Djimon Hounsou has dozens of award-winning films and two Oscar nominations under his belt, but the actor says he still struggles financially and is “definitely underpaid.”

In a new interview with CNN published on Friday, January 10, the Beninese-born actor, 60, said he doesn’t feel he has been compensated fairly for his work and still faces systemic racism in the industry.

“I’m still struggling trying to make a living,” Hounsou, who earned Oscar nominations for In America (2002) and Blood Diamond (2006), told Larry Madowo. “I’ve been in this business making films now for over two decades with two Oscar nominations, been in many blockbuster films, and yet, I’m still struggling financially. I’m definitely underpaid.”

Hounsou, whose best-known performances include Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000), Steven Spielberg’s Amistad (1997)and The Quiet Place franchise, went on to discuss racism in Hollywood.

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“I was nominated for the Golden Globe [for Amistad], but they ignored me for the Oscars, talking about the fact that they thought that I had just came off the boat and off the streets,” Hounsou stated in the CNN interview. “Even though I successfully did that [film], they just didn’t feel like I was an actor for whom they should pay any respect. This conceptual idea of diversity still has a long way to go. Systemic racism don’t change like that anytime soon.”

Hounsou — who shares 15-year-old son Kenzo with ex Kimora Lee Simmons and 2-year-old son Fela with partner Ri’Za — has been open about his career struggles in previous interviews. In a 2023 sit-down with The Guardian, Hounsou said he “felt seriously cheated” after his Blood Diamond costar Leonardo DiCaprio got the best actor nod while he was left in the supporting actor category despite the movie focusing on his character’s journey.

“Today, we talk so much about the Oscars being so white, but I remember there was a time where I had no support at all: no support from my own people, no support from the media, from the industry itself. It felt like: ‘You should be happy that you’ve got nominated,’ and that’s that.”

He continued: “I’m still struggling to try to make a dollar! I’ve come up in the business with some people who are absolutely well off and have very little of my accolades. So I feel cheated, tremendously cheated, in terms of finances and in terms of the workload as well.”

“I still have to prove why I need to get paid,” he added later in the interview. “They always come at me with a complete low ball: ‘We only have this much for the role, but we love you so much and we really think you can bring so much.’”

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In 2025, he’s set to star in Beneath the Storm alongside Phoebe Dynevor and The Zealot with Kodi Smit-McPhee after making appearances in a few DC and Marvel films. Still, Hounsou insisted to The Guardian that studios assumed he “went back” to Africa after Amistad and wasn’t “a true actor.”

“When you hear things like that, you can see that some people’s vision of you, or what you represent, is very limiting,” he said. “But it is what it is. It’s up to me to redeem that.”

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Naomi Watts was 36 when she experienced a turn in her acting career after receiving an Oscar nomination for 21 Grams in 2004. She was also in menopause.

“I’d been warned ever since I started acting that calling attention to your age — when that age was not 23 or younger — would be career suicide. I was told I would never work again if I admitted to being menopausal, or even perimenopausal. Hollywood’s lovely term for such women was ‘unf—able,’” Watts, now 56, writes in an excerpt from her new book, Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I’d Known About Menopause, published by The Sunday Times on Friday, January 10.

The King Kong star goes on to explain that she got her start in Hollywood later than she had originally planned, and was trying to have a baby with her then-partner Liev Schreiber when doctors told her she had entered early menopause.

“I almost fell off the examination table,” she writes in the book, out January 21. “‘What do you mean?’ I said, gasping for air. ‘Close to menopause? That’s for grandmothers. I’m not even a mother yet. And, by the way, that’s what I’m here for, to become a mother. Take it back!’ I was trying to joke, but really I was begging him to make it not be true. I was so scared that this would be the end of my dream to bear children.”

Watts and ex Schreiber, 57, eventually welcomed children Sasha, 17, and Kai, 16, but the news of her early onset menopause affected the actress — both physically and mentally — for years.

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“As I sat there stunned and full of self-recrimination, I remembered that my mother had once mentioned she’d hit menopause at 45 — but 45 still felt very far away from 36. And, frankly, I didn’t even really know what menopause meant — except very likely the conclusion of my acting career, which got under way far later than most,” she says. “When I’d hit my early thirties, people had started telling me that the time would soon come when I wouldn’t be able to play a leading lady any more. Was this the end that had been foretold?”

Watts has since starred in acclaimed films such as The Impossible (2012) and Birdman (2014) and booked notable roles in TV series like Gyspy (2017), The Watcher (2022) and Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (2024). But she insists it’s likely due to actresses finding the drive to stand up for themselves in an industry that has historically and notoriously demonized or excluded older women.

“I’ve come to realise that we women can assert ourselves. I’ve also come to believe that there is nothing sexier than a woman who knows what she wants,” Watts writes in her book. “All good relationships at work and at home — and at the doctor’s office — require communication.”

Now, she’s a spokeswoman for older actresses who also fear menopause will halt their careers. “I was craving information on menopause, and certainly no one in Hollywood was breathing a word about it,” she writes. “We were all behaving as if between the seductress years and the grandmother roles, women just… I don’t know, vanished?”

She continues: “I’ve always shied away from jumping on the soapbox. But the menopause conversation requires us to get honest, loud and, dare I say it, even a little unladylike,” she says. “One of the funniest things that’s happened as a result: random celebrities now text me regularly to tell me they’re in menopause. It’s like I’m behind the confessional window or I’m Hollywood’s agony aunt. But I enjoy it.”

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Watts founded her company, Stripes Beauty, in October 2022 “to address various practical needs of women my age” — including being intimate. She opens up about how her budding relationship with now husband Billy Crudup changed her perspective on aging and sex in her book.

“I was able to share with him honestly what I was experiencing even though it didn’t match with what I thought was appropriate for a sexy new girlfriend,” Watts writes, admitting she and Crudup, 56, discussed her hormone patches and the “grey hairs on [his] balls.”

“He was compassionate, not squeamish or awkward,” Watts shares of her Gypsy costar, whom she married in 2023. “That was a great gift. My hormone patches never got in the way of sex again.”

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Heidi Montag is overwhelmed by her fans’ support after they helped her top the music charts following the loss of her home in the Pacific Palisades wildfire.

“Thank you so much to everyone. No. 1 on iTunes chart, oh my gosh,” Montag, 38, shared via an Instagram Stories video on Saturday, January 11. “Thank you for the overwhelming love and support of my music and really rallying behind us in this devastating time and making it such a blessing.”

Montag and her husband and fellow The Hills alum Spencer Pratt shared news that their home burned down in the wildfire on Tuesday, January 7. Since then, the couple have continued to post updates and plead with fans to support them financially amid their devastating loss.

As of Sunday, Montag’s album Superficial, which was originally released on January 11, 2010, topped the iTunes albums chart ahead of the likes of Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS and the Wicked movie soundtrack.

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The titular song off the album also charted No. 1 ahead of “APT.” by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars, “Are You Even Real” by Teddy Swims and GIVĒON, “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, “Smile” by Morgan Wallen and “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey. Her song “I’ll Do It” also landed at No. 7.

“Thank you for helping support us, helping build us back up, helping to encourage us, give us that hope and faith and excitement in such a dark, dark time,” Montag continued in her video post. “No. 1, ahhh! Oh my gosh, I can’t believe it. And it’s the 15th anniversary of Superficial. So, the timing is just crazy. It’s so crazy, thank you…”

Celebrities including Paris Hilton and Jhené Aiko, who lost their homes in the wildfires as well, supported Montag on Pratt’s celebratory Instagram post. “Congrats @heidimontag ,” Hilton, 43, commented, with Aiko, 36, adding, “Love this!!!!!!! @heidimontag !!!”

Model Emily Ratajkowski also cheered on Montag by sharing a TikTok video of herself listening to the reality star’s “I’ll Do It.”

“Didn’t expect this Heidi Montag song to be the soundtrack to the 2025 apocalypse but you know what f*** yeah,” she wrote over the clip.

Pratt, 41, and Montag have had no qualms about asking for help after losing their home and belongings this week. In a video shared via TikTok on Friday, Pratt asked his followers to watch and like a previous video shared to his account, which featured the song “What It Feels Like” by Aly & AJ.

“I’ll get up to $1,100 from TikTok if it’s one of the top 10 most liked TikToks with that song, so more likely $200 it says, but it can go up to $1,100,” Pratt explained in the video. “So, if you’re bored, please go like that last video. It’s a great song actually and Aly & AJ wear Pratt Daddy Crystals — my friend Amber goes to all their shows and gives them all crystals so it’s kind of an authentic promo since they wear my crystals. I also want to get that $1,100.”

After receiving some backlash in the comments, Pratt shared on Friday, “Some demonic monster just wrote on my IG and tagged me, ‘Of course Spencer’s gonna milk his burned down house for every dollar it’s worth.’ Duh. Duh. That’s right. Let me figure out every dollar I can get.”

He continued: “How do you people not have brains? Are you just the stupidest living creatures? Of course I’m trying to get money to pay for my life with my family because our house and all of our possessions burned down. And if I can do it on social media, which I’ve been making the only money I’ve made for years now continuously, showing my journey of our house burning down and all of our possessions, do you not think I’m going to keep milking it for every dollar?”

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Pratt and Montag, who have been married since 2008 and share sons Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 13 months, also hoped fans would support them by choosing not to re-watch episodes of The Hills.

“Pretty much I’d rather you watch anything in the world but The Hills. Do not give that show a single dollar, or that narrator a single brain cell listening to her voice,” Pratt said in a video shared via TikTok, referring to Lauren Conrad. “No, there’s no residuals. So, pretty much, I’d rather have you watch paint dry, tag me in [you] staring at a wall — that would help my life more. Do not waste your energy watching The Hills thinking that helps our lives.”

As for a reality TV future, Pratt shared a possible new opportunity with Hulu amid his family’s heartbreaking situation. He asked fans to “spam” all of Hulu’s accounts so their social team could tell the network executives in an alleged meeting on Monday, “You better give Spencer and Heidi a new reality docuseries about rebuilding their lives and their house out of the rubble.”

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

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Spencer Pratt is coming to the defense of fellow Los Angeles wildfire victim Mandy Moore after criticism over a recent GoFundMe plea on behalf of her in-laws.

“Let me tell you about Mandy Moore. Mandy Moore, when I was younger, shout-out Mandy Moore. She booked my hotel for me because she was such a nice friend. Just as a friend, she booked my hotel in New York — I had never been to New York. I feel like she even booked my flight because I was so much fun to be around. Mandy Moore, I will ride for Mandy Moore,” Pratt, 41, said in a TikTok posted on Saturday, January 11. “ If I see one more TikTok about Mandy Moore and GoFundMes, I’m going to start coming after you guys. You want beef with your worst nightmare, which is me right now? You post about Mandy Moore. I will ride for Mandy Moore.”

Moore, 40, whose Altadena neighborhood suffered tremendous loss in the wildfires ravaging Southern California, received backlash from social media followers after she shared a GoFundMe campaign in support of her brother-in-law’s family.

“Yesterday, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law Griff and Kit [Goldsmith] lost their home and everything they own in the Eaton Fire,” the This Is Us alum wrote via Instagram on Thursday, January 9. “With their first baby on the way in a matter of weeks, they need our support now more than ever.”

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Some users had apparently taken issue with a celebrity asking for money, to which Moore said, “And people questioning whether we’re helping out our own family or attributing some arbitrary amount of money Google says someone has is NOT helpful or empathetic. Of course we are. Our buddy Matt [Koma] started this go fund me [sic] and i’m sharing because people have asked how they can help them. We just lost most of our life in a fire too. Kindly F OFF. No one is forcing you to do anything.”

Pratt stood by Moore in his video post, reasserting she’s “the nicest frickin’ lady ever.”

“Mandy Moore doesn’t do anything wrong,” he said, noting he’s known her for two decades. “If you were nice in 2004, you’re still nice in 2025. Like I’m talking so nice. So, don’t you dare come for Mandy Moore.”

He continued, “Maybe delete your content about Mandy Moore because Mandy Moore is a real one.She’s a great human. She’s not doing anything out of pocket — she’s posting GoFundMes, that’s great. She doesn’t have to pay for whoever. She’s got her own life, probably her own kids, so don’t you come for Mandy Moore.”

Moore, who shares three kids with her husband, Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith, lost part of her home in the wildfires. “We were able to park and walk up our street to bear witness to all the loss. Miraculously, the main part of our house is still standing. For now,” Moore wrote on Instagram on Thursday.

She added, “It’s not livable but mostly intact. We lost Taylor and Griffin’s studio with every instrument and piece of equipment they’ve ever owned. We lost our garage and back house. Everyone we know lost everything. Every house on our street is gone. My in-laws. My brother and sister-in-law- 6 weeks from welcoming their first baby. Our best friends. Feeling weird survivor’s guilt. We love this community and will do everything we can to help rebuild and support. Thanks for everyone for checking on us and offering us help. Altadena strong.”

Pratt and his wife, Heidi Montag, also lost their Pacific Palisades home in the blaze, which first broke out on Tuesday, January 7. The Hills alums said by the time their house burned down, they had already evacuated with their two children, sons Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 13 months.

In a video shared by Montag, 38, via TikTok on Thursday, the couple revealed the few items that remained of their house after the fire, which were all contained in a single plastic bag.

“The Hummingbird pot — with some nectar cooked into it,” Pratt said in the video, along with “one [rubber] snake from the backyard, one crystal from the backyard, [another] crystal from the backyard, Ryker’s shovel from the backyard and broken pieces.” (Pratt owns a Pratt Daddy Crystals business.)

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Other celebrities, including Miles Teller, Ricki Lake, Bryan Greenberg and Jamie Chung, lost homes in the natural disaster, as well.

“Was supposed to be our forever home, but nothing lasts forever,” Greenberg, 46, shared on Instagram. “Thankfully our family is safe, however, other LA fire victims aren’t as fortunate. Please donate to them if you can.”

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Brooke Shields is not a regular mom, she’s a “cool mom” — at least according to her daughter’s latest Instagram post.

The actress’ daughter Rowan, 21, shared a photo of the pair’s matching tattoos via her Instagram Story on Saturday, January 4, writing, “Mother/daughter bonding.”

The tattoos, which appear to be inked on the women’s left forearms, read: “and to the party.” The post tagged East Side Ink and tattoo artist Matt Gutierrez.

Shields, 59, shared the photo to her Story as well with the caption, “Another matching tattoo with my bug .”

To celebrate Rowan’s high school graduation in 2021, the duo got matching ladybug tattoos. Shields got hers on the inside of her left wrist, while Rowan chose to display her new ink on the back of her left ankle.

“A special graduation gift and memory with my girl I’m so proud of you, I love you more than words can say,” Shields captioned the Instagram photos at the time.

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Earlier this year, Shields also shared the inspiration behind another set of matching tattoos — this time with her youngest daughter, Grier, 18. (She shares both Rowan and Grier with husband Chris Henchy.)

The tattoo, which is placed on Grier’s wrist and Shields’ forearm, shows two sets of feet (one small, one big) wearing the same pair of heels. It’s meant to represent Grier stepping into her mom’s shoes. (Grier, an aspiring model, walked in her first runway show at New York Fashion Week during the Tommy Hilfiger presentation in September.)

“When she was little, she would always just wear my shoes, no matter how teeny she was,” Shields told the “Stupid Things For Love” podcast in May. “She would go into my closet and come out and have breakfast in her diaper and high heels, and then the night gown and high heels.”

Shields got vulnerable on Instagram last summer after dropping her girls off at college and officially becoming “an empty nester.” Rowan is a senior at Wake Forest University, while Grier just started her freshman year at the North Carolina school.

“They’re together at least,” an emotional Shields said as she wiped tears from her eyes in a video posted via Instagram in August. “It’s not easy. It’s not easy for the moms. I mean it’s just so weird. It’s so weird that (Grier’s) not here.”

Shields said they both cried saying goodbye before letting out a big sigh. “Both of my baby birds have left the nest ,” she captioned the video.

“Oh Brooke it’s so so hard,” Debra Messing commented on the post. “It’s the end of an era and now you get to start a new chapter. But first you have to cry. A lot. I laid on my couch for 3 weeks and couldn’t speak to anyone. Be tender with yourself. It’s hard because it’s hard. All us empty nesters are sending you love..”

“True words!” Melissa Joan Hart also commented. “It’s so hard on the moms when our babies fly off but if we did our job, that’s the goal! .”

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Shields had a busy 2024, starring in Netflix’s Mother of the Bride, being elected the president of the Actors’ Equity Association — a labor union representing stage performers and managers — and launching her hair brand Commence for women over 40.

“If I’m not mom 24/7, who am I?” she told the New York Times in June. “I really identify with so much more than people have given me credit for. Might I remind you, I’m still a female and still human.”

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Hey parents, Robert De Niro is just like Us.

In a new interview with The Sunday Times, De Niro, 81, admitted that he wakes up each morning to his baby daughter Gia and the soothing sounds of Rachel Accurso, better known as Ms. Rachel — the YouTuber-turned-millionaire whose videos focus on childhood development and language skills.

“I’m an early riser,” he told the outlet. “I’ve got a 19-month-old baby. I spend my mornings watching Ms Rachel with her, and I give her her bottle.”

As for whether or not the Hollywood icon changes Gia’s diapers, the proud father of seven insisted, “No, no, but I used to.”

Gia is De Niro’s seventh child and first with partner Tiffany Chen, whom he met on the 2015 set of The Intern. The two-time Oscar winner also shares adult children Drena, 57, and Raphael, 49, with ex-wife Diahnne Abbott; twins Julian and Aaron, 29, with ex Toukie Smith; and son Elliot, 26, and daughter Helen, 13, with his second wife, Grace Hightower. De Niro and Hightower, 69, split in 2018.

De Niro is also a grandfather as Raphael has three young children. Drena’s only child, Leandro, died last July at age 19.

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In terms of fatherhood, De Niro said he doesn’t know his children would describe him. “Oh God, they would all have a different answer. Family is so complex,” he admitted. “I try my best, that’s all. I hope they’ll be happy.”

There’s no denying he puts in the effort, as De Niro recently took a trip with his son Elliot to see the gorillas in Rwanda. “That was worth doing,” he told The Times. “I like a safari too, and I’m interested in going to Madagascar.”

Disneyland, however, is off his bucket list. “I struggle with that — the rides,” he insisted.

De Niro recently called Gia a “pure joy” after celebrating her first birthday in March, telling Entertainment Tonight, “She had a little cake, it was very nice, sweet.”

“Well, she’s pure joy,” he continued, “there’s nothing about her, there’s no judgement, there’s no anything, she just is what she is and it’s just pure joy for god sakes.”

He added in an interview with People last year, “She’s such an adorable baby. So sweet. [When I] look at her, everything else goes away. So it’s a great joy and relief to just be with her in the moment.”

De Niro is currently working on his next business venture: opening the Nobu Beach Inn on the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda. He now co-owns 57 restaurants and 42 hotels around the globe — an empire built up over 35 years since he opened his first restaurant, the Tribeca Grill, in New York in 1990.

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The actor is also set to star in 2025’s Alto Knights after appearing in 2024’s Joker follow-up Folie à Deux.

“I tell any actor, I tell my own kids this: if you’re reading for something, assume you’re not gonna get the part. And that’ll free you, if anything. That’ll free you to make a bolder choice, maybe,” De Niro told Stephen Colbert of his advice for auditioning actors.

He has starred in countless films and doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.

When asked if he plans to retire in the aforementioned People interview, De Niro said, simply, “Not at the moment.”

 

 

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Nicole Kidman celebrated the start of the 2025 awards season alongside her 16-year-old daughter Sunday Rose at W Magazine’s Annual Best Performances Party in Los Angeles.

The mother-daughter duo posed together at the annual event, which celebrated the year’s top talent, at the Chateau Marmont on Saturday, January 4. Kidman, 57, looked menswear chic in a blue shirt, oversized blazer and pants which she highlighted with a pair of pointed black heels. Sunday, meanwhile, rocked an embellished light blue two-piece with black tights. Both women wore their hair down in waves.

Kidman, who’s receiving rave reviews for her performance in 2024’s Babygirl, shares Sunday and daughter Faith, 14, with husband Keith Urban, whom she wed in 2006. (She is also mom to daughter Bella, 31, and son Connor, 29, whom she shares with ex Tom Cruise.)

“They raid my wardrobe all the time. I’m like, ‘Okay, what’s mine is yours,'” Kidman told W in their Best Performances issue, saying she boxed up all her red carpet dresses. “They’re museum pieces.”

She continued: “But I don’t raid their closet, even though I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s cute.’ But I’m not allowed to take anything. It’s a one-way exchange.”

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Sunday recently made her runway debut at the spring/summer 2025 Miu Miu show during Paris Fashion Week in October. Kidman told E! News at the Lioness premiere later that month that she is “Incredibly proud and supportive” of her daughter’s pursuit of modeling.

“Just there for her. Just being a mom,” she added. “I was just like, ‘You got this baby.’ “I’m trying to give her her own space, you know? [Not be] overbearing or dominant in any way.”

Faith stepped out with her mom in December at The Hollywood Reporter‘s Annual Women In Entertainment Gala at The Beverly Hills Hotel. Clad in a black-and-white jacket with a matching tweed skirt, she stood next to her famous mom, who wore a black dress featuring a blue blouse-inspired collar.

Both girls also supported Kidman in April alongside their dad at the AFI Life Achievement Award Gala held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The actress was celebrated at the event with the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is known as the highest honor in American cinema and previously received by the likes of Julie Andrews, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Diane Keaton, Al Pacino and Barbra Streisand.

Kidman discussed the “enormous amount of luck” in her life at the event before praising her family for their unwavering support.

“There’s also the most important thing, love,” she added. “Big, big love. And then right there is the love of my life, and the loves of my life. My daughters have never been anywhere publicly with me on a red carpet, tonight was their first night, so they’re here, Sunday and Faith.”

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Kidman, who is nominated at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, recently lost her own mother, Janelle, in September at the age 84 and celebrated her life at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival on Friday, January 3.

She dedicated her International Star Award to her mom, saying through tears, “I wanna dedicate — because I didn’t get to do it at the Venice Film Festival. I didn’t get to do that because I arrived in Venice and she was gone. I got the call and I said to [Babygirl director] Halina [Reijn], ‘Can you come on stage for me and accept the award for me.’ And she did. But now I’m on stage and I’m back here.”

Kidman went on, “Thank you for giving me the chance to say, ‘This is for my mom.’ My whole career has been for my mom and my dad, who are not here now. I’m still going to keep working and giving to the world because I love what I do and I love you all, and I’m so grateful for the privilege to be a part of the film community.”

“I’m sorry I’m crying. I didn’t want to do that,” the actress said. “But I feel my mom right now so this is for you, mama.”

Kidman’s father, Anthony, died in September 2014 at age 75.

At Friday’s ceremony, Kidman added of her parents, “They’ve given me the resilience, they’ve given me the love, and they’ve given me the strength to keep moving forward.”

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For Us’ sake, Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes should never stop meeting in hotels.

The duo had a Maid in Manhattan reunion on Saturday, January 4, at the Parker Palm Springs for the Variety Creative Impact Awards, where Lopez, 55, was honored with the Legend and Groundbreakers Award. The pair posed for photos together after Fiennes, 62, presented his former costar with the honor while sharing a touching speech about her career.

Recounting his experience with the Unstoppable star on the 2002 rom-com in a video shared via Lopez’s Instagram, Fiennes said, “Once upon a time in another life and perhaps in a different epoch of movie storylines, there was this Republican senatorial candidate mooching about in a hotel in Manhattan, and there was as well in this same other life a maid in this hotel.”

He continued: “This wannabe Republican senator was struck by her good looks, but he couldn’t quite truly see her. This maid was masking something in her demure and mindful way. She was sweet and charming, but actually, she was concealing something. She was hiding a kind of superpower. Behind this maid’s mask, there was indeed a force, a force of creativity, a force of action, something so powerful which just couldn’t stop. An unstoppable force was coming out of this humble and unassuming maid in the hotel, and this maid, in fact, possessed extraordinary wings that unfolded, and off she flew.”

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Fiennes, who has also been lauded this year for his role in 2024’s Conclave, pivoted to Lopez in real life — calling her “inspiring.”

“But in this life, in this story, she has already been flying with determination from an early age, because I think she knows that she has something inside her which she must honor as she flies high,” Fiennes said. “She is honoring and fulfilling her extraordinary creative spirit, and sharing it, shining a light on the lives of so many people, inspiring them and brightening their days.”

Fiennes further celebrated Lopez’s singing, acting and dancing skills before praising her “spirit.”

“Her powerful energy just leaves the men [costars] sort of just left behind, and off she goes. She just blasts away,” he said before calling her an “unstoppable … goddess” and inviting her to the stage.

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Lopez was brought to tears as she thanked Fiennes and quipped, “We really must stop meeting in hotels like this” — a line from their movie.

Lopez starred in a string of successful rom-coms in the 2000s, including Maid in Manhattan, The Wedding Planner and Monster-in-Law, all while pursuing her singing career.

While accepting her Variety award, Lopez said she didn’t “set out to break rules or ground or push boundaries or to challenge the status quo.”

“I set out to follow a burning passion against the advice of everyone around me,” she explained on Saturday. “How do you do what I wanted to do when your life circumstances, your race, or even your gender create an idea that it’s practically impossible to go from a tenement in the Bronx to starring in Hollywood movies? It’s just too preposterous to fathom. You just don’t belong. Because, of course, the life you’re born into literally maps out of defines your trajectory. I guess, for me, it was simple: it was just not listening.”

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Lopez thanked Fiennes in an Instagram post after the awards ceremony, sharing, “I cannot thank you enough Ralph Fiennes for your beautiful words and for our little Maid in Manhattan reunion today. It was wonderful to see you. You brought tears to my eyes. (That’s why I was sniffling through my whole speech LOL) I love you. Thank you so much…working with you was one of the great highlights of my career so far. I say so far because I hope I get to do it again someday soon for Maid in Manhattan 2…You never know….”

Wicked star Cynthia Erivo and Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard were also honored at the annual event as well as 10 “directors to watch,” including Zoë Kravitz for Blink Twice, Halina Reijn for Babygirl and Malcolm Washington for The Piano Lesson.

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Celebrity parents, they’re just like Us.

From Gwyneth Paltrow’s college-aged teen advice to Serena Williams’ toddler wisdom, celebrities truly “get it” when it comes to the ups and downs of parenthood.

“It’ll be interesting to see how the morning routine changes with no kids in the house,” Paltrow, 52, whose daughter Apple, 20, is a student at Vanderbilt University and son Moses, 18, attends Brown University, told The Sunday Times in March, adding that she was feeling, “incredible sadness. A deep sense of impending grief.”

Still, the actress, who shares her kids with ex-husband Chris Martin, noted, “This is exactly what should be happening. Your kids are supposed to be, you know, young adults who can achieve and cope and make connections and be resilient. That’s exactly what you want. And that means they leave the house.”

Below, read more quotes from celebrities about parenthood:

Angelina Jolie on What Matters

During a press tour for her film Maria, Jolie, 49, remained adamant that her six children — Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16 — were the most important part of her life — always.

“It’s my happiness,” Jolie told Good Morning America in November of parenting her kids with ex-husband Brad Pitt. “You can take everything else away from me. Nothing else matters.”

“I don’t feel that [loneliness] because I have family,” Jolie added in a Sunday Times interview. “Maria [Callas] didn’t have a family, so her work was everything. My work is not everything. Being a parent is everything.”

Samira Wiley on Discipline

Wiley, 37, told BuzzFeed in March that she doesn’t believe in punishing her daughter, George, 3, whom she shares with wife Lauren Morelli.

“I don’t hit my kids for discipline. I feel like I came up in an era where children, especially growing up at the church, you’re kind of seen and not heard. I don’t think I necessarily felt like a full person until later… after childhood. It’s important for me to see George as her own person. She’s a being that I want to respect in this world. I want to listen to her when she’s crying, I want to be able to encourage her to speak up for herself, and all of those things.”

Jennifer Garner on Saying ‘No’

“My mom always says when they’re being the worst, that’s when they need the biggest hug,” Garner, 52, who shares three kids — Violet, 19, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12 — with ex-husband Ben Affleck, explained on an episode of “Kelly Corrigan Wonders” podcast in May.

“She has a lot of things she says, but one of them is, ‘Anytime you can say yes, say yes, be very liberal with your yeses and save your nos. And that closing your mouth is worth a million nos.’”

Lindsay Lohan on Getting Outside

Lohan, 38, who welcomed her son, Luai, last year with husband Bader Shammas, revealed that most of her time is spent with her toddler.

“For me, playing with my son and spending time with him,” she told People when asked about her daily routine. “Right now he just loves being outside and taking walks, so I just try to get him outside as much as I can because he loves looking around.”

Sophie Turner on Mom Guilt

Speaking about her divorce from Joe Jonas, the Game of Thrones actress, 28, shared how the “bad mother” narrative impacted her.

“It hurt because I really do completely torture myself over every move I make as a mother – mum guilt is so real! I just kept having to say to myself, ‘None of this is true. You are a good mum and you’ve never been a partier,’” Turner told British Vogue of parenting daughters Willa, 4, and Delphine, 2.

Ryan Reynolds on Embracing the Chaos

Reynolds, 48, who shares four kids — James, 9, Inez, 8, Betty, 5, and Olin, 1 — with Blake Lively, told the podcast “Not Skinny But Not Fat” to “embrace the chaos … like, OK, nothing’s going to be tidy ever again.” But “it will, though, when they all leave the house.”

He shared a bit of sage parenting advice from Lively, who “always says, ‘They’re all under our roof right now. The whole family’s under our roof right now. We have them all.’ And that is a fleeting thing. Not an infinite resource, you know?”

Reynolds revealed that nighttime is a struggle because some of their kids “can’t even go to sleep unless they’re in our bed.”

While he’d “love to spread out and fall asleep normally again,” the Deadpool and Wolverine star keeps his wife’s perspective top of mind. “Just say, ‘Think about what you would give in 40 years or 30 years to come back and enjoy this one moment.’”

Serena Williams on Becoming a Mom-of-Two

In an April interview on Today with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager, Williams, 43, said she keeps a piece of advice close as she parents daughters Olympia, 6, and Adira, 1, with husband Alexis Ohanian.

“Someone gave me the best advice, they said, ‘Spend more time with the oldest cause they’ll remember,’ ” Williams explained. “Isn’t that the best advice? But I do. Because the little one won’t remember. So whenever Olympia’s home, I’m with her. And then Adira, I’m just like, ‘Okay…’ I pretend like I don’t know her as much.”

“You want to make Olympia feel like she’s not replaced,” Bush Hager, 43, offered.

“Exactly, exactly. That’s hard,” Williams responded.

Kelly Clarkson on Social Media

Earlier this year, the singer, 42, told People that her kids with ex Brandon Blackstock — River, 10, and Remy, 8 — are forbidden from joining social media until they’re 18.

“I have informed them they’re not allowed to, under my roof, ever have [it]… My daughter was like, ‘Well, what if Dad lets me?’ I’m like, ‘Well, you’re there four days a month. Enjoy that.’ And right now, he’s not letting them do it either. I’ll listen when they’re older, but until they have a solid argument, it’s a no.”

Jeff Goldblum on Keeping It Light

The Wicked actor, 72, said he and his wife, former Olympian rhythmic gymnast Emilie Livingston, hold on to a piece of advice given to them when she was pregnant.

“Somebody said — and I forget who I had this conversation with, sometimes that happens — but they said, ‘Hey, here’s the most important thing about parenting: Don’t forget that your kids are hilarious,’” Goldblum, who shares sons Charlie, 9, and River, 7, with Livingston, 41, told People. “The kids can drive you nuts from one moment to another, or you can have all sorts of drama, but if you can keep finding the humor in it, that’s not a bad rule.”

Gwyneth Paltrow on Having College-Aged Kids

Paltrow admitted she’s grieving a part of motherhood now that her kids are away at college to The Sunday Times.

“I’ve been so defined and so fulfilled by motherhood. It’s been kind of the central … it’s been like the central kind of … I don’t know even how to articulate it! It’s like the guiding force. It’s what I return to,” she explained. “I observe a lot of my friends who’ve had kids who’ve gone off to college. Your kid … it changes. And, you know, they come home a lot and all that stuff, but it’s not quite the same as living under the same roof all the days of the year. So I’m just trying to be open to what that means.”

Matt Damon on Being a Girl Dad

The actor, 54, who shares four daughters — Alexia, 25, Isabella, 18, Gia, 16, and Stella, 14 — with wife Luciana Damon said he doesn’t like to offer too much advice to fellow parents.

“I don’t know. I wouldn’t deign to give anybody advice other than I just try to listen and be helpful,” Damon told Andy Cohen in August. “I mean, ultimately, it’s about building self-esteem.”

“You know, 99% of the decisions they make, you’re not gonna be there, right?” added Damon.

Kate Middleton on Being Grateful for the Little Things

The Princess of Wales, 42, shared that her cancer diagnosis was “tough for us as a family.”

“The cancer journey is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone, especially those closest to you,” she shared in a September statement on Instagram of her three children with Prince William — Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6. “With humility, it also brings you face to face with your own vulnerabilities in a way you have never considered before, and with that, a new perspective on everything.”

She continued, “This time has above all reminded William and me to reflect and be grateful for the simple yet important things in life, which so many of us often take for granted. Of simply loving and being loved.”

Kourtney Kardashian on Bonding With Babies

On an episode of The Kardashians in June, Kourtney, 45, said she was staying home with her and Travis Barker’s newborn son Rocky for an extended period of time.

“In many different cultures, women don’t leave the house after having a baby for 40 days, to let your body have that time to heal and beyond that,” she said on the series. “I’m really into attachment parenting. I really don’t separate from him. I love being at home right now, like my time is dedicated to taking care of my baby and bonding with him.”

Her sister Khloé Kardashian, who’s a mom of two, joked: “Welcome to my daily life. I haven’t had a baby and I’m still doing the 40 days.”

Kate Hudson on Handling Big Feelings

In an interview with theSkimm in May, Hudson, 45, said she doesn’t negotiate with her three kids, Ryder, 20, Bingham, 13, and Rani, 6.

“I stay really calm and say, ‘I can’t wait to hear everything you’re feeling and to get into all of this, but first you’re going to have to take some deep breaths.’ That’s how I always approach things, especially with the younger kids when they get worked up. I think it’s good to just let them process their own feelings before I delve into it all with them,” she explained.

“I also don’t believe in negotiating with children,” Hudson added. “That’s one thing that I’ve always been strict about. There are rules and privileges and you have to earn those privileges. There’s no negotiating. Sticking to that is very hard, but that’s something that I really strive to do — stick to things that are non-negotiable.”

Katie Thurston is now happily engaged to Jeff Arcuri, but she admits it wasn’t easy to navigate dating after leading The Bachelorette.

“Having a large audience was the biggest shift in how I dated,” the 33-year-old said during an Instagram Q&A on Sunday, December 29. “I wanted someone who wasn’t intimidated by my large audience or excited to use my large audience. If you have dirt, those skeletons will make its way to me pretty quickly (and for the best).”

Thurston, who got engaged to Blake Moynes on season 17 of The Bachelorette and went on to appear on season 3 of FBoy Island, said she also learned that sharing who you’re dating too early is ill-advised.

“I also learned not to post a guy within the first 90 days of dating (it often ended within this exploration phase). Posting a guy too soon has led me to extend a relationship far beyond its expiration date in order to avoid embarrassment,” she said.

Katie Thurston and Fiance Jeff Arcuri’s Relationship Timeline

Thurston met fellow comedian Arcuri, 37, in April and he proposed months later at Secret Beach in Kauai, Hawaii, on August 26.

When answering a question about their quick courtship, Thurston joked, “No no no. You don’t get to cheer me on during a reality dating show but then side eye me now.”

She continued: “But all jokes aside, I’m 34 (in less than a week) and he’s 37. We are just two independent, mature, adults who know what we want and found that in each other. Also dating long distance to start, really created a foundation like no other. Also, I never understood the expression ‘when you know you know’ and I now feel that deep in my heart for this man. And those who know us in person, see it and get it.”

At the time of their engagement, Thurston and Arcuri shared the phrase “when you know you know” alongside photos from the oceanside proposal.

“I won’t say neither of us have red flags. But when others saw things in us that were challenging, concerning, or weird — we embraced, healed, and supported those things,” Thurston said of her and Arcuri’s relationship on her Instagram Q&A. “For example, we are both sensitive. This also means we have patience and understanding for our feelings and talk through them openly while working through any disagreements. Neither of us are ‘too cool’ for anything so we get to be quirky together.”

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She added that they both “remain humble” as celebrities, but Thurston said Arcuri is more “active and dedicated in his career path” as a comedian — which is why she’s moving to New York in 2025.

As for their wedding plans, Thurston said they’re looking at venues soon and hoping for something “outdoor forest” or Pacific Northwest vibes “without the unpredictable weather.”

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Ariana Biermann is in her feels as her parents, estranged couple Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann, sell their Georgia home.

Ariana, 23, posted a farewell video to the property via social media on Thursday, December 26, which included snippets of herself and her younger siblings — Kroy “KJ,” 13, Kash, 12, and twins Kaia and Kane, 11 — in various rooms in the house. (Ariana and her sister Brielle, 27, are Kim’s daughters from a previous relationship, whom Kroy later adopted.)

She captioned the post: “Last christmas in my childhood home thank you god for the amazing memories w my family — goodbye <3.”

Some fans were quick to support Ariana, while others claimed it wasn’t exactly her childhood home. In a follow-up TikTok video posted Saturday, December 28, Ariana explained that, despite commenters’ thoughts, she’s simply “sad” about the way the family is “losing this house.”

“More so than that, it was just the fact of this is where I watched my little siblings grow up into the little humans that they are now, even though they’re all literally taller than me,” Ariana, who now lives in New York, explained. “These [rooms] are where I made such core memories at that house with my family. Like, I’ve lived there since I’m 11. That’s still my childhood home, like, da f—.”

Kim Zolciak-Biermann's Georgia Mansion in Foreclosure, Going to Auction

She went on to say it was “upsetting” to spend one last Christmas in the home and pack up her bedroom.

“I also had that room in, like, two different houses,” she said. “That was my iconic room!”

Kim, 46, and Kroy, 39, who filed for divorce in May 2023 after 11 years of marriage, purchased the Milton, Georgia, property in 2012 — one year after they tied the knot. The house, which was featured prominently on their Bravo reality show Don’t Be Tardy, has seven bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a pool, a six-car garage, a movie theater, a home gym, and a resort-like backyard.

It was listed for $6 million last year, but put up for public auction in November and appeared on Fulton County’s foreclosure list earlier this month, per public records.

The public auction notice stated that the Alpharetta estate was scheduled to “sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash.”

Of the reported sale of the home, Ariana said in her TikTok video: “It’s a new chapter and, like I always say, we are all alive, happy, healthy, breathing, and that’s a blessing in itself. And I’m excited to see what this new chapter will bring for me and my family.”

The real estate news comes weeks after authorities responded to a domestic violence call on November 27 from the Georgia residence.

According to a report from the Milton Police Department and obtained by TMZ, Kim said Kroy became physical in front of the pair’s children. It is unclear which kids allegedly witnessed an altercation between their parents.

Kim alleged that she and Kroy got into an argument while she was on a ladder taking down curtains. The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum claimed that her ex got confrontational with her and things got physical. She alleged that the former football player physically removed her from the ladder and threw her to the ground.

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Kim reportedly told law enforcement officers that she sustained injuries as a result of the alleged incident. However, the officers claimed in the report that she refused to provide any evidence of a physical injury to first responders. Kroy, for his part, claimed that Kim instigated the altercation and allegedly struck him in the face.

According to the report, law enforcement could not determine who the “primary aggressor” was and no arrests were made.

Kim, for her part, told TMZ on December 16 that her life has been “torture” with Kroy.

She told the outlet, “I think there’s a track record of Kroy being the problem. Nobody has any idea what I’ve dealt with the last two-and-a-half, three years of my life. I’m trying to take the high road.”

Kim added, “It’s gonna take me a long time to heal from this trauma I’ve experienced.”

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It’s official: 2024 was the year when a lot of people realized celebrity kids were no longer, well, kids.

From the Jolie-Pitt brood to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s eldest daughter, Violet Affleck, and Kate Hudson’s son Ryder Robinson, the celebrity babies of yesteryear are now full-blown young adults making names for themselves.

Take Suri Cruise: the 18-year-old daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise graduated high school in June. She is now reportedly attending Carnegie Mellon University.

“I’m proud of my daughter,” Holmes, 46, told Town & Country magazine in August of being an empty nester. “Of course, I will miss the close proximity, but I’m really proud of her and I’m happy.”

For her birthday on December 18, Holmes shared a photo of a bouquet of purple roses seemingly sent to her by Suri. “I am so grateful for all of my blessings especially my daughter ,” the actress shared via Instagram Stories.

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It isn’t surprising when a celebrity gives their baby a unique name, but it’s always fun to discuss (and debate if we’d steal for ourselves).

Stars from Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden to Jenna Dewan and Steve Kazee chose interesting monikers for their newborns, including “Cardinal” and “Rhiannon.”

Giving a nod to her daughter’s name, Dewan shared Fleetwood Mac’s song “Rhiannon” on Instagram Stories in June, as well as a photo from a book describing “Rhiannon” as “the muse” and “the divine queen of faeries.”

Love Is Blind stars Bliss Poureetezadi and Zack Goytowski also chose a standout name for their daughter, Galileo Terri Rayne, born in April.

“A powerful name for a powerful little lady: Galileo was not only one of the great brilliant minds of time but the name also represents the area where Jesus performed his miracles,” Poureetezadi wrote in an Instagram comment, adding that they call her “Leo (Lay-o) for short.”

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Blake Lively was supposed to host the season 50 premiere of Saturday Night Live in September, but the drama surrounding the release of It Ends With Us allegedly led her to drop out.

In a lawsuit obtained by Us Weekly after it was reported by TMZ and The New York Times on Friday, December 20, Lively’s lawyers stated that she scored the hosting gig but decided to back out amid tension with her It Ends With Us costar and director Justin Baldoni.

“The effects on Ms. Lively’s professional life were immediate and substantial,” the actress’ lawyers wrote of an alleged smear campaign against her. “Given the ongoing nature of the campaign and the associated negative public sentiment, Ms. Lively did not believe she could proceed with public appearances or events without being forced to openly discuss what happened on set.”

“For example, Ms. Lively canceled a critical Target corporate event for her hair care company [Blake Brown Beauty], and she backed out of her scheduled role to host the premier episode of the 50th anniversary season of Saturday Night Live in September 2024,” the suit added. (Hacks star Jean Smart went on as the host instead.)

All the Celebs Mentioned in Justin Baldoni's Alleged Blake Lively Takedown

Lively’s lawyers alleged that the actress’ professional commitments were impacted by what they believe was a “multi-tiered plan” to destroy her reputation after she called a meeting to address “repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behavior” by Baldoni, 40, and a producer on the film.

In the suit, Lively, 37, sued Baldoni for sexual harassment and claimed his public relations team orchestrated the campaign against her during the promotion of It Ends With Us this summer.

“The emotional impact on Ms. Lively has been extreme, not only affecting her, but her family, including her husband and four children,” the complaint also alleged, referring to Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, and their kids: daughters James, 10, Inez, 8, and Betty, 5, and son Olin, 22 months.

In terms of the sexual harassment claims, Lively’s suit stated that she had to ask that Baldoni refrain from showing her videos of nude women and inquiring about her weight, as well as discussing his prior pornography addiction, his sexual exploits, and the cast and crew’s genitalia during filming.

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The actress also requested that there not be any additional sex scenes added to the movie, which is about domestic violence, that were not in the original script.

Us reached out to Lively’s rep for comment but did not immediately hear back. In a statement to The New York Times regarding her lawsuit, Lively said, “I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted.”

Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, meanwhile, called Lively’s accusations “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious” in a statement to Us, claiming that Lively filed the lawsuit to “fix her negative reputation” and “rehash a narrative” about the film’s production.

Freedman further alleged that Lively made “multiple demands and threats” while filming It Ends With Us, including “threatening to not show up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release, if her demands were not met.”

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Tiger Woods made a rare appearance with both of his look-alike children at the PNC Championship at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando on Saturday, December 21.

Tiger, 48, played alongside his son Charlie Woods, 15, while his daughter, Sam Woods, 17, served as caddy. Their mother, Tiger’s ex-wife Elin Nordegren, was in the gallery during the tournament.

Tiger and the teens posed for photos on the green following the first round of competition. The tournament concludes Sunday after another 18-hole round.

“To be our here in this environment and to have fun like this – it doesn’t get any better,” Woods told NBC of sharing the course with his son. “This week is for each other, and we’re just rooting so hard for each of us to pull off each shot that we want.”

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The PNC Championship provides a unique experience for pro golfers as they get to team up with a family member for the PGA Tour Champions-sanctioned event. According to ESPN, Tiger and Charlie ran off five straight birdies on the back nine on Saturday for a 13-under 59 in the scramble format, giving them a share of the lead after the opening round. They were joined at the top by the previous two champions — Bernhard Langer and son Jason, 24, and Vijay Singh and son Qass, 34.

“We’re trying to pull off each and every shot for each other, and to ham-and-egg,” Tiger said, according to the outlet. “And I think we did that great pretty much the entire day. We picked each other up, which was great. And Charlie made pretty much most of the putts today.”

The PNC Championship is Tiger’s first competition since he underwent back surgery in September. At the event, he reportedly said he scheduled that surgery — the sixth on his lower back in the past 10 years — to be sure he recovered in time to play with Charlie for the fifth straight year.

Tiger also spoke to PGA Tour about Charlie’s blossoming golf career at Saturday’s tournament, saying his son has grown “3.5 to 4 inches in height” and has gotten “stronger, faster, heavier” since last year. He admitted they “needle” each other at home in a competitive spirit, but “it’s all love, that’s what it’s all about. I love him to death.”

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Tiger also shared the advice he’s given his son to deal with the pressure of competing under the name “Woods.”

“I just always remind him ‘Just be you,’” Tiger said, according to CNN. “Charlie is Charlie. Yes, he’s my son, he’s gonna have that last name as part of the sport, but I just want him to just be himself, you know, and be your own person. That’s what we’ll always focus on, and we’ll always encourage it, for him just to carve his own name, to carve his own path and have his own journey.”

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Ryan Reynolds had a jam-packed weekend in Wales with some of his best mates, including Channing Tatum, as his soccer club Wrexham AFC took on Cambridge United.

The actor, 48, and Tatum, 44, took in the match on Saturday, December 14, alongside other pals including It Ends With Us star Brandon Sklenar and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.

“A few friends came out for @wrexham_afc and we made the most of it… unforgettable 36 hours made possible by the warmth and beauty of the people in this town. There’s nothing like it. ,” Reynolds wrote via Instagram, sharing photos from the weekend.

In the pictures, Reynolds posed at the game with his Deadpool & Wolverine costar Tatum, who also joined him at Wrexham pub The Fat Boar on Friday, December 13.

According to the BBC, the pair, as well as Sklenar, 34, snapped photos with fans at the bar and Reynolds took to the mic to wish customers a merry Christmas and offer to buy everybody a drink.

He joked: “If I don’t come visit each and everyone of you tonight in your homes, I just want to say happy holidays.”

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Reynolds and Tatum have become close following their time filming Deadpool & Wolverine, in which Tatum plays Gambit — a Marvel character he’s been wanting to bring to life for years.

“Gambit is a guy Chan was born to play,” Reynolds wrote via Instagram in August. “His story is similar to my road on Deadpool — in that Chan spent a decade trying to put the most comic-accurate version of Gambit on the big screen. Remy LeBeau is grafted to his soul and needs to come out and deal. Some characters can only exist with a one in a billion pairing and this is it. Gambit found his author in Chan. He’s one of the coolest, smartest characters in Comics and still largely unexplored. I want more — and from what I saw in theaters, you do too.”

Reynolds continued: “Having the chance to say goodbye to some of these heroes is as important as having new characters to root for… and rooting for Gambit is easy. Rooting for Chan is even easier. He’s one of the greatest, hardest working, kindest people in this entire industry. I couldn’t be more thrilled to see @channingtatum pull Gambit from the dead and bring him to life at the perfect time and perfect way.”

Reynolds and Tatum watched Wrexham and Cambridge United’s match end in a 2-2 draw on Saturday, which will be tough for the team as their promotion rivals Wycombe Wanderers and Birmingham City both won, ESPN reported.

Wrexham, owned by Reynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney since 2020, have been flying high in their first season in English football’s third tier following back-to-back promotions. The docuseries Welcome to Wrexham, which follows the team, has had a significant impact on the club’s visibility and they have now secured a new global fanbase.

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Recently, there were rumors that Reynolds and McElhenney, 47, were pulling back from the club after they sold stakes to the upstate New York-based Allyn family — providing more than $600 million in capital to continue revitalizing Wrexham. But Reynolds told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Friday that the actors will “remain majority owners.”

“The team is growing faster than anyone expected. There are needs that require a certain type of skill and people who have some experience in growing things. We chose the Allyn family because they have similar values that make Wrexham,” Reynolds said. “They’ve been revitalizing towns and communities for many years in upstate New York, and that’s why bringing them on didn’t cause a big stir.”

Scott Disick made sure his son Mason’s 15th birthday was one to remember by gifting him his first car: a Mercedes-Benz “Mini” G-Class Wagon.

“Happy birthday big boy! Felt like it was only fair 4 you 2 get your first G wagon even if it’s a mini g wagon it’s still a wagon! Love u son!!!!!! Let the good times roll,” Disick, 41, wrote via his Instagram Story on Saturday, December 14, alongside a photo of the new car with a big black bow on it.

In follow-up posts, the reality star — who shares Mason, 12-year-old daughter Penelope and 10-year-old son Reign with ex Kourtney Kardashian — gave a glimpse at the car from other angles, writing, “Happy birthday!!!! Mini g wagon g wagon g wagon.”

The Benz was parked next to Disick’s collection of luxury vehicles as he shared, “Gotta be the coolest little wagon I have ever seen! You deserve every inch of it! Love you more then [sic] anything in life.”

Disick also celebrated his youngest son Reign’s 10th birthday on Saturday. (Mason and Reign are both born on December 14.) The Kardashians star took Reign to the Los Angeles Rams’ Week 14 matchup against the Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium on December 8.

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“Had 2 much fun with you at your first game you asked me to take you to and I don’t even like sports,” Disick shared in another Instagram Story post, which featured a photo of the pair at the game. “That’s when you know you realy [sic] love your kid! Just kidding love u more then [sic] life young blood,  happy bday son!”

Disick and Kardashian, 45, were together from 2006 to 2015 before officially calling it quits. The former couple now successfully coparent their kids alongside Kardashian’s husband, Travis Barker, with whom she shares 12-month-old son Rocky.

“My birthday boys. So special to me it hurts my heart,” Kourtney wrote on Instagram on Saturday alongside a carousel of throwback photos of Mason and Reign.

Her sisters Kim Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian commented on the post.

“I still can’t believe they are born on the same day ,” Khloé, 40, wrote, with Kim, 44, adding, “Happy Birthday Mason and Reign. I love youuuuuuu.”

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Grandma Kris Jenner also celebrated the birthday boys on Instagram, sharing photos and a sweet post about their shared day.

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“Happy birthday to my two incredible grandsons, Mason and Reign! Our birthday twins! I still can’t believe the two of you share the exact same birthday,” Jenner, 69, wrote. “What a special blessing that connects you forever. You are both so deeply loved, and I am endlessly grateful to God for choosing me to be your grandma.”

She continued: “Mason, you are so kind, creative, smart, talented, and the best brother, son, grandson, cousin and friend. Watching you grow up and become such a caring and wonderful young man is pure magic—you make us all so proud. Reign, you bring so much energy, laughter, and joy wherever you go. Your inquisitive mind and vibrant personality light up every room. You’re smart, funny, and full of so much love, and I feel blessed to witness the amazing little person you’re becoming. You fill my life with so much pride and happiness, and I love you both with every bit of my heart and soul. I’m so proud of the incredible boys you are and excited for the amazing futures you both have ahead of you! .”

 

 

Chris Rock wasn’t afraid to tackle the headlines in his latest Saturday Night Live opening monologue.

For the Saturday, December 14, episode, Rock, 59, addressed the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and his suspected killer, Luigi Mangione, with some controversial jokes. The fourth-time host reacted to the situation toward the beginning of his monologue, saying that the media seems fixated on Mangione’s looks instead of the alleged crime.

“We got Luigi. You know, and that’s good,” Rock told the live audience. “I really feel sorry for the family. Everybody’s fixated on how good-looking this guy looks. If he looked like Jonah Hill, no one would care. They’d already given him the chair already — he’d be dead.”

Rock continued: “But he actually killed a man — a man with a family, a man with kids. I have condolences. I have real condolences for the healthcare CEO. This is a real person, you know? But you also got to go, ‘You know, sometimes drug dealers get shot.’”

“I mean, you’ve seen The Wire, right?” Rock quipped.

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Mangione, 26, was arrested on gun charges in Pennsylvania on Monday, December 9, and will later be extradited to New York to face charges in connection to Thompson’s December 4 death at 50. Mangione’s attorney said he intends to plead not guilty and wants to examine the evidence, according to CBS News.

Thompson was in New York for an annual UnitedHealthcare investors meeting when he was killed. He is survived by his wife, Paulette, and their two sons.

Rock wasn’t the only person to take on the CEO’s death and Mangione’s online notoriety on SNL this week. The cold open featured cast member Sarah Sherman spoofing crime commentator Nancy Grace as she addressed the public reaction to the arrest of Mangione.

“And of course, everyone online celebrated the hard work of law enforcement in apprehending this dangerous criminal,” 31-year-old Sherman, as Grace, said. “Just kidding, y’all psychos made him a sex symbol.”

She continued: “That’s right, the healthcare assassin Luigi Mangione has got women and gay guys alike hot and bothered.”

Sherman was joined by fellow cast member Kenan Thompson for the skit, who played a character in the Pennsylvania McDonald’s where Mangione was arrested.

“Well, Nancy, I’ve been eating McDonald’s every day for three years,” Kenan said. “I got Type 10 diabetes. Blue Cross? Bitch, I got blue foot. You know what my health insurance plan is called? Hoping it goes away.”

Sherman’s character also asked Kenan if he thought people were actually attracted to Mangione.

“Well, I mean, you can look at him and tell he had h—,” Thompson said. “I mean, women love bad boys.”

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Colin Jost also mentioned Mangione on “Weekend Update,” poking fun at his arrest and future in the news.

“This week, America continued the delicate, sensitive debate over who will play this guy in the Netflix miniseries,” he began as a picture of Mangione flashed on the screen. “After police arrested suspected CEO shooter Luigi Mangione, they found a note on him expressing anger at corporate America. Yet he went to Starbucks before the shooting and then was caught at McDonald’s. So perhaps his greatest crime was hypocrisy. The McDonald’s where the shooter got caught has been getting one-star Yelp reviews to punish them for snitching. First of all, who looks at Yelp reviews of McDonald’s? The only Yelp review of McDonald’s should be, ‘Was open. Five stars.’”

As a throwback photo of Jost as a nerdy high school appeared, the coanchor said: “Everyone who went to high school with the alleged shooter said they were shocked that he could become an assassin. Whereas everyone I went to high school with was shocked I didn’t.”

Saturday Night Live airs on NBC Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET.

2024 delivered a lot of new babies in Hollywood — and celebrity parents made sure their birth announcements were top-notch.

From Mandy Moore to Olivia Munn, famous parents welcomed fresh bundles of joy into the world with the cutest social media reveals.

“Lou is here!” Moore, 40, wrote alongside a photo of herself and her husband, Taylor Goldsmith, beaming following the birth of their third child. “Louise Everett Goldsmith arrived happy, healthy, expeditiously and right in time for Virgo season. She is our absolute dream girl and her big brothers are already as obsessed with her as we are. Endlessly grateful for our family of 5 (and our very own big three) and soaking in every moment of this special time. .”

Perhaps the most exciting announcement came from Wicked director Jon M. Chu, whose daughter was born during the Los Angeles premiere of the critically acclaimed movie musical in November.

“I can’t believe this happened while the movie is premiering,” Chu, 45, wrote on his Instagram Story alongside a photo of his and wife Kristin Hodge’s newborn daughter. “Magic is in the air. Happy Premiere Day!! Welcome to our world, you’re gonna do great. You have a lot of witches on your side.”

Keep scrolling to see more adorable celebrity baby announcements in 2024:

 

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Brandi Glanville is silencing rumors about the health issues she’s been facing this year.

After posting a video via Instagram earlier this week declaring she’s back on Cameo, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 52, shared a selfie via X Saturday, December 7, clarifying that her health struggles were still ongoing.

“Guys this is an old cameo! I used it to promote that I’m back on after a year-plus hiatus. Let me share what I look like & why I had to take a pause… check next post & f—ing suck it haters,” Glanville claimed.

In her follow-up post, she wrote, “Sick it!” alongside a selfie that seemingly showed a skin issue. After sharing the photo, she added, “What happened? I wish I knew I’ve been in &out of the hospital this passed year 1/2 spent almost every dollar I have trying to figure it out. Some Dr.’s say I have a parasite that jumps around my face. Some say it’s stress-induced edema. I personally say it’s Bravo.”

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Glanville announced on Thursday, December 5, that she was back on Cameo after taking a break to focus on her health. Earlier this year, she revealed that she had to take a break from work to deal with “stress-induced” angioedema, which causes swelling in the deeper layers of the skin, often around the eyes, lips, or cheeks, according to the Mayo Clinic.

In July, Glanville threatened to sue Bravo for allegedly causing stress-induced symptoms, sharing that she hasn’t been able to record new episodes of her podcast, “Brandi Glanville Unfiltered,” because of her being unwell. While it is unclear what “stress” Glanville was referring to, her post also claimed she was “being used as a fallguy.” Glanville also said she has “receipts 4days” regarding the unspecified matter.

“I’ve been left no choice but to sue Bravo,” she wrote via X in July. “This stress has ruined my health. I have uncontrollable stress induced angio-edema I haven’t worked for a year … to [sic] depressed to do my podcast.”

Glanville was also unable to remain on Cameo, claiming that she was “to [sic] swollen 4cameo or OF [Only Fans].”

The former Real Housewife joined Cameo in 2019, which coincided with the beginning of her second stint on RHOBH, and joined OnlyFans in July 2023. She revealed on her podcast in February that OnlyFans “saved” her “life” after she failed to earn an income for six months. (Glanville appeared as a main Housewife on RHOBH seasons 3 through 5 before returning in season 9.)

Glanville has also faced a tumultuous period of late after she was accused of sexually harassing Caroline Manzo during the January 2023 filming of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip season 4 in Morocco.

Although Glanville was not listed as a defendant in Manzo’s lawsuit, Glanville’s legal team responded in a statement at the time, telling Us, “Sadly, Brandi had to wake up to yet another lawsuit that includes defamatory, false accusations about her. While filming, Brandi followed what the producers asked of her, and there was no sexual assault. She is innocent of these absurd accusations that have weighed on her mental and physical health for far too long without a word of support from Peacock, Shed or Bravo.”