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Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale is back for a second season on the run in the Peacock hit Poker Face — with a laundry list of guest stars joining her along the way. Katie Holmes and John Mulaney headline the star-studded cast list that Charlie will encounter as she continues across the country, sniffing out lies […]

Betsy Arakawa, wife of the late actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, but that is not what killed the couple’s dog, who was found feet away from her body. In fact, dogs cannot get sick from hantavirus, according to Dr. Erin Phipps, the New Mexico state department veterinarian. While the dog Zinna’s cause […]

Britney Haynes proved she’s a gamer in the Traitors season 3 finale when she voted to cut her fellow traitor, Danielle Reyes. Not only did that make her the last Traitor standing, it added more fuel to an already turbulent relationship. And if she had been a Faithful, she would have gone even further. Speaking […]

Like so many who have come before them, Kyle Kuzma and Winnie Harlow’s romance was born in the DMs. Only Harlow didn’t actually see the initial DM until Kuzma sent another one a year later. But love delayed is not love denied, and five years later, the couple got engaged. As Harlow explained, she happened […]

Jessica Simpson left little to the imagination in her new song, “Leave,” seemingly implying that an ex cheated on her. The track is part of her Nashville Canyon, Pt. 1 EP and released on Friday, March 7. “What we had was magic / Now you made it tragic / Giving her what you gave to […]

Beyond the Gates, the first American soap opera centered around Black characters in more than 35 years, averaged 2.28 million viewers across platforms in its first week, outdrawing The Talk by 78 percent. On CBS alone, it drew just over 2 million viewers, putting it on par with ABC’s long-running daytime drama General Hospital. It […]

Quinton Aaron has been discharged from the hospital nearly one week after being admitted for type A influenza and walking pneumonia — and he credits the power of prayer and a dose of good magic with his recovery, the actor tells Us Weekly exclusively. According to the star’s best friend, director Liana Mendoza, when she […]

Gabby Windey finished second on Dancing With the Stars season 31, but it’s not winner Charli D’Amelio whom she holds a grudge against. Instead, it’s week 6 guest judge Michael Bublé. Bublé, 49, appeared on the Michael Bublé Night episode midway through the season, where Windey, 34, and partner Val Chmerkovskiy danced to his 2005 […]

Before her American Idol audition, an executive producer told Carrie Underwood that Simon Cowell hated country music — but she already knew. Then 21, Underwood went ahead with her rendition of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” while trying out for the singing competition in 2005, and her heart sank as soon as […]

Ryan Guzman channeled his 9-1-1 character Eddie Diaz in the immediate aftermath of his real-life divorce in order to rebuff a woman’s advances. “One thing that happened that was almost verbatim from one of the episodes,” he explained in the Monday, March 3 episode of the Zach Sang Show. “Girls come up to Eddie and […]

NBC has chosen Tom Llamas to replace Lester Holt as the lead anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the network announced on Wednesday, March 5. Llamas, 45, is currently a senior national correspondent and anchor of Top Story with Tom Llamas on NBC NOW. He will stay on with Top Story when he […]

Big Brother legend Mike “Boogie” Malin is in legal trouble once again. The Big Brother 7 winner and Chilltown alliance member was arrested in January 2025 for attempting to steal from multiple CVS pharmacy locations in the San Fernando Valley, according to TMZ. Sources told the outlet that an employee at one CVS location confronted […]

Reality TV veterans David Genat and Parvati Shallow have run season 2 of Deal or No Deal Island as the two “parents” in the powerful Family alliance. But even the powerhouse pair weren’t able to save their TV son, Dickson Wong, who was finally eliminated in the episode that aired Tuesday, March 4. Dickson, 24, […]

Meghan Markle’s new Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, has been met with some scathing criticism as she brings viewers inside her California home for homemaking tips, a la Martha Stewart. Or, as The Guardian wrote, “The mildest way to describe this show is as a ghastly artefact of a particular cultural era that recently met […]

The investigation into the mysterious deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, it’s clear that while authorities are uncovering some answers surrounding their passing — there are plenty of unknowns. Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 64, were found dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico home on Wednesday, February 26, […]

Marc Andrew Deley/FilmMagic A search warrant has revealed more information about the pills found inside the home of the late Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa. The warrant, obtained by People, reveals Tylenol, unspecified thyroid medication and diltiazem, a medication used to treat high blood pressure were found by the authorities. The couple was […]

Getty Images (2) As a retired Hollywood star, Gene Hackman was plenty generous, as one of his friends and former business partners remembers. Doug Lanham owned Jinja Bar & Bistro in Santa Fe, New Mexico when he first met Hackman. The two struck up a friendship and Hackman eventually became co-owner of the restaurant, which […]

There is no denying that Danielle Reyes had a rough start on The Traitors season 3. Selected as a Traitor during the premiere, Danielle, 53, was never on the same page as her fellow Traitors, “Boston” Rob Mariano, Carolyn Wiger and Bob the Drag Queen. Her play in the first several episodes was emotional, erratic […]

The two dogs found alive at the home of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa are safe with local animal control, according to a press release from the Santa Fe County sheriff’s office. Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies were found Wednesday, February 26, along with the body of one of their three German Shepherds. Hackman was 95 […]

Gene Hackman pursued an active lifestyle in the time leading up to his death despite his advanced age, according to his daughter, Leslie Anne Allen. “He liked to ride his bicycle and he was still doing Pilates at 95 [years old],” Leslie told Us Weekly. “We are very saddened about the news. It’s kind of […]

The circumstances around the death of Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, could have lent itself to mummification, according to a forensic pathologist. Arakawa was found dead in the couple’s Santa Fe, New Mexico, home on Wednesday, February 26. Her body was “in a state of decomposition” that included bloating in her face and […]