Day: May 29, 2026

Before you don your napkins and prepare to feast on a Bloomin’ Onion, keep these things in mind so you can have the best possible meal at Outback.

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Nothing Bundt Cakes may be a super sweet place to grab a personal-sized treat, but oddly enough these cakes come without some type of cutlery.

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It’s been a long time coming.

About a decade ago, Brad Pitt alienated his children and ended his marriage in one fell swoop.

Now, Maddox Jolie-Pitt has filed to legally change his surname to “Jolie.”

Good for him!

What will his new name be?

On Thursday, May 28, The Daily Mail reported that 24-year-old Maddox has officially filed to drop “Pitt” from his name.

His new legal name will be Maddox Chivan Jolie.

In the filing, he listed the reason for the request as “personal.”

(These forms tend to have specific options, like how one might amend their name due to a marriage or divorce.)

Name changes are a headache. But this particular change has been a long time coming.

Maddox had already stopped using his father’s surname earlier this year.

For example, in the credits of Couture, he was listed simply as Maddox Jolie.

(Yes, Couture was Angelina’s film.)

Informally dropping his dad’s surname from his own is one thing.

Filing to legally change his name truly feels like a healing moment for Maddox. And he’s not alone.

How many Pitts are left?

Shiloh was the first of the children to file for a legal name change. She made the filing on her 18th birthday.

(For years, she’d been presented in tabloids as a “daddy’s girl” who wished that her parents would simply reconcile. One cannot help but wonder if this name change filing was, in part, a response this this narrative.)

Also in 2024, Zahara introduces herself as Zahara Marley Jolie when she joined her Spelman College sorority. Pax also ditched the Pitt name, albeit informally.

In fact, thus far, the only Jolie children who seem to have “Pitt” as part of their names are Knox and Vivienne.

The twins are both 17. When they turn 18, maybe they’ll keep the Pitt surname. But maybe not. We’ll find out.

Angelina Jolie filed to divorce Brad Pitt in 2016. The divorce process was lengthy and painful, only being finalized in 2024.

Allegedly, Pitt attacked her and at least one of his children during a private flight.

Angelina took that personally, as she should. It appears that her children did the same.

Maddox actually testified against his father. Ditching daddy dearest’s name really isn’t much of a surprise.

Some people keep the surname of a parent with whom they have gone no contact, out of convenience or to match their names with siblings. But, in Maddox’s case, keeping his father’s surname would make him the odd man out in his family.

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America is celebrating its semiquincentennial this year, but because that’s a mouthful, most media outlets and government agencies have opted to refer to the anniversary as “America 250.”

And while the atmosphere in 2026 doesn’t feel especially celebratory, the federal government is forging ahead with its party plans.

Unfortunately, patriotic celebrants wind up dancing to AI-generated music because it seems like there’s not a musician on the planet who’s willing to go anywhere near this mess.

The centerpiece of this summer’s celebrations is the Great American State Fair, a series of concerts set to take place at Washington D.C.’s National Mall.

But just weeks before the concerts were set to begin, numerous headliners, including Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, and

“I asked lots of questions and was assured this was a nonpartisan event that was meant to celebrate ALL 50 states,” McBride wrote on social media Thursday.

“Yesterday things started changing and what we were told is, in fact, not what is happening.”

Bret Michaels, of the band Poison, revealed that he won’t be there.

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“Unfortunately, what was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of,” he said.

“Concerns have also been raised regarding the safety of my fans, band, crew, family and myself, including threats that are completely unfounded and unforgivable.”

Numerous other artists, including Morris Day and the Time, Young MC, and the Commodores have also abruptly dropped out.

“Our music has always been our voice and we choose not to publicly affiliate with any single political party,” the Commodores said in a statement. “We support the betterment of all Americans.”

But the sh-tshow must go on — at least that seems to be the response from the Trump administration.

“Freedom 250 is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) dedicated to uniting Americans around the nation’s 250th anniversary,” Freedom 250 spokesperson Rachel Reisner said in a statement to CBS News.

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“Freedom 250 is focused on our signature celebrations and events that honor our history and engage all Americans — welcoming all who share our goal of commemorating this milestone in a way that uplifts and unites America.”

Needless to say, statements tepidly arguing for the event’s right to exist probably were not what organizers had in mind when they started the planning process.

But hey, it’s not all bad news!

Vanilla Ice announced this week that he still intends to perform as scheduled!

“Vanilla Ice is contracted and will perform at the Great American Fair at the National Mall on Friday, June 26,” Mr. Ice’s management agency told CBS News in an email.

“He is proud to help celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary! Everyone is welcome to attend and celebrate USA’s Birthday and our Freedom!”

Yes, folks, the Great American State Fair is saved. In other news, Vanilla Ice apparently has enough songs to justify an entire concert.

Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, Numerous Others Drop Out of ‘America 250’ … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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