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It all started in September 2023 at the Givenchy fashion show, where Sabrina Carpenter, draped in a sheer dress that had the fashion crowd whispering, crossed paths with Barry Keoghan. She immortalized the moment herself on her 2024 smash “Bed Chem,” crooning: “I was in a sheer dress the day that we met / We were both in a rush, we talked for a sec / Your friend hit me up so we could connect.” That’s not just a lyric, darling, that’s a timestamp.

From there, the chemistry was undeniable. Cute dinner dates, soft-launch paparazzi shots, and a Grammys after-party photo in February 2024 that screamed yes, we’re doing this. Barry even jetted off to Singapore to watch her open for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, because apparently being a Hollywood heartthrob isn’t enough, he had to play supportive boyfriend too. By Coachella, Sabrina was waving to him from the stage like the main character she is, and by the Met Gala, they were practically official.

The “Please Please Please” Foreshadowing

When Barry featured in the video of “Please Please Please,” it was perceived by fans as Sabrina’s cheeky boast about their love. It ended up aging like sour milk at room temperature. When she asks in the video, “I beg you, don’t embarrass me, motherfucker, oh / Please, please, please.” Guess what? He did. Art imitating life or life imitating art? Either one, it was the end of it.

By December 2024, the breakup announcement hit, and so did the avalanche of rumors.

From Love-Bombing to Love-G

In her new album Man’s Best Friend, Sabrina portrays the relationship as a guide on how to take a fairy tale and make it a warning story. In My Man on Willpower, she describes the whiplash of Barry’s transformation:

“He’s clingy, he’s loving, he always initiates / Calling and touching, it feels like just yesterday… Can I return him, give back the version I like? / This one’s bullshit, baby.”

Fans quickly clocked the arc: Barry love-bombed her into bliss, then went full Houdini once the thrill wore off. On Nobody’s Son, Sabrina quotes him like a breakup memo: “Hi, I hope you’re great / I think it’s time we took a break / So I can grow emotionally.” Translation: he got bored and dressed it up as self-discovery.

Just when it literally could not possibly become any more of a disaster, We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night drops the exhaustive pattern of fighting and making up, and faking it was fine. Spoiler: it wasn’t.

Barry’s Confess and Sabrina’s Closure

During an interview with Complex, Barry has confessed he is “bad at relationships” and aims to be “more honest” from now on. Adorable. Sabrina had already made a mess of it and put it into melodic poetry.

On Goodbye, she declares her final liberation:

“Goodbye means that you’re losing me for life / Can’t call it love, then call it quits / Can’t shoot me down, then shoot the shit.”

It is a kiss-off song of the ages. And just in case he didn’t quite get the hint, she twists it up with:

“You used to love my ass, now, baby, you won’t see it anymore / Just give it three weeks, buddy / Gonna wake up from your coma, honey, oh.”

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Naomi Osaka eliminated Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 at the U.S. Open with a far more confident and consistent brand of tennis Monday to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal in more than 4 1/2 years.

The No. 23-seeded Osaka was better throughout than No. 3 Gauff, whose repeated mistakes really made the difference in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

“I was super locked in, to be honest. I was really locked in,” said Osaka, a 27-year-old who was born in Japan and moved to the U.S. with her family at age 3. “I felt like everyone wanted to watch a really great match, and I hope that’s what you got.”

From her side, it certainly was. Osaka displayed the demeanor — and, importantly, the big serve and booming strokes — that have carried her to four major championships, all on hard courts. That includes titles at the U.S. Open in 2018 and 2020, and at the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021.

It was at the French Open later in 2021 that Osaka helped spark a global conversation about mental health by revealing she felt anxiety and depression. She then took a series of breaks from the tour.

That most recent trophy at Melbourne Park was the last time Osaka had even made it as far as the fourth round at any Slam event until this match against Gauff, a 21-year-old from Florida who owns two major trophies. The first came at Flushing Meadows in 2023 and the second at the French Open this June.

For Osaka, this marks a real return to her best play since she returned to the tour after a 17-month maternity leave. Her child, Shai, was born in July 2023.

“I’m a little sensitive and I don’t want to cry, but honestly, I just had so much fun out here,” said Osaka, who first played Gauff back at the 2019 U.S. Open, also in Ashe, and won that one, too.

“I was in the stands like two months after I gave birth to my daughter, watching Coco. I just really wanted an opportunity to come out here and play,” Osaka told the crowd. “This is my favorite court in the world, and it means so much for me to be back here.”

Gauff came out jittery at the start. Her serve was fine; other strokes were the problem. She finished with 33 unforced errors — way more than Osaka’s 12.

Trying to rework her serve during this tournament with the help of biomechanics expert Gavin MacMillan, Gauff got broken right off the bat and was down 2-0 after just five minutes, dropping eight of the initial nine points while making five unforced errors.

Whether because it’s what the prematch strategy dictated or because of how the beginning unfolded, Gauff cranked up the velocity in her second service game. The results were unimpeachable. She hit four first serves in — each arriving no slower than 110 mph, with a high of 115 mph — and held at love with a pair of aces and a pair of service winners.

Still, this is where the key difference was: Osaka used her big forehand, her best stroke, to go after Gauff’s forehand, her worst stroke, and it worked wonders. By the end of the first set, Gauff had made 16 unforced errors and Osaka only five.

Osaka slapped her left thigh between points and repeatedly told herself, “Come on! Come on!”

That positive body language was quite a contrast to Gauff’s. She repeatedly would put her palms up or gesture toward her team in the stands, looking confused or upset.

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Baby, when I say this custody exchange unfolded like a Love & Hip Hop: Suburban Driveway Edition episode, I’m talking it had everything: tears, insult, receipts, and one momma that was NOT about that life. Love Island model and basketball momma of the year candidate Brittany Renner’s momma was at odds with NBA player PJ Washington and wife Alisah Chanel in a blowup beef that has now landed Facebook and Twitter up in flames. Let’s dig in because whew.

The Crying Child at the Center

The clip opens with Brittany Renner recording, clearly fed up: “Guys, this is what we’re not doing. So every time that he does this, I’m gonna record because that’s not okay.” According to Brittany, her son cries every time he’s supposed to go with PJ, and she wasn’t letting that slide quietly anymore. Her mom jumps in, barking at PJ: “He doesn’t want to go with you!”

And, as a Black woman observing this, may I say? My sympathies were with that baby. Because you are Team PJ or Team Brittany, it is the baby that finds itself right in the midst of it all, and those tears don’t lie.

Alisah Chanel Posted the Comment

Now, if you were thinking it was simply going to be some fiery words between Brittany and PJ, forget it. PJ’s wife, Alisah Chanel, came at it swinging. At one moment, she slapped Mama Renner with the audacious line: “Suck my dick.” To which Mama Renner retorted effortlessly: “If you had one, maybe I would.” Just listen, I had to freeze the video mid-sentence because Brittany’s mom was standing ten feet away in her yard. That’s a generational clapback, and it’s not for sale. Black mothers don’t mess around when their grandbabies are at hand.

The Money Receipts are Pulled

Things came to a head when Brittany launched her own insult at PJ: “$170,000 to your hoe… with $11,000 in your son’s account.” The jab was Olympic-level. It was as if she were saying, “Sir, your priorities are showing.” And you could feel the tension in that driveway ratchet up to a blazing 100 degrees.

Her mom doubled over, yelling: “Pussy-ass bitch, get your bitch ass out of my driveway. You don’t pay for anything, f**k you.” It was not about exchanging custody at that moment; it was a tongue-lashing.

See the full exchange below:

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Israel launched strikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 31 people as it presses ahead with a major offensive in the territory’s largest city, according to health officials. Leading genocide scholars, meanwhile, joined other rights groups in accusing Israel of genocide, allegations it vehemently rejects.

Airstrikes and artillery shelling have echoed through Gaza City since Israel declared it a combat zone last week. On the city’s outskirts and in the Jabaliya refugee camp, residents have observed explosive-laden robots demolishing buildings.

“Another merciless night in Gaza City,” said Saeed Abu Elaish, a Jabaliya-born medic sheltering in the northwestern side of the city.

Hospitals in Gaza said at least 31 people were killed by Israeli fire on Monday, more than half of them women and children. At least 13 people were killed in Gaza City, where Israel has carried out several previous large-scale raids since Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel to ignite the war on Oct. 7, 2023.

Israel says it only targets militants and blames Hamas for civilian casualties because the militant group — now largely reduced to a guerrilla organization — operates in densely-populated areas.

Double threat of war and starvation

Gaza City residents, many displaced by war multiple times, now face the twin threats of combat and hunger. The world’s leading authority on food crises said last month that it was in the throes of famine — a crisis driven by ongoing fighting and Israel’s blockade, magnified by repeated mass displacement and the collapse of food production.

A total of 63,557 Palestinians have been killed in the war, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which says another 160,660 people have been wounded. The ministry doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count, but says women and children make up around half the dead.

The ministry is part of the Hamas-run government but staffed by medical professionals. U.N. agencies and many independent experts consider its figures to be the most reliable estimate of war casualties. Israel disputes them, but hasn’t provided its own toll.

Hamas-led militants killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in the Oct. 7 attack and took 251 people hostage. Forty-eight hostages are still inside Gaza, around 20 of them believed by Israel to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other deals.

Scholars accuse Israel of genocide

The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide said Monday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

Israel, which was established in the wake of the Holocaust, in which 6 million European Jews and others were killed, vehemently rejects the allegation. It says it takes every measure to avoid harming civilians and is fighting a war of self-defense after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, which Israel says was itself a genocidal act.

The International Association of Genocide Scholars — which has around 500 members worldwide, including a number of Holocaust experts — joined other major human rights organizations, including two Israeli groups, in applying the term to Israel’s wartime conduct.

“Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide,” as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes, according to the group’s resolution, which was supported by 86% of those who voted. The organization didn’t release the specifics of the voting.

“People who are experts in the study of genocide can see this situation for what it is,” Melanie O’Brien, the organization’s president and a professor of international law at the University of Western Australia, told The Associated Press.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry called it “an embarrassment to the legal profession and to any academic standard.” It said the determination was “entirely based on Hamas’ campaign of lies.”

Mourners vent anger at hostage funeral

Thousands of Israelis gathered for the funeral of Idan Shtivi, one of two hostages whose remains were recovered in a military operation last week. A private funeral was held for Ilan Weiss, the other captive.

Some mourners expressed anger at the government for not reaching a deal with Hamas to end the fighting and return the remaining captives.

“It is very, very infuriating that no one, no one from this government stands up and says enough,” said Ami Dagan, a mourner from Rishon Letzion.

“It’s a horror, it’s profound sadness and grief beyond words to describe the anger, the insult to the hostages, the insult to the fallen, the insult to the soldiers sent once again to Gaza,” said Ruti Taro, another mourner. “No one knows why, except for the power-hungry ruler.”

Many Israelis accuse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of prolonging the war for political purposes, and mass protests calling for a ceasefire and hostage release have swelled in recent weeks.

Storm forces back activist flotilla

An activist flotilla headed to Gaza that had departed Barcelona was forced back to port after a storm hit parts of Spain overnight.

The Global Sumud Flotilla, consisting of around 20 boats with participants from 44 countries, chose to return and delay its departure to “prioritize safety,” a statement said Monday. The expedition includes the prominent climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, who took part in a previous flotilla that was intercepted in July.

Organizers said that with winds exceeding 56 kph (35 mph), some of the smaller boats taking part in the mission would have been at risk.

The flotilla is the largest attempt yet to symbolically break Israel’s blockade of Gaza. All previous ones have been intercepted at sea by Israeli forces. Israel says the blockade is needed to prevent Hamas from importing arms and that there are multiple other channels for sending aid to Gaza.

Israel has taken steps to further restrict the delivery of food to northern Gaza as it presses ahead with its latest offensive in Gaza City.

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Sam Metz reported from Jerusalem, and Samy Magdy from Cairo. Molly Quell in The Hague, Netherlands, and Renata Brito in Barcelona, Spain, contributed to this report.

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Listen, anime fans, we’re dining well. MAPPA has unveiled the first promo for JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3 in the franchise’s 5th Anniversary livestream, and I swear on Sukuna’s pinky finger that this is perhaps the most hype I’ve been for an anime drop in years. The chaos returns next January in 2026, exclusively on Crunchyroll (outside Asia), with all-new episodes dropping on the same day in Japan.

The Trailer? Straight Up Pain and Hands

The teaser doesn’t spare any details. We get to see Yuji Itadori over here, drowning in despair, thinking he killed civilians in the aftermath of the Shibuya Incident, and my guy is broken. Then, MAPPA leaves us with Yuji exchanging blows with none other than Yuta Okkotsu, the protagonist of JUJUTSU KAISEN 0. Yeah, the same dude who proclaimed Rika, the “Queen of Curses,” to be his ride-or-die.

And to top all that off, the teaser also gives us a fiery showdown between Naoya Zen’in (who already appears to be on their way to becoming the most petty villain of all time) and Choso (big bro energy, still repping for the Cursed Womb crew). And special appearances from Megumi Fushiguro, Maki Zen’in, and Queen Yuki Tsukumo, to give it that little something. MAPPA is all like, “Oh, you thought the whole Shibuya scene was solemn? Bet.”

The Culling Game Arc: Just Like Hunger Games, But Cursed

Season 3 covers the infamous Culling Game arc, and if you’ve read the manga, you already know this saga is completely bonkers. It’s as if Gege Akutami viewed Squid Game, viewed Hunter x Hunter’s Chimera Ant Arc, added in Tokyo Revengers amounts of gang politics, and thought, “Yeah, let’s drive my fans crazy.”

Yuji and Megumi have to dive headfirst into this survival blood game sponsored by the ancient wizard Kenjaku. Alliances will be shattered, friendships will be put to the fire, and MAPPA’s animators will likely forget the feeling of sleep.

The Dream Team Behind The Madness

Here’s the squad making sure our eyeballs stay blessed:

• Director: Shota Goshozono
• Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
• Character Design: Yosuke Yajima & Hiromi Niwa
• Art Director: Junichi Higashi
• 3DCG Director: Daisuke Ishikawa (Monster’s Egg)
• Music: Yoshimasa Terui (who better have some disrespectful violins ready)
• Studio: MAPPA, a.k.a. the same maniacs juggling Chainsaw Man, Hell’s Paradise, and Attack on Titan Final Season without blinking.

Cast Confirmed – Legends Return

• Junya Enoki as Yuji Itadori
• Yuma Uchida as Megumi Fushiguro
• Megumi Ogata as Yuta Okkotsu
• Daisuke Namikawa as Choso

If that lineup doesn’t make you scream “LET’S GOOOOO” in the middle of a crowded bus, check your pulse.

Why This Saga is Cultural

JUJUTSU KAISEN’s manga was completed in September 2024, having sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Season 1 provided us with glimpses of Gojo vs. Sukuna, while Season 2 psychologically traumatized us due to the Shibuya Incident, as well as the prequel movie JUJUTSU KAISEN 0, which earned $180 million with ease. Twice, Anime of the Year has crowned it at the Crunchyroll Awards. Twice. Well, Season 3 is just going to bring that trophy home again because, we’re all being honest here, who else is handling it?

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It’s Labor Day weekend—Monday, September 1, 2025—a day to honor the grit and grace of American workers. Offices, banks, and post offices are taking a break, but if you need to run errands or grab some last-minute items, here’s what’s open and closed.

Walmart
If you’re looking for one-stop shopping, Walmart is open with regular hours on Labor Day. The retail giant doesn’t slow down for the holiday, so you can count on doors being open from early morning until late evening (ABC10, Rolling Out).

Costco
Unlike Walmart, Costco is taking the day off. The warehouse club will be closed nationwide on Labor Day, giving its staff a well-deserved rest (The Sun).

Trader Joe’s
Good news for fans of specialty snacks and affordable wine: Trader Joe’s stores are open on Labor Day. Hours may vary by location, so check your neighborhood store before heading out (NBC New York).

Other retailers open
A wide range of other big-name retailers are keeping doors open:

• Home Depot and Lowe’s (for all your home project needs)
• Best Buy, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Nordstrom, TJ Maxx, Big Lots, HomeGoods, Michael’s, Marshalls, Party City, Petco, Staples, and Dick’s Sporting Goods
• Drugstores like CVS and Walgreens (though pharmacy hours may vary)
• Grocery stores including Whole Foods, BJ’s Wholesale, Kroger, Publix, Wegmans, Stop & Shop, Harris Teeter, Acme, Safeway, Ralph’s, and Mariano’s (NBC New York, KHOU).

Closed
In addition to Costco, most government offices, banks, the U.S. Postal Service, UPS, and FedEx services are closed for the day.

On this Labor Day, while many take time to rest, plenty of stores remain open to keep communities moving. Walmart, Trader Joe’s, and a long list of retailers will be there if you need them, while Costco and others honor the holiday by shutting down. Whether you’re shopping for barbecue supplies, back-to-school items, or just making a quick grocery run, you’ll still have options this Labor Day.