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Senior Writer Ryan Hudgins is a full-time staff member who writes across all verticals and contributes to breaking news. She’s a fan of all things pop culture and can answer most any trivia about The Bachelor franchise. Ryan is also an avid reader, known to read a book in one sitting. Prior to joining the Us Weekly team in 2023, she was a digital editorial intern at Today and wrote for the Chicago Tribune. Ryan received her bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Richmond. While originally from Chicago, she is currently based out of New York City.

Carrie Ann Inaba Reveals How She Handles ‘DWTS’ Fans' Criticisms, Explains Why She’s a Strict Judge

Carrie Ann Inaba Reveals How She Handles Criticism From ‘DWTS’ Fans

Carrie Ann Inaba is no stranger to navigating criticism from devoted Dancing With the Stars fans — but she wasn’t always so confident. “In the beginning when it first started, I was not used to it. I was a dancer, and when you’re a dancer, you’re used to everybody loving you. So I went from […]

Hayden Panettiere Past Relationship With Zach Hickerson Cheerleader Health Battle More Top Stories

Hayden Panettiere's Past Relationship With Zach Hickerson, More Top Stories

Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on August 19, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: • Hayden Panettiere once dated her on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson’s brother, Zach Hickerson, in 2019. The revelation came days after Panettiere died in South Carolina on August 16 at the […]

Tyler Cameron and Jenna Dewan Competing on DWTS Season 35

Tyler Cameron and Jenna Dewan Are Competing on 'DWTS' Season 35: Sources

The Dancing With the Stars season 35 competition just got a little bit fiercer! A source exclusively tells Us that Jenna Dewan will be hitting the ballroom, while a separate insider shares that Bachelor Nation fan favorite Tyler Cameron also will be lacing up his dancing shoes for the upcoming season. Tyler’s casting comes five […]

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to Move Back to England: Report

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to Move Back to U.K. 6 Years After Royal Exit

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly moving back across the pond six years after leaving the U.K. People reported on Wednesday, August 19, that Harry, 41, and Meghan, 45, are relocating their children to the U.K. for an extended period starting this month. The pair’s son, Prince Archie, 7, and daughter, Princess Lilibet, 5, […]

MAFS Season 2 Alum Ryan De Nino Had a Rough Go Before Shocking Death Former Costar Says Ryan Ranellone

MAFS' Ryan de Nino Had a 'Rough Go' Before Death at 40, Former Costar Says

Married at First Sight alum Ryan Ranellone is speaking out about the shocking death of his former season 2 castmate and friend Ryan de Nino. “We stayed in contact the first couple of years after the show, but after some of the fallout with the TV show, unfortunately not a lot of people heard from […]

Carrie Ann Inaba Worried ‘DWTS’ Career Would Be Over Amid Health Battle, Recalls Missing Live Show

Carrie Ann Inaba Details Health Issue That Made Her Miss ‘DWTS’ for 1st Time

Carrie Ann Inaba is pulling the curtain back on moments she quietly dealt with Sjögren’s disease amid her career as a judge on Dancing With the Stars. “Usually, I can push through, but last season, yeah, week one, I was going through a flare up, and I was not able to attend the very first […]

Hayden Panettiere Once Dated Ex Brian Hickerson's Brother Zach Hickerson Before Her Death

Hayden Panettiere Once Dated Brian Hickerson's Brother Zach

Hayden Panettiere was once romantically involved with on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson’s brother before her death. Us understands that Panettiere dated Zach Hickerson in 2019. She and Brian, meanwhile, were together on and off from 2018 to 2020. The Daily Mail was first to report the news alongside photos of Panettiere and Zach holding hands […]

Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky Reunite to Drop Off Daughter Portia at College

Kyle Richards, Mauricio Umansky Reunite to Drop Off Daughter Portia at College

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Kyle Richards and estranged husband Mauricio Umansky came together to send daughter Portia off on her next chapter. Richards’ eldest daughter, Farrah Aldjufrie, shared a sweet video montage of the family traveling together at an airport. (Richards shares Farrah, 37, with ex-husband Guraish Aldjufrie, to whom she was married […]

Chris Hansen Questions 'Motive' Behind Robert Pattinson Movie 'Primetime'

Chris Hansen Questions 'Motive' Behind Robert Pattinson’s Movie 'Primetime'

Former To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen has thoughts on Robert Pattinson playing him in the upcoming Primetime movie. “A couple months ago, they came out and said, ‘Hey look, we’re doing this, we’d like you to have some sort of consideration in terms of helping us with this,’” Hansen, 66, said on the […]

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Hayden Panettiere's Complicated Relationship With Mom Lesley Vogel Explained

Hayden Panettiere spoke openly about her estrangement from her mother, Lesley Vogel, in the months leading up to her death in August 2026. “Unfortunately, we don’t have a relationship right now,” Panettiere exclusively told Us in May 2026. “But that doesn’t mean that I don’t leave the door open for the opportunity to present itself […]

Alix Earle Says Filming ‘Earle Meets World’ Was Like ‘Family Therapy’: ‘We Had to Be a Lot More Honest’

Alix Earle Says Filming ‘Earle Meets World’ Was Like Going to ‘Family Therapy’

Alix Earle feels even closer to her family members after pulling back the curtain on their lives in their upcoming reality show. “I would say as a whole, my family got closer, and it was really like we were in family therapy,” Alix, 25, exclusively told Us, while promoting her partnership with Dunkin’ for Alix’s […]

Jen Affleck Almost Didn’t Film ’SLOMW: Orange County’

Why Jen Affleck Almost Didn’t Agree to Film ’Mormon Wives: Orange County’

Jen Affleck wasn’t so sure that agreeing to film The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County was great for her mental health. “I almost wasn’t even part of the OC show just because it got so bad. I was like, ‘You know what? Maybe I need to take a step back,’” Jen, 27, exclusively […]

Hayden Panettiere Mom Speaks Out Sister Wives Janelle Brown Goes Public With BF and More Top Stories

Hayden Panettiere's Mom Speaks Out, Janelle Brown's New BF, More Top Stories

Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on August 18, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: • Hayden Panettiere‘s estranged mother, Lesley Vogel, broke her silence following the actress’ shocking death, criticizing her on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson, who was with Hayden when she was declared dead. […]

Brenda Song Gets Candid About Struggling With Her Confidence After Having 2 Kids

Brenda Song Gets Candid About Struggling With Confidence After Having 2 Kids

For Brenda Song, feeling confident in her body has been a journey. “I think when you’re a parent, you just don’t have the time to think about your own personal style or to think about yourself anymore,” Song, 38, exclusively told Us, while promoting her partnership with Marshalls for the Fall Fashion Field Guide. “So […]

Hayden Panettiere's Family Speaks Out After Actress' Death at 36

Hayden Panettiere’s Mom Slams Brian Hickerson in 1st Comments on Her Death

Hayden Panettiere’s mother, Lesley Vogel, is speaking out after her daughter’s death at age 36. “I think Hayden was an amazingly talented person in so many departments, and I think young people who grow up in the entertainment industry — it is a struggle and it’s a very challenging industry and it’s not unusual for […]

Former NHL Star Brooks Laich Marries Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir: ‘Dream Come True’

Former NHL Star Brooks Laich Marries Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir

Former NHL star Brooks Laich and Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir have said “I do.” The pair tied the knot on Saturday, August 15, at their home in Idaho surrounded by more than 100 of their closest friends and family. The festivities started with a “vibrant and fun” welcome party, followed by a “timeless, elegant, classic” wedding […]

Hayden Panettiere Longtime Family Friend and Second Mother Calls Actress Death Devastating

Hayden Panettiere’s ‘Second Mother’ Calls Actress’ Death ‘Devastating’

Hayden Panettiere is being remembered by a longtime family friend after her death at age 36. “She referred to me in her book as her second mother,” Lynsey Lonberg told the Daily Mail on Monday, August 17, referring to Panettiere’s memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning. “She was like a child to me.” In the […]

Influencer Babies of 2026 abby howard with baby

Influencer Babies of 2026: Matt and Abby Howard, and More Stars

Some of the internet’s biggest faces expanded their families this year. 2026 began with influencers Haley and MonDarius Black welcoming their first baby together, daughter Leilani Noel Black, after previously suffering a pregnancy loss. The next month, influencer Dani Austin and husband Jordan Ramirez added their fourth child, while Emily Stomauk and Michael Justin later […]

Influencers Matt and Abby Howard Welcome Baby After Previous Pregnancy Loss

Influencers Matt and Abby Welcome Baby Boy After Pregnancy Loss

Influencers Matt and Abby Howard have officially expanded their family. “He’s here!!!!” Matt wrote via Instagram on Monday, August 17, announcing the couple’s newborn son’s arrival alongside a picture of Abby crying shortly after giving birth, her infant son laying on her chest with his face covered with an emoji. “We have been soaking up […]

Let’s Marry Harry’s Harry Jowsey Slams Rumors of Fake Wedding and Marriage: ‘Silly Little Wambat’

Let’s Marry Harry’s Harry Jowsey Slams Fake Wedding and Marriage Rumors

Harry Jowsey has a message for fans who think his wedding to Amber Mozo, featured on Let’s Marry Harry, was fraudulent. “‘The wedding was fake. Fake marriage.’ Guys, shut up! You silly little wombat. Let me explain how it all works,” Harry, 29, said in a Sunday, August 16, Instagram video. “One thing to note: […]

Connie Britton Reacts to Hayden Panettiere Death

Connie Britton Speaks Out After ‘Nashville’ Costar Hayden Panettiere's Death

Connie Britton is paying tribute to Nashville costar Hayden Panettiere after her death. “This was Hayden. Bursting with brilliance, shining so bright,” Britton, 59, wrote via Instagram on Monday, August 17, alongside a series of photos of the pair. “I have no words for this sad song. Just heartbreak. I love you girl. Sleep easy […]

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