“Hey everyone, I am here at Pasadena Humane Society, and today I am here with this cat,” Hilton, 43, said via Instagram on Monday, January 13, while standing behind the cat’s cage. “He has been here for four days so far and does not have a collar or microchip so they don’t know who his owner is.”
Hilton explained she was showing the feline for fans to identify the cat’s face “so he can go back to his home.”
“And I’m also going to be fostering another dog who was surrendered by his family who lost their home in the fire,” Hilton said. “And we’re gonna go and see if there’s any other dogs where they are still looking for their owners.”
Hilton noted that she wanted her fans to know that Pasadena Humane Society “is such an incredible charity” and encouraged users to donate.
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“I just wanted to come here today and to share my platform and raise awareness and really highlight incredible foundations that are just doing this work because these are our babies,” she said, while looking at the cat. “And we’re going to find your owner.”
The video ended with a close-up shot of the cat, who Hilton said was from the Altadena fires. Hilton noted that the cat’s ID number is A519218.
“I spent yesterday volunteering at the @PasadenaHumane Society, spending time with animals found after the wildfires ,” Hilton wrote in the caption. “This beautiful cat was found without a collar in #Altadena and has been in the shelter for the last four days . Please share with anyone you know from the Altadena area so we can reconnect this baby with his owner! His animal ID is A519218.”
She continued, “My nonprofit @1111Media Impact has contributed to support the shelter’s efforts, and we’re still raising funds to help displaced families and pets Every donation makes a difference in providing emergency relief, housing, and supplies. If you’re able to donate or volunteer, the Pasadena Humane Society is an incredible charity to support! You can contribute directly to them or via my emergency fund at the link in bio .”
Hilton went on to share a carousel of snaps from her time volunteering with Baby2Baby and Pasadena Humane Society. In one image, Hilton hugged her new pooch, whose name is Zuzu, close to her chest.
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“I’m so grateful that I’m able to bring home Zuzu, our new foster whose family unfortunately had to surrender her after their home was destroyed in the wildfires,” Hilton wrote in the comments section of her Instagram post. “Fostering is such an important way to help when you’re able to—if you can, please consider giving a temporary or permanent home to animals in need .”
Prior to her visit to the organizations, Hilton shared on January 8 that she was among the many people in the Los Angeles area who lost their homes in the wildfires. The next day, Hilton shared a video of her returning to what remains of her home in Malibu.
“I’m standing here in what used to be our home, and the heartbreak is truly indescribable.,” Hilton wrote via Instagram on January 9. “When I first saw the news, I was in complete shock—I couldn’t process it. But now, standing here and seeing it with my own eyes, it feels like my heart has shattered into a million pieces.”
Hilton called the home a place where she and husband Carter Reum have “created the most beautiful memories as a family.” (The pair, who wed in 2021, share son Phoenix, 23 months, and daughter London, 12 months.)
“My loved ones, my babies, and my pets are safe. ,” she wrote. “That’s the most important thing, and I’m holding onto that gratitude with everything I have.”
Check the LAFD website for local wildfire alerts and click here for resources on how to help those affected.
It’s a royal pain trying to find a go-to style of Chelsea boots, but not when we have Kate Middleton to guide Us! In case you missed it, Middleton has been rocking Chelsea boots all winter long — when she’s not decked in a gown and glittery heels, that is. They’ve been a staple in her wardrobe for years, so if we’re looking to credit the Chelsea boot trend, it has to be her.
Regardless, rich moms near and far have taken on the trend, pairing Chelsea boots with everything from jeans and leather pants to dresses and skirts. It’s a casual yet ultra-classy look, especially if you opt to wear them with skinny jeans, a sweater or blouse and a trench coat. We adore the style!
And while Middleton’s most recent go-to Reiss Thea Leather Chelsea Boots are out of stock, the exact look is on Amazon, starting at just $22! We rounded up the best lookalikes below. Happy shopping!
1. Our absolute favorite: Nobody would ever guess these shoes aren’t real leather. The boots have an elastic band design, a trendy heel loop, a round toe and a functional non-slip outsole that makes them ideal for any snow, ice or mud. The brown hue hides almost everything — $56!
2. New drop: A low square heel, shiny material and intricate stitching details are just a few things we love about these expensive-looking slip-on boots. The style is somewhere between Italian and vintage, a unique combo that will make you look like a millionaire. Get ready to trend-set — $43!
3. Chunky style: In case you missed it, chunky shoes are having a moment (and a half) in the spotlight. These slip-on shoes are a bestseller for a reason, combining a chic look with a sturdy feel and versatile design that pairs perfectly with jeans. These shoes will make you over two inches taller, too — originally $66, now $40!
4. A worthwhile splurge: If you’re willing to invest in your Kate Middleton look, these real leather Chelsea boots are for you. They’re shiny, sleek and narrow, perfect for fashionistas with regular to narrow feet. You can tell by looking at these shoes how high-quality they are — $160!
5. Total steal: Classic is an understatement! These low-heeled boots are perfect for fall and winter. The vegan leather upper looks totally luxe, adding a touch of class to any ensemble. This is a timeless pick — $37!
6. Super suede: Okay, these boots are slightly different than Kate’s, but not by much! This Sam Edelman find has the same color, elastic side design and height, but is made with waterproof suede material. Who knows . . . you may like this boot even more than the leather one — $150!
7. Chunky sole: Shopping on a budget? No problem! This shoe is both a boot and a bootie, making it easy to pair with anything in your cold-weather wardrobe. We love the look of these boots with ruffled and scrunched crew socks, but make the look your own — originally $45, now $22!
8. Steve Madden: You can’t go wrong with Steve Madden. This comfy boot has a low heel and sophisticated style that you’ll want to wear every day. “They are incredibly comfortable, even for all-day wear . . . I find myself reaching for them almost every day. The fit is perfect, and they pair well with so many outfits,” one reviewer writes — $52!
9. New go-to: It’s love! These Cole Haan booties are waterproof, versatile for all seasons and comfortable, featuring a fully padded sock lining that makes every step feel cloudlike. They’re on the pricey side and they look like it, too — $159!
Whether competing on TV for a cash prize or simply being filmed while living your day-to-day life, reality television stars almost always get a paycheck — and it may be bigger than you think.
In 2021, Jason Tartick launched a “Trading Secrets” podcast, during which he is focused on “break[ing] the stigma that we shouldn’t be talking about money,” shining the light on reality television.
“Once a month, our goal is to do a reality TV series,” the Bachelorette alum told Us Weekly at the time of his podcast. “And we want to cover every single reality TV show out there to understand the differences — how are these people compensated? How have they been compensated after the show? Did they go back to work? Did they lose their job? How much did it cost to go on the show? Did it positively or negatively impact [you] … maybe you had to seek other expenses, such as therapy or things like that, and what is the cost of that? We want to uncover all that.”
Although most stars aren’t allowed to detail their contracts, many have been open about the amount of money they’ve spent going on a reality show. Elena Davies shared in 2021 that she spent around $5,000 on makeup, Botox, clothes and hair products before competing on season 19 of Big Brother.
Jillian Harris, who appeared on season 13 of The Bachelor and went on to become the Bachelorette, shared that while the women received goodie bags, half of the clothes didn’t fit.
“That was it. The girls do have to bring all of their own clothing and of course, they want to be wearing the best clothes EVER to be seen on TV in,” she wrote on her blog in 2016. “I had remortgaged my house and I spent something like $8,000 on clothing.”
Scroll through the gallery below to hear more from reality TV stars about their salaries:
Season 11 star Kaitlyn Bristowe claimed in April 2023 that she was initially offered $40,000, but hired a lawyer and asked to be paid the same amount as season 19 Bachelor Chris Soules.
“He changed a lot and negotiated my contract big time for me,” she said on the “Trading Secrets” podcast. “One of the executive producers said to me, ‘You got an entertainment lawyer, and you're asking for this amount of money? I'm sorry. I thought this is about love for you.’ F—k off! It's about love and money, OK? They go hand in hand for me right now. Because they said you're going against Britt [Nilsson], I was like, ‘I’m not doing it.’ And then I said, ‘I’ll only do it if you paid me as much as you paid Chris Soules.' I said I wanted to make the same as he did.”
While discussing the beloved early aughts MTV series on the podcast "Back to the Beach," Kristin Cavallari revealed how much the cast made for the first season. “I think $2,500," she said during a July 2022 episode of the show. Her cohost Stephen Colletti, however, remembered things differently: “I don’t even think it was that much. I think it was $2,000. Lauren [Conrad] and I renegotiated for season 2. It was going to be our last season! We were like, ‘We’re out of here!'”
According to a lawsuit filed by season 2 contestant Jeremy Hartwell in July 2022, the Netflix show pays $1,000 per week, up to $8,000 for the length of filming the show. One of the allegations in the suit was that the production paid “less than half of the applicable minimum wage rate of $15.00 per hour” in California, claiming the cast worked up to 20 hours a week.
“Resultantly, these workers were effectively [paid] as little $7.14 per hour. … Less than one-third of the minimum overtime rate of $22.50 per hour, and less than one-fourth of the minimum double-time rate of $30.00 per hour pursuant to the applicable Los Angeles City and County minimum wage ordinances,” the docs state.
Carole Radziwill said on a November 2021 episode of the “Behind the Velvet Rope With David Yontef” podcast that the “first year” of RHONY, “everyone gets paid $60,000.” However, hair and makeup costs were then taken out of that.
“I was like, ‘I’m not doing it for [$60,000]. I’ll do it for a hundred.’ They had blown up the show at that point and right. They’d fired like four people … I guess they were desperate,” she said. “I only found out … that Heather Thomson and Aviva Drescher didn’t get $100,000 because then the second season we were negotiating and they gave us $150,000. Heather thought it was great. I’m like, ‘It’s not that great.’ And then I realized they had just paid her the $60,000. Of course, I immediately told her because I wasn’t gonna like pretend or lie to her.”
Rob Dyrdek detailed his massive salary bump during Rob & Big, Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness.
"I was probably getting $35K an episode of Rob & Big, and they offered me $125K an episode to do a fourth season of Rob & Big or do another show," he explained on the "Trading Secrets" podcast in July 2021.
Davies, who competed on season 19 of Big Brother, revealed in July 2021 that they were paid $1,000 a week. “I was in the jury house, so I technically filmed the entire season. I got paid the entire 13-week stipend," she said on Dear Media’s “Trading Secrets” podcast.
Davies also shared that when she joined Ex on the Beach two years after Big Brother, she had learned to negotiate and ultimately made the same amount of money even though she only filmed for five days.
"I want to say that my stipend was $4,500. I made it out with maybe $17,000 from this show, and that was just me really playing the game,” the reality star shared. "Even when they wanted to fly me back to shoot just my headshot — because why wouldn’t I shoot that while I was there? — I was like, ‘I want my weekly stipend.’ I flew in at 11:00 at night, and I was on the flight the next day at 9:45 in the morning. And I got paid my weekly [stipend] for that."
While the stars of MTV's competition series have kept relatively quiet about their pay, a source confirmed to Us Weekly that rookies make $1,000 stipend a week and returning players who aren’t top vets make between $3,000 and $5,000. “Elite” players — think Cara Maria Sorbello, Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio or CT Tamburello — can make around $80,000 simply for arriving on day 1.
In May 2021, Dean Unglert explained that ABC offered him $400 a day for Bachelor in Paradise. "I was like, ‘Oh yeah, great. $400 bucks a day, 30 days, $12,000. That’s fantastic.’ And then I start talking to some friends and they’re like, well, ‘You should get more money because … you’re going to be, like, the guy they want most from your season [to] go to Paradise minus, like, Peter [Kraus],'" he said on the “Trading Secrets” podcast, noting that he then asked for $800 a day but ultimately countered with $600. He also revealed he made $400 a day for The Bachelor Winter Games.
When searching for the season 23 lead in 2019, Colton Underwood, Tartick and Blake Horstmann were all offered $100,000, Tartick said on his podcast in May 2021. Unglert said he was offered $75,000 the year prior, but Arie Luyendyk Jr. was ultimately named the season 22 lead. For season 23, Underwood led the season.
In 2018, Johnny Fairplay claimed that the first person eliminated from Survivor gets $3,500, and the jury members receive $40,000. He said that the final two receive $100,000 while the winner earns the $1 million prize. For Winners at War, for which the $1 million prize was doubled, each player was reportedly guaranteed $25,000, plus the standard of $10,000 for appearing at the reunion.
In 2021, Corinne Kaplan, who competed on Survivor: Gabon and Survivor: Caramoan, detailed the breakdown even further on Dear Media's "Trading Secrets" podcast.
“We do make money for as far as we make it. They explain it to you in very basic terms — not hard numbers. The same amount of money exists no matter how many players there are,” she said during a September 2021 episode, confirming that each star makes $10,000 to return for the live reunion.
"Roughly the first person voted out makes $2,500, and it goes up very incrementally until you hit the jury. Then it starts going up with each jury member. So it works backward. $1 million is first place, second place is $100,000. Third place is $75,000, then $65K, $55K, $45K. Once you stop the jury, those people only make a few thousand and there’s, like, $100 difference between them."
In 2019, Variety reported that contestants make $125,000 for the show’s rehearsal period and the first two weeks. Those who make it past week three can earn up to $295,000.
In November 2021, Bachelor alum Courtney Robertson claimed she was offered $150,000 to be part of the competition series. “Each week you last, there’s, like, an incentive,” she said on the “She’s All Bach” podcast, noting she was told she'd get around $30,000 for each additional week she stayed in the competition.
Bristowe, who won season 29 of DWTS, mentioned on the “Trading Secrets" podcast, “You get a bonus every week that you make it. The final four are in the final episode, they all get paid the same. … But your signing bonus, I think you can negotiate a bit, like, to sign to say you're going on the show.”
In 2018, Nikki Cooper, who appeared as a friend of David Toborowsky on season 5 of 90 Day Fiancé, posted on Facebook that cast members get paid $1,000 per episode and $2,500 to film the tell-all special, which equals out to $14,500 for a 12-episode season.
Adam Lind shared via Instagram that his ex Chelsea Houska earned $250,000 for season 6 of Teen Mom, noting in 2016 that he had a similar salary. He added that the pair's daughter, Aubree, made $50,000 for appearing.
The Hollywood Reporter claimed that the main cast members of the Bravo series earned around $25,000 an episode in 2017 and 2018, with Lisa Vanderpump taking home closer to $50,000.
In July 2023, Kristen Doute recalled the small amount of money she brought home after season 1. "We had very little in our bank account," she recalled on her "Sex, Love, and What Else Matters" podcast. "It was $5,000 and if we became a primary, we got an additional $5,000."
Laura-Leigh, meanwhile, hasn't received any additional payment associated with her time on the series, despite the show's massive success.
"No residuals. Nothing. And I had to go after them to get that $500," she claimed in January 2025. "The cast all got paid, I think it was $8,000 for the first season. Jax [Taylor] and everyone else got like $8,000. The only reason I know that is because that’s all the money Jax had to his name. And I was like, 'Well, if they’re getting money, why can I get money?' They were like, 'OK, we’ll give you $500.'"
Brittany Cartwright recalled being "broke" when she first appeared on the show. "I didn't get paid my first season of Vanderpump Rules — until the very, very end. I was broke," Brittany, 35, who started appearing as a guest on season 4 when she met Jax, shared on the "When Reality Hits" podcast in August 2023. "It took a lot out of me."
Jax recalled Brittany's excessive spending before she made the move to Los Angeles.
"It was costing her. This is the beginning of the show and it was costing her $800 to $900," he said, referring toBrittany flying in to see him while filming season 4. "She was in Kentucky [working at a bar and Hooters] and $800 is a lot of money [to spend on airfare]."
While speaking with Kristen about their original paychecks, Jax said he was just grateful to get paid, adding on the July 2023 podcast episode, "I had nothing at that time so whatever we got ... [I felt like] I was rich. $5,000? I was paying $100 a week to live so I [thought] I could retire. When we were filming, I felt like, 'This is awesome.'"
He continued: "I have been hustling my whole life and living paycheck to paycheck to paycheck. I would do a lot of jobs but by the time I got my paycheck I was so behind on my credit card bills."
In 2015, Abby Lee Miller shared that the young dancers earned $1,000 an episode for season 1 through 4, and $2,000 an episode for season 5. She added that she was earning $1,500 an episode.
While most of the Bravo talent has stayed mum about their salaries, Real Housewives expert Brian Moylan shared some insight in his 2021 book, The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives. According to Moylan, Kandi Burruss is the highest-paid, making nearly $2 million a season. RHOA cast overall make the most because that spinoff has the highest ratings.
Newcomer cast members usually sign on for $60,000 a season — a number Gina Kirschenheiter confirmed in her divorce filings, listing $63,000 paid by the production company and $5,450 paid by NBCUniversal. Meanwhile, Bethenny Frankel said she made just over $7,000 for her first season.
RHOD's Cary Deuber said she made "less than a Birkin" bag when she signed on, and by season 3, was making around $200,000 a season.
Jinger Duggar (R) and Jeremy VuoloCourtesy of Jeremy Vuolo/Instagram
Jinger Duggar grew up in front of the camera on 19 Kids and Counting, but the process began to change with her now-husband, Jeremy Vuolo, in the mix.
“Early days, first meals together, making small talk, the process of getting to know someone can feel a little awkward. But I would say that there’s probably not an adequate word for describing the unique kind of awkward it is to go through that whole process with cameras shoved in your faces and someone interrupting you when the conversation is just starting to flow,” Jinger, 31, wrote in her latest book, People Pleaser: Breaking Free From the Burden of Imaginary Expectations, out Tuesday, January 14.
Jinger referred to filming with her husband as “date-night-on-demand,” remembering being “instructed to repeat some of the same conversation and gestures” they’d made in a previous take.
“Fast-forward a few months, and I found myself walking down the staircase in my house toward Jeremy, anticipating that we might be about to make our relationship official. I took each stair carefully, smiling at Jer, butterflies in my stomach, excited to hear what he would say to me when I got to the bottom of the stairs,” she continued. “‘Cut! Jinger, go back up the stairs please! We need to start over to get the shot.’ OK.”
Reflecting on her people-pleasing tendencies, Jinger recalled dutifully walking back up the stairs and meeting Jeremy again. “He asked me to be his girlfriend, the sweetest moment,” she wrote. “And then we got to do it all over again because there was a mic issue. And then we had to do some more takes. And then we had to do cutaways.”
Jinger first appeared on TV with her family in a 2004 documentary about their daily lives. 19 Kids and Counting debuted on TLC in 2008 and aired until its 2015 cancellation. A spinoff titled Counting On, which focused on Jinger and her sisters Jill and Jessa Duggar, premiered later that year and was canceled in 2021.
Jeremy entered the picture in 2015 when he met Jinger during a mission trip. The couple tied the knot one year later and share daughters Felicity, 6, and Evangeline, 4. Jinger announced in October 2024 that she and Jeremy are expecting their third baby.
In her book, Jinger confessed that managing the “performance expectations” of producers and the camera crew felt “totally normal” for her. “It was all I had known since the age of 10,” she explained. “For Jeremy, for some of my other brothers-in-law who had joined the family by this point, it was anything but.”
Earlier in People Pleaser, Jinger credited her husband for helping change her mindset when it comes to her faith. Jinger’s parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, raised their children under the conservative beliefs of the Institute in Basic Life Principles, but Jeremy gave his now-wife a new perspective.
According to Jinger, meeting Jeremy was like a breath of fresh air — “but it was also kind of terrifying,” she wrote.
“He was so handsome and so fun and so … alive,” Jinger continued. “Because I was so steeped in the IBLP way of looking at things, I thought it was a potential step into sin to even acknowledge that I was attracted to Jeremy, that I felt my heart tugged in his direction. … And once we fell in love, the vibrancy of Jeremy’s outlook, faith, and devotion began to crack open a wider world of mercy and grace to me.”
Neil Young, Bob DylanEmma McIntyre/Getty Images; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Neil Young buried a very interesting tidbit about Bob Dylan in his glowing — but concise — review of the biopic A Complete Unknown.
“I love Bob Dylan and his music. Always have,” Young, 79, wrote in a post on his website, Neil Young Archives, on Monday, January 13. “He’s a great artist.”
The next part, however, raised several questions.
“Once he was on my bus and I didn’t recognize him and threw him off but that’s another story,” Young wrote before getting back to the business at hand. “This movie is a great tribute to his life and music. I think if you love Bob’s music you should see this great movie. I loved it.”
While it’s lovely to know that Young appreciated A Complete Unknown, the streets demand answers about what happened on this tour bus. When was this? What was Dylan wearing that made him so unrecognizable? How did he respond when Young unceremoniously threw him off the bus? Is this why they didn’t sing together for 25 years? Inquiring music fans need to know!
Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unknown’Searchlight Pictures
In any case, the tour bus moment was not depicted in A Complete Unknown, which stars Timothée Chalamet as a young Dylan and covers the period in Dylan’s career from his arrival in New York City to his infamous “going electric” performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
While Dylan, 83, was not officially involved in the film, director James Mangold revealed that the iconic musician gave him notes on the script. “I’ve spent several wonderfully charming days in his company, just one-on-one, talking to him,” Mangold, 61, said during a 2023 episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “I have a script that’s personally annotated by him and treasured by me. He loves movies.”
Chalamet, meanwhile, hasn’t yet met Dylan, but the singer publicly praised his performance via X last month. “There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” Dylan wrote. “Timothée Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me.”
In response, Chalamet, 29, reposted Dylan’s message, adding, “Floored. I am so grateful. Thank you Bob.”
The actor has been receiving tons of awards season praise for his role, including nominations from the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. This year’s Oscar nominations have been postponed because of the Los Angeles wildfires, but Chalamet is widely expected to land a nod there as well.
I don’t know about you, but there’s something about the cold winter weather that makes me want to drape myself in the coziest loungewear essentials. There are few things I enjoy more than spending a weekend cuddled underneath a plush throw blanket reading a romance novel or binge-watching my latest obsession on TV. During those days I like to extend the cozy vibe into my wardrobe by snagging winter-friendly essentials like leggings, sweatsuits and cozy slippers.
Are you focusing on getting more rest and relaxation in the New Year? Then you probably need to create a space in your wardrobe to do the same. No one wants to indulge in self-care and feel itchy and uncomfortable fabric. With that in mind, I rounded up 15 loungewear essentials to curate your very own cozy wardrobe. The best part? Each pick on this comfy list is on sale right now on Amazon! Check them out ahead.
1. Our Absolute Favorite: These fuzzy slippers are the definition of loungewear. They are comfortable to wear around the house and keep your feet warm, too. You can even wear them outside to pick up packages or pick up your favorite delivery order — was $22, now just $15!
2. Footwear Essential: Speaking of cozy footwear, these ankle socks are a hit with Amazon shoppers, who purchased the six-pack set more than 4,000 times last month — was $22, now just $15!
3. We Also Love: You’ll get your money’s worth from these bestselling leggings. You can wear them during a weekend filled with cleaning, style them for your favorite workout class, or dress them up with a denim shacket and ballet flats — was $29, now just $19!
4. Shapewear Adjacent: Looking for a little tummy control? These flare-leg leggings have a high-waist design that delivers a flattering fit — was $40, now just $28!
5. Sweet Set: If you ask Us, no loungewear collection is complete without a two-piece set. This bestselling sweatsuit features a butter-soft zip-down top and roomy, relaxed-fit trousers — was $54, now just $43!
6. Fuzzy Find: This cozy knit sweater is so soft and plush. You can style it with jeans and booties for afternoon lunch reservations or pair it with your favorite joggers when you’re in the mood to be a couch potato—was $63, now just $30!
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10. Ribbed Knit Pullover: This cozy sweater combines style and warmth — was $40, now just $28!
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12. Street-Style Staple: You’ve probably seen tons of influencers pairing black leggings with thick white socks and sneakers. Use these high-waist leggings to achieve the look — was $34, now just $26!
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Kyle, 56, sat down with Sutton, 52, and Garcelle Beauvais to discuss her ongoing feud with Dorit Kemsley in a clip from the Tuesday, January 14 episode of RHOBH, shared by E! News.
Kyle started the conversation by telling the women that PK Kemsley was having “a really hard time” amid his separation from Dorit, 48. Kyle explained that she had told Mauricio, 54, that Dorit did not want her to have a friendship with PK — even amid his struggles. (The women fought in last week’s episode after Kyle confirmed that she still texts PK after he and Dorit separated.)
“If it was me, I would be upset,” Garcelle said about the texting. “I wouldn’t like it.”
Kyle noted that Garcelle had a “very different situation” with her ex-husband, Michael Nilon, who cheated on her.
“I feel like in a way it’s similar to Dorit — not infidelity — but being angry at one another,” Garcelle explained.
Sutton was quick to chime in, claiming that Kyle “also had infidelity” in her marriage. (Kyle and Mauricio separated in July 2023 after 27 years of marriage and denied any “wrongdoing” in their marriage.)
Mauricio Umansky and Kyle RichardsGregg DeGuire/Getty Images
“Let’s not forget that part,” Sutton continued. Kyle responded, “What part? … Who did?”
Kyle denied any infidelity in her marriage, but Sutton doubled down. (Mauricio has been accused of cheating on Kyle multiple times throughout their RHOBH tenure.)
“With Mau? You’ve talked about him,” Sutton said, referring to Kyle’s breakdown during RHOBH season 13 when she admitted to losing her “trust” in Mauricio.
“With the Instagram?” Kyle questioned, referencing another RHOBH season 13 scene where she admitted to having a fight with Mauricio over him communicating with other women over social media. “That’s different. I think that’s different.”
In her confessional, however, Sutton said the Instagram situation was not what she had been referring to. “I always have a problem with things slipping out of my mouth,” she added.
Garcelle also weighed in on the rather awkward encounter during her own confessional.
“This is definitely the unspoken thing. No one brings that up,” she said. “I mean, listen, we’ve been hearing rumors for years that either Mau has stepped out or is doing this or is doing that. Nobody has confirmation but it’s been all over.”
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The phrase “don’t be picky” applies to certain things in life, like what movie to choose for a casual night in or where to grab a quick bite before work, but it doesn’t apply to fashion. You deserve to be picky when it comes to fit, style, design, price, material and anything else regarding clothes! The pickier you are, the less you spend on low-quality or ill-fitting pieces that live in the back of your closet — indefinitely.
That said, it’s difficult to shop when you’re picky; you won’t settle for a semi-flattering outfit or a tolerable shade of brown you’re not crazy about. Nope! You hold out until you find the perfect piece, which is hard to come by (but totally worth it once you find it). The perfect dress is particularly hard to find, but we found one that will check all of your boxes and even a few you didn’t know you had. If flattering, lightweight, stylish, flowy, elegant, affordable and versatile are on your requirements list, grab a pen and get to checking!
This dress is sophisticated and charming, combining an empire waist fit with a wrap v-neck design, a smocked back waistband, billowy lantern sleeves and side slits that show off your legs, but doesn’t go overboard (if you know what we mean). It’s also soft, lightweight and skin-friendly; the polyester material will keep you perfectly temperate at warm-weather gatherings and winter gatherings alike. Just don’t forget a jacket during the cold months!
Style aside, this dress nails it in the flattering department. A high empire waist makes your torso and legs look longer and minimize your waist, an ideal combo if you seek a lean appearance. The puff sleeves flatter your arms while the v-neckline shows off your collarbone. Oh, and did we mention this dress has a loose, flowy fit? It won’t make you feel constrained in any capacity or highlight any trouble areas. If anything, it will hide them!
This dress was practically made for any wedding, birthday party, Valentine’s (or Galentine’s Day) dinner or work event on your agenda. It pairs beautifully with strappy heels and a shoulder bag, but you can make it a cold-weather outfit by wearing it with tall boots, a long fur jacket and an oversized tote. So chic!
And if you love the style but aren’t feeling pink, this dress comes in five other colors. Good luck choosing just one! You’ll catch Us wearing the pink one on Valentine’s Day, the red one for the holidays and the black one to work. So take your pick and get ready for compliment central!
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Simpson, 44, confirmed their decision to part ways in a statement on Monday, January 13, which read, “Eric and I have been living separately navigating a painful situation in our marriage. Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is best for them. We are grateful for all of the love and support that has been coming our way, and appreciate privacy right now as we work through this as a family.”
A source confirmed to Us Weekly in November 2024 that Simpson and Johnson were “living separately” at the moment.
Meanwhile, a second insider revealed that Simpson and Johnson planned to spend the holidays as a family, adding, “Jessica and Eric plan on being all together for the holidays with the kids. It’s all about the kids and family. They don’t hate each other.”
Simpson and Johnson, 45, who share kids Maxwell, 12, Ace, 11, and Birdie, 5, started dating in 2010 following their respective divorces from Nick Lachey and Keri D’Angelo. After six months together, Johnson proposed and they tied the knot in 2014.
Simpson previously opened up about her evolving dynamic with Johnson, exclusively telling Us in April 2022, “I don’t feel like our marriage has been long, but I feel like I’ve loved Eric my whole life. I guess the moment I met him, it felt like a marriage. We rarely fight. If we do, it’s more conversational, and it’s not like, ‘He’s right or she’s right.’ It’s not about winning.”
The singer gushed over her partnership with Johnson. “In terms of my marriage to Eric, I have never felt more myself or more free,” Simpson shared with Us in February 2020. “Eric and I have a true mind, body [and] soul connection. Some of the things he loves most about me are my flaws. I am most certainly in this marriage and this life with Eric by my side with free will!”
Keep scrolling for signs that Simpson and Johnson were heading for a split:
Not Wearing Their Rings
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Simpson raised eyebrows in late 2023 when she was spotted without her wedding ring in several Instagram photos. The duo briefly quieted split speculation in April 2024 when they went on a family trip but by the end of the year, Simpson and Johnson were once again making public appearances without their respective wedding bands.
In November 2024, a third insider confirmed to Us that Simpson and Johnson were “trying to figure out a separation without disrupting their kids’ lives as much as possible.”
“They are both really committed to the wellbeing of the kids and trying to figure out what’s best for them,” the source added while a four insider said Simpson was “heartbroken” and it wasn’t an “easy decision” to make.
After taking a break from her music career, Simpson teased a “comeback” in November 2024 with photos of her in a recording studio.
“Interviews in my Nashville music room where I unearthed my singular magic,” she captioned an Instagram post at the time. “This comeback is personal. It’s an apology to myself for putting up with everything I did not deserve.”
As Simpson continued to spend more time in Nashville (while her family is based in California), she teased a candid glimpse into her life, writing via social media, “I can’t wait for y’all to hear the soundtrack of my soul .”
Ashlee Dodges the Question
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Jessica’s sister, Ashlee Simpson Ross, had an awkward response when asked about the rumors by TMZ in November 2024. Seemingly trying to get out of the situation, the “Pieces of Me” singer mumbled “no” before opting not to answer any more questions about the speculation.
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While Johnson isn’t active on social media, Simpson often shares highlights from her life. Her last post that prominently featured Johnson was posted in September 2023. (Simpson and Johnson’s last public outing was in summer 2024.)
“Eric turned 44 on Sept 15 and his family gave him all the love cells we have to celebrate his life. My heart is so taken with this Man, I could hardly call it my own,” she wrote. “We love youuuu. (he ain’t an Instagram guy, but I always think the more good wishes the better ).”
“I was talking to a doctor recently who inquired about my sex life, and I explained to her that I have no desire and I’m fine with it,” Shields, 59, wrote in her latest memoir, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman, published on Tuesday, January 14. “Turned out, she was not fine with it.”
Shields wrote that she “had a fervent sex drive” when she was younger. “But I never felt like I could step into that appetite in the way that I wanted to,” the actress added.
Shields detailed how losing her virginity, and in turn, having sex with previous boyfriends, impacted her relationship with her late mom, Teri Shields.
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“My connection with my boyfriend was a personal affront to her, because having a man in my life in such a real way meant that she was losing me,” she wrote. “Oh, how I wish I’d just let the lust take over! But regrettably I was never able to do that.”
This has continued to play out in her marriage to Henchy, 60. (Shields and Henchy have been married since 2001. They share daughters Rowan, 21, and Grier, 18.)
“Here I am, more than thirty-five years later, sometimes pretending I’m asleep when I know Chris is in the mood,” Shields admitted in the book. “That has nothing to do with Chris —he’s hot! He’s been working out at a boxing gym recently, and he looks incredible.”
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Shields explained to readers that her lack of sex drive comes alongside all the “bodily s—” that she has experienced as an aging woman. She also noted that pretending to be asleep is “not great” — but she’s working on that.
After telling the doctor about her lack of sex, Shields recalled being “on the receiving end of a lecture about how important sex is to a relationship.” The actress also admitted that because of a previous surgery, sex has become “painful.” (Shields told Us Weekly exclusively earlier this month about a plastic surgeon giving her a vaginal rejuvenation surgery without consent.)
“For me to fully enjoy sex at this point, I need my lotions and potions, the right sleepwear (maybe calling it sleepwear is contributing to the problem), my special pillow, and maybe a tequila so I can relax,” she wrote, noting “again” that Henchy is “not at all the problem.”
“Listen, there’s nothing wrong with using whatever you need!” she stated. “Whatever it takes.”
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“So today, we have a full moon in Cancer at 23 degrees. Full moons represent peaks, heightened emotions, heightened everything,” the astrologer, 29, began in an Instagram Reel shared on Monday, January 13. “When the moon is full, she’s like, ‘Remember me? I had to go through all of these phases over the past month and work really hard and set intentions and follow through on them so that I could be here tonight sparkling, shining.’”
Lewber went on to note that “this full moon is offering us opportunities to be protective and nurturing, emotional and maybe even a little nostalgic” before explaining why she’s less than thrilled about the placement.
“This full moon is sitting right next to Mars, which is retrograde in Cancer right now,” she said. “Not my favorite placement, because the moon — which, again, is our emotions and safety — is sitting next to Mars, the planet of conflict and action. So this isn’t soothing or serene, but it is a moment to express our emotions or to vent or to just feel a sense of, ‘OK, I just need to address this thing that’s been bugging me,’ or, ‘OK, maybe I need to finally set some boundaries here.’”
She continued, “Basically, just be cautious of any irritants that might show up, and of course on a full moon always take time to at some point in the day to love yourself and be proud of how far you’ve come. Take an Epsom salt bath, journal, cry, feel the feelings, release the feelings and then give yourself a really big warm hug.”
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Earlier this week, Lewber said this year would be a “transition,” astrology-wise. “We are moving into new territory that we haven’t experienced ever, or in a really long time,” she explained in a TikTok video on Sunday, January 12. “We’re all experiencing and cocreating a new reality together. So it’s really up to us on how we want to show up this year.”
She also encouraged her viewers to “expect change” in 2025, adding, “Remember that it is OK to feel, it’s great to feel. Again, we’re human. But it’s also nice to just remember that we are just in the process of change. There is still so, so, so much magic to look forward to this year.”
Lewber’s astrology analysis comes one month after Kennedy, 32, was arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence after Burbank Police responded to a call “regarding an argument between a man and a woman.” A witness claimed they saw Kennedy allegedly grab a woman and throw her to the ground, but officers who responded to the scene reportedly did not see any visible injuries on the woman. Kennedy was later released on a $20,000 bond.
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“We are in the process of conducting our own investigation into the allegations levied by the Burbank Police Department against James,” Kennedy’s attorneys said in a statement to Us at the time. “We understand that there were no injuries and we are hoping that, after careful review, the city’s attorneys will decide not to file formal charges.”
Days later, Lewber, who has been dating the Vanderpump Rules alum since 2022, broke her silence via Instagram Story, thanking “everyone who has reached out with love and support and for checking in on me.” She added, “I’m OK and taking the time I need right now. I deeply appreciate all the kindness and respect for my privacy during this time.”
According to an insider, Kennedy and Lewber are “still living apart but haven’t broken up” following his arrest. “James has been super focused on self-improvement and his sobriety and doing well,” the source said on Monday. “He’s been attending a schedule of meetings and support and taking it very seriously.”
If you or someone you know are experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support.
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend were able to return home just in time for their daughter Esti’s second birthday.
“I’m feeling grateful to be back home,” Teigen, 39, wrote via Instagram Story on Monday, January 13, alongside a photo of a homemade cake. “This is all I could muster up for Esti’s birthday.”
The cake was decorated with chocolate frosting and multicolored sprinkles and featured two action figures of Esti’s favorite wrestler John Cena. In addition to Esti, Teigen and Legend, 46, share Luna, 8, Miles, 6, and Wren, 18 months.
Before Esti’s special day, the family was forced to evacuate their home amid the Los Angeles wildfires.
“This is surreal I’m very scared now. Packing,” Teigen wrote on Wednesday, January 8, as she prepared to go to a hotel with Legend and their children.
Wildfires broke out in the Pacific Palisades on January 7 and quickly spread throughout other parts of Los Angeles. Many celebrities who live in the area have offered updates about losing their homes and personal belongings. Others continue to evacuate the city amid the rapidly changing natural disaster.
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Actor Milo Ventimiglia got emotional on Thursday, January 9, as he revealed that his home with wife Jarah Mariano, who is nine months pregnant, was completely destroyed.
“You start thinking about all the memories in different parts of the house and whatnot and then you see your neighbor’s houses and everything kind of around and your heart just breaks,” he told CBS News. “It’s a kind of a shock moment where you go, ‘This is real, this is happening,’ and at a certain point, you just turn it off. What good is it to continue watching? We kind of accepted the loss.”
Ventimiglia, 47, acknowledged the parallel between his loss and his This Is Us character, Jack Pearson, who died from smoke inhalation after a slow cooker caused his family’s home to burn to the ground.
“You know, it’s not lost on me, life imitating art,” he added while reflecting on his personal next steps. “We got good friends and we got good people we’re working with and we’ll make do. Wife and baby and dog, most important.”
“This is the most valuable thing I own. It’s a folder of photos of my father, spanning his life from being a baby, an educator, a husband and a father. It’s the only evidence of his life that will exist over time,” he wrote via Instagram on Thursday alongside a photo of a folder. “These are the ‘documents’ you read about people taking from their homes. When you hear someone say they’ve lost everything in a fire, this is much of that everything, if not all of it.”
He continued: “Those who say they’ll be okay still have their folders and their albums. Those who are inconsolable have lost them. Just behind the immeasurable loss of life is the loss of the proof of life.”
“I don’t practice prayer but tonight I will say one for everyone who no longer has these items. It’s not about the art and the collectibles. It’s the photos, the letters, the class rings, the eyeglasses and the things we keep to remind us that those we loved were here,” he added. “May those who have lost so much find some semblance of hope and support from their family and friends. Stay safe, look out for yourself and for one another, and trust that humanity and all it entails, though sometimes hard to see, is alive and well. This is truly devastating.”
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For her first public engagement of 2025, Princess Kate Middleton returned to the hospital where she underwent cancer treatment.
The Princess of Wales, 43, paid a visit to the staff and patients of the Royal Marsden Hospital in London on Tuesday, January 14, during which she opened up about her own recovery journey. “You think treatment’s finished, crack on with that … daily tasks, but that’s still, like, a real challenge,” she said to staff members, per the Daily Mail. “And talking … the words totally disappear … understanding that as a patient, yes, there are side effects around treatment, but actually there are more long-term side effects.”
According to the outlet, Kate emphasized the power of “resilience” to one patient, stating: “It’s to keep coming back … to be as positive as you are. The treatments are really so different and so varied, it impacts families differently.”
Kate braved the winter weather in a brown plaid coat for her latest outing, which she wore on top of a simple and chic maroon long-sleeved dress. She completed the look with a matching maroon handbag.
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Catherine, Princess of Wales talks with Katherine Field during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital on January 14, 2025 in London, England.
She was greeted by the hospital’s chief executive, Dame Cally Palmer, and chairman, Sir Douglas Flint. “I was just saying, coming in the front entrance here, having made so many quiet, private visits, actually it’s quite nice,” she said upon arrival, per Hello! magazine.
While speaking with more patients, one person reportedly told Kate that she’s “managed the children amazingly well” while dealing with her health issues, to which she replied, “Oh thanks … it’s just trying to do the best.” (Kate shares kids Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, with her husband, Prince William.)
Per Hello!, Kate also stated that cancer treatments “are really so different and varied, it impacts families differently.”
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A spokesperson for Kensington Palace told multiple outlets on Tuesday that Kate “wanted to make the journey to both show her gratitude to the incredible team, but also highlight the world leading care and treatment [that] Marsden provides.”
Kate’s visit to the hospital comes amid news that she and William, 42, have become joint patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. William, however, did not join his wife during her Tuesday visit.
“We were honored to welcome Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales to The Royal Marsden in Chelsea this morning, and are delighted that Her Royal Highness is now joining His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in becoming Joint Patrons of our specialist cancer center,” Palmer, 67, said in a Tuesday statement, per Hello! magazine.
She added: “We are incredibly fortunate to receive Royal Patronage – it is inspiring for staff and patients and enables us to shine a light on the outstanding work our staff deliver every day for patients and their families.”
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One month after King Charles III announced his own cancer diagnosis, and following months of speculation, Kate revealed in March 2024 that she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer. “We hope that you’ll understand that as a family, we now need some time, space, and privacy while I complete my treatment,” she said in a video statement at the time. “My work has always brought me a deep sense of joy, and I look forward to being back when I’m able. But for now, I must focus on making a full recovery.”
In September 2024, Kate shared that she had completed her chemotherapy treatment but was still on a “long” road to recovery. “Everyone’s kindness, empathy and compassion has been truly humbling,” she said in a video featuring new footage of herself, and William with their kids. “To all those who are continuing their own cancer journey – I remain with you, side by side, hand in hand. Out of darkness, can come light, so let that light shine bright.”
Josh Gad’s career is full of highs and lows — plus a lot of strange moments with A-list stars, at least according to his memoir, In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some.
“It sort of became the theme of the book,” Gad, 43, told Us Weeklyexclusively while promoting the book, which was released on Tuesday, January 14. “In the face of adversity, how do you overcome obstacles in order to achieve bigger dreams than you could have set out for yourself? That has been the story of my life.”
Gad explained that he’s had “stumbles” during his rise to fame which have acted as “learning curves” throughout his career.
“I love failing because it gives me a platform to succeed,” he shared. “Don’t let others force you to give up on yourself. I think perseverance is as important as skill. Those two things together can be a very powerful elixir.”
Gad continued, “I didn’t love it at the time, certainly hated it — but rejection was as important to me and continues to be as important to me as acceptance. A part of it is, ‘F— me? F— you. I’m gonna prove you wrong.’”
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Part inspirational story about success and part reflecting on his upbringing (Gad grew up with a single mother and absent father), his book offered moments of levity with some major name drops.
Keep scrolling for a breakdown of the celebrity encounters from Gad’s memoir:
Sharing the Classroom With the Stars
Gad went to high school in Florida where the early days of his acting career started. He wrote that Scott Weinger (Steve on Full House or the voice of Aladdin, depending on what generation you grew up in) was one of his “school heroes.”
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When Gad went to Carnegie Mellon University, the actor discovered that he had shared the halls with other industry giants, including “a young nebbish boy from Southern California with a very rich singing voice named Josh Groban, a ferociously talented and fiercely confident kid from Philly named Leslie Odom Jr., and a fair-skinned Irish boy from Cleveland named Rory O’Malley.” Gad also noted that Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello were his “big brothers” at school.
Longtime Besties
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Gad has been friends with Seth Gabel from childhood. Gabel, as some may know, went on to marryBryce Dallas Howard. Gad admittedly “hated” Howard when he first met her, but they became “lifelong friends” after one night where he wore her “pink fluffy bathrobe” all over New York City.
Couch-Surfing Roommates
At the beginning of his career, Gad would crash on Gabel and Howard’s couch in Los Angeles. He wrote that two others were also couch surfing: Katherine Waterston and Jeremy Strong, who Gad referred to as “an interesting recent Yale drama grad who was working as an apprentice to Daniel Day-Lewis.”
A Memorable Encounter With a Legend
Those same early years in Los Angeles brought “an exciting or thrilling moment” — one of which included Robert Downey Jr.
Gad wrote that he spotted the actor during a trip to The Coffee Bean in 2003. The pair spoke about Downey’s role in the movie Chaplin.
“I took a deep breath, tapped him on the shoulder, introduced myself, and for the next five minutes the two of us shared a beautiful and inspiring conversation about our admiration for one of the world’s great comedians,” Gad recalled, noting that he “felt so moved” by the interaction.
“As we approached the cashier, [Downey] suddenly turned to me and said: ‘Hey, I forgot my wallet. Do you mind covering this?’” Gad wrote.
Whose House Is This?
Gad wrote about meeting his friend at her boyfriend’s house, not knowing who owned the home.
“I rang the bell and a few seconds later my friend, dressed in a bathrobe, answered the door. Before I had time to ask why she was in a bathrobe, her boyfriend, the owner of this monstrous house, strolled up beside her in a matching bathrobe,” he wrote. “It was Jeff Goldblum.”
The trio “made small talk” until Goldblum started practicing a Meisner method acting exercise on Gad. “Why I was playing it with a robed Jeff Goldblum in his Mount Olympus home on a small uncomfortable cushion, I had and still have no idea,” Gad shared.
Tax Advice From Kelsey Grammer
Gad worked with Grammer on the 2007 series Back to You and the Frasier star once discussed the importance of being “a fiscal conservative” while they were on set.
“Emmy Award–winning actor Kelsey Grammer shared the virtues of paying less in taxes and encouraged me to join the cause (which for the record, had I not been brought up in a very liberal household, I probably would have run with because, well, money is really nice to keep once you’ve earned it),” Gad wrote, sharing that they have stayed “incredibly close” over the years.
‘The Artist Formerly Known as’ Kevin Spacey
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Gad appeared alongside Spacey in the 2008 movie 21. While filming the movie, Spacey would take Gad out to dinner and “force” him into an “impression-off.” In an aside included in the memoir, Gad explained this was years before Spacey’s legal troubles. (The disgraced actor has faced multiple sexual assault allegations since 2017, which he has denied. He was acquitted of nine charges in July 2023.)
“It was such a strange thing,” Gad told Us about working with Spacey. “But also it felt like a sign of respect where he was really, I think, tickled by the fact that I could do voices.”
Harrison Ford Says No
Despite working on the 2008 movie Crossing Over with Ford, the Hollywood legend wouldn’t take a photo with Gad years later.
“I was hanging out with a young Hailee Steinfeld, whom my agent also represented, when she approached him and got a selfie. After Hailee took the pic, I asked Harrison if we could also snap a picture together,” Gad wrote. “Harrison looked at me and said in that iconic gruffy snarl, ‘No.’”
How Jake Gyllenhaal Is Connected to ‘The Book of Mormon’
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Gad played Gyllenhaal’s friend in the 2010 movie Love and Other Drugs. When they were driving home from set, Gad played the Broadway movie’s soundtrack.
“I played the opening number. Jake laughed his ass off,” Gad wrote. “I skipped to another track on the album and his face slowly went from joyful enthusiasm to abject fear and terror.”
Hello, My Name Is Elder Price
Before Andrew Rannells was cast alongside Gad in The Book of Mormon, stars like Cheyenne Jackson, T.R. Knight and Nick Lachey auditioned for the role.
A Meaningful Friendship
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Gad met Robin Williams (one of his longtime heroes) backstage at The Book of Mormon and they started a friendship that would last until the comedian’s 2014 death.
“It’s so frustrating because you imagine somebody’s gonna be around forever. There was so much I planned to talk to him about. We had been speaking less and less. I saw him, I think, the year before he passed,” Gad told Us. “I could tell he was down. He wasn’t his vibrant self, but I didn’t really know what was going on. I didn’t want to burden him with any conversations, certainly about myself. I feel grateful that he would’ve had an opportunity to hear me talk about how he inspired me — it’s something I said to him personally.”
A-List Fans
Throughout the course of the book, Gad mentioned some stars who proved themselves to be fans. Henry Winkler saw the actor in The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee on Broadway, while Philip Seymour Hoffman went to The Book of Mormon. Multiple stars — Sacha Baron Cohen, Adam Sandler and Melissa McCarthy — have asked Gad to do the Olaf voice from Frozen at parties over the years.
Johnny Depp, Huge YouTube Guy
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Gad appeared alongside Depp in the 2017 movie Murder on the Orient Express. The two actors would often “watch TV” in Depp’s trailer while on set, which meant “old YouTube videos” like “Charlie Bit My Finger.”
According to Gad’s book, these clips “blew Johnny’s mind.” While talking with Us, Gad said “it was so wild” to have this experience, which he noted was “the last thing” anyone would expect to do with Depp.
“This was an out of body experience to just sit on a couch and be like, ‘Oh, yes, I remember seeing these YouTube videos 10 years ago.’ But I loved the novelty of them to him,” Gad shared with Us. “Watching him see these things with the eyes of a child was fascinating and wonderful and just sort of amazing.”
His Last Text With Chadwick Boseman
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The late Boseman appeared alongside Gad in the 2017 movie Marshall.
“The production, which was shot in Buffalo, got off to a somewhat choppy start because Chad had something wrong with his stomach that he was being treated for in LA,” Gad wrote. “It wouldn’t be until almost three years later that I would realize the medical issue was in actuality colon cancer, and that Chad was somehow shooting our film in the early stages of the disease that would ultimately take his life.”
Gad shared his final text exchange with Boseman, from June 2020. “Love you too brother Gad,” the actor wrote. Boseman died two months later.
19 Kids and Counting alum Jinger Duggar‘s latest book reveals some unexpected details about the effects of her ultra-conservative upbringing.
In People Pleaser: Breaking Free From the Burden of Imaginary Expectations, which debuted Tuesday, January 14, the 31-year-old revealed that she didn’t learn to swim as a kid due to the constraints of her family’s modest wardrobe. (Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar raised their 19 children as followers of the Institute in Basic Life Principles, with women expected to wear dresses or skirts falling at least to knee-length.)
“Since I was a little girl, I wanted to know what it felt like to push myself through the water, to swing my arms and kick my legs to keep me at the surface. But I didn’t know how,” Jinger wrote. “Here’s what I did know for sure: Long skirts were not designed for learning how to swim.”
Jinger went on to joke that “the laws of physics, gravity and buoyancy don’t play well with long skirts,” explaining that she gave swimming a try when she was younger — and it didn’t go well. “Another way of saying ‘long-skirt swimmer’ is ‘one who sinks,'” she added. “And because long skirts were the only swimming fashion available to me as a kid, and because I had a thing about not wanting to sink, the skill of swimming was not something I picked up during that time.”
The former reality star admitted that being around “water of all kinds” felt “scary” without knowing how to swim. As an adult, however, Jinger has begun to dip a toe in since welcoming daughters Felicity, 6, and Evangeline, 4, with husband Jeremy Vuolo. (Jinger announced in October 2024 that she’s pregnant with the pair’s third baby.)
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“I want [my kids] to know how to swim. I want them to know that I can too,” Jinger wrote. “But I was still so scared, thinking back to the few times I’d tried as a kid, the long skirt encasing my flailing legs.”
Jinger was initially “hesitant” to try again — her people-pleasing tendencies made her “scared to fail” — but she found comfort in a friend named Rebekah, who helped her learn.
“We’re still at it, my swimming lessons, taking it baby step by baby step (or maybe I should say baby lap by baby lap),” Jinger wrote.
People Pleaser isn’t the first time Jinger has discussed her experience with dressing modestly. In May 2021, Jinger opened up about making the choice to break free from the rules of her upbringing.
“My mom had always dressed us girls in skirts and dresses, a standard that was taken from Deuteronomy 22:5, which says, ‘A woman shall not wear a man’s garment,'” she wrote in her second book, The Hope We Hold. “Modesty was a huge topic in our house, and we believed that wearing skirts instead of pants was a central part of being modest. But I wanted to discover for myself what the Bible had to say.”
Jinger explained that she started “digging into” the deeper meaning behind familiar passages of scripture after she married Vuolo, 37, in 2016. She realized that modesty isn’t “only about what you wear” but is also “about the position of your heart.” Jinger also “never found a passage specifically forbidding women from wearing pants.”
Last year, Jinger recalled the first time she wore pants around her parents. “The first few times I went back [home], I was not wearing pants. I wore a skirt just to honor [them],” she said on the “Unplanned” podcast. “That’s a big deal for my family, and my heart is not to rub anything in anyone’s face and be like, ‘I’m doing this. I’m doing my own thing.’ … It’s not to make them mad.”
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Swift, 35, dropped a “like” on Brittany’s Monday, January 13, Instagram post announcing the birth of her third child, daughter Golden. Brittany’s post revealed that the little one arrived one day prior on Sunday, January 12. (She and Patrick, 29, are also the parents of daughter Sterling, 3, and son Bronze, 2.)
Swift and Brittany, 29, have become close since the pop star began dating Travis Kelce in 2023. Travis, 35, plays on the Kansas City Chiefs with Brittany’s husband.
“Brittany is thrilled to be building a genuine friendship with Taylor. They’ve hung out a couple of times and have grown fairly close in a short period of time,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly in October 2023. “Brittany thinks Taylor is so sweet and down to earth, and they get along really great.”
The duo have since traveled together, including in Europe last year when Swift played a string of Eras Tour dates. “London & Amsterdam, a time was had ,” Brittany captioned an Instagram photo carousel from the trip in July 2024. In one snap, Brittany and Swift embraced while their respective partners stood behind the duo. In another image, Swift dropped a kiss on Brittany’s head while her pal flashed a grin at the camera.
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“They have a really genuine friendship and love hanging out at the games together and cheering on their men,” an insider exclusively told Us in January 2024. “Brittany loves that Taylor is dating Travis, and she’s so supportive of their relationship. They have a very similar sense of humor and are always cracking jokes and laughing.”
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While Swift’s “like” is her first public acknowledgment of baby Golden, she has been known to give her friends handmade gifts for their babies. In 2020, she sent Katy Perry a hand-embroidered blanket for daughter Daisy Dove, now 4, whom Perry, 40, shares with fiancé Orlando Bloom.
“Miss adores her hand embroidered blankie from miss @taylorswift ,” Perry wrote via Instagram after the blanket’s delivery, sharing a snap of the gift and Swift’s accompanying handwritten note.
Last year, Chariah Gordon, who is engaged to Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman Jr., revealed that Swift had sent her daughter a gift while in Europe for the Eras Tour. (The couple share son Mecole III, 23 months, and daughter Cianna, who was born in April 2024.)
“It’s so freaking cute and so thoughtful,” Gordon told Glamour in November 2024. “In between shows … [she] was keeping my kids super near.”
Brooke Shields is offering more details about her public falling-out with Tom Cruise — and why she wrote that 2005 op-ed.
“Had Tom taken a public swing at me before I became a mother, I probably would have stayed quiet. I would have ignored his ridiculous rant. I might have been content to sit back while this very famous man hijacked my experience to advance his own (deluded) agenda,” Shields, 59, wrote in her latest memoir, Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman. “I would have been satisfied that his behavior would speak for itself.”
Cruise’s comments from 2005 came just after Shields turned 40. She explained in the book — released on Tuesday, January 14 — how this changed her perspective.
“Sitting quietly and letting myself be attacked might have been my approach a decade earlier — I might have even regretted sharing my story or felt insecure that maybe my career was stalling while a powerful male movie star was singling me out, sure that I’d never stand a chance in that fight — but now I was emboldened by life experience,” Shields wrote, adding that she was “growing into my self-confidence.”
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For a little backstory, Shields released her Down Came the Rain memoir in May 2005, detailing her experience with postpartum depression after welcoming daughter Rowan, now 21. (Along with Rowan, Shields and husband Chris Henchy also share 18-year-old daughter Grier.)
Following the release, Cruise went on the Today show and “disparaged me,” Shields wrote. Cruise, she recalled, referred to her “use of antidepressants” as “dangerous.”
“I was, according to Tom, spreading misinformation,” she wrote. “An interesting opinion, coming from someone without ovaries.”
In response, Shields published an op-ed in The New York Times.
“I was sticking up for myself, and for women who were suffering, against irrational and dangerous comments from an unschooled actor who was speaking way out of his depth,” Shields wrote in Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old, noting that while her op-ed “sparked outrage” at Cruise, it also “spurred discussions on the reality and prevalence of postpartum depression.”
Shields confirmed in her book that Cruise “eventually” apologized for starting the feud, albeit “not publicly.” Per Shields, the actor went to her house and they had a conversation.
It wasn’t the world’s best apology, but it’s what he was capable of, and I accepted it,” she wrote.
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If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to save money, we’re all in the same boat. Extensive spending on gifts for the holidays, outfits for New Year’s Eve and healthy snacks for the New Year really does it to your bank account! But if you’re also resolving to be more fashionable this year, we’re in the same boat there, too. There’s no better way out of a fashion rut than a little retail therapy!
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“It breaks my heart that I couldn’t make Jessica happy. I wanted to be everything to my wife,” Lachey — who later married Vanessa Lachey (née Minnillo) in July 2011 — recalled to Rolling Stone in April 2006. “I wanted her to look at me with love in her eyes, the way she did at the beginning, and have her feel like I was the most wonderful, awe-inspiring man on the planet. And when that stopped, it was the worst feeling in the world.”
“Nick loved the fact I was so strong in my faith and that I had this wide-eyed innocent approach to life. When he proposed in 2002, I said yes,” Simpson wrote in the book, which was published in 2020. “We were young and pioneering our way through reality television, always mic’ed and always on. We worked and we were great at it but when it came time to being alone, we weren’t great at it anymore.”
She added at the time: “I was 22, and I had just pledged my life and destiny of this man. And I don’t regret it. Nick was meant to be my husband. No one else was supposed to have my virginity.”
The singer dated the Supernatural actor in the late '90s around the time she became a household name with her debut album Sweet Kisses. It was rumored that Simpson was speaking of the hunk when she later recalled her "first heartbreak" on an episode of MTV's Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica years later.
The twosome began dating in 1999, married in October 2002 and starred in three seasons of MTV's Newlyweds. But after divorcing Lachey in June 2006, Simpson had only fond memories of the experience. "I believe it did not affect our marriage. Because we enjoyed watching those episodes, and that will always be a time I cherish," she told Vanity Fair in 2009.
Simpson was rumored to have hooked up with the Maroon 5 frontman in 2004, while she was still married to Lachey. That January, the two reportedly spent the night at L.A.'s Chateau Marmont together. Simpson was seen wearing his T-shirt as pal CaCee Cobb picked her up the next morning.
The famous prankster said he and Simpson did the deed during a chat on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show in September 2006. "We were just drinking margaritas and stuff, and you know, from there," he said. "It was when her parents were away and Nick was away," he claimed. "It's not a secret."
Simpson was accused of cheating on Lachey with her Dukes of Hazzard costar in 2006.
While both Simpson and Knoxville denied allegations that they had an inappropriate relationship at the time, the singer detailed their alleged emotional affair in her 2020 memoir, Open Book.
“I felt a force drawing us together,” Simpson wrote about Knoxville, who was married to his first wife, Melanie Lynn Clapp, at the time. “To me, an emotional affair was worse than a physical one. It’s funny, I know, because I had placed such an emphasis on sex by not having it before marriage. After I actually had sex, I understood that the emotional part was what mattered. And Johnny and I had that.”
She added that the twosome wrote “love letters” to each other. “It’s like Johnny and I were prison pen pals, two people who wanted too much to be with each other but were kept apart — by bars, by our stars, by our respective spouses,” Simpson wrote.
Knoxville has yet to publicly react to Simpson’s book claims.
When she began dating the "Your Body Is a Wonderland" crooner in 2006, Simpson famously darkened her locks before calling it quits in May 2007. In 2010, Mayer opened up about their relationship in a Playboy interview saying that being with Simpson in the bedroom was like "sexual napalm" and that she was "like crack cocaine to me."
In her 2020 memoir, Open Book, Simpson slammed Mayer.
“Again and again, he told me that he was obsessed with me, sexually and emotionally,” she wrote, noting that he would break up with her because her “light would start to dim.”
She wrote: “John loved me when I was shining and he drew inspiration from that light. When he tapped me dry, he looked at me like I was withholding something from him.”
The NFL Dallas Cowboys player ended their relationship the night before Simpson's 29th birthday in July 2009 after nearly two years of dating. "It's been a long time coming," a pal of Romo's told Us. "They go from one fight right into another, without a second break," another added. "It's always something with Jessica."
Though the two were first spotted together in NYC in December 2009, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman played coy about the nature of their brief courtship. "The stuff that I've seen doesn't have any bearing to the reality that I'm in," he said to the Chicago Tribune in 2010. "It's like being in a cartoon. It has nothing to do with what's really going on or how I feel."
Their short-lived spring fling came to an abrupt halt when the Hurt Locker star simply stopped calling the singer in 2010. Afterward, a source said a confused Simpson "showed up at his house one day" — and came to face-to-face with another woman! He was a "dirtbag," an insider told Us.
Simpson and the former NFL player began dating in May 2010 and got engaged six months later, ultimately tying the knot in July 2014. The couple welcomed daughter Maxwell in May 2012, son Ace in June 2013 and daughter Birdie in March 2019.
In January 2025, Simpson announced their separation after 10 years of marriage. “Eric and I have been living separately navigating a painful situation in our marriage,” she told Us in a statement. “Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is best for them. We are grateful for all of the love and support that has been coming our way, and appreciate privacy right now as we work through this as a family.”
Simpson revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in January 2020 that the “Suit & Tie” singer once kissed her on a bet from former All-New Micky Mouse Club costar Ryan Gosling. “After [my] divorce and he was out of a relationship, he was, like, over at my house, and we shared a nostalgic kiss,” she recalled. “Apparently, him and Ryan Gosling had a bet on who would kiss me first when they were 12 years old, so he texted Ryan and said he won the bet. And I was like, ‘Oh, OK, um, so we don’t kiss again? That’s done.’”
Brooke Shields is recalling an “inside joke” from the Friends set that “you’d get canceled” for today.
The Pretty Baby actress, 59, memorably appeared in season 2 of the NBC sitcom, playing Erika, an obsessed Joey Tribbiani fan who believed that Joey — played by Matt LeBlanc — really was his Days of Our Lives character, Dr. Drake Ramoray.
On set, Shields said she was eager to ingratiate herself with the show’s famous cast — LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and the late Matthew Perry — and copied a risqué joke that Perry often did. However, she admits that it probably wouldn’t fly today.
“You go on to a show that’s so well-oiled and so successful … I was such a fan. All I wanted was for them to like me,” the actress explained Monday, January 13, on The View. “I just wanted to be funny. But I wasn’t in the group. They were very tight. They had all these inside jokes.”
“I watched and they had this one inside joke that they did a lot, and Matthew Perry did it,” Shields continued. “And I thought, ‘If I can make him laugh, it’s just gonna feel so good.’”
Admitting that “you couldn’t do it now, you’d get canceled,” Shields explained that Perry would slide across the floor “in front of a girl and pretend to look up her skirt.”
“Again, you’d get canceled today,” she reiterated.
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To impress the cast, Shields turned the tables on Perry.
“I ran so fast from one end of the stage all the way to the other, threw myself on the ground, and pretended to look up his pant leg,” she recalled. “Everybody was quiet. I was on the floor and I was like, ‘I just suck! I look like a crazy person!’ I’m on the floor for what felt like an hour, but was probably one second, and all of a sudden he started laughing, and they all started laughing.”
“That afternoon they invited me to have lunch with them and go to the gym on the lot,” Shields writes, per an excerpt published by Real Simple. “I had made it in Hollywood! And in the episode itself, my willingness to embrace the crazy and go hard for the laugh made an impression, too. The day after the show aired, I got a call asking me to star in my own sitcom, Suddenly Susan.”
Perry died at his Los Angeles home in October 2023 at age 54. His official cause of death was later determined as his “the acute effects of ketamine,” which is used to treat opioid use.
If you or someone you know are struggling with addiction or mental health, contact the national Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration at samhsa.gov or 1-800-662-HELP.
