EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Animation has announced an untitled Dan Trachtenberg animated comedy horror based on the graphic novel Freddy the 13th by Yehudi Mercado. The project announcement comes four months after the 10 Cloverfield Lane and Predator: Badlands director Trachtenberg signed a three-year producing and directing first-look deal with the animation division’s parent company Paramount Pictures. […]
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EXCLUSIVE: After successfully launching the Duke Ka-Boom character in the Toy Story franchise, Keanu Reeves and Josh Cooley are looking to reteam on another popular toy franchise. Sources tell Deadline that Keanu Reeves is in negotiations to star in a live-action hybrid Lego pic with Cooley directing. Universal had no comment. Jill Wilfert and Ryan […]
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The Met Office has issued a red weather warning over the coming days with the peak due on Wednesday and Thursday.
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So much about parenthood requires sacrifice. Like having an entire room in your home that you could do just about anything with, but making the gracious decision to let it be a playroom for your kiddos. LeToya Luckett did just that when she built her home in Texas with her then-3-year-old daughter, Gianna, and then-2-year-old son, Tysun, in mind. We spoke to the star back in 2022 about building her home post-divorce and wanting to create a space that brings her and her kiddos joy. “Your environment matters,” she said at the time.
But four years later, it’s time for Mama to put her needs first. In the years that have since passed, toys and playtime have moved to Gianna and Tysun’s individual rooms, and, as things go, the playroom has become a catch-all. So it’s the perfect time to work some magic. And by magic, I mean turning that playroom into a walk-in closet for Luckett.
To help make that happen, Luckett enlisted California Closets Houston and professional organizer Lauryn Hill, co-founder of The Order Project.
“LeToya wanted to get dressed completely in this space and make it her own,” says Ashley Lithgoe, California Closets Houston sales manager. “She also had a large back-lit mirror she was hoping to incorporate into the design with a vanity. I worked closely with our team to bring her vision to life. She got her vanity, and the overall space is functional yet highly personalized for her specific needs and style. This custom dressing room is a perfect example of what a thoughtful design and professional organization can do. You don’t have to incorporate bells and whistles everywhere (although we love those things, too) to achieve a beautiful closet you can enjoy every day.”
We spoke with Hill of The Order Project about the process of bringing Luckett’s dream walk-in closet to life, the inspiration for the design, and why a closet isn’t only for clothes and shoes, but with the right imagination, can be a gathering space for friends, family, and more.
ESSENCE: Gianna and Tysun are still littles! Did LeToya share why this was the right time to reimagine the playroom into a customized walk-in closet?
Lauryn Hill: The kids are indeed littles, but they now have their own play spaces in their respective rooms in the house. The playroom was turning into the “junk room” since they had outgrown it, so we decided to convert it to a custom closet. LeToya had outgrown the closet space we originally organized for her as well!
What was the inspiration behind her design?
The inspiration was really to have a space for her glam—the wardrobe and the beauty side as well. She did not have a dedicated glam space, and with the evolving way of styling, photoshoots, etc., she needed a space within her home to do all of those things.
Did she come with a lot of ideas, or was she open to whatever concepts your team brought to the table?
She definitely had input, but we guided her and the process with California Closets Houston to ensure her ideas could be functionally and beautifully incorporated.
There are two cozy seats with a small end table in between within the closet space, which one would assume allows for more than just picking out clothes, but gathering and chatting. What was behind that inclusion?
Correct. LeToya absolutely wanted it to be a space that was cozy for her to be in with friends, family, and/or her glam squad. It’s also her getaway space to just be at peace!
What are her favorite parts of the closet space?
Technically, the whole space! But LeToya’s favorite parts are having more storage and having the vanity space to do glam!
Warner Bros is in talks to get the rights so that they can make another animated Powerpuff Girls movie based on the hit Cartoon Network series. This was first teased during an animation segment at CinemaCon, then apparently teased again at Annecy today in the Warner reel. Craig McCracken created The Powerpuff Girls. The series premiered […]
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Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova is banned for four years for refusing an anti-doping test in December 2025.
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Senate Republicans started last week with a plan. Just days after Donald Trump announced his plan to nominate Jay Clayton to succeed Tulsi Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence, GOP leaders said the federal prosecutor was so uncontroversial that they hoped to confirm him by the end of the week, which would have been a rare example of remarkable congressional efficiency.
The president, however, didn’t want the Senate to confirm his own DNI nominee. Instead, Trump wanted his other choice — Bill Pulte, the highly controversial director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency — to take the reins as the acting DNI.
He didn’t go into a lot of detail as to why Pulte’s appointment was such a priority, though Trump did recently declare that he expects Pulte to use his new office to perhaps “find out some things about the rigged elections,” reinforcing obvious concerns about the unqualified housing official playing the role of a partisan weapon in pursuit of Trump’s conspiracy theories.
It was against this backdrop that Politico reported late last week that Pulte had already directed staffers “to pull together a list of about 300 candidates to be fired from the National Counterterrorism Center in the coming weeks.” CNN published a related report about Pulte “raising alarm bells among intelligence officials” before his first day even began.
While the reports have not been independently verified by MS NOW, they did generate attention on Capitol Hill. Rep. Jim Jimes of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a written statement, “If the reports of Bill Pulte’s arrival at ODNI [the Office of the Director of National Intelligence] are true, they demonstrate why he should never spend a minute as Director of National Intelligence, a role he is legally not qualified to perform. I am particularly concerned by reporting that he may undertake a sweeping firing of intelligence professionals, following on major cuts already undertaken last year.”
As this week gets underway, the concerns have intensified. The New York Times reported:
The new acting director of national intelligence is expected to announce significant cuts to his office as early as Monday, current and former officials said, prompting a warning from the top Democrats on the congressional intelligence committees.
In a letter on Monday to Bill Pulte, who was installed by President Trump as acting director of national intelligence on Friday, Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut and Senator Mark Warner of Virginia warned him against making substantial cuts to his office or declassifying information that could compromise sources.
“We are concerned that your record as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency demonstrates a willingness to misuse your position, including your access to sensitive information, to pursue President Trump’s perceived political enemies and further his retributive political agenda,” Warner and Himes wrote.
The Democratic lawmakers — the ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, respectively — went on to remind the new acting DNI to follow “established policies and practices” and consult career intelligence officials before declassifying anything.
“Given the extremely sensitive nature of intelligence, we expect that you will not declassify properly classified information that would compromise intelligence sources and methods, or weaponize the declassification process for partisan political purposes,” they wrote.
We’ll learn soon enough about just how radical Pulte intends to be in the role, though it’s worth emphasizing for context that the president told The Wall Street Journal two weeks ago that his acting DNI, who apparently didn’t have the security clearance needed to do the job, should quickly start firing U.S. intelligence professionals without having to worry too much about the “shackles” that come with congressional oversight or accountability. Watch this space.
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The Labour leader says he will remain prime minister until his successor is chosen.
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Labour Party member Andy Burnham is likely to become the next British prime minister after incumbent Keir Starmer on Monday announced that he will resign once there is a new leader in place. Starmer’s resignation could have led to a divisive contest among Labour Party lawmakers, but Burnham, 56, quickly won the support of former…
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