Rita Ora made a dramatic exit from Los Angeles’ legendary Chateau Marmont on Friday, stepping out in a revealing semi-sheer Tom Ford dress.

The 35-year-old British singer turned heads in the translucent design, which showed glimpses of her underwear beneath a structured black blazer with padded shoulders.

She completed the statement look with a wide belt, layers of silver necklaces and dark Saint Laurent sunglasses.

A long-standing celebrity destination, Chateau Marmont is a castle-inspired luxury hotel at 8221 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.

Its famous guest list has included stars such as Kate Moss, Miley Cyrus and Kanye West.

Ora, who is married to filmmaker Taika Waititi, has also recently revisited the long-running claims that she was the woman dubbed “Becky with the good hair” in Beyoncé’s 2016 song “Sorry,” from the album Lemonade.

The speculation began after Ora left Jay-Z’s record label for a new deal with Atlantic Records. That same year, Beyoncé released “Sorry,” a song addressing rumors of her husband’s infidelity, prompting fans to search for the identity of the alleged mistress known as “Becky.”

Ora’s name soon became linked to the theory. Rumors intensified after she posted a Snapchat image featuring lemon-print lingerie and a “J” around her neck shortly after the song’s release. She was later seen wearing a “Not Becky” pin at a Met Ball after-party.

Ora has repeatedly rejected the claims. Addressing the controversy again, she said she would like to know who first started the rumor.

“I don’t know who initiated that whole Becky drama, but I’d love to find out who it was. It’s always woman pitted against woman and you can be sure neither of us had anything to gain.”

Later that year, Ora appeared in a selfie with Beyoncé in an apparent show of solidarity, captioning the image “Family.”

Speaking to The Times, she said: “It’s easy to forget, but ten years ago social media was still quite a new thing. You could be minding your own business then wake up one morning and find out the whole world was on your case.”

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Reflecting on her departure from the rapper’s label, Ora added: “I will never be negative about Jay-Z because he is a legendary artist, but the lesson I learnt was, when you feel your life being pulled in a direction you don’t want it to go, be ready to jump.”

In 2022, Ora discussed the “Becky” controversy with Louis Theroux, including the lemon-patterned lingerie and the necklace that fans believed featured a “J.”

“Oh my God, it literally was a coincidence. I didn’t even think about it, I swear. And it wasn’t a J, it was an R. They flipped it round and then it looked like a J,” she said.

The singer also addressed another image that drew criticism from Beyoncé’s large fan base. In the photograph, she wore a semi-sheer bra from her Tezenis collaboration, styled with strategically placed lemons.

“No, it had nothing [to do with it]. No, that was my own design with an underwear company called Tezenis that I was working with,” Ora explained of the lemon-themed shoot.

She added: “This is what I mean, man – a pinch of salt – you’ve got to take things with a pinch of salt. And that’s what’s insane.”

Rita said that her ‘good friend’ Katy Perry gave her a ‘hilarious badge that said “Not Becky”‘.

On Beyonce’s critically acclaimed album Lemonade, which garnered a pair of Grammy victories, Beyonce made multiple allusions to Jay-Z cheating on her.

Sorry included the lyrics ‘You only want me when I’m not there/You better call Becky with the good hair.’

Rita told Theroux that she would prefer to speak about other aspects of her life and career to the media.

‘It’s interesting ’cause I feel like everyone is very interested in my personal life, like everything else is not worthy enough,’ Ora said. ‘Which, sometimes, is frustrating because I have also got a lot of credentials to sustain my respect.’ 

Hitting back at the rumours in 2016, she said: ‘I find it incredibly rude and disrespectful to women in general (when) we get accused of something that’s basically against the important part – the music.’

President Trump has voiced strong support for artificial intelligence while announcing the creation of an “AI Force” to oversee the emerging technology. He also sought to recast criticism of data centers as part of what he called a “Democrat hoax.”

In a lengthy Truth Social post on Saturday afternoon, Trump compared concerns about data centers’ environmental impact with climate change and several other politically divisive issues.

“We will not in any way hinder or stifle the Growth of this incredible Industry. Rather, we will cherish it, help it, and watch over it, as it grows!” Trump wrote about AI.

“However, we will also be looking for BAD, and we can do that, very easily, with our already existing Criminal and Civil Justice System.”

Trump then introduced the “AI Force” and said he would appoint an “AI Czar” who would seemingly be responsible for monitoring AI development.

In a separate post, the president suggested replacing the term “artificial intelligence” with names such as superior intelligence, extreme intelligence or supreme intelligence. He described the technology as an “ever-growing revolution.”

Trump provided few details about how the AI Force would function, but compared the proposed organization with the Space Force.

Trump established Space Force in 2019 as the sixth branch of the US military. It remains unclear whether the proposed AI Force would also operate under the Department of Defense.

Trump ended his post by urging only “high IQ” candidates to apply for the czar position and calling AI the “next Industrial Revolution.”

“We are leading China, and the rest of the world, and I intend to keep it that way!” the president wrote.

Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week. US officials have previously said the two leaders are expected to discuss AI.

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The United States and China both regard AI as essential to their economic power and are competing to establish global dominance in the field.

Trump’s renewed emphasis on AI came one day after CNN reported that an AI-generated intelligence assessment had falsely identified material aboard a Chinese ship in the Middle East.

Multiple sources told the outlet that a US special operations analyst had used an AI chatbot to examine the ship’s manifest. The analyst incorrectly determined that the vessel was carrying components linked to a nuclear weapons program.

Military planners quickly began preparing to intercept the ship. Soldiers readied themselves to board the vessel while aircraft were sent into the air for the operation.

Shortly before the mission was due to begin, officials conducted another review and discovered that AI had helped produce the intelligence assessment. They then realized the technology had misidentified the material on the ship.

One source described the AI-generated report as “entirely false” and said it had “almost started a war” with China. Any military action against the vessel could have triggered a confrontation between the two global powers.

The US’s emphasis on developing AI has boosted the stock market through data center construction, but criticism of the industry has mounted. 

Former employees with major AI companies have sounded the alarm on the technology’s dangers. 

Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic, outlined in a series of social media posts why he resigned, accusing his company and OpenAI of ‘racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.’

The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House for comment and additional information. 

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Olympic champion Chantelle Newbery appeared to be rebuilding her life, with steady employment and a permanent home, before her arrest over historic drug-related allegations brought her back into custody.

The 49-year-old former diving star appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday for sentencing on 19 alleged offences, including drug and drug-pipe possession as well as driving under the influence.

Dressed in a white Puma shirt and grey tracksuit trousers, Newbery listened closely as her lawyer, Robert Burns, sought an adjournment. She made history as Australia’s first female Olympic diving gold medallist.

Mr Burns said he had acted for Newbery on a number of occasions, but she had represented herself after being arrested on August 25. He told the court he had not yet been able to properly meet with her and discuss the matters before Thursday’s sentencing hearing.

“She was held in a watch house in Brisbane for some days until she was transferred to the women’s prison, so I’ve not been able to secure a conference with her,” he said.

“I spoke with her briefly this morning … she’s anxious to have the matter dealt with.”

Speaking outside court, Mr Burns told the Daily Mail that Newbery had made genuine progress since her previous drug-related charges attracted attention three years ago. He said she now had an income, support from her family and was “making good progress”.

Although he could not comment directly on the current court allegations, Mr Burns said Newbery had been “quite saddened and disappointed” after she was charged and remanded in custody over matters dating back about a year.

“I think it’s fair to say that anybody who has made considerable progress after enduring a period of adversity, only to have to revisit these types of matters, would feel quite saddened and disappointed about the whole thing,” he said.

“Because she’s been making good progress — if she hadn’t, I wouldn’t continue to be looking after her.”

Newbery faced addiction after reaching the pinnacle of her sporting career and has previously served time in prison for theft and drug offences stretching back 12 years.

Before 2023, she asked Mr Burns to keep her medals in safe custody, fearing former associates involved with drugs could take them. The collection includes three gold, four silver and two bronze medals won at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games and World Aquatics Championships between 1998 and 2006.

Three years on, the lawyer continues to hold the medals for safekeeping.

Mr Burns said Newbery’s extraordinary sporting record had always reinforced his belief that she could overcome her past and be rehabilitated.

“Chantelle worked very, very hard to achieve what she did for this country,” he said.

“She represented the country at the highest level and accomplished something no Australian woman had done before her. That does not happen without dedication, commitment and hard work.”

Mr Burns said Australians put Olympians on a pedestal, and there’s an expectation that they stay there even when their sporting careers are over.

‘But people fall on hard times,’ he said.

‘Just because somebody rises to the ranks of an Olympian doesn’t mean that they are not without the struggles and the difficulties that average ordinary people face.’

He said there’s a lot of support while athletes are building their careers, and practically none when it’s all over.

Newbery herself previously told A Current Affair that winning gold at Athens was the greatest moment in her life, but it was difficult to cope with post-Olympic blues.

‘A lot of athletes struggle after the Olympics,’ Newbery said in 2014.

‘You’re working your whole life towards a goal and then whether you achieve that goal or you don’t, it comes to an end.

 ‘It’s a big change in your life and I think we all struggle with it.’ 

No bail application was made on Thursday, and Newbery was taken back into custody once the matter was adjourned.

She has not yet entered a plea for charges including drug possession, possession of pipes or utensils, stealing, driving under the influence, failure to appear in court, and driving without a licence.

Other charges include possessing property suspected of being used in relation to a drug offence, and unlawfully possessing a relevant substance.

Mr Burns previously told the Mail that Newbery ‘detests’ the life she fell into.

He said Newbery had not developed the means to pull herself out of a drug-addled world ‘that has become a normal existence for her’, but he believed she could be rehabilitated.

‘It became evident that she wasn’t getting the support that she needed – she needed help, and she needed stability. She’s a good person with a heart of gold.

‘She’s a very intelligent and a very well-meaning person and she was in a cycle that she found hard to break free from.’

Her matter will return to court on October 1. 

Wendi Adelson has reportedly started a new relationship years after her mother was accused of arranging the killing of her former husband—a case recently revisited in a high-profile true-crime documentary.

Adelson, 47, is now with George Estrada, 12 years after her ex-husband, Dan Markel, 41, was shot outside their Tallahassee, Florida, home amid a bitter custody battle.

She has relocated to Austin to live with Estrada and appears to use his surname on social media, though it remains unclear whether the pair have married. Meanwhile, her mother, Donna Adelson, 76, and brother, Charlie Adelson, 50, remain behind bars after being convicted in Markel’s first-degree murder.

The case—centered on the killing of law professor Markel, who was shot in his garage by contract killer Sigfredo Garcia—was recently featured in Hulu’s true-crime documentary Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel.

Wendi Adelson was never charged in connection with Markel’s death. Prosecutors, however, described her as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the alleged murder plot.

She received immunity from prosecution and later testified at the trials of the five people ultimately convicted in connection with Markel’s killing.

Katherine Magbanua, Charlie Adelson’s former girlfriend, was also found guilty after prosecutors said she helped link Adelson to Garcia.

Donna Adelson, Charlie Adelson, Magbanua and Garcia are each serving life sentences, along with an additional 60 years.

Luis Rivera, who prosecutors said supplied the gun and drove the getaway vehicle, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and is serving a 19-year prison sentence.

Wendi Adelson and Dan Markel married in 2006 before separating six years later.

Markel, a University of Florida academic, returned from a work trip to find that his two sons had been taken away, much of the household furniture was gone and divorce papers had been left on his bed. Two years later, he was shot at his home.

Adelson’s two sons now live with her and Estrada in Austin, where the family occupies a home valued at about $550,000. On social media, Adelson has increasingly signaled her commitment to her new relationship.

In an Instagram post shared last September, another woman uploaded a photograph of Adelson and identified her as “Wendi Estrada.”

The Daily Mail also reported finding photographs of Adelson and Estrada together at a legal conference in 2024.

Estrada previously held the position of executive strategist at Amazon Web Services. He is now chief technology and innovation officer at a credit union.

Estrada’s former wife, Maggie, died unexpectedly in 2021, according to tributes posted online by relatives at the time.

Family members did not publicly provide further information about the circumstances of Maggie’s death.

Posts Maggie made to her own Instagram profile indicate that at the time of her death she and Estrada had already split. 

There are no new legal clouds on the horizon for Wendi as regards her ex-husband’s murder. 

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Under questioning in court in 2019, she partially revealed the immunity deal she struck with prosecutors. 

It was agreed that any testimony was never to be used against her, but it does not stop the state from ever charging her. 

After Donna was found guilty last year, State Attorney Jack Campbell was questioned over what would happen next in the case. 

He told reporters: ‘I understand everyone’s curiosity and interest, but for now, we’re going to let our team rest.’

The murder case sparked intense public interest for more than a decade due to the sordid details of the divorce, tensions with wealthy in-laws and custody battles. 

And Estrada will likely be thankful that his prospective mother-in-law Donna Adelson is locked behind bars, after bloodcurdling details of her schemes were outlined during her trial for murdering Markel.

She was painted as a controlling matriarch who had all the money and the motive to orchestrate the murder of Markel, who she ‘hated.’

They said Donna planned out the murder after Markel stood in the way of letting her daughter move her two grandsons to South Florida to be closer to her family. 

They played calls in court which revealed Donna’s plans to flee to Vietnam just one week after her son, Charlie, was convicted of Markel’s murder in 2023. 

She was arrested attempting to board a one way flight to the country, which has no extradition treaty with the United States, alongside her husband Harvey. 

Prosecutors said she signed checks that were given to Magbanua, and that she also dropped off the cash used to pay the gunmen at Charlie’s home the day of the killing. 

Prosecutor Georgia Cappleman said in her closing arguments: ‘She was paying for a murder. She knew it was going to be murder; she’s the one who wanted it done.’

Cappleman said that all of the evidence against Donna proved she was ‘all about psychological warfare’ and was willing to do ‘whatever it took to get a win.’

Donna’s defense attorneys said that the state didn´t have sufficient evidence to link the grandmother to the murder plot. 

They instead sought to emphasize the roles played by others and cast suspicion on two of Donna´s adult children.

Attorney Jackie Fulford told the court: ‘She meddles in her children’s lives, gets involved in their divorce. She’s just being a parent, not a killer. She’s a meddler – not a murderer.’

When the judge announced that the jury had convicted Donna of first-degree murder, she shouted out: ‘Oh! My God’ and started shaking and crying. 

‘Mrs. Adelson, control yourself,’ the judge told her, warning her that he would remove her from if she did not. 

The Daily Mail contacted Estrada and Wendi for comment. 

Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta personality D. Smith says he is detransitioning after 12 years of living publicly as a woman.

The Grammy-nominated producer, 51, announced the news in an Instagram post Thursday, insisting that he has no regrets.

“For most of my life, I’ve followed my heart, even when the path wasn’t easy to understand,” Smith wrote. “For the past twelve years, I lived publicly as a transgender woman. Those years were not a mistake. They were real.”

He added that the experience brought “extraordinary people, profound experiences, and lessons” he will carry with him for the rest of his life.

Alongside the announcement, Smith posted a new image of himself wearing shorts, a loose-fitting tank top and a durag.

The multi-platinum producer also explained that his decision to live as a man began to take shape in recent months.

“Over the past several months, I’ve started a new chapter in my life,” Smith said. “Moving forward, I’ll be living and presenting as a man and using he/him pronouns.”

He emphasized that the change is not an attempt to erase his history. “Living my life as a woman for 12 years showed me the man I wanted to become,” Smith wrote.

Smith said his love and respect for the transgender community remain intact, adding that everyone should have the right to live with dignity, safety and compassion while having the freedom to become who they are.

The reality star also offered fans a glimpse of his current perspective and expressed gratitude to the people who supported him throughout his journey.

He suggested that he will share more details about his decision in the future.

“Life is constantly pushing me to grow,” Smith wrote. “Even when I feel tired, discouraged or alone, life has given me strength because I chose purpose over fear.” He also thanked everyone who stood by him through every stage of his life.

“There is much more to this journey that cannot fit into this statement,” he continued. “When the time is right, I’ll share that story in full. Until then, thank you for allowing me the space to continue growing.”

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The two-time Grammy-nominated writer, singer and producer has collaborated with artists including Katy Perry, Lil Wayne and CeeLo Green.

Smith came out as transgender in 2014 and later faced professional backlash. In a 2023 interview with the Guardian, he said records nearing release were withdrawn and friends stopped returning his calls.

“I absolutely felt betrayed, but I was in denial for two years,” Smith said. “I had always done everything by the book and made a lot of money for labels, so I thought there was no reason for people to distance themselves from me.”

‘It took me years to think about the fact that people around me loved D. Smith the guy, they trusted that person – literally one day I was wearing jeans and Timberlands and a trucker hat, and the next day I was wearing blue eyeshadow and heels.

‘I didn’t give people a heads up, and you don’t owe anybody an explanation of who you are, but at the same time, how do you realistically expect people to completely accept you [straight away]? That’s actually not fair.’

Smith went on to be a supporting cast member on VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta season 5 in 2016 while Joseline Hernandez and K. Michelle were among the main cast.

Presenting as a woman, Smith was the first openly transgender cast member of an unscripted series.

In 2023, Smith’s film Kokomo City won the NEXT Innovator and Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival.

The documentary is ‘a raw depiction of the lives of four black trans sex workers as they confront the dichotomy between the black community and themselves,’ according to IMDb.