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Mar. 15, 2025

Dick Van Dyke’s Wife, Arlene Silver, Had Never SeenMary PoppinsWhen They Met

Arlene Silver and Dick Van Dyke; Dick Van Dyke in ‘Mary Poppins’.Photo:CBS via Getty; Getty CBS via Getty; Getty “She didn’t know who I was,” Van Dyke said of his first encounter with Silver backstage at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2006. “No, that’s not true,” Silver, 53, corrected. “Of course I know who he is. He’s Dick Van Dyke!” Dick Van Dyke and Arlene Silver in 2012.Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images

Mar. 15, 2025

Dick Vitale, 85, Makes Emotional Return to the Broadcasting Booth for Duke-Clemson Basketball Game

Dick Vitale on Feb. 8, 2025.Photo:AP Photo/Scott Kinser AP Photo/Scott Kinser Dick Vitaleis back! After two years away, the beloved ESPN sports commentator returned to the broadcasting booth at Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum, theAssociated Pressreported. Per the outlet, as he entered the stadium from a tunnel, the crowd burst into cheers and applause. Vitale — affectionately known as Dickie V — received a standing ovation, nearly a minute long, and fought tears as he looked up into the stands on his first night back.

Mar. 15, 2025

Dictionary.com Picks 'Woman' as 2022 Word of the Year After Searches Doubled amid 'Consequential Moments'

Protestors face off outside the Supreme Court after a draft opinion stating the intention to overturnRoe v. Wadewas leaked.Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Dictionary.comhas selected the word “woman” as itsWord of the Yearfor 2022, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal. Selecting “woman” as our Word of the Year, he says, “provides an acknowledgement of the gravity of the various events affecting women in 2022.” “From our perspective as observers and recorders of language change, the word ‘woman’ is a prime example of the many gender terms undergoing shifts in how and to whom they’re applied.

Mar. 15, 2025

Did a Dentist's Own Words Unravel His Plot to Kill Wife on Safari, Then Claim It Was an Accident?

Bianca and Larry Rudolph. Larry and Bianca Rudolphwere no strangers to guns and big-game hunting. During their 34-year marriage, the couple stalked animals all over the world. But at a remote safari camp in Kafue National Park in Zambia in 2016 — where Bianca was hoping to bag a leopard — her 12-gauge shotgun went off in the early morning hours of Oct. 11. The blast hit the 56-year-old mother of two in the chest, killing her.

Mar. 15, 2025

Did a Fictional 1800s Book Series About 'Baron Trump' Predict Donald Trump's Presidency? Some People Sure Think So

Pantianos Classics; Christopher Gregory/Getty People are drawing parallels between PresidentDonald Trumpand a 19th-century book series about a wealthy time traveler. Ingersoll Lockwood’sBaron Trumpnovels were originally written between 1889 and 1893. They resurfaced in 2017 when people noted the similarities between the book’s titular character and the real-life real estate baron, who coincidently has a son namedBarron Trump. Thecollection of booksconsists of three stories,Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and his Wonderful Dog Bulger,Baron Trump’s Marvelous Underground JourneyandThe Last President.