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TikTok comedian Steve Bridges has died at age 41, his wife, Chelsey, confirmed in a video posted to Steve’s Instagram account on Friday, October 17. Chelsey told followers that she found the comic dead on their couch on Wednesday, October 15, and that he died “peacefully in his sleep.” “Who you saw online was just […]

The NBA has suspended a project employee for two weeks without pay after determining his posts reacting to the death of Charlie Kirk violated league policy. “The project employee has been suspended without pay for two weeks for violating multiple NBA policies,” the league said in a statement to Outkick on Friday, October 17. The […]

Jessica Simpson has spent 2025 turning back the clock with a return to music and acting after a 15-year hiatus. Now that she’s single, the trend seems to have extended to her love life. “I think I’m into younger men at the moment,” she told Extra in a story published Friday, October 17. “When you’re […]

Actress Brigitte Bardot is recovering at home in Saint-Tropez, France, after spending three weeks in the hospital, according to French newspaper Var-Matin. Bardot, 91, underwent surgery related to a “serious illness” and was in “worrying” condition, the paper adds, citing unnamed sources. Us Weekly has reached out to Bardot’s foundation for comment. The actor and […]

It appears that the Big Brother house will stay empty until the houseguests move in next summer for season 28. Big Brother executive producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan told Entertainment Weekly in a story published Friday, October 17, that CBS does not plan to air Celebrity Big Brother or Big Brother: Reindeer Games this […]

Ace Frehley, the lead guitarist and cofounder of the rock band Kiss, has died at age 74, Us Weekly has confirmed. “We are completely devastated and heartbroken. In his last moments, we were fortunate enough to have been able to surround him with loving, caring, peaceful words, thoughts, prayers and intentions as he left this […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is looking to take the next step in his acting career. After starring in the 2022 basketball comedy-drama Hustle, Edwards, 24, pitched Timothée Chalamet on teaming up for a remake of Training Day. “Whenever you start directing a movie and you need somebody to be your main character, call your […]

Richard Gere is hoping to share the story of one of his closest friends for nearly half a century, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Gere, 76, is the executive producer of Wisdom of Happiness, a feature-length film on the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, which is now screening in select theaters. “It’s not really a documentary […]

Pope Leo XIV delivered a holy heckle to one Chicago Cubs fan who decided to yell “Go Cubs!” to him during a parade in Vatican City. “Han perdido! They lost!” replied Leo, a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan, in Spanish and English. The Cubs fell to the San Diego Padres in the National League Wild […]

Sports commentator Skip Bayless believes that Jacksonville Jaguars star Travis Hunter’s decision to be baptized on the morning of a home game shows he is “mentally checking out” on his team. “There is no way Travis Hunter should’ve chosen to be baptized on the morning of a game. He is losing interest. He is mentally […]

The Baltimore Ravens have released safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson one week after signing him to their practice squad. The Ravens are calling it “an amicable mutual decision,” but Swifties just might call it Tayvoodoo. Gardner-Johnson, 27, notoriously feuded with Taylor Swift’s fans after the Super Bowl when his Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs. Swift, […]

A lawyer for the family of late MLB player Tyler Skaggs alleged during opening statements of his wrongful death trial that the pitcher’s team, the Los Angeles Angels, put him “directly in harm’s way.” They did so, attorney Shawn Holley argued, by continuing to employ former director of communications Eric Kay. Kay is serving 22 […]

While Dancing With the Stars’ Hayley Erbert and Derek Hough are happily preparing for the arrival of their first baby, the pair are also marking Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month by opening up about Ebert’s first pregnancy, which ended in a miscarriage. “There are some things in life that change you forever,” they wrote […]

Cleveland Browns fans got an unpleasant surprise when 24-year-old wide receiver David Bell unexpectedly announced his retirement from football, citing an off-field injury. “Football gave me memories I’ll cherish forever and taught me how through focus, selflessness, and determination, the whole can be greater than the collection of individuals,” he wrote via Instagram on October […]

Ask any professional athlete who has played enough road games in Milwaukee, and they’ll likely have a story about the Pfister Hotel. Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Teoscar Hernández and his wife, Jennifer, know that, and the couple left the team hotel during the 2025 MLB postseason over concerns about its haunted reputation. “I don’t believe […]

Tom Arnold is airing it all on his My Crazy X-Wife tour, but he wants everyone to know that Roseanne Barr does not top his list. “People say ‘My Crazy X-Wife, oh I know which one that is. It’s Roseanne,’” he told Us Weekly exclusively, mimicking what his fans say before seeing the show. “And […]

Ezra Sosa has come to the defense of his Dancing With the Stars season 34 partner, Jordan Chiles, amid social media speculation that she is a “mean girl.” Sosa, 24, took to Instagram on Friday, October 10, to dispel those rumors, debunking examples that fans gave and saying they “couldn’t be further from the truth.” […]

UPDATE 10/10/25 at 2:23 p.m. ET: Elisabeth Hasselback has responded to Rosie O’Donnell’s claim that their infamous 2007 fight on The View was “a set-up.” In an emotional video posted via Instagram on Thursday, October 9, Hasselback compared O’Donnell to The View cohost Whoopi Goldberg. She said that, even though she and Goldberg, 69, share […]

UPDATE 10/10/25 at 2:36 p.m.: Dolores Catania said that police were mere seconds behind the burglars who broke into her home last month while she and boyfriend Paul “Paulie” Connell were out of town. During an appearance on iHeartRadio’s “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast on Friday, October 10, Catania explained that her alarm system […]

Being a dad can be nuts — or it could cost you yours. Ryan Reynolds is a proud father of four, sharing three daughters and a son with wife Blake Lively. The pair welcomed Olin, 2, the first boy in the family, in 2023, and he told Seth Meyers that having a son has made […]

Though Teresa Giudice once said she would “never” reconcile with her brother, Joe Gorga, and her sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga, the Real Housewives of New Jersey OG says she now plans to “meet “ —and “speak” — with her estranged family. Giudice, 53, revealed on the Thursday, October 9, episode of iHeartRadio’s “I Do, Part 2” […]