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Robbie Williams is grateful Taylor Swifthas revived a trend that was popular in the ’80s and ’90s — because it’s become a symbol of connecting with his own fan base.
In an exclusive interview with Us Weekly to promote his new film, Better Man, Williams, 50, dished on his favorite gifts that he’s received from fans. “Well, Taylor Swift has started this thing with these bead wristband things,” the British pop star told Us, referring to friendship bracelets. “I quite like that people are bringing in these bracelets.”
In “You’re on Your Own, Kid” from Swift’s 2022 album, Midnights, the Grammy winner, 35, sings, “So make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it,” and during the Eras Tour, Swifties everywhere — including Selena Gomez, Jennifer Garner, Kyle Richards, Flavor Flav, Paula Abdul, Ashley Greene and Mindy Kaling — took that lyric literally by creating their own friendship bracelets to share during the concerts.
After spending his formative years in Take That and enjoying a massively successful solo career, Williams is thankful to be able to show his appreciation for the fans who have been along with him every step of the way.
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“It’s very sweet, and a representation of something that I’m very grateful to, which is people buying a ticket to come and see me,” the “Angels” singer continued. “It’s a representation of them and me, and it’s an unusual relationship that we have. It’s nontraditional.”
Noting that the only time he takes the accessories off are when he attends awards ceremonies, he added of rocking the jewelry on a daily basis, “It’s a way of me accepting their gratitude — and me having gratitude to them by existing on my body.”
Williams’ fans are also coming out in droves to watch Better Man, a musical fantasy film exploring the ups and downs of his decades-spanning career. Though musical biopics are nothing new, what sets Better Man apart is that Williams is depicted by a CGI monkey — a risk inspired by Michael Gracey’s conversations with the singer, who would refer to himself as the animal while talking about his career.
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Better Man is the one movie Williams could watch for the rest of his life — “I’m not just saying that for promo,” he told Us — and his favorite moment is the same one that fans can’t stop talking about: “The Rock DJ choreography scene on Regent Street,” he said of the now-viral moment featuring his character dancing in London.
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Lord Ivar Mountbatten lived up to his name by finding a way to bring up Meghan Markle and Prince Harry during his first scene on season 3 of The Traitors.
During the premiere, which was released on Thursday, January 9, Ivar, 61, was asked what made him a public figure. “I was born with a very nice last name. Mountbatten,” he noted. “It is one of the royal family’s surnames.”
Ivar noted the connection to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, adding, “Harry and Meghan’s children are called Mountbatten-Windsor. [King Charles III] is my second cousin.”
The British aristocrat recalled making headlines that put him into the spotlight.
“I was married for 17 years to a woman and I had three kids,” he said about his ex-wife, Penny Mountbatten. “Then we parted company and I married a bloke [James Coyle]. Because I have a famous last name, it was all over the newspapers.”
Despite not being a working member of the royal family, Ivar was considered as such by his fellow contestants. Chrishell Stause said the royals need “a little queerness” in response to Ivar’s revelation about his personal life while Bob the Drag Queen called Ivar “the first gay royal.”
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Ivar wasn’t always on friendly terms with the rest of the cast though. By the end of the second episode, the first group elimination almost led to Ivar being voted off. The tense conversation caused Bob the Drag Queen to explain his reason for choosing Ivar as a possible Traitor.
“If there is anyone who can keep a secret, it is a royal,” he quipped to Ivar.
Ivar’s connection to the royals is through his dad, David Mountbatten, who is the 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven. Ivar is the grandson of Prince George of Battenberg and the great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria. His father was the cousin of Prince Philip who married Queen Elizabeth II in 1947, making Ivar the first cousin once removed of Philip, a third cousin once removed of Elizabeth and Charles’ second cousin.
“In later years, I would sit with him and ask endless questions about my father. It was wonderful to have someone who could tell me everything about him,” Ivar, whose dad died in 1970, said to The Telegraph in April 2021. “Prince Philip was a wonderful listener; you could tell him anything as long as you were being honest and forthright. He was happy to listen to your thoughts. But if he had some advice he thought you ought to hear, he’d give it to you.”
New episodes of The Traitors are released on Peacock Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
Christina Haack is not ruling out walking down the aisle for a fourth time.
“I’ll always love love,” Haack, 41, exclusively told Us Weekly in the latest cover story. “I probably will [get married again] eventually. But, not anytime soon.”
According to the HGTV star, she would need to “be engaged for a minimum of, like, five years” first.
Two years later, Haack moved on with Ant Anstead and they wed in 2018 after several months together. She and Anstead, 45, ultimately split in 2020 one year after welcoming son Hudson, 5. After their breakup, Haack started datingJoshua Hall in 2021 and got engaged within months. They tied the knot in April 2022 before calling it quits two years later in July 2024.
In her Us cover story with Tarek, 43, and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, Haack detailed how she has coped amid the divorce from Hall.
“I’ve been very busy, which is probably a blessing,” she told Us. “It’s really been a big growth period.”
Haack is busy with raising — and coparenting — her three children, running her design business and starring in multiple HGTV series including The Flip Off. With all that on her plate, dating is not yet on her mind.
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“I’m terrified of men,” Haack quipped, adding she’s not ready to dive back into the dating pool. “I’m taking a break and spending time with my girlfriends and my kids.”
Tarek and Heather, 37, have also seen Haack’s continued growth since she ended her marriage.
“[The dynamic is] better,” Heather, who married Tarek in 2021, told Us. “Not to be mean, but he definitely didn’t have the best personality. So, it’s like a breath of fresh air — and [Christina is] in a really good place.”
Tarek and Heather, who share 23-month-old son Tristan, reunited with Haack on screen for The Flip Off, where they competed in dueling renovation projects. Hall, 41, was slated to be on Haack’s team before he was cut from participation amid their divorce.
“This isn’t Josh’s show. No one’s going to miss that he’s not in it,” Haack said. “Josh is not a TV host, he’s not a house flipper, he’s not a designer. He was just my husband in it. With Tarek, we built everything together, and I still have respect for him. I have no respect for Josh.”
The Flip Off premieres on HGTV Wednesday, January 29, at 8 p.m. ET.
For more on The Flip Off, watch the exclusive video above and pick up the latest issue of Us Weekly — on newsstands now.
“I’ve struggled for days on how to summarize my friendship with Jeff Baena into just a few paragraphs. I could write more. I should,” Perry, 40, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, January 8. “But Jeff wouldn’t write that much: he’d want a concise outline with the basic idea, and then to riff and expand upon it in the moment later.”
He added, “But there is no later, and that is impossible to believe. There will be no ‘Next time I stay at Jeff and Aubrey’s house,’ which I did countless times. If you’ve seen me in L.A. in the last 10 years, it is probably because Jeff gave me a place to stay. He fed me. He made amazing smoothies. Ordered delivery from places he knew I liked but wouldn’t have time to go to.”
Us Weekly confirmed on January 4 that Baena died by suicide one day prior at age 47. He is survived by wife Aubrey Plaza, his parents and his siblings.
“There will be no next time for an inexplicable and huge Magpies delivery waiting for me,” Perry continued his lengthy tribute. “There will be no rematch in Scrabble — he will remain undefeated against me, and I am great at Scrabble. He knew words other people didn’t. He possessed facts that were so esoteric, they couldn’t be fact-checked. He had opinions that were so baffling as to be definite.”
Perry wrote that Baena “believed in me more than most people” when it came to his own directorial career.
“It’s hard to think about the totality of support and enthusiasm you receive from a friend over a decade,” Perry added. “From putting me in Joshy to making sure I had an episode of his experimental, pandemic show Cinema Toast (the reason I am in the DGA), he always wanted me to be working, and for us to be working together. I loved all of the ideas he has been telling me about upcoming movies and stories he wanted to make and share. They were weird. They were unusual. And they were typical Jeff.”
Perry is among the many stars — including Plaza, 40 — who have publicly addressed Baena’s death.
“This is an unimaginable tragedy,” Plaza’s rep said in a statement on behalf of the actress and her family in a statement to Us on Monday, January 6. “We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support. Please respect our privacy during this time.”
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The Today show crew is preparing to say their final goodbye as Hoda Kotb hosts her last show on Friday, January 10.
After seven years in the co-anchor seat next to Savannah Guthrie, Kotb is officially retiring.
But before she signs off for the last time and leaves her anchor chair behind, the people in the Today show control room pulled one last prank on Kotb.
After coming back from break following the first half hour of the show, Guthrie began the script.
“We’re back at 7:30 it’s Friday morning,” Guthrie said. “And it’s a day of mixed emotions as we get ready to say goodbye to an icon here at 30 Rock.”
“Let’s face it, all around the world we’ll be counting down to it,” Guthrie continued as she began to giggle and the cameras panned their way over to the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree that is still lit up and standing behind the Today studio in New York City.
“Yes, our beloved Christmas tree is coming down tomorrow.”
The prank turned what would have been tears into belly laughs as Kotb, Guthrie and Kotb’s successor Craig Melvin realized Guthrie wasn’t talking about Kotb but the iconic Christmas tree so many people travel to see each holiday season.
She said she saw her career so clearly and knew it was time to shift her focus to her beloved mom and her two young daughters.
Prior to her final broadcast, Kotb took to Instagram to share a quick message, writing, “How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
“To everyone who has loved and supported us, we have some personal news to share. After 21 years together and 17 years of marriage, we have decided to begin a new journey and enter this next chapter as friends and coparents,” Routh, 45, and Ford, 46, wrote in a Thursday, January 9, Instagram statement.
They added, “We are now and forever rooting for each other as we move through this wild adventure called life. Our son is, and will always be, our highest priority and we appreciate your understanding of this transition.”
Routh and Ford got married in 2007 before welcoming 12-year-old son Leo. Us Weekly confirmed earlier this week that the former Dexter actress filed for divorce after two decades together. In her petition, Ford requested joint legal and physical custody of Leo as well as spousal support from Routh.
Routh and Ford initially felt “ridiculous” publicly sharing their divorce news amid the ongoing wildfires devastating Los Angeles.
“We were focused on grabbing our go-bags and evacuating yesterday. It feels ridiculous to post this statement with fires still raging,” the estranged couple captioned their Instagram post. “We are safe, but in shock and grief for our friends who have lost their homes and businesses.”
They concluded, “Our hearts break for our community devastated by the ongoing fires. We love you Los Angeles.”
Since Tuesday, January 7, L.A. has been ravaged by a string of wildfires in the Pacific Palisades that impacted many celebrity residences. Other stars have also sought shelter outside the city limits in accordance with evacuation protocols.
Neither Ford nor Routh have further shared an update on their family during the fires.
The Superman Returns star and Ford met at Hollywood’s Lucky Strike bowling alley when he worked as a bartender. After three years of dating, Routh proposed in 2006. They wed the next year.
Both Ford and Routh routinely shared updates on their life with Leo via social media.
“The man, the myth, the Legend,” Ford gushed in June 2021, sharing a pic of Routh and Leo. “#HappyFathersDay from Spider-Man and me. Thank you for our family @brandonjrouth .”
Two years later, Routh returned to the favor on Mother’s Day.
“She’s a ride-or-die friend and a mom who’s all in,” he wrote via Instagram in May 2023. “I’m so grateful that Leo has @courtneyfordhere, who jumps feet first into living, giving him permission and unconditional love to be fully himself.”
The winter TV schedule is overflowing with highly anticipated premieres and returns including The Pitt, Severance, The White Lotus and more.
HBO’s The Pitt, which premieres in January, marks Noah Wyle‘s return to medical dramas 15 years after his role as John Carter on ER. The series is described as “a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today’s America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh.”
The first season offers a unique glimpse into working as a medical professional with 15 episodes showcasing 15 hours of one shift. In addition to Wyle, The Pitt stars Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Marron Ball, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Shabana Azeez and Katherine LaNasa.
Hulu is also expanding its media library with Paradise. The upcoming drama reunites This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman with Sterling K. Brown on a show shrouded with mystery. Paradise features a star-studded cast including Julianne Nicholson, James Marsden and Sarah Shahi.
Scroll on for more new and returning shows this winter:
Selling the City introduced Us to the latest reality show from Selling Sunset creator Adam DiVello. The series follows Eleonora Srugo's real estate group at Douglas Elliman, which consists of Taylor Middleton, Jade Chan, Abigail Godfrey, Jordyn Taylor Braff, Gisselle Meneses Nunez and Justin Tuinstra. Former Million Dollar Listing New York's Steve Gold, who currently works for The Corcoran Group, also makes various appearances throughout the season. (January 3)
The Fox medical drama is based on Italian TV series Nelle tue mani about a doctor who loses her memory in a car accident and wakes up to find her entire life has changed. Molly Parker leads the cast of Doc alongside Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon Ecker, Anya Banerjee, Scott Wolf and Patrick Walker. (January 7)
Tim Allen returns to sitcoms after success with Home Improvement and Last Man Standing. This time around, Allen plays a widowed father named Matt while fellow comedy star Kat Dennings is his estranged daughter, Riley. (January 8)
The hit reality series brings together stars from different franchises as they compete in a mafia-style game for up to $250,000. Season 3 of The Traitors features Robyn Dixon, Dolores Catania, Dorinda Medley, Chanel Ayan, Wells Adams, Gabby Windey and Ciara Miller. The competition series also stars Chrishell Stause, Rob Mariano (Boston Rob), Jeremy Collins, Carolyn Wiger, Tony Vlachos, Bob the Drag Queen, Britney Haynes and Danielle Reyes. Bob Harper, Dylan Efron, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Sam Asghari and Nikki Bella make up the rest of the cast. (January 9)
HBO's The Pitt follows the daily lives of healthcare professionals in a Pittsburgh hospital as they juggle personal crises, workplace politics and the emotional toll of treating critically ill patients. (January 9)
In Wolf Entertainment’s first scripted streaming series, On Call is a gritty drama that utilizes bodycam, dash-camera and cellphone footage to follow cops in the field with Troian Bellisario, Brandon Larracuente, Lori Loughlin and Eriq La Salle in leading roles. (January 9)
R.L. Stine's literary work continues to grow with season 2 of the anthology series introducing a new cast and story centered around twins Cece (Jayden Bartels) and Devin (Sam McCarthy) who are sent to spend a summer in Brooklyn with their divorced dad (David Schwimmer). They quickly realize that dark secrets are among them, with Schwimmer’s character specifically taking inspiration from the book Stay Out of the Basement about a dad who does plant-testing until things take a turn. (January 10)
Kitty's (Anna Cathcart) adventures in South Korea continue as she navigates her feelings for Min-Ho (Sang Heon Lee) and Yuri (Gia Kim) on season 2 of the hit Netflix series. (January 16)
Fans have been waiting since 2022; at last, the sinister Lumon Industries is back in business! After employees agreed the company could literally separate their work and home selves, some memories were revealed to the "innies" played by Adam Scott etc — and there will be consequences for the higher-ups. Watch for Gwendoline Christie and Alia Shawkat. (January 17)
The first 9-1-1 spinoff is wrapping up its fifth and final season after remaining but the franchise will expand elsewhere with cocreators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear hinting at another location setting the scene for a new spinoff. (January 20)
On The Night Agent, the FBI’s Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) has ditched phone duty and works for Night Action (alongside Brittany Snow’s Alice). But wait, could there be a mole? (January 23)
Pencil this in after Elsbeth and Matlock as the latest in CBS’ run of intriguing, slightly quirky crime dramas. Morris Chestnut plays the title character, who, after the death of Sherlock Holmes at the hand of the detective’s iconic foe, Moriarty, is in Pittsburgh puzzling out medical mysteries à la Hugh Laurie’s House. We’re just gonna ask: Is Holmes really dead? (January 26)
According to the official synopsis, Paradise is set in a "serene community inhabited by some of the world's most prominent individuals." But their tranquility explodes "when a shocking murder occurs and a high-stakes investigation unfolds." (January 28)
The stakes have never been higher as Matty (Kathy Bates) runs the risk of getting exposed amid her secret investigation into Jacobson Moore. Elsewhere, Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) and Julian (Jason Ritter) try to figure out the next chapter in their relationship. (January 30)
Netflix has hit it big with spy guys in the past year, so new cases can’t come urgently enough! On The Recruit, CIA lawyer Owen Hendricks (Noah Centineo) was more sloppy than James Bond– savvy in protecting a former asset, so he has to prove himself on a South Korean mission with a badass intelligence agent (Teo Yoo). (January 30)
Melissa Roxburgh is back on our TV screens after Manifest with a crime procedural that follows a team of investigators assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers ever seen after they escape from a top-secret prison that's not supposed to exist. (February 3)
After waiting for more than a year, Sweet Magnolias is finally back for season 4 as we check in with Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott) and Helen (Heather Headley) in the fictional South Carolina town of Serenity. (February 6)
Hilary Swank and Joel McHale step into the fray for the wild drama's third season, which arrives with the tagline "The Past Will Come Back to Haunt You." Yes, lives are threatened in the present day, while the 1990s flashbacks to teen girls stranded in the wilderness could see a meltdown — and not just in terms of the snow. (February 14)
Hopefully the rest of season 2 will answer every burning question we have about Gina's disappearance so Colter (Justin Hartley) can solve his only cold case. (February 16)
Season 3 is set in Thailand, featuring another star-studded cast that includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wood. (February 16)
The procedural follows a sister (Leighton Meester) and brother (Luke Cook) detective team as they deal with colorful residents, a serious lack of resources and their very complicated dynamic with each other and their police chief father, played by Clancy Brown. (February 19)
The limited series is described as a political conspiracy thriller centering on a devastating global cyberattack with Robert De Niro, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Connie Britton, Bill Camp, Dan Stevens, Angela Bassett and more. (February 20)
A spinoff was inevitable after the OG Suits — with Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle at an NYC law firm — monopolized Netflix in 2023. In Suits: LA, Stephen Amell’s Ted Black is a former East Coast prosecutor (his exit is a bit of a mystery) whose West Coast firm is in crisis. Josh McDermitt and Bryan Greenberg costar — and Macht has hinted at a return for suave Harvey Specter. (February 22)
Season 2 centers on Spencer's (Brandon Sklena) arduous journey home as he races against time to save his family — and the Dutton legacy — in Montana. (February 23)
The upcoming series stars Melissa Fumero, Aja Naomi King, AnnaSophia Robb and Ben Rappaport in a show about four members of a suburban gardening club who share a murderous secret. (February 23)
According to the synopsis, Beyond the Gates takes place in a "posh gated community" in "one of the most affluent African American counties" just outside of Washington, D.C. The Duprees are at the center of the show as "the very definition of Black royalty" in the luxurious Fairmont Crest community. (February 24)
Will the second half of Doctor Odyssey's debut season reveal whether Max (Joshua Jackson) or Tristan (Sean Teale) are the father of Avery's (Phillipa Soo) unborn baby? One can only hope. (March 6)
Inspired by The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower, the series revolves around a fictional murder scandal involving the staff of the White House. Uzo Aduba leads the cast, which also features Randall Park, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Kelechi Watson, Jane Curtin, Jason Lee, Ken Marino and more. (March 20)
The Studio follows a legacy Hollywood movie studio striving to survive in a world where it is increasingly difficult for art and business to live together. Seth Rogen, Catherine O'Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders and more make up the cast. (March 26)
From the always funny Mindy Kaling: Kate Hudson shoots and scores as Isla Gordon, the unlikely new boss of the family-owned L.A. Waves basketball team. She knows the game, but her brothers (Justin Theroux, Scott MacArthur and Drew Tarver) don't exactly have her back. But as she orchestrates her first big deal and checks players' egos, you will cheer just like you did for Ted Lasso. (winter 2025)
Contrary to what you may have been told, being picky — with certain things — is okay. Actually, it can be a very good thing! Who you spend your time with, what you spend money on and how you spend free time are just a few valid instances, but there is perhaps no better example than shopping. When it comes to what’s stuck on your body all day, being picky is positive!
Pants are even more personal. If you’ve ever bought a pair of pants that is cute, but not comfortable, you know how quickly they work their way to the back of your closet. Striking the balance between stylish and comfortable is tough, however it’s a worthwhile venture if you want to look and feel your best. Be picky with your pants!
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“Spencer was able to retrieve some stuff from the fire,” Montag, 38, captioned a Thursday, January 9, TikTok video of Pratt, 41, opening up a small plastic bag.
Pratt, who sported a vintage T-shirt supporting his wife’s music career, then pulled out each item he recovered from the destroyed property.
“The Hummingbird pot — with some nectar cooked into it,” Pratt said. “Which brand is this? They deserve all the [accolades]. … [There’s also] one [rubber] snake from the backyard, one crystal from the backyard, [another] crystal from the backyard, Ryker’s shovel from the backyard and broken pieces.”
The pot, an All-Clad Copper Core dish, was the true standout.
“This is the best thing ever,” Pratt said. “Eight years of like [cooking and mixing thoroughly]. I’m gonna have that redone and finished; there’s people who do that.”
Montag succinctly captioned her upload, “What was left of our house.”
The Hills alums, who have been married since 2008, lost their house in the Pacific Palisades wildfires, which first broke out on Tuesday, January 7. The couple had already evacuated with their sons Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 13 months.
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“The one positive sign I saw as our house burned down was our son’s bed burned in the shape of a heart,” Pratt wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, January 8. “A sign of how much love was in this house so thankful for all the years and memories there with our family.”
“The craziest thing about packing for a fire [is] your brain just freaks out,” Montag explained in another TikTok video. “It’s so overwhelming packing up a house. I mean, I only have two pairs of jeans, two shirts. I got so much more clothes for the kids. I’m like, ‘Why didn’t I grab more?’ Thankfully, I grabbed anything and that’s such a blessing and the main thing is that we’re safe.”
Spencer’s sister, Stephanie Pratt, also noted via her Instagram Story the same day that she was “beyond heartbroken” for her sibling, Montag and their children. (Stephanie, 38, has been traveling in London.)
“Just spoke to my dad — he tried to save my brother’s house but the wind was so strong. There was nothing he could do,” Stephanie added, noting that their parents also lost their house. “Even the fire station in the Palisades has burned down. The Pacific Palisades is completely on fire. No one is there.”
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She continued, “I don’t even want to look at mine. My dad told me the market down the street from my house is on fire. We are such a tight community — I’m at a loss for words knowing so many friends have lost their homes today and so quickly. I hate that I’m so far away. Thinking about flying home so I can hug my family.”
Sutton Stracke is keeping a watchful eye over her ex-husband’s finances.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, who was married to banker Christian Stracke from 2000 to 2016, said she wants to ensure that the couple’s three children — daughter Porter and sons Philip and James — receive their “fair share” of inheritance from their father.
During a Tuesday, January 7, appearance on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lews Live, Sutton, 53, revealed that her ex is in a new relationship and she expects him to marry his new girlfriend.
“I went on vacation to St. Barts for my son’s 21st birthday and he asked for me and my ex-husband to come. My ex-husband brought his girlfriend, and she has four children, and I do believe that they are going to get married,” she said. “I was questioning my ex-husband and all of a sudden, the topic of what’s going to happen to the money when he dies came up. You do have to look out for things like this.”
Sutton said she expressed concerns to her ex-husband about how his potential new marriage might affect their children’s inheritance in the event of his death.
“I said, ‘I will be watching.’ I’m gonna be watching what is happening with everyone involved because my children come first,” Sutton explained. “If you don’t think I’m gonna be watching over and making sure my children get their fair share — which is the biggest share…”
Asked how Christian responded, Sutton said, “He didn’t say anything. We stopped the conversation.”
Since joining RHOBH during season 10, Sutton has been open about her divorce from her banker ex, who reportedly pays her a monthly six-figure fee in spousal support. During a November 2023 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Sutton appeared to confirm she receives around $300,000 a month “after taxes.”
During a July 2020 appearance on WWHL, Sutton also shared that she didn’t realize how many assets she and Christian owned — including two baseball teams — until their divorce. “He was in charge of the finances. I didn’t know everything,” she said. “When you do the full disclosure and you get everything, I was like, ‘What?’”
“I knew we had a timber company … there’s like 10 things on there. I was like, ‘Wow, I’m rich,’” Sutton continued.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET and streams the next day on Peacock.
Alec Baldwin attends his trial on involuntary manslaughter in First Judicial District Court on July 12, 2024 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.Ramsay de Give-Pool/Getty Images
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.”
“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.”
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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.
“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.
“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.
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.)
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.”
“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.”
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.
Check the LAFD website for local wildfire alerts and click here for resources on how to help those affected.
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.
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.
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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.”
“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 Tellerhave 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.
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.”
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.”
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.
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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).
“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.
Check the LAFD website for local wildfire alerts and click here for resources on how to help those affected.
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.
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.
Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore.(Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
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.
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.”
Check the LAFD website for local wildfire alerts and click here for resources on how to help those affected.
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.
“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.
“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.”
TJ Dinch and Joe Bradley.Paul Cheney/Bravo
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.)
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.
Joe Bradley and Maddie Reese.Bryan Steffy/Bravo
“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 onThe 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.
“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.
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.”
“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.
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.”
Travis Browne and Ronda Rousey.(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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.
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.
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.”
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.”
Hilary Swank, Jamie Lee CurtisRachel Luna/Getty Images ; Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
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
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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
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“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
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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
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“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
Taraji P. HensonAmy Sussman/Getty Images
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
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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
Terrence HowardMark D. Gunter/FilmMagic
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
US singer and actress Jennifer Lopez arrives for Elle’s 2023 Women in Hollywood celebration, at Nya Studios in Los Angeles, California, on December 5, 2023.Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images
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
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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.
Bob Harper, Dylan Efron, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Sam Asghari and Nikki Bella made up the rest of the group.
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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.
“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.”
“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.
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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.
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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.
It’s really nothing to be ashamed of, it’s something to brag about
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