The Grammy Awards will be introducing several new categories, and updating key existing ones, ahead of its 2027 ceremony. New categories that will be introduced for next year’s ceremony include Best Asian Pop Music Performance, Best R&B Collaboration or Duo/Group, Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, Best Traditional Folk Album and Best Latin Song. The introduction of five new awards means there will be 100 categories at the 2027 ceremony. In addition, artists will now be allowed to be submitted for Best New Artist a maximum of four times, and the threshold for the number of new songs on an album to ensure eligibility for Best Album has been lowered from 75 percent to 66 percent, in what the Recording Academy says is an effort “to reduce the exclusion of entries that are widely recognized throughout the music industry as new albums.” Other changes include awarding songwriters and contributors to award-winning albums now receiving Grammy statuettes and award certificates, which producers and engineers already receive. “[These changes] were all inspired by our music community sharing with us that they felt they needed to have more opportunities to celebrate different and new genres of music,” Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said on Tuesday.

A new poll has found that a considerable portion of the population doesn’t think the United States will stick around for another 250 years. Ahead of the nation’s semiquincentennial next month, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday found that 38 percent of Americans, nearly two-fifths of the population, don’t believe the U.S. will exist by its 500th anniversary. Broken down by party affiliation, 26 percent of Republicans and 40 percent of Democrats don’t think that the U.S. will be a united country in the year 2476. The poll, which took place from June 12 through June 15, surveyed 1,537 American adults and had a three percent margin of error. The poll comes amid the elaborate celebrations spurred by President Donald Trump in anticipation of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration on July 4. On Sunday, Trump kicked off festivities with a UFC fight night hosted on the White House’s South Lawn in honor of his 80th birthday. Trump’s latest approval rating from Decision Desk currently sits at 56.7 percent disapproval as of Tuesday morning.

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Saturday Night Live alum Kate McKinnon wants to help you say “I do.” The 42-year-old comedian talked about officiating her sister’s wedding on Today with Jenna & Sheinelle and joked that she would be open to marrying other couples. McKinnon and her younger sister Emily Lynne were on the program to promote season two of their audio show Heads Will Roll. McKinnon married Emily and her husband, artist Matt Leary, last year, after becoming a Universal Life minister. McKinnon wore a rainbow-colored stole with gold tassels over a lengthy black ceremonial robe for the ceremony “I am a minister, few know this. I am a universal life minister,” McKinnon told host Jenna Bush Hager. “I have many robes. I have a special leather binder... My credentials are available, should you need any officiating.” The comedian added, “And I’m dead serious,” to which Bush Hager noted that they “like to do weddings” on the Today show plaza outside of 30 Rockefeller Center. She then asked if McKinnon would be open to officiating one of those. The star, who spent a decade at 30 Rock during her time on Saturday Night Live, told Bush Hager to “make the call, yes.”

An Oregon man was found dead on an Alaskan trail just hours after calling for help. Heath Didier, 49, became lost while hiking on the Deer Mountain Trail in Ketchikan, Alaska, on Sunday night and contacted emergency services to report his dire circumstances. “He reported that he was lost, cold, and not equipped with water, food, proper clothing, or other survival gear,” officials said. The Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad began searching on foot for Didier at 9:37 p.m. but was unable to locate him. Authorities last heard from the hiker at 10:24 p.m. The rescue team found his body the next morning after dispatching a helicopter to his last known location. “An adult male believed to be Didier was found deceased, partially submerged in water at the bottom of a cliff,” Alaska State Troopers said. The team was unable to retrieve the body safely on Monday but planned to return on Tuesday; it is unclear if they have since been able to recover it. The hiker’s cause of death has not been disclosed. The trail Didier attempted is known as the “most difficult” in the region, and authorities warn that the weather on Deer Mountain is “unpredictable and may change rapidly.”

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Teenager Tycen Proper planned an attack on the United States government before being turned in by his parents, police say. Proper’s alleged plan, which is laid out in court documents released on Tuesday, was to drop explosives over the UFC event held on the president’s 80th birthday, forcing an evacuation and allowing gunmen to attack high-profile “wealthy people and politicians.” Calls were made to the police by Proper’s mother on June 10, during which she expressed concern about her son and his involvement with an “ultra-religious and anti-government” group he found on the internet. According to police, the father of the Knox County native, located approximately 60 miles northeast of Columbus, Ohio, shared news of his son planning “recons” with the group. The 19-year-old’s parents found suspicious evidence about their son; Proper spent $3000 of his graduation money on guns, ammo, and other equipment he would need for the attack, even including an assault rifle with an American flag painted on it. FBI Director Kash Patel spoke out on the incident on social media Tuesday morning, mentioning that “multiple individuals” have been taken into custody. According to the court documents, Abraham Alvarez, Bryan Roa, and Michael Thomas are three other individuals involved in the alleged attack who are the subjects of criminal complaints. Proper is currently being held without bond for several charges, including conspiracy to commit an offense against the country, and has a detention hearing set for Wednesday.

Former NHL player Kyle Calder, 47, has died, his daughter wrote in an Instagram post. “Never in a million years would I have thought his day would come,” the post by Calder’s daughter, Madison, reads. The former forward was drafted in the fifth round of the 1997 NHL draft and played in the league from 1999 to 2010, spending six of those seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks. In that time, he appeared in 359 games, scoring 85 goals and 210 points. In a statement released by the NHL Alumni Association, Calder was honored as “not only a respected former NHL player but a cherished teammate, friend, and member of our hockey brotherhood.” Calder’s athletic career extended beyond the NHL; he won a silver medal against Russia with the 1999 Canadian World Junior Team, won a gold medal with the Canadian National Team at the 2003 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship, and placed fourth with the Canadian National Team in 2006. “Thank you for being my biggest fan,” Madison said in her post. “I know you’re skating around in heaven, cheering all of us on from above.” The announcement of his death came with a statement from the Los Angeles Jr. Kings, the team Calder coached, that their coach was dealing with “a brief illness,” but his cause of death is currently unknown.

John Paulson and his fiancée, Alina de Almeida, are planning a luxurious overseas wedding as they await the birth of their second child. One of Trump’s earliest supporters, the Paulson & Co. CEO is among the most prominent figures in high finance. The Queens native made it big on Wall Street during the 2008 financial crisis by betting against subprime mortgages, taking home about $8 billion in pay in 2007 and 2008 combined. The couple, who have a 33-year age gap, welcomed their first child, Jacqueline, in 2025. According to Page Six, Paulson, 70, and De Almeida, 37, are planning their destination wedding in Monaco and are expected to have a high-profile guest list. “We chose Monaco because it’s ultra-sophisticated and elegant,” Paulson shared with Page Six. “It’s the creme de la creme of Europe.” The couple is planning their ceremony at Villa La Vigie, located on the luxurious cape of the Monte Carlo Beach, with rooms priced at around $22,000 per night, and the reception at the five-star Hotel de Paris. According to De Almeida, Paulson, who has two adult children with his ex-wife, Jenny Zaharia, “is just a great partner.” She is the founder of the health and wellness brand Effective Lifestyle and has experience working at Columbia and Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital for her residency and clinical nutrition rotations. “My life is like a dream come true,” the soon-to-be billionaire wife says.

Catalina Mancera has welcomed her first child with late Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland, seven months after the NFL star’s death at age 24. Mancera announced the birth of their son, Makhai, in an emotional Instagram post on Monday. The baby was born on June 11, and Mancera captioned the post, “My favorite gift from you.” The tribute included photos of Makhai’s footprints, images of the newborn holding his mother’s finger, and a onesie featuring a woven image of the baby wearing his dad’s Cowboys number. She also shared a video showing the moment she revealed her pregnancy to Kneeland. The birth comes months after Kneeland died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Nov. 5, 2025. A few days later, Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer publicly confirmed that Mancera was pregnant and said the organization would support both her and the unborn child. The team subsequently established the Marshawn Kneeland Memorial Fund to provide financial assistance for Mancera and their son. Mancera’s announcement was met with an outpouring of online support, as fans and members of the football community celebrated Makhai’s arrival while remembering Kneeland.

If you or a loved one are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing or texting 988.

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Oscar-winning actor Sally Field has admitted that she could barely comprehend what Hollywood icon Robert Mitchum was saying to her when the pair appeared in a movie together. In an interview on the Talking Pictures podcast, Field, 79, recounted that one of her first acting roles was in the 1967 Western The Way West. She said she liked to spend time between takes alone, but sometimes Mitchum—the star of classics such as The Night of the Hunter (1955) and the original Cape Fear—would come up to talk to her. “Mitchum would sit with me, and I never could understand a single word he said,” Field said. “I don’t know if he was stoned or what, but I couldn’t string two words together. And I would go, ‘yeah, yeah,’ and [I’d laugh] and pretend I understood what he said.” Despite the lack of clear communication, Field said Mitchum made her feel welcome on set when her film career was just starting out. “The only thing that I understood that he said to me—and then I thought, did I understand that right?—he said, ‘You know, you’re one of us.’ And I went, ‘Well, OK.’” Mitchum died in 1997 at 79.

William Smithers, best known as the villainous Jeremy Wendell in the soap opera Dallas, has died at 98. Details about the date and cause of his death have not been disclosed. Smithers began his career on Broadway but quickly made his way to the big screen with roles in films such as 1956’s Attack, 1972’s Trouble Man, 1973’s Scorpio, and most famously, 1973’s Papillon, where he played Warden Barrot. The Virginia native had a lengthy career in television, starring as Peyton Mill owner David Schuster on ABC’s Peyton Place, the first primetime soap opera, in 1956. He played the dastardly oilman Jeremy Wendell on Dallas from 1981 to 1989, appearing in 50 episodes. Smithers also starred in the CBS drama Executive Suite in 1976, which resulted in a dramatic legal battle. He sued MGM after claiming the studio violated his contract, which stipulated that no more than three people could receive better billing or pay than he did. He alleged that a studio executive threatened to blacklist him if he followed through with the case. Smithers won, and the case is now part of the canon in entertainment law courses.