Alec Baldwin is taking legal action after prosecutors sought criminal charges against him over the death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Baldwin, 66, is accusing Santa Fe, New Mexico, special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey and First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies, among others, of malicious prosecution and civil rights violations, per The Hollywood Reporter and The Los Angeles Times.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Mexico on Thursday, January 9, claims that the prosecution team intentionally concealed evidence that would vindicate him of involuntary manslaughter.

The lawsuit alleges that the defendants were “blinded by their desire to convict Alec Baldwin for all the wrong reasons, and at any cost. Defendants sought at every turn to scapegoat Baldwin for the acts and omissions of others, regardless of the evidence or the law.”

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“Criminal prosecutions are supposed to be about the search for truth and justice, not to pursue personal or political gain or harass the innocent,” Baldwin’s attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro said in a statement to the L.A. Times. “Kari Morrissey and the other defendants violated that basic principle, over and over, and trampled on Alec Baldwin’s rights.”

“In October 2023 the prosecution team became aware that Mr. Baldwin intended to file a retaliatory civil lawsuit,” Morrissey said in a statement to the outlet. “We look forward to our day in court.”

Baldwin twice faced involuntary manslaughter charges over the accidental shooting of Hutchins in October 2021. Hutchins was killed and Rust director Joel Souza was injured when a prop gun fired a real bullet on the set of the Western movie.

Baldwin, who denied pulling the trigger, was later charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in January 2023 and pleaded not guilty one month later. The criminal charges were dropped in April 2023. However, he was indicted for involuntary manslaughter a second time and headed to trial in July 2024.

The second case was dismissed by First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer last summer. Sommer agreed with Baldwin’s lawyers that prosecutors hid evidence that may have been linked to the fatal shooting.

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“There is no way for the court to right this wrong,” Sommer told the court, per NBC News. “The sanction of dismissal is the only warranted remedy.”

In December 2024, Morrissey, who sought to reinstate charges against Baldwin, announced that the case against the actor had been dropped due to a lack of support from the district attorney’s office. As a result, Baldwin will no longer face criminal charges over the incident.

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“The state’s efforts to continue to litigate the case in a fair and comprehensive manner have been met with multiple barriers that have compromised its ability to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law,” Morrissey said in a news release, per The New York Times.

The film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March 2024 and sentenced to 18 months in prison. Her attorneys’ appeal for a new trial was denied in September 2024.

Paris Hilton is sharing an emotional update after her Los Angeles home burned down in fires sweeping the area.

On Thursday, January 9, Hilton, 43, shared a video of her visiting what remains of her home via Instagram, showing the devastation caused by the fires which began Tuesday, January 7, and have ravaged parts of L.A., including the Pacific Palisades, Malibu and the Hollywood Hills.

“I’m standing here in what used to be our home, and the heartbreak is truly indescribable.,” Hilton captioned the video of the wreckage of her home. “When I first saw the news, I was in complete shock—I couldn’t process it. But now, standing here and seeing it with my own eyes, it feels like my heart has shattered into a million pieces.”

“This house wasn’t just a place to live— It was where we dreamed, laughed, and created the most beautiful memories as a family. It was where Phoenix’s little hands made art that I’ll cherish forever, where love and life filled every corner. To see it reduced to ashes… it’s devastating beyond words,” she continued, referring to son Phoenix, who turns 2 this month. (Hilton also shares daughter London, 12 months, with husband Carter Reum.)

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In the caption, Hilton shared her sympathies with other Los Angeles residents who have lost their homes, noting, “It’s not just walls and roofs—it’s the memories that made those houses homes. It’s the photos, the keepsakes, the irreplaceable pieces of our lives.”

However, the former reality star and DJ acknowledged that she is “incredibly lucky.”

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“My loved ones, my babies, and my pets are safe. That’s the most important thing, and I’m holding onto that gratitude with everything I have,” she added, thanking firefighters and first responders who have been tackling the wildfires for the past three days.

On Wednesday, January 8, the Paris and Nicole: The Encore star shared via Instagram that she was among the many celebrities who had lost their homes in the fires. Hilton wrote that her home was “where Phoenix took his first steps and where we dreamed of building a lifetime of memories with London.”

Which Stars Have Been Affected by the Los Angeles Fires?

More than 130,000 are under evacuation orders, per the Associated Press. Stars including Mark Hamill, Jennie Garth and Mandy Moore are among those who evacuated their homes. Other stars shared news that they had lost their homes including Milo Ventimiglia, Miles Teller and Billy Crystal.

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Jennie Garth is leaning on her ex Peter Facinelli during difficult times.

Garth, 52, took to Instagram on Thursday, January 9, to share that she and her family had taken shelter with Facinelli, 51, after evacuating their Los Angeles home due to the ongoing fires in the area.

“This is just devastating for everyone. I’m so sad. Deep sadness today. My family and I are safe. Our home made it through the night and we are feeling so blessed and so fortunate and so lucky,” Garth said in a video to her 1.3 million followers. “Just praying for everybody else. We’re so, so lucky more people weren’t hurt or trapped in the fires.”

The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum shared that she and her husband, Dave Abrams, were planning to return to their home and thanked her ex for letting them stay the night. “Think we’re going to go back to our house. It’s a mess but it’s fine. It’s still there,” she said.

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Garth continued, “I’m so grateful for Peter for letting us stay at his house—me and all the girls, and the dogs, and Dave.”

Garth and Facinelli first met in 1995 and were married from 2001 to 2013. They share three adult daughters, Luca, 27, Lola, 22, and Fiona, 18. Garth married actor Abrams in 2015. Facinelli, meanwhile, is engaged to actress Lily Anne Harrison, with whom he shares son Jack, 2.

Garth reiterated her gratitude to her ex in the caption of her Instagram post, writing, “I wanted to let you know that we are safe. Peter and his family took us in and have been so kind. I am deeply saddened for our city and just feel numb.”

“Our home was spared but so much to clean up and ready to get active to help our neighbors and friends and fellow Angelinos,” the actress continued, adding that her husband has been “transporting all our bags and boxes, loading and unloading.”

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“I am grateful we are all OK and have a home to return to,” Garth added.

Wildfires began across Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7, and continued through Thursday, ravaging the exclusive Pacific Palisades area, Malibu, Santa Monica and the Hollywood Hills. Stars including Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal and Miles Teller have lost their homes in the fires.

Check the LAFD website for local wildfire alerts and click here for resources on how to help those affected.

John Mayer shared an emotional post about losing sentimental items amid the Los Angeles wildfires.

The musician, 47, posted an image of a folder via his Instagram on Thursday, January 9 and contemplated how painful losing sentimental items and keepsakes could be — as thousands who have lost their homes face that harsh reality.

“This is the most valuable thing I own. It’s a folder of photos of my father, spanning his life from being a baby, an educator, a husband and a father. It’s the only evidence of his life that will exist over time,” Mayer wrote in the post’s lengthy caption. “These are the ‘documents’ you read about people taking from their homes. When you hear someone say they’ve lost everything in a fire, this is much of that everything, if not all of it.”

Mayer continued, “Those who say they’ll be okay still have their folders and their albums. Those who are inconsolable have lost them. Just behind the immeasurable loss of life is the loss of the proof of life.”

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The “Clarity” singer added that he was thinking of those who had suffered this type of “devastating” loss in the fires.

“I don’t practice prayer but tonight I will say one for everyone who no longer has these items. It’s not about the art and the collectibles. It’s the photos, the letters, the class rings, the eyeglasses and the things we keep to remind us that those we loved were here,” Mayer added. “May those who have lost so much find some semblance of hope and support from their family and friends. Stay safe, look out for yourself and for one another, and trust that humanity and all it entails, though sometimes hard to see, is alive and well. This is truly devastating.”

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Following the post, the musician confirmed that he had not lost his home in Los Angeles.

“For clarity: I’m safe, extraordinarily lucky to still have my place in LA, but keeping my documents close by. ” he wrote in the comments.

The post appeared to resonate with his followers, with many taking to his comments section to agree with Mayer’s sentiment.

Among them was Bob Saget’s widow, Kelly Rizzo, who revealed that she had packed up sentimental items that once belonged to the Full House star when she was preparing to evacuate her home. (Saget died in January 2022 at age 65).

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“This is so beautiful John. And so true. I can only imagine how precious everything in that folder is to you,” Rizzo, 45, wrote. “And when you said eyeglasses, it just broke me because those are some of the first things I packed up when preparing to evacuate. Bob’s glasses, a lot of his clothes and personal effects that I know are completely irreplaceable. Thanks for putting this into perspective, something you’re great at….explaining the hard to explain.”

An estimated 9000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in the fires, according to officials, reported The Guardian. Since Tuesday, the fires have ravaged parts of the exclusive Pacific Palisades area, Malibu, Santa Monica and the Hollywood Hills. Celebrities including Billy Crystal, Milo Ventimiglia and Paris Hilton are among those who lost their homes due to the fires.

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Milo Ventimiglia became emotional as he revealed his Malibu home was completely destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires – in eerily similar circumstances to his This Is Us character, Jack Pearson.

Ventimiglia, whose wife Jarah Mariano, 41, is nine months pregnant, visited the charred remains of what was once the couple’s home before it burned to the ground with CBS News on Thursday, January 9.

Speaking to CBS News as he inspected the damage, Ventimiglia, 47, admitted the loss felt “heavy.”

“You start thinking about all the memories in different parts of the house and what not and then you see your neighbor’s houses and everything kind of around and your heart just breaks,” he said.

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The Gilmore Girls alum knew their house was no longer standing prior to the visit as he had watched it burn via home security cameras after being evacuated on Tuesday.

“It’s a kind of a shock moment where you go, this is real, this is happening and at a certain point you just turn it off,” he said. “What good is it to continue watching? We kind of accepted the loss.”

Coincidentally, one of Ventimiglia’s most famous characters, This Is Us’ Jack, died from smoke inhalation after a crock pot caused his family’s home to burn to the ground.

“You know, it’s not lost on me, life imitating art,” Ventimiglia told CBS News of the similarity between the fictional scenes and his real-life circumstances.

While Ventimiglia and Mariano lost most of their possessions in the fire, including a crib for their unborn baby due to be born any day now, the actor is grateful the most important things survived.

“We got good friends and we got good people we’re working with and we’ll make do. Wife and baby and dog, most important,” Ventimiglia said.

The couple, who were first linked in 2022 and wed in 2023, revealed in September 2024 that they were expecting their first child together.

“Baby on board!” Mariano wrote via an Instagram post at the time, sharing maternity photos while sitting on a surfboard.

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Ventimiglia played Jack opposite Mandy Moore as his wife Rebecca Pearson in This Is Us, which ran from 2016 to 2022.

The actor revealed that Mariano had just recently started watching the emotional series during an appearance on the “That Was Us” podcast in October 2024.

“She can separate Jack from me, but she’s just a f—ing crier,” he said with a laugh. “It’s one of those things. She’s just crying and taking it in. I’m not badgering her; I’m not asking her, ‘Hey, so tell me about this character, this scene, tell me stuff.’ I’m waiting for her to want to talk to me about it.”

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During the latest episode of Southern Hospitality, Maddi Reese revealed that rumors about Joe Bradley’s sexuality delayed the start of their relationship — and TJ Dinch was to blame.

“Three or four years ago, TJ spread a bunch of rumors that I was gay,” Joe told newbie Austin Stephan during the Thursday, January 9, episode of the Bravo show.

Austin wasn’t surprised by the revelation, telling Joe that TJ “used to tell me the same s—. He would straight up tell me that you were gay.”

Maddie, who is currently dating Joe, confessed that the stories around town made her hesitate to act on her feelings toward him.

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“Three years ago, everyone was talking about the rumor,” Maddi recalled. “So, of course, I kinda believed TJ when he told me Joe is flirty, or fruity, or what’s the word? Gay.”

She confessed, “That was the reason why I did not hook up with Joe for a long time.”

Maddi said since she began seeing Joe, she can confirm the rumors aren’t true. “Obviously, I’ve slept with Joe. I sleep with Joe. He likes p—,” she declared.

Joe, for his part, said that he confronted TJ when he heard the rumors, but TJ vehemently denied that he started them.

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“I said, ‘Why the f— you would say that to people?’ And he said, ‘No, I would never say that. I would never tell anyone that. I promise you I didn’t do it,’” Joe told the cameras, admitting, “Since I am a very trusting person, I believed it. And now I’m paying for it.”

Joe claimed that his one-time best friend “makes you believe you can trust him and then he’ll f— you over.”

In addition to allegedly spreading rumors about his sexuality, Joe took issue with TJ telling people that he hooked up with Luann de Lesseps in January 2024 when he said he told him the truth in confidence.

“That’s when it hit me. TJ’s the one telling people that I’m gay,” Joe said during Thursday’s episode. “Because he’s the mouth of the South.”

Us broke the news in January 2024 that Joe and Luann, 59, were spotted getting cozy at a New York City hotel after they met during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.

During the season 2 Southern Hospitality reunion the following month, TJ told host Andy Cohen he was “99 percent” sure that Joe and Luann hooked up. Joe denied the allegations.

TJ revealed during the season 3 premiere, which aired on January 2, that he hadn’t spoken to Joe for months since their drama at the reunion.

TJ, however, remained adamant that not only did Joe kiss Luann but also “cheated” on his then-girlfriend, Danielle Olivera, with the Real Housewives of New York City alum. (Danielle, 36, confirmed her and Joe’s split in February 2024.)

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Joe played somewhat coy about exactly what transpired with Luann during the season 3 premiere, but he did confirm to Us in December 2024 that he “kissed” her. He claimed that he wasn’t trying to hide anything but was still upset with TJ for breaking his trust.

Those trust issues have been front and center so far this season — especially since Maddi is still friends with TJ, which Joe confessed worries him. (Joe and Maddi exclusively told Us that they’ve been dating since April 2024, which is right around the time the cameras picked back up.)

“It was also kinda pissing me off that you were being so buddy-buddy with him,” Joe told Maddi during the new episode, referring to her conversation with TJ at a group party one week prior.

Maddi, however, maintained that her friendship with TJ shouldn’t affect her relationship with Joe.

“You can be friends with somebody and have boundaries,” she told her boyfriend. “You know you can’t trust [TJ] with your to the grave s—, you obviously know that, but there’s no reason he can’t be your friend.”

Joe claimed, “Me and TJ’s problems are way deeper.” Maddi pointed out that they aren’t “addressing the elephant in the room.”

Fans will continue to see Joe and TJ’s drama unfold with every new episode. In fact, Joe exclusively told Us ahead of the season that TJ’s “mindset” will “make a lot more sense once you watch it.”

He teased, “Some people thinks that he has feelings for me, [but] I think that’s in the past, but who knows? This season everyone will kind of find out TJ’s true colors and why he’s acting the way he is towards me.”

Southern Hospitality airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.

Zac Efron‘s brother Dylan Efron has already made a lasting impression on The Traitors — but what else is there to know about the season 3 contestant?

The Traitors, which premiered in January 2025, brought together reality TV stars from various franchises as they competed in a mafia-style game for up to $250,000. Despite appearing to be a natural on camera, Dylan previously admitted that he wasn’t sure he wanted to follow in his brother’s acting footsteps.

“I’ve been behind the camera. But being able to not stay behind the scenes has been a really nice change,” Dylan exclusively told Us Weekly in September 2023 about his plans to try something new. “So I think as long as I can kind of wear all those hats and still kind of craft the stories I want to tell [that would be great]. To be able to experience it firsthand, it’s really nice. It’s a good mix of both worlds.”

While Zac rose to stardom after landing a multitude of TV and movie roles, Dylan enjoyed playing a smaller role behind the scenes. His transition to taking part in a competition show came after Dylan previously admitted he wasn’t trying to pretend to be someone he wasn’t.

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“What Zac does, I could never do. I play myself in front of a camera while Zac’s playing characters. It is two different skill sets,” he added at the time. “He can play different characters and I can only play myself.”

Dylan’s commitment to staying true to himself should serve him well on The Traitors. Keep scrolling for everything to know about Dylan Efron amid his stint on the Peacock series:

What Does Dylan Actually Do?

When asked by Wells Adams during the Traitors season 3 premiere, Dylan said he is best known for his work on “social media.” But Dylan has left a lasting impression online courtesy of his sweet bond with brother Zac and his work in the entertainment industry.

Dylan got his start as a physical production coordinator on movies like Jersey Boys, American Sniper, Get Hard and The Accountant. From there, Dylan went on to become an assistant on Unforgettable, Ready Player One and A Star Is Born. His most recent work consisted of performing stunts on Disney+’s shows The Mandalorian and Ahsoka.

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How Does Dylan’s Family Fit Into the Equation?

To follow the Efrons on social media is to bless your timeline with adorable family photos featuring Dylan and Zac’s younger siblings. The brother’s parents were married for nearly two decades before calling it quits in 2016. Dylan and Zac’s father, David Efron, ultimately moved on with second wife Jenny and they welcomed kids Olivia and Henry.

“My motto [for building a strong bond with brother Henry and sister Olivia] has just been FaceTime. I try to see them as much as I can,” Dylan told Us. “But really, I just think back and my brother was such a good brother to me and I want to be that for them. So it’s really just — I like thinking what they think of me and I want to be that presence for them.”

Dylan expressed his gratitude to Zac for being a good example.

“Honestly, my little sister’s the sweetest. She doesn’t have favorites, so it’s more we’re playing with each other. But every time we see her — I can’t say enough about her. And then Henry too,” Dylan continued at the time. “He’s just getting to that age where he is [developing his] personality. So it is hard to even pick between the two of them really. I see myself so much in Henry and then [in] Olivia, I see Zac. She’s going to be an actress probably [because] she’s got such a big personality. Henry’s a little sports player.”

Does Dylan Have Reality TV Experience?

While Dylan has worked mainly on scripted projects, he was a producer on Netflix’s Down to Earth, which followed Zac as he traveled around the world and highlighted various life experiences, cultures, culinary ventures as well as green energy and sustainable living practices.

“I love doing stuff with my brother. There’s a really comforting thing being with family [and] doing this stuff. That’s always going to be high up there on what I love to do. But I think it’s good that we do things separately too,” Dylan exclusively told Us in September 2023. “Because I remember back in the day, we wanted to do a show together and I really wouldn’t have been prepared for that. He’s been in front of the camera his whole life and it’s been second nature for him. I was a shy little kid, so I’ve had to grow into that.”

Dylan said he would be thrilled to work with Zac on a project again in the future. “It’ll be the right time now,” he shared. “We’re still thinking [about what to do]. We’re in the thinking process. We really want to just take a step back and see what stories we want to tell, how we can do it and enjoy ourselves. We want to keep leveling it up.”

Dylan also worked on telling his own stories with a three-part 2023 YouTube series about surf culture in California.

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What Skills Is Dylan Bringing to the Table?

Over the years, Dylan has documented his interest in surfing, skateboarding, kayaking and running.

“Something I quickly retired from was speed flying, where you are running off a cliff with a parachute and then you go really fast. I wanted to do it and I quickly retired from it once I did one. It’s really scary,” he revealed to Us in 2023. “If I went back to that, I would go back to just normal skydiving and stay away from that.”

He continued: “Especially when I’m on the road a lot, I don’t try to lift heavy weights. I just want to use my muscles and stretch and try to just keep my body limber. I don’t want to kill myself trying to use heavy weights so I just make sure to keep everything used. When you get in trouble is if you get used to sitting all day and then you don’t use your body at all.”

What Does Zac Think About Dylan’s Chances on ‘The Traitors’?

Before his time in Scotland aired on Peacock, Zac showed support for Dylan’s newest endeavor. “I think Dylan’s going to win,” Zac told E! News in June 2024. “I hope he does, because he’s so good at games. He always has been, since we were kids. He’s like the game master. … If anyone can do this, it’s him. I’m rooting for him.”

Ronda Rousey has given birth to her second child with husband Travis Browne.

The professional wrestler, 37, announced the arrival of their daughter via an Instagram post shared on Thursday, January 9.

“Our little girl came into this world during a windstorm into a city on fire, so grateful she made it safe and sound,” Rousey captioned the post, revealing their daughter’s name is “Liko’ula Pā’ūomahinakaipiha Browne ”

A video of the couple’s eldest daughter La’akea Makalapuaokalanipō, 2, visiting her mom and newborn sister in hospital alongside her dad accompanied the caption.

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Also included in the carousel of images were several family snaps taken at Rousey’s hospital bed.

Rousey surprised fans in July when she announced her pregnancy during San Diego Comic Con.

The athlete shared the news during her panel for her first graphic novel, Expecting the Unexpected, telling the crowd that she and Browne were expecting their second child.

Rousey and Browne, 42, tied the knot in August 2017 in Browne’s home state of Hawaii. The pair grew their family in September 2021 with the birth of their daughter, La’akea Makalapuaokalanipō. Browne is also a dad to sons Keawe and Kaleo from a previous relationship.

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In October 2021, Rousey gave a glimpse into her experience of motherhood as she wrote about breastfeeding via an Instagram post.

“Our boys asked me the other day how I’m gunna feed Pō on the plane when we take her with us to Hawaii. And I was like ‘uhhh, same way I always do’ Then it occurred to me that they probably never seen anyone breastfeed before and weren’t sure if it was appropriate in public,” she wrote.

Rousey added that breastfeeding in public shouldn’t be seen as taboo as it’s a natural experience.

“Motherhood’s some badass, primal, beautiful s— that shouldn’t be hidden,” she added. “It still blows my mind that my body assembled this little person, pushed her out and now makes everything she needs to thrive It’s really nothing to be ashamed of, it’s something to brag about #normalizebreastfeeding #proudmama.”

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Several months prior to the breastfeeding post, Rousey was candid about her experience with pregnancy and praised Browne for his support.

“I wish I could say that pregnancy feels amazing, that I’ve never felt more powerful as a woman. But it feels more like my organs are being crushed by the miracle of life,” Rousey wrote via a July 2021 Instagram post. “I’ve never felt more exhausted, unmotivated or aware of gravity. Some days I have to lay on my side for hours just to comfortably breathe. There’s no break, it’s a grind, I’m just trying to get through one day at a time.”

Rousey continued, “Thank God for Mr. Browne. Not a day goes by without him telling me I’m beautiful, sexy, loved, and appreciated. He holds my belly to give me breaks from carrying, gives me bites of everything he’s eating, then drags me hissing into the sunlight when I wanna go full Gollum. He makes me proud to put on a swimsuit and show the world what I sometimes want to hide from myself.”

Many A-List actors and actresses have been candid about various movies where the salary didn’t match the role.

Hilary Swank starred in the 1999 film Boys Don’t Cry, receiving her first Academy Award for the performance . While Swank was applauded for her peers, she only received a salary of $3,000.

Meanwhile, when Jamie Lee Curtis was cast in the original Halloween film at age 19 in 1978, she received only $8,000. In addition to the money she received from acting, she also was tasked with staying on a $200 budget for her character’s wardrobe.

Keep scrolling to see what other stars have received shockingly low salaries in some big name movies:

Sean William Scott

While Sean William Scott had his breakout role in American Pie as Steve Stifler, his initial paycheck doesn’t match up to what the now cult classic is worth. Scott earned $8,000 for the entire movie, which ended up grossing $235 million at the box office.

“I think so, yeah, because I remember afterward I bought a used Thunderbird for like $5,000 or maybe $6,000, I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, baby,’” Scott said of what he did with his earnings during a March 2022 appearance on The Rich Eisen Show. “I don’t know what happened to the other $2,000 because I ended up having to work at the LA Zoo as a churro guy, so maybe it was even less than $8,000.”

Ryan Reynolds

Before making Deadpool a household name, Reynolds confessed that his paycheck was not all that it appeared to be while filming the first superhero flick.

“No part of me was thinking when Deadpool was finally greenlit that this would be a success,” the actor said in a July 2024 interview with The New York Times. “I even let go of getting paid to do the movie just to put it back on the screen. They wouldn’t allow my cowriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick on set, so I took the little salary I had left and paid them to be on set with me so we could form a de facto writers room.”

Christopher Lee

Lee starred in the 1973 film, The Wicker Man, and opted not to take a salary so the movie could get made.

“I got paid nothing. I keep repeating to people and they don’t believe it’s true,” he said in the 2001 documentary The Wicker Man Enigma, per The Independent. “If they paid me my normal fee – and everyone else their normal fees – they wouldn’t have been able to make the film.”

Hilary Swank

“So when I did Boys Don’t Cry, I was 24 years old. I made $3,000. In order to have health insurance, you have to make $5,000. So I didn’t even know that I didn’t have health insurance until I went and tried to get a prescription filled,” Swank recalled during an October 2016 appearance on Chelsea Handler’s Netflix self-titled talk show. “They said, ‘That’s $160.’ I went, ‘Um, did you try my insurance?’ They said, ‘Mmm-hmm.’ I had an Academy Award, no health insurance.”

Ethan Hawke

Hawke shared in an June 2013 interview with Entertainment Weekly that while working on The Purge he didn’t have a big salary and even “slept on the producers’ couch” throughout the filming. The actor confessed that he believed in the horror’s premise and wanted to be a part of it no matter the cost.

“I’ve never really prioritized making money that way. I decided months ago that I loved The Purge and I felt it was a cool movie,” he said. “I would love it [even] if it bombed. I’ve had so few movies ever make money in my 20-year career. I’ve learned not to care about it.”

Jeff Daniels

While Daniels starred in Dumb and Dumber alongside Jim Carrey, the Newsroom alum allegedly had a significantly smaller salary. Daniels made $50,000 while Carrey reportedly received $7 million. The writer-director duo Bobby and Peter Farrelly recalled to The Hollywood Reporter in November 2014 how the movie studio didn’t want to cast Daniels in the role due to his lack of a comedic background, despite the Farrelly brothers wanting him to get the role.

“The studio didn’t want him. They said, ‘Please, anyone but him. Get a comedic actor,’” Bobby said. “So they offered him, if I recall, 50 grand, which was, you know, Jim’s getting seven mil, they offered him 50 figuring he’ll say, ‘No, I’m not taking that,’ but he took it.”

Jamie Lee Curtis

“I made $8,000. I made $2,000 a week, which at the time was a fortune,” Curtis told People magazine in October 2018 of her original Halloween salary and added that the crew was small and young. “20 people, maybe 15. The oldest person was 30. Every other person was under 30. It was magic. A friend of somebody cooked the food each day and we all ate on the ground together.”

In addition to acting, Curtis also got a $200 budget for her character’s clothing which she used at JCPenney.

Nick Castle

Much like Curtis, Castle — who played the infamous Michael Meyer — did not have a big salary on Halloween but he found the on set experience to be much richer.

“I was paid $25 per day for Halloween. That was a lot at the time!” he recalled to Vanity Fair in October 2018. “You have to remember: my interest in doing the film was being on set, so I could demystify the experience of filmmaking and directing. I expected to hang around the set for no money. But hey, $25 per day, and all I had to do was wear a rubber mask.”

Taraji P. Henson

While working on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button alongside Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, Henson was initially offered $100,000 for her role despite asking for $500,000. After some negotiating, Henson received $150,000 for the role which earned her an Academy Award nomination.

“I want to make this very clear — I’m not saying that Brad or Cate shouldn’t have gotten what they got. They put asses in seats, so give them their money. They deserve it. I’m not saying they shouldn’t get what they’re getting,” Henson reflected in an April 2019 interview with Variety. “I was just asking for half a million — that’s all. That’s it. When I was doing Benjamin Button, I wasn’t worth a million yet. My audience was still getting to know me. We thought we were asking for what was fair for me, at the time.”

Rebel Wilson

Before Pitch Perfect, Wilson appeared in Bridesmaids. In her memoir, Rebel Rising, Wilson revealed she made $3500 for her scenes with costars Kristen Wiig and Matt Lucas. The amount was the minimum required for her to be able to join the SAG-AFTRA union, which was enough for Wilson.

Terrence Howard

Howard claimed that in addition to having a small salary for his leading role in the 2005 film Hustle & Flow he also didn’t get any royalties for his singing.

“I made $12,000 for doing Hustle & Flow,” the actor said in a November 2023 interview with WREG News Channel 3. “What Paramount did, instead of putting my name as Terrence Howard performing the songs, they put ‘performed by DJay.’ Well, they owned DJay, so guess what? The performance royalties went to Paramount,” he claimed.

Jennifer Lopez

Lopez revealed that she opted not to take a salary for her performance in Hustlers. However, she did produce the crime comedy.

“I didn’t get paid a whole bunch of money for Hustlers,” she said in a November 2019 interview with GQ. “I did it for free and produced it. Like Jenny From the Block — I do what I love.”

Adam Levine

The Maroon 5 frontman made his acting debut in the 2013 rom-com Begin Again and ultimately decided to do it for free.

“I did this movie for no money. I’m very lucky that I’m in that position,” Levine said in an interview with USA Today in June 2014. “I want to have good experiences. I don’t want to do a bunch of s— that I hate. I want to treat [acting] completely differently because I have the very fortunate luxury of not having to think of this in terms of money.”

George Clooney

Clooney got paid $1 each for writing, directing, and acting in Good Night, and Good Luck, earning a total of $3. The actor later shared that his desire to do the movie was inspired by his father’s work ethic as a journalist.

“It’s me saying [to my father], ‘Thanks for setting the bar that high, for believing so strongly in the responsibility of information,’ and taking it to the level where it cost him a lot of things over the years,” Clooney reflected to the LA Times in September 2005. “There were jobs he left because he wasn’t willing to compromise.”

Bravo fans received a surprise during season 3 of The Traitors when they spotted an oil painting of Andy Cohen hanging in the Scotland castle.

During the three-part premiere, which was released on Thursday, January 9, Chanel Ayan spotted the new addition to the wall, saying, “Is that Andy Cohen? Daddy! Oh my daddy.” The painting showed Cohen, 56, who is an executive producer on multiple Bravo shows, all smiles while decked out in regal attire.

The season got off to a memorable start when the contestants were offered the chance to bring Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano into the fold — but everyone passed. Despite Boston Rob, 49, being led off into the woods, he later returned with The Challenge‘s Wes Bergmann and Big Brother‘s Derrick Levasseur. The trio serves as a surprise, last-minute addition to season 3.

Peacock’s hit reality series brings together reality TV stars from various franchises as they compete in a mafia-style game for up to $250,000. In addition to Boston Rob, Wes and Derrick, the third season featured Wells Adams, Gabby Windey, Ciara Miller, Chrishell Stause, Jeremy Collins, Carolyn Wiger, Tony Vlachos, Bob the Drag Queen, Britney Haynes and Danielle Reyes.

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Bob Harper, Dylan Efron, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Sam Asghari and Nikki Bella made up the rest of the group.

Before season 3 premiered, Chrishell, 43, sparked rumors of an onscreen feud when she shared a series of promotional photos in November 2024 of all her fellow contestants — except Sandoval, 42. The Selling Sunset star didn’t address the omission at the time, but she previously showed support for Sandoval’s ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix.

Gabby, 41, and Nikki, 34, also chose sides when they reacted to see Sandoval filming the show with them.

“Oh my gosh, do you see who it is?” Nikki, 41, asked Gabby, 34, who replied, “Is that Sandoval? I am not saying hi to him.” Nikki laughed at Gabby’s reaction, adding, “I know, right?”

According to Cumming, 59, viewers should expect plenty of surprises throughout the season. “It’s very twisty and very kind of pulling the rug from under everybody all the time,” he told TV Insider in July 2024. “It’s also got some lovely moments in it as well, in a way that we haven’t had before. It’s very different from the other two seasons — in a really good way.”

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As for fashion? Prepare to be wowed as Cumming pulled out all the stops.

“It’s sort of part of the whole DNA of the show now,” Cumming told WWD of his show style earlier this month. “I feel like we’ve sort of subverted the form of reality TV a little bit. And so what I’m wearing is an element of each episode. We’ve kind of added another layer to the thing.”

He continued: “It was something so new and different to what I’d done before. It sort of reminded me of Clue or something. I love a board game, and I love the campiness and theatricality of those games. I could tell from the start they [the production company] wanted to kind of up the ante. It wasn’t just, ‘Hello, I’m Alan Cumming, and here I am with these people.’ They purposely wanted to match the tone of the show.”

New episodes of The Traitors are released Thursdays on Peacock at 9 p.m. ET with a three-episode premiere event.

Halle Berry, Sharon Stone and Michelle Pfeiffer are doing their part when it comes to lending a helping hand during the devastating California wildfires.

After thousands of houses burned and many more people were evacuated from their homes from areas all over Los Angeles this week, Stone, 66, shared a post via her Instagram on Wednesday, January 8, calling for clothing donations.

Sharing a clip that shows distribution center The Coop on Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, Stone urged her followers to follow her lead in donating “gently used” clothing for “people who have been displaced and affected by the fires.” She added that those who have been affected are welcome to “shop” at The Coop for clothing.

Berry, 58, heeded the call and reposted the clip via her own Instagram account, announcing she would also pitch in with donations.

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“I’m packing up my entire closet and heading over to the COOP! If you live in the Southern California area, I urge you to do the same,” the actress captioned the post. “This is something we can do right now today to help all of the displaced families that are in need of the basics today! Thank you @sharonstone for your leadership. Love you Lady ”

In response, Pfeiffer, 66, expressed her desire to donate, asking in the comments section, “Can I do tomorrow?”

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Meanwhile, Stone appeared on NewsNation on Wednesday evening and shared further information about The Coop.

“My sister and another publicist friend of ours opened a store, worked together with a store on Beverly Boulevard,” she said.  “It’s called The Coop, so, if you have gently used clothes, shoes, bedding, anything that these disenfranchised people may need, please come immediately to The Coop, starting tomorrow morning, and you can drop them off.”

She added, “If you need things, come to The Coop. This is for people who need any of these things, please come there. This is where you can get them, it’s a distribution center.”

Stone revealed she was also rolling up her sleeves to offer assistance in other ways, including opening her doors to displaced friends.

“I’ve been taking friends into my home. I have families coming now to move in with us. We’re setting up a place to be able to help people. We’re setting up beds and just room in the house,” Stone said. “We’re loading up trucks and taking everything we have over to The Coop, and we’re inviting our friends over to move in with us here. Lot of people are being evacuated.”

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An estimated 9,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in the fires, according to officials, reported The Guardian. Since Tuesday, the fires have ravaged parts of the exclusive Pacific Palisades area, Malibu, Santa Monica and the Hollywood Hills. Celebrities including Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton are among those who lost their homes due to the fires.

Hollywood has also canceled a slew of events over the past few days including premieres for The Last Show Girl, Wolf Man and Jennifer Lopez’s Unstoppable and The Critics Choice awards, among others.

Check the LAFD website for local wildfire alerts and click here for resources on how to help those affected.

Craig Conover and Austen Kroll hit a road bump in their friendship — and working relationship — in the latest episode of Southern Charm.

“He just, like, can’t handle any f—ing constructive criticism,” Austen, 37, said of Craig, 35, during the Thursday, January 9, episode, after the two butted heads one week prior.

Austen told mutual friend Shep Rose that after he accused Craig of never spending time with him outside of work — they launched their “Pillows & Beer” podcast in 2021 — and the gym, and Craig didn’t respond well.

“I’m going to lower the bar, I guess,” Austen confessed, noting he doesn’t want to be in a “s—y” place with his one-time best friend.

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Amid their feud, Craig and then-girlfriend Paige DeSorbo found themselves hosting a backyard party for their friends, but Austen didn’t make the guest list. (The group was initially supposed to attend a birthday party for Taylor Ann Green, but she canceled it at the last minute.)

“He’s not extending the invite to me because I told him something he didn’t want to hear,” Austen told the cameras, calling Craig “a petty little bitch.”

Craig was equally as upset over his tension with Austen telling Rodrigo Reyes that Austen said he wasn’t a “good friend” which rubbed him the wrong way.

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“I’m not going to chase you down and convince you to be my friend,” Craig said of Austen, confessing he’s “kinda growing out” of their ups and downs. (Austen, meanwhile, exclusively told Us Weekly in December 2024 that she wishes “Craig had more of a balance in his life,” calling him a “hermit.”)

Later in the episode, Craig expressed frustration to Madison LeCroy over Austen’s comments and revealed it’s spilling over to their podcast success.

“He came over here and basically knocked my hustle,” Craig claimed, adding, “I’m never going back to that guy that he misses.”

Paige — who confirmed her and Craig’s split in December 2024 — also slammed Austen for his alleged overreaction to Craig putting work and her before his friendship with Austen. “What grown man goes over to another grown man’s house crying that he misses them?” she quipped.

“I was dumbfounded. I was like, ‘We’re not dating.’ Like what are you talking about?” Craig said with a laugh.

Craig confessed that he thought the men were “good” and “on the same page” but once he learned that wasn’t the case, he pivoted. “I recorded the podcast by myself last night,” he told Madison, 34, explaining, “I like doing the podcast with him but not when he acts like this.”

Craig shed more light on his alleged negative working relationship with Austen while sitting down with Shep, 42, at the end of the episode.

“You and I, when we have disagreements and don’t understand each other we can take space because there’s nothing tying us together other than our friendship,” Craig told Shep, hinting that the podcast was becoming a big point of contention for him and Austen.

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Craig noted that for him, a “solution” to the Austen problem would be “to take a step back from the podcast.” He said, “Then how you live your life won’t annoy me. Instead of forcing yourselves.”

When Shep commented that it must be “exhausting” to juggle his friendship with Austen and work together so closely, Craig confessed that the “chemistry” was no longer there.

“With the podcast, he wouldn’t show up or he’d be hungover. Just miserable,” Craig alleged, claiming that Austen “bitched about our podcast tour” and he “had to do everything.”

Craig confessed, “It’s supposed to be the most fun time of the week, and I started to dread it.”

The Sewing Down South founder explained that he treats the podcast “as a job” and does it “responsibly,” while Austen allegedly “treats it as a party.”

Craig added, “Maybe I’m outgrowing the arraignment we had before.”

In a preview for next week’s Southern Charm episode, Craig confronts Austen about their podcast issues. “How much would I have to give you to sign papers saying, ‘Craig owns Pillows & Beer now?’” Craig asks.

“We’re doing this?” Austen replies. “Wow.”

At the time this week’s episode aired, Austen and Craig were still cohosting the podcast and recently opened their By The Way restaurant in Charleston together.

Southern Charm airs on Bravo Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET.

Survivor hasn’t done a Faithfuls vs. Traitors theme yet, but this season of The Traitors could be an adequate substitute.

Four players from the long-running CBS hit reality show are battling it out on season 3 of The Traitors, including three former winners and a recent fan favorite.

Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano, Tony Vlachos, Jeremy Collins and Carolyn Wiger are all part of the cast, which features stars from around the competitive reality and Bravo universes.

One former Survivor player, Cirie Fields, has already won the game. She took home the $250,000 prize pot in season 1, out-dueling other reality favorites like Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick (Survivor), Rachel Reilly (Big Brother) and Brandi Glanville (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills).

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Survivor winners Parvati Shallow and Sandra Diaz-Twine both came up short in season 2, as Chris “CT” Tamburello and Trishelle Cannatella (The Challenge) shared the title.

This crop of Survivor alums on season 3 have a lot to live up to, but they also have a track record that inspires confidence. Keep scrolling for everything you need to know:

Jeremy Collins

Jeremy made the most of his do-over on Survivor: Cambodia — Second Chance, returning to the game and winning just one year after his 10th-place finish in Survivor: San Juan del Sur. He was remembered that season for learning on the famed “loved ones” visit that his wife, Val, would be having a baby boy — a fact he did not reveal to his tribemates until the final Tribal Council.

He won the game unanimously and returned for season 40, Survivor: Winners at War, where he played with Boston Rob and eventual winner Tony. Jeremy placed eighth out of 20 contestants on the all-winners season, falling victim to a Tony blindside. At the final Tribal Council, he called out Tony for his betrayal and gave his vote to runner-up Natalie Anderson instead.

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Rob Mariano

Outside of host Jeff Probst, perhaps no one is more closely associated with Survivor than Boston Rob. As a player on five seasons and a mentor on another, Rob won Survivor on his fourth go-around, Survivor: Redemption Island in 2011, before any other Survivor alumni from this season of The Traitors even got on the show for the first time.

His only experience playing with Tony and Jeremy came in Winners at War, but it was short-lived as he was voted out on day 14. He voted for Tony to win the game at the final Tribal Council.

Tony Vlachos

One of only two players to ever win Survivor twice (Sandra is the other), Tony is widely regarded as one of the best players in Survivor history. On his first season, Survivor: Cagayan — Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty, he formed the now-legendary Cops-R-Us alliance with Sarah Lacina.

Known for his aggressive and sometimes reckless gameplay, Tony has been so successful on Survivor because of his strategic chops, ability to recover from his mistakes and his eavesdropping from his spy shack (or bunker, or nest).

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The Traitors doesn’t necessarily lend itself to a secret eavesdropping location, but his power of observation should help him figure out the threats to his game.

Tony has compared himself to Boston Rob in the past, which could either make him an ally or an enemy in the castle. We will also have to see if he and Jeremy have patched things up.

Carolyn Wiger

Carolyn is the only former Survivor player on The Traitors season 3 who has not competed with anybody else on the cast. She placed third on Survivor 44, quickly becoming a fan favorite thanks to her eccentric personality and moving story as an addict in recovery. As a player, she wore her emotions on her sleeve, which could either rub fellow competitors the wrong way in the castle or take her further as she may not be perceived as a threat.

On Survivor, Carolyn will also be remembered for her friendship with Carson Garrett, the season’s fourth-place finisher who is 15 years her junior. The two have remained close since then and now host a Survivor podcast together.

Jessica Alba is not only a successful actress but also a businesswoman thanks to her brand, The Honest Company — but her estranged husband, Cash Warren, has links to the brand as well.

Alba, 43, founded the personal care brand in 2011 which started off with a focus on baby products. The Honest Company launched the following year with 17 products that were initially sold on its website and in various Whole Foods and Costco locations. It later expanded into home care products.

In 2014, the brand was added to Target, Buy Buy Baby and Nordstrom shelves. As The Honest Company expanded, so did its profits. It was valued at $1 billion at the time.

Two years later, Forbes estimated Alba’s net worth was around $340 million due to the success of The Honest Company. However, Forbes retracted their report in 2021.

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“Even at the high end of the pricing range, Alba’s 6% stake (including options) would only be worth just under $100 million,” the publication stated at the time. “That is far less than the $340 million Forbes estimated she was worth when we estimated her stake to be 20% and put her on our 2016 list of America’s most successful self-made women.”

That same year, The Honest Company officially filed for an initial public offering on the stock market. The business was valued around $1.4 billion at the time. According to an SEC filing in 2021, Alba’s salary for the following year was set at $700,000.

After being behind the brand for more than a decade, Alba announced in April 2024 that she was stepping down as Chief Creative Officer. She remains on the Honest Company’s board of directors.

“Building Honest has been a true labor of love,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “From the first concept book I pitched to my friends in Mommy and Me class, to ringing the bell at Nasdaq with my family by my side – this journey has been the ride of a lifetime, one that only existed in my wildest dreams…”

At the time of her exit, The Honest Company was valued at $363 million. According to a December 2024 SEC filing, Alba and Warren, 45, both have voting and investment power as trustees over the shares held by the Warren Trust.

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Currently, the Honest Company is valued at around $609 million, significantly less than the $1.7 billion value it had at the time it went public.

News broke earlier this week that Alba and Warren called it quits after 16 years of marriage. TMZ reported on Wednesday, January 8, that the pair are preparing to file for divorce. Us Weekly reached out to reps for Alba and Warren for comment at the time.

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Britney Haynes and Danielle Reyes had a lot of history before stepping into The Traitors mansion.

Danielle cemented herself as a Big Brother legend after becoming the runner up on season 3 which aired in 2002. The real estate manager returned to the show four years later in its All-Stars season where she came in sixth place.

Britney, for her part, joined the CBS competition series for season 12 which premiered in 2010. While the real estate agent came in fourth place, she won the hearts of fans thanks to her witty commentary. She was voted America’s Favorite Player and was asked back for season 14 as a coach alongside season 7 winner Mike “Boogie” Malin and fellow Traitors alums Dan Gheesling and Janelle Pierzina. (Britney and Janelle also competed on The Amazing Race together as a team.)

While Danielle and Britney never played Big Brother’s traditional format together, they have been connected over the years as they formed a friendship as fellow alums. During the season 25 premiere in 2023, the women met for the first time when they made a cameo to break into the Big Brother house alongside Frankie Grande.

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That same year, Britney and Danielle were reunited as they faced off on Big Brother’s holiday-themed competition show Reindeer Games. While the women were working together at first, Britney played a role in Danielle’s dramatic elimination. Danielle and Britney’s friendship has since turned into a feud following the betrayal.

While it’s been two years since the drama went down, the wound reopened when the women both joined the cast of The Traitors season 3. In a sneak peek of the January 9 premiere, fans got a brief glimpse into Britney and Danielle having an intense face-to-face chat about their past drama.

Keep scrolling for a complete breakdown on Danielle and Britney’s Big Brother history:

Danielle’s ‘Big Brother’ Legacy

Throughout the history of Big Brother, Danielle has been dubbed the best player to never win the game. Danielle changed the course of the game following her devastating season 3 loss. She was best known for her strategic prowess and candid demeanor in the diary room. At the time, the jury returned home to watch the season unfold.

After seeing Danielle’s confessionals, a majority of the voted out players felt bitter over her remarks and ultimately voted against her. She received one vote from her loyal ally Jason Guy while Lisa Donahue took home the cash prize. Following season 3, Big Brother began sequestering their jury members.

Danielle returned for Big Brother’s first All-Stars season in 2006, and she was immediately targeted for being a strategic player. However, she aligned with Boogie, Dr. Will Kirby, James Rhine and Erika Landin. Danielle was evicted as the fourth member of the jury.

17 years later, Danielle came out of her Big Brother retirement to participate in Reindeer Games.

Britney’s ‘Big Brother’ Legacy

Like Danielle, Britney has appeared on two Big Brother seasons. Britney became a fan favorite during her first appearance in season 12. She was best known for her wisecracks and joking commentary. Her legacy has lived on with her iconic lines including, “I lost my dignity on a slippery wiener,” and “You’re a homosapien, Brendon. You’re not a wizard!”

Britney returned to Big Brother two seasons later as a coach where she played alongside Dan and Janelle. Britney became collateral damage following Dan’s legendary funeral move and voted out. She became the second member of the jury.

Britney then took an 11-year break from Big Brother before joining the Reindeer Games cast.

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Britney, Danielle and Frankie appeared in the season 25 premiere, which aired in 2023, to introduce the season’s twist. In the bit, the trio broke into the Big Brother house to use a time laser so they could change their fate from their respective seasons. But in true Big Brother fashion, the trio’s plan backfired and they accidentally created the BB Multiverse twist for the incoming houseguests.

What Went Down on ‘Reindeer Games’

After season 25 wrapped up, Britney and Danielle were reunited to compete in the holiday-themed competition series. As players from the older seasons, Britney and Danielle gravitated towards each other and wanted to form a women’s alliance. While the duo had the best of intentions for each other, an unfortunate instance in a competition fractured their dynamic.

In episode three, the remaining competitors were tasked with completing a puzzle during the Santa’s Showdown elimination challenge. It featured a knockout format as the first participant got five minutes and thirty seconds to finish the puzzle. If the puzzle was solved before time ran out, the player was safe. However, the next person would have significantly less time on the clock.

Nicole Franzel had won a challenge earlier in the day which gave her safety in the competition but she was tasked with picking who should go first. She ultimately chose Frankie who finished the puzzle quickly. Frankie subsequently chose Xavier Prather to go next. Despite struggling with the puzzle, Xavier completed the challenge with seconds to spare. The lawyer was convinced whoever went next would automatically go home.

Both Britney and Danielle begged their fellow competitors not to send them in as they knew they were not good at Big Brother challenges in the past. Xavier, who was secretly aligned with Danielle, decided to take a shot at Britney.

Britney went into the puzzle already thinking she would be sent home. However, she surprised herself — and the other players — when she was victorious with plenty of time to spare. After learning from Xavier that he was working with Danielle, Britney felt betrayed that she was not included in their deal. While Taylor Hale volunteered to go into the puzzle next, Britney decided to pick Danielle instead. Danielle went into the challenge and gave it her all. She lost by a few seconds, making her the third boot.

What Did Danielle Say After ‘Reindeer Games’?

After her exit, Danielle opened up about how hurt she was by Britney’s decision to send her in.

“She was my person. The person that I was wanting to go to the finals with was Britney,” Danielle said to Entertainment Weekly in December 2023. “And so when she put me in, it was very shocking. So I think that’s probably why I didn’t do so well in the comp, because I couldn’t get my head around that this friend of mine put me in this game knowing that I was not going to come back.”

Danielle explained that she had an “undying love” for Britney outside of the game and was hurt by the blindside.

“When I came out of the house, I just didn’t understand why she did what she did. And it was like I kept playing it in my head. I was like, ‘What happened?’ So yeah, that’s how I dealt with it,” she reflected. “I understand she did it for game purposes, and she said she had thoughts or feelings about me in the house, but again, my feelings were based on my relationship outside the game. So that’s where I stand with her decision making. Like I said, I was hurt. I was taken aback by it.”

What Did Britney Say After ‘Reindeer Games’?

Britney ended up coming in 5th place in the Reindeer Games. Following her elimination, she explained her thought process about why she decided to target Danielle.

“It was not always going to be Danielle. However, Danielle was on my radar as far as I did not trust that she was really working with me and the girls alliance as much as I thought she was working with that four-person alliance,” Britney said in a December 2023 interview with Entertainment Weekly. “I felt that they were much tighter, that they were a much more secure alliance. And as you can see, watching it back, it’s even more evident to me now than it even felt in the moment.”

Britney confessed that she thought Danielle was doing a “really good job socially” and didn’t think anyone else would choose to target her.

“We were both trying to do the same thing socially. And I saw if someone at some point could save me or Danielle, they’re going to save Danielle every single time,” she said. “And so as much as I wanted to work with her — and if I could have had the opportunity to shake a snow globe, Danielle would’ve been in my final four — seeing how well she was doing socially and seeing how we were playing a similar type game, I knew she would always be a preference for safety over me. Because I had started winning competitions and she had done the work socially.”

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Adrienne Maloof was one of the first Housewives to be a no-show at a reunion taping, but she hasn’t been the last.

Adrienne opted not to film the sit-down special with her costars in 2013 after Brandi Glanville revealed during season 3 that she used a surrogate to carry her three sons. During the season, Bravo bleeped the word “surrogate” and more details of the situation as Adrienne threatened legal action.

After her former costar Lisa Vanderpump pulled the same move during season 9 of RHOBH, Adrienne admitted that she regretted not filming the season 3 reunion.

“There was so much going on at the time,” she said on Bravo’s “Daily Dish” podcast in 2020. “When I think back, I think it would’ve been better to just plow through it, get it over with. And I know Lisa may think differently. It’s a little condescending and holier-than-thou. When I look at what I was going through and what she was going through, there’s no comparison. I’m going through a divorce, the whole Brandi and Lisa situation, bringing the things out about my family. I felt like it was almost too much to handle at the time. But in reality, I should’ve plowed through it. I don’t think Lisa would ever say that.”

Lisa, for her part, skipped the 2019 reunion amid season 9’s Puppygate after she was accused of leaking stories to the press about Dorit Kemsley’s dog. The Vanderpump Rules star also stopped filming midseason and quit the series altogether, telling Us Weekly at the time: “I made the decision to leave. It was a very difficult year for me, personally and professionally. The Housewives, it’s just, it’s emotionally too difficult to deal with.”

Sources told Us at the time that Lisa “forfeited a big part of her paycheck” with the decision.

“Lisa only gets half of her pay for the season if she doesn’t go to the reunion, but she still chose not to go,” a source told Us at the time. “The women get half of their pay before shooting starts and the other half after the reunion. So Lisa lost money.”

A second insider then added, “Housewives don’t get fully paid for the season until it’s over and the reunion has been filmed.”

The SUR owner subsequently confirmed via Twitter that she lost “a lot” of money, adding, “But it wasn’t worth it to me [to go].”

Beverly Hills isn’t the only city with a history of women bailing before the reunion. Scroll through for more no-shows:

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Pamela Anderson wishes she was on better terms with ex-husband Tommy Lee.

The actress and model appeared on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live on Thursday, January 9, where she opened up about her relationship with Lee, to whom she was married from 1995 to 1998.

“I mean, we used to talk a lot more,” said Anderson, 57. “Not recently, unfortunately, but you know, I wish we did have a better rapport right now.”

Anderson and Lee share two sons, Brandon Thomas, 28, and Dylan Jagger, 27. She added that with Dylan now engaged, she hopes the two will be on better terms going forward.

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“My youngest son is engaged and we’re gonna have grandkids together,” she said. “It’ll be OK, eventually. It’s just kind of a moment right now.”

Anderson and Lee, 62, began dating in December 1995 and married just four days later in Cancún, Mexico. When they returned to the United States, Anderson moved in with Lee, whose home was being renovated at the time. An electrician who had been fired then stole a sex tape of the two, leading to a $10 million lawsuit to try and stop its dissemination. Lee admitted that the now-infamous ordeal put a strain on their relationship.

“Not being able to do anything … about [the tape] was adding so much frustration and stress to our relationship,” he said in a 2014 episode of 20/20. “It was just consuming us.”

In 1998, Lee was arrested for felony spousal battery and was sentenced to six months in jail as Anderson filed for divorce. She called her divorce the “hardest, lowest, most difficult point of my life,” in her 2023 memoir, Love, Pamela.

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Anderson and Lee briefly reunited after Lee’s release, but the relationship did not last.

In the time since, Anderson has been married four additional times. She and Kid Rock tied the knot in 2006 before getting divorced just a year later. She was then married to professional poker player Rick Salomon twice, from 2007 to 2008 when they had their marriage annulled, then from 2014 to 2015. Anderson married her bodyguard Dan Hayhurst in 2020 and they divorced in 2022.

As for Lee, the Mötley Crüe drummer married actress Brittany Furlan in 2019.

Anderson further explained her feelings toward Lee in her memoir, writing about the importance of having him as a coparent.

“Tommy is the father of my kids and I’m forever grateful,” she wrote. “My relationship with Tommy may have been the only time I was ever in love.”

The Real Housewives of Potomac’s Karen Huger will be missing from the season 9 reunion taping to focus on her health.

“Karen made the important decision to enter a private recovery program, so was unable to attend the reunion taping today,” Huger’s manager, Ryan Tresdale, said in a statement to Bravo’s The Daily Dish on Thursday, January 9. “She was fully supported in this choice. We stand behind Karen as she embarks on this meaningful journey and are proud of her for taking such a significant step forward in her personal growth.”

Earlier in the day, Bravo shared a sneak peek of the upcoming reunion and Huger, 61, was noticeably absent from the cast.

“Dropping the #RHOP Season 9 Reunion seating chart here,” Bravo wrote via Instagram. “More info to come soon…”

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Mia Thornton, Wendy Osefo and newcomer Stacey Rusch were seated on one side of host Andy Cohen. On the other side were Gizelle Bryant, Ashley Darby and newbie Keiarna Stewart.

“Where is Karen??” The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams wrote in the comments section as fans speculated where the original Real Housewives of Potomac star could be.

In a separate Instagram Story, Bravo posted a photo of Cohen’s hand touching Bryant’s freshly manicured nails. “Holding space for the #RHOP reunion,” the network wrote. “Filming now.”

In December 2024, Huger, 61, was convicted of DUI, negligent driving, failure to control speed to avoid a collision and failure to notify authorities of an address change, according to a report from Fox5 DC. The report also stated she was acquitted of one charge of reckless driving.

After the guilty verdict, the police body cam footage from Huger’s arrest was also released.

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“Although we are disappointed in the jury’s verdict, we of course respect their decision and appreciate their time hearing our case,” Huger’s attorney, A. Scott Bolden, told People in a statement at the time. “We continue to reserve Mrs. Huger’s right to an appeal and intend to fully pursue justice on her behalf. We appreciate your support and prayers for Mrs. Huger and her family at this time.”

The reality star — whose nickname is the Grand Dame — is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday, January 29, and faces up to two years behind bars.

Throughout season 9 of The Real Housewives of Potomac, Huger said she has been limited about what she can say about her case that stemmed from a Maryland car accident in March 2024.

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That didn’t stop her costars and Cohen, 56, from discussing the legal drama.

“I think it’s all sad,” he told People in December 2024. “I haven’t really processed it yet, but I think it’s very sad.”

The Real Housewives of Potomac airs on Bravo Sundays at 8 p.m. ET. Steam old episodes anytime on Peacock.

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ICYMI: Leopard print is in again. Although, did it ever really go out of style? The sultry animal print has been a staple on runways for years. Plus, it speaks to the mob wife aesthetic that’s sweeping the fashion world.

One of my favorite things about leopard print is it can make a major statement by choosing pieces like a leopard coat, or it can be worn as a subtle yet saucy accent when opting for leopard shoes or handbags. If you’re not fond of the idea of donning a fluffy leopard print coat, you can lean into the trend with a leopard bag like this pick from Kurt Geiger London. Oh, and it just so happens to be over $100 off at Nordstrom!

Kurt Geiger has quickly become one of my personal favorite purse brands because of their attention to detail and quality. This purse is made from genuine calf hair and leather — a material the feels extra luxe and soft to the touch. I love how this leopard shoulder bag elevates a simple outfit with little to no effort. Plus, it’s small size makes it feel less intimidating to experiment with a new pattern.

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Along with its luxe materials, the actual construction of the bag is top tier. The shoulder strap is made with an adjustable buckle, so you can achieve a comfortable fit when wearing over a heavy coat. (Nothing is more annoying than when your purse slips off or feels too tight when wearing a winter jacket.) And if you’re not feeling the shoulder silhouette, the purse comes with a detachable crossbody chain for even more styling options.

When it comes to the little details, the magnetic flap is adorned with Kurt Geiger’s signature crystal-encrusted eagle head for an elevated touch that’s giving major mob wife vibes. If you really want to lean into the mob wife trend, I suggest wearing this with a form-fitting black dress, pumps, a faux fur coat and a gorgeous swipe of red lipstick. You’ll look like you just stepped out of an old mobster movie in the best way possible.

Now’s the best time to shop this purse because there’s no telling how much longer it will be on sale. In fact, Kurt Geiger bags are rarely discounted, so this is a deal I wouldn’t pass up on.

The timelessness of leather paired with the quality bag makes this an accessory you can pass down for generations. Just imagine your grandchild saying they got this cool leopard bag from their grandma. It’ll create instant memories!

Get the Kurt Geiger London Bond Genuine Calf Hair Shoulder Bag for $171 (originally $285) at Nordstrom!

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Barstool Sports is (almost) always making headlines for something — and they are arguably well-paid to do just that.

Grace O’Malley announced her departure from the company in December 2024 after a friendship breakup from longtime bestie Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia (more about that, here) and has since spilled the tea on what she made working for the brand.

“I didn’t make anything when I was there. I had a salary and that was kind of it,” O’Malley alleged during a January 2025 appearance on the “This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von” podcast. “I had the option to leave, and I took it.”

O’Malley further claimed that former “PlanBri Uncut” podcast cohost LaPaglia was paid “a lot of bit more” than she was.

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“I never made any money off [the podcast tour]. Barstool took it,” she alleged. “I also didn’t care. I was happy to be there. I was stoked to just have the job.”

She’s not the only Barstool personality who has detailed their salaries over the years:

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After O’Malley’s podcast claims, her former boss (and Barstool founder) Dave Portnoy shared the numbers. He said in a January 2025 TikTok video that O’Malley’s base salary was $175,000 a year and she earned 70 percent of “anything” that was sold on their personal social media accounts.

“She got another $75,000 in 2024 that way,” Portnoy continued. “[Her interview] could have been cut up, misconstrued a little bit, but it does bother me when people make it seem like they’re not getting paid fairly. I think we treated — as I’ve said from the beginning — Grace great.”

Portnoy addressed the pay gap with LaPaglia as well. “Bri was a much bigger personality,” he continued.

Portnoy explained that once Barstool makes back the personality’s base salary, they “split every dollar fifty-fifty” going forward. “I just don’t like it when people make it seem like we scam our creators, because we f—ing don’t,” he added.

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Kevin Clancy (known to Stoolies as KFC) was named Barstool Sports’ GM of Comedy in July 2023. He announced the news on his “KFC Radio” podcast at the time and shared that the career move came with a pay bump — but he didn’t share specifics.

Clancy explained that he left his corporate job for a full-time position at Barstool after knowing that he would get paid “enough to live,” which was $50,000 at the time.

“I think I started at like 50 and then, whenever I got to like 100 grand, I think I was like, ‘Wow I’m making six figures to do this,’” he said. Elsewhere in the episode, Clancy said that his promotion did not warrant a contract negotiation.

“I’m also the only a—–e in the world who started a job with more responsibility without getting a new contract for it,” he quipped.

Clancy likely makes a lot more now as one of the longest-running personalities at the company.

‘Chicks in the Office’ Talk Contract Negotiations

When Ria Ciuffo and Fran Mariano, who host the “Chicks in the Office” podcast, appeared on the “Trading Secrets” podcast in 2021, they offered an Inside Barstool take on the company’s contract negotiations.

Mariano said their second Barstool contract (in September 2018) was a huge moment for the podcast hosts.

“It only took one year for us to get a new contract that was double the amount we started at,” she shared. “When we heard the number the second time, we were like, ‘Oh this is working.’”

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Ciuffo said their contracts were always “performance-based” by looking at the success of the “Chicks in the Office” brand as a whole. She also noted that all the deals that their brand gets goes through the Barstool sales department.

“I feel like we are compensated through our salary,” Ciuffo said. “I feel stable in the way I am getting paid.”

The ‘Call Her Daddy’ of It All

The year was 2020 and “Call Her Daddy” was hosted by two people — our now-single father Alex Cooper and former cohost Sofia Franklyn. Regular listeners of the podcast wondered if there was drama with the show when the women appeared to be speaking in code. Then, the truth came out.

To spare you from every detail all these years later, one of the issues was Cooper and Franklyn having contract disputes with Barstool before their friendship unraveled.

Cooper told listeners during a May 2020 podcast episode that she and Franklyn signed a “three-year deal” making $75,000 their first year, $85,000 the second year and $100,000 the third. They got a raise during the first year together, then Cooper got an additional pay bump for handling the producing side of the podcast as well. (She did not share this with Franklyn.)

Following the success of the podcast, the women started asking for more money. However, Franklyn’s then-boyfriend (who eventually started shopping the podcast around to other networks) allegedly convinced the podcast hosts that they should be asking for $1 million. Portnoy heard about the show being shopped around — which led to the infamous “rooftop meeting” between the Barstool Sports founder, Cooper and Franklyn.

The deal they were offered was $500,000 and ownership of the show. Cooper was on board and Franklyn was not — which is how they split. Cooper stayed at Barstool until June 2021 and went on to sign massive deals with Spotify and SiriusXM.