Commodores Co-Founder Dies at 75

One of the musicians behind some of the most recognizable songs of the 1970s has died. Ronald LaPread, a founding member and bassist of the Commodores, was 75, according to a social media post from his daughter, Soraya LaPread. No cause of death was announced, though the New Zealand Herald reported that he died in Auckland following a sudden medical event. LaPread helped launch the group alongside Lionel Richie, Walter “Clyde” Orange, William King, Milan Williams, and Thomas McClary while they were students at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The band, which signed with Motown in 1972, went on to become one of the label’s biggest acts, producing hits including “Brick House,” “Three Times a Lady,” and “Easy.” “It is with very heavy heart that I must announce that my Father Ronald LaPread has passed,” his daughter wrote. LaPread remained with the Commodores from 1970 through 1986 before relocating to New Zealand, where he lived for the next four decades. He appeared on 11 albums during the group’s peak years. Tuskegee Mayor Chris Lee said LaPread’s career “would impact music fans around the world.” His death comes after the current Commodores lineup announced it would not perform at the Freedom 250-linked Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., saying, “We support the betterment of all Americans.”

Former President Barack Obama’s White House Instagram account has been hacked. The @obamawhitehouse account posted a message that translated to “The White House is under Shiites’ control,” before it was restored. The hack was first reported by TMZ on Sunday, which printed screen shots of some of the AI-generated Instagram stories that were posted. The hack was not related to Obama’s personal Instagram account, which has 42 million followers, but the official account for his presidency, which still has 2.4 million followers, despite being last updated in December 2017. A spokesperson for Meta confirmed to TMZ that the account had been hacked, but noted it has since been secured and the unauthorized content removed. There is no information on who was responsible for the hacking. The Daily Beast has contacted Meta for comment. Obama’s Twitter account was previously hacked in July 2020, during a coordinated campaign that also targeted Elon Musk, Bill Gates and former President Joe Biden. The last post on the Obama White House account shows the Obama family holding hands and walking with a crowd behind them. “Yes we can. Yes we did,” the caption read. “Thank you for being a part of the past eight years.”

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British pop star Dua Lipa, 30, married actor Callum Turner, 36, in an intimate ceremony on Sunday. The One Kiss singer and Eternity actor tied the knot at Old Marylebone Town Hall in London. The couple was joined by a small group of friends and family, and the ceremony is understood to have preceded a larger three-day wedding celebration they are planning in Sicily, The Sun reported. Lipa wore a Schiaparelli couture suit dress designed by Daniel Roseberry, along with an oversized white hat by Stephen Jones, Vogue reported. Lipa and Turner sparked romance rumors in January 2024 and went Instagram official in July of that year. The Levitating singer confirmed their engagement in an interview with British Vogue last June. At the time, the singer told the outlet that she wanted to finish her Radical Optimism Tour before getting married, a promise she kept, as her tour ended in December 2025. “They have rented out multiple huge venues for the multi-event extravaganza,” a source told The Sun about the couple’s alleged upcoming second wedding in Sicily, which, according to insiders, includes a guest list featuring Sir Elton John, Charli XCX, and Tove Lo.

“Boogie Fever” musician Foster Sylvers has died in hospice after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to his brother, who spoke to TMZ. He was 64. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Sylvers began his career as a child star, scoring his first big hit, “Misdemeanor,” at age 11 with his debut album in 1973. He continued his success by joining his siblings in a soul band named The Sylvers. Their biggest hit was 1975’s “Boogie Fever,” from their album Showdown, on which Foster played bass. Later, Foster pursued his own solo career and collaborated with artists such as Dynasty and Evelyn “Champagne” King after the band’s popularity declined. Sylvers’ later life was plagued by scandal after he was convicted of a sex offense in 1994 for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. He was compelled to register as a sex offender in California.

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Andy Dick has resurfaced in public for the first time since a near-fatal overdose left him unconscious on a Hollywood sidewalk late last year. The comedian, 60, was photographed signing autographs and chatting with fans at The Hollywood Show convention in Los Angeles on Friday. The rare appearance comes just five months after Dick was found unresponsive during an apparent overdose in December. Video obtained by TMZ showed bystanders scrambling to revive him after he reportedly smoked crack cocaine with a stranger on the street. Dick was revived after receiving four doses of Narcan and later told Page Six he had “legit died.” “This is not funny,” he said in January. “They say I came back to life, sat up, and the first thing outta my mouth was, ‘Where’s the vodka?’” The former NewsRadio star subsequently entered a rehab facility in Palm Springs before checking himself out less than two months later. In March, Dick joked about the incident during an appearance on comedian Howie Mandel’s podcast, saying: “There were no bright lights. I wish [there were], I’d go back.”

An alarming new report reveals that one in five lawyers working for the federal government has left their job since the start of the second Trump administration. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser told the New York Times that he hired 22 lawyers from across the federal government in the past year and said his new hires were leaving because they “want no part” in Trump’s government. “That’s translating directly to people saying, ‘I want to be part of organizations that actually operate with integrity, that people want to be a part of, that people feel good about doing the right thing,’” he told the Times. Even conservative law students are unsure about signing up with Trump. “A lot of people my age are asking, ‘Is it worth getting a job, and will that help career-wise — having one year of Trump administration experience on your résumé?’” one said. The Justice Department, which employs more than a quarter of all government lawyers, saw the largest decline in raw numbers, according to the Times, but other departments, including the Department of Education, lost a greater share. Another law student who declined a D.O.J. summer internship said the department has a bad reputation among his peers. “Some people have explicitly said they would see a person willing to go to work at this D.O.J. as somebody they couldn’t trust,” he said.

A United Airlines flight to Spain was diverted back to New Jersey on Saturday over a possible security threat. According to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the flight departed Newark at 6 p.m. bound for Palma de Mallorca but returned to Newark at 9:37 p.m. The aircraft was carrying 190 passengers and 12 crew members, ABC News reported. Passengers were required to evacuate the plane and undergo additional screening by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Customs and Border Patrol before being allowed to board a separate flight on Sunday morning, which landed in Spain that afternoon. Air traffic control audio suggests security personnel were called to inspect the aircraft after someone named their Bluetooth device a “certain four-letter word,” according to ABC News. One passenger allegedly posted on social media that crew members asked everyone to turn off their Bluetooth devices, but two remained active. The incident comes just a day after an unruly passenger allegedly attempted to rush the cockpit, forcing an emergency diversion on another United Airlines flight. The Daily Beast has contacted the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and United Airlines for further comment.

Kelly Lee Curtis, the actress and older sister of Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis, has died at 69. The Oscar-winning actress announced the news in an emotional Instagram post on Saturday, describing Kelly as her “first friend and lifelong confidant.” “She was jaw-droppingly beautiful, and a talented actress,” Curtis wrote, remembering her sister’s love of family, and her famous Christmas cookies. Kelly Lee Curtis appeared alongside Jamie in the 1983 comedy Trading Places and later worked as her assistant on films including Freaky Friday and Christmas with the Kranks. She also built an acting career of her own, appearing in TV series including The Sentinel and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well as films such as Magic Sticks. Born in 1956 to Hollywood stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Curtis spent decades working in film and television before later turning to documentary filmmaking. “She passed away in her home. In nature. At peace,” Jamie wrote. “I’ll see you on down the line.”

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A loud boom that shook homes and buildings rang out Saturday afternoon across New England. Weather experts say it was likely caused by an exploding meteor that burned up while entering Earth’s atmosphere just east of Boston. Noise from the meteor’s journey to Earth traveled far and wide, with reports of the boom coming from Boston, Cambridge, Medford, Cape Cod, and into Rhode Island. While no visible debris has been reported so far, residents of the affected areas inundated local newsrooms with calls to report the incident—and spread the word more broadly on social media platforms. The sonic boom, initially thought to have been caused by an explosion, was quickly identified as caused by a meteor through satellite imagery from NOAA’s GOES-East satellite. WBZ-TV chief meteorologist Eric Fisher confirmed via an Instagram post that the noise “was a meteor that exploded... just off the South Shore, outside of Boston.” He added: “We can tell because of satellite data.” No thunder or storm conditions were reported in the area, and the flashes recorded by NOAA were consistent with a bolide meteor—a very bright exploding meteor. Bolides are relatively common and can produce a loud boom along with their distinct flash of light.

Police are appealing to the public for help in recovering a miniature brown speckled stallion and his partner, a black mare, both stolen from a British farm in Kent, England. The animals are a breeding pair of rare Argentine Falabella horses, each standing just 2′ 8″ tall. The breed dates back to the mid-19th century. Police have undertaken house-to-house searches, and are poring over CCTV footage from the countryside near Edenbridge. They’re asking anyone who has seen the animals of their captors, or seen them on home surveillance cameras, to contact them. Investigators believe the horses were snatched sometime overnight between May 27 and May 28. A gate was damaged in the heist. The breed is prized for its appearance and friendly temperament, according to the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre sanctuary, which provides homes for a variety of animals.