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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — James Monroe’s Highland will host the third annual Highland Descendants Day on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Led by the Highland Council of Descendant Advisors, this public event is for anyone working on or interested in the histories of slavery, the shared work of making our present and future more equitable based on historical knowledge, and collaboration in research. Participants will have the opportunity to share information, resources, and encouragement with others journeying on the same path.

“We are pleased to participate in this community event with the leadership of the Highland Council of Descendant Advisors,” said Highland Executive Director, Sara Bon-Harper. “We would like the public to…

James Corden says he’s actually performing when hosting The Late Late Show.

The British actor and comedian has helmed CBS’s late-night show for seven years, beginning in 2015. In April 2022, he announced he was quitting the talk series in spring 2023, once he has reached 1,250 episodes.

In a new interview with NBC10 Boston’s Hub Today, Corden was asked what the pivot from acting to hosting was like for him.

“I guess I see it all as a performance, really,” the 44-year-old shared. “I see it all as a character that I’m sort of playing.”

While gesturing and speaking in his famously animated late-night tone, Corden said: “Like, it would be odd if I got home and opened the fridge and was like, ‘Look who’s here tonight! Stick around, we’ll be right back!’”

Although he…

The Connecticut parents who hosted a drunken high school house party that preceded the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old were sentenced Wednesday to probation for allowing underage drinking.

Paul Leifer, 59, and Susanna Leifer, 52, will have their cases dismissed if they meet certain conditions, the Connecticut Post reported. Those conditions include not getting arrested again in the next two years, completing 50 hours of community service each, making $250 charitable donations and not hosting any parties that may include underage drinking.

A party at the Leifers’ house on May 14, 2022 ended in a fight, and some of the combatants met later that night down the road and brawled again. During the second confrontation, 17-year-old James McGrath was stabbed to death.

Raul Valle, now 18, was…

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The ‘Jeopardy! Masters’ competition 2023 is in full swing. The competition returned on May 8 with six contestants vying for a $500,000 win and the Trek Trophy named in memory of former late host Alex Trebek. The tournament has a pretty exciting lineup of contestants. Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach, Sam Buttrey, James Holzhaeur, and Andrew He, are all in it deep and fighting like sharks for the big prize.

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However the fights and the taunts are not just between the contestant but also between the host, Ken Jennings, and James Holzhaeur, who is a gameshow legend and the second-best earner in the competition’s history, only behind Jennings who was once a contestant himself. This has led to an ongoing beef between the two with James…