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Storm Reid Celebrates Her USC Graduation
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- Storm Reid graduated from the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts on Thursday, May 15
- The Euphoria alum celebrated the milestone with a series of Instagram videos and photos throughout the past few days
- She also included friends and family’s videos of her at the commencement ceremony
Storm Reid is a college graduate!
The Euphoria alum celebrated her college graduation from the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts on Thursday, May 15. The actress, 21, posted a series of Instagram Stories and posts commemorating the occasion.
On Tuesday, May 13, she posted an Instagram carousel of her graduation photos, as she posed with her graduation stole around USC campus.
“The past few months, everybody’s been asking how i feel about graduating. my answer? pray for me. well…your prayers worked. and i couldn’t thank the people who prayed for me enough. today i officially finished my undergrad at USC,” her caption read.
“There were so many times i didn’t think i’d make it. the finish line looked close, but felt so far. but with God? anything is possible.”
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“Choosing USC was the best decision i could’ve made — it truly changed my life. i’m forever grateful and will forever FTFO,” she wrote, adding the school’s slang, “Fight the F— On.”
“4 years of trusting God. this right here is proof that miracles do happen. and now i ask y’all again… what do we call my success PLUS a degree?? ♥️,” the caption concluded.
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The end of her caption was seemingly a reference to a rude comment she received on one of her April TikTok videos criticizing her decision to attend college. “What do we call my success, plus going to college?” Reid replied. “My success plus getting a degree? What are we gonna call that? Let me know.”
“And you’re right, college isn’t for everybody, but it was for me. I wanted to go. I felt like I needed to go. I was able to do that and work full time. I wanted to work and I wanted to further my education, so I did that,” she continued.
“I’m all for people having their own opinions. But let’s be real. Let’s tap into reality. I did that. And I also got an Emmy while doing it, in college, 20 years old, junior in college.”
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She also added an Instagram carousel on Thursday, May 15, alongside two of her friends and fellow graduates. In the photos, they posed together in a classroom in front of a blackboard that read, “Surviving USC 101.”
Also on Thursday, May 15, she posted several photos and videos to her Instagram Stories of her ceremony. She reposted her friends’ and family’s Instagram Stories to her own profile, showing videos of her having her name read aloud for the crowd.
Her Instagram Stories also included a brief video and a photo collage of her posing in her white graduation dress.
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE at the NAMI Mental Health Gala Honoring Robert Downey Jr. and Craig Dubitsky on May 8, Reid said she planned to “take a beat” after graduating, but is “very excited” about what comes next in her acting career. Her next big project is director Teyana Taylor’s Get Lite. She also has other projects in the works that she couldn’t “say too much about.”
“I’m very excited, and it’s going to be a very busy end of the year and a very busy 2026,” Reid told PEOPLE.
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Jennifer Lopez celebrates twins Emme and Max’s 18th birthday with sweet tribute

Jennifer Lopez shared an emotional tribute to her twins, Max and Emme, on their 18th birthday.
The singer and actress shared an intimate video montage of her twins over the years on Instagram Sunday. Set to One Direction’s “18,” the video featured special moments in their lives, including Emme’s surprise appearance during her mother’s Super Bowl LIV halftime show alongside Shakira in 2020.
Lopez, who shares Emme and Max with her ex-husband, Marc Anthony, recalled giving birth to her twins in the middle of the night during a snowstorm in New York City.
“It was as if God was making sure you would enter a world full of pure magic!!” she wrote. “In my heart, I knew that’s how your life would always be!!”
“When I would hold you as infants, I honestly felt as if I were holding two angels sent straight from heaven above,” she continued, “My life was changed forever.”
The “Hustlers” star fondly referred to her children as her “coconuts.”
“‘I love you’ could never encapsulate the depth of feeling, affection, and care that I have for you, my coconuts,” she wrote. “It has always been the three of us!! We have been on this journey together.”
“We have always had each other to hold on to and be that steady presence in the middle of any snowstorm,” she added. “And I promise you, my beautiful coconuts, no matter how big you get, that’s how it will always be.”
“Always remember, Lulu, you are my sunshine…and Max, you’re amazing just the way you are!! … Happy 18th Birthday, my wonder twins!!!”
Last October, the twins made a rare appearance at the New York City premiere of her film, “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”
Lopez, 56, beamed as she posed with them on the red carpet.
Emme rocked a red velvet suit jacket, black satin shirt and a pair of black pants, while Max wore a multi-colored jacket over a burgundy sweater and a pair of khaki slacks.
Later that month, Lopez revealed that Max and Emme once confronted her about not being present in their lives as she navigated being a single mom following her divorce from Anthony.
During her appearance on “The Howard Stern Show,” she revealed that the pivotal conversation happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, when she was able to “stay home” and be more present,
“They spoke to me, [and] they’re like, ‘You’re not a regular mom. You’re not here every day. You don’t drop us off and pick us up like the other [moms],’” she recalled, noting that her kids were around the age of 10 at the time.
“And I realized how much they needed me there,” she added.
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Tim McGraw reveals most controversial song Indian Outlaw after industry tried to cancel hit

Tim McGraw is looking back at the most “controversial” song of his career.
During a recent interview on “The Tim Ferriss Show,” the 58-year-old country singer shared which song he had to fight to include on one of his albums, and why it was such a big risk.
“‘Indian Outlaw’ — because I had that song for my first album and nobody liked it,” he explained when asked for an example of a song of his he thought was “lightning in a bottle.” “The label didn’t like it. [Producer] James Stroud didn’t like it. Byron [Gallimore, his longtime producer and collaborator] liked it, but I couldn’t talk James into letting me record it and I couldn’t talk the label into it.”
According to the musician, the label told him “it was too controversial, and it was a bad song,” going as far as telling McGraw “it wasn’t country music” and would not get played on the radio.
He recalled the first night he heard the song, in the Hall of Fame Lounge and Hotel in Nashville, when he bumped into songwriters Tommy and Max D. Barnes, who played the song for him live.
“I heard it that first night and I started playing it immediately,” McGraw said. “Learned it and started playing it in all the clubs around town, the honky-tonks around town, and when we would travel and play clubs all over the country, I was playing that song, and we’d end up having to play it two or three times a night, four times a night, because people loved it so much.”
Due to his love of the song and the praise it was receiving at his shows, McGraw pleaded with his record label to include it on his debut album, but because he “didn’t have any say-so on the first album,” it was left off.
When it came time to cut his second album, “Not a Moment Too Soon,” the singer insisted it be included, noting, “I felt like this is either going to work in a huge way or it’s going to ruin my career forever.”
“Luckily, it worked,” McGraw added. “And I think that what kept me from being just sort of a novelty act with this sort of funky, weird song that made some noise was being able to come right behind it with ‘Don’t Take the Girl.’ I’ll forever believe that the combination of those two songs is what set my career in motion and gave me momentum that I probably couldn’t have gotten any other way.”
The song went on to become McGraw’s first top 10 country hit and went platinum.
McGraw touched on the controversy of “Indian Outlaw,” explaining, “I understood why it was controversial, because it was stereotypical, and it was sort of a play on Native American stereotypes. And there was a lot of controversy around it, and I understood the controversy and I wasn’t upset about the controversy.”
He added, “In fact, I met with several Native American leaders. Some liked the song, some didn’t like the song. And my answer was, ‘Look, I understand what your concerns are. The song’s not meant to be that way, I understand your concerns. My opinion, if you need to go after me in order to raise attention and awareness, by all means, use my song for that. If you like it or don’t like it, if you can make something good happen from it, then by all means, I’m not going to be offended.’”
The singer said that when he plays at Native American casinos, he offers to take the song out of his set, but “99 percent of the time, ‘That’s why we hired you, is to sing that song.’ So they love it. So it’s been really good to me.”
In October 2025, the singer opened up about a rough patch in his career following a series of injuries, which left him wondering if he would ever perform again, adding he nearly quit his career.
“I’ve had four back surgeries and double knee replacements, just in the last couple of years,” he told the crowd at his concert in Highland, California at the time.
He later added, “And this spring, before I had my final back surgery, things were getting really bad, so I was seriously contemplating and figuring out how to walk away. I didn’t want to, but I didn’t think it was going to get better.”
McGraw later shared that he has since gotten better and that while he was recovering he wrote the song, “King Rodeo,” which explores themes of aging and the struggles that come with it.
Lyrics of the song include: “Hey, King Rodeo, You’re lookin’ lonely / Like you’ve lost your one and only / Adoring crowds are not around you / Whispers and shadows, they surround you.”
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Oprah’s Roomy Cargo Pants Are a Go-To Fall Style
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Oprah Winfrey is committed to cargo pants, so it’s obvious I have to break up with my boring pocketless pants as soon as possible.
Last fall in New York City, the media mogul wore a pair of big-pocket pants (a style she’s worn before) that prompted a light-bulb realization: I fear I have not given cargos a fighting chance. And for what? Boring pants that only have hidden pockets, or, in many cases, faux ones that can’t even stash a phone.
Not long before Oprah showed off her brown cargos, Gwyneth Paltrow wore a navy blue pair with a cropped trench coat. That gives me another reason to feel confident about trying this offbeat pants style.
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The rest of Oprah’s look was grand, too: Her purple sweater was ideal for fall thanks to its three-quarter sleeves, plus her comfy sneakers finished it with polished comfort (she also wore heels with the outfit at another point in the day, but let’s keep it casual). We rounded up similar big-pocket pants, sweaters, and kicks inspired by the TV icon.
Oprah’s Outfit Blueprint
MoFiz Cargo Capris, $37 with coupon
Amazon
When I use regular pockets, I’m super careful because, most of the time, they’re not deep enough, so things tend to fall out when I’m sitting. In other words, they’re not that secure, and that’s why I’m picking out pants with pockets that have more room or more compartments.
These from Amazon are “very durable” and “silky” to the touch, per the reviews. Also, according to one shopper who wore them while hiking, “The pockets were big enough to hold my phone and Chapstick, so I didn’t have to carry a big bag.” They also have drawstring cuffs, so you can tie them up if you don’t want to dirty them when walking around outdoors.
Liyohon Turtleneck Top
Amazon
I can’t stand feeling like an overstuffed burrito with a thick sweater packed into an even thicker coat in the fall or winter. So, I usually choose thinner layers, but I want them to keep me at least a little warm. This turtleneck “feels more like a light sweater than a T-shirt,” according to one shopper, and it has been worn under dresses and blazers, per many others.
The purple shade here is a little lighter than Oprah’s, but the three-quarter-length sleeves are, in my opinion, the most important thing to focus on here.
Somiliss Leather Suede Patchwork Sneakers
Amazon
Oprah also pulled a sneaky move when she did a little shoe change. We don’t know which pair came first — heels or sneakers — but I personally am a “go comfortable or go home” shoe gal, so I’m choosing option B.
In my book, suede makes anything more fall-worthy, but it can be tricky on shoes. I don’t want to have to spritz a protectant spray all over, so a pair with just a little bit of the soft texture feels easier to manage long term. The soles on these look serrated like Oprah’s, which make me believe that they’d be incredibly grippy.
Keep scrolling to shop more Amazon finds inspired by Oprah’s outfit, including more brown cargo pants, purple three-quarter-sleeve tops, and white sneakers.
Moosehill Wide-Leg Cargo Pants
Amazon
Lepunuo High-Waisted Cargo Pants
Amazon
Dokotoo Striped Knit Pullover Sweater, $32 with coupon
Amazon
JomeDesign Three-Quarter-Sleeve Sweater
Amazon
Sernial White Platform Sneakers
Amazon
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