Riker BrothersBrett Young and his wife Taylor are throwing their daughter Presley a pandemic-friendly birthday party.
The couple is celebrating their daughter’s first birthday on October 21, and while it may not be the party they originally envisioned, they are taking extra precaution to keep the infant and family members safe.
The couple plan to have a very small gathering at their home in Nashville, with Taylor’s parents and a close group of friends joining in the festivities. The singer says that attendees have not been traveling and have been tested for the virus.
“We’re kinda gonna treat it like a work day, unfortunately for Presley. It’s gonna be a little less exciting and a little less extravagant while being safe and responsible,” he explains.
“We still want to make sure we celebrate her because she’s the best thing that ever happened to us, so her first birthday is really special to all of us,” he continues. “So, it’ll be limited, it’ll be safe and tasteful and responsible but she’s gonna have a little birthday.”
Presley and Taylor are the inspiration behind Brett’s current single “Lady” that leads off his upcoming third studio album.
(STAMFORD, Conn.) — An attorney charged with murder conspiracy in the mysterious disappearance of Jennifer Faber Dulos, a Connecticut mother of five who vanished in 2019, was released from jail on Monday on $246,000 bond after a judge agreed to allow him to go visit his sick father.
Kent Mawhinney is the former civil attorney of Fotis Dulos, who died from an apparent suicide earlier this year after being charged with murder in his estranged wife’s disappearance. Mawhinney and Dulos’ former girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, were both subsequently arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and hindering prosecution in the sensational case.
Last week, a Superior Court judge in Stamford, Connecticut, granted a request from Mawhinney to reduce his bond from $2 million to $246,000 in cash and real estate and a conditional release from jail to travel to Florida to visit his sick father, according to ABC affiliate station WTNH-TV in New Haven.
Mawhinney’s 86-year-old father is battling lymphoma and prostate cancer that spread to his spine and ribs, according to a motion filed by Mawhinney’s lawyer. Manhinney’s mother and father helped secure their son’s bond by putting up a home they own in Manchester, Connecticut, as collateral, according to the motion obtained by the Stamford Advocate newspaper.
Mawhinney, whose law license was suspended after he was charged, has been held at the Cheshire Correctional Institution since his arrest in January.
He was taken to court on Monday and fitted with a GPS tracking device before being allowed out, according to the motion. Mawhinney is also required to surrender his passport and get permission to leave Connecticut. His trip to Florida to visit his ailing dad has been pre-approved by the court.
Mawhinney refused to answer questions from reporters when he walked out of the courthouse’s front door wearing a suit, tie and face mask. He was accompanied by his attorneys on Monday morning.
Mawhinney went from being Fotis Dulos’ civil attorney to his co-defendant in January when he and Troconis were allegedly implicated and charged in the suspected slaying of Jennifer Dulos. Mawhinney has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Jennifer Dulos, 50, who lived in New Canaan, was last seen on May 24, 2019, dropping off her children at school. Her Chevrolet Suburban was later found abandoned near Waveny Park in New Canaan.
Connecticut State Police investigators said they discovered blood and other evidence, leading them to suspect that Jennifer Dulos was killed in the garage of her own New Canaan home. State police alleged in court papers that Fotis Dulos, who was a real estate developer, was “lying in wait” for Jennifer Dulos at her home and a violent assault took place in the garage, where bloodstains were found.
Investigators said they obtained video of a person they believe to be Fotis Dulos riding a bicycle near Jennifer Dulos’ home around the time she disappeared.
Authorities allege Jennifer Dulos was killed at her home on May 24 between 8:05 a.m. and 10:25 a.m — after she returned from taking her children to school, according to an arrest warrant for Fotis Dulos. Police alleged Fotis Dulos bound his estranged wife with zip ties, put her inside her own car and cleaned the garage before disposing the body, according to an arrest warrant.
At the time of her disappearance, Jennifer Dulos was involved in a bitter child custody battle with her estranged husband, alleging in court papers that he had “physically threatened, stalked or assaulted” her.
“I am afraid of my Husband,” Jennifer Dulos alleged in court documents. “I know that filing for divorce, and filing this Motion will enrage him. I know he will retaliate by trying to harm me in some way.”
In early January, Fotis Dulos was charged with capital murder, murder and kidnapping in his wife’s disappearance despite her body never being found. He was placed on house arrest after being released from jail on a $6 million bond.
Just weeks after he was charged, Fotis Dulos was found unresponsive at his Farmington, Connecticut, home after inhaling poisonous carbon monoxide. He died two days later at a hospital, allegedly leaving behind a suicide note proclaiming his innocence and that of everyone charged in connection with his estranged wife’s disappearance.
“I refuse to spend even an hour more in jail for something I had NOTHING to do with,” Flotis Dulos allegedly wrote in the suicide note obtained by ABC News. “I want it to be known that Michelle Troconis had nothing to do with Jennifer’s disappearance. And neither did Kent Mawhinney.”
20th Century Fox/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — No surprise that fans of the Die Hard movie franchise got excited when Rumer Willis posted a brief video tease on her Instagram Sunday of her dad, Bruce Willis, apparently reprising his signature movie role of Die Hard super-cop John McClane, with the hashtag #DIEHARDISBACK.
Could it be a secretly-filmed Die Hard sequel about to drop? Not unless your idea of thrilling action is trying to replace a dead battery.
That’s right: the tease was for a Die Hard car battery commercial. But to be fair, producers did pull out all of the stops. The action-packed two-minute spot, which is also for Advance Auto Parts and debuted during the Green Bay vs. Tampa Bay NFL game Sunday, featured Willis avoiding a posse of of gun-toting bad guys and other signature obstacles as he battles to buy and install a new battery into his car.
We even get cameos from Clarence Gilyard, who played bad-guy tech genius Theo in the 1988 original, as well as De’voreaux White, reprising his role as Argyle, the limo driver, who runs into McClane on the street — literally — and then gives him a ride back to his car. Or tries to, at least.
Willis does seem to be having a good time, pretty much smirking his way through the entire affair. We don’t want to give to much of it away, but suffice it to say McClane wins in the end. The commercial’s posted on YouTube, where as of late Monday morning it had earned nearly 15,000 views.
ABC/Mark LevineMiranda Lambert and her husband Brendan McLoughlin take center stage in the upcoming video for her current single, “Settling Down.”
Last night, the country superstar shared a teaser of the video, dropping in full on Wednesday. The opening shot sees Miranda donning a pair of cowboy boots with a satin blue gown adorned with white tulle that blows in the breeze as she gallops on a majestic black and white horse.
The three-shot preview includes a smoldering shot of her husband in a tuxedo, along with the two clasping hands.
Brendan recently joined Instagram, the trio of photos posted thus far capturing life on their Tennessee farm. The couple wed in January 2019.
“Settling Down” is the third single off Miranda’s chart-topping 2019 album Wildcard, its predecessor being the number one hit “Bluebird.” Wildcard is nominated for Album of the Year at the CMA Awards.
Rebecca Smeyne/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It’s a Halloween miracle! Bette Midler shared a photo with her Hocus Pocus co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, giving fans a first look at the trio’s highly anticipated reunion.
“Your 3 fav witches – @sarahjessicaparker @kathynajimy & ME – are returning for 1 night only on 10/30 at 8p ET! ‘In Search of the Sanderson Sisters’ is the best thing to happen to #Halloween since ‘Hocus Pocus’ + Reese’s Pieces,” she wrote on Instagram.
In the behind-the-scenes snap, Midler, 74, Parker, 55, and Najimy, 63, are all smiles and wearing their costumes from the beloved 1993 movie while acting positively witchy in front of a blue screen.
The trio are reprising their respective characters of Winifred, Sarah and Mary — aka the Sanderson sisters — for a virtual Halloween fundraising event called Hulaween, which benefits the New York Restoration Project.
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is hosting the celebration, which includes guests such as Hocus Pocus stars Thora Birch, Omri Katz and Doug Jones, to name a few.
More information about tickets for the event can be found here.
Riker BrothersBrett Young and his wife Taylor are throwing their daughter Presley a pandemic-friendly birthday party. 
