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Jason and Travis Kelce‘s “intern” is spilling behind-the-scenes secrets of their “New Heights” empire.
During a bonus episode of the siblings’ podcast, which dropped via Wondery+ on Thursday, February 27, Jason, 37, and Travis, 35, were asked about meeting their producer Brandon Borders (a.k.a. Intern Brandon). After recapping his pre-podcast career, which included working on The Soup, Borders recalled when he realized “New Heights” would be a hit.
“You were fighting about the title of the show,” he remembered. “I don’t remember what the options were, but Jason, you were really conflicted between two or three. You really were like, ‘I don’t know about New Heights.’ And I remember Travis going, ‘That’s the name you f—–g pitched!'”
Jason eventually came around, but the brotherly argument made an impression on Borders. “I was like, ‘Oh s—, these guys are gonna be really good podcasters,'” he teased.
Jason wasn’t surprised by the story, joking, “This is the way all my decisions are made. … I go back and forth and really meticulously try to think something through. And Travis is like, ‘Just do this,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, that makes a lot of sense.'”
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While Borders couldn’t specifically recall what the other potential titles were, he did remember being unimpressed. “They were bad. They were, like, football puns or something,” he said.
Borders also looked back on his first interaction with Jason, which took place over Zoom. “My first introduction to you was you getting on the Zoom call and you were clearly holding your laptop and walking around. You set it down and you’re like, ‘Hold on, I gotta put a shirt on,'” Borders said. “I was like, ‘I get this guy.'”
Jason and Travis began their podcast in 2022. The retired NFL star previously opened up about how working on the show with his younger brother brought them closer together.
“Before this, we would go months on our own deal without talking,” Jason said on “Green Light with Chris Long” in February 2024. “We would text, you would send a funny video or something like that. But truly sit down and talk with him? It would be a long time. Doing this once a week, we’re gonna sit down and talk, and we’re gonna have very meaningful conversations, fun conversations and really know where each of us are at in their lives. That’s the most fun part about it.”
The conversations have changed over the past two years as Travis’ relationship with girlfriend Taylor Swift introduced a new group of fans to the sports show. While “New Heights” still leans heavily into NFL coverage, the brothers aren’t bothered by their new audience demographic.
“I think, you know, we wanna be careful to really stay loyal to the people who have tuned in from day one. We know that a lot of the guys tuning in — and women tuning in — are diehard football fans and they want that content,” Jason said at the 2024 Cannes Lions Festival. “We talk about our lives. But now it’s really expanding.”
In addition to unseen footage from Ruby Franke’s archives, Hulu’s tell-all docuseries about the YouTuber featured her eldest kids breaking their silence about the beatings they went through before she was arrested for child abuse.
During Hulu’s three-part docuseries Devil in the Family, which premiered on Thursday, February 27, Ruby’s eldest daughter and son, Shari and Chad, provided the producers with an archive of over 1,000 hours of unseen footage. They also opened up about experiences that weren’t filmed — including alleged physical abuse.
“There were times where she blew up off camera,” Chad recalled. “She would spank [me], take the belt and pull down my pants and whip me.”
Shari said she witnessed her brother being harmed while some of Franke’s never-before-seen footage hinted at her putting the camera down to harm her kids.
“I did always feel bad when he got in trouble. He would get a bloody nose, and I would bring him toilet paper,” Shari shared in the doc. “I didn’t really know what to do. He got beat really bad one time, and I helped him clean blood off the walls.”
Ruby and husband Kevin Frankewere thrust into the spotlight with their 8 Passengers YouTube channel, which they launched in 2015. Initially, the content featured the couple and their six children before Ruby’s friend Jodi Hildebrandt came into the picture. Ruby and Hildebrandt ultimately rebranded into Moms of Truth in order to share more faith-based content.
In 2023, Ruby and Jodi were arrested and charged with six counts of felony child abuse. The arrest came after Ruby’s youngest son, who was 12 years old at the time, escaped from Hildebrandt’s home and asked for help from a neighbor. Authorities noticed that the child was malnourished and had duct tape on his ankles and wrists.
Devil in the Family laid out a timeline — based on Shari, Chad and Kevin’s individual accounts — of Ruby’s rise to fame and the subsequent online backlash that led to her pivoting her content and ultimately going off the grid before her arrest. (Hulu noted at the beginning of the three-part special that the identities of the four youngest Franke children were concealed to protect their privacy.)
“Looking back on it, I don’t think she was a good person. I think she was already an abusive mother before, and then obviously, it escalated dramatically in the last couple of years,” Shari claimed. “And the fact that Ruby went as far as she did, I wouldn’t blame that on Jodi. She just set off things in Ruby that were already in her heart.”
Ruby ultimately pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse in December 2023 and admitted she tortured her children. As part of her plea deal, she agreed to serve a prison term and agreed that her sentences would run consecutively. She also agreed to testify against Hildebrandt, who pleaded guilty.
Devil in the Family noted that Ruby and Hildebrandt did not respond to a request for comment on new allegations made in the docuseries. Keep scrolling for a breakdown of Shari, Chad and Kevin’s revelations — including unseen footage of Ruby:
According to various videos that Ruby never uploaded on her channel, the issues surrounding her constantly filming her family started early. She was seen arguing with Kevin when he wouldn’t engage with her on screen.
“All of a sudden it wasn’t enough to just interact with her,” Kevin recalled. “I had to interact with the camera. And she would pull it out and say, ‘Kevin, this camera is millions of people watching us.’ She really wanted me to be the perfect husband.”
Kevin revealed that their first paycheck after they went viral was under $100. But from there, the money grew from “$2,000 to $8,000 to $20,0000 to $100,000 or more per month.” Shari referred to the business with Ruby being considered the CEO while the “kids were all employees.”
Another video showed Ruby trying to record before hearing her family outside the door.
“Hey, I am still recording! Come on!” she yelled in the footage. “Why am I hearing all this noise?”
Seeing a Shift
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“We did see changes in the kids accumulating,” Kevin said. “The kids started to complain about everything. It really began to concern Ruby a lot. She would describe it like they were losing their light.”
While on a family trip, Kevin told Chad he was “being terrible,” adding, “The whole reason we are here is because of our job and you guys are acting like this is stupid.”
Ruby was seen in another video telling Chad that everyone gets $10 a video if they help make it. He admitted he struggled with the new normal, telling the doc producers, “It bugged the crap out of me. I hated it. There was a year — or maybe even longer — where I hated her.”
He continued: “But when it came to brand deals and sponsorships, it felt like I was being controlled. I purposely said the wrong lines, and I tried to make her as pissed as she possibly could [be]. I made things hard for her and I don’t know why. I really didn’t like being told what to do.”
Shari had a similar experience. “Our whole schedule revolved around YouTube, and I think that is where I started to have issues,” she explained. “We always had to keep the house clean and we changed all the lightbulbs from a yellow shade to a bright white that made it feel more like a set than a house.”
Before Ruby posted a video in 2020 — which received major backlash — about taking Chad’s bed away, the mother-son relationship went through major challenges. Chad recalled acting out at school, which eventually paved the way for him to get Hildebrandt as his therapist.
YouTube footage that was never added to Ruby’s channel showed her growing frustrated with Chad when he wouldn’t film with her.
“If I am going to let you vlog and if I am going to spend all my time helping you then you are going to help me too,” she snapped at him, to which he replied, “I don’t know what to do.”
Ruby got distracted yelling at her other kids to be quiet before telling Chad, “Be excited to tell them where your name came from, even if you have to fake it. Fake being happy.” He admitted: “I don’t know if I can right now.”
“[I didn’t know] to that extent,” he claimed. “But I knew that was how it was modeled for her. Love is obedience but the moment you disobey me, you will fear me.”
Ruby issued an apology to her kids before her 2024 sentencing. “I took from you all that was soft, and safe, and good,” she said in the courtroom. “I took from you your mother. How terrifying this must have been for you. I will never stop crying for hurting your tender souls. You’re so precious to me. I’m sorry.”
Ruby addressed her estranged husband directly as well, adding, “You are the love of my life. The ending of our marriage is a tragedy.”
Attempting to Move On
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Shari, who has now become an advocate against family blogging, cut ties with Ruby, saying, “I will never talk to her again — whether she is the most apologetic person or not. That doesn’t change anything for me. We have one childhood and one mom and that was mine.”
Meanwhile, Chad admitted he missed “the mother figure” he had in the past.
“I miss how she used to be when I was very young but I think what she is going through is deserved,” he noted. “I don’t think she should get out until all the kids turn 18. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have love for her.”
Kevin had a similar outlook when it came to his ongoing love for Ruby. “I always loved her,” he admitted, despite currently undergoing divorce proceedings. “The actions that she did are atrocious. But I still feel a longing and I miss her.”
To report child abuse, consult the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Child Welfare Information Gateway for state-specific reporting phone numbers.
Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes aren’t the only ones that are taking big steps in their relationship — so are their respective exes Andrew Shue and Marilee Fiebig.
“[They] have moved in together,” a source exclusively reveals in the newest issue of Us Weekly about the couple’s milestone moment. “It’s not revenge. It’s real.”
According to the insider, Shue, 58, and Fiebig “are doing great and very much in love.” They aren’t in a rush, however, to take their romance to the next level.
“Marriage is a big step, so they’re cautious and careful because they got hurt the last time,” the source continued. “It’s more important for them to just be in love, live together, travel and enjoy each other.”
“Amy still believes in marriage and wants to get married to T.J.,” the insider added. “She wants that kind of commitment from him.”
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Shue and Fiebig’s names made headlines again in November 2022 when Robach, 52, and Holmes, 47, were spotted getting cozy outside of the office. Robach was still married to Shue at the time, and Holmes was married to Fiebig, 47. Holmes subsequently filed for divorce in December 2022.
Us broke the news in January 2023 that Robach and Holmes were officially axed from ABC, and the network later confirmed their departures from GMA3. The couple eventually broke their silence about the timeline of their romance after launching their own podcast.
“To be clear, we were outed as being in a relationship, but everyone else thought we were being outed as adulterers — being outed as cheating on our spouses — and it wasn’t the case because the odd thing is, the day those pictures were taken and the day that article was released, we both at that point were in divorce proceedings,” Holmes said on “Amy and T.J.” in December 2023.
“We had attorneys, mediators, we were in the middle of divorces,” she shared at the time. “We thought we were protecting our children and our families and we thought we had time, and we thought we had a right to privacy and maybe that was foolish and silly.”
Both Robach and Holmes have since finalized their divorces. They aren’t the only ones who’ve moved on after Us confirmed in December 2023 that Shue is dating Fiebig, with a second source revealing that the duo are “happy together” and that their “feelings for each other are genuine.”
“Amy is happy for Andrew and Marilee,” an insider told Us in July 2024. “Friends have told her they’ve never seen her this happy.”
Oscar winner Gene Hackman has died at the age of 95.
Hackman, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog were found dead at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday, February 26. Arakawa was 63.
A cause of death is not yet known, though foul play is not suspected, a spokesperson for the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office told Us Weekly.
Hackman began his acting career more than six decades ago and was celebrated for his roles in The French Connection and Unforgiven. He stepped back from Hollywood in the early 2000s.
Hackman began his Hollywood career with a role in the film Lilith in 1964. He went on to win Academy Award nominations for 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde and 1970’s I Never Sang for My Father.
The actor won his first Oscar in 1972 for his portrayal of detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in 1971’s The French Connection.
He kept his acceptance speech simple. "Thank you very much. I just want to start at the beginning just for a second and say, sitting out there next to Barbara Harris reminds me of my first acting scene ever,” he said.
"It was in New York, and the gentlemen sitting in front of us when we were doing that scene was my acting teacher, and I just have to mention his name: George Morrison. I want to thank him," he added, before going on to thank the film’s director, William Friedkin, "because he really brought me through this when I wanted to quit.”
As Hackman’s career was taking off, his personal life took a different turn. The actor and his wife Faye Maltese separated in the mid-1980s after spending three decades together. Their divorce was finalized in 1986.
"We just drifted apart," Hackman told the Florida South Sun-Sentinal in 1985.
"We lost sight of each other. When you work in this business, marriage takes a great deal of work and love," he added.
The former couple had three children together: Christopher, Elizabeth and Leslie. Maltese died in 2017.
In 1989, The New York Times reported that "for the last five years" Hackman had “been living quietly with classical pianist Betsy Arakawa.
They were photographed together in L.A. in 1986. The couple wed in 1991.
Hackman was honored with the Cecile B. DeMille Award at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 2003.
The following year, Hackman announced that he did not have any upcoming projects in the works. He confirmed his retirement from acting four years later in 2008.
In a 2020 interview with Empire, Hackman said he decided to step away for health reasons.
"The straw that broke the camel’s back was actually a stress test that I took in New York," he shared. "The doctor advised me that my heart wasn’t in the kind of shape that I should be putting it under any stress.”
Teddi Mellencamp is continuing to show fans how she’s healing after her brain tumor surgery.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 43, took to her Instagram Story on Wednesday, February 26, with an update from a doctor’s office. “Got my staples out today,” she captioned a black-and-white video of herself sitting in an exam room.
Mellencamp’s hair was buzzed short, and a scar was briefly shown on the side of her head. Friends who accompanied her cheered softly in the background, telling the reality star she did a “good job.”
In a separate Instagram Story video, Mellencamp showed herself being treated to a relaxing facial. “Thank you to my friend @thelafacialist for offering to pamper me. Felt so good,” she wrote.
Mellencamp announced on February 12 that she had suffered from “severe and debilitating headaches” for several weeks that eventually “required hospitalization.” Following a CT scan and an MRI, “multiple tumors” were found on Mellencamp’s brain, which doctors “believe have been growing for at least six months.”
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At the time, Mellencamp said two of the tumors were being “surgically removed” that day, explaining that the “remaining smaller tumors will be dealt with via radiation at a later date.”
Mellencamp’s estranged husband, Edwin Arroyave, revealed via Instagram one day later that her surgery “went well” and thanked fans for their support. “That said, I’ve never seen [her] in so much pain. She’s finally getting some needed rest,” he added.
Arroyave, 47, was by Mellencamp’s side in the hospital as she prepared for her operation. The Bravo star announced her split from Arroyave — with whom she shares Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5 — in November 2024. (Mellencamp is also stepmom to Arroyave’s eldest daughter, Isabella.)
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Before sharing a closer look at her recovery, Mellencamp broke her silence on her surgery in an Instagram statement on Wednesday. “I am grateful for the incredible surgeons, doctors and nurses who made my surgery a success and my recovery process more comfortable,” she wrote. “In full transparency, more tumors were removed than expected: 4 in total. This fight is not over, but that round has been won.”
Mellencamp noted that the “outpouring” of well-wishes from fans and friends was “definitely helping me stay strong, adding, “The laughter, support, and patience of my kids, my family, and my closest friends is one gift with which words cannot properly express my gratitude.”
Fans have followed Mellencamp’s health journey since she revealed her stage II melanoma diagnosis in October 2022. Two years later, Mellencamp shared a positive update on her skin cancer battle.
“I just got done having a little cry, but it’s a good one. It’s the first time in over two years I’ve gone in for my three-month check and not had to have a biopsy because I have another cancerous spot,” she said via Instagram at the time. “Both me and my doctor, we just looked at each other and we were like, ‘What?’ It was, oh my gosh, such a good feeling.”
The Sante Fe County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Us Weekly on Thursday, February 27, that Hackman, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog were found dead at their home in Sante Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday, February 26.
“On February 26, 2025, at approximately 1:45 p.m., Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to an address on Old Sunset Trail in Hyde Park where Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, and a dog were found deceased,” the sheriff’s office told Us in a statement.
“Foul play is not suspected as a factor in those deaths at this time, however, [the] exact cause of death has not been determined. This is an active and ongoing investigation by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office,” the statement continued.
Hackman’s family confirmed the news on Thursday, February 27. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy,” Elizabeth, Leslie and Annie Hackman said in a statement to Us. “He was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but to us he was always just Dad and Grandpa. We will miss him sorely and are devastated by the loss.”
Hackman was a celebrated actor who won two Oscars in his lifetime. He earned a Best Actor prize for his role as Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in the 1971 thriller The French Connection, and a Best Supporting Actor role for playing Sheriff “Little” Bill Daggett in Clint Eastwood’s 1992 movie, Unforgiven.
Hackman was also well-regarded for his role as Lex Luthor in the Superman movies starring the late Christopher Reeve.
As news broke of Hackman’s death Thursday, tributes have poured in from some of Hollywood’s biggest names.
Keep scrolling to see how Hollywood stars are paying tribute to and remembering Hackman:
Francis Ford Coppola
“The loss of a great artist, always cause for both mourning and celebration: Gene Hackman a great actor, inspiring and magnificent in his work and complexity. I mourn his loss, and celebrate his existence and contribution,” Coppola, who directed Hackman in 1974’s The Conversation, shared via Instagram alongside a photo of him and Hackman on set.
“We have lost one of the true giants of the screen,” the Star Trek icon shared via X. “Gene Hackman could play anyone, and you could feel a whole life behind it. He could be everyone and no one, a towering presence or an everyday Joe. That’s how powerful an actor he was. He will be missed, but his work will live on forever.”
Edgar Wright
The Baby Driver director retweeted an X post about Hackman’s death and simply wrote, “The greatest…”
Paul Feig
The Another Simple Favor director shared via X, “So awful. Gene was such an inspiration to so many of us who love movies. So many brilliant roles. His performance in The Conversation alone changed the way I looked at acting and what actors could bring to a role. Such an amazing career. RIP Mr. Hackman.”
Josh Brolin
“I am crushed by the sudden deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa (and their dog). Crushed. He was always one of my favorites,” the actor wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of Hackman and his wife. “Not many who beat to their own drums like he did. Rest in Peace.”
Viola Davis
“Loved you in everything! The Conversation, The French Connection, The Poseidon Adventure, Unforgiven—tough yet vulnerable,” the Oscar winner wrote via Instagram. “You were one of the greats. God bless those who loved you. Rest well, sir. ”
Keep refreshing for more tributes as they come in.
Oscar winner Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were married for over 30 years before they were found dead on Wednesday, February 26.
Hackman was first married to Faye Maltese from 1956 to 1986. The couple shared three children, Christopher, Elizabeth and Leslie. Maltese died in 2017.
The Superman actor went on to marry Betsy Arakwa in 1991. The couple remained together until their respective deaths in February 2025. Hackman was 95. Arakawa was 63.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy,” Elizabeth, Leslie and Annie Hackman said in a statement to Us Weekly after the couple’s death. “He was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but to us he was always just Dad and Grandpa. We will miss him sorely and are devastated by the loss.”
Scroll down for a look back at Hackman and Arakawa’s biggest relationship moments:
1980s
Hackman and Arakawa began dating in the mid-1980s after he separated from his first wife, Faye Maltese.
In an interview with the Florida South Sun-Sentinal in 1985, Hackman stressed that unlike his character, Harry Mackenzie, in his movie at the time, Twice in a Lifetime, he “did not leave my real-life wife for a younger woman.”
“We just drifted apart. We lost sight of each other. When you work in this business, marriage takes a great deal of work and love,” Hackman said of his separation from Maltese.
1989
A profile piece in The New York Times noted that “for the last five years” Hackman had “been living quietly with a 28-year-old woman named Betsy Arakawa, a classical pianist he met while she was working part-time in a California fitness center.”
1990
By 1990, Hackman and Arakawa had moved into a newly built house in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where they resided until their deaths. The couple opened up about their home to Architectural Digest at the time.
The outlet described the home as “12 acres of piñon-covered hilltop a few miles north of Santa Fe, with a 360-degree view that stretches as far as the mountains of Colorado.”
Discussing the furnishings, Hackman said, “We bought a few things in Santa Fe. Other things came from auctions in New York, an antiques shop in Germany that Betsy and I found, and from Los Angeles. It’s a nice combination of soft southwestern pieces and hard-edged antiques.”
Hackman and Arakawa adopted a German Shepherd named Gene after two stray dogs walked onto the set of Hackman’s film, The Replacements, in Baltimore, per The Baltimore Sun. The other stray was named Keanu after his costar in the film, Keanu Reeves.
The couple already had two German Shepherds at home in New Mexico.
“[Hackman] and his wife were very good to us. They went through the steps for adoption just like everyone else,” Phil Staelens of no-kill shelter Animal Rescue Inc. told the outlet at the time. “[Gene Hackman] kept thanking us and apologizing for taking up our time. [Betsy Hackman] came back to visit and to bathe the dog, then took him back to New Mexico.”
By now retired from acting, Hackman turned to writing novels. Speaking on the “Writer’s Bone” podcast about his latest book, Pursuit, the actor said Arakawa had helped him hone his writing style.
“If, in fact, I have a style, it came from repeated edits, friends’ suggestions, and my wife’s unwavering, specific read-throughs,” he said.
2020
In a rare interview with Empire magazine, Hackman shared some insight into his post-retirement life with Arakawa. He said that the couple enjoyed watching “DVDs that my wife rents,” adding, ”We like simple stories that some of the little low-budget films manage to produce.”
According to the outlet, Hackman and Arakawa reserved every Friday night to watch the Comedy Channel together. He particularly liked Eddie Izzard. “The speed of thought is amazing,” he said.
2024
More than 30 years after getting married, Hackman and Arakawa were spotted in public for the first time in years. In pictures obtained by Page Six in March 2024, the couple were seen departing the Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the photos, Hackman, then 93, was spotted walking with the aid of a cane and held onto his wife’s arm.
Oscar winner Gene Hackman and his wife, BetsyArakawa, were found dead inside their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home on Wednesday, February 26. Hackman was 95. His wife was 63.
“On February 26, 2025, at approximately 1:45 p.m., Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to an address on Old Sunset Trail in Hyde Park where Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, and a dog were found deceased,” the Santa Fe County Sherriff’s Office said in a statement to Us Weekly on Thursday, February 27.
“Foul play is not suspected as a factor in those deaths at this time, however, [the] exact cause of death has not been determined. This is an active and ongoing investigation by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office,” the statement continued.
The Santa Fe New Mexican was first to report the news just after midnight local time Thursday, citing confirmation from Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza.
Hackman’s family confirmed the news on Thursday. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy,” Elizabeth, Leslie and Annie Hackman said in a statement to Us. “He was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but to us he was always just Dad and Grandpa. We will miss him sorely and are devastated by the loss.”
ABC News reported that Hackman and Arakawa, a classical pianist, were found dead Wednesday when police conducted a welfare check after a neighbor expressed concern about their wellbeing.
Hackman racked up accolades for his roles in films such as The French Connection and Unforgiven before stepping away from the spotlight.
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Born in San Bernadino, California, in January 1930, Hackman served as a marine for five years and studied at the University of Illinois before leaving the college to pursue acting at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. He then worked in the New York theater and ultimately made his Broadway debut in the 1964 production of Any Wednesday. His performance helped him break into the film industry with a role in Lilith later that year.
As his movie career flourished, Hackman earned Academy Award nominations for 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde and 1970’s I Never Sang for My Father. He later won his first Oscar for his portrayal of detective Popeye Doyle in 1971’s The French Connection. Hackman became a highly sought after leading man, appearing in 1975’s Night Moves, 1981’s Reds, 1986’s Hoosiers, 1987’s No Way Out and 1988’s Mississippi Burning (for which he received another Oscar nod). He also showed his range with roles in 1974’s Young Frankenstein and 1978’s Superman.
Hackman won a second Academy Award for his portrayal of Little Bill Daggett in Clint Eastwood’s 1992 western, Unforgiven. He later starred in 1995’s Get Shorty, 1998’s Enemy of the State, 2001’s The Royal Tenenbaums, 2003’s Runaway Jury and 2004’s Welcome to Mooseport.
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In 2004, Hackman revealed in a rare interview that he did not have any upcoming projects in the works. Four years later, he confirmed his retirement from acting, noting that he would only make another film under unique circumstances.
“I don’t know. If I could do it in my own house, maybe, without them disturbing anything and just one or two people,” he told GQ in 2008.
In a 2020 interview with Empire, Hackman elaborated on his decision to step away from acting. “The straw that broke the camel’s back was actually a stress test that I took in New York,” he explained at the time. “The doctor advised me that my heart wasn’t in the kind of shape that I should be putting it under any stress.”
Hackman married Arakawa in 1991. He is survived by his three children, Christopher, Elizabeth and Leslie, with his late ex-wife, Faye Maltese.
Khloé Kardashian is opening up about the brutal feedback her mom, Kris Jenner, once gave her after a date didn’t call Khloé back.
“I went on a date [set up by] my mom and [celebrity trainer] Gunnar Peterson because Gunnar was training this individual,” Khloe, 40, shared in a conversation with BFFs Malika and Khadijah Haqq on the Wednesday, February 26, episode of her “Khloé in Wonder Land” podcast.
Khloé said her date was a basketball player who “played for one of the L.A. teams,” but she didn’t hear back from the athlete after going on a couple of dates.
“Us three were in the kitchen and we were talking together,” Khloé said, referring to Malika and Khadijah. “My mom was not involved in the conversation but her office was, like, off to the kitchen. And I was like, ‘So-and-so isn’t calling me back.’ And she’s like, ‘What are you guys talking about, girls?’ And we’re like, ‘Oh, just this guy won’t call me back.’”
Khloé continued, “She’s like, ‘How many dates did you go on?’ I’m like, ‘Just like one or two.’ And she’s like, ‘Well, did you give him a BJ?’ And I go, ‘What?’ And she goes, ‘Did you give him a BJ?’ I go, ‘I went on, like, one or two dates with him. No.’ And she goes, ‘Well, that’s why he’s not calling you back.’”
“And she just turned around [and went back to her office]. I was mortified that my mom said this in front of my friends,” the Good American cofounder went on.
While Khloé was shocked by her mom’s feedback, Khadijah, 41, said, “I loved her for that kind of honesty and rawness.”
“My mom tells me that and I’m like, ‘Are you OK? Can you stop?’” Khloé shared with guest and celebrity attorney Laura Wasser, per Page Six. “She’s always like, ‘You’re never gonna look as good as you do now.”
“She’s like, ‘Wear a bikini.’ Like, it could be snowing and she’s like, ‘Just wear a bikini,’” Khloé said, referring to Kris, 69. She then quipped, “I love you, mom!”
“Can’t they put all the Housewives serving time in the same prison and just do a show from there?” Janetti, 58, quipped via Instagram on Wednesday, February 26.
The post prompted Cohen, 56, to reply in the comment section, writing: “too soon, Gary.”
Responding to Cohen, Gary wrote that his idea was “something to think about.”
Lisa Rinna also popped up in the comments, expressing her disapproval with Janetti in one word: “GARY.”
Janetti, who’s married to Hollywood stylist Brad Goreski, was an executive producer on Will and Grace and wrote for Family Guy. His Housewives prison concept came amid the news that Karen Huger — a star of The Real Housewives of Potomac — was sentenced to one year in jail after she was found guilty in her DUI trial.
“You were filled to the gills with alcohol,” the judge reportedly told Huger, 61, during Wednesday’s sentencing. She was expected to begin her sentence immediately.
In March 2024, Huger was involved in a car accident and charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle. That December, she was found guilty on all charges except for reckless driving.
“No, I’m not an alcoholic, let’s be clear,” she recently stated in a pre-taped video that aired during the RHOP reunion. “This is very frightening but I accept full responsibility for everything that went on with my car accident. I don’t care about me right now. I care about my children, I care about my family. They are so hurt.”
Huger missed the reunion taping to seek treatment and “get to the bottom” of “taking antidepressants and drinking.” In court Wednesday, her lawyer said that the “overuse of prescription medicine is what caused the accident.”
Previously, The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Teresa Giudice served 11 months in jail (circa 2015) after being involved in a federal fraud scheme. And Luann de Lesseps famously spent one night in jail following her 2017 arrest for battery, trespassing and disorderly intoxication in Palm Beach, Florida. The Real Housewives of New York City alum accepted a plea deal in 2018 after completing two rehab treatments. De Lesseps addressed her brush with the law on camera, quipping: “I’ve been traveling, I’ve been to prison.”
Alan Cumming claims that his ex-wife Hilary Lyon initially expressed disbelief when he revealed he was a victim of childhood abuse.
Cumming, 60, detailed his difficult past in his 2014 memoir Not My Father’s Son, where he described being emotionally and physically abused by his dad, Alex Cumming.
The Traitors host spoke about his relationship with Alex on the Tuesday, February 25 episode of the podcast “Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky.”
“In that situation, you’re so worried about being believed. … And some people didn’t,” Cumming said.
When host Monica Lewinsky asked who’d doubted him, he replied: “My ex-wife.”
Without using Lyon’s name, Cumming added that he thought “she did, eventually” believe him. “But she told me that I used it as an excuse to get out of the marriage,” he said, noting that “she was angry” at the time.
“You’re so tender and you’re so raw that … you can’t be around people who don’t believe you,” Cumming told Lewinsky, 51. “It’s just too much. You can hardly believe it.”
Cumming and the actress were married from 1985 to 1993. In 2007, he and artist Grant Shaffer tied the knot in a London civil ceremony. The couple later remarried in New York on their fifth wedding anniversary.
“I’d had a lot of bad failed relationships, and I was ready to not have a bad one,” Cumming told People earlier this month. “There’s certain things that happened in my life that have made me who I am and made me understand myself so much better.”
He explained, “By the time I met Grant — we started going out with each other when we were nearly 40 — all those things had sort of come out and I had done a lot of therapy. I was ready to be honest and open about what I could bring to the table and what I felt I wasn’t capable of. We started our relationship just being very honest with each other.”
Cumming revealed in his People interview that he’d married Lyon partly out of a need to achieve stability in his life.
“That’s not a great thing to do,” Cumming said. “I wouldn’t recommend that. I was 21 when I got married the first time. I knew I was bisexual when I was married the first time, as did my wife.”
The Good Wife actor has been open about his sexuality for quite some time, telling Oasis magazine circa 2007, “For me, bisexual is a good thing, because it’s in the middle. Even now that I have a husband, who’s a man, I still find lots of people attractive.”
Cumming celebrated his milestone 60th birthday on January 27.
“I don’t want to conform or follow the pack or ‘act my age’ because that means allowing other people’s opinions to dictate my existence, and I have always found the more I stick to my guns and am prepared to be vulnerable and authentic and true to myself the more successful and happy I am.”
The Scottish Tony-and-Emmy winner has a long Hollywood resume that includes his role as political operator Eli Gold in the former CBS series The Good Wife as well as his appearances in the films Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion and Eyes Wide Shut. Since 2023, he’s hosted the hit Peacock show The Traitors, a mafia-style game with a prize of up to $250,000 and an eclectic group of celeb competitors.
Kim Kardashian and Khloé Kardashianhad an unfiltered conversation about their sex lives that was censored by Hulu with various animal noises
During the Thursday, February 27, episode of The Kardashians, Henry Winkler’s daughter, Zoe, told Kim she has ever “tasted [meow] before” because she would “throw up.” This surprised Kim, 44, who told Khloé, 40, the details, saying, “Zoe said she has never tasted [bark] before.”
Based on context clues, the group was discussing their experience with oral sex.
“I probably did but then I would [caw] it out. I have never like [baa] anyone’s. Ew, no,” Zoe noted, to which Khloé replied, “[I] don’t think you are missing anything in life.”
Khloé added: “I think they just want you to make them [quack] and they don’t really care what you do with it but it is not the most attractive to spit it out.”
While most of their sentences weren’t bleeped out, a startling confession from Kim caused most of her words to get censored. “Do you guys know that [monkey howling] by [crowing]?” she asked before Hulu added sounds of “dolphins chittering” and “horses neighing.”
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Despite Kim’s unfiltered commentary about her sex life, she doesn’t usually share such NSFW details. The reality star was previously married to producer Damon Thomas, whom she divorced before her debut on Keeping Up With the Kardashians. The duo, who had a 10-year age difference, were married for three years until they called it quits in 2003.
Nearly one decade later, Kim got engaged to Kris Humphriesin 2011 following a whirlwind romance. Kim and Humphries tied the knot in 2011 but split after 72 days of marriage. Their divorce was finalized in April 2013 following a lengthy court battle.
Kim moved on from Humphries with longtime friend Kanye West. One year after welcoming daughter North, the couple got married in 2014. They later welcomed son Saint in 2015, daughter Chicago in 2018 and son Psalm in 2019. In February 2021, Kim filed for divorce after nearly seven years of marriage.
Kim has since been linked to Pete Davidson and Odell Beckham Jr. In an earlier episode of her reality show, Kim discussed how her preferences in the bedroom have changed since she’s returned to the dating scene.
“I pretty much have the lights off now,” she shared in 2023. “It is so weird. But then, I can walk out in a thong of a photoshoot with 100 people working on set. But if it’s like you’re there with me I am like, ‘Wait don’t look at me. Turn the lights off.'”
Kim later offered more details on what she’s looking for in a potential suitor.
“I do [have a list]. But I’m also not so delusional to know that someone will check every single box,” she noted on SiriusXM’s “This Life of Mine With James Corden” podcast in 2024 . “[I’m looking for someone who is] accountable for actions. Takes accountability, [has] good teeth, can hold their own and I don’t have to babysit [them] all the time. Just a good, genuine person that’s driven and has their own motivations in life.”
Kim said that her list is “so long” that she struggled to share only a handful of the characteristics. She wasn’t sure, however, if her attempt to find The One could result in a wedding.
“I don’t know. I really don’t. There’ll be moods where I’m just like, ‘You know what? I understand my life is really big, and I understand it takes a really, really, really special, unique person to want to deal with that,'” she continued at the time. “I think my life is really fun and whoever comes into my life will have a really good time, but it’s a lot. I’m not lonely, so I’m good. I have my kids, I have work, I have my family, but it would be nice to share your life with someone, but when you do, it’s such a big … I don’t take that lightly.”
New episodes of TheKardashiansair on Hulu every Thursday.
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Scott Disick faced those Mounjaro rumors head on when he admitted to using the weight loss drug.
During the Thursday, February 27, episode of The Kardashians, Khloé Kardashian called Scott, 41, when an episode of the show went viral. The clip from a previous season gained traction when viewers questioned whether there was a weight loss drug in a scene where Scott opened his fridge.
“It shows the Mounjaro? You’re lying!” Scott told Khloé, 40, when she called with the news. “Oh, f— me running. By the way, I am not embarrassed that I took it! Everyone that has a problem with Mounjaro can suck my d—. And by the way, they can see it now because for a minute, you couldn’t!”
Scott noted that it was “tough living that large,” to which Khloé replied, “You shouldn’t be [embarrassed]! When I was fat, I would have drank that s—. I don’t get the shame in it. You don’t get it because you don’t have these problems but when I was thicker, I took laxatives. I would take anything that anyone was pushing.”
Before getting in shape, Scott’s appearance became a cause for concern with his loved ones. Season 4 of The Kardashians featured many mentions from Khloé and others about how Scott’s body went through some changes following his 2022 car accident.
“I gained a lot of weight here because of my back,” he said during an October 2023 episode. “Ever since that car accident, [my back pain] got worse over time.”
Khloé, meanwhile, admitted she was worried about Scott. “I think Scott maybe needs a little pep talk because this is probably the unhealthiest I’ve seen him. He’s barely mobile and it is all from his back,” she mentioned on a 2023 episode of The Kardashians. “That wouldn’t make anyone feel good. I think Scott needs to realize these things are fixable. You can’t let it get you down.”
One season later, Kris Jenner praised Scott for his hard work, saying in a 2024 episode, “Wow somebody has lost a lot of weight. You look great.”
She continued: “Scott looks great. I know he has really struggled the last year or so,” she told the cameras. “I felt like he was not in the best place and it made me really sad.”
The praise was ultimately overshadowed by viewers who claimed they spotted boxes of Mounjaro in a scene where Scott opened up his fridge. At the time, Scott remained tight-lipped about potentially using the medication, which is used to help diabetes patients with weight management.
“Honestly, I had no idea how horrible it was — what I was doing at night,” he revealed on The Kardashians in 2024. “Eating those little bread things. The Hawaiian rolls. I was pounding a whole box of them at night. I loved them. But I didn’t realize what I was doing.”
Scott told Khloé and Kris that he had to press pause on his love of ginger ale, adding,. “And then I also didn’t know the whole thing about ginger ale being the same thing as a soda. I know! It just seemed like it was a soothing drink. … All day I would be drinking gingers. I was going through 20 gingers a day.”
New episodes of The Kardashians air on Hulu every Thursday.
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Amanda de Cadenet says Michelle Trachtenberg called her from a “hospital bed” before her death at age 39.
The podcaster, 52, took to Instagram on Wednesday, February 26, to post a photo she’d taken of Trachtenberg when she was younger and mourn the loss of her longtime friend.
“What sad news this morning to wake up to,” de Cadenet wrote in a caption. “It feels weird and awful to be posting this, but I want to acknowledge your death because I cared about you. I will always remember you as the young vivacious woman I met when I took this photo of you … and seeing your face from the hospital bed when we FaceTimed recently, even though you did not look like you, your sweetness and humor were still alive. I’m so sad for you that the outcome was not a better one. Wishing you a peaceful transition sweet friend and may your spirit finally rest.”
Police sources confirmed to Us Weekly earlier on Wednesday that Trachtenberg was found unconscious inside her New York City apartment. No cause of death has been reported, and the incident is not believed to be suspicious.
Trachtenberg’s representative later addressed the news in a statement, telling Us on Wednesday, “It is with great sadness to confirm that Michelle Trachtenberg has passed away. The family requests privacy for their loss. There are no further details at this time.”
The tragedy sparked an outpouring of tributes from the actress’ famous friends and loyal fans.
“She was electricity,” Blake Lively, who costarred with Trachtenberg on Gossip Girl, stated via Instagram on Wednesday. “You knew when she entered a room because the vibration changed. Everything she did, she did 200%. She laughed the fullest at someone’s joke, she faced authority head on when she felt something was wrong, she cared deeply about her work, she was proud to be a part of this community and industry as painful as it could be sometimes, she was fiercely loyal to her friends and brave for those she loved, she was big and bold and distinctly herself.”
Prior to appearing on The CW series, Trachtenberg played Dawn Summers on the last two seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
“My heart is heavy today. We have lost a beautiful soul,” James Marsters, who portrayed Spike on the series, wrote via Instagram. “Michelle was fiercely intelligent, howlingly funny and a very talented person. She died much too young, and leaves behind scores of people who knew and loved her. … Godspeed Michelle. You are missed.”
“Michelle was one of a kind,” Chace Crawford, who played Nate Archibald, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, February 26. “I remember her coming on set for the first time and just absolutely owning it. She was a force of nature and just so so unapologetically funny and magnetic.”
The actor, 39, included two selfies with Trachtenberg as well a snap that appeared to show them on the set of Gossip Girl, which aired from 2007 to 2012 on The CW.
Police sources confirmed to Us Weekly earlier on Wednesday that Trachtenberg was found unconscious inside her New York City apartment. No cause of death has been reported, and the incident is not believed to be suspicious.
Trachtenberg’s representative later addressed the news in a statement, telling Us on Wednesday, “It is with great sadness to confirm that Michelle Trachtenberg has passed away. The family requests privacy for their loss. There are no further details at this time.”
Multiple sources told Us that the Ice Princess actress had a liver transplant prior to her death.
Trachtenberg broke out as a child star in the 1996 film Harriet the Spy, which was based on Louise Fitzhugh’s 1964 novel of the same name. She later appeared in shows including The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Six Feet Under.
In 2008, she made her debut in season 1 of Gossip Girl as Georgina Sparks, a villainous former friend of Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively). Trachtenberg appeared in 28 episodes of the original series and later returned for two episodes of the Max sequel, which debuted in 2021.
In February 2020, Trachtenberg praised her former costars for their post–Gossip Girl achievements and said she’d recently seen Leighton Meester, who played Blair Waldorf.
“Leighton and I actually had dinner not too long ago, and she’s also a mother,” Trachtenberg exclusively told Us at the time. “I think it’s just amazing what they’ve all accomplished.”
She noted that she hadn’t yet seen Penn Badgley’s then-new show You, but she’d heard about the memes joking that Georgina could ruin his character, Joe.
“[It] says that I would be the one to take him down, and I was like, ‘I don’t know what this means,’” she joked. “And then my friends were like, ‘Well … ’ I go to all of my friends for the content to understand what’s cool with the kids these days.”
Keep scrolling for more tributes to Trachtenberg from the Gossip Girl cast and crew:
Chace Crawford
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“Michelle was one of a kind,” Crawford wrote via Instagram. “I remember her coming on set for the first time and just absolutely owning it. She was a force of nature and just so so unapologetically funny and magnetic.. remembering those years with a big smile. Just a terrible loss. Love you .”
“So sad to hear of the passing of @michelletrachtenberg,” Westwick, 37, wrote via his Instagram Story alongside a throwback photo of Trachtenberg from the series. “Sending prayers.” (The actor played Chuck Bass on the teen drama.)
The Gossip Girl cocreator, 48, paid tribute to Trachtenberg via his Instagram Story, writing, “RIP Michelle. Thank you for Georgina. You will be missed but not forgotten.”
He also commented on Crawford’s post, writing, “Well said. Love these photos. .”
“What a loss. Michelle was tough and a force,” wrote Zegers, 40, who played Damian Dalgaard, via Instagram. “Just a kid, so sad.”
Joshua Safran
The Gossip Girl writer penned a touching social media tribute for Trachtenberg on Wednesday sharing it was “an honor and joy” to create her character.
“Georgina unlocked something in me in which writing her was the easiest thing I’d done. It was partially the character: devious, delicious, direct — the most fun to write,” he reflected. “But it was also Michelle. She had such a clear voice as an actor. You heard her as you typed.”
Safran continued: “You knew she’d make each line rougher, more real, much funnier — and that made the writing better. She was an inspiration and an icon. There’s many reasons GG1 caught fire when we came back from the strike, but one of the biggest was the intro of her arc. The injection of *her.* Long live Georgina Sparks, and the brilliant woman who gave her the fire. You will be forever missed. Xoxo.”
Blake Lively
attends the 2009 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on June 15, 2009 in New York City.Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage
“This is the first day I met Michelle. She was electricity. You knew when she entered a room because the vibration changed,” Lively, 38, wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of the duo filming Gossip Girl. “Everything she did, she did 200%. She laughed the fullest at someone’s joke, she faced authority head on when she felt something was wrong, she cared deeply about her work, she was proud to be a part of this community and industry as painful as it could be sometimes, she was fiercely loyal to her friends and brave for those she loved, she was big and bold and distinctly herself.”
Calling her “king through and through,” Lively continued, “Time passes. You take for granted that you get the chance to see an old friend. To paraphrase, the real tragedies in life are the ones that blindside you on an idle Tuesday. Hold those you love and have loved dear. The world lost a deeply sensitive and good person in Michelle. May her work and her huge heart be remembered by those who were lucky enough to experience her fire.”
Taylor Momsen
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The actress-turned-rocker took to social media to share her “shock” over Trachtenberg’s death, writing via Instagram, “When I met this girl 15 years ago I knew we’d be friends..she was smart and sassy, bold and sensitive, funny as f— and filled with fire. She was simply awesome. I’ll miss our late night calls that no one should ever hear but us. She was always in my corner and there to support me whether I was right or wrong.”
Momsen then took a moment to address Trachtenberg directly. “I will miss you everyday my love..I think we truly understood each other and I am so grateful to have had a friend like you in my life for so long..You were a true friend to me which is a rarity in this world and I can’t believe I won’t hear your voice again,” she wrote. “I hope you’re f—-ing up heaven for both of us..I love you so much Michelle, my heart is on the floor.”
She concluded the post — which featured a black and white slideshow of the costars over the years — by sharing that she “needed to honor” her longtime friend, noting that she “deserves more than this.”
“I grieve with all her fans around the world, and my heart is with her family and loved ones,” Momsen added. “I have so much to say, but she’s the only one I’d want to say it to, my love to you all xxt.”
Jessica Szohr
Szohr, who portrayed Vanessa Abrams on Gossip Girl, remembered Trachtenberg’s on-set energy in an Instagram tribute.
“This amazing woman bursts onto the scene with energy that instantly brings a smile to your face. She’s not only a true professional, but she’s also the perfect antidote to anyone who takes life a bit too seriously,” Szohr wrote on February 26. “Her kindness and outrageous sense of humor create an atmosphere of joy, both on set and beyond. We shared countless laughs during filming, over the phone, and at various events. Her captivating stories are so entertaining that you can’t help but want to hear more! She’s truly one of a kind.”
Once you reach your 30s, your skincare priorities start to shift. Suddenly, it’s not just about hydration. It’s about firming areas prone to sagging and stopping fine lines before they settle in. And for the first time, you realize your neck needs just as much attention as your face.
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“Now I’ve gotten to the point where you f—d with my best friend. Now you’re f—ing with my boyfriend [Craig],” Paige, 32, said about Kyle, 42, during the Wednesday, February 26, episode of the Bravo series. “You disrespect me. Think you can text me anything you want. F— you!”
Paige’s comments came after she revealed earlier in the episode that she received a “bit of rage texting” from Kyle that week about her “best friend” Hannah Berner and her then-boyfriend Craig Conover. (Paige and Craig, 36, called it quits in November 2024 after three years.)
Paige told the cameras that the text allegedly attacked Craig because Kyle was “mad because [Craig] signed a deal to do some ad with another drink company.”
According to a screenshot of the exchange, Kyle wrote he was “beyond discouraged” with Craig, claiming that the Southern Charm star’s choice to partner with Spritz Society in spring 2024 didn’t sit well with him. (Kyle owns the alcohol company Loverboy, which he claimed Craig knew had a spritz collection but still invested in the rival company.)
“This wouldn’t be a topic today if it wasn’t for him and about a dozen lies,” Kyle allegedly texted Paige regarding Craig.
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Paige then noted that Kyle’s negative remarks about Hannah, who he feuded with for years before her Summer House exit, were “because she was on a podcast just being Hannah.” (Hannah, 33, claimed on a 2024 podcast that Kyle attributed to her getting fired from the Bravo show.)
Paige was taken aback by the whole ordeal, saying, “I’m just getting yelled at.” She then shared the text thread with pal Ciara Miller and started to fume while reliving it.
“What the f—? You have both of their numbers,” Paige said of Kyle, telling Ciara, 29, that he should “be an adult” and text the person he is actually mad at.
Paige explained that Kyle “trying to put me in the middle of it” is “absolutely insane.” Ciara was firmly team Paige, telling her, “The other thing that’s annoying to me is Kyle’s thinking that everyone has to have this allegiance to him.”
Paige then went off about Kyle, claiming that he has never “supported a single thing” that she’s done, while she has been very loyal to him.
“I’ve drank your drink for seven f—ing years. I’ve come to your dumbass f—ing events,” Paige quipped. “The only reason I came here tonight is so that someone kept his wife company while he pretends to be Diplo, like, please.” (Kyle is married to Amanda Batula.)
When Paige and Ciara reunited in the Hamptons for another weekend, Paige said that Kyle did text her about his rage message. “He just goes, ‘Sorry about all those texts earlier.’ I was just like, ‘Alright,’” Paige alleged.
Paige then confessed that Craig did “not want” to be Kyle’s friend amid his accusations. “He feels uncomfortable even coming to the house,” Paige said of her then-boyfriend.
“You crossed a f—ing line,” she said of Kyle, noting he shouldn’t have called her to “vent” about Amanda, 33, and then “three weeks later think you can text me whatever the f— you want.”
Paige later compared Kyle to a “dad” who was reprimanding his daughter for the sins of her friends.
“[He was] like, ‘If those are your friends and they’re doing bad things then so are you.’ And it’s like, ‘Dad, I don’t smoke weed. I didn’t do it,’” she said in confessional, pointing out, “I didn’t go on a podcast and talk about you. I didn’t join a spritz company and post about it.”
Paige questioned, “Why and I getting yelled at on a Thursday morning at 9:30 [a.m.]? I already don’t want to be awake.”
She told Ciara that Kyle is “lucky he’s married to the woman he’s married to,” adding that her friendship with Amanda is the “only reason I don’t go up one f—ing side of him and down the other.”
Summer House airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
Octomom Nadya Suleman’s 14 children have a lot to say in the new trailer for the upcoming docuseries Confessions of Octomom.
“At the time my mom was getting a lot of death threats,” one of Suleman’s daughters claimed to the cameras in the Wednesday, February 26, trailer for the upcoming Lifetime series which premieres on Monday, March 10.
Later in the teaser, one of Suleman’s sons also could be seen sitting down with producers, and shared what it’s been like when his classmates approach him about his mother’s past experience in the adult entertainment industry. (Suleman previously worked as a stripper in men’s clubs and did an adult film.)
“When someone comes up to you at school and asks you, ‘Is your mom a stripper?’ You don’t know what to say,” the son reflected.
At one point in the trailer, all of Suleman’s children gathered on a couch to reveal what their mom had told them about what she went through to welcome them all.
“Our mom talks often about the story, how it all started,” her kids say, all chiming in. “It wasn’t how everyone thinks it was. My mom did everything in her power to protect her kids.”
They continued: “The main reason why we’re doing all this is to get the truth out there.”
Suleman rose to fame in 2009 after she got pregnant with octuplets with IVF. She welcomed Noah, Maliyah, Isaiah, Nariyah, Jonah, Makai, Josiah and Jeremiah that same year. Suleman is also the mother of six older children: Elijah (born in 2001), Amerah (born in 2002), Joshua (born in 2003), Aiden (born in 2005) and fraternal twins Calyssa and Caleb (born in 2006.)
In addition to her children speaking out, Suleman is also coming forward to share her side of the story.
“I’d love to explain what happened and why I became Octomom. I’ve always wanted to be a mom. I wanted a big family,” she said. “When I set my mind to achieving a goal, you know, I achieve that goal. I think I may have overachieved with being a mom, though, a little too much there.”
Two years after giving birth, the California Medical Board learned that Suleman’s fertility doctor had allegedly transferred 12 embryos into her uterus instead of the six she reportedly requested. The professional’s medical license was revoked in 2011.
Suleman shared that she met the medical professional while seeking treatment for endometriosis. At one point in the trailer, a person claimed that Suleman was aware of how many embryos the doctor transferred. The camera then flashed to Suleman as an interviewer asked if she did know. As Suleman prepared to answer the question, the scene cut.
In addition to testimony from Suleman and her children, the sperm donor for the eight children will also come forward in the documentary after remaining anonymous after all these years.
Confessions of Octomom premieres on Lifetime Monday, March 10.
The Barstool Sports personality recently claimed that the country singer offered her $12 million to sign an NDA, ensuring that she would never publicly speak about their past relationship. (Us Weekly has reached out to Bryan’s team multiple times for comment.)
On Tuesday, February 25, TMZ approached LaPaglia, 25, at Los Angeles International Airport and asked whether she regretted not signing the document — and taking the money.
“No, no, no, no,” she told the outlet. “That’s, like, devil’s money. I don’t want someone else’s money.”
When a TMZ reporter said that $12 million was a lot of money, she replied, “Yeah, I know, but that’s OK. I’ll make my own money. Twelve million’s kind of excessive. What am I gonna do with that?”
LaPaglia was also asked about her current dating situation.
“I don’t really have time for a boyfriend,” she said, noting that she’s “too busy” to date.
She said she’d like to meet someone who’s “hardworking” and “just nice” — but he can’t be a musician, as she’ll “never” date another. When the TMZ reporter asked whether she’d consider “someone who works at Burger King,” she responded, “I’m not opposed to it. I’m not opposed to anybody at this point!”
Last month, LaPaglia was hooked up to a lie detector test during an episode of her “BFFs” podcast when cohost Josh Richards questioned her about Bryan.
“Do you know if Zach’s exes signed NDAs?” Richards, 23, asked. LaPaglia replied, “Yes.”
Richards followed up by asking whether LaPaglia knew “which exes” signed the paperwork.
“I know two exes signed NDAs,” she replied, ending the conversation without naming names.
Prior to LaPaglia, Bryan was in two semi-public relationships. He married Rose Madden in 2020 but filed for divorce the following year. Bryan went public with Deb Peifer that same year. He announced their breakup in May 2023 and moved on with LaPaglia shortly afterward.
LaPaglia revealed in November 2024 that she and Madden had FaceTimed.
“I f—ing love her. I’ve never felt more seen and validated in my life,” LaPaglia said on the “BFFs” podcast at the time. “Oh, my gosh. She’s a great person.”
The Gossip Girl and Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum was found unconscious inside of her Midtown West apartment in New York City, police sources confirmed to Us Weekly on Wednesday, February 26. She was 39 years old.
“It is with great sadness to confirm that Michelle Trachtenberg has passed away,” the actress’ rep told Us Weekly in a statement. “The family requests privacy for their loss. There are no further details at this time.”
While the cause of her death is not yet apparent, the incident is not believed to be suspicious. (The New York Post was first to report the news.)
The news comes one year after the actress responded to users’ comments questioning her appearance in recent social media posts. “Explain to me how I look sick,” she wrote in response to one follower in January 2024. “Did you lose a calendar and not realize I’m not 14. I’m 38. How sad for you to leave such a comment.”
In a separate Instagram post that month, Trachtenberg wrote, “I’ve received several comments recently about my appearance. I have never had plastic surgery I am happy and healthy. Check yourself haters.”
Trachtenberg first rose to fame as a child star in the 1996 movie Harriet the Spy. Her Hollywood career continued when she joined Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Sarah Michelle Gellar’s sister, Dawn. She also became a fan-favorite guest star on Gossip Girl as Georgina Sparks.
Keep reading to see how Hollywood stars are paying tribute to and remembering Trachtenberg:
“Heartbreaking,” she said in a statement to Us when honoring her Harriet the Spy costar. “I loved her very much. She struggled the last few years. I wish I could have helped.”
“Oh Michy…and we lived so close to one another,” the actress wrote via Instagram when paying tribute to her costar from the 1996 film A Holiday for Love. “My heart aches for your family and all those who loved you so… @michelletrachtenberg #ripsweetgirl.”
Ed Westwick
“So sad to hear of the passing of @MichelleTrachtenberg,” the Gossip Girl actor wrote via his Instagram Story alongside a photo of his costar. “Sending prayers.”
David Boreanaz
“So very sad… horrible news,” the Buffy the Vampire Slayer actor wrote via his Instagram Story. “R.I.P. and prayers to her and her family.”
Kim Cattrall
“Rest in peace sweet Michelle ,” the actress wrote via Instagram with a photo from their experience filming the 2005 Disney movie, Ice Princess.
“I’m heartbroken to hear of the passing of@michelletrachtenberg!!” the actress wrote via Instagram. “So young, so talented and so sweet! Here is a fun scene from when she was on #ClarissaExplainsItAll. I think this was about 1992 and the episode was an idea I had about babysitting a total nightmare. But Michelle was nothing like her character and even this young, we got along wonderfully.#gonetoosoon #RIP #GodBlesstheFunnyPeople.”
James Marsters
“My heart is heavy today. We have lost a beautiful soul,” the Buffy the Vampire Slayer actor wrote via Instagram. “Michelle was fiercely intelligent, howlingly funny, and a very talented person. She died much too young, and leaves behind scores of people who knew and loved her.My heart goes out to her family who are good people, and are suffering the greatest loss anyone could bear. I hope everyone can give them space to heal in this most difficult time. Godspeed Michelle. You are missed.”
Kenan Thompson
“Our first Nick movie star has departed us!!” the Saturday Night Live star wrote via Instagram with a throwback clip from the 1999 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. “She was my friend and now she rests!! Check on your people!!!
Chace Crawford
Chace Crawford and Michelle TrachtenbergCourtesy of Chace Crawford/Instagram
“Michelle was one of a kind,” the Gossip Girl star, who played Nate Archibald, wrote via Instagram. “I remember her coming on set for the first time and just absolutely owning it. She was a force of nature and just so so unapologetically funny and magnetic.. remembering those years with a big smile. Just a terrible loss. Love you .”
Kimberly J. Brown
The Halloweentown alum expressed her sadness over Trachtenberg’s death by sharing a throwback photo of the actress with a broken heart emoji.
Iris Apatow
“I watched her through every stage of my life,” the actress wrote via her Instagram Story. “She brought me a lot of joy when things were hard — I’m so heartbroken. Rest in peace.”
“Incredibly sad to hear about Michelle’s passing,” The Rookie star wrote via Instagram about his ex-girlfriend. “She was an incredible person and I will always remember the years we spent together fondly. She was loving, quirky and would never pass up a Law and Order SVU marathon:) My condolences to her mother Lana and sister Irene! This is an incredible loss!”
Chris Colfer
“Michelle was the absolute sweetest and one of the most supportive people I knew,” the Glee star wrote via Instagram. “I’m so lucky I got to be her friend. ”
Matt McGorry
Michelle Trachtenberg and Matt McGorryCourtesy of Matt McGorry/Instagram
“She had a fierceness but also a deep caring and softness with those she trusted,” the How to Get Away With Murder actor wrote via Instagram about his friend. “She always stood up for her friends, was incredibly talented and had the darkest sense of humor. She had the spirit of a true New Yorker. Michelle and I were really close but lost touch for quite a while. I was always sure that we’d cross paths again and I was looking forward to meeting as the people we’d grown to become. You will be missed by so many. Love you, Michelle. ”
Gregory Arlt
“She was, indeed, but a tween when my makeup brushes first touched her face. It was the beginning of relationship laced with creativity, endless laugh, and the quest for the perfect pale foundation (we figured that last one out!),” the celebrity makeup artist shared via Instagram when discussing his friend and client, Trachtenberg. “ Oh, Michelle… I cannot imagine a world — my world — without your acerbic wit, fierce intellect, doe-eyed beauty and great talent.”
He continued, “Please save a seat at the makeup counter for me, my friend. @michelletrachtenberg .”
“I’m so sorry your bright light died so young,” the Buffy the Vampire Slayer star wrote via her Instagram Story. “Our Buffy family lost a little sister today…Rest in peace lovely Mist Mist. You were loved.”
J. August Richards
“Just heard about the passing of Michelle Trachtenberg… My heart goes out to her family, friends and the many people who loved her,” the Angel star wrote via X. “39 is far too young… Rest In Peace, dear one…”
Beanie Feldstein
“I’m so beyond heartbroken,” the actress wrote via her Instagram Story with three broken heart emojis. “Her Harriet raised all of us little girls wanted to BE something.”
Michelle Trachtenberg.Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for The Art of Elysium
Alyson Hannigan
“I am deeply saddened by the news of Michelle’s passing,” the actress wrote via Instagram. “She brought a loving energy to the set of Buffy. My thoughts are with Michelle’s family and friends.”
Kevin Zegers
“What a loss,” the Gossip Girl alum wrote via Instagram. “Michelle was tough and a force. Just a kid, so sad.”
“I’m very sad to hear about the passing of @MichelleTrachtenberg,” the Twin Peaks actress wrote via her Instagram Story. “I knew her when we were young and working in New York. Sending love to her family.”
Clare Kramer
“Michelle and I worked very closely during my time on Buffy,” the actress, who played Glory on Buffy the Vampire Slayer told Us in a statement. “It was my first television series, and even though I was 10 years her senior, she taught me so much about filming and set life. She was an exceptional actress and a consummate professional. I was also really touched that at such a young age, she had such generosity — not only in her art, but also in her personal life. I’m keeping her mom, family and those who loved her close to my heart on this sad day. She will be missed.”
“Peace out little one. ,” Kramer also wrote via Instagram. “A talented & kind soul gone way too soon!You’re free to fly now… .”
Danny Tamberelli
Tamberelli, who starred with Trachtenberg on Nickelodeon’s The Adventures of Pete & Pete, paid tribute to his late costar via Instagram. “We grew up learning how to make people laugh together,” he wrote. “More importantly, we learned to make each other laugh and pull pranks on everyone. We were doing improv when it was still called playing pretend to get laughs. She was a master of the clothespin game, tagging any and everyone she could. She once got upset when I got my 1st bass on set because I wouldn’t hang out during lunch. She hid the cable so I couldn’t play through the amp. I got the message. She was a bright light, firecracker and caring person who spent a lot of time and effort advocating for people who needed a louder voice. Michelle was someone to look up to in this business and to the general world at large. She will be missed. All my love, sympathy and compassion to Lana, Irene and the rest of her family and friends.
Kate Beckinsale
“What a terrible shock and loss, my God,” Beckinsale wrote via her Instagram Story alongside a snap of her and Trachtenberg out on the town. “My heart aches for your mama. Fly safe little bird.”
Blake Lively
Lively, who starred alongside Trachtenberg on Gossip Girl, honored her former colleague via Instagram. “This is the first day I met Michelle. She was electricity. You knew when she entered a room because the vibration changed,” the It Ends With Us actress wrote alongside a photo of the duo on set of The CW series. “Everything she did, she did 200%. She laughed the fullest at someone’s joke, she faced authority head on when she felt something was wrong, she cared deeply about her work, she was proud to be a part of this community and industry as painful as it could be sometimes, she was fiercely loyal to her friends and brave for those she loved, she was big and bold and distinctly herself.”
Lively continued, “You take for granted that you get the chance to see an old friend. To paraphrase, the real tragedies in life are the ones that blindside you on an idle Tuesday. Hold those you love and have loved dear. The world lost a deeply sensitive and good person in Michelle. May her work and her huge heart be remembered by those who were lucky enough to experience her fire.”
Trachtenberg’s childhood boyfriend, also a former kid actor, mourned Trachtenberg in a statement shared via Instagram. “I just heard the news about Michelle and I’m in shock,” he wrote, noting that he met the late actress when they starred together on a ’90s sitcom called Dave’s World. “I was so nervous to meet her, and the second she stepped on set my feelings for her grew tenfold…also, even though my Mom somehow pulled out the most classic of Mom moves – showing literal baby photos of me to Michelle’s mother (of course Michelle walked up WHILE THIS HUMILIATION WAS OCCURRING) – she and I developed a truly deep and special connection. Within a few weeks, we were boyfriend and girlfriend (I know, I still can’t believe it either).”
He went on to describe Trachtenberg as his “first love,” adding, “For her birthday a few months later, my Dad helped me record a version of the Beatles’ ‘Michelle’ which we played over the loudspeakers at her birthday party at The Oakwoods. She ran out of the party half-embarrassed-half-smitten (as kids do) but later revealed how much that meant to her.”
Carney noted that he’d last spoken to her in late 2024, writing, “There’s no other way to say it other than that she was my first love (and I may have been hers, as well…) I loved her brain, her wit, her seemingly unlimited energy, her effortless beauty, her loyalty and how every room she entered became precisely *infinity percent* more fun, just because she was in it. So many others have much more to say, but I just wanted to share how much I adored Michelle and how sad I am to know that I won’t be able to laugh or reminisce with her anymore. She was such a unique treasure of a soul and she will be unbelievably missed by the Carney/Heil household. We love you forever Michelle and our hearts go out to the entire Trachtenberg family .”
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