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Singer shares health update a month after ICU stay

A month after she was intubated in the intensive care unit following a collapse, Madonna is starting to "feel" herself again. 

On Thursday, July 27, the Queen of Pop took to Instagram to share a video of herself dancing to her hit "Lucky Star," which she dropped 40 years ago on her self-titled album. 

"To be able to move my body and dance just a little bit makes me feel like the Luckiest Star in the world!" she wrote in the caption. "Thank you to all of my fans and friends! You must be my lucky stars too!"

The significance of the day wasn't lost on Madge: "Happy 40th Birthday to my very first album," she added. 

The fact that Madonna is moving well is promising. 

On June 24, the pop music icon was found unresponsive and subsequently rushed to a New York City hospital. There, she was reportedly intubated in the intensive care unit "for at least one night before having the tube removed," Page Six reported. After five days, she was discharged from the hospital, but TMZ reported that Madonna, 64, was still bedridden and "vomiting uncontrollably."

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There was belief that Madonna's strenuous rehearsals for her "Celebration" tour were having a negative impact on her health and played a significant role in the hospitalization. 

"She was working overtime, but she clearly burnt herself out and people around her have been politely reminding her that she is not 45 anymore, let alone 25. She needed to pace herself. Pushing herself so hard was extremely risky," a source told The Sun on July 2. "Many of us feel the constant remarks about her age have put pressure on her to compete, so we are relieved that she has been forced to take time out and put her health first. People were really worried about her." 

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On July 10, Madonna announced the inevitable: many of her tour dates will be postponed. 

"I'm on the road to recovery and incredibly grateful for all the blessings in my life," she wrote. "My first thought when I woke up in the hospital was my children. My second thought was that I did not want to disappoint anyone who bought tickets for my tour. I also didn't want to let down the people who worked tirelessly with me over the last few months to create my show. I hate to disappoint anyone.

"My focus now," she continued, "is my health and getting stronger and I can assure you, I'll be back with you as soon as I can! The current plan is to reschedule the North American leg of the tour and to begin in October in Europe."

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Music star denies she and spouse faked recent affair debacle for new collab

Cardi B is denying that she and husband Offset faked a cheating scandal to promote their new collaboration, "Jealousy."

"We said it was a stunt they pulled with their relationship and that's exactly what is was," one fan alleged on Instagram.

Cardi quickly fired back, "It wasn't no STUNT. Tasha K made [something] up and y'all was laughing about it and happy about it. Now that we putting it in the music, [it's] a stunt … Naaa, baby, be mad at the one who started trolling wit it."

Tasha K is a blogger who's regularly criticized Cardi and spread rumors about her over the years.

Cardi even sued her for defamation and ultimately prevailed in court. 

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In late June, Offset alleged on Instagram that Cardi strayed from their marriage.

The "Bodak Yellow" rapper quickly took to Twitter to set the record straight, insisting that her hubby was "spiraling," "going crazy" and "thinking s***" that wasn't true.

She went on to insist that if she were, in fact, cheating on her hubby, the news "would be out" already because of her celebrity status. "Please, boy, stop acting stupid. … Stop playing," she told Offset.

She also pointed out the irony considering his past indiscretions: "You can't accuse me of all the things you know that you are guilty of. And I see that it is easy for you to blame everything on me," she sang, quoting Keyshia Cole's "I Should Have Cheated."

A week later, they were photographed packing on the PDA while out and about in Paris for a Balenciaga fashion show. 

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"They're very intense so go back and forth quite a bit. They'll hash it out like they always do. … Offset and Cardi will work things out, but a part of me wants to get a taste of the single Cardi B again," a source told People magazine following the recent drama

"She is a great wife, and an even better mom. But it would be nice to revisit the times when Cardi was out there hitting the clubs, and vacationing solo, with no husband," the insider added.

As for Offset's past indiscretions… In 2018, leaked videos showed the rapper in bed with several women.

In 2020, Cardi filed for divorce, but she and Offset eventually worked things out and reconciled

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Cleared of wrongdoing, Oscar winner's Hollywood future likely over (but he might flourish in Europe)

On July 26, a London jury acquitted Kevin Spacey, clearing him of nine counts of sexually assaulting multiple men. Although the Oscar winner's legal troubles seem to be behind him now, he'll hardly be welcomed back into the Hollywood fold, insiders say. 

"It's not a matter of can Kevin work again, but who will work with him?" one producer told Page Six after the jury's decision.

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Kevin had recently claimed that producers were eager to hire him in the event that he was cleared, and that might be the case… in Europe. 

"Look at all these men accused of sex crimes, from Woody Allen to Roman Polanski, they're all working in Europe," a Hollywood source said. "Woody's even got his new movie coming up at [the] Venice Film Festival."

"All these men get a clean bill of health in Europe, but it's harder to come back to Hollywood," the source concluded.

Woody has been accused of molesting his own daughter, a claim he's long denied. Roman was accused of sexual assault of a minor in 1977. Both have continued to make critically acclaimed movies outside of the United States.

Some people are wondering if Kevin can pull off a Johnny Depp-type of resurgence, as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor has essentially been the toast of the town since winning his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.

"I think Kevin will come back the Johnny Depp way in Europe — I still don't think people would employ him in Hollywood," a movie insider told the New York Post's gossip column. 

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The "Baby Driver" star has always maintained his innocence and called the allegations against him "madness." Still, his career plummeted after the accusations emerged — he was dropped from Ridley Scott's 2017 movie "All The Money In The World" and he was axed from "House of Cards" after it was deemed that his alleged sexual misconduct was a breach of contract.

Since then, he was found not liable in a sexual misconduct civil trial in New York and criminal charges against him were dropped. 

While it seems that Kevin's Hollywood days are behind him, a producer said anything can happen: "Mel Gibson was allowed back to Hollywood after his anti-semitic rants, so you never know."

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Food Network star recalls being falsely accused of killing man in fatal car crash

Guy Fieri was once falsely accused of drinking and driving and killing a man. 

After a while, police realized that Guy was merely a passenger in the fatal car accident, and that a group of men conspired against him to save themselves from legal action. Still, the incident left a lasting impression.

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While on the Now What? with Brooke Shields podcast, the Food Network said said he was 19 years old and in college at the University of Nevada Las Vegas when the incident happened. 

"I wasn't driving, I was in the backseat. And unfortunately, I was with a bunch of guys and … we were drinking," he said. "We were down in the drag boat races in Las Vegas. This guy saw a cop, and he was drinking. We were camping not a half a mile way. And he took off, and we got chased, and the car flipped. And the guy next to me was killed."

"It was horrific. Everybody was messed up," he said. "And I did go Flight for Life in the helicopter and the whole thing."

When the "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" host woke up in the hospital, he was handcuffed to a gurney — this after the other men in the accident claimed Guy was actually behind the wheel. 

"They were all in the military together," he said. "They were in a campsite, next to the campsite I was at."

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While still reeling from the accident and the accusation, Guy had to call his parents and hire a lawyer.

"[Police] came to the college, and arrested me in the dorm room," he said. "It was going bad after worse because everybody was saying that I was, you know… Anyhow, the cops knew I wasn't [responsible]."

The "Guys Grocery Games" star admitted that he was living a "little fast and hard and wild" at the time. His father eventually talked some sense into him. 

"My dad told me, 'Cut the s***. You're not invincible. This is for real now. You're not in Ferndale. You're not in your hometown anymore. You're in Las Vegas. You're big time. You got to focus,'" Guy recalled. "I was like, okay — my family didn't have any money. I'm not the smartest kid. Didn't get the best grades. But if I'm going to win, I'm going to win based upon how hard I play and how disciplined I am and how driven and how controlled I am. And if I do that then I have a better chance at getting through this."

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Former college student brags about her 11 mug shots on social media

A former college student in Kentucky is going viral after recently dubbing herself the "queen of chaos" and happily posting many of her 11 mug shots to social media. 

Rayanna Belle Brock, 23, has been arrested at least 11 times for offenses ranging from shoplifting in March 2018 to terror-related crimes in 2020 and allegedly stealing a trooper's hat and taser from his vehicle in 2021, DailyMail.com reported. 

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The former East Kentucky University student even seems to openly celebrate her trouble with the law.

"Let's normalize being juvenile delinquents instead of teenage dirtbags," she wrote alongside video reel of her mugshots in 2022. 

Rayanna, who now reportedly works as a consultant, also has an Instagram Stories reel under the heading "mugshawty." In many of her mug shots, Rayanna smiles, seemingly unbothered by her jail stints. "One thing about me ima smile," she wrote with a booking photo from Dec. 15, 2021 — which came eight days after she was arrested for marijuana possession and receiving stolen property.

She once shared that her "favorite" mug shot was taken in September 2020. She is currently on a pre-trial diversion one-year correction course, according to the Kentucky Online Offender Lookup.

Legal issues seem to run in the family, as the Gen Zer has claimed that her mother is in jail and her father is serving time in prison. 

Over the past five years, Rayanna has turned into somewhat of an online celebrity, and many of her Instagram followers comment on her arrest record. 

"Hey rayanna, big fan of your work. Keep breaking the law baby girl," one person recently wrote. Another claimed the blonde beauty was "breaking laws and breaking hearts." Another person encouraged a career change or a move. "Please find a new hobby. You seem to be really bad at being a criminal. That……or move here to Florida, where everything you do is pretty common," the follower joked. 

She's also often referred to as "mugshot girl." One person assumed, "I bet your list of followers has grown cuz of those cute mugshots."

According to DailyMail.com, Rayanna recently began posting religious quotes to Instagram, but those messages no longer appear on her page. 

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