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Senior News Editor Andrea Simpson has covered a broad spectrum of subjects in her 20-plus-year career in news and investigative journalism. The Southern California native got her start as a newspaper reporter and editor in before transitioning into the entertainment space. Andrea was an on-camera personality and red-carpet mainstay for InStyle and Women’s Wear Daily, a reporter for Life&Style and In Touch, and broke some of the industry’s most compelling stories for Star, OK!, National Enquirer and RadarOnline. After serving as the news director at Celebuzz, she rejoined a360media, contributing page-one headlines for numerous titles before taking on a full-time role at Us Weekly.

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Justin Trudeau Wants Katy Perry to Move Into His New $3.1 Million Home

As their first anniversary approaches, Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are already looking to the future. “Justin is showing Katy his new home, where he wants her to live part of the year with him,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. The Gazette reported in February that Trudeau, 54, bought a two-story, nearly 5,000-square foot […]

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Lindsie Chrisley Files Motion to Suppress Evidence After DUI Arrest

Lindsie Chrisley has filed a motion to suppress all evidence that was seized during her DUI arrest last month, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal. According to the motion filed by Chrisley’s lawyer on Monday, June 1, and obtained by Us, the Chrisley Knows Best alum, 36, “anticipates that [prosecutors] … will attempt to introduce … […]

Coroner Reveals New Details About Jamie Lee Curtis Sister Kellys Death Hospice Care, More

Coroner Reveals New Details About Jamie Lee Curtis' Sister Kelly's Death

New details are being revealed about the death of Jamie Lee Curtis’ older sister, Kelly Lee Curtis. According to the Blaine County coroner’s office, Kelly died of natural causes. Hospice had been taking care of her for the last week prior to her death at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 30. Per the coroner’s office, […]

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Kristy and Desmond Scott Agreed to Divorce Terms 2 Months Ago, Docs Reveal

Kristy Scott and Desmond Scott agreed to the terms of their divorce more than two months ago, according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly. It appears the former couple signed an “Agreed Final Decree of Divorce” that was reached during mediation and combines a settlement agreement and also includes division of their community and […]

Steve Guttenberg Finalizes Divorce $700K in Spousal Support and More Details Revealed

Steve Guttenberg Divorce Details Revealed: $700K in Spousal Support, More

Actor Steve Guttenberg and his ex-wife Emily Guttenberg have finalized their divorce a year after their split was confirmed. According to court documents exclusively obtained by Us Weekly on Friday, May 29, the exes entered into a settlement agreement on March 17. Steve, 67, agreed to a $700,000 spousal support buyout paid to his ex. […]

Brad Pitt Hurt by Kids Dropping His Last Name

Brad Pitt 'Hurt' by Kids Dropping His Last Name After Angelina Jolie Split

Brad Pitt wishes things were different with the children he shares with ex-wife Angelina Jolie. “He feels most hurt out of everything that happened with Angie that his children don’t want a public association with his last name,” a source exclusively shared with Us Weekly. “It’s been very difficult.” During their relationship, Pitt, 62, and […]

Inside Rumer Willis’ 'Brutal' Relationship with Ex Derek Richard Thomas: New Details Revealed

Rumer Willis Alleges 'Emotional Abuse' in Court Docs Against Baby Daddy

Just days after Rumer Willis’ opened up about her “brutal” decision to end her relationship with her baby’s father, musician Derek Richard Thomas, Us Weekly can reveal new behind-the-scenes details of their split. Willis and Thomas began dating in 2022, welcoming daughter Louetta the following year. By 2024, Willis confirmed that the twosome had gone […]

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Stand-Up Comedian Chanel Omari Talks About Her 1st Live Comedy Special

For Chanel Omari, turning 40 isn’t a midlife crisis, it’s a punchline. The stand-up comedian is ready to take center stage for her first-ever live comedy special – and she’s got a lot to say about getting older (while still feeling 20), surviving modern dating and trying to figure it all out in a new […]

Everything We Know About Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes' Wedding Plans So Far

Everything We Know About Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes' Wedding Plans So Far

Former GMA3 cohosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes are gearing up to tie the knot. The couple confirmed during a May 2026 episode of “Bill and Giuliana: The Podcast” that they had a date set to exchange vows. “Are you okay with that date? I had a date that I really wanted,” Robach said during […]

Summer House West Wilson and Amanda Batula Romance Is Only Getting More Serious Amid Drama

Summer House's West and Amanda's Romance Is Getting More 'Serious' Amid Drama

Summer House stars West Wilson and Amanda Batula’s relationship is still going strong — even with the public backlash. “West and Amanda are still dating,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly, revealing that “the cast doesn’t think they’re going to last.” Despite their costars’ doubts about the romance, West, 31, and Amanda, 34, are moving […]

Feature Elizabeth Smart on Faith Changing Her View of Kidnapping

Elizabeth Smart Opens Up About How Her Faith Changed After Being Kidnapped

After Elizabeth Smart survived nine months of being kidnapped, so many aspects of her life changed forever — including her definition of faith. “In the spiritual sense, I would say before, it was just very rigid, very, ‘This is what was said, so this is what I’m going to believe,’” Smart, 38, exclusively reveals in […]

TJ Holmes and Amy Robach Exes Marilee Fiebig Andrew Shue Have Given Their Blessing on Marriage

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach's Exes Have Given Their 'Blessing' to Marriage

T.J. Holmes and fiancée Amy Robach are gearing up for their wedding with support from their loved ones — including exes turned couple Marilee Fiebig and Andrew Shue. “They have the blessing of their exes to get married,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly of Holmes, 48, and Robach, 53, as they prepare to say […]

How Kristy Scott's Friends Natalie Halcro and Olivia Pierson Are Supporting Her Through Her Divorce

How Kristy Scott's Friends Are Supporting Her Through Her Divorce

Influencer Kristy Scott has her inner circle by her side amid her divorce from Desmond Scott. In photos obtained by Us Weekly, Kristy, 31, was all smiles while walking hand in hand with pals Natalie Halcro and Olivia Pierson. “They’ve been friends for several years, and it was a girls’ night out in the city […]

Who Is Elizabeth Smart? Kidnapping Survivor and Advocate Is Now a Competitive Bodybuilder

Who Is Elizabeth Smart? Kidnapping Survivor Is Now a Bodybuilder

Elizabeth Smart has spent more than two decades reclaiming her story — first as a kidnapping survivor, then as a wife, mother and advocate for sexual violence victims. Now, she is stepping into a new chapter as a competitive bodybuilder, and she says the sport has fundamentally changed how she sees herself. “I always felt […]

Inside Heather Locklear and Ex Richie Sambora Daughter Ava Wedding

Inside Heather Locklear and Ex Richie Sambora’s Daughter Ava’s Wedding

Ava Sambora’s wedding weekend was extra special for the mother of the bride, Heather Locklear. “Heather looked beautiful,” an eyewitness exclusively shared with Us Weekly. “She is in a healthy place. Those close to Heather are happy she’s happy.” Part of that happiness comes from her boyfriend, Lorenzo Lamas. Nearly one month after news broke […]

Feature Elizabeth Smart Breaks Down Her Fitness Regime Diet After Becoming a Bodybuilder

Elizabeth Smart Breaks Down Fitness Routine, Diet to Become a Bodybuilder

Elizabeth Smart is in her bodybuilding era and couldn’t be more proud of of what she’s achieved. “I always felt like there was a way I needed to present myself,” Smart, 38, exclusively reveals in her Us Weekly cover story, on newsstands now. “Bodybuilding has helped free me.” Smart has been in the public eye […]

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Elizabeth Smart on Bodybuilding and Refusing to Be Defined By Her Kidnapping

For more than two decades, the world has known Elizabeth Smart through the unimaginable. At 14, she was kidnapped at knifepoint from her Salt Lake City bedroom by drifter Brian David Mitchell, who threatened to kill her family if she made a sound. Mitchell — a religious fanatic who claimed Smart was his “wife” — […]

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Kim Zolciak's Boyfriend Kyle's Ex Blasts His Spending in ‘$100M Divorce’

Kim Zolciak’s boyfriend Kyle Mowitz’s estranged wife, Jillian M. Green, has accused him of funding an “extravagant, if not obscene lifestyle” with the Bravo star. Court documents filed on May 1, and obtained by Us Weekly on Monday, May 11, center around Green’s opposition to a private financial trust that Mowitz allegedly set up prior […]

Dina Manzo and Husband David Cantin Secretly Filed for Divorce Before Calling It Off 1 Year Later

Dina Manzo's Husband Secretly Filed for Divorce Before Calling It Off

Former Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dina Manzo and her husband, David Cantin, took steps to get a divorce before seemingly reconciling. According to California court documents exclusively obtained by Us Weekly, Manzo, 54, secretly filed for a legal separation from Cantin in March 2025 after nearly eight years of marriage. In her filing, […]

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Jamie Lynn Sigler Recalls Her Last Conversation With TV Dad James Gandolfini

Jamie Lynn Sigler can vividly recall her final conversation with her Sopranos costar and TV dad, James Gandolfini. “We were at a casino,” Sigler, 44, exclusively told Us Weekly for her recent cover story promoting her upcoming book, And So It Is…: A Memoir of Acceptance and Hope. “He looked at me, and he was […]

SNL Writers Sister Claimed She Was Threatened by Boyfriends Ex 18 Months Before Disappearance Jimmy Fowlie Christina Downer

'SNL' Writer’s Sister Said She Was ‘Threatened’ Months Before Disappearance

Saturday Night Live writer Jimmy Fowlie’s sister, Christina Lynn Downer, claimed she was being threatened by her boyfriend’s ex 18 months before her disappearance. And in a twist, her boyfriend filed multiple requests for domestic violence restraining orders in July and September 2025 against the same ex – and named Downer in court documents – […]

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