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

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

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

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

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

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

Jeremy Collins

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

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

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Rob Mariano

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

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

Tony Vlachos

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

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

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

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

Carolyn Wiger

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jonathan Van Ness is taking weight-loss medication to help him deal with a binge-eating disorder that, he says, caused him to rapidly gain and lose weight in the past.

The hairstylist and Queer Eye alum, 37, shared in a post via TikTok on Wednesday, January 8 that he is using a GLP-1, a category of medication that includes Ozempic and is used to treat diabetes and aid in weight loss.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, GLP-1 medications mimic the GLP-1 hormone that the small intestine makes naturally. The hormone slows stomach emptying and increases how full you feel after eating.

“Alright, I have a confession to make. Yes, I am on a GLP-1 or a weight-loss medication,” Van Ness said in his post. “If you have been following me for a long time, you’ll know that I gained and lost weight several times very publicly. And this time in my life, I knew that I needed a little bit of extra help.”

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While Van Ness said he tried taking the medication as a pill in the past, it did not work. Now, he’s using an injectable GLP-1.

“With everything I’ve been through publicly and privately in the last couple years, I gained quite a bit of weight, wasn’t feeling good,” Van Ness added. “The most important thing was, my binge-eating disorder was out of control.”

He continued, “I was consistently making decisions that I regretted with compulsive eating and with bingeing that just left me feeling really not good, depressed and out of control.” 

Van Ness began taking the injections in September and he says he “felt immediately better.”

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“I, for the first time in my life, have had control over my food intake,” he explained. “It has helped me so massively, and that’s part of why I wanna be honest with you about it because I know how important asking for help is, and how much asking for help can change your life in terms of healing. This time, I needed help.” 

Van Ness added that he had Dr. Terry Simpson, a surgeon and culinary medicine expert, on his “Getting Curious” podcast this week to talk more about weight loss medications and whether they are the “future of weight loss and metabolic health” or “just another wellness trend.”

“I got so many questions, so we will be revisiting this,” he said. “We love you, I love you, and thank you for listening, and I wish you all a good day.”

If you or someone you know struggles with an eating disorder, visit the National Alliance for Eating Disorders website or call their hotline at +1 (866) 662-1235. Text “ALLIANCE” to 741741 for free, 24/7 support.

Bethenny Frankel knew something was amiss at the It Ends With Us premiere, even if she didn’t know what it was at the time.

Five months later, Frankel, 54, has a better idea of what happened. Around the time of the film’s New York City premiere, rumors started swirling about a rift between its stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.

Lively, 37, has since sued Baldoni, 40, alleging sexual harassment on set. Baldoni has denied those claims and, in a lawsuit against The New York Times for its reporting on the controversy, alleged that Lively pursued a “strategic and manipulative” smear campaign against him.

A lawyer for Baldoni also said that he plans to sue Lively on behalf of his client.

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But none of that was public knowledge when Frankel walked the red carpet at the AMC Lincoln Square in August 2024. The Real Housewives of New York City alum took to TikTok on Wednesday, January 8, to share her strange experience with her followers.

“I have the craziest It Ends With Us premiere story that I totally forgot about and am putting the pieces together now,” she began. “And I’m gonna share something with you. I haven’t told anyone because I thought it would get me canceled.”

The story starts off innocently enough, with Frankel describing her pink dress then finding an odd hour-long break between the red carpet and the actual film screening. To kill time, she and her friend Danielle had a few margaritas and even encountered Anna Wintour.

When they returned to the theater, they briefly met with Baldoni, who appeared on Frankel’s “Just B” podcast two years prior.

Then it got weird. Frankel recalled seeing Baldoni walk into one theater and followed him in, assuming that’s where the screening was.

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“Always, unless it’s a weird, different screening, the premiere is in one giant theater and there might be an overflow theater. But here, he’s in one theater, something’s going on somewhere else,” she described. “So they take us and they put us all the way to the left in this theater where nobody was. It felt like everyone was separated.”

Baldoni has since accused Lively of trying to ban him from the movie premiere despite him also directing the film. In his lawsuit against the Times, Baldoni claimed he and his family were “escorted into a separate theater” to watch the movie after Lively had left.

“What I didn’t tell anybody because I was like, ‘We’ll be canceled,’ was we left because the vibes were not vibing,” Frankel continued. “Wasted hair, makeup, outfit to go to the city, drink a margarita in a mason jar, take a bucket of popcorn, take two bites, see Anna Wintour, see Justin Baldoni, and left to go back to Connecticut. Talk about blue balls.”

“I remember calling my publicist and being like, ‘The vibes are not vibing, we left,’” she concluded. “It felt like I was doing something wrong, but it felt like I was doing something right. Something was f—ed.”

Derick Dillard is setting the record straight about being seen with his father-in-law, Jim Bob Duggar, on Christmas.

Dillard, 35, and wife Jill Duggar, Jim Bob’s estranged daughter, were seen seated on a couch, appearing to talk to the family patriarch in an Instagram photo that Jill’s brother James Duggar, posted on Christmas Day. Jill, 33, and Dillard’s three sons — Israel, 9, Samuel, 7, and Freddie, 2 — were also pictured.

The photo led to speculation that Jim Bob, 59, and his daughter may have mended fences, but Dillard says that is not the case. In a comment via People’s Instagram on Thursday, January 9, Dillard refuted the outlet’s characterization that he and Jill were “mingling” with Jim Bob.

“Just so people know, Jim Bob approached me while we were there on Christmas Day for about 5 minutes, and I do not respect him,” he wrote. “I don’t think that is considered ‘mingling.’ There were over 100 people, the house is 8000 square feet, and Santa Claus was there, so this isn’t your typical intimate family gathering.”

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He added that he is trying to keep things civil for the sake of the rest of the family, but that should not be misinterpreted as anything more.

“I have spoken with him less than 10 minutes since the last time we were at that house, which was over a year ago,” he continued. “We’re trying to be civil for the sake of our family, but that doesn’t mean everything is all hunky dorey, and it sure doesn’t mean that I’m not going to comment when people try to warp reality for their own purposes.”

Jill previously revealed that she shares a complicated relationship with her parents after the release of her 2023 memoir, Counting The Cost. In the book, the Counting On alum discusses her family’s involvement in the controversial Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) religion and her allegedly abusive upbringing as one of 19 kids.

“I feel like we are in a rebuilding phase now with healthy boundaries still in place,” she wrote via Instagram in November 2024. “We try to hang out whenever it works well and we have the bandwidth to navigate things.”

Jill Duggar's Ups and Downs With Her Family

She had previously revealed in January 2024 that she believed her parents were aware of her allegations in Counting The Cost.

“I’ve heard that they did [read my Counting the Cost memoir],” she said on the “Unplanned” podcast at the time. “I heard they, like, listened to it on audiobook or something. I don’t know. … They’re my parents and I’m gonna tread lightly.”

She also spoke of her family dynamic in the 2023 Prime Video docuseries, Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets.

“Family relationships were already kinda rocky,” she said in the documentary. “Everything within the family dynamic has shifted, and not for the better.”

Kate Middleton is celebrating her 43rd birthday by putting herself first.

Less than one year after revealing her cancer diagnosis, the Princess of Wales is finding the balance between her health and work.

“She is looking after herself and is wise to do so. She will know when she wakes up if she is well enough or not [to do something],” a family friend told People in a story published Thursday, January 9, which is Kate’s birthday.

Her husband, Prince William, took to Instagram to celebrate Kate on Thursday morning, posting a black-and-white photo of her smiling.

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“To the most incredible wife and mother. The strength you’ve shown over the last year has been remarkable,” William, 42, captioned the post. “George, Charlotte, Louis and I are so proud of you. Happy Birthday, Catherine. We love you. W.”

Kate’s family has been instrumental in helping her through the past year, a separate insider told the outlet.

“Family has seen [Kate] through thick and thin this year,” the source said. “There is a sense of optimism going forward.”

Kate announced that she had completed her chemotherapy treatment in September and since begun her return to her royal duties. While she is settling back into a daily routine, another source told People that she is pacing herself.

“She has been allowed to get back in her own way,” the insider explained. “She has been able to pace it and do it her way, and that’s great.”

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Kate most recently appeared publicly on Christmas Day, where she joined William and their kids, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, for a service at St. Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham estate. There, she addressed her cancer battle and thanked those who have wished her well.

“The amount of people who have written this year is extraordinary and I think cancer just really does resonate with so many families,” Kate said, according to the Daily Mail.

That same day, her father-in-law, King Charles III, offered his appreciation to those who have supported both Kate and himself amid his own cancer battle. Charles, 76, was diagnosed last year when doctors discovered cancer during a procedure to correct an enlarged prostate. Buckingham Palace announced his diagnosis in February.

“From a personal point of view, I offer special, heartfelt thanks to the selfless doctors and nurses who, this year, have supported me and other members of my family through the uncertainties and anxieties of illness, and have helped provide the strength, care and comfort we have needed,” he said in his annual Christmas address. “I am deeply grateful, too, to all those who have offered us their own kind words of sympathy and encouragement.”

Scott Disick knows first-hand the dangers of substance abuse after multiple stints in rehab, and now, he’s committed to making sure his son Mason doesn’t follow in his footsteps.

Mason, 15, is the eldest of the three kids he shares with ex Kourtney Kardashian. The former couple, who split in 2015, are also parents to daughter Penelope, 12, and son Reign, 10.

Disick, 41, appeared on the first episode of Khloe Kardashian’s “Khloe in Wonder Land” podcast on Wednesday, January 8, where he shared that he’s had those tough conversations with Mason.

“The truth is, I do explain to Mason how drinking affected me and how badly it put me in certain places,” he said. “I talk to him all the time about it.”

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Disick’s ups and downs have played out publicly, starting when he first appeared on Keeping Up With the Kardashians in 2007. He and Kourtney dated on and off from 2006 to 2015, with his substance abuse being a point of tension throughout their relationship.

They split shortly after both of Disick’s parents died, with the added trauma exacerbating the problem. He first checked into rehab in 2014 before returning multiple times in 2015 and again in 2020.

When Khloe praised Disick for his honesty with his son, Disick added that he will treat Mason like any other kid when it comes to alcohol.

“He, for a while, thought I was going to treat him differently because of that,” Disick said of his substance abuse history. “And I said, ‘I’m not treating you any different because of my mistakes or how I lived. But if I see a problem with alcohol with you, I will take action. But other than that, you are just like every other kid. You’re going to try drinking when you’re going to try drinking, but if I see a problem that might be hereditary, then I’ll jump in. But until then, you’re treated like every other kid.'”

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Khloe also speculated that Disick going through the worst of his problems in the public eye could help keep Mason from making the same mistakes.

“Maybe if he sees the outlandishness of you, like the Miami days and all that, maybe that would prevent him from drinking because he’ll see how…” she suggested.

“[He’ll say,] ‘Wow like my dad was a real d— then,’” Disick joked.

“But he also knows how incredible you are now,” Kardashian interjected. “So it’s not like you’re still like this.”

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).

In just one episode, Luke Olejniczak established himself as a historic Deal or No Deal Island player, albeit for all the wrong reasons. Fortunately for reality TV fans, he’s not the only season 2 cast member who may go down in DONDI infamy.

Luke, 29, the first player eliminated in season 2, made waves for his questionable decision-making, which culminated in him banking only $1 for the game’s final case in a disastrous round of Deal or No Deal at the end of the episode.

Luke spoke to Us Weekly exclusively about his game and castmates, who will continue on for what could be a multi-million-dollar payday. That roster includes Sydnee Peck, whose assertive gameplay and open flirting with castmate and Survivor Australia legend David Genat rubbed other players the wrong way.

“She’s not as toxic as she appeared on the TV, seriously,” Luke insisted. “But she definitely overestimated her skill set and it was shown and it irritated the cast.”

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Sydnee’s brash approach to the game was brought up throughout the episode, culminating during Luke’s game of Deal or No Deal, when she both offered unsolicited advice and ordered other players not to do the same. She also told host Joe Manganiello, in front of everyone, that she considered herself to be her team’s leader.

Even though the episode showed other players talking about Sydnee, 27, behind her back, Luke said there was more to her than what was shown and that the cameras could not pick up “every little thing.”

“There were also some great qualities about Sydnee that weren’t shown on camera,” he said, adding that the premiere would have needed to be six hours long to tell her story in full detail.

Luke also revealed his plan if he had made a “good” deal at the end of the episode and stayed in the game. He would have had to choose between David and Seychelle Cordero to eliminate and while David, an obvious physical and strategic threat, would have been the obvious candidate, he would have instead cut Seychelle.

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“Seychelle claims not to be a threat, but she could be crafty,” Luke explained. “At the end of the day, I looked for something that was familiar to me, and David seemed like he could be a trustworthy guy. I like working with people that are like-minded. I didn’t trust Seychelle nearly as much, so I felt, ‘Hey, let’s roll with David.’”

Instead, David and Seychelle lived to fight another day, and they’ll soon have a new player to contend with. In episode 2, Big Brother 2 winner Dr. Will Kirby will join the game in a twist that will introduce another outspoken and aggressive player to the island.

Deal or No Deal Island airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC and streams the next day on Peacock.

Since Scott Disick split from Kourtney Kardashian in 2015, he has had a string of younger girlfriends — but he says that will change soon.

He knows his reputation and isn’t hiding from it. Disick, 41, appeared on the first episode of Khloe Kardashian’s “Khloe in Wonder Land” podcast on Wednesday, January 8, where he opened up about his love life.

“I don’t think I was guarded in my last relationship. I don’t think that was the problem. That’s not a huge thing I think about,” Disick said. “I’ve only been in a few relationships, but [in] my last one I trusted the girl I was with very much. I told her everything I felt in the world, and it was a totally good, fun thing.”

Disick did not specify which ex he was talking about. He has been publicly linked to several younger women, including Chloe Bartoli, Bella Thorne, Bella Banos, Ella Ross, Megan Blake Irwin, Christine Burke, Sofia Richie, Amelia Hamlin and Rebecca Donaldson.

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Us Weekly confirmed in 2022 that he was dating Kimberly Stewart, daughter of Rod Stewart.

“My last relationship was good, but we were in different places, in different times in our lives,” he continued. “We know I tend to date a little younger than I should.”

Khloe then asked if Disick planned to continue dating much younger women, to which he replied, “No, I can’t.”

“Maybe I will get back with her when she gets older. That would be easy. She’ll be matured then and been through life a little bit, had some heartbreaks,” Disick added. “Let them go, and if they come back, it’s meant to be.”

Khloe called the plan “a little cheat code” with a laugh, and Disick didn’t push back.

Scott Disick's Evolution Through the Years

“It’s kind of great because it gives me time to be with my kids,” he said. “You’ve got some life lessons in you.”

Disick shares three kids with Kourtney, sons Mason, 14, and Reign, 9, and daughter Penelope, 12.

He also acknowledged the impact that his dating history has on his kids, explaining that he does not want them to become attached to somebody if the relationship isn’t going to work out.

“I kind of told [my kids] — they like me to be with somebody, I think. They do voice to me they want me to be with someone,” he said. “I say, until I find the right person, I don’t really want to bring another person around unless it’s the end all be all person because I don’t want them to get attached to somebody else.”

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Twenty-two years later, the legend of School of Rock remains way hardcore, with two of its child stars grown up and married.

Caitlin Hale and Angelo Massagli, who played Marta and Frankie, respectively, in the 2003 comedy, tied the knot last weekend with several of their costars in attendance to celebrate.

Rivkah Reyes, who played Katie, posted a video from the wedding via TikTok, which included their “classmates” Brian Falduto, Joey Gaydos Jr., Robert Tsai, Maryam Hassan, Aleisha Allen and Cole Hawkins.

“Celebrating the marriage of CAITLIN & ANGELO with my forever fam,” she captioned the video, aptly set to Stevie Nicks’ “Edge of Seventeen,” the same song Principal Mullins (Joan Cusack) performed in the movie.

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Fans in the comments both celebrated the exciting news and paid tribute to the group’s costar Kevin Clark, who died in 2021 after being struck by a car.

“Sad Kevin is missing but he’s playing drums in heaven for the reception!!” one fan commented.

School of Rock starred Jack Black as Dewey Finn, a failed guitarist turned substitute teacher who inspires a class of elementary school students to secretly form a band. The group covertly practices during school hours to prepare for Battle of the Bands, where they eventually perform in front of Mullins and their parents, who are outraged at Dewey’s deception before being overcome with pride in their children’s performance.

After the film wrapped, the cast stayed in touch through a group chat, though Massagli, 32, and Hale, 33, didn’t start dating until Hale happened to move near Massagli’s home in Florida. They have been together since 2016 and finally went public with their relationship in 2021 after fans discovered a TikTok of the two of them together.

Massagli recalled being impressed with Hale from the time they met during the audition process, speaking to Inside Edition about their relationship later that year.

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“I remember my first audition for School of Rock like it was yesterday,” he said. “I get in there and the little blonde girl next to me, she gets called in first and she starts singing show tunes and just blows the roof off the place. It was excellent.”

Massagli told The New York Times that Hale even changed the lyrics to her song, a rendition of “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” to be about the film’s director. He had to follow her, and for his audition, he performed the only song he knew the words to: “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne.

“I was like, ‘Wow, that girl’s really, really, really something else,’” Massagli said.

The couple has long since stepped away from acting, with Massagli now a lawyer and Hale an OB-GYN ultrasound technologist.

An eight-episode limited series that will explore the 1996 murder of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is coming to Paramount+. Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen will star as Patsy and John Bennett Ramsey, parents of the child beauty queen whose murder remains unsolved, the streaming giant announced in September 2024.

While Paramount did not announce when filming will begin, it revealed production will take place in Calgary, Canada.

“JonBenét Ramsey continues to be one of the country’s most fascinating unsolved murders,” Jeff Grossman, Executive Vice President, Programming, Paramount+, said in a release. “The incredible talent of Melissa McCarthy, Clive Owen and the creative team led by [executive producer] Richard LaGravenese will illuminate her story with the acuity and nuance it deserves.”

Keep scrolling for everything we know so far about Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey:

What Will the JonBenét Ramsey TV Series Cover?

The series will cover the Ramsey family before and after JonBenét’s murder on Christmas night, 1996. It will focus on John and Patsy’s journey through the loss of their child and the media scrutiny they faced during the investigation.

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“At the heart of the series, it is the story of Patsy and John Ramsey – exploring the unbreakable partnership of these two complex people – as husband and wife, as mother and father – who had committed themselves and their children to building the narrative of a perfect, privileged life only to have it destroyed one Christmas night in 1996,” the release reads.

Has the Cast Been Announced Yet?

So far, we know McCarthy and Owen will star as Patsy and John respectively. The series also stars Emily Mitchell, Garrett Hedlund, Alison Pill, Owen Teague, Shea Whigham and Will Patton. The role of Burke has yet to be cast.

“Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen are an extraordinary duo to delve into this tragic story that has cast a long, haunting shadow over American culture for nearly three decades,” said Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and President/CEO, Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios.

How Many Episodes Will There Be?

The limited series will run for eight episodes.

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Who Will Produce the JonBenét Ramsey TV Series?

MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios will produce the series with Anne Sewitsky (Presumed Innocent) directing four episodes and serving as executive producer. She will work alongside EP Richard LaGravenese (Behind the Candelabra), who is also the showrunner.

“We have been working to bring this thought provoking and bold project to audiences for some time now and could not be happier with the top notch team working in front of and behind the camera,” said David Glasser, CEO of 101 Studios.

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What Happened to the Ramsey Family After JonBenet’s Death?

Patsy and John were long suspected of being responsible for JonBenét’s murder and a grand jury voted to indict the pair in 1999. The Boulder district attorney, however, never signed the indictment, citing a lack of evidence. They were exonerated in 2008 when advances in DNA testing allowed investigators to determine DNA found on JonBenét’s body was from an unrelated male, possibly of Hispanic origin.

Patsy, who at the time of JonBenét’s murder was in remission from stage 4 ovarian cancer, suffered a recurrence in 2002 and died in 2006. She was 49.

John married Jan Rousseaux in 2011 while both were living in Utah. They later relocated to Michigan where he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the state’s House of Representatives.

Brandy Ledford has big plans for 2025 and one of them involves seeing Channing Tatum in a compromising yoga pose.

The Baywatch: Hawaii alum has taken up yoga as a way of staying present and has even begun teaching the craft. She told Us Weekly that one of her goals is to start a celebrity yoga retreat.

Her friends are first on the invite list, but after that, it’s Magic Mike himself.

“I want my really good friend, Denise Richards. I think we’d have a blast. My friend is Cindy Crawford‘s trainer. I think she would be amazing to come,” Ledford, 55, told Us at the Los Angeles Mission’s annual Christmas celebration. “Channing Tatum, because I want to see him in Downward Dog. That would be great. I want to see him in all kinds of Downward Dog.”

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For the uninitiated, Downward Dog is one of the most famous yoga poses. It involves placing one’s head on the floor with arms stretched forward, legs straight with feet planted on the floor and hips high in the air.

On a more serious note, Ledford’s interest in promoting yoga in the new year comes from an effort to stay sober.

“I think that would be really fun. Be fun and just stay sober,” she added. “Continue to stay sober. And I’m looking into doing some brand partnerships, so I think that’d be really fun, just being, like, an over 50-year-old celebrity influencer.”

She expanded on the importance of yoga in her life in an Instagram video in June.

“Today and every day, I celebrate the transformative power of yoga,” she wrote in the caption to a video showing her leading a group through a yoga exercise. “As a yoga teacher, I’m humbled to share this ancient discipline and witness its profound impact. Yoga is more than just exercise — it’s a harmonious blend of clarity, vitality, and spirituality. It’s where music meets movement, creating a sanctuary for my soul.”

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She continued, “Yoga is a crucial part of my sobriety journey, helping me cultivate inner peace, balance, and connection. I’m grateful for its role in my life and honored to be part of a global community that recognizes its benefits.”

While Ledford’s spiritual life focuses on her own sobriety and mindfulness, she added that it was “absolutely essential” to give back to the community.

“I often love to give financial donations, and I don’t often get an opportunity to actually serve,” she said of her time at the LA Mission. “So to be able to do both feels really meaningful. I also love the idea of promoting it to hope that more people will donate if they see us here.”

Jessie and D’Lila Combs aren’t letting their father’s legal troubles keep them from enjoying a day at the beach.

Diddy’s twin daughters were photographed wearing matching peach-colored bikinis as they soaked up the sun on the Caribbean island of St. Bart’s, just over a week after their 18th birthday. In one set of photos, the pair could be seen standing together wearing serious expressions in front of a pile of large rocks on the shore. In others, the sisters are seen sitting on a towel on the beach with a friend, appearing to take selfies.

They also posted a carousel of photos to their shared Instagram account on Thursday, January 2, from a luxury yacht near the island. Administrated by France, St. Bart’s is synonymous with luxury and has long been a destination for wealthy and famous travelers. The island is known for its small, ultra-private hotels boasting rooms that can cost thousands of dollars a night.

The siblings have stuck together as their father faces multiple allegations of sexual assault, sex trafficking, racketeering and more. He has denied the allegations, pleaded not guilty to the charges and remains in a Brooklyn prison as he awaits trial in May.

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In October 2024, the twins released a statement via Instagram in which they called out what they referred to as “false narratives” surrounding Diddy’s case and said they stand with their father.

“The past month has devastated our family. Many have judged both him and us based on accusations, conspiracy theories and false narratives that have spiraled into absurdity on social media,” the statement read. “We stand united, supporting you every step of the way.”

“We hold onto the truth, knowing it will prevail, and nothing will break the strength of our family,” the statement concluded. “WE MISS YOU & LOVE YOU DAD.”

On November 4, Diddy’s 55th birthday, all seven of the now-disgraced rapper’s kids made a joint Instagram post showing them singing “Happy Birthday” to their dad over the phone.

“Happy Birthday Pops, we love you! ,” the caption read.

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Since then, the Combs twins appear to be doing their best to continue living their lives as normal. They’ve also recently shared photos from their high school homecoming dance and football team’s senior night. The two are cheerleaders at Sierra Canyon, the same high school that produced Bronny James, son of NBA star LeBron James.

They also posted a tribute to their late mom, Kim Porter, on November 15, the six-year anniversary of her death from lobar pneumonia. Combs and Porter split in 2007, a year after the twins were born, but maintained a coparenting relationship until her death.

“We can’t believe it’s been 6 years without you,” they wrote. “We think about you every single second of the day. We love and miss you so much words can’t even explain. We wish you were here with us but we know your spirit will be around forever!! We Love you Mommy.”

No, Jack Schlossberg will not be representing Justin Baldoni in his legal battle with It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively, regardless of what he says.

The writer and grandson of former President John F. Kennedy trolled the internet on Thursday, January 2, when he claimed via X that he took on Baldoni, 40, as a client.

“I agreed to take on JUSTIN BALDONI as a client. Why? FAIRNESS,” wrote Schlossberg, 31. “EVERYONE is entitled to a FAIR TRIAL and ZEALOUS DEFENSE. Justin has NOTHING to hide, Justice will be his revenge. After BOSTON MASSACRE, John Adams represented the British at trial. Same s—, different day.”

Though Schlossberg was only joking, fans and media alike fell for it, with some outlets publishing stories claiming the Vogue political correspondent was, in fact, Baldoni’s lawyer.

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Schlossberg passed the bar exam in 2023 and graduated from Harvard Law School the year prior. He added on Tuesday, “My personal feelings about Justin Baldoni are irrelevant. Justin is my client, I’m his lawyer. even the most heinous individuals have the right to counsel for their defense. I am not a hero. I’m just doing my job.”

While those in on the joke had a good laugh, Baldoni’s actual lawyer Bryan Freedman told the Daily Mail that the stunt was “ridiculous.”

“Nobody on my team has spoken to him,” Freedman added.

Schlossberg took a victory lap on Instagram, sharing screenshots of news articles saying he was Baldoni’s lawyer via his Stories.

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Baldoni is currently suing The New York Times for $250 million, alleging libel and false light invasion of privacy following a story it ran about Lively accusing him of sexual harassment. Freedman added in a Thursday interview with NBC News that he also plans to sue Lively, 37, on behalf of his client.

“We plan to release every single text message between the two of them,” Freedman said. “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.”

The same day Baldoni filed his suit against the Times, Lively sued Baldoni, as well as his publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel, and Baldoni’s production company, Wayfarer. She is alleging sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages.

“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,” she said in a December 21 statement to Us Weekly.

Angelina Jolie is officially divorced and she’s holding nothing back.

Days after her split from ex-husband Brad Pitt was finalized, Jolie, 49, sounded off about her pet peeves in a cover story for W Magazine.

“My pet peeve is somebody who is a liar,” she said in a story that ran on Friday, January 3.

“Somebody who feels a need to not say the truth or what they want, what they feel,” she continued. “There’s a big version of that — and I’m not trying to be heavy about it — but people who say one thing and mean another, who aren’t completely who they are. I think a lot of people don’t say what they mean.”

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Though she didn’t say who she was talking about specifically, Jolie and Pitt, 61, have been embroiled in an eight-year-long divorce battle since the actress filed for divorce in 2016, two years after they married.

While Jolie’s comments left room for interpretation, the Maleficent actress has been careful not to “speak ill” of Pitt directly, publicly or privately.

“She’s been trying hard to be light after a dark time,” a source explained to Us in December.

Among their issues was ownership over their $164 million French estate and winery, Miraval, and custody over the couple’s six kids, Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Shiloh, 18, Zahara, 19, and 15-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.

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“More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family,” Jolie’s lawyer James Simon told Us in a statement. “This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over.”

A rep for Pitt declined to confirm or comment on the settlement.

Meanwhile a rep for Jolie said at the time that her decision to file for divorce was “for the health of the family.” Pitt was also investigated in 2016 for child abuse after an incident on a plane involving Maddox. He was eventually cleared.

Pitt, meanwhile, has been in a relationship since 2022 with Ines de Ramon, who encouraged him to find peace with his ex wife. Jolie has kept her dating life private in recent years, with another insider telling Us in October that she “remains focused on her family and is not dating at this time.”

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have finally settled their divorce, and Ines de Ramon, Pitt’s girlfriend, hopes Pitt can move forward.

De Ramon, 32, wanted her boyfriend to come to an agreement with Jolie as the legal battle around their divorce dragged on for eight years.

“Ines [wants] Brad to find peace, forgive and move on,” a source told Us Weekly exclusively in May. “From her perspective, it doesn’t make sense for him to hold on to all the animosity.”

The source added that de Ramon hoped her calm nature would help Pitt, 61, “patch things up with Angelina.”

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“Being with her has brought new meaning to his life. Brad can’t rave enough about how madly in love he is,” the source added. “They complement each other.”

Jolie, 49, first filed for divorce in 2016, setting off a lengthy legal battle over ownership of their $164 million French winery, Château Miraval, and the custody of their children — Maddox, 23, Pax 21, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, Knox, 16 and Vivienne, 16. They settled their divorce on December 30 but have been legally single since 2019.

“More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt. She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family,” Jolie’s lawyer James Simon told Us in a statement. “This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over.”

A rep for Pitt declined to confirm or comment.

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Pitt and de Ramon have been romantically linked since November 2022, two months after she split from her ex-husband, Vampire Diaries alum Paul Wesley.

Another source confirmed to Us in July 2023 that de Ramon was not deterred by Pitt’s messy divorce drama.

“If anything, it’s only made their connection stronger in a lot of ways because they’re very open and honest when it comes to communication about their lives, whether it be the good or the bad,” the source explained.

A third source confirmed to Us in September 2024 that Pitt and de Ramon are “super in love,” adding that things are serious between the two and Pitt is committed to the couple’s future together.

“Brad loves introducing Ines to his friends because she’s such a joy to be around,” the insider adds. “She brings out the best in Brad.”

MrBeast is getting married.

The YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, popped the question to girlfriend Thea Booysen on Christmas Day. He announced the big news via his Instagram account on Wednesday, January 1.

“Ya boy did a thing ,” he captioned a carousel of pics from the big day.

In the photos, MrBeast, 26, and Booysen are wearing matching MrBeast-branded Christmas sweaters as they celebrate with family in front of the Christmas tree. Booysen also shared a video via her Instagram account, in which she admires her new ring while sitting on MrBeast’s lap as their dog celebrates with them.

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“My family flew out from South Africa for Christmas and we were going to do Christmas in our house so both families were here,” Booysen told People. “We were opening presents, and then for the very last present he asked me to close my eyes because it was a surprise.”

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MrBeast added that he even tried to throw his girlfriend off the scent in the moments before.

“I intentionally dropped a large box to make noise before presenting the real gift — with the ring inside — to her. And then I went down on a knee and proposed,” he said.

“I was trying to think of the best way to catch her off guard so it would be a surprise,” MrBeast continued. “Thea is really close to her family, so I wanted to make sure that they were included in this momentous occasion. Christmas worked out great because they were in town from the other side of the world.”

The couple met in 2022 when MrBeast was visiting South Africa, where Booysen is from. The two shared a dinner together and bonded over conversations about science and YouTube. Though MrBeast soon had to return home, the relationship continued to grow when he sent Booysen a direct message via X, asking if he could read the book she was writing at the time.

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Booysen, who said she didn’t realize MrBeast was flirting, waited more than a month to respond. When she finally did, they got on a call together and talked for three hours.

“Then I knew [he was The One],” she said. “I fell in love with his brain. To me [that’s] everything — your brain, your drive, your discipline, your character, that’s everything to me. So after that, he immediately planned to come back to South Africa to meet up with me this time, and we started dating the moment he arrived.”

Though MrBeast has more than 340 million YouTube subscribers and 64 million Instagram followers, he hopes his wedding day is “more private.”

“I don’t take much vacation because of how hard I work, so I definitely want to make sure that the wedding will be a time to celebrate with her and spend time with friends and family who we really enjoy being with,” he explained. “It will be the ultimate way to take some time away and enjoy things.”

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Justin Baldoni is accusing Blake Lively of a concerted effort to remove him from the filmmaking process for their 2024 drama It Ends With Us.

In addition to alleging that Lively tried to pry creative direction from him, Baldoni, who also directed the film, claims that Lively, 37, tried to ban him from the film’s premiere.

Baldoni’s accusation came in a lawsuit he filed on Tuesday, December 31, against The New York Times. He is seeking $250 million in damages for four complaints, including libel and false light invasion of privacy.

The lawsuit, obtained by Us Weekly, alleges that Lively “systematically sidelined [him] from the marketing of his own Film.”

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“Further undermining Baldoni’s role, Lively initially refused to permit his attendance at the Film’s premiere,” the lawsuit states. “Only after significant pressure did she reluctantly agree to allow Baldoni and the Wayfarer team to attend, but under humiliating conditions. The Wayfarer team and their families, including Baldoni and [producer Jamey] Heath, were segregated from the main cast, barred from the exclusive after-party, and forced to organize their own event at additional cost.”

The suit further describes Lively’s alleged effort to ostracize Baldoni and his family at the film’s premiere.

“Baldoni’s participation on the red carpet was cut short, and his family and friends were confined to a makeshift holding area in the basement before being escorted into a separate theater after Lively’s departure,” the suit continues. “Not only had Lively stolen the Film, but she also robbed Baldoni and his team of any genuine opportunity to celebrate their hard work.”

Baldoni, 40, further accuses Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, of using bullying tactics to “exile” him from his own film. In addition to her alleged effort to ban Baldoni from the premiere, the suit says that Reynolds, 48, tried to wield his influence to convince Baldoni’s agent to drop him as a client.

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“Baldoni and [Wayfarer Studios] grew increasingly fearful of what Lively and Reynolds were capable of, as their actions seemed aimed at destroying Baldoni’s career and personal life,” the suit says.

Lively’s attorney reacted to Baldoni’s lawsuit, saying in a statement to Us Weekly that it does not change the accusations she made against him.

“Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything about the claims advanced in Ms. Lively’s California Civil Rights Department Complaint, nor her federal complaint, filed earlier today,” the statement read. “This lawsuit is based on the obviously false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ruse based on a choice ‘not to file a lawsuit against Baldoni, Wayfarer,’ and that ‘litigation was never her ultimate goal.’ As demonstrated by the federal complaint filed by Ms. Lively earlier today, that frame of reference for the Wayfarer lawsuit is false. While we will not litigate this matter in the press, we do encourage people to read Ms. Lively’s complaint in its entirety. We look forward to addressing each and every one of Wayfarer’s allegations in court.”

Phil Collins is an eight-time Grammy-Award-winning drummer and singer, renowned for his solo career and time in English rock band Genesis, but his entire family has found ways to make it in entertainment as well.

Phil has five kids, sharing adoptive daughter Joely Collins and son Simon with his first wife, Andrea Bertorelli, daughter Lily with second wife Jill Tavelman, and sons Nic and Matthew with third wife Orianne Cevey. All five have carved out careers in music, acting or sports.

After decades behind the drum set, Phil revealed in the December 2024 documentary Phil Collins: Drummer First that his health would keep him from performing on the drums any further. His family, meanwhile, has stuck by him as he deals with the “shock” of the physical toll a career of drumming has taken.

Nicolas Collins, Phil’s second son, helped produce the documentary, which detailed the injuries that came as a result of Phil’s performing.

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“Musicians, people in bands in general had this thought that they were invincible,” Nic explained in the film. “I think that’s really what it is with my dad is just this kind of sense of you’re a drummer, you’re invincible, you do what you do. But you don’t know it’s gonna take a toll in the long run.”

Nic himself has carried on the family tradition of playing the drums, even performing with his father on tour with Genesis (Phil continues to perform as lead singer of the band).

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June Collins

Phil’s mother, June, was an agent credited with discovering English actors Jack Wild (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) and Keith Chegwin (Shaun of the Dead). She died in 2011 at age 98.

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Greville Collins

Phil’s father, Greville, was an agent for the London Assurance Company. As Phil wrote in his 2016 memoir, Not Dead Yet, he was “not a particularly obvious heartthrob or lady’s man,” joking that he “clearly” got his looks from his mother. Greville died in 1972 at age 65.

Clive Collins

Phil’s brother, Clive, was a cartoonist, satirist and illustrator who appeared in publications ranging from Reader’s Digest to Playboy.

In 2012, he became a Member of the Order of the British Empire at a Buckingham Palace ceremony.

“He’s won cartoonist of the year. I shared a bedroom with him when we were boys and he was always drawing,” Phil recalled at the ceremony. “He used to do Christmas cards and birthday cards for the family.”

Clive died in 2022 at age 80.

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Carole Collins

Phil’s sister, Carole, was a professional ice skater before following in their mother’s footsteps and becoming an agent.

Lily Collins

Lily got her start as an actress at age 2 on BBC sitcom Growing Pains. She later appeared in such films as The Blind Side and Inheritance before landing her breakout role as the titular character on the hit Netflix series Emily in Paris, which premiered in 2020.

Lily opened up about her strained relationship with her father growing up in her 2017 memoir, Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me.

“Because my dad was often gone, I never wanted to do anything that would make him stay away even longer,” she wrote. “I became extra careful about what I said and how I said it, afraid he’d think I was angry or didn’t love him. And the truth is, I was angry. I missed him and wanted him there.”

Today, the two share a closer bond. On Fathers Day 2024, Lily penned a heartfelt note to her dad via Instagram.

“I’m sending more hugs to you than ever and I’m beyond grateful for you today and every day,” she wrote. “My words won’t be able to do it justice but… you know. I love you to the moon and back again.”

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Joely Collins

Phil legally adopted daughter Joely when he married Bertorelli in 1975.

She studied acting in both her home city of Vancouver and in London, and has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows. She won the award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film at the 2004 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards for her role in Canadian drama The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess.

She married Stefan Buitelaar in 2008 and the couple share daughter Zoë Amelie.

Zoë Amelie

Phil’s only grandchild, Zoë, was born in 2009.

“Life has gone to a new level for me,” Phil said when she was born, according to the Daily Mail. ‘I’m absolutely thrilled and I’m so happy for Joely and Stefan. They are truly happy.”

Simon Collins

Like his dad, Simon is a drummer and former lead vocalist for prog rock band Sound of Contact.

Simon has released four studio albums, including 2008’s U-Catastrophe, which features both Phil and former Genesis member Steve Hackett on one track each.

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Nicolas Collins

Nic has been drumming since he was two years old. By the time he was 15, he was playing on stage with his dad on his Not Dead Yet tour. In 2023, his band, The Effect, released its debut single “Unwanted.” The Effect also features Trev Lukather, son of Toto guitarist Steve Lukather.

Matthew Collins

Matthew is an aspiring soccer player, currently playing with Austrian club WSG Tirol. After Matthew made headlines in a 3-0 loss to Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich, his coach Manuel Ludwiger admitted they signed him without knowing who his father was.

“We Google the players we take on trial to find out about their past careers,” he told the Daily Mail. “It was only then that we found out Matthew is Phil Collins’ son…We haven’t signed him as a publicity stunt. It is purely down to his footballing ability.”

Phil himself conceded that even though Matt loves music, “he loves [soccer] even more.”

Justin Baldoni is pushing back against the accusations made by his It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, December 31.

Baldoni, 40, is suing The New York Times for $250 million, alleging libel and false light invasion of privacy for a story the paper ran on December 21. The article, titled, “We Can Bury Anyone: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine,” alleged that Baldoni sexually harassed Lively for months while on set.

Baldoni and his lawyers claim Lively pursued a “strategic and manipulative” smear campaign against the actor, who also directed the film. (Lively also accused Baldoni of orchestrating a smear campaign against her.)

“The Times story relied almost entirely on Lively’s unverified and self-serving narrative, lifting it nearly verbatim while disregarding an abundance of evidence that contradicted her claims and exposed her true motives,” the lawsuit reads.

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The lawsuit, obtained by Us Weekly, outlines Lively’s accusations and counters them with Baldoni’s interpretation of the events.

Lively’s attorney has already responded to the lawsuit, saying in a statement to Us that Baldoni’s claims change nothing about her accusations against him.

“Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything about the claims advanced in Ms. Lively’s California Civil Rights Department Complaint, nor her federal complaint, filed earlier today,” the statement read. “This lawsuit is based on the obviously false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ruse based on a choice ‘not to file a lawsuit against Baldoni, Wayfarer,’ and that ‘litigation was never her ultimate goal.’ As demonstrated by the federal complaint filed by Ms. Lively earlier today, that frame of reference for the Wayfarer lawsuit is false. While we will not litigate this matter in the press, we do encourage people to read Ms. Lively’s complaint in its entirety. We look forward to addressing each and every one of Wayfarer’s allegations in court.”

Keep scrolling for every counterclaim in his lawsuit.

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The ‘Smear Campaign’ Texts Allegedly Omitted Context

The Times highlighted an alleged effort from Baldoni’s publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel to generate bad press for Lively. The lawsuit, however, states that the story omitted key communications between them that paint a different picture.

The article shared a text in which Abel appears to congratulate Nathan on a negative story about Lively, but the lawsuit says it omits an upside down smiley face, often used to indicate sarcasm. Nathan’s reply seemed to show her taking credit for the story, but The Times left out a line that preceded the exchange, which could show Nathan was only joking.

“Damn this is unfair because it’s also not me,” she wrote in the omitted message.

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Lively has accused Baldoni of repeatedly walking in on her while she was breastfeeding. Baldoni, however, provided a text message from Lively in which she appears to invite him into her trailer.

“I’m just pumping in my trailer if you wanna work out our lines,” the message states.

“Copy. Eating with crew and will head that way,” Baldoni responded.

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Ryan Reynolds Allegedly ‘Berated’ Baldoni for ‘Fat-Shaming’ Incident

Baldoni recalled Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, berating him for an alleged instance of fat-shaming. The moment in question happened when Baldoni inquired about Lively’s weight prior to filming a scene in which he was supposed to lift her up. His lawsuit called it a “reasonable inquiry into crucial information needed to ensure safety and avoid injury in a scene.”

Baldoni said that after the incident, Reynolds subjected him to an “inappropriate and humiliating berating” at his and Lively’s New York City apartment. The actor wondered whether the outburst was intentional, “as other celebrity friends were coming in and out of their penthouse” at the time.

The lawsuit quoted a producer on the film who said “in his 40-year career he had never seen anyone speak to someone like that in a meeting.” A Sony representative added that she regretted that she “didn’t stop Reynolds’ berating of Baldoni.”

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Baldoni countered two of Lively’s accusations by claiming he was merely following his costar’s lead. He allegedly referred to women on set, including Lively, as “sexy,” and when Lively expressed her discomfort, he allegedly deflected, undermining her concerns.

But Baldoni alleges he was only using the same terminology that Lively used herself. He also provided a text message from Lively saying her character’s attire needed to be “much sexier.”

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“Lively set the tone, a tone that Baldoni respectfully heeded during the creative process,” the suit says.

Lively also accused Baldoni of sharing intimate details of his sex life and asking about hers. Baldoni countered by saying she was the one who first brought up the topic and he was merely following suit.

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Lively also stated in an HR complaint that Baldoni showed her pornographic videos featuring his wife. Baldoni claims that is false and the video in question was of his wife giving birth, and that he showed Lively in the context of a discussion about a birthing scene in the movie.

“To distort this benign event into an act of sexual misconduct is outrageous and emblematic of the lengths to which Lively and her collaborators are willing to go to defame plaintiffs,” the suit states.

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While Lively accused Baldoni of adding gratuitous nudity and unwanted kissing scenes to the movie, Baldoni alleges she was in no hurry to meet with the intimacy coordinator to address her concerns.

“I feel good. I can meet her when we start thank you though!” she wrote in a text to Baldoni, allegedly about the intimacy coordinator.

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Baldoni Pushes Back Against Lively’s Repeated Use of ‘No More’

In addition to the incidents that Baldoni disputes, he took issue with how Lively presented her complaints to HR. She made HR aware of 30 issues that she had with production, frequently using the phrase “no more” when requesting they not continue.

“The repeated use of the phrase ‘no more’ before each demand falsely suggests that these alleged incidents had previously taken place and needed to cease,” the suit says. “This implication is not only misleading but entirely untrue.”

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