Ryan Reynolds was all smiles in his first red carpet appearance since his wife Blake Lively sued Justin Baldoni.

The Deadpool & Wolverine actor, 48, stepped out in New York City on Tuesday, January 7, for the National Board of Review Annual Awards, where he presented the Best Film award to Wicked.

Reynolds cut a suave figure on the red carpet, wearing a gray suit with black satin lapels. The star accessorized his look with a dashing pair of reading glasses.

Wicked stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Ethan Slater joined the actor on stage at Cipriani Wall Street as he presented them with the Best Film prize. Reynolds was pictured hugging both Grande and Erivo as they took the stage.

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Tuesday’s red carpet appearance comes after Reynolds, Lively and Deadpool & Wolverine costar Hugh Jackman opted not to attend the Golden Globes on Sunday, January 5, amid Lively’s ongoing legal battle with her It Ends With Us costar and director.

“Ryan and Hugh were not confirmed to attend and the decision has nothing to do with [sic] legal battle,” a source confirmed to Us Weekly on Saturday, January 4.

According to Deadline, Lively, Reynolds and Jackman decided not to attend the awards ceremony on Sunday well before the It Ends With Us legal issues, and their respective absences were unrelated to the ongoing scandal.

Lively, 37, filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, 40, on December 31, accusing him of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment on the set of their Colleen Hoover film adaptation. On the same day, Baldoni filed a lawsuit against The New York Times for its coverage of an earlier complaint Lively filed with the California Civil Rights Department, accusing the publication of libel and false light invasion of privacy, among other things.

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, confirmed last week that the actor/director is planning to file a separate lawsuit against Lively.

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“We plan to release every single text message between the two of them. We want the truth to be out there,” Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman told NBC News on Thursday, January 2. “We want the documents to be out there. We want people to make their determination based on receipts.”

Reynolds, for his part, has found himself drawn into the costars’ legal battle. In Baldoni’s lawsuit against the New York Times, he accused Reynolds and Lively of an “inappropriate and humiliating berating” in an allegedly hostile meeting at their New York City apartment before filming It Ends With Us and that they chastised him for “fat-shaming” Lively. Baldoni said the confrontation was “delivered, perhaps intentionally, as other celebrity friends were coming in and out of their penthouse.”

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Baldoni also claimed that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent to drop him as a client at the New York City premiere of Deadpool & Wolverine last year in an attempt at “destroying Baldoni’s career and personal life.” (Baldoni was dropped as a client by WME last month.)

On January 1, WME told The Hollywood Reporter, “In Baldoni’s filing, there is a claim that Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere. This is not true. Baldoni’s former representative was not at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere nor was there any pressure from Reynolds or Lively at any time to drop Baldoni as a client.”

Lisa Kudrow discovered a hidden note from Matthew Perry around one year after the actor passed away.

Kudrow, 61, told Drew Barrymore on the Tuesday, January 7, episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, that she “recently found” a note written to her by Perry while the pair were working on the final episode of Friends in 2004.

Perry, who died in October 2023 at the age of 54 after suffering acute effects of ketamine, had placed the note inside a cookie jar prop he had taken from the hit TV comedy series’ set. “Matthew gave that to me at the end of our last episode,” Kudrow told Barrymore, 49. “I had recently found the note that he had in it for me. I hadn’t opened it up or looked inside of it. But yeah, he did. He had a note in there and I forgot about it.”

Kudrow did not share what was written inside the note, but added that, “timing is everything.”

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The cookie jar was a familiar prop on the Friends set, constructed to resemble a clock with the words, “Cookie Time,” written across it. Kudrow, who portrayed the eccentric Phoebe Buffay on the show, which began in September 1994 and spent ten years on TV screens, recalled a touching memory about the jar during her 2020 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

“We were shooting a scene years before we finished,” Lisa told Kimmel, 57, on the talk show in May 2020. “My line was, ‘Ohhh, I’m late. I better get going,’ and it was too late when I realized I don’t have a watch. As the words were coming out I went, ‘Oh good there’s a clock,’ and I gestured to that [the cookie jar] and said, ‘Oh look at the time. I better get going.’”

Kudrow added that Perry, who portrayed the hilarious Chandler Bing, went up to her after her comment and said, “Did you point to the cookie jar and say, ‘Look at the time’?” to which both Kudrow and Perry laughed.

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Perry’s death was ruled an accident two months after he was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home. The actor was pronounced dead on October 28, 2023.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office released a toxicology report concluding that Perry died from ketamine effects, with drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use) listed as contributing factors.

In a tribute to Perry posted via Instagram on November 15 that year, Kudrow wrote, “Thank you for making me laugh so hard at something you said, that my muscles ached, and tears poured down my face EVERY DAY. Thank you for your open heart in a six-way relationship that required compromise. And a lot of ‘talking.’ Thank you for showing up at work when you weren’t well and then, being completely brilliant.”

Spencer Pratt’s sister, Stephanie Pratt, revealed her brother and his wife, Heidi Montag, lost their Los Angeles home as the Pacific Palisades fire continues to ravage the Los Angeles area.

According to an Instagram post from Stephanie, Montag, 38, and Pratt, 41, lost their property as the blaze took hold of the star-studded area on Tuesday, January 7. (TMZ was first to report on the news with sources telling the outlet the “entire family was able to safely evacuate earlier in the day.”)

Us Weekly has reached out to representatives of the couple for comment.

In the late hours of Tuesday, Stephanie, 38, shared that she was devastated for her family. “Honestly looking for advice. I’m frozen in shock. How horrible for my sweet little nephews to watch their house disappear like this. They must be so scared and confused,” she captioned a photo of the fire. (Pratt married his Hills costar in November 2008 and the pair share two sons, Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 13 months.)

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Stephanie, who also appeared on The Hills, posted an Instagram Story to expand on the news. “I am beyond heartbroken for my brother, Heidi & the kids,” Stephanie posted alongside a photo of Spencer watching the blaze. “Just spoke to my dad- he tried to save my brother’s house but the wind is so strong there was nothing he could do.”

Earlier on Tuesday, Spencer took to social media to share footage of the raging fire via his Instagram Story capturing a light aircraft flying through the sky and dumping water over the affected region as thick black smoke launched off mountains in the background and foreground.

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TMZ, meanwhile, shared a video of Spencer standing outside his home, his mobile phone in hand as he watched the fire devastate his neighborhood alongside a loved one. At one stage during the clip, Spencer was seen wiping his eyes as either smoke or a fleck of ash affected his sight.

The footage then captured the blaze itself as Spencer was seen pointing out to indicate how close the fire had reached.

The out-of-control wildfire, which has burned through more than 1,200 acres in Pacific Palisades which house many celebrity residents, sparked local evacuations earlier on Tuesday.

Casino actor James Woods shared footage of the natural disaster before he evacuated his own property, taking to X to post a video of his surroundings and captioning it, “Leaving.”

USA Today reported on Tuesday that mass evacuation orders for “roughly 30,000” residents, in addition to power shutoffs, have affected the star-studded area. The fire was first reported at around 10 a.m. after it was seen gaining momentum along West Sunset Boulevard.

Eugene Levy evacuated “early” on Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Steve Guttenberg, meanwhile, was seen taking action on Tuesday, spending significant time assisting fire crews by moving cars in order for emergency vehicles to access roads.

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Guttenberg, 66, told KTLA in an interview filmed on the street, “I live right up the hill. I have friends up there right now, and they can’t evacuate because it’s stuck on Palisades Drive. There are families up there, there are pets up there, there are people who really need help.”

The fire also cancelled multiple scheduled events in the area including the premieres for Jennifer Lopez’s new film Unstoppable, and Wolf Man starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner.

Los Angeles is seeing a frightening natural weather event — and its star-studded community has been impacted.

An extreme wind storm, caused by Santa Ana gusts, sparked fast-burning brush fires at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7, with drivers along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive abandoning their cars to seek safety, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Local areas were evacuated, including the celebrity haven of Pacific Palisades, located about 20 miles west of Downtown L.A., where A-list stars are renowned for their sprawling luxury homes.

Stars including Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Sandler, Michael Keaton, Miles Teller, Michael Mann, Ann Sarnoff, Alan Bergman, Kathleen Kennedy and Carol Lombardini all reside in the exclusive enclave.

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Mass evacuations, which have seen more than 30,000 locals leave their home in search of safer ground, affected Steve Guttenberg, who assisted firefighters by moving abandoned cars to nearby streets to improve emergency access. The Police Academy star said during an interview with KTLA on Tuesday, “I live right up the hill,” before pointing at visible flames. “I have friends up there right now, and they can’t evacuate because it’s stuck on Palisades Drive. There are families up there, there are pets up there, there are people who really need help.”

Casino star James Wood was also evacuated from his home, sharing photos and footage of raging flames via X on Tuesday.

One photo, which caught the flames and thick smoke gushing towards the sky, was captioned, “The view from one of our security cameras.”

A subsequent video was also captioned, “Leaving,” before another post from Woods read, “To all the wonderful people who’ve reached out to us, thank you for being so concerned. Just letting you know that we were able to evacuate successfully. I do not know at this moment if our home is still standing, but sadly, houses on our little street are not.”

Eugene Levy was also evacuated. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times over the phone on Tuesday, the Schitt’s Creek star said, “The smoke looked pretty black and intense over Temescal Canyon. I couldn’t see any flames but the smoke was very dark.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the National Weather Service labelled the wind storm a “particularly dangerous situation … Red Flag Warning event.” This type of alert affected Malibu, the San Gabriel Valley, the San Fernando Valley, Beverly Hills, Hollywood Hills, the Santa Monica Mountains, the San Gabriel Mountains, Eastern Ventura Valley and coastal areas adjacent to the Sepulveda pass, per the outlet.

The Associated Press reported that more than 13,000 structures are “under threat” and the origin of the fires has not been confirmed.

The weather event also affected scheduled high-profile events in the area including the premieres for Jennifer Lopez’s new film Unstoppable, and Wolf Man starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner.

Pink and Carey Hart  have found the secret to making their relationship work, no matter the circumstance.

The twosome met in 2001 at the Summer X Games in Philadelphia. After reconciling following a brief split in 2003, Pink proposed to Hart in 2005 while the motocross racer competed during the Pro 250 class finals in Mammoth, California. They tied the knot in Costa Rica in 2006.

The “Just Give Me a Reason” singer revealed in 2008 that the pair had called it quits after two years of marriage. Their separation inspired her tracks “So What,” “Mean,” “I Don’t Believe You” and “Please Don’t Leave Me,” all of which appeared on her Funhouse album that same year.

The duo ultimately found their way back to each other, as Pink confirmed their reconciliation in February 2010. Nearly eight years later, she brought up their rocky past while commemorating their 12th anniversary via Instagram. “12 years married today. 16 if ya count the 4 years we spent deciding if we were going to live together forever or kill each other,” she captioned a collection of pictures of the couple from over the years in January 2018. “It’s been a nice mix of that ever since. Get em’ young and train em’ ladies. I still have a crush on you @hartluck.”

Pink and Hart are now the parents of daughter Willow, born in 2011, and son Jameson, born in 2016.

The Grammy winner previously opened up about how becoming a parent alongside Hart has “completely changed” her for the better. “I’m much more open. I’m much more accepting of myself. I’m much more thoughtful,” she told Carson Daly on Today in 2019. “I plan more. I have to. I have to figure out the balance.”

She added, “I think about the world more and what we’re leaving for these kids and the direction we’re headed in so I guess it changes your music, but I’m not writing songs to my children because I feel like the best ones have already been written.”

Scroll down to see a timeline of Pink and Hart’s relationship through the years!

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Sunny Hostin’s husband, Emmanuel “Manny” Hostin, has been named in an insurance fraud lawsuit filed in New York City.

According to legal documents obtained by the Daily Mail and viewed by Us Weekly on Tuesday, January 7, Emmanuel, who married The View cohost in 1998, is one of almost 200 defendants included in the lawsuit filed with the New York Eastern District Court on December 17, 2024.

Listed as “Emmanuel Hostin, M.D.,” the orthopedic surgeon, based at New York’s Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West Hospitals, per U.S. Health, is accused of federal insurance fraud and “getting kickbacks by performing surgery and … billing a company that insured taxi companies and Uber and Lyft drivers,” as reported by the Daily Mail.

Us has reached out to representatives for Sunny and Emmanuel for comment.

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The lawsuit reads, “Hostin knowingly provided fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries.” The documents also allege that insurance firm American Transit was then billed “in exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation which were disguised as dividends or other cash distributions.”

Emmanuel addressed the allegations via his attorney Daniel John Thwaites, telling the outlet that his client “denies each and every allegation.” Thwaites added that the lawsuit is a “blanket, scattershot, meritless lawsuit by a near-bankrupt insurance carrier.”

Thwaites offered further, “It is meant to intimidate and harass doctors from collecting for care given to American Transit insureds and their passengers. American Transit has rushed into the lawsuit without ever conducting an examination of Dr. Hostin or expressing any concerns to his lawyers. The real story here is about an insurance carrier abusing the legal system to limit and restrict health care benefits to its insureds and their passengers, and write off its proper obligations.”

Emmanuel and Sunny, 56, reside in Purchase, New York, and share two children — a son, Gabe, who was born in 2002, and a daughter, Paloma, who was born in 2006.

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Sunny, an attorney and multi-platform journalist who joined The View as a full-time cohost in 2016, has been candid about the various troubles her family has seen over the years. In January 2021, she revealed that Emmanuel’s parents both died from COVID-19 just weeks prior.

“Although I’ve chosen a very public career, as most of you know, those of you that know my husband, Manny, know that he is intensely private. But after speaking with him, he felt that from a public health standpoint it was very important for me to share that we are deeply saddened that Manny lost both of his parents over the holidays,” Sunny said on The View at the time.

Sunny added that her in-laws, Dr. Maria Jesus and Dr. A. Emmanuel, “were both physicians and they were both very careful” and “didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving with us because we all decided that it wasn’t safe. And after a lot of contact tracing, we still don’t know how they contracted this virus and this disease.”

According to the filing, American Transit is seeking at least $450 million in damages. An attorney for the company, William Natbony, told the Daily Mail, “‘No fault fraud is a huge problem in New York. American Transit filed a lawsuit as part of its statutory responsibility to fight such fraud.”

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Garcelle Beuavais’ love life never ceases to amaze Us — and her latest dating reveal on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is so on brand.

During the Tuesday, January 7, episode of RHOBH, Garcelle, 58, reflected on her past relationships while getting ready to go to the Los Angeles hotspot the Viper Room in celebration of castmate Erika Jayne.

“Erika’s being honored by the GLAAD Association and it’s at the Viper Room,” Garcelle said while getting her makeup done. “And was it owned by Johnny Depp?”

Once her makeup artist confirmed Depp’s previous ownership, Garcelle dropped a romance bombshell. (Depp sold his stake in the iconic club in 2004 as part of a lawsuit settlement involving alleged mismanagement.)

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“I was in Miami at a club and yeah, made out with Johnny,” she confessed. “Isn’t that crazy?”

Garcelle didn’t go into any more detail about the alleged kiss with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 61, but she was right about his connection to The Viper Room.

Depp was one of the original owners of the music venue and nightclub when it opened in 1993 alongside his 21 Jump Street costar Sal Jenco. The club is now owned by James Cooper and Silver Creek Development.

Depp isn’t the first A-list star that Garcelle has claimed to have hooked up with over the years. During the December 3, 2024, episode of RHOBH, Garcelle revealed the “biggest star” she’d been on a date with, listing Eddie Murphy, Will Smith and Sean Penn.

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“Oh, I didn’t know about Sean Penn,” Erika, 53, replied, before revealing in her confessional that she would’ve made a few different choices if those were her past suitors.

Erika wondered, “Well, I just want to know if Garcelle dated Eddie Murphy, Sean Penn and Will Smith, why did she marry the man she married? Why not marry one of them, you know? I mean, that’s what I would have done.”

Garcelle previously talked about her fling with Smith, 56, during a 2020 episode of the Bravo series when the actor’s ex-wife, Sheree Zampino, made a cameo. (Smith and Zampino, 57, split in 1995 and he later wed Jada Pinkett-Smith.)

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“He was hot,” Garcelle said of Smith at the time. “He was a bachelor, I was single, you know, it happens in Hollywood.”

One famous face she didn’t romance was Jamie Foxx, her costar on The Jamie Foxx Show from 1996 to 2001. The twosome later reunited on screen for 2013’s White House Down.

“I think me and you should have been together,” Foxx, 57, told Garcelle during a September 2020 episode of her “Going to Bed With Garcelle” podcast.

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He teased that every time he sees Garcelle with one of her boyfriends he says, “Damn, I f—ed up!”

Outside of her Hollywood hookups, Garcelle had long-term relationships with ex-husbands Daniel Saunders and Mike Nilon. Garcelle was married to Saunders — with whom she shares 33-year-old son Oliver — from 1991 to 2000.

Garcelle was married to talent agent Nilon for nearly 10 years before she discovered he was unfaithful and they split in 2011. The exes share twin sons Jax and Jaid, 17.

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Kyle Richards is prepared for the headlines she may receive after she brought Kesha to a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills event.

“Kesha and I met on Instagram. She was following me. We DM’d each other and she’s here with me tonight,” Richards, 55, said on the Tuesday, January 7, episode of Bravo’s reality show. “Yes, Kesha’s a musician and we’re friends — so let the rumors begin!”

Cameras rolled as the cast headed to the Viper Room in West Hollywood to celebrate costar Erika Jayne being honored by GLAAD.

Although Richards assured viewers her plus one was just a friend, the reality star’s romantic life has been put under the microscope as she navigates life after separating from husband Mauricio Umansky in July 2023. The pair were married for 27 years prior to their split.

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One month after announcing the end of her marriage with Umansky, 54, Richards starred in singer Morgan Wade’s “Fall in Love With Me” music video. Her appearance left some fans questioning if they could potentially be dating.

At the beginning of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 14 in November 2024, however, Richards said she would not be talking about Wade, 30.

“I know there’s a lot of curiosity about the person they always talk about,” Richards said. “I’m not using her name intentionally. I don’t want to speak on anyone’s behalf except my own.”

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During a separate interview for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: After Show, Richards provided a bit more context regarding her friendship with Kesha, 37.

“She was following me on Instagram and I followed her back and we said, ‘Oh, we should get together for dinner,’” Richards recalled to Jayne, 53. “We went to Venice or something and I sat down…and we started talking about everything and sharing everything and sharing all of our secrets.”

According to Richards, she “automatically connected” with the “Tik Tok” singer and a new friendship was born.

“I just automatically connected with her and she’s just so sweet and has such a big heart,” she said. “Kind, not judgemental, talented and creative. We started hanging out and we became really close friends fast.”

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To prove Beverly Hills really is a small town, Kesha and Wade ended up doing a song together called “Walked on War.”  And yes, Kesha will be performing at the same London music festival as Jayne this June.

“I will be there with bells on,” Richards joked. “I’m so excited about that. I’m ready to go.”

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Dorit Kemsley had a four-hour therapy session with estranged husband PK Kemsley that ended with them coming to blows.

“He went in very much with, like, coming to battle,” Dorit, 48, claimed during the Tuesday, January 7 episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. “In therapy, he throws out, ‘This is why I want a divorce, and I don’t want to be married to this woman.’ That’s the first time I heard it.”

During her confessional, Dorit said she was “blindsided” by PK’s vitriol.

“Boom, there’s a bomb,” she said. “We were so amicable a few weeks ago. The whiplash is hard to take.”

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Dorit also said that PK, 57, “stormed out” of the therapy session while confiding in RHOBH newcomer Bozoma Saint John.

“I walked out of that therapy session, and I thought, ‘I need to start preparing,’” Dorit continued. “I know, I need to have a plan for every possible scenario because he’s too unpredictable.”

Dorit and PK announced their split in May 2024 after nine years of marriage. The duo told fans that they “had our struggles” over the years and “made the mutual and difficult decision to take some time apart.” The aftermath of their separation was showcased during the RHOBH season 14 premiere in November 2024.

When speaking with Us Weekly exclusively ahead of the premiere, Dorit said she and PK had yet to discuss an actual divorce.

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“We’re navigating this period,” she explained. “I just really hope that, regardless of where we go — I think if we end up getting back together — that there’s a lot of work that needs to be done. You don’t reach this place and want to just jump back into the saddle without having done the work that you know is necessary to enjoy the marriage and have the communication that you really need.”

Dorit noted that she does “think it’s possible” for a reconciliation between herself and PK.

“I think you need both people to want it,” she added. “I think sometimes having the time apart too, it can be healthy. It can also give us a chance to step back and look at our own positions and reflect and also do some work on ourselves individually so that we can bring a better version of ourselves to the marriage.”

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Garcelle Beauvais is reflecting on the “long way” she’s come with son Oliver Saunders following his past struggles with addiction.

“My relationship with Oliver right now is really good,” Garcelle, 58, said during the Tuesday, January 7 episode of RHOBH. “Oliver was in a really dark place over the years. I had all kinds of emotions, sometimes all in one day — fear, guilt.”

Garcelle admitted that she often wondered what she did “wrong” as a parent during the throes of her son’s addiction.

“I had to practice tough love,” she said of her relationship with her son during that time period. “I knew he was homeless, and I knew he was in a bad place, and I couldn’t do anything.”

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The Bravo star, who shares 32-year-old Oliver with ex-husband Daniel Saunders, teared up during Tuesday’s episode when remembering one particularly difficult moment involving her son.

“Years ago, I was at home [with] a girlfriend of mine. We were hanging out and it started getting late,” she said. “We heard a noise and I looked outside. I turned on the light and I saw it as Oliver.”

Garcelle continued, “It was Oliver in the body form, but it wasn’t Oliver. The way he acted, the way his eyes looked, the way he was so erratic.”

She said Oliver was attempting to get inside the pool house before she stopped him.

“This is my son that I’m not opening the door for,” Garcelle recalled through tears. “I watched him walk away and I didn’t take him in. I felt 1,000 pounds of guilt not letting him in.

The RHOBH star added, “This was the tough love that we had to do so that hopefully that’s the thing that changes things.”

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Oliver is the father of 4-year-old son Oliver Saunders Jr. (OJ), whom he shares with ex-wife Samantha Saunders. The proud dad is gearing up to welcome baby No. 2 with girlfriend Shantei Paranda.

Garcelle previously spoke about Oliver’s addiction during a 2020 episode of RHOBH.

“If we’re all going to be honest, I’m not a perfect parent,” she told her castmates at the time. “My son Oliver has dealt with addiction since he was in the fifth grade. We have been through so much. … I would never judge another parent. I feel, sometimes, that I’ve messed up because I was too lenient with him.”

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET and streams the next day on Peacock.

The premiere for Jennifer Lopez’s new movie, Unstoppable, was canceled at the last minute.

“In light of today’s safety concerns around heightened wind activity and fire outbreaks in Los Angeles,” a rep for Amazon said in a statement to Us Weekly on Tuesday, January 7. “We regret to inform you that we are cancelling tonight’s premiere of Unstoppable.”

Los Angeles is currently experiencing severe winds and fires in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, which is just outside of Santa Monica. Most of the Palisades were ordered to evacuate Tuesday afternoon, per the Los Angeles Times.

“As much as we were looking forward to celebrating this wonderful and inspiring film with you, safety is our first priority,” the statement continued. “We encourage everyone to watch Unstoppable on Prime Video, which will be available globally on January 16. Thank you for your understanding and please stay safe.”

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The National Weather Service Los Angeles’ official X account issued an alert regarding dangerous windstorms expected to take place from Tuesday to Wednesday, January 8.

“A LIFE-THREATENING, DESTRUCTIVE, Widespread Windstorm is expected Tue afternoon-Weds morning across much of Ventura/LA Co. Areas not typically windy will be impacted,” the tweet read on Monday, January 6, alongside an infographic of potential areas that could be affected. “See graphic for areas of greatest concern. Stay indoors, away from windows, expect power outages.”

The Unstoppable premiere was scheduled to take place on Tuesday in West Hollywood. Lopez, who stars in the Anthony Robles biopic as the wrestler’s mother, Judy, was expected to attend the red carpet alongside the film’s lead actor Jharrel Jerome. Additional cast members Don Cheadle, Michael Peña, Mykelti Williamson and director William Goldenberg were also expected to attend.

Lopez has yet to address the cancellation of the premiere. News of the premiere cancellation comes one day after Lopez settled her divorce from Ben Affleck. Affleck, 57, produced the sports drama through his and pal Matt Damon’s production company, Artists Equity.

Unstoppable wasn’t the only upcoming film taking precaution.Wolf Man, which stars Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner, also canceled its Tuesday L.A. premiere.

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“Unfortunately, tonight’s premiere of Wolf Man is canceled due to sensitivities around the worsening weather situation in LA and related evacuations,” Universal said in a statement per Variety.

Many stars have been affected by the wildfires, and some have even stepped in to assist in aid. Actor Steve Guttenberg has been on the ground lending helping hand to firefighters by moving cars left behind due to evacuation orders so fire trucks and other residents could easily access the road.

“There are people stuck up there. So we’re trying to clear Palisades Drive and I’m walking up there as far as I can moving cars,” the Police Academy alum said in a Tuesday interview with KTLA. “There are families up there, there are pets up there. There are people who really need help.”

Austin Butler has come a long way since his Nickelodeon days in the early 2000s — and fans are taking notice.

The California native broke into the entertainment industry in 2005 and instantly became a staple on the kids’ network with roles on both Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide and Zoey 101.

As he continued to gain fame, Butler stayed close to his inner circle, which includes Ashley Tisdale. The duo met when Butler was a teenager — well before he dated Tisdale’s other BFF Vanessa Hudgens — and went on to costar in 2011’s Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure.

The pair’s friendship, however, has confused some fans after Butler and Hudgens called it quits in late 2019 after more than eight years of dating.

Butler, for his part, showed that there are no hard feelings between him and Hudgens when he revealed in April 2022 that Hudgens inspired him to take on the role of Elvis Presley for the film Elvis, which premiered that summer.

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Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber‘s relationship became a topic of conversation in late 2021 — and continued to draw fans in until their split in late 2024.

Butler and Gerber first sparked romance rumors in December 2021 after they were spotted attending a yoga class together. At the time, a source exclusively revealed to Us Weekly that the pair were dating, adding, “It’s still very new.”

Five months later, the couple reached a major milestone when they made their red carpet debut at the 2022 Met Gala. Gerber celebrated the Gilded Age theme with an Alexander McQueen metallic gown while Butler opted for an all-black Prada suit for the big event.

The next year, a second source exclusively told Us that Butler and Gerber were very “secure” in their relationship — and that her famous parents, Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford, approved of the pairing.

News broke in January 2025 that the couple had parted ways over the holidays.

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Scott Wolf has played several TV doctors — but does that mean his loved ones now ask him for medical advice?

“I’ve played a doctor four times. I should get a degree from someplace,” Wolf, 56, joked during an exclusive interview with Us Weekly about his new Fox series Doc. “Thankfully for [my family] they don’t [ask for my medical advice].”

Before scoring the role of Dr. Richard Miller on Fox’s upcoming medical drama, Wolf played medical professionals on Everwood, The Nine and The Night Shift.

“I do diagnose family members, to their great annoyance,” he quipped. “One of the great things about being an actor is you get to — sort of through osmosis — absorb these worlds. None of this is making any of us real doctors. This is the fourth time I’ve played a doctor and some stuff sticks in there.”

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Wolf noted how important it was to honor real doctors, adding, “It matters to me a lot and it matters to everyone in this production that we honor the work that these life-saving heroes are doing in real life.”

Doc, which premieres on Tuesday, January 7, is based on Italian TV series Nelle tue mani about a doctor who loses her memory in a car accident and wakes up to find her entire life has changed. Molly Parker leads the cast alongside Wolf, Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon Ecker, Anya Banerjee and Patrick Walker.

“[My doctor character on Doc] is my No. 1 favorite in terms of my enjoyment of the complexity,” Wolf told Us.”I’ve gotten to explore these different medical worlds playing doctors. But I’ve never had a more fun, interesting, complicated and sometimes painful character to play. And to be back working with Fox again after I started with Party of Five [in the ’90s], they are two of my favorite experiences by far. It is full circle in some fun ways.”

Despite playing “a flawed human being” on Doc, Wolf has been enjoying the challenge.

“Any actor will tell you that you always have to find justification and understanding and empathy for the characters you’re playing. But in this case, it wasn’t like I had to figure out how to justify a bad guy doing bad things,” the actor clarified. “This was a very good person who any of us could wind up being. But with his circumstances, he winds up in this terrible situation where a mistake has happened and his reaction to it is to just get protective.”

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Wolf teased Us that Richard’s arc — and Doc as a series — will “constantly surprise” viewers, saying, “It is so well-written and I’m a huge fan of hospital shows, But obviously this central premise is so interesting, and the character development is incredible. The whole point is to create characters and tell stories that engage people.”

He continued: “Sometimes it can take time and the very first episode of a show can make you come away feeling like you only scratch the surface. … I didn’t know what direction they were going to head in all of them, but it’s amazing to read something and feel like I’ll play any character in this show.”

Doc airs on Fox Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET and new episodes stream the next day on Hulu.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Erika Jayne believes her costars have a reason to be disappointed in Sutton Stracke.

“We’re mad at Sutton because Sutton likes to kick a dog when they’re down,” Jayne, 53, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, January 7. “That’s a fact. I don’t think anybody looking at this without bias would say anything different.”

Stracke, 53, hasn’t seen eye-to-eye with Dorit Kemsley this season on the hit Bravo reality show — especially as she deals with a public divorce from PK Kemsley.

At one point, the ladies got into an explosive fight during a cast trip to Oceanside, California, where Stracke proclaimed to her costar: “You’re not angry with me. You’re angry at your life.”

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The argument came just days after Stracke wrote an essay about friendship and sisterhood. Her words were later shared with the cast during a sisterhood ritual at a filmed dinner.

“I never bought into the sisterhood because you have to lead by example,” Jayne explained to Us, referring to Stracke’s essay. “It’s great to say things, but then you have to do it and you can’t do it once. It has to be consistent and it wasn’t. It’s a lot of nice words but you have to lead. You have to put in the action.”

Stracke first started filming with Jayne in 2020 when she was a “friend” of the show in season 10. Even though the pair continue working together through the current season, Jayne isn’t sure if she can call Stracke a true friend.

“Sometimes [she’s a friend]. I consider us to be on friendly ground more so now than ever,” she said. “I enjoy Sutton when she’s her bubbly, kind, fun self. I don’t enjoy her when she’s mean.”

Jayne isn’t the only Bravo star trying to figure out where she stands with Stracke. On the January 7 episode, newcomer Bozoma Saint John questions if Stracke is “delusional” or “mean.”

According to Jayne, the answer to that question isn’t always clear.

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“I think there are times when Sutton is mean and there are times when she is just herself,” she said. “We can all be a little delusional. We’re all eccentric in our own ways. We can all be petty but there are times when we’ve all been mean to each other.”

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Fans can stream old episodes anytime on Peacock.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi

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If there’s one thing we’re taking away from the 2025 Golden Globes, it’s that old Hollywood glam is back. Natural, sultry makeup is the must-have accessory for 2025, and we’re all aboard. Celebrity makeup artist Shelby Smith, whose client list includes Penelope Cruz and Kylie Jenner, created a full face for model and actress Cara Delevingne. Not only was her look fresh, the products she wore are surprisingly affordable!

Delevingne wore a shimmering ocean blue halter neck gown paired with stunning diamond jewelry and long hair. In line with the classic starlet style, the American Horror Story actress stunned with a glowing complexion, which included a must-have nude lipstick from L’Oreal.

Smith shares, “For a ‘your natural lip color’ but better, I defined the lips with the Colour Riche Lip Liner in ‘worth it’ and paired it with its matching lipstick the Colour Riche Intense Volume Matte Lipstick.” Did we mention the natural lipstick is just $10? That’s right, you can achieve Delevingne’s old Hollywood glam look by grabbing the color at Walmart!

This ultra-flattering nude lip color is on-trend for winter 2025 and beyond. While the shade ‘worth it’ is a universally-flattering pinky-brown, there’s also a ‘worth it intense’ shade for a bolder look. The L’Oréal formula is a soft, powdery matte lipstick that offers 26-hour wear while making lips look fuller. Even better, it’s infused with hyaluronic acid to keep your pout hydrated.

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Hundreds of Walmart shoppers give the lipstick rave reviews.

“I love this lipstick with a liner and a gloss over it,” one five-star reviewer shares. “It makes my lips look fuller and has a nice feeling on my lips! I have three different colors.”

“Omg, the way it glides like a butter and is so moisturizing through the day is amazing!” another shopper shares. “The color is very pigmented and lasts for hours. I don’t need to use a lip liner with it. The shape of the lipstick is perfect for both small and big lips, and I’m able to make a perfect coat without it bleeding. I would buy this color again!”

If you’re looking for a model-approved lipstick, look no further. Grab the Colour Riche Intense Volume Matte Lipstick today and maintain a perfect pout all winter!

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If there’s one thing about Selena Gomez, she loves a little black dress.

The Emilia Pérez actress made it her unofficial uniform while promoting the film in nearly every possible permutation of the style, from red carpet gowns to businesscore blazers to cozy knitwear and more. But now that Gomez, 32, is engaged to Benny Blanco — the couple announced the news via Instagram last month — she appears to be breaking up with the time-tested fashion formula in favor of a fresh new look befitting a bride-to-be: the little white dress.

When Gomez was set to appear on the Monday, January 6, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, she arrived at the studio in Los Angeles wearing a Raisa Vanessa white mini dress with hand-beaded crystal and pearl embellishments. The bodice extended into a sculptural skirt that would look right at home on the dance floor at the Bachelorette party.

She paired her marquise diamond engagement ring — which Blanco, 36, helped custom design with jewelers Katherine Theofilos Claster and Stephanie Theofilos — with Le Soonar diamond drop earrings. Meanwhile, her Aquazzura bright white pumps could easily be worn down the aisle, particularly with the practical ankle strap.

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But that wasn’t the only all-white look in her repertoire, as she had a second dress that would feel just as right at a bridal shower. By the time she sat down on Jimmy Kimmel’s couch for the interview, she’d changed into a Valentino frock with scalloped details and a Saint Laurent strong-shouldered blazer, which looked reminiscent of the tailoring that her fiancé wore when attending the Golden Globe Awards together on Sunday, January 5.

This time, Gomez had new arm candy: a Roger Vivier rattan bag with a blinged-out crystal buckle and jeweled handle. She kept the same Aquazzura heels, however, demonstrating that like a little black or white dress, some wardrobe staples can be worn again and again (and again).

Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber have split after three years of dating.

Multiple outlets including People and TMZ reported the news on Tuesday, January 7. TMZ reported that they called it quits at the end of 2024 and Butler was absent from Gerber’s recent family vacation.

The Elvis actor, 33, was first linked to Gerber, 23, in December 2021 after they were seen attending a yoga class together. Us Weekly confirmed at the time they were “low-key dating” after their respective splits from Vanessa Hudgens and Jacob Elordi.

Two months later, Butler and Gerber were photographed in Paris on Valentine’s Day, cuddled up under an umbrella in the rain.

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It wasn’t until the 2022 Met Gala that May that the pair stepped out for their first red carpet as a couple — where they celebrated the Gilded Age theme in style. Gerber wore a metallic Alexander McQueen gown while her then-boyfriend donned a black Prada suit.

Butler and Gerber continued to grow close throughout 2022 and the Dune 2 actor even joined his girlfriend’s family for a new-New Year’s getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, that December.

The following year, the duo became more visible with their romance. Gerber joined Butler in January 2023 for several Golden Globes afterparties after he took home the trophy for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama.

Gerber opted to skip the Academy Awards in March 2023, but she reunited with Butler that evening to attend the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los Angeles. The following month, the twosome later posed on the Time100 Gala red carpet in New York City.

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As the year came to an end, a source exclusively told Us that Butler and Gerber were going strong.

“Although Austin and Kaia are both in the public eye, they’re really down to earth and have a very secure relationship,” the insider said in September 2023, noting that the “time has flown by” since they first hooked up.

The source added that Kaia’s parents, Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, approved of the relationship. “Kaia loves that her family gets along so well with Austin,” the insider claimed. “He’s joined them on several vacations and he’s definitely a part of the family.”

In June 2024, Kaia was once again by Butler’s side as he celebrated the Los Angeles premiere of The Bikeriders. In an Instagram video shared by Entertainment Weekly, Butler gave Kaia a kiss while standing outside the TCL Chinese Theatre.

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Butler told Access Hollywood at the time that Kaia not only “approves” of the cropped blazer and double-pleated trousers that he wore for the premiere, but she actually picked out his red carpet ensemble.

The twosome’s summertime appearance was one of the rare moments they were seen together in 2024. After filming multiple projects throughout the year, Kaia walked the Fourth Annual Academy Museum Gala red carpet alone in October 2024.

The following month, the model was spotted at the LACMA Art+Film Gala — also solo. She also stepped out for Next Gen 2024 party hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and Instagram in November 2024 without Butler.

Butler, meanwhile, attended the SFFILM Awards Night in San Francisco last month by himself.

Kailyn Lowry got real about struggling with her mental health and body dysmorphia following her recent decision to undergo plastic surgery.

“I had a very, very emotional morning, mainly just when I was taking a shower. I pray that my kids never struggle with their body images enough to mutilate their bodies to be skinny,” the Teen Mom 2 alum, 32, said in a Get Ready With Me Instagram Reel uploaded on Monday, January 6. “I think a little nip and tuck in terms of a nose job or a boob job is OK but to go through this to be skinny is [a] mental illness, truly. And I say that with the most respect to anyone going through it.”

Last month, Lowry revealed she underwent breast reduction surgery. In the Monday clip, she explained that her video marked the first time she was able to do her makeup since the procedure. She also shared that she was “finally able” to use the shower post-surgery without any assistance. While Lowry admitted that she feels “good” physically, most of the time she’s “struggling” mentally in the wake of her procedure.

“I’m struggling this time around. I don’t know if it’s cause I have a daughter now … not just my daughter, my sons too, I don’t want them to experience this level of body dysmorphia,” she reflected. “Like, I was basically willing to go to any length and do this over Christmas break to be skinny — even if that meant [fiancé] Elijah [Scott] couldn’t be there for me. Even if that meant I was in another state for Christmas. I was willing to go to any freaking length for it.”

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Lowry confessed that when she went in for her breast reduction surgery, she was tempted to undergo additional procedures while under general anesthesia.

“I was going for a breast reduction and then I was like, ‘Oh, I should just add some lipo 360, add some tummy tuck in … my scars were fine,’” she recalled. “My old tummy tuck scar and c-section scar were fine. I realized I shouldn’t have put Elijah through all of this ’cause he couldn’t be there for me the whole time.”

Despite being on the mend, Lowry admitted she was having a “rough” time mentally but wanted to put a brave face on.

“I’m going to stop crying and I’m gonna suck it up for the rest of the day,” she said before issuing a warning to her followers. “Think once, think twice before you get plastic surgery and I hope everyone has a happy new year.”

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Many of Lowry’s fans flocked to the comments section to give her some much-needed words of encouragement.

“You’ve always looked great! At any size you’re just a gorgeous woman,” one user replied while another wrote, “You birthed literally 7 beautiful tiny humans, your body is incredible. I’m sorry you felt pressured to have to fix it. I hope you can learn to love you body, I know your children did .”

Lowry is a mom of seven. She shares son Issac, whom she welcomed in 2010 with Jo Rivera, son Lincoln, whom she welcomed in 2013 with Javi Marroquin, sons Lux and Creed, whom she welcomed in 2017 and 2020, respectively, with Chris Lopez. She also shares son Rio, who was born in 2022, and twins Verse and Valley, who arrived in January, with Elijah.

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San Francisco 49ers cornerback Charvarius Ward admitted the tragic death of his 23-month-old daughter, Amani Joy, might impact what comes next for him professionally. 

Ward, 28, is currently a free agent, though 49ers general manager John Lynch has indicated he’d like to re-sign Ward if the contract makes sense. 

The football star announced the death of his daughter in October 2024, writing via Instagram that “she was the best blessing we could have asked for.” Ward and his partner, Monique Cook, welcomed Amani in November 2022. An official cause of death was not announced, though she had battled heart issues throughout her short life. 

“You know, I’ve got a lot of trauma in California,” Ward told reporters on Monday, January 6. “There were great times, but the worst thing that’s happened to me — that’s probably ever gonna happen to me, knock on wood — happened in California.”

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Ward is coming off his third season with the 49ers after spending the first four years of his NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs. 

“It just brings back bad memories,” Ward continued. “Every time I get on a plane to come back to California, San Jose, here, it’s just a bad memory. I go through that every night by myself because my girl doesn’t want to come back to California because of what happened.

He added of Cook, “She’s my strength right now. I need her.”

Ward admitted “it was hard for me personally to go to work every day, every game,” even going as far to say he “almost left a couple of times.”

“S—, I know fans probably hate me [for thinking about leaving the team], but f— it, it’s real life,” he said. “It’s bigger than football. This is the hardest time of my life for sure.”

According to The Athletic, Ward spent much of the 49ers locker clean-out day on Monday signing jerseys for his teammates, seemingly indicating that he wouldn’t be returning to the team. 

Still, Ward offered that there’s still hope he’ll be a Niner next season. “If they can afford me, there’s a chance I can come back,” he said. 

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Two days after announcing Amani’s death, Ward acknowledged he was struggling with his grief. 

“My soul’s bleeding. I need you Amani. You did not deserve this. ,” he wrote via his Instagram Story alongside a picture of Amani laying on his chest. 

In Ward and Cook’s initial note about Amani’s passing, the couple said their late daughter “overcame adversity at a young age and was always happy, lighting up every room with her smile.”

“Having the privilege of being her parents and seeing the world through her eyes has changed us for the better,” their post continued. “She will forever be daddy’s best friend and mommy’s little girl. We’ll miss you and love you forever, Amani Joy.”