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Inglewood Mayor Says City&x27;s Prepared For World Cup, We&x27;ve Had Taylor Swift Concerts! TMZ StaffSun, March 1, 2026 at 8:30 AM UTC 0 Inglewood Mayor Says City's Prepared For World Cup, We've Had Taylor Swift Concerts! The World Cup is the biggest sporting event of 2026 ... but Inglewood's not sweating being one of the host cities thanks to names like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. We spoke with Mayor James Butts Jr. this week as the city gears up to welcome soccer fans at SoFi Stadium this June ... with folks from all over the globe expected to travel to the area for games.

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The World Cup is the biggest sporting event of 2026 ... but Inglewood's not sweating being one of the host cities -- thanks to names like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

We spoke with Mayor James Butts Jr. this week as the city gears up to welcome soccer fans at SoFi Stadium this June ... with folks from all over the globe expected to travel to the area for games.

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Mayor Butts said federal presence will be added to the city's already "robust public safety matrix" ... which already exists thanks to massive names like Swift and Bey having tour stops in the area in years past -- as well as the Super Bowl -- with countless spectators flooding the city for those events.

Speaking of the Super Bowl, Butts said having the World Cup is like hosting several Super Bowls in one month ... which is pretty bonkers to think about.

Butts says the security measures will not include U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, whose actions have sparked unrest throughout the country, including in Los Angeles.

"To my knowledge, ICE is not going to be a part of the federal matrix at this time -- for the World Cup," Mayor Butts said.

Mayor Betts pointed out that ICE-related unrest has been in certain parts of L.A., and Inglewood is not one of them. However, if a protest or disruption occurs, the city knows what to do.

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"We always have contingency plans, but fortunately we have not had unrest here, so we're not gonna wish that upon ourselves, but we do have contingency plans for all outcomes," Mayor Butts added.

Overall, Mayor Butts -- who was sworn in as mayor in 2011 -- is looking forward to the World Cup, saying the economic boost and "circulation value of money" will be in the billions!

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He also wants visitors to leave with a good impression of Inglewood ... a city where you can get good entertainment, feel safe, and have an overall great experience.

"I want them to continue to view it as they do now -- the sports entertainment capital of the western United States," Mayor Butts said.

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Mayor Butts also had a message for his city residents planning to rent out their driveways to World Cup fans looking for a better deal and closer spot to SoFi Stadium.

"We want to maintain neighborhood integrity."

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&x27;One Battle After Another&x27; wins at PGA Awards, setting up awardsseason sweep JAKE COYLE Sun, March 1, 2026 at 1:32 PM UTC 0 This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Teyana Taylor in a scene from "One Battle After Another." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) "One Battle After Another" remains undefeated. Paul Thomas Anderson's ragtag revolutionary drama took top honors Saturday night at the 37th annual Producers Guild Awards, setting it on course to triumph in two weeks at the Academy Awards. In winning the guild's Daryl F.

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"One Battle After Another" remains undefeated.

Paul Thomas Anderson's ragtag revolutionary drama took top honors Saturday night at the 37th annual Producers Guild Awards, setting it on course to triumph in two weeks at the Academy Awards.

In winning the guild's Daryl F. Zanuck award for best feature film, "One Battle After Another" is poised to sweep the major prizes of awards season. It's won at the Directors Guild, the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs. The Screen Actors Guild is to present its awards on Sunday night.

The PGA Awards and the Academy Awards have a long history of correlating. Since 2009, both groups have used a preferential ballot to pick a winner from 10 nominees. For five years running, the PGA winner has matched the best picture winner at the Oscars. In the last 10 years, they've diverged only twice.

Accepting the award, Anderson alluded to the recent sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount Skydance while thanking Warner Bros. film chiefs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy.

"Long may you wave, whatever the future holds," said Anderson. "It is one battle after another."

The PGA Awards were held at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood. The group also named "KPop Demon Hunters" best animated film, "My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay" best documentary, "The Pitt" best drama series and "The Studio" best comedy series.

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Jennifer Garner and Judy Greer recently opened up to PEOPLE about working together on The Last Thing He Told Me season 2

The pair first starred alongside each other in 13 Going on 30 in 2004 and have since reunited for several projects

Garner calls Greer "a formidable actress" and says she was excited to bring her onto the cast for the Apple TV series' new installment

Jennifer Garner and Judy Greer have a bond that has stood the test of time.

In a recent interview with PEOPLE, the actresses — who first appeared together in the 2004 romcom 13 Going on 30 — opened up about reuniting for season 2 of Apple TV's The Last Thing He Told Me. Garner, 53, both stars in and executive produces the thriller, and she says she was excited to bring Greer, 50, onto the cast.

"We bring not just this work experience from 20-some years ago, but we also bring 20-plus years of friendship," Garner explains. "And not every day, not all the time, but we find each other again and again and again. We have found each other again and again over these years. So, she's carried me through things. I've carried her, and I think all of that came into play."

"We take our jobs, I think, more seriously now than we did when we were younger," she continues. "Judy's such a formidable actress. I really wanted to show up and give her something to work opposite."

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Greer echoes Garner's sentiments and jokes that they have yet to play characters who get along the way they do in real life.

"It's the best to get paid to hang out with your friend, that's for sure," Greer notes. "It's funny that we keep playing characters that are at odds with each other, too. I wonder what it would be like to work with her when we were like the best of friends and really into each other. We always joke about that."

"Then we would never have to get separated on set — because there were times where we had to stay away from each other, especially with some of those dramatic scenes that we had together," Greer says. "I would be like, 'Stay away. You are a stone. You are a ghost. I need to be not around you until we're done shooting this moment.'"

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Although she wasn't on season 1, Greer notes that joining for season 2 was "marrying into the coolest, nicest, most welcoming family you could ever imagine." That was partly because she and Garner weren't the only 13 Going on 30 alums on set.

"Susie DeSanto, our costume designer [for The Last Thing He Told Me], I've worked with her since 13 Going on 30. A lot of the people that I work with, I've worked with since day one of Alias, so that includes 13 Going on 30," Garner shares, referring to the series that launched her to fame after its 2001 debut. "It was fun to all be together."

Greer adds: "My makeup artist, Cindy Williams, also did my makeup on 13 Going on 30. I was like, 'Cindy, is it different? Is everything different?' And she's like, 'No, you look the same.' But she gets paid to say that."

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"Marshals" Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes of the "Yellowstone" Spinoff Air? Christopher RudolphSun, March 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC 0 Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton and Brecken Merrill as Tate Dutton on 'Marshals'Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS Marshals, the new Yellowstone spinoff, premieres on Mar. 1 The first season of the CBS show will have 13 episodes Marshals follows the youngest Dutton son, Kayce Dutton, played by Luke Grimes Luke Grimes is back in the saddle again, reprising his role as Kayce Dutton.

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Marshals, the new Yellowstone spinoff, premieres on Mar. 1

The first season of the CBS show will have 13 episodes

Marshals follows the youngest Dutton son, Kayce Dutton, played by Luke Grimes

Luke Grimes is back in the saddle again, reprising his role as Kayce Dutton.

Marshals, the new Yellowstone spinoff — originally titled Y: Marshals — focuses on the youngest Dutton son, who in the series finale of the flagship series, sold off his family's ranch land back to the Broken Rock Reservation.

In the new CBS show, Kayce joins a U.S. Marshals unit in Montana, "where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region's war on violence," according the series description.

Grimes played Kayce for five seasons on Yellowstone, and when the original series concluded in December 2024, the actor thought the final day of filming the franchise was behind him. "It was over to me," he recalled to PEOPLE in June 2025.

"It was seven years of playing a person that I'll never see again, except for having his hat and jacket in my closet," Grimes continued. "It wasn't until probably three or four months after that that everything started aligning for the [spinoff]."

So, with the spinoff hitting TV screens, here's the release schedule for Marshals.

When did Marshals premiere?

Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton on 'Marshals.'Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS

Marshals premieres on Mar. 1, with the first episode, titled "Piya Wiconi."

When the subject of a spinoff was first brought up as Yellowstone was ending, Grimes was hesitant, wondering where Kayce's story could go, but "finally came along a really good idea," he told PEOPLE.

"We definitely wanted to make sure to give it a real story and make it interesting and make it believable," the actor said in June 2025. "If it was just like, 'well, he's happy' — we're just going to watch him be happy? That's not very cool."

"But I'll say this, the idea that was pitched to me is very, very good and very interesting and it really roped me in and I think it will rope the audience in as well," Grimes added.

How many episodes are in Marshals season 1?

Ash Santos as Andrea and Arielle Kebbel as Belle on 'Marshals.'Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS

Marshals season 1 will consist of 13 episodes, Variety reported in August 2025.

In the series, Kayce joins the team of U.S. Marshals, who counts Belle Skinner (Arielle Kebbel) as a member.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight in November 2025, Kebbel spoke about working with Grimes, saying, "Honestly, he's such a badass."

"It's so cool to work alongside him, but also see him in action," she continued. "Because it really is a totally different side to his character."

What time do new episodes of Marshals air?

Gil Birmingham as Thomas Rainwater on 'Marshals.'Credit: Fred Hayes/CBS

New episodes of Marshals air on Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.

Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is an executive producer on Marshals, and even though his previous series have been popular on the Paramount Network and Paramount+, this is his first drama show on CBS.

What is the Marshals season 1 release schedule?

Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton on 'Marshals.'Credit: Fred Hayes/CBS

Marshals debuts on Mar. 1, and new episodes will air weekly.

According to the Paramount website, here is the release schedule for Marshals so far:

Mar. 1: Episode 1, "Piya Wiconi"

Mar. 8: Episode 2, "Zone of Death"

Mar. 15: Episode 3, "Road to Nowhere"

Mar. 22: Episode 4, "The Gathering Storm"

Where can I watch Marshals?

Mo Brings Plenty as Mo on 'Marshals.'Credit: Fred Hayes/CBS

New episodes of Marshals air Sunday nights on CBS and are available to stream on Paramount+.

All five seasons of Yellowstone are available on Peacock, and the Yellowstone prequels — 1883 and 1923 — are available on Paramount+.

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South Sudan faces turmoil as former officials arrested in wave of detentions JOSEPH FALZETTA and DENG MACHOL Sat, February 28, 2026 at 4:55 PM UTC 0 FILE South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends the swearingin ceremony for Kenya's new president William Ruto, at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya on Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File) () JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A former South Sudan finance minister is the latest former government official arrested in a wave of detentions that analysts say shows cracks in the government of President Salva Kiir, who also faces an armed rebellion.

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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A former South Sudan finance minister is the latest former government official arrested in a wave of detentions that analysts say shows cracks in the government of President Salva Kiir, who also faces an armed rebellion.

The latest arrest came Friday when Bak Barnaba Chol was taken into custody while attempting to cross the border into Uganda. His arrest followed that of another former minister of finance and planning, Marial Dongrin Ater, who was fired in August.

In the past week, a former central bank governor, a former undersecretary for the ministry of petroleum, and a general in the domestic intelligence agency previously posted to the same ministry have been detained.

The exact reasons for the arrests remain unclear.

Government spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny told local media outlet Eye Radio that the arrests were "not political" and were a "direct response to irregularities identified within the monetary system." He said that a committee was investigating "financial malpractices."

Edmund Yakani, a prominent civic leader, said Saturday that the mood in Juba was tense among politicians fearing detention. "So far, these arrests have mostly targeted financial institutions, but if the arrests carry into the security sectors it will be very dangerous," he said.

Daniel Akech of the International Crisis Group said the arrests showed a narrowing of the president's "big tent" coalition, which he has relied on for years to maintain control of a fractured political landscape.

The war in Sudan is hurting South Sudan's economy, which is overwhelmingly dependent on oil exports. All of South Sudan's oil flows through pipelines in Sudan.

Since the South Sudan war began in 2023, pipeline ruptures have at times put more than 60% of oil production offline. The World Bank estimates that South Sudan's economy shrunk 24% in 2025.

In 2024, the International Crisis Group warned that the disruption of oil production could lead to much wider political violence as Kiir runs out of petrodollars "to keep South Sudan's rivalrous generals and warlords on his side."

The regime is already facing an armed rebellion. Opposition leader Riek Machar is under house arrest and on trial for alleged subversion, charges he denies. Many of his allies have since been arrested or purged from the government. Kiir suspended Machar as his deputy in September after Machar faced criminal charges.

Machar's removal coincided with a sharp increase in violence. The U.N. estimates that thousands were killed in 2025 and 280,000 people have been displaced since December.

A U.N. inquiry has found that South Sudan's leaders are "systematically dismantling" the 2018 peace agreement, signed to end a civil war and return Machar to a unity government with Kiir. Washington is urging peace talks again.

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Falzetta reported from Nairobi, Kenya.

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Soldiers on the streets. What&x27;s behind South Africa&x27;s plan to deploy army in highcrime areas MICHELLE GUMEDESat, February 28, 2026 at 4:07 AM UTC 0 1 / 0South Africa Army Deployment ExplainerFILE South African Defense Forces patrol downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) () JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It's an unusual move for the African continent's leading democracy: South Africa's president announced earlier this month that he will deploy the army to highcrime areas to fight the scourge of organized crime, gang violence and illegal mining.

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It's an unusual move for the African continent's leading democracy: South Africa's president announced earlier this month that he will deploy the army to high-crime areas to fight the scourge of organized crime, gang violence and illegal mining.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said soldiers would take to the streets — in places that have some of the world's highest rates of violent crime — to combat what he described as the "most immediate threat" to South Africa's democracy and economic development.

He said the deployment would happen in three of the country's nine provinces, without giving a timeline. Some critics, however, say the army deployment could be seen as an admission that Ramaphosa's government is losing the battle.

A top tourist city marred by violence

With a population of some 3.8 million, the stunningly beautiful Cape Town is South Africa's second-largest city and one of its top tourist attractions.

But the neighborhoods on its outskirts, known as the Cape Flats, are notorious for deadly gang violence.

Street gangs with names such as the Americans, the Hard Livings and the Terrible Josters have for years battled for control of the illegal drug trade, while also being involved in extortion rackets, prostitution and contract killings.

Bystanders, including children, are often caught in the crossfire and killed in gang-related shootings. According to the latest crime statistics, South Africa's three police precincts with the most serious crime rates are all in and around Cape Town.

Ramaphosa said one part of the army would deploy in the Western Cape province, where Cape Town is located and which statistics say has around 90% of the country's gang-related killings.

Two other provinces, he said, would also see troop deployments: Gauteng, which is home to Johannesburg, South Africa's biggest city, and the Eastern Cape province.

Illegal mining run by organized crime syndicates

The outskirts of Johannesburg and the wider Gauteng province are dotted with abandoned mine shafts and authorities there have long grappled with illegal gold mining.

They say the mining gang, known as zama zamas, are typically run by heavily armed crime syndicates, brutal in protecting their operations. They use "informal miners" recruited from desperate and impoverished communities to go into the shafts, searching for leftover precious deposits.

These gangs are often connected to high-profile violence, including a 2022 case that shocked South Africa when around 80 alleged illegal miners were accused of gang raping eight women who were part of a music video shoot at an abandoned mine.

Last year, a standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned mine left at least 87 miners dead after police took a hard-line approach and cut off their food supplies in an attempt to force them out.

The illegal miners are often involved in other crimes in nearby communities, analysts say, and turf battles between rival gangs have forced people to leave their homes and seek safety elsewhere.

Authorities say there are an estimated 30,000 illegal miners in South Africa, operating in some of its 6,000 abandoned mine shafts.

The government has noted an increase in illegal mining, which it estimates is worth more than $4 billion a year in gold lost to criminal syndicates.

The trade is believed to be predominantly controlled by migrants from neighboring Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, stoking anger among South African communities against both the criminal bosses and foreigners living in the local community.

Previous army deployments linked to apartheid

Ramaphosa is well aware that South Africans old enough to remember the years of forced racial segregation under the apartheid system, which ended in 1994, likely will recall images of troops deployed to suppress pro-democracy protests.

Mindful of that painful past, he said it was important not to deploy the army "without a good reason."

But he said it has now "become necessary due to a surge in violent organized crime that threatens the safety of our people and the authority of the state."

Ramaphosa sought to calm concerns by saying the army would operate under police command.

There have been other recent deployments of South African troops. In 2023, soldiers fanned out into the streets after a series of truck burnings raised concerns over wider public disorder. And around 25,000 troops were deployed in 2021 to quell violent riots sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma.

South Africa also used soldiers to enforce strict lockdown rules during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Crime experts have expressed concern over Ramaphosa's latest deployment plans, insisting the army is not a long-term solution to fighting crime and soldiers are not experts in domestic law enforcement.

Firoz Cachalia, the country's police minister, has backed Ramaphosa and insisted the army will act in support of police and "their operations in particular locations."

He said the deployment is time-limited and meant to stabilize areas "where people are losing their lives" every day.

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writer Mogomotsi Magome in Johannesburg contributed to this report.

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Spanish feminist targeted by AI fakes wants stricter online regulations By David LatonaSat, February 28, 2026 at 8:59 AM UTC 0 Spanish influencer Carla Galeote poses for a photo, in Madrid, Spain, February 26, 2026. Galeote, who suffered online abuse including AIgenerated fake nude images, says the Spanish government's vows to regulate social media came late and should enforce the traceability of anonymous accounts to end impunity for crime.

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Spanish influencer Carla Galeote poses for a photo, in Madrid, Spain, February 26, 2026. Galeote, who suffered online abuse including AI-generated fake nude images, says the Spanish government's vows to regulate social media came late and should enforce the traceability of anonymous accounts to end impunity for crime.?REUTERS/David Latona

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MADRID, Feb 27 (Reuters) - A Spanish women's rights activist who suffered online abuse, including AI-generated fake nude images, said the government's ‌pledge to regulate social media does not go far enough, calling ‌for anonymous accounts to be made traceable to end impunity for digital violence.

As Europe's push to rein in U.S.-based tech giants is shifting from fines and takedown notices to stiffer measures, Madrid wants to impose a ban on under-16s accessing social media and criminal liability for platform executives who fail to remove illegal or hateful content.

France, Greece ‌and Poland are weighing similar ⁠measures after Australia became the first country to block social media for children under 16 in December.

Carla Galeote, a 25-year-old lawyer ⁠and prominent online feminist commentator, told Reuters governments were reacting only now because digital violence had become impossible to ignore, although the problem predated AI.

"Social media isn't new - and the violence is brutal, systematic, 24/7," Galeote said. "What hit me hardest wasn't the ‌deepfake, it was going to the police and being told it wasn't even a crime."

She dismissed plans to ban children from social media as "paternalistic", arguing all users, regardless of age, need protection from digital abuse.

Spain's proposed law has sparked backlash from tech company executives, who accuse Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of threatening free ‌speech. Galeote, however, believes regulation and freedom of expression can coexist.

"It's impossible to think that a man on the street could shout that they'll rape you and nothing happens, but ‌that's what we're seeing online," she said.

Instead of imposing easily absorbable fines, Galeote advocated barring platforms from major markets, like the European Union, for repeated violations.

While defending pseudonymous online use, Galeote emphasized the need for traceable identities behind all ‌accounts.

"Call yourself 'PeppaPig88' if you want - fine. But there has to be a real identity behind that account," she said.

(Reporting by David Latona; Editing by Aislinn Laing and Andrei Khalip)

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