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‘Secretly divorced’ Barack and Michelle Obama are set to be offered $10 million paychecks to lift the lid on their lives inside the White House as they prepared to announce their marriage is over.

Television network bosses are scrambling to offer the political heavyweights the monster offers for separate tell-all interviews with their sensational split set to be the first-ever post-White House divorce between a former president and first lady, Knewz.com can reveal.

A TV insider told us: “There is going to be a real rush to bag their signatures for interviews and the figures are going to be at least $10million and that’s each.

“Obama recently picked up $1.2million for three speeches on Wall Street so $10million to talk about his marriage and how that was conducted within the pressure cooker of the White House doesn’t seem such bad value. And Michelle will also be offered a similar amount.

“The interviews would be dynamite as they the first couple to split up after being president and first lady. That is a pretty big deal. The stakes are high on this one and the networks are scrambling to make sure they are not the ones who miss out on landing the Obamas.

“Oprah Winfrey will be front of the queue if Michelle agrees to blab about the break-up.”

Barack and Michelle are now quietly carving up their $70million empire and edging closer to confessing that their 32-year marriage is over, it was revealed last week – with sources telling us their split is now showbiz’s “worst kept secret.”

Hard-nosed lawyers and mediators for the former Democratic Party power couple are attempting to come to terms and divvy up their dollars and assets before the estranged spouses come clean with the American people later this year, said sources.

“They want to have everything ironed out in advance,” an insider with knowledge of the deliberations said.

The source added: “The last thing they want is an ugly fight with lots of nasty legal filings.

“They have homes in D.C., Martha’s Vineyard and Chicago-plus a stock portfolio in excess of $25million.

“There are also substantial revenue streams from their various media projects to divide and manage going forward.

“It’s far from easy to untangle a life of three decades with someone, but maintaining the illusion of a happy and stable marriage is no longer a solution. They both are of the mind that they will be better off on their own.”

News the romance between Barack, 63, and Michelle, 61, has hit the rocks comes as no surprise to our readers.

As previously reported, a political expert told us the pair’s partnership had turned “venomous” following Republican Donald Trump’s landslide victory over Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential contest.

According to sources, Barack demanded the mother of his two adult daughters – Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23 – take up the Democratic Party’s standard following Joe Biden’s abrupt exit from the Oval Office race in July.

But insiders said the Harvard-trained lawyer turned Tinseltown producer balked at her hubby’s ultimatum and chose to further pursue her Hollywood ambitions through the duo’s company Higher Ground Productions.

There’s a new wave of speculation surrounding why Sean “Diddy” Combs‘s lawyer Anthony Ricco has decided to withdraw from representing the rapper in his federal case involving sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

Knewz.com can reveal several TikTokers and social media users have begun to theorize Ricco quit due to an alleged “necromancy charge” in Combs’ case.

Diddy’s lawyer filed a motion on February 20 to withdraw as one of the Bad Boy Records‘ six defense attorneys without explanation.

In the Manhattan federal court affidavit, Rocco wrote: “Under no circumstances can I continue to effectively serve as counsel for Sean Combs. It is respectfully but regrettably requested that the court grant the relief requested.”

The lawyer didn’t elaborate on why he wanted to step down but noted the decision came after speaking with Combs’ lead counsel, Marc Agnifilo.

A TikTok user shared a now-viral video claiming Ricco, who previously defended several high-profile criminals such as Osama Bin Laden, refused to work with Diddy due to an alleged necromancy-related charge.

The video, which has garnered over one million views, suggested that the lawyer quit because he “could not defend that sorcery.”

Several people took to the comments of the TikToker’s video to share their thoughts and make sense of the situation.

One user commented: “Necromancy in court means tampering with bodily remains, but because there’s not a specific charge, it usually gets charged as necrophilia.”

A third person shared: “He does have the black magic tattoo.

A separate TikToker saw the confusion surrounding the terminology being shared about the new Diddy theory and shared a video discussing the differences between necromancy in relation to black magic and necrophilia.

The social media influencer said: “Both of them are bad, don’t get me wrong. But I just think it’s very important that you guys recognize the difference between those two things.

“Necromancy is like magic, you know, that’s more supernatural. That’s like magic dealing with dead bodies and corpses, reanimation – that’s necromancy. I don’t know that Diddy is able to do that.

“Now necrophilia, on the other hand, that’s not magic. That’s still sick and disgusting, but that ain’t magic. That’s just people who like to have physical relations with bodies that are no longer alive.

“Now, just judging by Diddy’s track record and the things we already know, does necrophilia surprise me? No. It’s still shocking and disgusting, but that is way more believable than necromancy.”

Diddy, 54, was arrested in September 2024 on charges related to sex trafficking and racketeering.

Currently in custody at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, Combs awaits trial as his legal team, now reduced to five attorneys following Ricco’s departure, continues to defend him vehemently.

The disgraced rapper has maintained his innocence and pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Necromancy, as a practice associated with sorcery and communication with the dead, holds no legal standing in the United States, and as of right now, there is no verifiable evidence to support this accusation.

Gene Hackman‘s health was waning for months before his tragic death alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa in their Santa Fe home, Knewz.com can reveal.

Several of the Unforgiven actor‘s closest family friends opened up about Hackman’s health, claiming it had been declining for some time.

Daniel Lenihan, his wife Barbara and their son Aaron said Gene, 95, was “essentially kind of home-bound” and had noticeably “quit riding his bike through the neighborhood” about a year ago.

Aaron claimed Betsy, 65, had been doing her best to keep her husband “active and engaged and as healthy as possible” in his final days.

He said: “They seemed like real life partners, really, really close to each other, and they were both incredibly kind. And they were reserved, but they were real, (and) a lot of fun.”

Barbara added: “Gene was as proud of Betsy as she was of him.

“She had been a concert pianist. Over at their houses, she had a special building, a studio that half of it was her grand piano (and) another half was Gene’s art studio.”

Investigators have ruled out carbon monoxide poisoning and suggested that Hackman likely died nine days before his body was discovered as his pacemaker had stopped working on February 17.

Dr. Philip Keen, the retired chief medical examiner in Maricopa County, Arizona, said the moment when a pacemaker stops working could dictate a time of death, but not always.

The doctor said: “If your heart required a pacemaker, there would certainly be an interruption at that point – and it might be the hallmark of when the death occurred.

“But it’s not necessarily because some people get a pacemaker to augment things, not necessarily replace things.”

Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza said prescription pills found near the body of the actor’s wife were “important evidence” and cannot rule out “foul play”.

The sheriff revealed how police also retrieved “other medications” from the gated ranch house in Santa Fe, New Mexico, US, where the partially mummified bodies of the Hollywood icon, 95, his wife, 65, and one of their three dogs were found.

Gene’s body was found in an entryway. His wife was found in a bathroom on her side. A space heater was near her head, and pills were scattered next to an open prescription bottle on the counter. Investigators said the heater likely was pulled down when she fell.

Sheriff Mendoza told reporters during a press conference: “It’s not normal to find two people deceased in the residence. That’s concerning. And then there was also a dog that was in a kennel that was also found deceased.”

The Lenihan family spoke with People about Gene’s health in the months leading up to his death.

Given how the meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went, Europe is reportedly being forced to consider the fact that they might have to face Vladimir Putin without the help of the United States.

Knewz.com has learned that officials and experts have reportedly expressed concern that the Trump administration threatens to upend the transatlantic alliance and the diplomatic relations between Europe and the U.S.

Graham Allison, a professor of government at Harvard University who served in both the Clinton and Reagan administrations, said in a statement:

“President Trump and his administration raised a more fundamental challenge to the transatlantic alliance than it has faced in many decades.”

Following the meeting between Zelensky and Trump, the American President took to the Truth Social platform to declare that “President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved” and that “he can come back when he is ready for Peace.”

The social media statement from Trump read:

“We had a very meaningful meeting in the White House today. Much was learned that could never be understood without conversation under such fire and pressure. It’s amazing what comes out through emotion, and I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations.”

“I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace,” Trump added.

“What he’s got to say is, ‘I want to make peace.’ He doesn’t have to stand there and say ‘Putin this, Putin that,’ all negative things. He’s got to say, ‘I want to make peace.’ I don’t want to fight a war anymore,” Trump later told reporters.

As Europe witnesses the gradually deteriorating relationship between Ukraine and America, it has to prepare for the fact that it might have to step in and take over for the aid that the Trump administration might withdraw.

Furthermore, Europe will have to “take over responsibility for their own security from the U.S. for the first time in 80 years,” reports have mentioned.

Professor Allison said in this regard, “While I would like to imagine that Europe will step up to fill the gap, and do so in time, I’d bet 3-1 against it.”

The Harvard University professor added that he expects Ukraine to succumb to a “bitter peace settlement by the end of the summer.”

“Trump is putting the Europeans into a position where they have to choose between the U.S. and Ukraine, several officials said, and most, if not all, will pick Ukraine. For Europe, it is existential,” it has been reported.

It is worth noting that the European Union will hold an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday, March 6, where they plan to arrange $21 billion in military aid for Ukraine.

On Sunday, March 2, European leaders met with President Zelensky in London, following which Emmanuel Macron said that France and Britain intends to propose a one-month truce in Ukraine “in the air, at sea.”

“There will be no European troops on Ukrainian soil in the coming weeks… The question is how we use this time to try to obtain an accessible truce, with negotiations that will take several weeks and then, once peace is signed, a deployment,” the French President said in the aftermath of the talks in London.

“We want peace. We don’t want it at any price, without guarantees,” Macron added.

On the other hand, relations between the U.S. and Russia are reportedly improving, especially after the talks held in Saudi Arabia in February between American and Russian diplomats.

The talks in Saudi Arabia resulted in the U.S. and Russia agreeing to work towards three goals: the establishment of closer relations and economic cooperation, the formation of “a high-level team to support Ukraine peace talks,” and “to restore staffing at their respective embassies in Washington and Moscow.”

Notably, the talks did not include Ukrainian or European officials at the table.

Commenting on the meeting in Saudi Arabia, an international politics expert warned that a potential “deal” between Trump and Putin will lead to Ukraine being “carved up.”

Zelensky has long insisted that peace talks regarding Ukraine must involve officials from Kyiv, and has maintained that his country would not accept any outcome from the talks in Saudi Arabia.

The meeting between Trump and Zelensky on February 28 saw Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance emphasizing on the need for diplomacy to resolve the Ukraine war, something Zelensky is opposed to when it comes to Putin.

“What kind of diplomacy are you talking about, JD?” Zelensky said, addressing the Vice President, after recounting instances of failed diplomatic efforts with Russia.

“I’m talking about the kind of diplomacy that’s going to end the destruction of your country,” came Vance’s reply.

However, Zelensky “openly challenged Trump over his softer approach toward Putin,” according to reports, and urged him to “make no compromises with a killer.”

“The falling-out meant that Ukraine and the United States failed to sign a much-vaunted minerals deal that Kyiv hoped would spur Trump to back Ukraine’s war effort and potentially win support from Republicans in Congress for a new round of aid,” a Reuters report mentioned.

Organizers of The Oscars shook up the awards show this year by deciding to drop the performances of the Best Original Song nominees.

Maybe that was why the reaction was so intense, Knewz.com can report, when the show somehow still found time for a Conan O’Brien tune and an extended tribute to James Bond.

For the first time in 13 years, the Academy has opted to forgo the musical performances for the Oscar-nominated songs from Elton John: Never Too Late, The Six Triple Eight, Emilia Pérez and Sing Sing.

However, the show kicked off with a rousing tribute to Oscar nominee Wicked from the show’s two stars, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.

Grande kicked off the show with a rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz and was then joined by Erivo for a showstopping performance of Defying Gravity.

Later there was an extended dance and song tribute to James Bond, with Lisa of Blackpink fame singing Live and Let Die, Doja Cat handling Diamonds are Forever, and Raye belting out Skyfall.

That was followed still later by a tribute to Quincy Jones, who died in November. Queen Latifa rocked Ease on Down the Road from The Wiz.

Heck, they even carved out time for host Conan O’Brien to sing a lighthearted song – ironically about not wasting time during the show, as so often happens.

While many of this year’s original songs were unfamiliar to the general public, viewers still flooded X criticizing the decision.

One person tweeted: “So they bailed on Original Song performances to then shove a dozen other songs into the broadcast? What’s up with this….”

Another remarked: “If you’re going to cut all the Best Original Song numbers, you can’t fill it with a random and extended James Bond tribute. It’s not even an anniversary year!”

While one person slammed: “I’m laughing my a– off right now at the fact that they cut all the Original Song performances because the songs this year s—, but they’re still having random musical performances.”

Academy chiefs Bill Kramer, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Janet Yang, the Academy’s president, confirmed in January the show would “move away from live performances” and instead shift focus to songwriters.

In a statement, the duo desperately tried to defend the mystery move, saying: “We will celebrate their artistry through personal reflections from the teams who bring these songs to life.”

Instead, the Oscars urged music lovers to head online, where they could still hear all of the nominated songs.

The missing music wasn’t just slammed by viewers – many of the singers themselves shared their disappointment.

In mid-February, Diane Warren, who is nominated for The Journey from the film The Six Triple Eight, referred to the change as “frustrating.”

She continued: “Everybody loves to hear the songs. You want to hear these artists sing these songs that were integral to the movies. Music is so important to film, and these songs are very important to the movies they’re in.”

Brandi Carlile, who co-wrote Never Too Late, from the documentary Elton John: Never Too Late, told Variety: “I feel really sad because I don’t know if I’ll ever get a chance to perform on the Oscars again.

“I can’t fathom it, especially with Elton John. When I first found Elton John, it was in the ’90s, and he was winning an Oscar for The Lion King, and I couldn’t believe it.

“So to have the opportunity to perform with Elton John on the Oscars is a hard thing to not have manifest.”

Super Bowl Lix kicked off in New Orleans with Tom Cruise looking like he was flying high.

Before the Philadelphia Eagles trounced the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22, the movie star opened the February 9 telecast with a dramatic pregame promo message for Fox Sports about everything the teams had to confront and overcome to get to this epic moment, Knewz.com can reveal.

“There’s always new heights waiting to be reached –stepping into the unknown,” the Mission: Impossible star boasted, adding: “That comes with unbelievable pressure.”

Then the jokes began, with fans reacting not to the 62-year-old’s message of gridiron greatness but to how different he looked from the movie star they’re used to seeing onscreen.

“There is no greater pressure than that of his skin trying to stay stretched on his face,” said one social media user, while another simply asked: “What the f— happened to Tom Cruise’s face?”

As speculation grew about plastic surgery and fillers, it’s clear the three-time Golden Globe Award winner and four-time Oscar nominee has fans fearing for his well-being as he goes to extremes to preserve his youth.

“Most actors are self-conscious about their looks,” an insider told us. “With Tom, it’s a daily obsession, and surgery experts warn his obvious addiction to nips and tucks is putting his mental health at risk – while others say him being single for a massive 13 years now is impacting his mental well-being.”

Mission of Constant Improvement

Risky Business star Tom has always been prepared to put everything on the line to look good.

Eileen Berlin, his manager when he was starting out, confirmed he’s long been “obsessed with his looks” – telling one outlet she wouldn’t be surprised if he tried cosmetic procedures to challenge Father Time.

Even as a young man, the Top Gun star was ultra-focused on his looks.

Berlin remembered his curious way of preparing for photo shoots, saying: “He’d walk around in his little jockey shorts and nothing else and ball up his fists and flex his biceps and admire himself in the mirror.

“He liked to show off his body. He had a great pride in it, but he was working on perfection. He worried that he was only 5-foot-7. He said he would like some shoes that would lift him up a bit.”

What He’s Had Done

Lifts seem to be the least of it.

“It’s no secret Tom’s had cosmetic work done, likely fillers and Botox and, word is, laser treatments and perhaps jawline contouring,” our source said.

While Cruise’s never admitted to having any procedures, Dr. Gizem Seymenoglu, a medical aesthetics practitioner at London’s Longevita clinic, who hasn’t treated him, told a news outlet she suspects his puffy face could be a reaction to a fat transfer, in which flab from one area of the body, such as the buttocks, is injected into another area to create more volume.

The procedure, which can cost up to $15,000, has become popular, with antiaging tech millionaire Bryan Johnson, star of the hit Netflix doc Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever, trying it last year.

It’s more than Cruise’s face.

In 2023, Men’s Health asked him how he keeps fit.

“Sea-kayaking, caving… fencing, treadmill, weights… rock-climbing, hiking… I jog,” he said of his rigorous regimen.

In addition, he has his own cryotherapy equipment at home, as well as “masseurs, trainers, stylists and personal chefs,” our insider revealed.

“All of this must run up to $15,000 a day at least,” they warned.

The actor has also been known to physically endanger himself for his stunts, reportedly breathing nitrox or pure oxygen to train for holding his breath for 6.5 minutes for one particularly dangerous underwater scene.

Lonely Life – and Disturbing Scientology Beliefs

Despite the extremes to which he goes, “Tom has no fear of death,” explained the source.

The devout Scientologist believes people are immortal spiritual beings who have lived before and who will live again.

Our source added: “For Tom, it’s all a stimulus toward achieving total perfection in this life, whether he lives to be 100 – which he probably will, let’s face it – or not.”

But that could be a long, lonely life.

Even though he’s enjoyed headline-making romances with talented beauties including Rebecca De Mornay, 65, Cher, 78 (who put him “in the top five” of her all-time best lovers), first wife Mimi Rogers, 69, second wife Nicole Kidman, 57, and Penélope Cruz, 50, Tom hasn’t publicly dated anyone since third wife Katie Holmes, 46, left him – and his Scientology cult – in 2012.

“Women find him too extreme to be around for a long period of time,” our source said. “He’s a workaholic and always looking for that next adrenaline rush. He may be sang, but he’s not normal.”

That, along with his unwavering devotion to Scientology, can make dating difficult, even with his lame and reported $600million fortune.

Tom close to Bella, 32, and Connor, 30, his kids with Kidman, but they’re grown, with lives and jobs of their own, “and don’t need him as much,” our source said.

The actor hasn’t been photographed with Suri, 18, his daughter with Holmes, since 2013.

Mostly, he’s surrounded by stall, production assistants and people on the payroll, our insider said.

They added: “It’s kind of a shame he doesn’t have more balance in his life, but this is the bed he made for himself.”

So, is he happy?

Berlin, his early manager, remembered when Cruise took an entire day experimenting with poses for his first publicity headshots.

Looking back at those old photos, she said in 2022: “There’s contempt, arrogance, frustration, charm, sadness. I saw him in all those moods. What I have never seen is a real display of happiness in Tommy.

“He was always very, very ambitious, very, very determined to be a star. And that made him a perfectionist. That’s what drove him when I managed him, and I’m sure that’s what drives him now.”

Charting His Changing Face Over the Years

1983

To play Steve Randle in the coming-of-age drama The Outsiders, Cruise reportedly removed a cap from a tooth he’d chipped in a hockey match.

1993

That hair. That stare. Those cheekbones. Cruise was 30 and at his hottest when he and his chiseled jawline suited up to play a handsome lawyer in The Firm.

2002

At 40, Cruise got braces to address misalignment problems and showed them off at the Minority Report premiere.

2016

While promoting his action flick Jack Reacher: Never Go Back in Tokyo, fans noticed then-54-year-old Cruise’s face appeared swollen and unnaturally smooth.

2021

“What’s up with the bloated chipmunk cheeks?” a commenter wrote after seeing Cruise at a pro baseball game.

2024

“Botox gets rid of wrinkles. Clearly he’s not using it. Look at his forehead, full of ’em,” an online commenter wrote of Cruise’s more natural appearance at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were all about their mansion in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the couple remained private up until their shocking deaths.

The pair were discovered dead inside their home – both in separate rooms – after not being seen for two weeks, and now Knewz.com can reveal just how much time Hackman and Arakawa put into the residence.

The French Connection actor first bought the 12 acres of land in 1990, renovating a home already on the site before building another on the property 10 years later. However, it is still unclear in which home Hackman and Arakawa were found in.

Hackman would spend plenty of time on the property, especially after his exit from Hollywood following a lengthy and impressive career.

“I think it’s like being an actor. I interpret what’s already there,” the movie star once said of his love for his properties.

He added: “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I guess I like the process, and when it’s over, it’s over.”

Following his purchase of the land, the Oscar-winner decided to reach out to architects Harry Daple and Stephen Samuelson of Studio Arquitectura for help in bringing his vision to life – but it would be a tall task.

Samuelson recalled: “The house was horrible. It was a 1950s block building that had sat empty and had deteriorated. But it was a great site, and the foundation had been well placed on the land.”

After some time, Hackman and Arakawa were able to significantly transform the home, as the actor is said to have been involved in the renovation, including assisting with the demolition.

However, Arakawa also helped with the renovation, especially when Hackman was away for work. Awakawa would reach out to her husband via phone and send him photos in order to keep him in the loop.

“(Hackman) was deeply involved client, very artistic, very keen on details,” Samuelson said.

Hackman also had other homes, and even owned his own island just off the coast of Washington.

Hackman and Arakawa were both found dead in their residence on Wednesday, as it took investigators 12 hours to identify their “mummified” bodies.

Arakawa was found decomposed with bloating on her face and mummification in her hands and feet, according to a search warrant. Hackman was also found with the same signs of decomposition as his wife, a sheriff revealed.

No suicide note was left by either party according to investigators.

One of Hackman and Arakawa’s three dogs, a German Shepherd, was also found dead in a closet.

At the moment, the deaths are being looked at as “suspicious.”

In the wake of the actor’s passing, a video discussing his fears of dying resurfaced.

“I try to take care of myself. I don’t have a lot of fears. I have the normal fear of passing away,” he said in the now chilling clip.

The Superman: The Movie star added: “You know, I guess we all think about that, especially when you get to be a certain age. I want to make sure that my wife and my family are taken care of. Other than that, I don’t have a lot of fears.”

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was duped by a video claiming to expose former President Barack Obama‘s “fraudulent” birth certificate, Knewz.com can reveal.

The video, which began recirculating online last week, appeared to show a news conference about an alleged investigation into Obama, 63, who has faced baseless conspiracy theories claiming he was actually born in Kenya, not Hawaii, for over two decades.

While the video has been debunked before, it gained traction on Facebook when a user shared the clip and captioned the post: “Wow, the fact they are reporting this is unreal. Obama’s fraudulent Birth Certificate being exposed to the world.”

Over 7,300 users reacted to the post, which was shared over 6,400 times – and apparently made its way across the Georgia representative’s timeline.

Greene, 50, took to X to share the video with her 1.4 million followers.

She captioned the fake video: “Oohhh this is great!!”

Her post was viewed over 2.9 million times and racked up over 75,000 likes and 24,000 reposts. A community note was later added to Greene’s viral post, stating: “Footage of the press conference held by the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona is from 2016, not 2025 as is implied by posts on social media. The press conference was documented by local media in 2016.”

Not only was the clip old, it has been debunked as it did not provide any merit to conspiracy theories about Obama’s citizenship, which have even been pushed by Donald Trump.

Obama previously addressed the theory when the White House published a copy of the then-president’s official birth certificate in 2011.

An additional link to Obama’s birth certificate “on file at the National Archives” was also included, along with a previous news article about the fake video.

Social media users quickly began dunking on Greene in the comments for sharing the debunked clip and stirring up the baseless conspiracy theory.

One X user wrote: “I hate to be the one to break it to you… this isn’t new, it’s not credible, you’ve been played (again).”

Another chimed in: “Only problem is, Marj, it’s already been disproved. Years ago. I think that clips from a number of years ago.”

Others mocked, “Breaking News!!! from December 2016!!!” and “This clip is 8 years old.”

According to the Pew Research Center, conspiracy theories initially began circulating in 2004 with false claims about Obama secretly being Arab and Muslim and were revived in 2008 when then-Senator Obama announced his presidential bid.

Unfortunately for the former president, he has been at the center of more recently as of late centered on his alleged divorce from wife Michelle Obama.

As RadarOnline.com reported, insiders claimed Michelle’s absence from recent major events in Washington D.C. was due to the couple’s secret separation.

One source claimed the Obamas were doing everything in their power to avoid a nasty public split and working out the division of their assets with lawyers.

The Democratic Party insider with knowledge of the deliberations said: “They want to have everything ironed out in advance. The last thing they want is an ugly fight with lots of nasty legal filings.”

Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, kept their private lives out of the limelight, but the couple appeared to be happy during their marriage before their lifeless bodies were found at their $4 million mansion.

The pair’s death is being viewed as “suspicious,” as they were each found in separate rooms less than a year after being seen holding on to each other tightly during a public outing, Knewz.com can reveal.

The Hollywood legend is said to have first met Arakawa – a classical pianist – when she was working part-time at a fitness Center in California in 1989. The pair tied the knot just two years later.

Besides being a pro on the piano, Arakawa – who was born in Hawaii – also co-owned a home furnishing business in Santa Fe, New Mexico. However, upon beginning her relationship with Hackman, the two went private and moved into their home together, which resided on 12 acres of land in the Santa Fe area.

“It had a kind of magic in it,” the Oscar-winning actor once said of the city he lived in with his love.

While the two did not have any children together, Arakawa was seen as a stepmom to Hackman’s three kids, son Christopher and daughters Elizabeth Jean and Leslie Anne.

The movie star welcomed all three with his first wife, Faye Maltese, who he parted ways from in 1986 after 20 years of marriage.

“… We just drifted apart. We lost sight of each other. When you work in this business, marriage takes a great deal of work and love,” Hackman previously said of his divorce.

Following Hackman’s retirement from Hollywood, he became an author, and Arakawa is said to have helped him published numerous books including Pursuit and Payback at Morning Peak.

Hackman gushed about Arakawa’s help during a 2014 interview with podcast Writer’s Bone: “If in fact I have a style, it came from repeated edits, friends’ suggestions, and my wife’s unwavering, specific read-throughs.”

Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies were found “mummified” at their home, two weeks since the two had last been seen.

According to a search warrant, Arakawa was found decomposed with bloating on her face and mummification in her hands and feet. Hackman was also found with the same signs of decomposition as his wife, a sheriff revealed. No suicide note was left at the scene.

Pills were also discovered scattered around in their bathroom as well as near Arakawa’s body in the bedroom. The Unforgiven actor was in the home’s mudroom, the warrant read.

The identities of both Hackman and Arakawa were not released for nearly 12 hours due to the condition of the bodies.

The pair’s dog, a German Shepherd, was also found dead in a closet, while the other two were discovered alive.

While police noted there was no “obvious signs of a gas leak,” Hackman’s daughter Elizabeth Jean speculated they may have died due to a carbon monoxide leak.

Nazi-loving kook Kanye West wasn’t getting any guffaws from Saturday Night Live – and the humorless hitmaker repeatedly ripped the cast for putting on lackluster performances, according to show veteran Bill Hader.

Hader, 46, was a regular on the sketch comedy series from 2006 to 2013 during some of the Gold Digger rapper‘s eight appearances as SNL’s musical guest and said the huffy hothead didn’t hesitate to hold forth on his opinions, Knewz.com can reveal, with West’s alleged wild behavior during his stint on the series coming to light again amid his latest anti-Semitic outbursts, which have involved him saying he loves Hitler and selling swastika t-shirts online.

“He was always kinda like, nice, but then also really contentious, you know,” Hader recalled in the new documentary Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music. “He had no problem telling us that he found the show incredibly unfunny. He would tell us that on the regular.”

But West, who currently calls himself Ye, was also reportedly upset with the show’s crew.

The documentary explains whiny West, 47, had a temper tantrum in 2016 after SNL’s staff removed decorative materials that his creative team had brought to the set for his performance.

Behind-the-scenes audio featured in the doc appears to capture the potty-mouth moaning: “Look at that s—. They took my f—— stage off at SNL without asking me. Now I’m bummed. Are they f—— crazy? I’m 50 percent more influential than any other human being. Don’t f— with me.”

SNL boss Lorne Michaels said he chased West down as he stormed off the set and convinced him to return by telling him it would be “more damaging” to his career if he ditched the gig after bragging about his planned appearance.