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Saturday, May 9

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Below are the latest entertainment news stories.

Jordan Chiles at 25 years old has singularly accomplished more professionally to date than some entire family bloodlines.

Chiles, a two-time Olympian and 2024 Paris Games gold medal-winning gymnast, is a four-time NCAA gymnastics champion, a New York Times best-selling author, founder of a girl’s mentorship program and former Time Woman of the Year. Yet even as she navigates a daily schedule that often ping-pongs between a steady stream of media interviews, grueling training sessions and various brand appearances, she is also finishing up her last few weeks of college.

The UCLA senior is set to graduate with a degree in African American studies in June.

Anna Jarvis founded Mother’s Day to honor her beloved mother, then spent the rest of her life fighting the holiday’s commercial and political exploitation. She died alone in an asylum.

Her story — and the modern-day story of Mother’s Day — began, of course, with her own mother. Here’s how it all got started, according to “Memorializing Motherhood: Anna Jarvis and the Struggle for Control of Mother’s Day,” by Katharine Lane Antolini.

In 1858, Ann Reeves Jarvis (Anna Jarvis’ mother) organizes “Mothers’ Day Work Clubs” to improve sanitary conditions and stem the appalling infant mortality rates in her community. In her lifetime, Jarvis has 13 children; she sees only four of them live to adulthood.

Is the McValue Menu actually providing customers with good value?

On April 21, McDonald’s McValue Menu hit stores nationwide. It is offering sandwiches and sides for under $3 and reducing prices for a limited time on certain items, such as the McDouble, which currently costs $2.50, and the Sausage McMuffin, priced at $1.50.

In the morning, the $4 Breakfast Meal Deal offers customers the choice between a Sausage McMuffin or Sausage Biscuit, both served with Hash Browns and a small coffee.

Justin Baldoni’s attorneys asked a judge on Friday to reject any future proceedings related to Blake Lively’s request to recover legal fees and compensatory damages that were incurred during the “It Ends With Us” legal dispute.

Though the former co-stars announced a surprise settlement earlier this week, Lively’s legal team said it is seeking legal fees from Baldoni and his partners related to a countersuit Baldoni filed in January 2025 (which was later tossed out).

The terms of the stars’ settlement were not disclosed. A source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News that no money changed hands.

Preparations are underway for Mojo Boston and Somerville PorchFest.

Joni Lamb, prominent Christian broadcaster and president of the Daystar Television Network, died on Thursday, the network announced.

She was 65.

The network said that she had been struggling with health issues that were worsened by a back injury.