoLamar Odomfor a year,opened up about the diagnosisin an Instagram post on Sunday, a day before she underwent surgery to have a cancerous tumor inside of her ovary removed.“I have been quietly battling something for quite some time, and I’m finally ready to share it,” Parr began in the caption. “I found out this year that I have been walking around with a malignant tumor inside my ovary that has grown to about 5 inches wide in size....

Florida police are searching for a man they say used a machete to kill his 10-year-old daughter and his wife of 10 years, who had made it clear that she wanted to leave him. “You planned to kill her on her birthday,” Ashley Anderson, an adult daughter of Harris’, alleged about the suspect, reportsThe Miami Herald. “To come home and be killed after a good day of having fun — please, just give yourself up....

The still-unsolved murder 25 years ago of 18-year-old mom Victoria Rose Miller cast her brokenhearted family adrift. Vickie had four sisters and a brother, and everything that followed for them “was extremely turbulent,” her sister Alexis Miller, who was 8 years old at the time, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “Her death seems to be that defining moment where my memories really began. I have two daughters of my own and I try not to be overprotective....

Photo: Facebook A Florida woman wanted in connection with the disappearance of a woman whose body was found in the trunk of the suspect’s car in Tennessee has turned herself in, say police. On Thursday, following a nationwide manhunt, Courtney Dawn Gibson, 27, surrendered to police in Lebanon, Tennessee, after being on the run for days in connection with the disappearance of Anne Primavere, 36, the Titusville Police Department in Florida announced in a statement....

Florence Pughcontinues to dominate every red carpet she walks. The star’s dress — in the signature Valentino red hue — featured thin red straps and an open back. The full skirt went to the floor and turned into a long, sweeping train in the back. Pugh slicked her hair back and wore dark red lipstick paired with dark red nails. Pughposted several photos of the event, her gown, and Piccioli on Instagram on Wednesday....

Florence Pugh’s mom and dad may have had more fun than anyone during the 2020 Oscars ceremony.TheBlack Widowactress was Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her work inLittle Womenand brought her parents along for the ride in Los Angeles. Pugh appeared onJimmy Kimmel Live!this week where hostJimmy Kimmelasked how her parents behaved during awards season.And Pugh, 25, sure has some stories.“They were pure havoc, it was like wrangling toddlers the entire week,” Pugh joked....

Photo: Fox 13 Tampa BayA rescue alligator is finally breathing easy, thanks to concerned Florida locals.According to Fox 13, a worried resident of Hillsborough County, Florida, reached out to the station in Februaryto raise awareness about an alligator caught in her community.Amber Lock told Fox 13 on Feb. 12 that there was an alligator with its mouth taped shut living in her community’s retention pond and that the animal had been there in that condition since December....

Photo: SJSO Employees at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park were left baffled when they came across a floating Croc shoe and discarded clothes in the facility’s crocodile pit Tuesday morning. Desperate for answers, St. Augustine staff members took a look at the park’s security footage and discovered a man had broken into the farm and jumped off a roof into the crocodile exhibit, which is home to three 12-foot Nile crocodiles, News 4 Jaxreported....

Lucas Grisafi.Photo: Courtesy Jen Grisafi On Wednesday night, hours after the Centers for Disease Control gave the okay for kids ages 12 to 15 to get Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, Jacqueline Shroeder received a text from a nurse friend running a vaccine clinic. Could Schroeder bring her daughter, Moira, 13, over immediately for her first shot? There were 10 extra doses that needed to be used that evening. “I was so excited, I told my daughter, ‘Let’s go, we’re going to get a vaccine,’ and she said, ‘Now?...

Photo:Enos Solomon/FilmMagic Enos Solomon/FilmMagic A cause of death forAustin Majorshas officially been determined. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-CoronerconfirmedTuesday that the former child actor onNYPD Bluedied of fentanyl toxicity. His death was ruled as an accident. PEOPLE has reached out to Majors’s sister, Kali Majors-Raglin, for additional comment. The department first confirmed Majors' death in February, indicating that hedied on Feb. 11. The case had also been deferred “pending additional investigation....

Photo: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Apollo Nida is on his way to becoming a free man after five years behind bars. The former husband ofReal Housewives of Atlantaalumna Phaedra Parks has been released from prison and is currently at a halfway house in Philadelphia, online records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirm. He will remain there until Oct. 15. Nida, 40, was arrested in January 2014 and pleaded guilty to bank fraud and identity theft months later....

Former NASCAR Star Danica Patrick Escapes Burning Man ‘Swamp’.Photo:danicapatrick/InstagramDanica Patrickwas one of the many festival-goers stuck at Burning Man this year aftersevere weather conditionsturned the desert locale into a “swamp,” she said.The former NASCAR star, 41, recounted how she “made it out” of this year’s chaotic Burning Man in anInstagramStory on Sunday.“Stuck 3 times and it took 4 hours … but on pavement,” Patrick told her followers in the since-expired Story, according toThe New York Post....