Simone Biles Beams Bright at 2025 ESPYS in Glittering Gown Made from Her 'Favorite' T-Shirt: Exclusive Details

Simone Biles Beams Bright at 2025 ESPYS in Glittering Gown Made from Her 'Favorite' T-Shirt: Exclusive Details

Maya Dehlin Spach/WireImage Simone Biles and NFL star husband Jonathan Owen hit the 2025 ESPYS red carpet dressed to impress Biles wore a custom Zac Posen gown, made in collaboration with Athleta, for the occasion The gown was constructed from the brand's open back Transcend t-shirt, Biles "favorite" she tells PEOPLE in an exclusive red carpet interview at the event Simone BilesandJonathan Owensshut down the 2025 ESPYS red carpet with their show-stopping style. The record-breaking Olympic gymnast, 28, is nominated for two awards including Best Athlete in Women's Sports and Best Championship Performance for hergold medal winat the2024 Olympics in Women's All-Around‬.This is Biles' first trip to the ESPYS since 2017. The champion wore a glittering blue sequin gown, a custom design by Zac Posen in partnership with Athleta. The dress, which shimmered from every angle, was fit for a winner — the square neck line allowed the Olympian to show off her ample cleavage and tattoos with comfort and ease, as the dress was made from the same fabric as Athleta'sTranscend Open Back Tee. Amy Sussman/Getty "Zac Posen [collaborated] with Athleta to make the perfect top which was one of my favorites, the Transcend, and so that's why I have an open back. It's very comfortable underneath," Biles —who is an ambassador for the brand — exclusively told PEOPLE on the ESPYS red carpet. Biles completed the glamorous look with a smoky eyeshadow on her lids, a glossy bob worn styled in sleek waves and dazzling diamond EFFY jewelry for an added touch of sparkle. Ahead of the awards show, Athleta shared a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the gown to Instagram. Posen said that creating the "one of a kind custom piece" was like "singing a duet," while Biles noted the gown came out "exactly how I envisioned it." Meanwhile, her husband, 29, opted for a suited look by Banana Republic that consisted of a white blazer worn over a black dress shit — featuring a cowl neck to show off his tattooed chest — and black slacks. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! Minutes into the ESPYS broadcast, thegymnast also took home the award for Best Championship Performance, and used a portion of her speech to recognize Texas flood victims that are struggling after the devastating storms; Owens stood up and cheered for her after she hit the stage. The couple's red carpet appearances are few and far between, the last time being at the2025 Met Gala.It marked their first Met Gala as a couple, and theChicago Bears safety's debut. At the event, Biles turned heads in a custom bright blue Harbison Studio minidress. The bold look featured a white collar, jewel appliqués, plus massive bow and train. The 4 foot, 8 inch tall gymnast topped off her look with "at least four or five" inch heels, she shared. Theo Wargo/FilmMagic Meanwhile, the football pro sported an all-white suit with and white fringe details on the sleeves and pants. Blue accents, including a white gold Margot McKinney Atlantic pendant featuring a 119.44ct aquamarine, a South Sea pearl and several diamonds, complemented Biles's look. He finished the fit with a white fur shawl and black cane. The couple joked that the event was the "ultimate date night," ahead of theirsecond wedding anniversary. "I'm just excited to be with my husband," Biles said during the event's livestream hosted byTeyana Taylor, La La Anthony and Ego Nwodim. She also shared that she and Owens were "doing long distance" during May. The couple initiallygot married in April of 2023. Biles wore a tiered white gown and Owens chose a tan suit. The athlete then worefour different dressesfor their second ceremony and wedding weekend in Cabo San Lucas, including a Galia Lahav JILL mini dress, a custom Galia Lahav GIMAYA dress, a custom Galia Lahav MAYA dress and custom Galia Lahav G-502. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. During last years ESPY Awards, Bileswon the Best Comeback Athletecategory. She did not attend the event to accept the honor as she was preparing for the 2024 Olympics. She has won four ESPY awards so far, two in 2017, one in 2021 and one last year. The ESPY Awards are airing live on ESPN beginning 8 p.m. ET. Read the original article onPeople

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Simone Biles Beams Bright at 2025 ESPYS in Glittering Gown Made from Her 'Favorite' T-Shirt: Exclusive Details

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Why Oprah Winfrey 'would never' go to space like best friend Gayle King

Why Oprah Winfrey 'would never' go to space like best friend Gayle King

Oprah Winfreyisn't joining her bestieGayle Kingby going to space any time soon. The ex-"Oprah Winfrey Show"host got candid on the July 16 episode of the SiriusXM show"Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa"about why she skipped going on the infamous Blue Origin flight in April with her BFF. "I would never do it, but I became very interested in the whole process," Winfrey said. The Oprah's Book Club creatortold Ripa that she was "just so proud to be there for" King, adding she was "relieved" that the "CBS Mornings" host went to space, "because if she'd asked one more time, 'What should I do? Do you think I should go?' I, from the beginning, was like, 'You should do it.'" Winfrey also revealed that she told King not to "letKaty Perrycome down and say, 'It was really great fun.'" Kelly Ripa shuts down Mark Consuelos''repulsive' morning habit For the mission, King joinedpop star Perryand billionaire Amazon founderJeff Bezos'now-wife and authorLauren SánchezBezos along with three others for thefirst all-female flight to spacein decades. However, the flight fromBezos-backedexploration company Blue Origin garnered widespread criticism. Still, Winfrey encouraged King to adventure. "You're going to be really saying, 'I should have done it,'" she recalled telling King. "The minute somebody says, 'Oh my God, like a life changing experience,' you're going to go, 'Oh, I should have done it.'" Oprah says July book club pick hookedher 'until the very last shocking sentence' The "Oprah Winfrey Show" star confessed that she knew it was time to leave her eponymous daytime talk show, which ended in 2011, when her team suggested they send an audience to space. "I remember going into a meeting and someone saying, 'I think what we should do is try to get people on a spaceship, or we should be able to take an audience or some audience members up on a spaceship,'" Winfrey said. After making the admission, Winfrey gave her fellow talk show host a word of advice and told her that "it's not time for you to step away" from "Live," which Ripa hosts with husband andactor Mark Consuelos, because "you have fun and it's easy and it's light enough. And serious enough when it needs to be, and it's not a grind." The "Oprah Podcast" host said that she loved hosting her own show, but it was different than Ripa's because the "Oprah" show dealt with heavier topics, sharing with the "All My Children" alum that "the nature of what we were doing every day became just so hard." Gayle King on 'disrespectful' spacebacklash, celebrity friends 'throwing shade' "Don't let go of the platform that you have. Do not do it. Don't even consider it," Winfrey said. "Because I feel that the reach that you have, the audience that you've built, the family that you've created – both inside the studio and in the rest of the world – is really more vital and important now than ever before." This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Oprah talks friend Gayle King's space trip, says she'd 'never' go

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Why Oprah Winfrey 'would never' go to space like best friend Gayle King Oprah Winfreyisn't joining her bestieGayle Kingby going ...

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Jenna Bush Hager Admits Her Husband Isn’t Thrilled About Talk Show Chatter

Jenna Bush Hager Admits Her Husband Isn't Thrilled About Talk Show Chatter

Jenna Bush Hager Admits Her Husband Isn't Thrilled About Talk Show Chatteroriginally appeared onParade. Jenna Bush Hagerhas stepped into her role as a daytime talk show host with ease. For many, the mother of three has brought a lot of joy and light with her role onToday, from chatting about her home life with her kids to taking part in various segments. However, there's one thing about her role on TV that her husband, Henry Chase Hager, isn't super thrilled with. "I think it's in the same vein as when you're writing," Bush Hager said on the July 16 episode ofTodayin regard to sharing things about her three children. "You're like, 'Wait, whose story is this? Am I telling my story or is this posting because the kids are doing something really cute?'" Bush Hager noted that her husband is very mindful of the family's privacy — especially when it comes to their kids, Mila, 12, and Poppy, 9, and Hal, 5. "One of the great things about Henry is he always is thinking that way. He just believes we should have privacy as a family. So if I say something — maybe on this show — that gets pickup, he gets grumpy about it," Bush Hager continued. The former first daughter takes her husband's opinion seriously and has given it some thought. "It helps me realize that I should be better for Mila, for Poppy and Hal," she said. Nevertheless, Hager is still the ever-supportive husband and, back in March, he made hisTodayco-hosting debut alongside his wife. Jenna Bush Hager Admits Her Husband Isn't Thrilled About Talk Show Chatterfirst appeared on Parade on Jul 16, 2025 This story was originally reported byParadeon Jul 16, 2025, where it first appeared.

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Zelenskiy says he wants half Ukraine's weapons to be produced domestically

Zelenskiy says he wants half Ukraine's weapons to be produced domestically

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he was counting on his new incoming government to take measures to boost the proportion of weapons made at home to 50% within six months. Zelenskiy has carried out a political reshuffle this week, nominating as his new prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko, the driving force behind a minerals deal with the United States. Outgoing prime minister Denys Shmyhal has been put forward as the new defence minister. The nominations, which require parliamentary approval, came as diplomatic efforts to end the war with Russia, now in its fourth year, have stalled and as Ukraine seeks to revive its cash-strapped economy and build up a domestic arms industry. Zelenskiy said he, Shmyhal and outgoing defence minister Rustem Umerov had decided at a meeting on Wednesday that the defence ministry would have "greater influence in the domain of arms production". "Ukrainian-made weapons now make up about 40% of those used at the front and in our operations," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. "This is already significantly more than at any time in our country's independence. The production volumes are truly large, but we need more. "Our goal is to reach 50% Ukrainian-made weaponry within the first six months of the new government, by expanding our domestic production. I am confident this is achievable, though not easy." Zelenskiy has long stressed the importance of boosting domestic production of weapons and developing joint production of weaponry with Ukraine's Western partners. It has focused on drone production and on providing air defences to withstand intensifying Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities. Zelenskiy has in recent weeks stressed the importance of developing drone interceptors as a rational way of tackling swarms of drones. Kyiv's military authorities last week announced the allocation of $6.2 million for a drone interceptor program to defend the capital's skies from Russian drones. (Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleksander Kozhukhar, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)

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Tsunami advisory canceled after magnitude 7.3 earthquake recorded off Alaska coast

Tsunami advisory canceled after magnitude 7.3 earthquake recorded off Alaska coast

Amagnitude 7.3 earthquakestruck the Alaska Peninsula on the afternoon of July 16, briefly triggering a tsunami warning for the state's southern coast as communities were ordered to move inland to higher ground. The earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in the Aleutian Chain, according to theU.S. Geological Survey. TheAlaska Earthquake Centersaid the quake was "felt throughout the Alaska Peninsula and southern Alaska." TheNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationinitially issued a tsunami warning for the majority of the Alaska Peninsula, spanning into the southernmost part of Alaska's mainland toward Anchorage. The alert was later downgraded to atsunami advisoryby 1:50 p.m. local time. The tsunami advisory was in effect for coastal areas from Kennedy Entrance, about 40 miles southwest of Homer, to Unimak Pass — a distance of about 700 miles, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center. Impacted cities include Cold Bay, Sand Point, and Kodiak, the Anchorage National Weather Service shared onsocial mediaon July 16. Authorities warned of potential dangerous coastal flooding, and residents were advised to move inland and to higher ground. By about 2:43 p.m. local time, the National Tsunami Warning Center said the advisory was canceled for the coastal areas of Alaska. "Tsunami cancellations indicate the end of the damaging tsunami threat," the National Tsunami Warning Center said in anupdate. "A cancellation is issued after an evaluation of sea level data confirms that a destructive tsunami will not impact the alerted region, or after tsunami levels have subsided to non-damaging levels." An Icelandic volcano is erupting, again:See spectacular drone video and maps of the area. A major earthquake, capable of causing "serious damage," is considered to have a magnitude between 7.0 and 7.9, according toMichigan Technological University. Only about 10 to 15 earthquakes of this caliber are reported each year. The Alaska Earthquake Center said the magnitude 7.3 earthquake was recorded about 55 miles south of Sand Point and was located at a depth of about 9 miles. The center noted that the magnitude and location "may change slightly" as additional data are received and processed. Following the major quake, the USGS recorded multiple aftershocks near Sand Point, including a magnitude 5.2 earthquake about 66 miles south-southeast of the community. "So far, there have been at least 20 aftershocks for the M7.3 earthquake south of Sand Point," according to theAlaska Earthquake Center. "Five of them have been above magnitude 4." What's going on?Volcanoes in multiple states have been rumbling. The National Weather Service said tsunami messages are issued by the tsunami warning centers to alert local authorities and the public of a possible tsunami. There are four levels of tsunami alerts, according to the weather service: Tsunami Warning: "Take Action—Danger! A tsunami that may cause widespread flooding is expected or occurring. Dangerous coastal flooding and powerful currents are possible and may continue for several hours or days after initial arrival." Tsunami Advisory: "Take Action—A tsunami with potential for strong currents or waves dangerous to those in or very near the water is expected or occurring. There may be flooding of beach and harbor areas." Tsunami Watch: "Be Prepared—A distant earthquake has occurred. A tsunami is possible." Tsunami Information Statement: "Relax—An earthquake has occurred, but there is no threat or it was very far away and the threat has not been determined. In most cases, there is no threat of a destructive tsunami." The Anchorage Office of Emergency Management said in asocial media postthat the tsunami alert, which Alaska residents may have received on mobile devices, is not a threat to the capital city. "This message was in response to a large magnitude earthquake southwest of Anchorage and the message zones overlapped," the office wrote. The Office of Emergency Management of Hawaii's O'ahu released astatementon X, reassuring residents that there is no tsunami threat to the island. In Washington state, officials said the earthquake prompted them to examine whether it would impact the state's coastlines. Data from tsunami buoys showed there was no danger for the state, the Washington Emergency Management Division said onX. "We have now been told there is NO DANGER for Washington state from this earthquake in Alaska," the Washington Emergency Management Division said. "Scientists had to wait to examine the wave heights arriving at DART tsunami buoys -- and those sensors now indicate there is NO DANGER for our coastline." (This story was updated to add new information.) This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Earthquake off Alaska coast briefly triggers tsunami alert

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Federal lawsuit seeks to stop ICE agents from arresting people at immigration courts

Federal lawsuit seeks to stop ICE agents from arresting people at immigration courts

A group ofimmigrantsand legal advocates filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers fromarresting migrantswho appear at immigration courts for previously scheduled hearings and placing them on a fast-track to deportation. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Department of Homeland Security, Justice Department and ICE says the arrests of thousands of people at court have stripped them of rights afforded to them under U.S. immigration law and the Fifth Amendment. The large-scale immigration court arrests that began in Mayhave unleashed fearamong asylum-seekers and immigrants.In what has become a familiar scene, a judge will grant a government lawyer's request to dismiss deportation proceedings against an immigrant while ICE officers wait in the hallway to take them into custody. Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, one of the groups that filed the lawsuit, said the Trump administration is "weaponizing" immigration courts and chilling participation in the legal process. "People seeking refuge, safety, or relief should not be arrested, detained, and deported without a chance to be heard and given due process," Perryman said in a statement. Messages seeking comment from ICE, Homeland Security and the Justice Department were not immediately returned. The Executive Office for Immigration Review, which oversees the courts, declined to comment. PresidentDonald Trumphas pledged to deport the most dangerous criminals in thelargest deportation programin American history to protect law-abiding citizens, butgovernment data on the detentionsshow that the majority of people detained by ICE have no criminal convictions. The lawsuit represents 12 people who have been arrested at court hearings, along with the Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative and American Gateways, which provide legal services to people whoface potential arrest and deportationwhen they comply with their immigration proceedings by attending a court hearing. Some of the immigrants have lived in the United States for years and were separated from family members, some who were U.S. citizens, without notice, the lawsuit said. Others fled persecution in their home countries and requested asylum. But those requests were quashed when the government lawyer dismissed their case. Priyanka Gandhi-Abriano, interim CEO for Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative, said the arrests are a deliberate attempt to intimidate people. "Our friends, neighbors, and families are told to 'do it the right way' — to follow the legal process," Gandhi-Abriano said in a statement. "They're doing just that — showing up to court, complying with the law. Despite this, they're being arrested and detained." Homeland Security officials have defended the practice, saying the Trump administration is implementing the rule of law after former President Joe Biden's "catch and release policy that allowed millions of unvetted illegal aliens to be let loose on American streets." They said if a person has a credible fear claim, they can continue in the immigration proceedings, but if not claim is found, they'll be subject to swift deportation. Keren Zwick, director of litigation at the National Immigrant Justice Center said, "We are witnessing an authoritarian takeover of the U.S. immigration court system by the Trump administration." The people attending the hearings to seek permission to stay in the U.S., but they're being rounded up and "abruptly ripped from their families, homes and livelihoods." "Meanwhile, the administration is issuing directives telling immigration judges to violate those same immigration laws and strip people of fundamental due process rights," Zwick said. "We must continue fighting to overcome the administration's escalating attacks on the U.S. Constitution and rule of law."

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Federal lawsuit seeks to stop ICE agents from arresting people at immigration courts

Federal lawsuit seeks to stop ICE agents from arresting people at immigration courts A group ofimmigrantsand legal advocates filed a class-a...

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