Anthony Edwards overcame a scary-looking ankle injury in the second quarter and scored 13 of his 20 points after halftime to lead the Wolves to a Game 2 victory.
Getting ready to welcome their country cuties! Thomas Rhett’s wife, Lauren Akins, Lady A’s Hillary Scott and more pregnant stars have shown off their baby bumps at the ACM Awards.
Akin’s budding belly was on display in a gold dress during her and Rhett’s April 2017 red carpet appearance. The couple went on to welcome their daughter, Ada, four months later.
As for Scott, the singer showed her bump progress at the ACM Awards in 2013, just ahead of her and Chris Tyrrell‘s twins Eisele and Betsy’s January 2018 birth.
Keep scrolling to see Mickey Guyton, Chris Stapleton’s wife, Morgane Stapleton, and more expectant stars showing their maternity style:
Luke Combs and his wife goofed off as they walked the red carpet at the May 2023 awards show. The duo laughed as the “Fast Car” singer rubbed his wife’s growing belly.
The “If I Die Young” songstress displayed her growing bump in a black cocktail dress as she arrived at the May 2023 awards show. Perry announced one month prior that she was expecting her first child with husband Johnny Costello.
Singer Jordan Davis joined his then-pregnant wife on the 2023 ACMs red carpet. The "What My World Spins Around” artist lovingly grazed his wife’s stomach while packing on the PDA.
The “America’s Sweetheart” singer kicked off the April 2021 ACM Awards with a Miranda Lambert duet after announcing her pregnancy in March. The duo wore matching fringed jackets as they performed their song “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)."
Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage takes every opportunity to address the main couple’s controversial age gap — but which joke has been Emily Osment’s favorite so far?
While speaking to Us Weekly at CBS Fest on Wednesday, May 7, Osment, 33, weighed in on how the sitcom has poked fun at the difference, saying, “Jokes about how old I am, how youthful Montana [Jordan] is and how he’s got so much more life ahead of him than I do.”
Osment and Jordan, 22, already know that their characters are heading for a split eventually, but they aren’t in a rush to explore that yet.
“I think at least 10 more seasons,” Osment said about how long she wants to keep Georgie and Mandy together before their divorce, with Jordan adding, “Oh, for sure. If not 15 more seasons.”
Viewers originally met Georgie (Jordan) and Mandy (Osment) on The Big Bang Theory prequel series Young Sheldon, which aired from 2017 to 2024, which featured Iain Armitage in the titular role. The series paved the way for a spinoff focused on Sheldon’s older brother by introducing his love interest, Mandy.
Georgie and Mandy’s story wasn’t the meet-cute some of Us might have expected. When they crossed paths in season 5 of Young Sheldon, Georgie was 17 but lied that he was 21, while 29-year-old Mandy pretended to be 25. The truth came out eventually, but by then, Georgie and Mandy realized they were expecting their first child.
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Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage, which premiered in October 2024, picked up as Mandy reconnected with her estranged mother, Audrey (Rachel Bay Jones), and father Jim (Will Sasso). Mandy and Georgie — and baby CeCe — subsequently moved in with her parents, which allowed their age gap to be consistently referred to on the show.
“Credit where credit is due. He’s a kid. If anything, she ruined his life,” Jim said during the pilot episode, while Audrey fired back, “You married a child, Amanda. You cannot expect him to understand anything.”
Despite the controversial story line, Jones highlighted the importance of the show addressing the age difference.
“It is interesting because [Mandy’s mother] Audrey is [like] a lot of audience members. A lot of fans are like, ‘What the hell? He’s 10 years younger than she is. This is wrong,'” Jones exclusively told Us in October 2024. “Audrey is the one who agrees that this is wrong and this should not be happening.”
Jones didn’t want to contribute to the characters’ eventual split, saying, “We’re all hoping that Georgie and Mandy will have a second marriage and a third marriage and that it will always be with each other.”
She continued: “Because you can see the relationship is so good. It’s so delicious what they’ve written, the actors are so good together and you really can see the love and the friendship. It’s a really nice relationship to watch develop. What’s so great that they’ve done is write these real scenarios when it comes to marriage. So it’ll be fun to see how they explore all of that in the future.”
Meanwhile, Jordan explained why the conversation around Georgie’s age has benefited his character.
“It gives Georgie somewhere to go,” he noted in October 2024. “In this new show, Georgie finally gets to show that he’s not just this dumb kid. He actually does have a brain on him. And on Young Sheldon I’m sure he got overlooked a lot. Maybe him being the tire king is his way of showing and proving people that he is not this dumb kid, [but a mature adult]. He actually has some brains on him.”
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage airs on CBS Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET.
Dust off your cowboy hats and bring out the cowboy boots — it’s date night at the 2025 ACM Awards.
On Thursday, May 8, country music’s hottest couples heated up the red carpet from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
Fresh off his big reveal on The Masked Singer, Brian Kelley exchanged his Mad Scientist Monster costume for a more traditional ensemble as he arrived at the venue with his wife, Brittney Kelley.
“She’s down for anything,” Brian exclusively toldUs Weekly earlier this week when celebrating his journey to The Masked Singer finals. “We do everything together, and she’s always down to just roll with me and support me. She’s like, ‘Let’s go crush it, babe. Let’s go get it.’ She couldn’t be more proud.”
Not to be outdone, A-list couples like Jason Aldean and Brittany Aldean as well as Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO were expected to attend this year’s show.
Hosted for the 19th year in a row by Reba McEntire, the 2025 ACM Awards will feature performances from Kelsea Ballerini, Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert and Wynonna Judd.
The event will also feature duets by Shaboozey and Jelly Roll as well as Backstreet Boys and Rascal Flatts.
Keep reading to see which of your favorite country couples attended the 2025 ACM Awards and watch the show Thursday, May 8, at 8 p.m. ET. on Prime Video.
Days before The Voice season 27 live shows begin, Ballerini attended the 2025 ACM Awards with her boyfriend in hopes of being awarded the Entertainer of the Year award.
Netflix has adapted Judy Blume‘s Forever novel — but how similar is the show to the book?
During exclusive interviews with Us Weekly, Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr. broke down their individual experiences with Forever before being cast on the show. Simone, 26, who plays Keisha, recalled doing a deep dive once she auditioned for the lead role.
“I read it in one sitting and I was obsessed with it afterward. So the book made me want to get the role even more,” Simone told Us. “But I am not too hip to the Judy Blume world. I only read Forever — but I wouldn’t put it past me to read all of her books. I like authors and reading all of their bodies of work so I see that in my near future.”
Cooper Jr., 23, had a similar experience after being cast as Justin, saying, “When I booked the role I was like, ‘Hi, it’s time to read Forever.’ But my mom has been a big Judy Blume fan since she was a little girl — so I saw her excitement for the product. I was like, ‘Alright, this is something cool.'”
Blume’s version of Forever was released in 1975 and followed the love story between teenagers Katherine and Michael. The novel tracked the ups and downs of their romance as they navigated their individual journeys with their sexuality.
“Forever really was a tale that kind of tested the times and stayed true. Love for teenagers looks kind of like this. So it is cool seeing how we’re now in a new age and this is a re-imagination but just in a completely different era,” Simone explained. “It’s nice to see it revamped a little bit. We’re still honest to the book and honest to the points that it was trying to make there.”
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Netflix’s 8-episode series, which premiered on Thursday, May 8, is set in 2018 Los Angeles as two young athletes become each other’s first love.
“If you graduated high school in 2018 or 2019, this might be very nostalgic for you,” Simone noted. “And 2018 or 2019 was a very nostalgic time. It was right before the pandemic and the emotions were at an all time high. So it was really fun to play with.”
Simone and Cooper Jr. praised showrunner Mara Brock Akil for adapting the material, with Cooper Jr. telling Us, “She does such a beautiful job and there’s so much connectivity for people of our generation who necessarily aren’t familiar with the original text. There’s different access points, so I think she does that really well.”
According to Simone, the onscreen love story extends beyond Keisha and Justin’s story.
“[Mara] wanted to make a love story to L.A. — not just between two teenagers. Being in L.A. was really different. It also helped create the character because now we know where they are in a sense of their environment and their upbringing,” Simone detailed. “It helped shape me in that essence.”
She continued: “Also just having the creative freedom to really just try and express [what I felt] was great. Then, if anything, just pull me back if I do too much. But just being able to be a Black actress who’s not just the girlfriend role — there was a lot of freedom in just me feeling like, ‘OK, let’s play with being a teenager today.'”
Forever is able to tell a new version of Blume’s story by adapting to the times, including the use of technology.
“It’s so relatable. We’ve all experienced it to some sort of level — especially with the technological advancements and the corresponding via text and the blocking and then not picking up calls and wanting to text something and deleting it,” Cooper Jr. quipped about the ups and downs of young romance. “Those things are so real and we all have been in those positions. It’s a really important entry point that Mara is using to showcase Judy’s work and then also Mara’s work.”
With sexuality playing such a major role in the book, Netflix’s version of Forever also prioritized authenticity .
“When you’re a teenager early on in life, we’re very primal. For teenagers, a lot of their motives run on either, ‘I’m hungry or I’m horny or I’m really happy right now.’ A lot of the times for Keisha or for Justin, it would be like, ‘What is motivating this moment?'” Simone recalled. “I feel like all of the intimate scenes were very tasteful. It wasn’t so provocative. It’s like you really feel like you’re going through somebody’s mind with them while they’re deciding to do something in real time. So it was really nice to be able to work on a project where there was sex involved — but it was everything around the sex that was involved on camera.”
Cooper Jr. had a similar perspective, telling Us, “It’s a testament to Mara’s writing and what me and Lovie were pulling together. It is about how we discussed how we wanted to step into the roles and what we were willing to do and what we weren’t willing to do. It’s beautiful because we were all on the same page of wanting to showcase it in the most authentic way and not spice it up just because it’s a television show.”
Jennifer Aniston is unveiling one of the secrets to her iconic locks! Ever wondered how it always has an effortless shine? It’s thanks to this glossing detangler that’s been secretly hiding on Amazon — and it’s just $28!
The queen of ’90s sitcom style, Aniston told The Strategist that the LolaVie Glossing Detangler is one of the things she “can’t live without.” While it’s from her brand, the detangler is still something the Emmy-winning actress has put her stamp of approval on. Plus, the mixture of extra gloss? It’s totally genius to Us — and has already earned its status as a number one new release on Amazon.
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The singer and the actress, both 57, snuggled up on the red carpet ahead of the Thursday, May 8, awards show at Ford Center in Frisco, Texas. Kidman dazzled in sleek black ensemble that included a sleeveless vinyl top, slacks and skirt overlay. Urban opted for a black suit jacket — sans shirt — showing off a glimpse of his chest.
In addition to sharing a sweet embrace, the couple shared some laughs and goofy moments. After posing together, Urban stepped aside to let his wife shine. However, he couldn’t help but photobomb one picture as he stood in the background holding up a peace sign.
Urban is set to receive the Triple Crown Award during the ceremony. The accolade is given to those who have won New Artist of the Year, Artist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year over the course of their career in country music. Urban previously earned Top New Male Vocalist in 2001, Male Vocalist of the Year in 2005 and 2006 and Entertainer of the Year in 2019.
In honor of the Triple Crown achievement, Chris Stapleton, Megan Moroney and Brothers Osborne are also lined up to perform some of Urban’s greatest hits during the broadcast.
Kidman was, of course, on hand to support Urban at the awards show just as he has been there for her during her own major career milestones. In June 2024, he delivered an emotional speech when she received the AFI Life Achievement Award.
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“She’s raw, but she’s resilient. She’s serious and a complete goofball,” he gushed at the time. “But she also has a bit of a mantra, and that is: Choose love. Now I’ve watched her do this many times, navigating emotionally complex things that she’s gone through with so many people. She always chooses that phrase; she lives by it. Choose love.”
Urban concluded: “She has the capacity to love like no one I’ve ever met. And I know tonight’s all about her body of work so far — so far, baby — but next year will be 20 years that I’ve been madly in love with you. Congratulations, baby girl, I love you.”
Elsewhere during the AFI event, Urban and Kidman’s daughters, Sunday Rose, 16, and Faith, 14, made their red carpet debuts alongside their parents, who have been married since June 2006.
Kidman gave her family a shout-out while accepting the award, echoing Urban’s remarks about her approach to life.
“There’s also the most important thing, love,” she said before pointing out Urban and the couple’s daughters. “Big, big love. And then right there is the love of my life, and the loves of my life.”
Hallmark star Nathaniel “Nate” Pelletier has died. He was 53.
According to his obituary, Pelletier, who worked on the network’s When Calls the Heart as a transport department employee and actor, died suddenly on April 11 while home alone in Langley, British Columbia. His cause of death is unknown.
“He touched many lives with his generosity and extraordinary work ethic,” the obituary reads. “He was always there to lend a helping hand when needed and most times, before it was asked of him. He was charismatic and loved to meet new people, greeting them with his big smile and a warm hearty handshake.”
Pelletier is survived by his daughter, Myhrsades Jones, his brothers, Jeramie and Jason, his nephew, Andrei, his father, Perry Phillips, his mother, Yvonne Langevin, his stepbrothers, Gordon Langevin and Brian Langevin, his stepsister, Teri Van-Ryssel, and godmother Lee DeGoede.
When Calls the Heart premiered in 2014 and stars Erin Krakow as Elizabeth Thatcher, a young schoolteacher from a wealthy family who migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the 1920s. Per his obituary, Pelletier, who often played a taxi driver on the series, referenced his “work-family” as his “second greatest love.”
Earlier this month, Pelletier’s costar Martin Cummins, who portrays Henry Gowen on the hit series, paid tribute to Pelletier with a heartfelt Instagram tribute.
“I just came back from a ride on the bike Gord and Nate put together for the girls and I. I’m taking shade in Mexico under the awning Nate helped me figure out in the woods near the old cabin. I have spent more hours at work sitting in the blue room, in silence or in conversation with Gord and Nate than I have standing on tape with the camera rolling,” he captioned the post alongside various photos of his close friend. “Gord has always felt like a father figure to me, and Nate and I were his boys running around the town, hanging out in the woods and talking shit. Life is constantly changing. Things are never the same. The Valley will not be the same without Nathaniel Pelletier. He was a gentle soul and it was my honor to call him friend.”
The official When Calls the Heart Instagram page also shared that the cast and crew were mourning the loss of Pelletier, with production manager Mike Magnusson calling the actor a “true Unicorn” of a human being who smashed “every 14 hour day with a wide smile & endless cheer for all.”
He added that Nate “‘saw’ people, and was always there with a kind word. He leaves a void of spirit we will not be able to replace. Nate you were one of a kind, and we loved you. You will be sorely missed my friend.”
The singer, 31, and the Outer Banks star, 32, posed together ahead of the Thursday, May 8, ceremony at Ford Center in Frisco, Texas.
The “Cowboys Cry Too” singer looked elegant in a nude sequined gown topped with a black bodice, keeping her glam simple with a low ponytail set off with face-framing pieces. Banks, meanwhile, wore a black suit with a simple black scoop-neck top underneath. The duo kept it cute on the red carpet, cuddling up close for photos and gazing into each other’s eyes while smiling.
Ballerini is nominated for four ACM Awards this year, including Entertainer of the Year, Female Artist of the Year and Music Event of the Year.
With her first-ever Entertainer of the Year nod, Ballerini will compete against Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen and Lainey Wilson in the category.
Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes attend the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards at Omni Frisco Hotel at The Star on May 8, 2025, in Frisco, Texas.Omar Vega/WireImage
Ballerini earned her eighth career nomination for Female Artist of the Year at the 60th ACM Awards. She will vie for the honor against fellow nominees Wilson, Ella Langley, Megan Moroney and Kacey Musgraves.
As for Music Event of the Year, Ballerini is nominated as the artist and producer of “Cowboys Cry Too” with Noah Kahan. The song will be up against Post Malone and Wallen’s “I Had Some Help,” Johnson and Carrie Underwood’s “I’m Gonna Love You,” Carly Pearce and Stapleton’s “We Don’t Fight Anymore” and Langley and Riley Green’s “You Look Like You Love Me.”
Stokes was at the awards show to support Ballerini, as he has done on many occasions since they were first linked in January 2023. She has also reciprocated the gesture at his premieres and the like.
In October 2024, Ballerini shared how Stokes has become her creative muse during their relationship.
Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini attend the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards at Omni Frisco Hotel at The Star on May 8, 2025, in Frisco, Texas.Omar Vega/WireImage
“He’s been such a big, beautiful part of my life for almost two years now,” she told People, adding that she is “really proud of the art that he’s inspired.”
Ballerini noted that the couple’s similar approaches to their careers has helped them connect on a deeper level.
“And I’m really proud to be with someone who’s a truth-teller in his own art too,” she said. “And to be aligned in that way and to share parts of our relationship and that kind of stuff, so openly and willingly, is really beautiful.”
That same month, Ballerini hinted at whether she wants to marry Stokes in the future.
“I would never say never to anything,” she told E! News in October 2024. “Anything that I’ve said a hard no to in my life, I have come back and challenged myself on.”
The country singer, 32, and the former NFL player, 29, glowed on the red carpet in the lead-up to the Thursday, May 8, awards show at Ford Center in Frisco, Texas. The couple snuggled up as they posed for photos.
Wilson donned a black sequin ensemble that featured the musician’s signature bell bottoms. The look had gold embellishments. Hodges, for his part, opted for a black-and-white suit with a statement belt buckle. The pair rocked matching black cowboy hats.
Wilson is nominated for seven awards at this year’s ACMs, including Entertainer of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Whirlwind, Song of the Year and Visual Media of the Year for “4x4xU” and Artist-Songwriter of the Year.
Prior to Thursday’s ceremony, Wilson was already the reigning Entertainer of the Year and Female Artist of the Year for the ACM Awards, having secured wins in both categories at the previous awards show in May 2024.
Amid her thriving career in country music, Wilson recently celebrated a major personal milestone in February when she got engaged to Hodges.
“4x4xU forever ,” the couple, who have been dating since 2021, captioned a joint Instagram post of photos from the proposal at the time.
In March, Wilson shared behind-the-scenes details of how Hodges popped the question.
“I had talked myself into thinking he was going to do it that day. I called my sister and said, ‘I think he’s going to propose to me today,’” she recalled to Nashville’s News Channel 5, revealing that she changed her mind about her suspicions after the phone call because she didn’t want to be disappointed if the moment didn’t happen that day.
Wilson continued, “We had been wanting to go see the George Jones estate for quite some time. [Duck’s] buddy had it listed for sale. We were at the Super Bowl the weekend before and he was like, ‘Hey, we need to go next week to go see the George Jones estate, that way we can just say ‘We’ve been to the George Jones estate!’’ As we pulled up, I realized there were different plans. He had it all set up, he had the candles and the picture frames. It could not have been more perfect.”
As for the pair’s wedding plans, Wilson confessed at the time that they had not started the process yet.
“We need to sit down and make that a priority,” she said. “I’m sure it will be something that’s just very simple.”
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