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51 years ago today,David Bowiemade a move that few rock stars at the height of their fame would dare attempt.

On February 21, 1975, the released "Young Americans," a single that signaled a dramaticdeparture from the glittering glam personathat had defined his early '70ssuccess. The man who had soared into pop culture as Ziggy Stardust pivoted sharply into what he famously called "plastic soul," embracing American R&B with aconfidencethat both surprised and divided fans.

The track—later featured on theYoung Americansalbum released a month later in March 1975—wasn't just an experiment. It was a reinvention. Bowie traveled to Philadelphia to record at Sigma Sound Studios, immersing himself in the rich textures of the city's soul movement. ProducerTony Visconti, who had worked with Bowie since 1968, recalled the initial resistance they faced. "We were going to the birthplace of so many hits," Visconti toldThe Postin March 2025."But [Kenny] Gamble and [Leon] Huff, they didn't want to work with us." He added, "They actually said, 'We don't want no white boy stealing ourmusic' or something like that."

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Undeterred, Bowie built his own soul-infused band, bringing in musicians likeAndy Newmark,Willie Weeks,David Sanborn, and a risingLuther Vandrosson backing vocals. And that reinvention also led to an unexpected chart milestone later that year.

During theYoung Americanssessions in New York,John Lennonstopped by the studio—and what began as a loose jam sessionturned into something much bigger. Bowie and guitaristCarlos Alomarhad been working on a groove when Lennon started improvising over it, playfully repeating a word that caught Bowie's attention: "Fame."

The song went on to become Bowie's first No. 1 hit in the United States, topping the Billboard Hot 100, proving his reinvention paid off at the highest level.

Bowie died in 2016 at 69 from liver cancer.

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Key points

• Bill Maher addressed a number of claims Donald Trump made about a dinner that they shared in April: "Bulls---."

• Maher confirmed that he didn't understand a joke that Trump recently made about Canada and China: "I think we're gonna have to workshop that one."

• The comedian also said that in the next episode of Real Time, he would definitively prove that he does not have Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Bill Maheris responding toDonald Trump's rant about adinner they sharedin April.

On Friday's episode ofReal Time, the comedian shared his reaction to the president'sscathing Truth Social tirade, which he posted on Feb. 14.

"I woke up Saturday morning to a blistering social media text from him," Maher said. "It went on and on — on Valentine's Day, by the way. He was very mad at me because I didn't get his joke about how China is gonna make Canada give up hockey."

Indeed, Trump's post included a dig about Mahertaking his comments about Canada seriouslyin an episode ofReal Timelast week.

"I jokingly stated in a TRUTH that, 'The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup,'" Trump wrote. "Well, he went on and on about the Hockey statement, like 'What kind of a person would say such a foolish thing as this,' as though I were being serious when I said it. Fortunately, his Television Ratings are so low that nobody will learn about his various Fake News statements about me."

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"I think we're gonna have to workshop that one for a while," Maher cracked of the joke.

Trump's post claimed that Maher came to the White House for dinner "extremely nervous" with "ZERO confidence in himself," and claimed that "to soothe his nerves, immediately, within seconds, asked for a 'Vodka Tonic.'"

Maher said that Trump's telling of their meeting was inaccurate.

"Okay, it was a margarita. It was not a vodka," Maher said. "And it wasn't immediately. I had a drink before dinner, as people do. He said I was nervous, scared, no confidence — bulls---."

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Trump also said that he thought Maher's first show after the dinner was "very respectful about our meeting," but he subsequently "noticed his show started to devolve into the same old story — Very boring, ANTI TRUMP."

Maher responded with befuddlement that the president assumed their dinner would prevent further criticism onReal Time.

"I never stopped criticizing him," Maher said. "I never said I would! I know how women feel now: A guy buys you dinner and expects you to put out. I'm not that guy."

The comedian also said that whenReal Timereturns on March 6 after a one-week hiatus, he would respond to Trump's post in further detail — and definitively disprove one of Trump's repeated assertions about him.

"We're gonna come back. I'm gonna address this at the end," Maher said. "His whole long screed, and prove that I don't have Trump Derangement Syndrome."

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At the end of the segment, Maher complained that the White House dinner ultimately led to being attacked from all sides.

"It's so funny, because I got so much s--- from the left for reporting honestly that in person, he was very different, very nice, very gracious," he said. "And then he says, 'No, he was scared!' I'm like the Democrats with an election — I just can't win."

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service announced Sunday that an armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

Mar-a-Lago Shooting

Although Trump often spends weekends at his resort, he was at the White House during this incident. First lady Melania Trump was also with the president at the White House on Saturday night.

The name of the person who was shot has not been released. According to the Secret Service, he was "observed by the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago property carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can." The incident took place at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

The suspect, who was in his early 20s and from North Carolina, was reported missing a few days ago by his family. Investigators believe he left North Carolina and headed south, picking up a shotgun along the way, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. The box for the gun was recovered in his vehicle, Guglielmi said. The man drove through the north gate of Mar-a-Lago as another vehicle was exiting and was confronted by Secret Service agents, Guglielmi said. The agents confronted the armed man and he was fatally shot. Investigators are working to compile a psychological profile and a motive is still under investigation.

He was shot by Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriff deputy, the agency said.

Trump has faced threats to his life before. He was wounded during an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024.

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Then on Sept. 15, 2024, a man with a rifle was captured after waiting near Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach while the president played a round. He was sentenced to life in prison earlier this month.

The incident comes as the U.S. has been rocked multiple times in recent years by political violence. Just last year, that included the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the assassination of the Democratic leader in the Minnesota state House and her husband and the shooting of another lawmaker and his wife, and an arson attack at the official residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.

The incursion on Saturday at Trump's Florida home is a few miles from his West Palm Beach golf club where a man tried to assassinate Trump while he played golf during the 2024 election. A Secret Service agent spotted that man, Ryan Routh, aiming a rifle through the shrubbery before Trump came into view. Officials said Routh aimed his rifle at the agent, who opened fire and caused Routh to drop his weapon.

Routh was found guilty last year and sentenced this month to life in prison.

That incident came months after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. That gunman had fired eight shots, with one bullet grazing Trump's ear, before being shot by a Secret Service counter sniper.

The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff's office deputy shot and killed a man who entered the secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago with "what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can," Secret Service announced ina statement on Sunday.

The suspect's identity has not been released yet because of "pending notification of next of kin," the statement said.

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"U.S. Secret Service agents and a PBSO deputy confronted the individual and shots were fired by law enforcement during the encounter," the Secret Service statement said. "No U.S. Secret Service or PBSO personnel were injured."

President Donald Trump was not at Mar-a-Lago during the incident.

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for imprisoned British socialiteGhislaine Maxwellare fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financierJeffrey Epsteinand Maxwell, saying a law used to force the public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional.

The lawyers filed papers late Friday in Manhattan federal court to try to block the release of documents from a since-settled civil defamation lawsuit brought a decade ago by the lateEpstein victim Virginia Giuffreagainst Maxwell. The Justice Department recently asked a judge to lift secrecy requirements on the files.

Maxwell's attorneys said the Justice Department obtained the documents — otherwise subject to secrecy orders — improperly during its criminal probe of Maxwell. They said the documents include transcripts of over 30 depositions and private information regarding financial and sexual matters related to Maxwell and others.

Some records from the year-long exchange of evidence in the lawsuit battle were already released publicly in response to a federal appeals court order.

Maxwell's lawyers say a law Congress passed in December to force the release of millions of Epstein-related documents violates the Constitution's separation of powers doctrine.

"Congress cannot, by statute, strip this Court of the power or relieve it of the responsibility to protect its files from misuse. To do so violates the separation of powers," wrote the lawyers, Laura Menninger and Jeffrey Pagliuca about theEpstein Files Transparency Act.

"Under the Constitution's separation of powers, neither Congress nor the Executive Branch may intrude on the judicial power. That power includes the power to definitively and finally resolve cases and disputes," the lawyers added.

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The release of Epstein-related documents from criminal probes that began weeks ago has resulted in new revelations about Epstein's decades-long sexual abuse of women and teenage girls. Some victims have complained that their names and personal information were revealed in documents while the names of their abusers were blacked out.

Members of Congress have complained that only about half of existing documents, many with redactions, have been made public even as Justice Department officials have said everything has been released, except for some files that can't be made public until a judge gives the go-ahead.

Giuffre said Epstein had trafficked her to other men, including the formerPrince Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. She sued Mountbatten-Windsor in 2021, claiming that they had sex when she was 17.

Hedenied her claimsand the two settled the lawsuit in 2022. Days ago, hewas arrested and held in custodyfor nearly 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in having shared confidential trade information with Epstein.

Ina memoirpublished after she killed herself last year, Giuffre wrote that prosecutors told her they didn't include her in the sex trafficking prosecution of Maxwell because they didn't want her allegations to distract the jury.

Maxwell, 64, was convicted in December 2021 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Epstein took his own life in a federal lockup in August 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. Maxwell wasmoved from a federal prisonin Florida to a low-security prison camp in Texas last summer after she participated in two days of interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Two weeks ago, she declined to answer questions from House Oversight Committee lawmakers in a deposition conducted in a a video call to her federal prison camp, though she indicated through a statement from her lawyer that she was "prepared to speak fully and honestly" if granted clemency.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday.

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NEED TO KNOW

• The Night Agent season 3 premiered Feb. 19 on Netflix

• Season 4 has not been confirmed, but the creator revealed writers are already at work on new episodes

• The series received a tax credit to relocate to Los Angeles for potential new episodes

A new day has dawned forThe Night Agent.

Season 3of Netflix's spy series premiered on Feb. 19, with Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) back in action.

In the season 2 finale, Peter was able to prevent a chemical terrorist attack in New York City, but there are more dangerous missions ahead. During season 3, Peter becomes involved in a sinister network of dark money, putting him in the crosshairs of deadly assassins and powerful political figures.

"I think he's just going to be pulled in different directions and hopefully not torn in half," Basso toldTudumin January 2025 about season 3.

As for the new episodes,The Night Agentcreator Shawn Ryan said, "Peter falls in the middle of an awkward and uncomfortable place — he's between two very powerful people that may be up to no good."

The latest season ofThe Night Agentpremiered on Feb. 19, but it hasn't been announced if Netflix will answer the call for a fourth season.

Here's what to know so far aboutThe Night Agentseason 4.

Will there be a season 4 ofThe Night Agent?

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The Night Agenthas not been officially renewed for season 4.

Previously, the series received an early season 3 renewal, in October 2024, months before season 2 premiered in January 2025, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.

What wouldThe Night Agentseason 4 be about?

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Season 4 ofThe Night Agenthas not been announced, but Ryan is hopeful about the future of the series.

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While the plot for a fourth installment has yet to be been revealed, the creator and showrunner said a writers room for new episodes was opened in 2025.

"We've been working for a while on the storyline. We have some scripts, we are breaking stories," Ryan toldDeadline.

Where willThe Night Agentseason 4 be set?

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The first season ofThe Night Agentwas filmed in Vancouver, and production for seasons 2 and 3 moved to New York City.

Some season 2 scenes were also shot in Thailand and Washington, D.C., according toDeadline. There was also additional filming for season 3 in Istanbul, perTudum.

In November 2025,Deadlinereported that Sony Pictures Television had received a a $31.6 million California tax credit with the condition that the series relocated to Los Angeles for season 4.

According to the outlet, to use the credit, production would have to start within six months.

"I think you know from the tax credit, there's a date by which you need to be filming by; there's time for us at the moment," Ryan later toldDeadlinein February 2026.

Who would be in the cast ofThe Night Agentseason 4?

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The cast has not been confirmed forThe Night Agentseason 4, but Basso leads the series, as Peter.

For season 3, there were multiple returning cast members including Amanda Warren, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Albert Jones, Louis Herthum and Ward Horton, according toTudum.

Where can I watchThe Night Agent?

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The first three seasons ofThe Night Agentare available onNetflix.

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NEED TO KNOW

• Christian Hubicki is back for Survivor's all-star 50th season

• The robotics professor welcomed his first child just weeks before leaving for filming, and he doesn't plan to share the news with his fellow cast members

• "I have to make this mean something for him," he tells PEOPLE

Christian Hubicki is startingSurvivor's 50th season with a secret.

The robotics professor at Florida State University, who won over fans as the "ultimate David" on the show's David vs. Goliath-themed season that aired in 2018, welcomed a baby boy with his wife, Emily, about six weeks before going to Fiji to filmSurvivor's milestone season.

"It can be tough, but he's a secret that I have right here," patting his heart as he speaks with PEOPLE on location in Fiji just beforeSurvivorbegan filming season 50 in June. "He's my reminder, one, not to mess it up, but number two, it's just something I have to fight for that people don't know I have."

When asked if he had any plans to share his news with fellow cast members, Christian replies, "Not anytime soon, that's for sure."

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Ahead of leaving to film, Christian says he recorded himself reading baby books and got a bed that moves to soothe babies for better sleep.

"But it's not a replacement for being there to help," he adds. "I have to make this mean something for him."

Christian talked about becoming a father on an August 2025 episode ofRob Has a Podcast, saying, "It's wonderful. I love it. And it really forced me, finally, to have a set schedule in my life. It really adds a lot of structure and also tears down a lot of structure to your life. Things that you planned on doing at a particular time, it's like, 'Nope, nope, nope. Baby needs attention.' "

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He added that he's enjoying experiencing all the "firsts," including his son's first bath.

"I was always afraid, like, 'What's he gonna respond to the bath?' Like, you know, being in the water, and he came out, and he had this adorable little face as if he just experienced something beautiful for the first time," Christian said on the podcast. "And I'm like, 'Oh, I'll never forget that.' "

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"And my photo roll has never been longer on my camera, that's for sure," he added.

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Christian was a standout on the 37th season ofSurvivor, memorably solving a puzzle in record time during the premiere episode (turns out, he developed an algorithm for solving slide puzzles as an undergrad) and winning an endurance-based immunity challenge that lasted five and a half hours (during which, Christian rambled about everything from exoskeleton research to reuben sandwiches).

However, he was also targeted as a major threat — something Christian credits partially to Mike White, the creator ofThe White Lotuson HBO, with whom he competed alongside in David vs. Goliath and is also back for season 50.

"Mike White understood that this is a story first, and that the story of my season was David vs. Goliath," Christian tells PEOPLE. "He said, 'Christian is the ultimate David. If you let him get to the end, he will slay Goliath and win.' Very simple story. Everyone bought it."

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This time around, Christian is taking that philosophy with him — but making it work in his favor.

"You could callSurvivora social game. I like to think of it as a political game. You could talk about it as a game of votes, as a game of relationships, all these things. Those are all true, but incomplete," he says. "Survivoris narrative warfare. It's a war for the best story."

Survivor's 50th season premieres on Wednesday, Feb. 25, on CBS.

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