Dick Hoyt, Boston Marathon Icon Who Pushed His Son in a Wheelchair at Races, Dies at 80

Dick Hoyt.Photo: Gregory Rec/Getty ImagesDick Hoyt— the beloved Boston Marathon runner who pushed his son, Rick Hoyt, in a wheelchair at the annual race for decades — has died at the age of 80.He died in his sleep at his Holland, Mass., home on Wednesday morning, according to his family.“He had an ongoing heart condition that he had been struggling with for years and it just got the better of him,” Russ Hoyt, one of his sons, told theAssociated Press....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1377 words · Jonathon Ruiz

Dick Van Dyke Calls 'Having a Beautiful Young Wife Half My Age' His Secret to Staying Young at 97

Dick Van Dykeappeared on theseason 9 premiereofThe Masked Singerand proved that at 97, he hasn’t slowed down. TheMary Poppinsstar — who marriedArlene Silver, 51, in 2012 — credits a few different reasons he’s stayed young at heart. “Genes, I guess, for one thing,” Van Dyke recently toldYahoo! Entertainment. “Having a beautiful young wife half my age to take care of me — that works! My positive attitude, I get that from my wife....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Sophia Lawson

Dick Van Dyke Steps Out to Attend Portrait Series Exhibit Documenting His Life

Dick Van Dyke at the opening reception for Dick Van Dyke - Moments in Time.Photo:SplashNews SplashNews Dick Van Dykemade a rare public appearance in Southern California on Sunday to attend a special exhibition honoring his life. According to the event’s website, Van Dyke met Johansen in 2015 when she took some photos of him and his family at a fan art exhibit. Van Dyke then asked the visual artist to become his “personal photographer....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 489 words · Regina Perkins

Did Eiza Gonzalez Accidentally Show Boyfriend Josh Duhamel Getting Undressed on Instagram?

Eiza Gonzalezmay have shared more of boyfriendJosh Duhamelthan she intended. The actress, 28, posted a body-positive Instagram post on Monday showing off her toned figure in a gray-blue bikini while on vacation in Mexico with theTransformersactor, 45. “Feel comfortable in your own skin. No one can take that away from you ❤,” she wrote in the caption of the short video. As she did, in the far corner of the reflection a man, who appeared to be Duhamel, could be seen briefly....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Thomas Nielsen

Diddy Recruits Montell Jordan, Kelis and More to Make a Hit Song for Uber One in New Super Bowl Ad

Sean “Diddy” Combsis tasked with making a hit song for Uber One in an upcoming commercial set to air duringSuper BowlLVII on Sunday. “You want me to do a jingle?” says the “I’ll Be Missing You” musician at the top of the clip. After one of his assistants declares that Diddy doesn’t make jingles, the Uber One executives assure him they’re asking for “One Hit for Uber One” — not a jingle....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · Melissa Anthony

Diddy's Teenage Daughters D'Lila, Jessie and Chance Look All Grown Up as They Pose Together at Homecoming

Diddy’s Teenage Daughters D’Lila, Jessie and Chance pose together at homecoming.Photo:The Combs Twins/Instagram, Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic The Combs Twins/Instagram, Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic Sean “Diddy” Combs' daughters are all smiles as they celebrate homecoming. TwinsD’Lila Star and Jessie James, 16, posed with big sisterChance, 17, in a sweet photo shared on the younger pair’s joint Instagram account. “🖤HOCO 2023🖤,” they captioned the shot, where a twin stands on each side of Chance leaning in as they all wear similar sparkly black dresses and matching black heels....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Elizabeth Fisher

Disabled Dog Saved an Hour Before Euthanasia Deadline Is Thriving with Wheelchair and New Home

Photo: SWNS A disabled dog that was due to be put down was saved an hour before the deadline and now lives a happy life with her adoptive family, who got the canine a custom wheelchair. Poppie, aGerman shepherd/Chow Chowmix, suffers fromCerebellar Hypoplasia(CH), which means her cerebellum is underdeveloped, a condition that affects her mobility. CH affects coordination, balance, and motor skills but causes Poppie no pain. Poppie has been in and out of shelters all her life as no one wanted to care for the pooch due to her condition and apparent aggression....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 447 words · Mary Dunn

Disney Channel Alum Tiffany Thornton Welcomes Her Fourth Baby: 'She's Here'

Photo: Tiffany Thornton/Instagram Tiffany Thorntonis a mom of four!The 35-year-oldSonny with a Chancealum welcomed her fourth child, daughter Kimber Jo, on Wednesday, July 21, she announced on Instagram. This is her second child with husbandJosiah Capaci, whom shemarried in October 2017.After hours of documenting her experience at the hospital on her Instagram Stories, Thorton shared a video saying, “She’s here!““We started pushing at like 2:03 and she was here at 2:05,” she adds as Capaci brings their infant daughter into view....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 649 words · Kristina Lee

Disney Is Now Selling 'Grown-Ups' Lemonade' and Chocolate Bacon Pastries in Toy Story Land

Disney is giving lunch box food a big upgrade — along with one major adult overhaul.AtToy Story Land, the new addition to Disney’s Hollywood Studios that opens in Orlando on June 30, visitors are popped into the backyard ofToy Story‘s star kid, Andy. And although the surroundings are designed to channel your inner child — why yes, thatisa Cootie bug the size of a car —the food is surprisingly grownup.Woody’s Lunch Box, the land’s new quick-service restaurant, features a menu of comfort classics — and a new alcoholic drink, “Grown-Ups’ Lemonade,” made with Three Olives Cherry Vodka....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 480 words · Sara Rogers

Disney Star Alyson Stoner Shares Romantic Kiss with Her Female Love Interest in Her New Music Video

Months afteropening up about her sexualityin a moving essay, Alyson Stoner dropped her music video for her single “Fool” starring a female love interest. “Secret’s out… full gay in bio,” Stoner, 25,captioned a shotfrom the visual, which shows her kissing a woman. In the video, theStep Upstar can be seen dancing around a beach house in Malibu, California, before celebrating her birthday with a bunch of friends. After her friends surprise her with cake, Stoner makes her way to the beach to meet her love interest, model Jazzmyne Robbins....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 459 words · Anna Tran

Disney World Announces Plans to Power Almost Half of the Park with Solar Energy in Next 2 Years

Photo: Walt Disney World Resorts The new projects will add “to a not-so-hidden Mickey shaped solar array” near Epcot, which is already twice the size of the Magic Kingdom, according to theOrlando Sentinel. Of course, those aren’t the only new plans in the work. There are also new solar canopies being installed at Disneyland Paris that will provide shelter for 9,500 guest vehicles, as well as a solar facility that will provide about 70% of the power used on Disney Cruise Line’s private island Castaway Cay in The Bahamas....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · Lisa Hill

Does Justin Moore Deserve 'Small Town Street Cred'? PEOPLE Puts Him to the Test!

Justin Moore’s new album features a song title that almost demands a dare: Does the artist have what it takes to earn his own “Small Town Street Cred”? Granted, Moore already meets the most important requirement: He, his wife and four children live in Poyen (pronounced “POH-en”), the tiny central Arkansas town where he was raised. But PEOPLE still decided to put him to the test during a phone interview on Tuesday just after he’d returned home from a month on the road....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 971 words · Benjamin Peters

Dogs Can Naturally Count and Process Numbers Like Humans, New Study Finds

Photo: Getty Dogs might not know what W-A-L-K spells,but they are learning to talkand soon they might be your math tutor. In astudytitled “Canine Sense of Quantity” published inBiology Lettersearlier this month, researchers from Atlanta’s Emory University found that a dog’s brain processes numbers in a similar way to the human mind. The four-legged animals use a specific portion of their brains to compute basic numerical quantities, much like the region where humans have number-responsive neural patterns, according to the study....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Melissa Mayer