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During a hilarious parody of “The Bachelor” on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, the audience got to hear Adele do what Adele does best: sing!

The 32-year-old singer, who hosted the NBC variety sketch show for the first time ever, starred in a spoof of the dating competition show and dipped into some of her greatest hits in the process. Many fans were excited to see her host, but some were disappointed that she wouldn’t be musical guest as well. Thankfully for them, the writers at “SNL” worked in some of her velvet vocals for comedy gold.

“Hi… I’m Adele Adkins, I’m 32. You may know me as the singer Adele. I’m here because I’ve had a lot of heartbreak in my life. First at 19, and then sort of famously at 21. And then even more famously at 25,” she said at the start of the skit, referencing the titles of her albums that correspond to her age when they were written.

Out to win the heart of bachelor Ben K. played by Beck Bennett, Adele seemed to face some difficulty grasping the idea of vying for one man’s heart along with a gaggle of other women.

After not receiving a first impression rose, she gets upset and starts to belt out the lyrics to her 2011 single “Someone Like You.” Bennett’s Ben K interrupts her ballad to remind her that he’s not marrying Hannah C., and it’s just the first night of the dating competition.

“Yes girl, there’s like 40 episodes left so pace yourself emotionally because we’ve been here 10 minutes and you’ve already sung that a few times,” Hannah C., played by Heidi Gardner, said.

Throughout the skit, she burst out into many more of her greatest hits, including “Hello” and “Set Fire to the Rain,” before concluding with one full-voiced rendition of “Someone Like You” much to the audience’s delight.

She shouted with a grin at the end, “Catch me next week on ‘Love Island!’”

It was a true chess match.

Former NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal told the New York Post that he is denouncing his “celebrity-ness.”

“Celebrities are crazy,” he said. “How they treat people, what they do, what they say.”

But Shaq noted, “That’s never been me,” and said that he does not want to be viewed in that way.

O’Neal does not believe that his wealth and success make him better than other people. He described himself as a “regular person,” who “made it.”

“But just because I made it don’t mean I’m bigger than you,” said the 7-foot-1 NBA legend. “Just cuz I have more money than you don’t mean that I’m better than you. I’ve never been that way and I never will be that way.”

Shaq said “celebrities are goin freakin crazy,” noting, “I don’t wanna be one. I denounce my celebrity-ness today.”

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His down-to-earth take could be refreshing to many Americans who have grown weary with celebrity culture in the U.S. and the haughty spirit exhibited by some stars.

And while Shaq has been tremendously successful in the NBA and beyond, he has also been very generous with his wealth, doing many random acts of kindness for strangers.

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This Saturday, the Shaquille O’Neal Foundation is hosting a fundraising gala in Las Vegas that will feature performers, including Kelly Clarkson, Justin Bieber, Snoop Dogg, and others.

“For as long as I can remember, giving back has been instilled in my family. When I started my Foundation in 2019, I wanted to help kids in need by giving them resources, opportunities and most importantly, hope. This past year has been especially tough on our youth. But we can change that,” Shaq said in a letter posted on his foundation’s website.

“Join me on October 2nd for The Event, the inaugural fundraising gala for The Shaquille O’Neal Foundation. Be a part of our history as we mark this unforgettable occasion. We have an incredible evening in store, with performances you won’t see anywhere else. Your support will impact the lives of underserved children in Las Vegas, Atlanta and beyond. Together we will raise funds for a great cause, but we will also have a great time doing it,” Shaq said.

Around the same time, a live specimen turned up in a market in Hong Kong and subsequently found its way to an American collector, who still has it in his possession.

“When the species showed up in a pet shop in Hong Kong, it raised a lot of eyebrows,” said Rick Hudson, president of the Turtle Survival Alliance. “There were a number of local dealers smuggling star tortoises out of Burma at that time, so we just assumed it had been smuggled out by the same traders.”

Encouraged by these developments, Gerald Kuchling, a biologist now at the University of Western Australia, secured permission to initiate a joint expedition with the Myanmar Forest Department to survey the upper Chindwin River, where an American expedition in the 1930s had collected Burmese roofed turtles.

When the summer monsoon grounded the team in Mandalay, Dr. Kuchling killed time by visiting the turtle pond at a Buddhist temple. Gazing out at the murky water, he suddenly saw three smiley heads pop up. They bore an uncanny resemblance to photos of Burmese roofed turtles he had seen in old natural history catalogs.

Dr. Kuchling returned the following day and lured the three turtles to the edge of the pond with a bit of grass. In the seconds before the guards began shouting for him to back away from the animals, he was able to confirm that they were indeed the long-lost species.

“I was very excited, and definitely flabbergasted,” he said.

Dr. Kuchling and his Burmese colleagues worked with the temple’s board to transfer the rare reptiles, a male and two females, to the Mandalay Zoo.

The species’ luck was just beginning. Dr. Kuchling found several additional surviving individuals in the Dokhtawady River, a tributary of the Irrawaddy, and arranged for their transfer to the Mandalay Zoo. The timing was fortunate: a major damming project soon after destroyed all suitable nesting habitat for the turtles in the area.