In a series of text messages released by the director on Saturday, February 1 via his new website, thelawsuitinfo.com, Reynolds, 48, allegedly referred to Baldoni, 41, as a “stand up person.”
The texts were part of a 224-page complaint shared on the website, which hosts two PDF files titled “Amended Complaint” and “Timeline of Relevant Events” available to download.
In one text, Reynolds allegedly told Baldoni he’d been in a “writing cave” and that his daughters were sick. In response to a message from the director, Reynolds wrote, “What a loving and generous message. Thank you. We’re both looking forward to getting to know you and your family better. We’re also big fans over here. Since before we met and more-so after.”
“You’ve been a wonderful collaborator with B and that means a great deal — to both of us,” Reynolds allegedly continued. “Being a stand up person is everything. And you’ve been just that since day one. Thank you.”
Reynolds allegedly went on to praise his wife, Lively, 37.
“You’ve hit the jackpot with B. She literally passes on every film and every filmmaker all the time. But one thing I know — and I speak from a deep wellspring of experience here, having her in your court behind the scenes, as a creative, is invaluable,” he allegedly wrote.
Reynolds allegedly added that “some of the greatest creative decisions ‘I’ve’ made are in fact Blake.”
“I’m excited for you to work together,” he also wrote. “I’m excited for Blake to crack open her creative piggy bank with someone as dynamic as you. This is gonna be INCREDIBLE.”
The actor also asked if Baldoni could adjust the film’s shooting dates by two weeks so that he “could have my family reunited as soon as possible.” He added, “We’re hardwired for keeping our family together, it’s how to win us, and it’s also how to kill us when we can’t.”
“All this to say, I’d have your … producer’s face tattooed to my perineum if he/she/they can figure out how to start two weeks earlier,” Reynolds also wrote. “Completely understand how big of an ask that is. But the perineum is one of the most nervy parts of the human body to expose to trauma. So…”
Us Weekly reached out to reps for Lively, Reynolds and Baldoni for comment.
Baldoni’s team announced that a website was forthcoming last month. “Justin and team have the right to defend themselves with the truth,” Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, said in a statement to Us on January 21. “And this is what we will be continuing to show with the upcoming website containing all correspondence as well as relevant videos that directly quash her claims.”
Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni in December 2024, accusing the director of creating a hostile work environment on the set of It Ends With Us and of sexual harassment. Baldoni has denied the allegations.
Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios filed their own lawsuit against Lively, her publicist Leslie Sloan, and Reynolds. He accused the group of civil extortion, defamation, invasion of privacy, and more. He is seeking $400 million in damages. Lively has denied the allegations and is seeking to have the lawsuit against her dismissed.
Amid his ongoing legal battle with Blake Lively, It Ends With Us director Justin Baldonihas shared his alleged handwritten notes from a meeting with an intimacy coordinator for the film.
The notes from Baldoni, 41, were shared via a website with the URL “thelawsuitinfo.com” which Us Weekly confirmed went live on Saturday, February 1. Last month, the director promised the now-live website would support his allegations against Lively. Two documents were uploaded to Baldoni’s website titled “Amended Complaint” and “Timeline of Relevant Events” and are available to download.
The timeline claims that Baldoni met with an intimacy coordinator on April 21, 2023, to go over how they would shoot the sex scenes for the movie. Both the timeline and the amended complaint note that it was “important to [Baldoni] that the intimacy coordinator be a woman to help craft sex scenes that would speak to the book’s mostly female audience — i.e., be written from the ‘female gaze.’”
Us has reached out to reps for both Baldoni and Lively for comment.
The document includes an image of Baldoni’s handwritten notes from the meeting, which he claimed were shared with Lively during one of their “script-writing meetings” at her residence in New York.
“These notes would later become the basis for Lively’s Complaint, in which she states that Baldoni would talk about his own sex life and insert gratuitous scenes with Lively’s character orgasming,” the document alleged. “As seen in the notes, these mentions come directly from the intimacy coordinator’s notes — ‘goes down on her,’ ‘orgasm,’ ‘foreplay,’ ‘The clit test.’”
The document continued, “Ideally, these conversations would have taken place directly between Lively and the intimacy coordinator directly, as Baldoni had requested. However, Lively declined to meet with her, leaving Baldoni in the less than ideal position of having to relay these notes to Lively in her penthouse.”
Lively, 37, officially filed a lawsuit against Baldoni on December 31, 2024, Us previously confirmed, wherein she accused the director of sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages.
Baldoni has denied the allegations, going so far as to file his own lawsuit against Lively, her publicist Leslie Sloan, and Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds. In his lawsuit, where he is seeking $400 million in damages, he accused the trio of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and more. In his lawsuit, Baldoni claimed Lively had never met with an intimacy coordinator while filming It Ends With Us.
Lively denies the allegations.
Last month, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedmanreleased footage from the set of the film, obtained by Us, in an attempt to disprove Lively’s claims that Baldoni was behaving inappropriately while filming a slow dance montage.
Freedman said in a statement to Us after the footage was released in January: “Us received this video from legal counsel, Bryan Freedman who has gone on record numerous times and told the public that Justin Baldoni and team has nothing to hide and this video, once more proves this. Justin and team have the right to defend themselves with the truth and this is what we will be continuing to show with the upcoming website containing all correspondence as well as relevant videos that directly quash her claims.”
Lively’s lawyers, however, retaliated with a statement to Us: “Justin Baldoni and his lawyer may hope that this latest stunt will get ahead of the damaging evidence against him, but the video itself is damning. Every frame of the released footage corroborates, to the letter, what Ms. Lively described in Paragraph 48 of her Complaint.”
The statement continued, “Every moment of this was improvised by Mr. Baldoni with no discussion or consent in advance and no intimacy coordinator present.”
“Mr. Baldoni was not only Ms. Lively’s costar, but the director, the head of [the] studio and Ms. Lively’s boss,” Lively’s attorneys continued. “The video shows Ms. Lively leaning away and repeatedly asking for the characters to just talk. Any woman who has been inappropriately touched in the workplace will recognize Ms. Lively’s discomfort. They will recognize her attempts at levity to try to deflect the unwanted touching. No woman should have to take defensive measures to avoid being touched by their
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Real Housewives of New York alum Luann de Lesseps shared her secrets to staying fit at 59.
“You should not drink while you eat,” de Lesseps said in an interview with Fox News Digital published on Saturday, February 1, starting with a tip she gleaned from visiting Austrian spas.
“People are drinking cold drinks while they eat,” the reality star, who recently launched her Countess Cabaret tour, continued. “What happens is digestion starts in the mouth. That’s why we salivate because when we’re hungry, you think — the burn — the digestive juices are already going, so the most important thing is to chew a lot while you eat. Pay attention to that. And don’t drink while you’re eating.”
De Lesseps explained that, for example, “Europeans are thinner because they sip wine,” as opposed to “big, cold drinks.”
She went on, “That’s not their thing. This is a very key thing in order to stay in good shape. Drink water 20 minutes before you eat or drink — whatever you want to drink. But 20 minutes before you eat and 20 minutes after. So, not while [eating] because it waters down your digestive enzymes and juices that metabolize your food.”
Another secret for the TV personality’s fit physique is portion control.
“In America, we eat a lot. We get big portions. So, it’s about portion control as well, and eating slowly,” she told the outlet. “When you eat slowly, you don’t eat as much because it takes time for your brain to register that you have actually kind of had enough.”
She said, “So, it’s taking time to eat and taking your time and eating slowly and chewing well. This way, you feel satiated. A lot of people just skip over that point and just eat everything and, you know, listen, I’m guilty of the same thing sometimes. But that’s how I stay fit.”
For de Lesseps, intermittent fasting is another method she uses to maintain her figure. “I love fasting,” she said. “Intermittent fasting, which is you eat late in the morning and you try not to eat [after] 6 p.m. because digestion will wake you up during the middle of the night. Like, if you have a steak at night, you’re bound to wake up in the middle of the night because digestion needs energy, so it wakes you up.”
De Lesseps also advised eating some sort of protein and a salad for lunch instead of dinner, saying that “salad is a no-no after” 6 p.m.
“They’re having a salad at night with their protein and all that, dressing, with parmesan cheese and croutons — and they’re like, ‘This is light,’” she explained. “Well, the problem with salad is it’s 99% water. So, what is that doing? It’s watering down your digestion, just like if you had a drink. People are washing it down with drinks as well, so digestion’s out.”
Instead of salad after 6 p.m., de Lesseps suggested “cooked vegetables,” which she says will have “much more to give you than a salad ever will.” She said, “Not to say that dark greens aren’t good for you. Arugula, spinach, iron filled with vitamins, but during the day. Or you make sautéed spinach at night, and you don’t have salad.”
Apart from diet, de Lesseps suggested being active as another way for people to stay healthy.
“I’m a jock. I love sports. So, I’m very active. I think being very active is one of the best things that you can do in order to stay fit,” she said, listing “water aerobics” and “SoulCycle” as options for being physically active.
“So, those are big tips,” she added. “It’s really about digesting, the way you eat and just keep it moving.”
Nikki Bella made her surprise return to WWE during the 2025 women’s Royal Rumble match.
Bella, 41, was the 30th and final entrant in the over the top rope battle royal at Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday, February 1.
The wrestler entered the ring wearing her iconic outfit featuring her backwards red hat. Once in the ring, Nikki joined forces with her fellow wrestlers in an attempt to throw Nia Jax out of the ring. (To no avail — Jax threw nine wrestlers off of her at one time, as one does.)
Nia ultimately eliminated Nikki, before Charlotte Flair took the crown as the 2025 Royal Rumble champion and secured herself a ticket to this year’s Wrestlemania in Las Vegas, Nevada
The match marked Bella’s first in-ring appearance since she was a surprise entrant in the 2022 women’s Royal Rumble match. She and her twin sister, Brie, officially retired from full-time wrestling action in 2019.
However, Nikki recently told Us Weekly that she was itching to get back inside the squared circle after making an appearance at WWE Raw’s debut on Netflix on January 6.
“I’ve missed it for quite a few years,” Nikki said in an interview published Wednesday, January 29. “I miss being Nikki Bella. I miss being around that family. I definitely miss being in that ring. When they put me in the crowd that night and to feel the energy and see the Bella Army, whether they were in the crowd or online, it starts to give you these feels.”
Nikki Bella competes in the ring against Natalya Moon during 2018 the WWE Live ShowMarc Pfitzenreuter/Getty Images
Nikki added, “Going home to WWE, I don’t think people understand, I started at 22. That’s all I ever knew up until a little bit ago. So, that’s been the biggest home for me and to go back and be home and the environment there is so incredible. The women were just, what a great locker room. They were just so awesome and together and one and unity and everyone back there was just so happy. You could tell the energy there right now is just incredible.”
When Nikki was ringside for the Netflix debut earlier this month, she explained how it gave her an appreciation for the glass ceilings she and Brie were able to break.
“I’m like, ‘This is why we paved roads in this industry,’” Nikki gushed. “I feel so blessed to go back and experience it. I’m like, ‘OK, I think I need to experience this more.’ I really love it. I feel like I’ve still got it, so we’ll see.”
Nikki even hinted that she might be able to convince her sister to join her in the ring again soon.
“When I went and I came back, I was like, ‘Brie, it’s so amazing,’” Nikki said. “So maybe we should make a comeback. She’s so in mom mode, but Brie has that fire in her, too. She has that last run. I feel like it wouldn’t take a lot to get her to come back with me.”
Brie and husband Bryan Danielson, a former WWE star who is currently on the All Elite Wrestling roster, share two kids: daughter Birdie, 7, and son Buddy, 4.
Nikki shares son Matteo, 4, with her ex husband, Artem Chigvintsev.
While she’s focused on being a “great mom,” Nikki is excited to show her son that she doesn’t fit into one box.
“[I want to] also show my son how amazing it is that women can do all these incredible things,” she said, “whether that’s kicking butt in the ring, running a boardroom, being amazing at school.”
Brie Larson has made a bold hair change — and it’s all part of the preparation for her latest role.
Larson, 35, showed off her freshly shaved head in a post shared via Instagram on Saturday, February 1.
“The most special and energizing time,” the actress captioned the post, referring to her time on stage in the West End play Elektra. “Made this video to give a taste of what the last few months have been for me as we prepare for our West End debut. I have never been in rigorous rehearsal process, and the play we created is wholly unique. Working with this incredible team of cast and creatives has changed my life! We built this show together and love performing. We are a lucky bunch!”
The video included rehearsal moments featuring Larson on stage, showcasing her completely shaved head. The actress also speaks to the camera, explaining that she made the video “as a way to get inside ‘Elektra’ the play.”
”Just to look at the rehearsal space,” she explained. “Just to kind of get a vibe of how we’ve had to build this show from the ground up.”
Larson added that the team is “honoring” the source material for the play, which is based on the Greek myth of Electra. “These plays didn’t have specific locations and sets,” she continued. “We’re kind of honoring that in our own way by doing it in an empty theatre along with some other contemporary items like a blimp.”
This is the second dramatic hair change Larson has debuted since beginning work on the play. In November she showed off a new pixie cut in a photo shared on Instagram. The style change was a significan tone, as Larson previously wore her hair blonde and cut to her bust.
Larson opened up about the play in an interview with The Telegraph published January 31. “It’s amazing how often she says the word ‘no’,” she said of her character. “I sometimes don’t think she even knows why she is saying no. But it’s the most repetitive and enduring part of her. She’s just like: No!”
Elektra is directed by Tony nominee Danish Fish and based on Anne Carson’s translation of the Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Larson’s character is furious with her mother, Clytemnestra, who killed her father Agamemnon.
“She is basically inconsolable, unwilling to see the good,” Larson also told the outlet. “But that’s partly what makes playing her such a profound experience. There is no part in the play where you have to set up a way for the audience to like her. The play is not trying to explain itself. It’s just – this is the text, this is how I feel, and I want you to hear how I feel. And she refuses to apologise for that. You don’t tend to see female characters who do that anymore.”
Elektra opened in London’s West End on January 24. The play will run until April 12.
It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni promised a website that would support his allegations against Blake Lively — and now it’s live.
Us Weekly can confirm on Saturday, February 1, that the website, with the URL of “thelawsuitinfo.com,” had officially gone live with two PDF files titled “Amended Complaint” and “Timeline of Relevant Events” available to download.
The first document, titled “Amended Complaint,” is a massive 224-page tome detailing Baldoni, 41, and his production company Wayfarer Studios’ complaints against Lively, 38. The second 168-page PDF breaks down the alleged timeline of events starting in January 2019, when Baldoni first emailed author Colleen Hoover about adapting her novel It Ends With Us into a film.
Us Weekly has reached out to both Baldoni and Lively’s reps for comment.
Baldoni’s team announced that a website was forthcoming last month. “Justin and team have the right to defend themselves with the truth,” Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, said in a statement to Us on January 21. “And this is what we will be continuing to show with the upcoming website containing all correspondence as well as relevant videos that directly quash her claims.”
At the time, Us also obtained footage from the set of It Ends With Us from Freedman that he claimed disproved Lively’s allegations that Baldoni acted “inappropriately” toward her.
The website is a recent development in an ongoing legal battle between the It Ends With Us costars after Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni in December 2024. In her lawsuit, the actress accused the director of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment on set. Baldoni has denied the allegations.
“This lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored information to the media,” Baldoni’s lawyer said in a statement to Us on Thursday, January 16. “It is clear based on our own all out willingness to provide all complete text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence that was shared between the parties in real time, that this is a battle she will not win and will certainly regret. Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented the truth.”
That same day, Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios filed a lawsuit against Lively, her publicist Leslie Sloan, and Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds. In the filing, he accused the trio of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and more. Baldoni is seeking $400 million in damages.
“This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its associates is another chapter in the abuser playbook. This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim,” Lively’s lawyers told Us in a statement responding to Baldoni’s lawsuit.
“This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender,” the statement continued. “Wayfarer has opted to use the resources of its billionaire co-founder to issue media statements, launch meritless lawsuits, and threaten litigation to overwhelm the public’s ability to understand that what they are doing is retaliation against sexual harassment allegations.”
Per Variety, Lively and Reynolds, 48, had informed a federal judge on Thursday, January 30, that they would move to dismiss the lawsuit filed against them by Baldoni. Each side’s lawyers are set to appear in court on Monday, February 3, in the case’s first hearing.
Brandi Glanville’s latest social media post has reality TV fans concerned.
In a new video shared via X on Friday, January 31, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum was seen visibly shaking while undergoing treatment for an apparent facial parasite.
“Ok so about 5 years ago the boys & I had black mold poisoning from a toxic house we lived in we got a six figure settlement but this is CRAZY!” Glanville, 52, wrote, referring to a previous health-related incident. “I’m on my emphatic drainage machine. @DrDubrow let’s get this f–ker.”
In a separate tweet shared on Wednesday, January 29, Glanville added that her doctor also took four “tiny biopsies” from her face and neck “so we can continue to get better.”
In December 2024, Glanville revealed via social media that a “parasite that jumps around on my face” was responsible for the noticeable change in her appearance. “What happened? I wish I knew I’ve been in & out of the hospital this passed year 1/2 spent almost every dollar I have trying to figure it out,” she wrote at the time. “Some Dr.’s say I have a parasite that jumps around my face. Some say it’s stress induced edema. I personally say it’s Bravo.”
Last year, Dubrow told TMZ he doesn’t believe Glanville has a parasite. “I saw one of her interviews and I’ve seen the picture of her, the one where she is swollen, the one where she is really deflated with the irregular skin,” he said. “Here’s the thing, here’s what Brandi really needs to focus on… and it’s not her fault, it’s her doctor’s fault. Brandi needs a diagnosis.”
Glanville has also received help from another source: LeAnn Rimes, her children’s stepmother and Eddie Cebrian’s wife. In late December, Glanville confirmed she spent Christmas at her ex-husband’s home and thanked “Le for offering to help with my situation.”
The reality star has been open about her health challenges. Late last year she told Entertainment Tonight, “Honestly, I have so many doctors and I’ve had so many tests … I did lab work for $10,000. I ran every test under the sun. … They’re like, ‘It could be a parasite.’ That’s, you know, new.”
Glanville believes she has spent $70,000 trying to solve her medical mystery.
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Drummer Nic Collins is ready to conquer the role of uncle to sister Lily Collins’ newborn daughter.
“Welcome to the world, Tove,” Nic, 23, wrote via Instagram Story on Friday, January 31. “[I’m] already so proud to be your uncle.”
He added, “Congratulations @lilyjcollins & @charliemcdowell. Love you, guys.”
Grammy winner Phil Collins is a father of five — he shares children Joely and Simon with Andrea Bertorelli, daughter Lily with Jill Tavelman and sons Nic and Matthew with Orianne Cevey.
Phil, 74, recently became a grandfather for the second time — daughter Joely became a parent in 2009 — after Lily, 35, and husband Charlie McDowellwelcomed daughter Tove Jane via surrogate.
“Welcome to the center of our world,” the Emily in Paris star and McDowell, 41, captioned a joint Instagram announcement on Friday. “Words will never express our endless gratitude for our incredible surrogate and everyone who helped us along the way. We love you to the moon and back again.”
The new parents also uploaded a photo of the infant wearing a personalized sweater while sleeping in a bassinet.
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“Thank you for all the kind messages and love. We are overjoyed and very grateful,” the director wrote via Instagram comment. “In regards to the unkind messages about surrogacy and our path to having a baby — it’s OK to not be an expert on surrogacy.”
McDowell continued, “It’s OK to not know why someone might need a surrogate to have a child. It’s OK to not know the motivations of a surrogate regardless of what you assume. And it’s OK to spend less time spewing hateful words into the world, especially in regards to a beautiful baby girl who has brought a lot of love into people’s lives. That’s all for now because she just pooped and I need to change her diaper.”
Lily and McDowell, the son of actress Mary Steenburgen, have been together since 2019. They tied the knot in September 2021. McDowell also directed Lily in 2022’s Windfall.
“Weirdly, there were moments when I forgot that we were together because the way in which he directs, he such a communicative and collaborative director that is all about how the actor feels and grounding it in truth and someone that you feel very safe with [and] in an environment where you’re the most vulnerable,” she said on CBS Mornings in March 2022. “That’s what you want in a life partner and it is what you want as an actor in your director.”
Lily continued at the time, “He treats everyone the same, and there were very few of us in the cast so we all had a very intimate, collaborative experience that sometimes I would forget that it was my Charlie as opposed to Charlie-my-director. It was so fun.”
Karla Sofia Gascón took to social media to address the ongoing backlash she has received since a series of controversial X posts resurfaced online.
“THEY ALREADY WON. The first thing I would like to do is to sincerely apologize to all those who have felt bad about the way I have expressed myself at any stage of my life,” Gascón, 52, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, February 1, as translated from Spanish by Us Weekly.
“I have many things to learn in this world, [the] forms [in which I learn] are my main flaw,” she continued. “Life has taught me something I never wanted to learn: it is clear to me that as much as your message is one, without using the correct words, it becomes another.”
Gascón went on to note that, since the release of Emilia Pérez, she has gone from “living a normal life to a life at the top of my profession in just six months.” She added that now her “responsibility is very great,” because “my voice not only belongs to me but to many people who feel represented and hopeful by or with me.”
Gascón received widespread backlash in January 2025 when past social media posts resurfaced online, ranging from 2016 to 2020 and later. In some of the posts, Gascón made derogatory comments targeting Muslim people in her native Spain as well as George Floyd, who was killed by a police officer in 2020. Gascón has since deleted her X account. Among the posts was even an apparent dig at her Emilia Pérez costar Selena Gomez.
“I cannot repair my past actions, I can only say that today I am not the same person as 10 or 20 years ago, that although I had not committed any crime, I was not perfect either, I am not even now. I just try to learn and be a better person every day,” Gascón’s Saturday post continued.
“I recognize, through tears, that they have already won, they have achieved their goal, to tarnish my existence with lies or things taken out of context,” she said. “Anyone who knows me knows that I am not racist (they will be surprised when they discover that one of the most important people in my current life and the one I love the most is Muslim) nor any of the things for which they have judged and condemned me without trial and without the option to explain their true intention; I have always fought for a more just society and for a world of freedom, peace and love. I will never support wars, religious extremism or the oppression of races and peoples.”
Emilia Pérez is a musical drama starring Gascón as the leader of a Mexican cartel who fakes her death and transitions to a woman. She is the first transgender woman to be nominated for a Best Actress award at both the Golden Globes and Academy Awards.
“They have created posts as if it were me, insulting even my colleagues, things that I wrote to glorify as if they were criticism, jokes as if they were reality, words that without the background only seem like hate. All so that I do not win anything and sink,” Gascón wrote.
She concluded, “My mother told me something beautiful yesterday: I don’t care if you win anything, I just want you to be well and not get hurt. ‘Mom, life has put me here to send a message of hope and love to this world, and I’m going to fulfill it.’”
In addition to Gascón’s recent controversy, Emilia Pérez is fielding a significant amount of criticism from several communities, including Spanish-speaking viewers who have critiqued the film’s stilted dialogue and representation of Mexico. The film was notably left out of the nominations for the GLAAD Media Awards in January, with the LGBTQ+ non-profit calling the film “a step backward for trans representation.”
Prior to her Saturday statement, Gascón apologized for the resurfaced posts in a statement via Netflix.
“As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain,” she shared in a statement via Netflix, per the Associated Press. “All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.”
Gascón’s Emilia Pérez costar Zoe Saldaña also addressed the controversy during a Q&A in London on Friday, January 31, saying in part, “I can only attest to the experience that I had with each and every individual that was a part, that is a part, of this film, and my experience and my interactions with them was about inclusivity and collaboration and racial, cultural, and gender equity. And it just saddens me. It saddens me that we are having to face this setback right now.”
“On January 29, 2025, our U.S. Figure Skating family suffered an unimaginable loss when several members of our community — athletes, coaches, and family members —perished aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which tragically collided with a helicopter in Washington, D.C.,” a website description reads. “These individuals were returning home from the National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas, a place where young skaters take their next steps toward their dreams.”
The statement adds, “We are devastated by this loss and are holding the victims’ loved ones closely in our hearts. In response, we have established the U.S. Figure Skating Family Support Fund to provide financial assistance to those U.S. Figure Skating families directly impacted by the tragedy.”
The U.S. Figure Skating nonprofit joined forces with intermediary organization Global Impact to collect donations for the victims’ families.
Former Olympic ice dancer Alex Shibutani shared the fund link via his Instagram Stories on Saturday, February 1, writing, “Please be sensitive and respectful of the privacy of those directly affected. If you or someone you know is in need of help and support, call or text the SAMSA Disaster Distress Helpline.”
News broke on Wednesday, January 29, that a commercial American Airlines flight traveling from Wichita, Kansas collided with a military helicopter and crashed in the Potomac River outside Washington, D.C. All 67 individuals involved in the accident died upon impact.
The American Airlines flight carried four crew members and 60 passengers, many of whom were young figure skaters. According to the skating organization, 14 participants from their Wichita training development camp earlier this month were among the victims.
“It’s beyond the skating community. So many people see this tragedy and the loss of these brilliant young skaters who have poured their lives into building an identity in our sport,” Olympian Scott Hamiltonsaid on the Today show on Friday, January 31. “For their lives to be taken … is just devastating [and] shocking. It just doesn’t make any sense.”
He continued, “This is where the community comes together. It’s a very tight-knit, very close-knit, very wonderful, caring, supportive community. We’re no stranger to tragedy, but this is just beyond devastation.”
Two of the victims were 1994 Olympic gold medalists Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who worked as skating coaches.
“I’ve seen them a lot of times over the years, but everything I’ve heard of them was maybe they’re a little tough, but with a smile on their faces,” Nancy Kerrigan, who also competed at the 1994 Games, recalled earlier this week. “Any time I walked [into a room], it was, ‘Oh, hi, it’s so good to see you,’ and [they were] welcoming and happy to see one another. To walk into [the Skating Club of Boston rink] and not see that, I think would be very strange for anyone that comes here day in and day out.”
Actress Jacqueline Bisset is sharing her candid opinion about the #MeToo movement.
“I understand as an idea, it’s important that men behave, but I do really think it’s important that women behave, too,” Bisset told Page Six in an interview published on Saturday, February 1. “I think how you dress, what your subtext is very, very important. It’s very dangerous and not to be played with.”
She went on to say that she believes the idea women are never to blame for harassment or sexual assault can only fly if “you don’t know anything about men,” adding that she’s “very unsympathetic to these stories, these #MeToo things”
“You have to be very careful what you put out [there],” Bisset added “[Women] need to learn the word ‘no’ or the F-word or something and you have to do it and you can get through it without any problem.”
The #MeToo movement went viral in 2017 after several actresses and female employees accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault and abuse, prompting girls and women across the glob to share their own stories of sexual harassment, assault and abuse. The movement has been on the receiving end of a variety of responses in the years that have followed, with some embracing the changes #MeToo ushered in while others, like Bisset, dispute its basic premise.
In 2018 Charmed star Rose McGowanspoke against the movement. In an interview with The Sunday Times she explained, “It’s all bulls–t. It’s a lie. It’s a Band-Aid lie to make them feel better. I know these people, I know they’re lily-livered, and as long as it looks good on the surface, to them, that’s enough. They’re not champions. I just think they’re losers.”
McGowan’s statements came a year after she levied her own accusations against Weinstein.
The following year, Game of Thrones star Carise Van Houten told Deadline that the movement contributed to a decrease in nude scenes on the series — something she considered to be a positive. “It also showed that you don’t need it,” Houten explained.
“In Black Book I experienced nudity on set. The Dutch are quite open-minded, we’re a bit easier with that,” she added. “But it’s never comfortable being the only one undressed on set. It was before I had a child. I would be more uncomfortable now. The times have changed in many ways. Back then, it was all a little overwhelming.” told
“No one forced me into anything, but in hindsight I might have been a little more cautious with it,” Houten concluded.
Weinstein’s undoing was prompted by an exposé published by the New York Times that exposed over three decades of claims of misconduct against the producer. He was ultimately arrested and charged with rape and is currently imprisoned at Rikers Island.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org
“I think it feels particularly good, particularly because my royal lines go through France,” Stone, 66, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, January 30, at the American Heart Association’s Red Dress Collection Concert. “My grandparents founded France.”
According to Stone, “King Hugh and Queen Nora founded France” — a country that also holds special meaning to her.
“[It] is the place that’s very dear to my heart. It’s, like, a second home to my home,” Stone told Us. “All the princes and princesses through Burgundy were my relatives. That’s really beautiful and it’s really touching.”
She added, “I think if my father was alive to know that he had princely heritage, it would really touch his heart. But whether he knew it or not, my father had the air of kings.”
Stone discovered her heritage during an appearance on Finding Your Roots that aired last month. Show host Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. informed the Basic Instinct star that her father’s family line dated back to medieval times. In fact, famed Holy Roman Empire monarch Charlemagne is Stone’s 38th great-grandfather.
“Well if you want to see someone whose mind is completely blown, here it is,” she quipped on the episode. “There wasn’t time or moments to even think about [whether] there [was] anybody before them; there wasn’t the luxury of imagining ‘who were your ancestors.’ It’s so important to know who your people are. It’s really nice to be able to find that out.”
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Stone brought her newfound regal sensibilities as the host of the AHA’s annual Red Dress Collection concert, which supports the organization’s Go Red for Women campaign and fighting cardiovascular diseases.
Stone embodied old-school Hollywood glam in a red sequined jumpsuit, which she paired with silver pumps, a coordinating choker necklace and hoop earrings. She accessorized her ensemble with bright, red lipstick.
The gala, held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, paid homage to a cause close to Stone’s heart as a stroke survivor. She previously suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2001.
“My recovery period was hell, quite frankly,” Stone recalled to Brain & Life Magazine in 2018. “I lost 18 percent of my body mass in nine days. I came out of the hospital looking like teeth on a stick. At that time, they didn’t have stroke recovery programs. Months later, I was really, really struggling.”
Stone’s condition steadily improved over time, helped in part by overhauling her diet, quitting alcohol and implementing a daily exercise regimen.
Taylor Swift will presumably walk the 2025 Grammy Awards red carpet solo, as it would be highly improbable for boyfriend Travis Kelce to attend the ceremony given his (possibly history-making) NFL schedule.
The Grammys will be held on Sunday, February 2, where Swift, 35, is up for six trophies and is slated to present another category.
It is, however, unlikely that Music’s Biggest Night will become her official red carpet debut with Kelce, also 35. The tight end is currently deep in Kansas City Chiefs practices ahead of Super Bowl LIX.
Kelce, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the rest of Chiefs are currently preparing for their third consecutive Super Bowl appearance. The NFL championship takes place in New Orleans, exactly one week after the Grammys on Sunday, February 9, but the team members have multiple practices and media appearances scheduled prior to kickoff.
The Super Bowl Opening Night is held one day after the Grammys, meaning that Kelce and the Chiefs will be traveling from Missouri to Louisiana in advance. Per the official media schedule, both teams arrive on Sunday. Upon their arrival, athletes will participate in a variety of interviews and practices at local facilities.
The Super Bowl LIX is a rematch of the 2023 game, in which the Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles. The next year, the Chiefs also took home the win over the San Francisco 49ers.
While Swift attended the 2024 game — and is presumably expected to step out at Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans — Kelce also missed last year’s Grammys. At the time, the pop star took home two trophies for Midnights and announced her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department,in her victory speech.
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During his pregame press conference, Kelce expressed his pride in Swift’s accomplishments.
“She’s unbelievable. She’s rewriting the history books herself,” he gushed in February 2024, when asked about Swift winning her fourth Album of the Year accolade. “I told her I’ll have to hold up my end of the bargain and come home with some hardware too.”
He added, “Taylor has an unbelievable fanbase that follows her and supports her throughout her life and it’s been fun to kind of gather the Swifties in the Chiefs Kingdom. It’s been cool to just experience all of that.”
Of course, Kelce was able to come home with some hardware of his own — his third Super Bowl ring. Swift watched in person, celebrating with her boyfriend on the field with a romantic sideline kiss.
In a now-deleted post from 2022, shared via X, Gascón, 52, commented on the rumored feud between Gomez, 32, and Hailey Bieber, according to The Latin Times. Gascón allegedly quoted a photo shared by the Mexican outlet Reforma featuring a photo of Gomez and Bieber, 28, reuniting at the Annual Academy Museum Gala in October 2022, appearing to refute rumors of a feud between them.
“She’s a rich rat who plays the poor b—— whenever she can and will never stop bothering her ex-boyfriend and his wife,” Gascón reportedly wrote at the time, referring to Gomez, her ex Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey. The post was allegedly shared via Gascón’s account, which has been deactivated.
Us Weekly has reached out to reps for both Gascón and Gomez for comment.
Gascón received widespread backlash in January 2025 when past social media posts started circulate online, some of which date back to 2016. In some of the posts, Gascón made derogatory comments about the Muslim population in her native Spain and criticized George Floyd, who was killed by a police officer in the United States in 2020. Gascón has since deleted her X account and apologized for the resurfaced posts.
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“As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain,” she shared in a statement via Netflix, per the Associated Press. “All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.”
Gascón’s Emilia Pérez costar Zoe Saldañaaddressed the controversy during a Q&A in London on Friday, January 31, saying she was “still processing.” She explained, “It makes me really sad because I don’t support [it], and I don’t have any tolerance for any negative rhetoric towards people of any group.”
Saldaña, 46, continued, “I can only attest to the experience that I had with each and every individual that was a part, that is a part, of this film, and my experience and my interactions with them was about inclusivity and collaboration and racial, cultural, and gender equity. And it just saddens me. It saddens me that we are having to face this setback right now.”
Emilia Pérez is a musical drama starring Gascón as the leader of a Mexican cartel who fakes her death and transitions into a woman.
Gascón’s posts aside, the film is already shrouded in controversy. While Gascón is the first transgender woman nominated for Best Actress at both the Golden Globes and Academy Awards, Emilia Pérez was notably left out of the nominations for the GLAAD Media Awards in January. In one article, the LGBTQ+ non-profit had called the film “a step backward for trans representation.”
It’s becoming very pricey to attend an NFL game — even if you are a family member of a player.
The prices have continually increased through the years, with an average regular season ticket costing upwards of $375 in 2023.
Football’s biggest day of 2024 is no exception, with Super Bowl LVIII being the most expensive game on record. To watch the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas, tickets cost about $8,000.
The sticker shock has kept some NFL athletes and their families from buying tickets, including 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey’s mom, Lisa McCaffrey, who confessed she couldn’t afford it.
“We looked into a suite and none of us can afford it,” Lisa said on the “Your Mom” podcast in January 2024. “Not even Christian, moneybags over there nor moneybags Olivia [Culpo]. So, we are not in a suite. I’ll tell you that right now.”
Shortly after Lisa’s admission, Culpo revealed she bought a Super Bowl suite for her fiancée’s mom’s birthday.
Scroll down for what NFL athletes and their families have said about game day ticket prices:
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Donna Kelce
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce’s mom, Donna Kelce, knows all too well the struggles of attending the Super Bowl after her sons famously faced off against each other in 2023.
“If your child has a heartbeat, you have to pay for them,” Donna told Today in February 2024. “It doesn’t matter if they just were born. If you have a child, even if you’re holding them the whole time, you have to pay the full price.”
Donna noted that “it’s a little pricey” for NFL families to bring their children to the game, but it’s a special moment that’s hard to miss.
“You want them to know that you were there when your father was in the Super Bowl, so that you can tell them that later on in life,” she said.
During an appearance on the Today show later that month, Donna shared that she’d be cheering on Travis at Super Bowl LVIII from the stands rather than a suite.
“You can understand that the boxes in Vegas are multimillion dollars, so I have a feeling I’m not in a box,” she said. “I have a feeling I’m in the stands.”
Travis Kelce
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Travis joked about the steep price of Super Bowl tickets during a February 2024 episode of his and Jason’s “New Heights” podcast.
“Just counting how much money I’m spending on this damn Super Bowl for family and friends to come. Just making sure I’m on top of those finances and losing all this money,” he said when asked how he was prepping before the big game.
49ers linebacker Fred Warner’s wife, Sydney Warner, shared in a February 2023 TikTok that all tickets for home and away games aren’t free. She noted that her husband’s team is offered seats at a discounted rate.
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Kylie Kelce
Jason and his wife, Kylie Kelce, candidly discussed their decision to buy their children tickets to watch their dad play in Super Bowl LVII during their Kelce documentary.
“We are going to pay almost $4,000 for a f–king kid who’s not going to sit in a seat,” Kylie said in the Prime Video film, which dropped in September 2023. “To watch her dad play in a game. That’s bananas.”
When their daughter Elliotte appeared on the screen with her baby doll, Jason asked her whether she wanted to go to the Super Bowl. Elliotte shook her head before adding, “My baby [doll] wants to go to the Super Bowl, too.” (Jason and Kylie also share daughters Wyatt and Bennett.)
Britton Colquitt
The former Denver Broncos punter welcomed his third child just days before the team was set to play in the Super Bowl in 2016. While each player was allotted 15 tickets for the game, each one was worth $1,800 — even for babies.
“There’s no age limit to tickets,” Britton Colquitt told the Denver Post at the time. “It’s $1,800 for our week-old daughter we just had. It’s kind of crazy.”
He explained that while his daughter wouldn’t remember the day, he made the decision to include her.
“If we win and my wife and two kids are there, but she’s not, how do I explain that to her?” Colquitt explained to CBS Sports. “In the pictures, if we win, I’d like her to be in it.”
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Lisa McCaffrey
Before Culpo surprised Lisa with a Super Bowl LVIII suite to watch Christian, the NFL star’s mom opened up about her struggles to secure a ticket and shared that her family was able to “negotiate” a group of tickets in a specific section of the stands.
“I don’t exactly understand what it is, but anyway we are in [that area]. Part of the problem is I wanted eight tickets together because I felt strongly about everybody being together,” Lisa said, adding that her husband, Ed McCaffrey, and other sons would be joining her and Culpo. “[Tickets are] outrageously expensive.”
She continued, “[Christian’s] best friends, they can’t afford it, and Christian used all his [allotted] tickets to get these other seats for us. All his good friends, they’re gonna come out and they’re going to go have a watch party somewhere and we’ll find them later.”
When asked via TikTok whether there is a “family room inside the stadium” for player’s families to watch the game, Saints tight end Juwan Johnson’s wife Chanen Johnson quickly set the facts straight.
“No,” Chanen said in the November 2023 video. “I feel like this is a common misconception because a lot of the times whenever you see families on TV it’s because they’re catching a glimpse of them in their suites or where they’re sitting at with their families. But it’s not free. The regular bad seats aren’t free, let alone the suites.”
Channen explained that “cheaper” stadium suites cost about $20,000, whereas others can cost up to $50,000.
Kelly Stafford
Ahead of the NFC Championship game in January 2022, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford’s wife Kelly Stafford announced she was going to purchase tickets for fans after seeing how cost prohibitive they were.
During an episode of her podcast, “The Morning After With Kelly Stafford & Hank,” she shared that she purchased tickets for about 240 people, ranging in price from $850 to $1,200 each.
Emily Bushman
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Matt Bushman’s wife admitted during a February 2024 TikTok video that the pair’s daughters, Andie and Micah, who were born in 2020 and 2023, respectively, would not be present to cheer on their dad during Super Bowl LVIII.
“Just like it was explained in the Kelce documentary, even newborns count as a ticket. So thankfully, my mom’s gonna watch my girls during the game,” Emily said, noting that Super Bowl tickets cost “about four times as much” as tickets to a regular game.
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Orlando Brown Jr.
Ahead of the 2024 Super Bowl, former Chiefs player Orlando Brown Jr. spoke out against the NFL’s high ticket prices for the big game. “They’re kind of taking advantage of the players knowing that guys like Christian McCaffrey’s family members are public figures — with his dad [retired NFL pro Ed McCaffrey] being who he is and obviously who he’s with, [Olivia Culpo],” the Cincinnati Bengals player told Page Six in February 2024.
Brown Jr., who spent “60 grand” on 2023 Super Bowl tickets for his family, went on to call the ticket pricing “unfortunate,” adding, “I think they should be able to make suites more affordable for people.”
Justin Reid
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Reid, a safety for the Kansas City Chiefs, hails from Louisiana. He purchased 30 tickets for his hometown crew to watch the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans.
“Ticket prices are running up, man, like I got 30 of ‘em,” Reid said during a pregame press conference in January 2025. “I mean, we’re excited to go play and we’re chasing glory, but we gotta win just so I can break even.”
Kansas City Chiefs safety Justin Reid is aware how expensive seats are at the 2025 Super Bowl.
“Ticket prices are running up, man, like, I got 30 of ‘em,” Reid, 27, said during a Thursday, January 30, press conference. “I mean, we’re excited to go play and we’re chasing glory, but we gotta win just so I can break even.”
The Chiefs will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, February 9 in a rematch of the 2023 championship. (Kansas City won the first matchup in 2024, clinching the franchise’s second consecutive Super Bowl victory.)
February’s matchup will be held at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome. According to Ticketmaster, the cheapest ticket price is $4,000 while other seats are retailing for more than $15,000.
All of the athletes and coaches competing in the Big Game are required to purchase tickets to accommodate their guests, just like other fans. At 2023’s championship, now-retired Eagles center Jason Kelce paid $4,000 per ticket for his wife, Kylie Kelce, their eldest two daughters and her OB-GYN to attend the game in Arizona. (Kylie, now 32, was pregnant with baby No. 3 at the time. She is now expecting again.)
The next year, Jason’s brother, Travis Kelce, shelled out $3 million for a private suite at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium for girlfriend Taylor Swift, their two families and respective friends to watch the championship against the San Francisco 49ers.
For Reid, he gets that a Super Bowl ticket is a hot commodity and, as a result, has tried to advise newer teammates to get their own logistics squared away as early as possible.
“Put the work in early, so you’re not playing catch up next week when you’re already doing 50 interviews and your schedule is crazy and everything’s different,” he said on Thursday. “Have your tickets set up, your family settled. Take care of all of that this week, so that way you can focus on ball. We’re not there to have a vacation; we’re there to win a football game and that’ll be the focus.”
“I mean, [it was the] most exciting thing that happened over the last couple of weeks, for me,” he gushed on Thursday of daughter Cielle’s birth. “We’re trading off getting some sleep right now, but it’s just the usual things [of] feeding, sleeping, cleaning diapers. We’re getting a lot of practice at those.”
It is not presently known whether Rand and the couple’s baby girl will attend the Super Bowl.
Gascón, 52, began receiving widespread backlash after past social media posts — some of which date back to 2016 — resurfaced online. In some of the posts, Gascón targets various religious groups, including the Muslim population in her native country of Spain. She also criticized George Floyd, who was killed by a police officer in 2020.
“I’m still processing everything that has transpired in the last couple of days, and I’m sad,” Saldaña, 46, said of Gascón’s comments during a Q&A in London on Friday, January 31, per The Hollywood Reporter. “It makes me really sad because I don’t support [it], and I don’t have any tolerance for any negative rhetoric towards people of any group.”
Emilia Pérez is a musical drama about the leader of a Mexican cartel, played by Gascón, who hires a lawyer (Saldaña) to help fake her death and transition into a woman. For her role in the film, Gascón became the first transgender woman to be nominated for Best Actress at both the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards.
“I can only attest to the experience that I had with each and every individual that was a part, that is a part, of this film, and my experience and my interactions with them was about inclusivity and collaboration and racial, cultural, and gender equity,” Saldaña said on Friday. “And it just saddens me. It saddens me that we are having to face this setback right now.”
She went on to thank the audience for “still showing up” to see Emilia Pérez, emphasizing the film’s message and “the change that it can bring forward to communities that are marginalized.”
She added, “All that I can attest is that all of us that came together to tell this story, we came together for love and for respect and curiosity, and we will continue to spread that message. That’s all we can say right now.”
Gascón, for her part, has since apologized for the resurfaced posts and deleted her X account.
“As someone in a marginalized community, I know this suffering all too well and I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain,” she shared in a statement via Netflix, per the Associated Press. “All my life I have fought for a better world. I believe light will always triumph over darkness.”
Emilia Pérez is already a film shrouded in controversy, having received criticisms from Spanish-speaking viewers for its awkward and stilted songs and dialogue as well as the film’s representation of Mexico. Additionally, the film was notably left out of the nominations for the GLAAD Media Awards in January, with the LGBTQ+ non-profit previously calling the film “a step backward for trans representation” in one article.
Many trans critics have cited more than one issue with the film, including its unrealistic portrayal of Emilia’s gender-affirming surgery.
“It’s not about offense or something being not allowed,” critic Drew Burnett Gregory wrote for Autostraddle. “It’s that it’s boring. I don’t understand why a movie that’s so bonkers in other ways chooses to undercut its strengths with this shallow understanding of its titular character.”
King Charles IIIhas reacted to the recent American Airlines plane crash.
“My family and I have been profoundly shocked and saddened by the dreadful news of the tragic air accident in Washington, D.C., which has led to such a devastating loss of life,” the British monarch, 76, said in a Saturday, February 1, statement. “Our hearts, and our special thoughts, are with the people of the United States and our deepest possible sympathy goes to the families and loved ones of all the victims.”
He continued, “I would also like to pay a particular tribute to the emergency responders who acted so quickly to this horrendous event.”
News broke on Wednesday, January 29, that a commercial flight traveling from Wichita, Kansas collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River. All 67 people involved in the accident died, including the 60 passengers and four crew members on the American aircraft.
The American Airlines flight manifest also included 14 youth figure skaters who traveled to Kansas for U.S. Figure Skating’s development camp earlier this week.
“It’s beyond the skating community. So many people see this tragedy and the loss of these brilliant young skaters who have poured their lives into building an identity in our sport,” Olympian Scott Hamilton tearfully said on the Today show on Friday, January 31. “For their lives to be taken … is just devastating [and] shocking. It just doesn’t make any sense.”
He continued, “This is where the community comes together. It’s a very tight-knit, very close-knit, very wonderful, caring, supportive community. We’re no stranger to tragedy, but this is just beyond devastation.”
Six of the skaters involved in the airspace tragedy belonged to the Skating Club of Boston.
“Any time I’ve been able to be here and watch them grow. The kids here really work hard, their parents work hard to be here,” fellow Olympian Nancy Kerrigan said in Thursday, January 30, press conference at the Massachusetts rink. “I just feel for the athletes, the skaters, their families and anyone who was on that plane — not just the skaters because it’s just such a tragic event. We’ve been through tragedies before as Americans, as people and we are strong. My response is to be with people I care about and I love; I wanted to support.”
Members of the flight industry have also memorialized the late American Airlines crew members.
“Flight Attendant Ian Epstein wasn’t just a crew member — he was the heart of every flight he worked,” travel influencer Jay Robert wrote via Instagram on Friday. “Through his quick wit and infectious humor, he turned routine trips into moments of joy, making passengers smile even on the most stressful travel days.”
Singer Katharine McPhee Foster also once had an encounter with Epstein “on one of our many flights.” She said in an Instagram Story post on Friday that he was always “a gem.”
Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott’s daughter Stormi Webster is officially 7 — and her mom pulled out all the stops in order to give her “princess” the perfect Hello Kitty sleepover party.
On Friday, January 31, Kylie gave fans a sneak peek at Stormi’s “birthday sleepover,” complete with peeks at custom Hello Kitty sleeping tents for guests, pink-covered candy and treats and lots of Hello Kitty decor and stuffed animals.
On Saturday, February 1, Kylie’s mom, Kris Jenner, also celebrated her granddaughter (and her little brother, Aire, whose birthday is February 2) in a sweet post shared via Instagram. “Happy Birthday, my precious Stormi and Aire!,” Kris wrote.
“Watching you both grow has been the greatest joy—your love, laughter, and energy light up our lives!” she continued. “I love you to the moon and back. Can’t wait to celebrate you both all weekend long! ”
Kylie gave birth to Stormi on February 1, 2018, after keeping her pregnancy a secret. Months later, Kris revealed she was instrumental at Stormi’s birth and “pulled the baby out.”
Keep scrolling for an inside look at Stormi’s big day.
Kylie showed off a tray that included Hello Kitty-shaped waffles, rice, and desserts as well as strawberries covered in pink icing, pink starburst, sticks of pink Pocky and a cup of popcorn.
Later in the day, Kylie shared another photo of what appeared to be a Hello Kitty-themed tea, complete with plush pink chairs and tiny Hello Kitty tea cups.
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