Maria Menounos is opening up about the time friends shamed her decision to have a child via surrogate.

“They were friends. One of them worked for me for a while,” Menounos, 46, shared on the Monday, January 13, episode of the “Women in the Nude” podcast.

“This is somebody who was, like, so sweet and I, like, loved,” she explained to host Sasha Pieterse. “She said to my husband, ‘What do you mean she can’t carry? Like, that doesn’t make any sense.’”

“And he goes, ‘Her neurosurgeon — the top neurosurgeon in the world — said she can’t carry.’ And she was like, ‘I just don’t get it. It just doesn’t make any sense.’”

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Following that exchange, Menounos cut ties with her friend.

“I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t ever want to talk to you again,’” She recalled. “It’s one thing to be judged by outside people who don’t know and don’t get it. But you actually know me, and you know what we’ve gone through. For you to even say anything so judgmental is just crazy to me.”

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Menounos and husband Keven Undergaro welcomed their daughter, Athena Alexandra, with the help of a surrogate in June 2023. 

The former E! News anchor had faced infertility issues that led to IVF treatments, which were halted when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2017. The tumor was removed and she was given a clean bill of health, but her neurosurgeon advised her against carrying a child. 

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When Menounos and Undergaro’s first surrogate fell through in 2020, Menounos had all but given up hope — then she joyously announced in February 2023 that they’d found another and were expecting a baby.

“Athena is our miracle baby,” the “Heal Squad” podcast host told Us after her daughter’s birth. “I’m so grateful for her.”

Menounos expanded on Athena’s impact on her life in an interview with Us last November, saying, “It’s been the greatest gift. I think the first thing that I felt after she was born is that I finally knew where I belonged. And that was a really incredible feeling. I didn’t feel like I was chasing after anything anymore. And she’s just magic. And I just love every second of it. She’s just brought so much joy to all of us, and I’m so grateful.”

As for whether she sees more kids in their future, Menounos told Us that “it would be a dream.”

“We’ve already discussed that we wanted to. The second she was born, I’m like, ‘I want more, I need more,’” she said. “And then we were kind of like, ‘Well, let’s wait ‘till she’s old enough so that transition feels good for her.’ So she doesn’t feel like a loss; she feels like a gain and that she’s got a new role. So that’s kind of what we’re thinking.”

Christina Haack is “energy cutting” amid her ongoing divorce from estranged husband Josh Hall.

Haack, 41, took to her Instagram Stories on Monday, January 13, to share a photo of firewood burning in a large bowl. She captioned the post “energy cutting” and added emojis of a peace sign as well as a wolf and a moon — a reference to the full Wolf Moon in the skies that night. 

The HGTV personality seemed to be engaged in a wellness practice called “cord cutting,” which energy healer George Lizos recently described on Goop.com.

“Toxic cords of attachment … are created deliberately over time,” Lizos said. “The majority of these ties are formed as a result of the time and energy you spend deliberately with others — moments shared and words exchanged. Although these cords may have been positive at the start of a relationship, they have since become negative as the relationship has deteriorated.”

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While Haack attempted to release negative attachments, her ex Hall went Instagram-official with new girlfriend Stephanie Gabrys.

On Monday, Hall updated his Instagram Stories with a pic of himself and Gabrys cuddling near a fire pit with mountains in the background. “Happy 35th to this real life [angel],” Hall captioned the photo, adding an angel emoji and tagging Gabrys.

Earlier this month, a source exclusively revealed to Us Weekly that Hall had “met someone wonderful in Nashville, and they have been happily dating for some time.” The insider noted that while Josh “wasn’t trying to date,” he met someone who is a “perfect match.”

Meanwhile, Haack revealed that her divorce battle with Hall was intensifying.

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“We’re going to be going to trial I hear,” she said on the Thursday, January 9, episode of Radio Andy’s Jeff Lewis Live, alleging that Hall “doesn’t want to do mediation” and inferring that he wasn’t moving the process along. 

“It’s going to be fun,” she told host Jeff Lewis. “Can’t wait.”

Haack and Hall both filed for divorce in July 2024 after more than two years of marriage.

According to court documents obtained by Us, Haack — who hired divorce attorney Laura Wasser — requested that neither party receive spousal support and wanted Hall to pay her lawyer fees. Hall, meanwhile, was seeking spousal support from his ex and asked her to pay his attorney fees.

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“[The court hasn’t] ordered me yet but he’s been asking me [for money],” Haack, who is now reportedly dating businessman Christopher LaRocca, alleged in her latest interview. “I’ve already had to give a little something but then he bought a Bentley. I gave him money to live and he bought a Bentley but he also doesn’t have a job so.”

Responding to Haack’s latest interview, Hall’s spokesperson told Us: “Hall is not available for comment, as he’s continuing to live his life in the present and celebrating his beautiful new girlfriend’s birthday. With that said, it’s sad Christina must resort to low blows about her ex Josh to promote her new show. She should focus on her new boyfriend and stop talking about Josh. As the great Mariah Carey once sang, ‘Why you so obsessed with me?’ We wish Christina the best.”

Hall’s rep added, “Christina knows nothing about Josh’s life, and it’s sad she keeps speculating. Her accusations are baseless.”

Josh Hall is now Instagram-official with Stephanie Gabrys amid his ongoing divorce with estranged wife, Christina Haack.

Hall took to his Instagram Stories on Monday, January 13, and shared a pic of himself with Gabrys sitting on his lap near a fire pit with mountains and a Christmas tree in the background. The couple smiled while sporting casual, cozy attire. 

“Happy 35th to this real life [angel],” Hall captioned the photo, adding an angel emoji and tagging Gabrys.

Earlier this month, a source exclusively revealed to Us Weekly that Hall, 44, had “met someone wonderful in Nashville, and they have been happily dating for some time.” The insider noted that while Josh “wasn’t trying to date,” he met someone who is a “perfect match.”

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The source added that Hall is “trying to live a more private life” since he “has no desire to be a celebrity” after he and Haack, 41, called it quits in July 2024 following two years of marriage. 

“He hasn’t made a show of the relationship, but it’s not a secret. Josh is just low-key,” the insider told Us. “He is very happy with his life and looking forward to 2025 and what’s on the horizon. This is the happiest he’s been in some time.”

While Monday’s social media post marked their first time posing as a couple, the duo posted separate Instagram snapshots from Big Sur, California in September just days after Hall’s birthday. Gabrys also tagged Hall in a Story that showed off a beautiful floral bouquet. She added the message, “You don’t have to ask him if he loves you.”

On New Year’s Day, Hall reflected on how the previous year was “tough” for him but explained that he had grown as a person. 

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“Sometimes the tough situations can change you. You end up becoming a different person. A better version of yourself. You learn things about yourself you didn’t know before,” he wrote via Instagram at the time. “It has opened my eyes to many things. Even though it was tough, I know that it taught me many lessons and for that I’m grateful. I always tell myself that God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers.”

Gabrys appeared in the comments section with a message of support.

“Proud of you and the strong, patient, hard working, generous and kind hearted man you are!” she replied. “2025 is going to be the best year yet! .”

Hall and Haack are currently involved in a bitter divorce, with Haack hiring celebrity attorney Laura Wasser to assist in finalizing their split. While the exes are no longer together, their relationship is still in the spotlight as the premiere of the new HGTV series, The Flip Off, draws closer.

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Both Hall and Haack were supposed to star on the show alongside Haack’s ex-husband Tarek El Moussa and his current wife, Heather Rae El Moussa. While filming for the home improvement show began before their split, Hall was subsequently dropped from the project following news of their divorce. Us previously confirmed that The Flip Off was moving forward with Haack, Tarek and Heather. Hall will appear in three episodes of the series.

Earlier this month, HGTV released a first look at the series that teased Hall and Haack’s relationship highs and lows. After the clip dropped, Hall took to social media to slam the network.

“TFW you can’t get enough ratings with celebrity designers so you manufactured drama with me, a nobody,” he wrote via his Instagram Story on Monday, January 6, apparently referring to a tense exchange between the exes in the series’ trailer. “@hgtv, you’ve changed.”

OnlyFans influencer Bonnie Blue claims that she’s broken the world record for having sex with the most men in a time space of 12 hours.

Blue, who hails from England, allegedly slept with 1,057 people within a 12-hour period over the weekend, her publicist told The Sun in a story published on Monday, January 13. 

The sex worker has since surfaced on Instagram expressing gratitude toward her clientele and ensuring that she is doing OK.

“I don’t need a wheelchair. I’m fine,” she promised. “Just feels like I’ve had a heavy day in the bedroom. Which is exactly what I’ve had.”

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On Sunday, January 12, Blue also posted a clip via TikTok in which she showed off her glowing complexion, telling her followers, “This is what my face looks like after taking 1,000 men less than 12 hours ago.”

In another TikTok video, she triumphantly held up a sign that read “1,000” and recalled the experience as being a series of group sex sessions in the beginning.

“The room was absolutely full,” Blue recalled. “Then we did groups of five. Like, one after the other. … I wanted to give people more time, so then it went down to, like, one on ones. So, like, one person would watch when I was with somebody” and then “it would rotate in a circle like that.”

Blue also shared the news via her Instagram, where her followers urged her to take care of herself. 

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“I can’t even comprehend the mental and physical stamina required for this. Are you sure you’re not a robot? ” someone remarked, while another said, “Oh bonnie love. I just want to give you a cuddle. Hope you got out of it all you wanted, take time for yourself girl. .”

Blue isn’t the only OF user who has been participating in this latest trend. Influencer Lily Phillips completed her challenge to sleep with 100 men in 24 hours and set a new goal for January 2025 is to have sex with 1,000 guys in one day.

“My parents knew straight from the start what I was doing,” Phillips, 23, said in the YouTube documentary I Slept With 100 Men in One Day via The Mirror. “I was very upfront about it. Obviously, at the start, they were a bit apprehensive because they wanted me to be safe and they wanted me to make good decisions and stuff like that. I just think I can’t hold myself back because I’m scared of what other people might think.”

Heidi Montag is doing her best to “focus on the gratitude” after a fire destroyed her family’s Los Angeles home.

Montag and husband Spencer Pratt lost their property as a blaze spread throughout the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, January 7. The couple and their sons, Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 13 months, safely evacuated earlier that day.

“The craziest thing when you’re packing for a fire is that your brain just freaks out,” Montag, 38, shared via Instagram Stories on Wednesday, January 8. “You’re like, ‘What do I need? What do I not need?’ It’s so overwhelming packing up a house. I mean, I only have, like, two pairs of jeans, two shirts. I got so much more clothes for the kids.”

Still, she asked herself, “‘Why didn’t I grab more?” 

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As her eyes filled with tears, Montag said “the main thing is that we’re safe. Got out.” But in the moment, “you really just panic and then a part of you [thinks], ‘I’m coming back.’ You know, ‘Of course I’m coming back for all [our things].’ So I’m praying for everybody else who’s going through this and all my friends and loved ones. Thank God we have our health and our children — and I know that. Just trying to focus on the gratitude. It just kind of comes in waves.”

Earlier Wednesday, Pratt, 41, delivered a poignant message on the Instagram grid. 

“The one positive sign I saw as our house burned down was our son’s bed burned in the shape of a heart,” he wrote, posting Ring camera footage of the nursery.

He continued, “A sign of how much love was in this house so thankful for all the years and memories there with our family.”

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Spencer’s sister, Stephanie Pratt, was the first to confirm the news. 

“I don’t know if it’s a good thing I’m in London or I need to get back to L.A. I can’t think straight. What do I do? Honestly looking for advice. I’m frozen in shock,” Stephanie, 38, wrote via Instagram late on Tuesday. “How horrible for my sweet little nephews to watch their house disappear like this. They must be so scared and confused.”

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Over on her Instagram Story, Stephanie noted that she was “beyond heartbroken” for her brother and their family.

“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. “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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Stephanie further noted that the siblings’ parents had also “evacuated safely” before watching their own house burn down via security camera footage.

“My parent’s house gone,” Spencer wrote via Instagram Stories on Wednesday, sharing a photo of the rubble and adding seven crying emojis.

Julianne Hough has evacuated her home in the Hollywood Hills after a fire broke out in the area.

The Dancing with the Stars host took to Instagram Stories on Wednesday, January 8, to share videos of her experience.

“OK, so, there is a fire right by my house,” Hough said in a clip recorded at her home. “We’re with friends, but anybody that’s in the Hollywood Hills, I’ve just been having this intuitive feeling that we’re in a bowl of how everything is surrounding Hollywood, and now this is at the center of Hollywood. Everybody needs to just evacuate. Go, go, go, go, go. Right now.”

After sharing that message, Hough updated her followers with a second video taken in a car. She was with her dog, Sunny.

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“Sunny and I are safe and we’re driving, but the reason why I say ‘evacuate now’ even if it’s not close to you, if you have somewhere to go, because: There’s traffic. And you’re gonna be stuck in traffic. And that is not good. So everybody, just please be safe and send prayers to all of the first responders and firefighters and just come together — you know, like, all you can do is be there for each other.”

Meanwhile, major fires continue to blaze a devastating course through Los Angeles, affecting many stars and their homes. 

An extreme wind storm, caused by Santa Ana gusts, sparked fast-burning brush fires at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7, with drivers along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive abandoning their cars to seek safety.

On Wednesday night, a new wildfire, called the Sunset Fire, flared up in the Hollywood Hills, the famed neighborhood in central L.A. where the Hollywood Sign is located, according to The New York Times. The city issued an evacuation order for the area’s residents, many of whom work in the entertainment industry.

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Since the catastrophe began, celebrities including Paris Hilton, Anna Faris and Billy Crystal have lost their homes to the fires.  

Hilton, 43, shared that she was “heartbroken beyond words” over her losing her home.

“Sitting with my family, watching the news, and seeing our home in Malibu burn to the ground on live TV is something no one should ever have to experience,” she wrote via Instagram on Wednesday. “This home was where we built so many precious memories.”

Months before her reported split from husband Cash Warren, Jessica Alba said she and Warren had “become roommates.”

Alba, 43, opened up about her marriage in a candid conversation with podcaster Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt in April 2024. 

“It’s all rosy for 2 ½ years, but then after that, you become roommates,” Alba revealed on Schwarzenegger’s “BDA Baby” podcast. “And it’s just, like, you’re roommates. You’re just going through the motion. It’s the responsibility. It’s a lot of, like, checking the boxes.”

TMZ reported on Wednesday, January 8, that Alba and Warren, 45, recently separated and are preparing to file for divorce. Us Weekly has reached out to their reps for comment.

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The pair met on the set of The Fantastic Four in 2004, where Alba was the leading lady and Warren a production assistant. They tied the knot four years later.

During their 2008 vows, Alba was nine months pregnant with their daughter Honor, now 16. The couple went on to welcome daughter Haven, 13, and son, Hayes, 6.

When Schwarzenegger Pratt, 35, asked how Alba was able to find balance amid her heavy responsibilities — and ensure “your husband feels tended to” — Alba made a face.

“If you’ve figured it out in your relationship, let me know,” she quipped, adding, “You know, I think that [Warren] probably gets the short end of the stick. … It’s hard. It’s impossible.”

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Alba said that she and Warren had previously tried to schedule regular date nights where “we won’t have our phone and we’ll just talk. But then that stopped because of whatever – and so we’re just not consistent.”

She advised Schwarzenegger Pratt’s listeners that it was important “to communicate when you’re unhappy and nipping it right away instead of letting it sort of, like, fester — and then you have animosity and then it explodes.”

Alba also noted that she and Warren had “gone through that,” since they’d been together so long, and joked that “he basically stole my 20s and my 30s.”

“We have, obviously, the friendship, the comfort of, like, ‘You’re not going anywhere,’” she added. “And so sometimes you don’t treat those people the best, right? You don’t consider their feelings in the way that you would consider other people’s feelings. So that is something that I think is a constant — it’s a constant one to work on.”

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She said that married couples should avoid discussing topics such as kids’ schedules during alone time together. 

“That date night, or that time, is when you really shouldn’t talk about the annoying stuff that you talk about during the week anyway. It is the time to sort of, like, get past that and check in in a different way. But it’s hard. It’s really hard.”

UPDATE 1/10/25 2:45 p.m. ET:

A source tells Us Weekly that Phypers “is just the middleman who provided a space for the procedure to take place.”

“The company that provides this service is the one that would be providing the refund,” the source says.

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Denise Richards’ husband, Aaron Phypers, is being sued for alleged fraud and breach of oral contract.

Rupert Perry filed a lawsuit on November 13 that accused Phypers, 52, of violating a verbal agreement concerning treatment at his wellness center, Quantum 360, in Malibu. Perry’s wife, Elina Katsioula-Beall, died of cancer in May 2024 and was allegedly treated by Phypers the year prior, per documents obtained by Us Weekly on Wednesday, January 8. 

According to the filing, Katsioula-Beall was diagnosed with Sarcoma — a rare cancer that develops in the bones and soft tissues — in 2019 and sought “a stem cell treatment for her cancer” that Phypers’ Q360 Club had provided. Perry claims that Phypers promised the treatment “would cure or at least ameliorate [Katsioula-Beall’s] condition.”

Perry’s suit alleges that Phypers had “claimed that the treatment had a 98 percent success rate and he was so confident in it that, if it did not work, he would refund” half of the money — $126,000 — that Perry and Katsioula-Beall paid him for the procedures. 

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Katsioula-Beall was treated there between July and September 2023. That December, she learned that her tumors had grown, prompting her and Perry to reach out to Phypers with a written request for a $63,000 refund. 

“[Phypers] ignored her request and instead proposed that she undergo another round of treatment,” Perry claims in the filing.

He alleges that Phypers had also ignored further requests for a refund. 

“On May 21, 2024, Ms. Katsioula-Beall succumbed to her illness and died,” the suit stated. “On June 28, 2024, Mr. Perry spoke with [Phypers] by telephone, who acknowledged the debt but proffered a series of excuses for his failure to pay the $63,000.”

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Perry, who requests a jury trial, claims that Phypers must pay Katsioula-Beall’s estate, as her illness became worse after treatment at his facility. 

“[Phypers’] aforementioned misconduct was intentional, willful, and done for the purpose of depriving Plaintiff of property and/or legal rights or otherwise causing injury,” Perry states in the documents. “This despicable conduct subjected Plaintiff to cruel and unjust hardship in conscious disregard of his rights.”

Us has reached out to Richards’ team for comment. Phypers, for his part, has not yet filed papers with an attorney in response to the lawsuit. His Q360 Club appears to have closed.

In late December 2024, his wife, Richards, gushed over her “great” marriage with her husband. 

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“I love being married. I love my husband. I know not everyone does,” Richards, 53, exclusively told Us at The Hollywood Christmas Parade on December 1. “I don’t understand them. But we like each other, and love being with each other.”

Richards noted that she and Phypers, with whom she previously appeared on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, are “best friends” and always make time for themselves.

“I say this to other couples with children, I always say you have to have time for yourself. Don’t feel guilty,” she added. “If this ain’t working, it starts at the top and s— rolls down. If [your marriage] stays strong, your family is intact.”

Pamela Anderson had a scary mid-flight encounter with a man who mistook her for one of The Chicks.

Anderson, 57, shared the story on the Monday, January 6, episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast when host Josh Horowitz asked her which celebrity she’s been confused with. 

“This one time, I was on a flight and this guy came up to me and said, ‘Do you know what this country’s done for you?’” Anderson remembered. “And I was like, ‘Oh, my God. What have I done?’” 

Anderson went on to recall that the man glared at her from his seat and eventually tried to harm her.

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“This stewardess had to handcuff him to the chair because he was trying to attack me,” she said, explaining that “he thought I was a Dixie Chick. Remember that whole Dixie Chick thing? I almost got killed on a plane.” 

More than 20 years ago, The Chicks — formerly known as The Dixie Chicks — received major backlash after lead singer Natalie Maines took the stage at a London concert in 2003 and denounced President George W. Bush and the decision to invade Iraq. “Just so you know,” she said between songs, “We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.”

Afterward, country music stations pulled the band’s music amid listener complaints and allegations of “anti-American” rhetoric. (In 2006, Maines, 50, and bandmates Martie Maguire and Emily Robinson triumphed with the success of their seventh album, Taking the Long Way, which earned them five Grammys.)

Anderson recalled on “Happy Sad Confused” that her run-in with the angry man had shaken her. 

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“I was scared to fly after that, a little bit,” she said.

The Baywatch icon, meanwhile, is enjoying a career comeback for her acclaimed role in the film The Last Showgirl. Anderson earned a 2025 Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, losing to Fernanda Torres. She hit the red carpet in style, however, eschewing full glam for minimal makeup — her signature. 

She has recently embraced a bare-faced look at glamorous events, first at Paris Fashion Week in 2023, and inspired others to do the same. 

“I’m makeup-free at home, so why not for Paris Fashion Week?” she told People that year, adding, “I didn’t expect anyone to notice, but I’m glad it sparked a positive message.”

She emphasized her desire to break free from conventional beauty standards, saying, “It felt empowering to look in the mirror and say, ‘I’m OK just like this.’”

Blake Lively’s lawyers are denouncing “more attacks” from Justin Baldoni and his team.

The New York Times broke the news on December 21 that Lively had sued Baldoni — her costar and director of the film It Ends With Us — for sexual harassment. Baldoni denied all allegations against him made in the lawsuit, which was obtained by Us Weekly, and days later, was among 10 plaintiffs who launched a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times for its coverage of Lively’s accusations. 

On New Year’s Eve, Lively, 37, filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, 40, in a New York federal court, mirroring her earlier claims that were submitted with the California Civil Rights Department. In addition to Baldoni, Lively is suing publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel, as well as Wayfarer Studios, Baldoni’s production company.

Attorneys for the actress told Us in a statement on Monday, January 6, that Lively’s “serious claims of sexual harassment and retaliation” are “backed by concrete facts.” 

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“This is not a ‘feud’ arising from ‘creative differences’ or a ‘he said/she said’ situation,” the lawyers’ statement read, per the outlet. “As alleged in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and as we will prove in litigation, Wayfarer [Studios] and its associates engaged in unlawful, retaliatory astroturfing against Ms. Lively for simply trying to protect herself and others on a film set. And their response to the lawsuit has been to launch more attacks against Ms. Lively since her filing.”

The statement noted: “Sexual harassment and retaliation are illegal in every workplace and in every industry. A classic tactic to distract from allegations of this type of misconduct is to ‘blame the victim’ by suggesting that they invited the conduct, brought it on themselves, misunderstood the intentions, or even lied.”

Lively’s team continued, “Another classic tactic is to reverse the victim and offender, and suggest that the offender is actually the victim. These concepts normalize and trivialize allegations of serious misconduct.”

And in conclusion, they wrote, “Most importantly, media statements are not a defense to Ms. Lively’s legal claims. We will continue to prosecute her claims in federal court, where the rule of law determines who prevails, not hyperbole and threats.”

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Us reached out to Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, for comment. 

On Thursday, January 2, Freedman told NBC News that he “absolutely” planned to sue Lively on behalf of his client. 

“We plan to release every single text message between the two of them,” Freedman told the outlet. “We want the truth to be out there. We want the documents to be out there. We want people to make their determination based on receipts.”

Previously, he shared a statement with Us, vowing to “take down” The New York Times for its “vicious smear campaign.”

As for the Times, a spokesperson told Us that the outlet is planning to “vigorously defend” itself.

“The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead,” read a statement on December 31. “Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and at length in the article. Those texts and emails were also the crux of a discrimination claim filed in California by Blake Lively against Justin Baldoni and his associates.”

Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster are stepping out to confirm their romance hand in hand. 

The duo were photographed holding hands and gazing into each other’s eyes in Los Angeles on Monday, January 6, according to images published by People. Jackman, 56, sported a black jacket, gray T-shirt and white jeans, while Foster looked equally chic in a beige trench coat and green maxi dress. 

According to the outlet, the actors — who costarred in a revival of The Music Man revival on Broadway — had dined together in Santa Monica. 

Two days prior, Jackman was spotted supporting Foster’s West Coast run of Once Upon a Mattress.

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The Deadpool & Wolverine star was seen at L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre on Saturday, January 4, per photos circulating on social media. In the snaps, Jackman was seen recording seatmate Carol Burnett receiving an unexpected round of applause during intermission.

Sources exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2024 that a romance between Jackman and Foster sparked while the twosome began working together on The Music Man the year prior.

“They’re happier than ever,” a source said at the time, noting that their relationship is a “wonderful next chapter” with a “balance of playfulness and genuine admiration.”

Per the insider, Jackman was drawn to Foster’s “immense talent, infectious positivity and grounded nature” with the Tony-winning actress appreciating his “kindness, professionalism and ability to make others feel valued.”

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Jackman was previously married to Deborra-lee Furness for 27 years, announcing their separation in September 2023.

“We have been blessed to share almost three decades together as husband and wife in a wonderful, loving marriage,” Jackman and Furness, 69, said in a joint statement at the time. “Our journey now is shifting and we have decided to separate to pursue our individual growth. Our family has been and always will be our highest priority.”

The statement concluded, “We undertake this next chapter with gratitude, love, and kindness. We greatly appreciate your understanding in respecting our privacy as our family navigates this transition in all of our lives.”

Jackman and Furness share two adult children.

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Foster, for her part, was married to screenwriter Ted Griffin for a decade. She filed for divorce in October 2024, which has yet to be settled. The Younger alum and Griffin, 53, share daughter Emily, whom they adopted in 2017. (Foster was also previously married to fellow Broadway star Christian Borle between 2006 and 2009.)

According to the insider, Foster and Jackman’s relationship was “the reason Hugh and Deb got divorced.”

“A lot of people on Broadway knew, and we kept it quiet because both of them are so nice and great people,” the source claimed in November. “Everyone respected their privacy. But there was an affair and overlap.”

Jocelyn Wildenstein will be cremated in the wake of her death on New Year’s Eve.

The Swiss socialite, who gained notoriety — and the moniker “Catwoman” for her plastic surgery that made her resemble a feline — died peacefully in her sleep while staying in a Parisian palace on Tuesday, December 31. She was 84 years old.

Wildenstein’s longtime partner, Lloyd Klein, told TMZ on Monday, January 6, that she’ll be cremated, with her remains transported to her ranch in Kenya following an intimate funeral in Paris. According to the outlet, the ranch is the site of her father’s grave and where her mother’s ashes are located.

Days earlier, Klein revealed to People that Wildenstein had battled phlebitis, which is inflammation of the veins near your skin due to blood clots.

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“Because of her phlebitis, the legs were very, very swollen, and the blood was blocked, and there was no oxygen in the brain,” Klein told the outlet on January 2. “And we were having a nap and when I woke up, I said, ‘Jocelyn, we have to wake up, we have to get dressed,’ and she was cold and she was dead.”

He noted at the time, “It’s very sad. … It’s extremely sad to lay down with your other half that I have known for 21 years and waiting to celebrate New Year’s Eve and to find her cold.”

Prior to her death, Wildenstein (born Jocelyne Périsset) garnered headlines for her exaggerated cosmetic surgery. Following her first surgical procedure in the late 1970s, observers began comparing Wildenstein’s eye lift to that of a lynx, which she kept as a pet.

Wildenstein was also known for her marriage to billionaire art dealer Alec Wildenstein. The two wed in 1978 and divorced in 1999. Their split and legal battle received heavy media coverage, with Alec telling Vanity Fair at the time that he lacked a say in how much surgery his then-wife had, despite reports that he encouraged her dramatic physical transformation. 

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“She was crazy. I would always find out last,” he claimed, according to The Times. “She was thinking that she could fix her face like a piece of furniture. Skin does not work that way. But she wouldn’t listen.”

Jocelyn, for her part, told The Times in June 2023 that her ex-husband had “hired a publicist and paid a plastic surgeon to certify that I completely changed my face” so he could “win the divorce.”

However, Jocelyn — who was also dubbed “the Bride of Wildenstein” because of her surgeries — triumphed in the end. She reportedly won $2.5 billion in the divorce, laughing all the way to the bank. 

Alec died in 2008 after a battle with cancer, and Jocelyn moved on with Klein in 2003. She met the designer after attending one of his Lloyd Klein Couture fashion shows. He was reported to have proposed to Jocelyn in 2017 at the Versace Mansion in Miami.

When Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck finalized their divorce, they took their personal belongings with them.

The exes formally ended their marriage on Monday, January 6, according to documents obtained by Us Weekly. In doing so, both parties “agreed to divide all assets and liabilities” to avoid further litigation and expense. 

Lopez, 55, keeps all of her personal belongings and earnings from their date of separation — April 26, 2024 — as well as half of their bank accounts. Affleck, 52, gets the same. Per the settlement agreement, they’ll also divide their $60 million mansion in Beverly Hills that is now on the market, but the specific terms to the agreement are sealed. 

In the divorce, Lopez retains her clothing, jewelry and “miscellaneous personal effects in her possession, custody or control,” and all assets that she owns “individually or by entities of which [Lopez] is the sole owner, member or shareholder.”

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s Relationship Timeline

Meanwhile, Affleck holds onto his interest in the Artists Equity production company that he founded with Matt Damon in November 2022. The agreement states that he “shall pay, indemnify and hold [Lopez] harmless from any and all liabilities, claims, debts, actions, causes of action and/or tax liabilities associated with” the company.

They settled their divorce via mediation in September. Lopez requested to drop “Affleck” from her last name and restore her legal name to Jennifer Lynn Lopez.

The actress filed for divorce from Affleck in August 2024. Instead of tapping a lawyer to submit paperwork on her behalf, Lopez submitted it herself on the two-year anniversary of the pair’s Georgia wedding, despite their separation date being months earlier.

At the time, celebrity divorce attorney Chris Melcher suggested in an interview with Us that Lopez’s decision to file sans attorney was “intentional to send a message that this will not be a fight.” Melcher posited that the duo had possibly “worked out most of [the] issues before going public with the filing.”

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Lopez and Affleck share a long history. They met on the set of the box-office bomb Gigli in 2001 and got engaged in November 2002. They were headed to the altar in September 2003, but called off their wedding days before the ceremony. They confirmed their split in January 2004.

Sparks flew anew when the couple — famously known as “Bennifer” — reconnected in May 2021 and became engaged again in April 2022. They exchanged vows in Vegas that July and hosted a second ceremony in Georgia the next month. 

Lopez was previously married to Ojani Noa from 1997 to 1998, Cris Judd from 2001 to 2003 and Marc Anthony — with whom she shares twins Max and Emme — from 2004 to 2014. Affleck, for his part, was married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 to 2018, and they coparent their three children, Violet, Seraphina and Samuel.

In May 2024, rumors of marital troubles began swirling after Lopez and Affleck weren’t seen together in public for 47 days. Us soon confirmed that Affleck had moved out of their home.

A source exclusively told Us that June that they couldn’t “get on the same page [and had] been discussing divorce as an option.”

Britney Spears is still feeling giddy about reuniting with her youngest son. 

Spears, 43, took to Instagram on Monday, December 30, to praise son Jayden, 18, days after they spent Christmas together for the first time in years. 

“Mine forever !!!” she wrote alongside two snaps of Jayden standing in a natural setting and sporting baggy jeans and an oversized maroon shirt. 

The pop legend continued: “It’s weird we’re like twins but he’s a boy and I’m a girl !!! He’s mine I hadn’t seen him in 2 and half years or maybe 3 !!! I’m in shock !!! He came back and he feels older and smarter than me !!! He’s a man and I cry everyday of my life because of the miracle and genius he is !!! When he plays the whole earth shakes !!!”

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Previously, Spears announced their holiday reunion via Instagram on Wednesday, December 25, sharing a video of her and Jayden where she referred to him as “my baby” before kissing him on the cheek.

“Best Christmas of my life !!! I haven’t seen my boys in 2 years!!!” she captioned the post. “Tears of joy and literally in shock everyday koo koo crazy so in love and blessed!!!”

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Spears said at the time that she was left “speechless” by seeing Jayden. The singer shares the teen as well as son Preston, 19, with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

After her divorce from Federline, 46, in 2007, Britney was under a conservatorship overseen by her father, Jamie Spears, for much of her children’s lives. The conservatorship ended in late 2021 after 13 years, and Britney has since had a strained relationship with her sons.

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“I think Mom has struggled giving us both attention and showing us equal love and I don’t think she showed enough to Preston and I feel really bad for that,” Jayden told the Daily Mail in 2022. “We’ve both been through so much pressure in the past that this is our safe place now, to process all the emotional trauma we’ve been through to heal, heal our mental state. If I complained, she went after [my brother]. I feel guilty, so I am there for him. Mom has treated me better.”

Britney replied to Jayden’s comments at the time, writing via Instagram, “I say to my son Jayden that I send all the love in the world to you every day for the rest of my life.”

She added: “My love for my children has no boundaries and it deeply saddens me to know his outcry of saying I wasn’t up to his expectations of a mother …. and maybe one day we can meet face to face and talk about this openly!”

Jayden and Preston subsequently moved to Hawaii with their father and his wife, Victoria Prince, along with their half-siblings, in 2023. Jayden has since returned to California.

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“Jayden is spending time back in California but does not live with Britney,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly in November. “All of his friends are still in California and he wanted to come back after graduating high school. Jayden reached out to Britney and initiated conversation.”

The insider noted that Jayden was “open to mending the relationship” with his mother.

“It’s going to take time and will not be an immediate reconciliation. They have seen each other twice and [it] was very brief,” the source continued. “Britney was very excited to hear from him. She hopes they can continue to spend time together and hopes Preston also comes around. She has had a hole in her heart from not seeing her boys. Jayden reaching out means everything to her.”

Liam Payne‘s former psychiatrist reportedly advised him to seek a “higher level of care” than she was able to offer. 

In a letter filed in an Argentina court, the psychiatrist told Payne in September — weeks before his death — that she had decided to stop treating him “after careful consideration and assessment,” TMZ reported on Monday, December 30.

According to the outlet, she urged the One Direction singer to continue regular therapy sessions to “process [his] depression and trauma” and to meet with a primary care doctor and take medications only as prescribed and not while drinking heavily. She included a list of doctors and rehabilitation facilities in her note to Payne. 

“Thank you for your understanding, and I wish you the very best in your continued journey toward mental health and well-being,” the psychiatrist wrote in the letter, per TMZ.

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Payne was found dead on October 16 after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires. A preliminary autopsy cited “multiple traumas” as the cause of his death, including hemorrhages in his chest, skull and abdomen, and multiple drugs were reportedly found in his system. The incident was not ruled a suicide.

On December 29, 2024, a local news outlet in Argentina reported that five charges had been made in connection with Payne’s death at age 31. Payne’s friend Roger Nores is among those facing manslaughter charges, along with Esteban Grassi, a CasaSur Palermo Hotel receptionist, and the hotel’s head of security Gilda Martin.

Braian Paiz, a waiter, and CasaSur employee Ezequiel Pereyra were charged with allegedly supplying drugs to Payne ahead of his fatal fall, per the report. All five of those charged were summoned to appear in court.

Nores previously addressed his alleged involvement in Payne’s death, telling the Daily Mail in November that he “never abandoned” the musician. “There were over 15 people at the hotel lobby chatting and joking with him when I left. I could have never imagined something like this would happen. … I’m really heartbroken with this tragedy, and I’ve been missing my friend every day,” he claimed.

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Earlier this month, Nores reportedly filed a complaint claiming that the hotel didn’t properly protect Payne during his stay. “A world-famous person was staying with obvious signs of … going through a crisis caused by drug intake at that very moment, and they did not even make an effort there to make up for their legal omission of having a 24-hour doctor,” he said according to documents obtained by TMZ.

Nores claimed that the hotel manager knew that Payne was intoxicated and argued that a doctor should have been on hand from the time the singer checked in. He accused CasaSur employees of doing nothing to help Payne in his final hours.

In a subsequent court filing obtained by Rolling Stone, Nores spoke about Payne’s drug history.

“I was a friend who loved him very much, who helped him selflessly in everything I could, who spent my own money to help him, and even then it was not enough,” he alleged. “I do not consider that I deserve the accusation that is being leveled at me.”

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

Renée Zellweger seemingly could be heard joyously laughing in the background of Ant Anstead’s holiday video starring his son Hudson.

Anstead, 45, posted a clip via Instagram on Saturday, December 28, in which a woman giggles at the sight of 5-year-old Hudson gazing into a crystal ball that pulsed with beams of pink, purple and blue light. 

“Look!” the child ordered, aligning his eye with a stream of blue light. This prompted the woman as well as a man (ostensibly Anstead) to laugh. Hudson looked up with a huge grin on his face.

Anstead, a British TV personality, shares Hudson with ex-wife Christina Haack, to whom he was married for nearly two years. He is also the father of two older children, Amelie, 21, and Archie, 18, with first wife Louise Storey.

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Zellweger, 55, and Anstead were first linked in June 2021 after filming an episode of Anstead’s Discovery+ series, Celebrity IOU Joyride, which aired in August 2021. Later that month, Zellweger and Anstead made their official debut as a couple at the Radford Motors gala at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California.

In April 2023, the duo celebrated their second anniversary together. Anstead marked the occasion by sharing a series of photos of the two of them via Instagram. “Two years of magic x,” he captioned the post at the time.

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That same month, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that Zellweger and Anstead were embracing a future together. “They both want to settle down and create a home together,” the insider shared. “Renée loves how romantic, open and honest he is. She does say that it took her a while to find love again, but it was well worth the wait. She’s still giddy in love. He literally swept her off her feet.”

As Anstead and Zellweger’s relationship has flourished, her bond with his children has also grown stronger.

Ant Anstead Displays Couples Christmas Ornament Featuring Renee Zellweger

“Renée gets along really well with Ant’s children and they spend a lot of quality time together,” a source exclusively told Us in July 2023. “Despite being in the public eye, Renée and Ant love just hanging out at home with the kids, watching movies and making dinner together. They enjoy a very low-key lifestyle.”

In June, Anstead shared a sweet message for his girlfriend while traveling to the U.K., where she filmed the fourth Bridget Jones movie.

“My little travel buddy…….. ,” Anstead wrote via Instagram alongside a carousel of photos, including a snap of himself at the airport with his son Hudson on his shoulders.

He referenced Zellweger, Amelie and Archie by concluding the caption with: “Incoming…… Ammo, Archo & Ren x.”

Zellweger returns as her most iconic character in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, which premieres on Peacock on February 13, 2025. 

“I love being in her shoes,” Zellweger said of Bridget in 2022. “I mean, it makes me giggle, you know, every day on set the choices that we get to make about just how awkward we can make her circumstances. It’s just so much fun.”

Pregnant Gisele Bündchen spent Christmas in Costa Rica with boyfriend Joaquim Valente.

The supermodel, 44, showed off her baby bump in a black bikini during a December 24 beach day, according to photos published by the Daily Mail on Sunday, December 29. A shirtless Valente, 37, stood by her side in the surf sporting swim trunks.

Bündchen and Valente started dating in summer 2023 and are now expecting their first baby together. (Bündchen also shares son Benjamin, 14, and daughter Vivian, 12, with ex-husband Tom Brady. She is the stepmother to Brady’s son Jack, 17, whom he shares with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan.)

“They’re deeply committed to each other, but there are currently no plans for marriage,” a source exclusively revealed to Us Weekly in November, noting at the time that Bündchen and her new beau were “happy about the pregnancy” and not “talking about marriage.”

Gisele Bundchen and Joaquim Valente’s Relationship Timeline

The insider noted: “They’re in love and happy. But right now, marriage is not on top of their to-do list.”

News of the pregnancy broke October 28, and days later, Bündchen showed her growing bump while stepping out in Miami in a little black dress.

Two years ago, Bündchen and Brady, 47, divorced after more than 13 years of marriage. A source told Us in November that the retired NFL quarterback was at peace with her decision to expand her family — and move on with a new man.

“He wants to see her happy,” the source said of Brady, noting that he and Bündchen remain amicable following their October 2022 split. “They maintain a coparenting relationship that’s solely focused on their children’s well-being.”

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In October, an insider told Us that Brady was one of the first people to learn about Bündchen’s pregnancy.

“When Gisele told the kids about her pregnancy, she made sure to let Tom know as well,” an insider close to Brady shared at the time. “This happened a few months ago. She wanted to give him that courtesy and knew the kids would tell him either way.”

According to the source, Valente has “developed a positive relationship with [Gisele’s] children” and “participated in family activities and supports [Benjamin and Vivian’s] interests.”

Meanwhile, the kids are “looking forward” to the arrival of their younger sibling, the insider added.

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Bündchen and Valente, who are both from Brazil, met when she enrolled son Benjamin at Valente’s martial arts academy in Miami. She began training with him soon after. 

“I feel stronger, more confidence and empowered since I started practicing self-defense,” she wrote in a February 2022 Instagram post featuring Valente, thanking him and his brothers for “being awesome teachers and for making training so much fun.”

When her divorce from Brady “was finalized, they moved in together and have been attached at the hip ever since,” a separate source told Us earlier this year.

UPDATE — 12/19/24, 9:15 a.m. ET: According to JoJo Edwards-Helaire, the wife of Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Travis Kelce was the mastermind behind the Eras-themed party. When a social media user commented that the celebration looked “like a wrap party,” JoJo replied, “It was a congratulations party. And a surprise from Trav.”

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were living it up at Swift’s Eras-themed bash.

A photo of the couple partying together appeared on X on Wednesday, December 18. Swift, who wrapped her Eras Tour on December 8, one week before her 35th birthday, wore a flirty black dress and playfully tugged on the lapel of Kelce’s black tuxedo jacket. (A fellow partier stood next to them, clad in a pink suit and otherwise distracted.)

Meanwhile, Kelce, 35, flashed a huge grin at the camera. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end sported friendship bracelets on his wrist and a white bow tie around his neck. His dapper ensemble looked similar to the one that he wore on the Eras stage in June, when he made a memorable appearance during one of Swift’s concerts at London’s Wembley Stadium.

Earlier Wednesday, Brittany Mahomes shared a series of photos from the event, where guests paid homage to Swift’s blockbuster tour by stepping out in Swiftie-inspired getups. 

Taylor Swift Parties With Brittany Mahomes, Ashley Avignone at 'Eras' Bash

“My people,” Mahomes, 29, wrote via Instagram, unveiling a group snapshot with Swift, Lyndsay Bell and Ashley Avignone. Kelce was seen standing in the background of one of Brittany’s pics. He is teammates with Brittany’s husband, Patrick Mahomes, and former teammates with Lyndsay’s husband, Blake Bell.

“I’ve never played more shows on tour or toured longer than I have with the Eras Tour,” Swift told the adoring audience at one of her December 6 show. “There are so many reasons for that, like, nobody’s backstage saying, ‘You gotta do more shows.’ I decided to make this tour the longest I’ve ever done because you have made this feel like so much more than a concert tour in so many ways.”

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She continued, “I’ve been going on tour since I was 15 years old, and this has felt different in every single way. It’s felt like this escape to a planet where nothing but joy and passion and togetherness and camaraderie exists every night coming out to these crowds.”

That epic career milestone was also the beginning of Swift’s romance with Kelce, who showed up at her Kansas City show wearing a friendship bracelet. He wasn’t able to meet the Grammy-winning icon that night, but eventually, they connected and sparks flew in the summer of 2023. By the fall, Swift was attending Chiefs games and cheering Kelce on from the sidelines. 

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“When you say a relationship is public, that means I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re showing up for each other, other people are there and we don’t care,” Swift told TIME in her 2023 Person of the Year profile. “The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you’re seeing someone. And we’re just proud of each other.”

She continued, “Football is awesome, it turns out. I’ve been missing out my whole life.”

Happy birthday, Christina Aguilera!

The pop star took to Instagram on Wednesday, December 18, to mark her 44th with a topless portrait. In the black-and-white image, Aguilera strikes a sultry pose, crouching on a floor with her side to the camera, her platinum blonde curls grazing her bare shoulders. She sports a black leather newsboy hat, black short shorts, strappy heels and dramatic makeup. 

“Birthday Suit #44,” Aguilera captioned her post. 

Naturally, her fans went wild in the comment section.

Christina Aguilera Doesn't 'Give a F—k' About Opinions on Her Body

“Happy Birthday, LEGENDTINA, THE BEST SINGER IN THIS F—— WORLD,” one fan gushed.

Another wrote: “Getting older in years, but younger in appearance is what I’m talking about!!!!”

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Aguilera, who won five Grammy Awards during her Y2K heyday, completed a nine-month Vegas residency in August. Three months later, she performed a surprise duet with Sabrina Carpenter during Carpenter’s Short ‘N Sweet Tour concert in Los Angeles. 

At the time, Aguilera strutted into the venue, wearing a black bustier and over-the-knee silver boots while performing a vocal riff that launched a rendition of “Ain’t No Other Man.” Carpenter, 25, subsequently joined her at center stage to complete the number, per social media footage. They also sang Aguilera’s “What a Girl Wants.”

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In November, Aguilera shared a rare snap of her family of four via Instagram. The “Genie in a Bottle” singer posed with her fiancé, Matthew Rutler, and her two children, son Max, 16, and daughter Summer, 10. (Aguilera welcomed Max with ex-husband Jordan Bratman in 2008 and shares Summer with Rutler, 39.)

“On the way to school the other day with her dad, [Summer] said, ‘When I grow up, I want to either be Mama’s photographer or Mama’s manager.’ It’s so funny,” Aguilera told Vogue earlier this year. “So we told Will.i.am that [when he came to see the show], and he was like, ‘Oh, my God, she’s your daught-ager.’ So daught-ager is the word of the year. It’s just so cute.”

Aguilera spoke about her journey with motherhood in an interview with Haute Living in 2019, explaining how she balances her family and career in order to create a stable life for her kids.

“I made the decision for quite some time not to tour for a while because I thought it was the best thing to make a more stable, routine life for my children,” she said at the time. “Even when I took the spot on [The Voice], it wasn’t really something I wanted to pursue. I just decided, ‘It keeps me in L.A. and in a place where I can focus on my kids.’”

She added, “Everything I’ve pretty much decided to do has been influenced by [my kids], but at the same time, I need to make sure that I don’t lose myself and that I always stay grounded in what’s important for me.”

Danny Masterson has appealed his rape conviction after being sentenced to 30 years to life in prison.

Masterson’s attorney, Cliff Gardner, shared a 246-page opening brief on Wednesday, December 18, claiming several errors were made that “violated” the actor’s “rights to confrontation and a fair trial.”

Gardner also issued a statement alleging “two fundamental flaws in Danny Masterson’s convictions.”

In the first flaw, he alleged, “the trial was rife with erroneous judicial rulings that skewed the jury’s view of the evidence against him.” And in the second, the lawyer claimed “there was a stunning amount of exculpatory evidence which was never presented to the jury.”

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Gardner stated that “the appeal represents only one part of Danny’s challenge to his convictions. Danny’s habeas lawyer will be following up on the opening brief with a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus documenting additional defects in the trial process. Stay tuned as we work toward Danny’s complete exoneration.”

Four women claimed in March 2017 that Masterson, 48, sexually assaulted them in the early 2000s. A fifth woman came forward in December 2017, claiming that while she was dating the actor, he “repeatedly raped” her.

Masterson maintained his innocence and pleaded not guilty in January 2021 to three counts of rape. His first trial began in fall 2022, which ended in a mistrial. Masterson went back on trial in spring 2023 when he was convicted of two counts of rape. In September 2023, he was handed a 30-year prison sentence. He filed an appeal two months later; it was denied in January. 

Prior to the conviction, Masterson was best known for his role as Steven Hyde in That ‘70s Show from 1998 to 2006 as well as his role on Netflix’s The Ranch as Jameson “Rooster” Bennett from 2016 to 2018.

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Masterson’s wife, Bijou Phillips, filed for divorce in September 2023 after 12 years of marriage. The following month, Us confirmed that Masterson agreed to give Phillips, 44, full legal and physical custody of their daughter, Fianna, 10.

In December 2023, Masterson was admitted into the prison system and began his sentence at North Kern State Prison in Delano, California. He was later transferred to California’s Men’s Colony, a minimum-security prison in San Luis Obispo. Masterson will not be eligible for parole until July 2042, when he would be 66 years old.