A date has officially been set for the Philadelphia Eagles' White House visit with President Donald Trump to celebrate last month's Super Bowl victory.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday the team will make its visit April 28. 

Leavitt also took a jab at reports about whether an invitation would be sent after what occurred in 2018.

As the 45th president of the United States at the time, Trump rescinded his invitation to the Eagles after their Super Bowl victory over the Patriots after some players said they wouldn’t attend.

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This time around, Trump acknowledged he wanted to get the Eagles to the nation’s capital to celebrate, and that’s exactly what will happen.

"I know there was a lot of fake news about an invitation that wasn’t sent or was sent. We want to correct the record: We sent an invitation. They enthusiastically accepted, and you will see them here on April 28," Leavitt said during her daily White House briefing Tuesday.

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Trump was present at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans Feb. 9 to watch the Eagles dominate the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22. He also noted last month he wanted the Eagles to visit the White House. 

"We haven’t yet, but we will be," Trump said about sending an invitation. "I thought it was a great performance by them. Absolutely, they'll be extended an invitation. We'll do it right away. We'll do it some time today. They deserve to be down here, and we hope to see them."

Eagles captain Lane Johnson said a White House visit would be a "team decision" after they won the Super Bowl. 

Johnson, who has spent all 12 of his NFL seasons with the franchise, was on the team when it won the organization’s first-ever Vince Lombardi Trophy in 2018, defeating the New England Patriots. 

However, controversy ensued that year when Trump rescinded his invitation to the Eagles after some players said they wouldn’t visit the White House due to the 45th president’s criticism of those who knelt or raised their fists during the national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality. 

Trump released a statement at the time about canceling his invitation, saying that "the 1,000 fans planning to attend the event deserve better."

"They disagree with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country," Trump’s statement seven years ago said.

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Cooper Flagg's mom is deep into the longtime Duke-UNC rivalry.

Duke completed their sweep of the regular-season series over their arch rivals with an 82-69 victory in Chapel Hill on Saturday, where Flagg dropped 15 points, grabbed nine rebounds, and handed out six assists.

One play in particular wound up being a viral moment for Flagg's mother, Kelly.

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In the closing moments of the game, Flagg dribbled by defenders from nearly half court all the way to a thunderous two-handed slam. Kelly hit the crowd with the "head top" celebration, tapping the top of her head and screaming, "On his f---ing head!"

The moment quickly went viral, and Kelly addressed it in a Facebook post, jokingly thanking those who were "willing to start a" GoFundMe and "ready to ride at dawn."

Kelly apologized to "anyone who was offended by my language that was caught in a celebratory moment," admitting that it "wasn't my best look."

"However, if you actually know me and are a real friend of mine you weren't shocked," she added with a laughing emoji. 

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But then, she added why the emotions came out, and it was apparently due to the "crudeness" of UNC fans at the game.

"It was a very intense situation we were put into and we were taken aback by the crudeness of the UNC fans as we made our way into the arena. They continued to harrass [sic] with much worse being spewed in our direction as well as at our 18 year old son and his teammates throughout the entirety of the game," Kelly wrote.

"The celebration was a moment of being so proud of our kid and Laos a big F-you to the entire Carolina fan base for being classless a-holes. If you are a UNC fan and didn't like it…tough [poop emoji]. Better luck next time! Go Duke."

In the regular season, Flagg averaged 19.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 4.2 assists en route to the Blue Devils finishing the season as the top-ranked team in the country.

They will now go for an ACC title before heading to March Madness.

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Junior Bridgeman, a 12-year NBA veteran and billionaire businessman, has died at the age of 71. 

According to WLKY, Bridgeman had a medical emergency at the 45th Annual Leadership Luncheon on Scouting at The Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday. 

WLKY reporter Kent Taylor was interviewing Bridgeman as part of the program to benefit the Lincoln Heritage Council, Scouting America.  

Bridgeman "expressed that he thought he was having a heart attack" in front of hundreds of luncheon attendees, Taylor said.

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Emergency services were reportedly called immediately, and "people immediately jumped into action to help." Bridgeman was eventually transported from the luncheon by ambulance and later died. 

Louisville is where Bridgeman became a basketball legend before his business acumen made him a leader and philanthropist in the city.

Bridgeman played his college basketball at the University of Louisville from 1972-75, where he made two Final Four runs under legendary Cardinals coach Denny Crum.

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The Los Angeles Lakers made him the eighth overall pick of the 1975 NBA Draft, but he was moved to the Milwaukee Bucks, the team with which he spent all but two seasons during his 12-year NBA career. 

The shooting guard/small forward averaged 13.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists, while shooting 47.8% from the field in 711 career games for Milwaukee. 

Bridgeman owned a 10% minority stake in the Bucks, who released a lengthy statement after learning about his death.

"The Milwaukee Bucks are shocked and saddened by the tragic passing of Bucks legend and owner Junior Bridgeman," the team posted. "Junior’s retired No. 2 jersey hangs in Fiserv Forum, serving as a constant remembrance of his outstanding play on the court and his impact on the Bucks’ success. 

"His hard work and perseverance led him to become one of the nation’s top business leaders and, last September, Junior's professional life came full circle when he returned to the Bucks family as an owner. His memory will always be an inspiration to the Bucks organization."

The University of Louisville Athletics also released a statement.

"Today, we lost a legend and beloved member of the Louisville basketball family," it said. "Junior Bridgeman leaves an unmatched legacy, and we are forever grateful for the impact he’s made on our program, our university and our city. We send our deepest condolences to the Bridgeman family and all who loved him."

In addition to his 10 seasons with the Bucks, Bridgeman played for the Los Angeles Clippers from 1984-86.

Bridgeman developed a knack for business while playing in the NBA. He started investing in Wendy’s fast-food restaurants, and his small investments quickly turned into a 450-restaurant empire known as Bridgeman Foods Inc.

Bridgeman also dealt with Coca-Cola bottling operations and owned Ebony and Jet magazines. 

Forbes had estimated Bridgeman’s net worth to be $3.7 billion. 

Bridgeman is survived by his wife, Doris, and three children — Eden, Justin and Ryan. 

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Love Is Blind is listening to what the fans had to say about season 8 and their overall disappointment.

“I would be remiss not to,” executive producer Ally Simpson said of listening to the criticism of the most recent season in an interview with Rolling Stone published on Monday, March 10. ‘I take it all with a grain of salt, and I think you can tell the people who are being cruel just to be cruel, but we strive to become better and better storytellers because we want to do justice to the journeys that each of these people went on.”

Fans of the Netflix dating show voiced their discontent all season long, with many taking to social media to express their disappointment in the season’s lack of drama and unexciting cast. Only one couple — Taylor and Daniel — said “I do” after walking down the aisle.

In addition to watching just one couple prove love is blind this season, many fans were equally underwhelmed by the reunion — which is typically a spitfire. Simpson noted that when the team goes into the reunion, they like to give the contestants a chance to defend themselves.

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“It does feel like our responsibility to see if things feel accurate and if we did them justice,” she told the outlet. “Sometimes the reunion is our chance to address if someone is being unfairly attacked. We really want them all to leave the reunion feeling like they got a chance to either set the record straight, defend their character, or have the opportunity to say their final piece about something.”

Simpson also acknowledged the fans’ complaints of Love Is Blind spending too much time with the couples in the pods.

“We heard feedback this season that the show spent a lot of time in the pods and we’re thinking about that as we move forward,” she explained. “We do pay attention, but I think we know how to filter the useful from mean-spirited comments.”

While addressing the criticism, Simpson also shared the challenges the Love Is Blind team faces behind the scenes as the show has evolved since its 2020 premiere.

“We think it is such a cool experience and experiment for people to do, and we want to bring on really quality individuals. We want people to want to do it because we’ve seen it work,” she said. “I think the social media aspect does sometimes scare away people who are thoughtful about that. Having couples like [season 7’s] Garrett Josemans and Taylor Krause and having couples like Daniel and Taylor who are hard-working people with great jobs, who are kind people, and people who come from nice families, go out into the world and say, ‘It works’ shows there are nice people and it’s a nice experience.”

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Simpson added it’s the show’s ultimate goal to “attract” more individuals who are serious about falling in love and settling down.

“If you look at the husbands who come from the show, it’s the really nice guys who it works out for. We just need nice men,” she explained. “Sometimes I feel like social media is scaring some nice guys off, so we’ve enlisted the help of some former participants who are big fans and they’ll sometimes get on [the phone] with people before they come [on the show] and answer questions about what’s it’s really like and they’ll put them at ease.”

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As a member of Rent‘s original Broadway cast, Anthony Rapp got to witness Jonathan Larson‘s genius firsthand.

“He was so prolific,” Rapp, 53, told Us Weekly exclusively on Monday, March 10, while celebrating opening night of the new Off-Broadway musical, The Jonathan Larson Project, in New York City. “And he was so young, but so prolific.”

Now a legend in the musical theater world, Larson died unexpectedly at age 35 shortly before the first preview performance of Rent in January 1996. Rapp starred as Mark Cohen in the original cast alongside Adam Pascal, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs and more.

Rent became a career-defining success, earning Larson multiple posthumous awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. While it may be his most beloved work, Larson’s archive of music is expansive — and The Jonathan Larson Project finally gives fans access to the songwriter’s previously unheard work.

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“I really went into this not knowing,” Rapp told Us. “I didn’t want to know how they structured it. I didn’t want to know what songs were in it. I wanted to come to it totally open to whatever it was going to be, and I was very moved.”

Rapp recognized “four or five” of the numbers chosen for the sung-through showcase, which stars Adam Chanler-Berat, Taylor Iman Jones, Andy Mientus, Jason Tam and Lauren Marcus.

“[‘Valentine’s Day’] was a song that was in an early version of Rent that got cut and changed and, you know, became something else. … We from the company did a version of ‘Love Heals,’ so that was a song I was very familiar with,” Rapp told Us, also citing “Pura Vida” and “Hosing the Furniture” as deep cuts he had a knowledge of.

Along with being introduced to songs he hadn’t heard before, Rapp pointed out how special it was to see Larson’s inner circle get bigger.

“The family extends,” he gushed, detailing his own personal history with Chanler-Berat and Tam. “It’s not Rent-direct, but it’s all [connected]. So it feels like being home.”

Despite his familiarity with the new show’s cast, Rapp was hands-off during the rehearsal process. “This is theirs. I just feel grateful as a member of the family that they’re doing this beautiful work to keep him alive,” he explained. “You know, both things are true — he lives on in his work and he’s also gone forever. His legacy lives on, and his legacy is so pure. That’s remarkable.”

Speaking to Larson’s passion, Rapp told Us, “I know he had moments of doubt and he had moments where he almost gave up, but … he really did always believe in himself. And he always believed in the possibility and the power of what art and theater could be, of what song and music could do, and he was profoundly driven by that. So that’s also up and through all of this [show].”

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Larson’s family was also on hand to celebrate the emotional opening night. “It’s very hard to process it and to articulate it right away,” his sister, Julie Larson, told Us after the performance. “But this has been a long time coming and [conceiver] Jen Teffer has had this in her heart and in her sights for years. To see it come to fruition with such a talented, passionate group of people and to hear some of these songs that very few people have ever heard except our family, you know, on cassette tapes, is lovely.”

Julie continued, “It’s wonderful. And it’s always complicated emotionally, but I’m very happy at the moment.”

The project “shows a lot more colors of where he came from [and] where he started,” Julie said, praising the “wide range of styles” seen on stage. Mientus agreed, telling Us that he was struck by the “curiosity and playfulness” in Jonathan’s writing.

“Jonathan Larson is the whole reason that I do this … and I thought we’d seen all the work we had of his,” the actor continued. “So to not only have new work playing in New York City right now, but to be a part of it — to be in Jonathan Larson’s third-ever original cast in New York City — is a dream I didn’t even know I could have, and it’s somehow come true.”

The Jonathan Larson Project is now in performances for a 16-week limited engagement, ending June 1, at the Orpheum Theatre in New York City.

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