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Kim Kardashian admits that she was not a huge fan of reality TV before falling in love with “Love Island.” Now, she’s teaming up with the show’s producers to create “Team Moms: Baseball,” alongside friend and producer Natalie Ento. cbsn.ws/4AvdY2t
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While childhood has changed dramatically since the first @Highlights magazine came out in 1946, the idea behind it has remained consistent: Let kids be kids, and listen to what they have to say. @megoliver explores the 80-year magazine's history on #CBSSaturday.
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Highlights is celebrating 80 years of "Goofus and Gallant," "Hidden Pictures," and enduring conversations with kids through "Dear Highlights." @megoliver sits down with the magazine's senior editor, Chantel Grant, on #CBSSaturday.
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Lima is one of hundreds of thousands of students who have participated in the Country Music Hall of Fame’s Words & Music program, where they get to work on their songwriting skills with professional artists. The high school senior told @entertainmenttonight’s Cassie DiLaura about performing with her friends from the program — on a night that also featured country music star Lainey Wilson.
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Is “The Encore,” Taylor Swift’s newly-released four additional tracks on her album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” actually about the death of one? USA Today’s Taylor Swift reporter Bryan West weighs in.
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Hattie Halter’s hero is Dolly Parton — the namesake of the Knoxville, Tennessee hospital where Halter fought a rare blood cancer as a baby. Now eight years cancer-free, Halter is encouraging people to be more like the queen of country for Dolly Day: “Give like Dolly.”
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Alleigha Botner, the mistress of Caleb Flynn, a former “American Idol” contestant and music pastor charged with murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, earlier this year, read from some of their 100,000 text messages in court Thursday. “I was up ’til 4 a.m. last night crying, literally trying to think of ways to kill her and not go to jail,” Flynn allegedly said to Botner over text. Flynn has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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"The FAA and DoD must reject this foolhardy plan and instead focus on increasing the safety of the airspace": Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth is demanding the Pentagon and FAA reject President Trump's call to convert plans for a massive triumphal arch into a "top grade Military Complex." cbsn.ws/3VaLb36
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Google is planning to launch an experimental satellite next week to help determine if data centers could operate off of Earth. The long-term goal is to put data centers into orbit, where they would be solar-powered.
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Macklemore is launching a “Free Palestine Tour” next month, after the rapper was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour over his pro-Palestinian remarks on stage. All proceeds from the tour will benefit organizations supporting “the Palestinian people and movement,” Macklemore said in a post on Instagram.
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Sylvester Stallone wrote “Rocky” in a matter of days — and it felt a little bit like divine intervention, he told @thattracysmith: “I really felt as though something got in my hand because I've never been able to do it since.” Tracy shares some insights from her conversation with the legendary actor and filmmaker, which airs this weekend on @CBSSunday.
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Actors Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder were among nearly 100 people taken into custody Thursday, amid protests outside over Israeli Prime Minister speaking at the U.N. General Assembly. Netanyahu called the demonstrators “phony human rights protesters.”
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A new ad campaign glorifying President Trump is on the air on national cable and national networks including CBS beginning Thursday, and it's being paid for by American taxpayers. The first ad opens with the president vowing, "We will defeat communism, socialism and Marxism in America." The second ad spotlights the arrest of Venezuela’s former leader, Nicolás Maduro, back in January. The singer JMSN, whose song, “Love Me,” is featured in one of the ads, said he did not grant a license for use of the song. “I would never authorize my music to be used for ANY political agenda or campaign,” he said in a post on X.
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From the NFL’s first-ever game in Rio de Janeiro to back-up quarterbacks to a first-round draft pick making a name for himself, @cbssports’ @RealLoganRyan breaks down some of the headlines for another action-packed lineup of games on @cbs.
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Among the various proposals for bolstering Security is raising the retirement age at which Americans can claim full benefits. One lawmaker instead wants to lower it. cbsn.ws/4iI6RND
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Mortgage rates soared past 7% last week, reaching their highest level in more than two years, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. That move will likely be on voters’ minds ahead of the midterms, @TheKellyOGrady says.
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Hurricane Nolo is slowly strengthening as it approaches Hawaii as a potential "catastrophic" rainmaker, the National Hurricane Center says. On Hawaii’s Big Island, authorities are urging people to stay off the roads, finish storm preparations and prepare for worsening conditions Friday.
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“I really have no other option,” country music star Lainey Wilson told @etnow's Cassie DiLaura about making music, something she spoke about with Dolly Parton during what would be their last conversation. Wilson’s calling also led her to performing at a benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame, helping to raise more than $500,000 for its education programs.
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