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 Actor Brad Pitt's daughter Vivienne files to legally drop 'Pitt' from last name Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, the 18-year-old daughter of Hollywood actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has filed a legal petition to remove "Pitt" from her surname. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Vivienne is seeking to change her name from Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt to Vivienne Marcheline Jolie, citing "personal" reasons for the request. The move follows her recent professional use of the surname Jolie, as she was credited as Vivienne Jolie in the Playbill for the Broadway production of The Outsiders, which she helped produce alongside her mother. Vivienne is the latest of the former couple’s children to distance herself from the Pitt surname. Her sister, Shiloh, previously obtained court approval to legally remove "Pitt" from her name after turning 18. Siblings Zahara and Maddox have also sought similar name changes. Sources close to Brad Pitt previous...

 The Ghana Prisons Service has commissioned a new bakery and workshop facility at the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons, just hours before Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, began serving his jail sentence following his conviction in the Samreboi mining case. The facility was commissioned in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as part of activities to mark this year's Nelson Mandela International Day on July 18. Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, said the project forms part of the Service's broader prison reform agenda under the Think Prisons Ghana 360 initiative, which seeks to make correctional facilities centres for rehabilitation rather than punishment alone. "This project is a key milestone in the Service's transformational journey under the Think Prisons Ghana 360 Degrees initiative," she said. "Launched last year, this comprehensiv...

 Sharon Osbourne remembers Ozzy Osbourne one year after his death, saying fans should remember his humour and authenticity Sharon Osbourne says she wants fans to remember Ozzy Osbourne for his humour, honesty and personality as she reflects on his life one year after his death. Speaking to BBC Radio WM in an interview shared on Wednesday, July 22, Sharon said the Black Sabbath frontman was someone who remained true to himself throughout his career. The 73-year-old television personality and former manager of Ozzy said she hopes people remember “how funny he was — funny and charismatic and real.” Sharon recalled that Ozzy often told people to celebrate his life through his music. “As Ozzy would say, ‘when you want to remember me, just yank up the music really loud, as loud as you can get it, and just head bang,’” she said. She described him as authentic and said he was always direct about who he was. “He never tried to be anything other than what he was,” Sharon said. “He would tell...

Love Island USA season 7 couple Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe split after more than a year together Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe have ended their relationship more than a year after leaving the Love Island USA season 7 villa together. A source confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple “decided to part ways,” explaining that maintaining their connection became difficult because of the distance between them and their individual schedules. “They still remain close friends,” the source said. “They share a deep love and respect for each other and will always support one another whenever possible.” Carthen, 28, and Vansteenberghe, 25, developed their relationship during the season’s Casa Amor twist, which introduced new contestants and gave islanders another opportunity to explore connections. Carthen previously revealed that she initially held back from pursuing Vansteenberghe because he was paired with Cierra Ortega, who had been coupled with him earlier in the season. After...

 EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged N5m Fraud in Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, 20 July 2026, arraigned one Auwal Ibrahim before Justice M.A. Madugu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,  High Court, Bwari, Abuja, for alleged fraud. The defendant was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy, impersonation and obtaining under false pretence to the tune of N5,307,000.00 (Five Million, Three Hundred and Seven Thousand Naira). Count one reads: “That you Auwal Ibrahim and Malam Yahaya Babangida (now at large), between the 21st day of April 2026 to 28th day of April, 2026 at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud did conspire between yourselves to cheat by impersonation and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 96 of the Penal Code Laws of the Federation and under Section 97(1) of the same Law.” Count two reads: “That you Auwal Ibrahim and Malam Yahaya Babangida (now at Large), be...

  Deputy arrested for relationship with 14-year-old boy.  In Homer, New York (Cayuga County area), a 25-year-old Cayuga County Sheriff’s deputy named Hunter R. Lawrence of Auburn was arrested by New York State Police for an explicit relationship with a child. Investigators allege Lawrence met the boy online, communicated with him on Snapchat, and engaged in sexual activity with him 10 to 15 times between February and May while the victim was 14 and 15 years old. The alleged encounters took place in Lawrence’s pickup truck on a dead-end road near the boy’s home and at least once at Lawrence’s residence. Lawrence allegedly invited the underage boy on a trip to Nashville, said he planned to go to bars there, and asked the boy if he had a fake ID. The boy reportedly found it odd coming from a cop and did not go. Lawrence allegedly told investigators he believed the boy was 18. The boy had told him he was 18 when they first connected. Under New York law, that is not a defense.