Michael Phelps Wins 20th Gold Medal

Another golden win for the Olympic swimmer.

After finishing in first place during the 200-meter butterfly race Tuesday night in Rio, Michael Phelps won his 20th gold medal. He finished it in 1 minute and 53.36 seconds which is 2 seconds less than his world record at the 2009 World Championships of 1 minute 51.51 seconds.

Masato Sakai of Japan won silver being behind Phelps by 0.04 seconds. Tamas Kenderesi of Hungary took the bronze with his time of 1 minute and 53.62 seconds.

The 31 year-old swimmer was able to redeem himself against Chad el Clos of South Africa. El Clos beat Phelps by five hundredths of a second at the 2012 London Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly race where he took gold and Phelps took silver. Yesterday, El Clos finished in fourth place with time of 1 minute and 54.06 seconds.

"This is a race I really wanted tonight," Phelps told USA Swimming. "I really wanted that one bad. There are a couple of things going into the finish I just said if I have to take a half stroke, I'm taking a half stroke and when I took that half stroke I thought that was the same thing like I though in '08. I thought that cost me the race, that won me the race. I don't care about the time. I was just happy I was able to win. Doing a double like that is a lot harder now than what it once was. That is for sure. Even with an hour, that was a challenging one tonight."

The double Phelps is referring to is he had to compete in the  men's 4x200 meter freestyle relay an hour later which ended in him winning his 21st gold medal, the second medal in the Olympic games so far. He ran the last leg while Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas and Ryan Lochte swam the first three legs.


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Lady Gaga on Taylor Kinney Split: "We Have Been Taking a Break"

Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney are currently "taking a break" according to a post she made on Instagram.

"Taylor and I have always believed we are soulmates. Just like all couples we have ups and downs, and we have been taking a break. We are both ambitious artists, hoping to work through long-distance and complicated schedules to continue the simple love we have always shared. Please root us on. We're just like everybody else and we really love each other."

Breakup rumors sparked when Gaga, 30, was seen vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico not wearing her heart-shaped engagement ring. She was on vacation with family and friends.

Kinney, 35, plays Lieutenant Kelly Severide on Chicago Fire, which keeps him in Chicago, IL while Gaga's singing career has her traveling all over. According to People, a source said," She's working on an album, he's working on his show, they aren't in the same state, it was just hard. They both love each other very much and they want it to work. It's just been tough with the long distance."

The couple met in 2011 when Kinney played the love interest for Gaga's music video "You and I." They got together shortly after and were together for four years before the actor proposed on Valentines Day in 2015 at the Poker Face singer's family's Manhattan restaurant Joanne's Trattoria.


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Former Colts Football Player Zurlon Tipton Dies After Shooting Accident

Zurlon Tipton, former running back for the Indianapolis Colts, is reportedly dead after accidentally shooting himself yesterday, Tuesday, June 28. The incident occurred while Tipton was at a car dealership in Roseville, Michigan at 9:30 am, dropping off his jeep to be serviced. He grabbed a duffel bag out of his trunk that had two guns in it. As he was putting personal belongings in the bag, a gun discharged, shooting him in the stomach.

According to Detroit Free Press, police said Tipton was talking while being transported to the hospital. Although he was expected to survive, things took a turn for the worse and he succumbed to his injury. Brian Taylor, a spokesman for the St. John Hospital, confirmed Tipton's death. An autopsy is scheduled for today.

Tipton had a concealed pistol license and both of the guns were registered to him. The gun that caused the tragic accident was reported to be  a .45-caliber semi-automatic by Roseville Police Chief James Berlin.

The Detroit native played football in high school and college. He ranked fourth at Central Michigan University for 34 career rushing touchdowns. He played for the Colts from 2014 to 2015, appearing in 16 career games across two seasons.

Tipton died at age 26. The Colts expressed their condolences on Twitter.

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Michael Jackson's Estate Defends Him Against Recent "Tabloid Trash"

"The most pure people are always torn down." Paris Jackson

Michael Jackson is headlining media articles from a recent child pornography allegation.

On Monday, June 20, Radar Online released a story with "never-before-seen" police reports from the 2003 child molestation investigation against the late icon. In the story, Jackson was referred to as a "drug and sex crazed predator."

The tabloid says the police reports are  from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department that include notes, pornographic photos and videos that were collected while Jackson was on trial.

According to LA Times, Kelly Hoover, a spokeswoman for the Santa Barbara Sheriff's office, some of the documents appear to be copies of reports that were authored by Sheriff's Office along with evidentiary photographs taken by the Sheriff's department personnel. However, she cautioned that they were interspersed with content that appears to be obtained off the Internet or through other sources.

Hoover also stated that the Sheriff's Office didn't release any of the documents to the media.

The late pop singer's estate responded to the allegation with a statement in the evening on Tuesday, June 21.

"Seven years ago this coming Saturday, the world lost an amazing artist and humanitarian devoted to helping children in need in all corners of the world. Michael Jackson's fans, including the Executors of his estate, prefer to remember the wonderful gifts Michael left behind instead of having to once again see his good name dragged through the mud by tabloid trash."

"Everything in these reports, including what the County of Santa Barbara calls "content that appears to be obtained off the Internet or through unknown sources" is false, no doubt timed to the anniversary of Michael's passing. Those who continue to shamelessly exploit Michael via sleazy Internet "click bait" ignore that he was acquitted by a jury in 2005 on every one of the 14 salacious charges brought against him in a failed witch hunt."

"Michael remains just as innocent of these smears in death as he was in life even though he isn't here to defend himself. Enough is enough."

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A recent tweet from the King of Pop's 18 year-old daughter, Paris Jackson, says, "Unfortunately negativity will always sell. I urge you all to ignore the trash & the parasites who make a career trying to slander my father."


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Tess Holliday Welcomes New Bundle of Joy

Tess Holliday is a mom again!

The plus sized model gave birth to son Bowie Juniper Holliday on Monday, June 6. The baby boy weighed at 8 pounds, 10 ounces and 22 inches long. This is her first child with her fiance, Nick Holliday, and has a ten year-old son from a previous relationship.

 Holliday, 30, revealed her pregnancy in January. She told People that she was a little nervous and "worried about her ability to detach herself from work and focus on her family." Although this is Holliday's second time around, is happy to be a mom again. "I'm really excited to be doing it again and have support, and be able to enjoy having a baby, because I couldn't last time."

After Holliday made her pregnancy announcements, she faced some backlash.

                                   

Posting this photo on her Instagram page, she captioned: When people say to me "I can't tell you're pregnant" & my face is like 😏🙄🤔😂 I will continue to live unapologetically, to thrive in this body, prove the naysayers wrong & laugh at the ignorance. #babyhollidayontheway #37weeks #effyourbeautystandards #plussizepregnancy


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