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Backstreet's not just back, they want to rock their bodies at the Super Bowl. (All right!)

Fresh off their popular ad during this year's big game, theBackstreet Boys— AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, and Brian Littrell — are manifesting their next gig: Super Bowl LXI.

"What do you guys think? Backstreet Boys: 2027 Super Bowl halftime," McLean asked the crowd during their show at the Las Vegas sphere earlier this week,per E! Online. "Let's make it happen! I mean, why not? It's in Los Angeles, it's right down the street."

McLean also reiterated his manifestationin an interview the boy band did with PEOPLErecently. "I just started an online petition on behalf of the group for us to do halftime 2027," he said. "You better vote yes for us to do halftime, especially because it's gonna be in Los Angeles at SoFi next year. That's home for me and Kevin, so that would be pretty awesome."

Carter took it one step further by suggesting such a show would be a "pop explosion" full of other stars from the late '90s and early aughts. "We're bringing back Britney Spears, we're bringing back *NSYNC," Carter said, to which McLean chimed in, "They both already did it, though."

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Undeterred in his idea, Carter added, "We're bringing back 98 Degrees, I don't care. We're headlining. We're bringing all of our pop friends back; it would be something like that."

He continued, "We're biased because we really think that our era of music, coming from the late '90s, early 2000s, is probably some of the most nostalgic for people and makes people feel good. We're part of a club of all those artists that you'd have to bring them back."

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Dorough added he simply would want to do "some kind of flying in the stadium."

The Backstreet Boys didn't always want it that way, though.Carter revealed toEntertainmentTonightin 2021that the band declined to take part in the 2001 Super Bowl halftime show and opted to sing the national anthem instead.

"At the time, we loved the Whitney Houston rendition of the national anthem. And for us, we got the choice and we passed on the halftime," he said. "But it was a memorable experience for everyone, and I like to say we did a really good job at the national anthem."

During this year's Super Bowl, the boy band starred alongside comedian Druski and musician MGK in a T-Mobile commercial, where they did a version of their hit "I Want It That Way" to tout the benefits of the cellular service.

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• Audrey Hepburn welcomed two children, Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Luca Dotti, with two different partners

• Both Sean and Luca went on to welcome children of their own after Audrey's untimely death at 63

• Audrey's granddaughter, Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer, has continued her legacy of philanthropy

Audrey Hepburnis remembered far and wide as an Oscar-winning actress, a humanitarian and a fashion icon, but she also left a family behind to carry on her legacy.

Before her untimely death on Jan. 20, 1993, at the age of 63, Audrey gave birth to two sons, Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Luca Dotti.

Unfortunately, pregnancy didn't come easily for Audrey. After tying the knot with Mel Ferrer in 1954, she had two miscarriages, one of which reportedly occurred during the filming of her 1961 movie,Unforgiven, when she fell off a horse, perVanity Fair.

Her first child, Sean, was born on July 17, 1960. Though her marriage to Ferrer didn't last, with the couple divorcing in 1968, she became a mother again on Feb. 8, 1970, with the birth of her second son, Luca. Audrey shared the little boy with her second husband, Andrea Dotti, whom she wed in 1969. The pair would later divorce in 1982.

Here's everything to know about Audrey Hepburn's children and grandchildren.

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Sean Hepburn Ferrer, 65

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Sean Hepburn Ferrer was born to Auudrey and Mel Ferrer on July 17, 1960, in Switzerland andspent part of his childhoodin a farmhouse in Tolochenaz, Switzerland — the same city where his parents wed six years earlier.

"I didn't grow up the son of a movie star; I didn't grow up in Hollywood, not the place, not the state of mind," Sean toldFilm Talkin 2016.

In fact, it wasn't until Sean moved to Rome at the age of 10 that he experienced paparazzi. "People wanted to photograph her all the time," he recalled.

Sean, for his part, stayed out of the limelight, attending primary school at Lycee Chateaubriand in Italy before heading back to Switzerland, where he became a student at the Swiss boarding school Le Rosey.

Though he spent a semester at the University of Geneva International Law School upon graduation, he ultimately followed in his mother's footsteps, working in the film industry.

However, Sean retired from Hollywood after his mother's death in 1993, pivoting instead to furthering her humanitarian efforts through the Audrey Hepburn Foundation.

"I left the business when my mother passed away and devoted myself to her work," he explained to Film Talk. "That was to me much more important than to produce a few more films … That's something we felt she would have very much appreciated,"

Sean also released his book,Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit, which gave an intimate glimpse into the actress's daily life, in 2003. "She wanted a normal life for herself and for us," he toldCBSof the memoir. "And it's a valuable and beautiful memory that she left us."

In his personal life, Sean married multiple times, welcoming three children. In 1994, he welcomed daughter Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer with then-wife Leila Flannigan. He went on to marry Giovanna Gregori Ferrer, with whom he welcomed sons Gregorio Ferrer and Santiago Ferrer.

He and Giovanna ultimately split, and Sean married his wife, Karin Hofer. Together, she and Sean released a 2020 children's book,Little Audrey's Daydream: The Life of Audrey Hepburn, about his mother's life.

Today, Sean splits his time between Los Angeles and Florence with Karin.

Luca Dotti, 56

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Luca Dotti was born to Audrey and Andrea Dotti on Feb. 8, 1970, in Switzerland, but grew up in Rome. Similar to his big brother, Luca was unaffected by his mother's fame in his formative years, laterwriting in his 2015 book,Audrey at Home, that he had no idea his mom was a movie star.

When asked about her, he recalled telling reporters, "I don't know who you are talking about. You must be mistaken. My mother is called Dotti."

"I didn't know she was Audrey Hepburn until I was 6 or so," he said.

Luca, a graphic designer, was just 23 years old when his mother died. It was in her honor that he created the Audrey Hepburn's Children's Fund with his brother Sean, which aimed to support underprivileged children.

In addition to Audrey at Home, Luca also publishedAudrey in Romein 2011.

"I wanted to connect these two parts, the public and the private Audrey," he toldPEOPLEof the former book, a memoir. "I hope it will give new insights into her. The most special thing about her was how normal she was. She never spoke about life as a fashion icon, her career as an actress, or her history. She lived her life as she wanted to."

In his personal life, Luca married his wife, Domitilla Dotti, and the two welcomed multiple children together.

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Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer, 31

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Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer was born to Ferrer and his then-wife Leila in Switzerland in May 1994, just one year after her grandmother died.

Though Emma never met her grandmother, she still reckoned with what Audrey meant to her, as both a celebrity and her family.

"I've been questioning a lot lately what she means to me," she toldHarper's Bazaarin August 2014. "I knew her image, of course, and that I happened to be, by pure chance, related to her."

She continued, "But as a child I couldn't really relate to Audrey Hepburn, the actress. To me, she was family. I can live with her through my father. His stories are all about his growing up."

Emma spent her first year of life at the Hepburn family country house, called La Paisible in Tolochenaz, Switzerland, before her parents moved with her to Los Angeles when she was 2 years old, she toldHarper's Bazaar.

Her formative adolescent years were largely spent in Italy, however. Her parents split when she was 6 years old, and, at 14, she moved to Florence with her mom to be closer to her dad, who was living in the Tuscan countryside.

The relocation had a major impact on Audrey's granddaughter, who attended the International School on viale Michelangelo and fell in love with art. At 18, Emma became one of the youngest students to ever attend the Florence Academy of Art, where she studied advanced painting, per herwebsite.

She also shared her grandmother's passion for charity. Emma joined UNICEF, which Audrey had been an ambassador for, to continue her grandmother's efforts.

"I think it's so important to have a history and a legacy that you want to carry on in your family, whether you're famous or not," she told theorganizationin 2019.

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Sean Ferrer's middle child, Gregorio Ferrer, was born to the film producer and then-wife Giovanna Ferrer, whoserved on the board of directorsfor the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund.

The couple, who have since divorced, also have a younger son named Santiago.

"My children inspire me," Giovanna said in a 2007 interview withThe Florentineabout her work.

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While Luca has participated in several book projects about his mom, opening up about his childhood and his famous mother, he has kept his own family life private.

As of 2014, he lived with his wife and children in Rome.

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A recentWheel of Fortunepuzzle had some viewers raising their eyebrows.

Things began innocently enough on Thursday's episode, with the category introduced as "Pet Life." Contestant Tiffany Godshalk of Jamison, Pa., ultimately came up with the correct answer, though she uttered it cautiously.

"Wearing my new dog collar," she said, shaking her head in surprise after she won.

HostRyan Seacrestacknowledged that it "sounds weird," but it was in fact the right solution.

Godshalk's opponents, Moses Sankey of Chicago and Yumn Elkhoja, of Ypsilanti, Mich., appeared as amused as members of the audience, who laughed as they applauded.

Seacrest also noted that the phrase was one he didn't expect anyone to get.

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Godshalk went on to take home $53,498 by winning the entire game.

But what received attention from the long-running series' dedicated fans was that blush-worthy moment. "Should have been called 'Pet Life or Kink?,'" a viewer said on Reddit.

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Another added simply, "That was weird!"

One viewer said their son had suggested the category was called "Never Have I Ever."

Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to the show for comment.

Wheel of Fortunehas been on the air since 1975 and is generally pretty no-nonsense. In October, for instance, Seacrest scolded Derek Hough, theDancing With the Starsjudge, when he toyed with the show's most important element during a game ofCelebrity Wheel of Fortuneagainst costars Jenna Johnson-Chmerkovskiy and Bruno Tonioli.

"In the commercial break, [Hough] was jumping on the center of the wheel and having Bruno spin it, much like the top of a cake ornament," the host toldUSA Today. "We did say, 'Please don't do that. That would break it, and there's only one of those wheels. If that breaks, we have a real problem.'"

Seacrest has hosted since September 2024, after the retirement of longtime host Pat Sajak.

"I still can't believe my luck in being here with you tonight, to continue this legacy of this incredible show with all of you, and of course my good friend Vanna White," Seacrest said on his first episode with the title.

"HostingWheel of Fortuneis a dream job," added Seacrest, who also hostsAmerican Idol. "I've been a fan of this show since I was a kid watching it in Atlanta with my family. And I know how special it is thatWheelhas been in your living rooms for the past 40 years, and I'm so grateful to be invited in. I also know I've got some very big shoes to fill — so let's play."

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out anotherdeadly strike on a vesselaccused of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean Sea.

U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat "was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations." It said the strike killed three people. A video linked to the post shows a boat moving through the water before exploding in flames.

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Friday's attack raises the death toll from the Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug boats to 133 people in at least 38 attacks carried out since early September in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared last week that "some top cartel drug-traffickers" in the region "have decided to cease all narcotics operations INDEFINITELY due to recent (highly effective) kinetic strikes in the Caribbean." However, Hegseth did not provide any details or information to back up this claim, made in a post on his personal account on social media.

President Donald Trump has said the U.S. is in "armed conflict" with cartels in Latin America and hasjustified the attacksas a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs. But his administration has offered little evidence to support its claims of killing "narcoterrorists."

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges connected to his coverage of protests over federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota.

During the brief, highly procedural hearing, Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko reminded Lemon of his constitutional rights and asked if he understood the charges against him.

Lemon answered in the affirmative before the judge said he was free to travel unless he were to violate any state or federal laws.

A prosecutor also revealed on Friday that authorities seized Lemon's phone during the arrest and have obtained a search warrant.

Lemon's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said taking the phone was a possible "over-execution."

Lemon, now a freelance journalist, followed protesters who entered a St. Paul church on Jan. 18. He live streamed the demonstration against a pastor there who protesters said works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"I wanted to say this isn't just about me, this is about all journalists, especially in the United States," Lemon said outside court.

"For more than 30 years, I've been a journalist, and the power and protection of the First Amendment has been the underpinning of my work. The First Amendment, freedom of the press, is the bedrock of our democracy."

"I'd like to thank everyone again for their support," Lemon said. "To my colleagues, countless journalists around the world ... my family and my friends, you all have showed up for me in a real way, and I am extremely grateful for that. I feel it. I feel it. I feel it."

Lemon, 59,was arrested on Jan. 30, in a federal prosecution that's drawn criticism from news media and free speech advocates. A federal grand jury returned theindictmentagainst him and eight co-defendants connected to that church protest.

Lemon pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The defense told Micko it seeks to get grand jury transcripts as Lowell said prosecutors took an "unusual" path secure charges against his client.

Before the grand jury action, a judge had declined to sign arrest warrants against Lemon and his colleagues.

"We have serious concerns about the application of these statutes to our client," Lowell said.

Attorney General Pam Bondicalled the church protesta "coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."

Lemon was charged with conspiracy against the rights of religious freedom at a place of worship and injuring, intimidating and interfering with the exercise of the right of religious freedom at a place of worship.

The National Association of Black Journalists said the arrest of Lemon and fellow freelancer Georgia Fort are part of "the government's escalating effort and actions to criminalize and threaten press freedom under the guise of law enforcement."

"A government that responds to scrutiny by targeting the messenger is not protecting the public, it is attempting to intimidate it, and considering recent incidents regarding federal agents, it is attempting to distract it,"according to an NABJ statement.

Attorneys for Lemon, as well as Fort, filed a joint motion late Friday seeking the disclosure of grand jury proceedings, calling the case an "unconstitutional mess" unworthy of the American justice system.

"In the United States of America, we do not prosecute journalists for doing their job. That happens in Russia, China, Iran and other authoritarian regimes. And yet the government sold this unconstitutional mess to the grand jury," themotion states.

The motion called the government's actions "highly unusual" and "nakedly political" and pointed out that multiple judges declined the charges before the Trump administration worked around them and presented the case to a grand jury.

"The resulting two-count felony indictment, returned on January 29, does not bear the name of a single line prosecutor from this District's U.S. Attorney's Office. That is irregular and represents an unusual departure from the many years' collaboration between the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office and the Civil Rights Division throughout multiple administrations, particularly in civil rights cases and cases that are notable in the Minnesota community," the motion states.

Harmeet Dhillon, the Trump administration's top civil rights official in the Justice Department, said that there's no precedent for using statutes to protect worshippers against journalists covering an event.

"In all these years up until I was the assistant attorney general for civil rights, nobody ever used that houses of worship part to prosecute protesters or criminals blocking access to a house of worship, so we've started to do that,"Dhillon has said.

Border Patrol and ICE agents have carried out raids in and around Minneapolis, leading to mass protests around the region.Border "czar" Tom Homansaid Thursday that the immigration enfrocement operation there would end.

Federal authorities fatally shotMinneapolis residentsAlex Pretti, 37,andRenee Good, 37,during these clashes.

Good appeared to be drivingaway from federal agents on Jan. 7 when she was fatally shot, while Pretti, a nurse who worked with veterans,was helping a womanwho'd been shoved to the ground when he was killed on Jan. 24.

TheTrump administrationlabeled both U.S. citizens as"domestic terrorists"with no immediate evidence the shooting victims had sought to harm federal agents when they were shot at close range.

Before taking office, Trump had complained about what he described as the weaponization of federal authority against political enemies.

Trump's Department of Justice created a "Weaponization Working Group"meant to root out "abuses of the criminal justice process" by federal law enforcement.

The Trump administration has been scrambling to issue a report when the working group's leader Ed Martin,who took over inMay,was removed from his earlier this monthwith no public explanation.

Selina Guevara reported from St. Paul, Minnesota, and David K. Li from Los Angeles.

A shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that took effect early Saturday impacts the agency responsible for screening passengers and bags at airports across the country. Travelers with airline reservations may be nervously recalling a 43-daygovernment shutdownthat led to historic flight cancellations and long delays last year.

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Transportation Security Administrationofficers are expected to work without pay while lawmakers remain without an agreement on Homeland Security's annual funding. TSA officers also worked through the record shutdown that ended Nov. 12, but aviation experts say this one may play out differently.

Trade groups for the U.S. travel industry and major airlines nonetheless warned that the longer DHS appropriations are lapsed, the longer security lines at the nation's commercial airports could get.

Here's what to know aboutthe latest shutdownand how to plan ahead.

What's different about this shutdown?

Funding for Homeland Securityexpired at midnight. But the rest of the federal government is funded through Sept. 30. That means air traffic controllers employed by the Federal Aviation Administration will receive paychecks as usual, reducing the risk of widespread flight cancellations.

According to the department's contingency plan, about 95% of TSA workers are deemed essential personnel and required to keep working. Democrats in the House and Senate say Homeland Security won't get funded until new restrictions are placed on federal immigration operations.

During past shutdowns, disruptions to air travel tended tobuild over time, not overnight. About a month into last year's shutdown, for example, TSA temporarily closed two checkpoints at Philadelphia International Airport. That same day, the governmenttook the extraordinary stepof ordering all commercial airlines to reduce their domestic flight schedules.

John Rose, chief risk officer for global travel management company Altour, said strains could surface at airports more quickly this time because the TSA workforce also will be remembering the last shutdown.

"It's still fresh in their minds and potentially their pocketbooks," Rose said.

What is the impact on travelers?

It's hard to predict whether, when or where security screening snags might pop up. Even a handful of unscheduled TSA absences could quickly lead to longer wait times at smaller airports, for example, if there's just a single security checkpoint.

That's why travelers should plan to arrive early and allow extra time to get through security.

"I tell people to do this even in good times," Rose said.

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Experts say flight delays also are a possibility even though air traffic controllers are not affected by the DHS shutdown.

Airlines might decide to delay departures in some cases to wait for passengers to clear screening, said Rich Davis, senior security advisor at risk mitigation company International SOS. Shortages of TSA officers also could slow the screening of checked luggage behind the scenes.

What travelers can do to prepare

Most airports display security line wait times on their websites, but don't wait until the day of a flight to check them, Rose advised.

"You may look online and it says two-and-a-half hours," he said. "Now it's two-and-a-half hours before your flight and you haven't left for the airport yet."

Passengers should also pay close attention while packing since prohibited items are likely to prolong the screening process. For carry-on bags, avoid bringing full-size shampoo or other liquids, large gels or aerosols and items like pocketknives in carry-on bags.

TSAhas a full liston its website of what is and isn't allowed in carry-on and checked luggage.

At the airport, Rose said, remember to "practice patience and empathy."

"Not only are they not getting paid," he said of TSA agents, "they're probably working with reduced staff and dealing with angry travelers."

Will the shutdown drag on?

The White House has been negotiating with Democratic lawmakers, but the two sides failed to reach a deal by the end of the week before senators and members of Congress were set to leave Washington for a 10-day break.

Lawmakers in both chambers were on notice, however, to return if a deal to end the shutdown is struck.

Democrats have said they won't help approve more funding for Homeland Security untilnew restrictionsare placed on federal immigration operations after the fatal shooting ofAlex PrettiandRenee Goodin Minneapolis last month.

In a joint statement, U.S. Travel, Airlines for America and the American Hotel & Lodging Association warned that the shutdown threatens to disrupt air travel as the busy spring break travel season approaches.

"Travelers and the U.S. economy cannot afford to have essential TSA personnel working without pay, which increases the risk of unscheduled absences and call outs, and ultimately can lead to higher wait times and missed or delayed flights," the statement said.

Whoopi Goldberg was not in the mood on Thursday, Feb. 12, as her co-hosts on The View got into a heated debate over an Olympics hot topic

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• Goldberg jokingly threatened to leave the table, and she was even encouraged by co-host Joy Behar to "take a nap" to avoid the discussion

• "Stay with us, Whoopi. Stay with us," Ana Navarro said, trying to keep her co-host engaged

The internet can't get enough of Norwegian biathleteSturla Holm Lægreid and his viral cheating confession, butWhoopi Goldbergis not interested.

On the Thursday, Feb. 12 episode ofThe View, the co-hosts discussed Lægreid's confession during a Tuesday, Feb. 10 press conference, where he admitted that he'd cheated on his girlfriend during a live interview after winning the bronze medal at the2026 Winter Olympics.

He called his ex "the love of my life" in the interview, according to a translation provided by E! News, but said he'd "made the biggest mistake of my life and was unfaithful" and had come clean about it and they'd broken up.

The next day,Lægreid issued an apology to both his ex-girlfriend and his teammate, Johan-Olav Botn, who had won gold but was overshadowed by the cheating confession. He said he "deeply regret[s]" taking the attention away from Botn and for thrusting his ex into the spotlight.

OnThe View, Goldberg, 70, said she was "confused by all of this" as the panel began discussing the drama.

"The main thing, Whoopi, is — he's with the girl six months, and he's cheating on her already,"Joy Beharexplained, before trying to offer a scientific explanation to explain the athlete's infidelity. "Tell us, doctor," Goldberg encouraged.

"I'm quoting the great anthropologist, Helen Fisher. She says that the first two years of a relationship, you're hot hot for each other because the biological imperative, so you can reproduce and continue with the species," Behar, 83, said. "So if you are already cheating at six months, that is biology telling you it's off, it's wrong."

Sara Hainesthen jumped in, and Goldberg put her head in her hands on the table. As Haines explained that she thinks Lægreid cheated because he wasn't yet invested in his girlfriend, it became clear that Goldberg had lost interest.

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"Stay with us, Whoopi. Stay with us,"Ana Navarrosaid.

Sunny Hostinjumped in next, and declared that the athlete "loves" his ex, as Goldberg tried to get up from the table entirely, and then said "I'm out" to someone off-camera, as she continued to attempt to get up from her chair.

"Whoopi, you're excused," Behar told her, noticing her decreasing interest. Goldberg slouched over the table, and Behar said, "Whoopi, you're excused from this conversation. Take a nap."

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"Please, yes," Goldberg said, and then she cut the conversation off for good.

"You know what? I'll get this all straightened out. We'll be right back," she told the audience, signaling a commercial break and ending the debate.

The Viewairs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC.

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