Gentefied writer and trans Latinx advocate Camila Maria Concepcion dies by suicide at 28

Gentefied writer and trans Latinx advocate Camila Maria Concepcion dies by suicide at 28 The trans Latina writer and activist grew up in Southern California’s Inland Empire The rising star most recently worked on the Netflix comedy-drama series Gentefied that premiered Feb. 21 and the zombie comedy-drama Daybreak  ‘She was definitely a force to be reckoned … Read more

MARTIN SAMUEL: Maria Sharapova turned in some Oscar-worthy performances in her time

MARTIN SAMUEL: Maria Sharapova produced one final Oscar-worthy performance in her retirement video… but it was pretty much goodbye to elite standard tennis as soon as she said farewell to meldonium Maria Sharapova announced she was ‘saying goodbye’ to tennis at the age of 32 The five-time Grand Slam champion has provided some Oscar-worthy moments  … Read more

Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon at 17, dated the rich and famous and was embroiled in a drugs scandal

Maria Sharapova was the cover girl tennis star who won Wimbledon at 17, dated the rich and famous and was embroiled in a drugs scandal… all after her family had fled Belarus to avoid the impact of Chernobyl Maria Sharapova announced her retirement from tennis on Wednesday The Russian became a global star when she … Read more

Maria Sharapova announces her retirement at the age of 32 after five Grand Slam titles

Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova announces her retirement from tennis in an emotional essay in Vanity Fair – three years after coming from a drugs ban By Jonathan Spencer For Mailonline Published: 13:08 GMT, 26 February 2020 | Updated: 13:21 GMT, 26 February 2020 Maria Sharapova has announced her retirement from tennis at just the … Read more

Christina Aguilera sings Ave Maria at Kobe and Gigi Bryant’s celebration of life memorial

Christina Aguilera was the last performer at the celebration of life ceremony for Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna held inside the Staple Center in Los Angeles on Monday. The Grammy winning performer sung a very heartfelt version of Franz Schubert’s classic Ave Maria, all in Italian, with an orchestra behind her as well as dozens … Read more

Former Love Island contestants Francesca Allen, Maria Wild and Marvin Brooks enjoy a reunion

Former Love Island contestants Francesca Allen and Maria Wild enjoy a reunion ahead of the show’s finale By Milly Vincent For Mailonline Published: 20:24 GMT, 23 February 2020 | Updated: 20:26 GMT, 23 February 2020 Former Love Island stars enjoyed a night out on the town as they reunited ahead of this season’s finale on … Read more

Lloyds sign up professional poker player Maria Konnikova to fight fraud

You might think Lloyds Bank’s director of fraud would fancy a break from the day job, but Paul Davis likes to spend his time off reading crime novels. ‘It’s not an admiration thing for the crooks’, he says. ‘I read it for the cops and what the cops get up to’. But while Davis normally … Read more

Puerto Rico is back on its feet after being wrecked by Hurricane Maria and tourists are returning

In late September 2017, a category five 175mph hurricane hit the island of Puerto Rico. It was the island’s worst natural disaster in recorded history. Two years on from Hurricane Maria, luxury hotels are finally returning to the island after lengthy renovation and refurbishment programs. Among the finest of properties on the island, situated in … Read more

Maria Menounos describes devastating brain tumor diagnosis as mother was also battling cancer

Maria Menounos is urging the public not to dismiss symptoms as merely ‘work stress’ as she did prior to her brain tumor diagnosis. The 40-year-old Sirius XM host revealed in July 2017 that she had a mass the size of a golf ball and that she’d undergone surgery to remove it.  In a recent appearance … Read more