Skip to main content

Samantha Agate

Samantha Agate is a content specialist working with McClatchy Media’s Trend Hunter and national content specialists team.

Samantha was previously a full-time senior editor at Us Weekly, focusing on the latest Hollywood blockbusters, red carpets and upcoming movie releases from 2025 to 2026. Prior to that, she was an associate editor for In Touch, Life & Style and Closer from 2021 to 2025, covering a mix of classic Hollywood icons and the stars of today across all three brands.

Before joining the company in 2021, she worked as a video host and reporter for Talent Recap, where she interviewed celebrities and stars of reality competition shows, including American Idol, America’s Got Talent and The Voice. Her all-time favorite competition show is and will always be Survivor. Her previous work includes freelance writing for The Blast and freelancing as a screenplay editor for the Big Apple Film Festival after studying journalism at Hunter College.

GettyImages-2159620269 Ducks Removed From Animal Sanctuary After Improper Care

Nearly 500 Ducks Removed From Animal Sanctuary After Overcrowding

When Riverside County animal control officers arrived at an Anza, California, property that had been operating as a duck sanctuary, they found a heartbreaking scene: hundreds of birds living in overcrowded conditions with inadequate care. Now approximately 480 ducks desperately need adopters — and the clock is ticking. The massive rescue is being called the […]

Rockies Pitcher Brennan Bernardino Wears the Wrong Jersey During Game

Baseball’s funniest viral moment just dropped and it involves a pitcher, a purple jersey and thousands of fans who can’t stop laughing. Colorado Rockies pitcher Brennan Bernardino accidentally wore the completely wrong uniform to a recent game — and the whole thing was caught on camera and posted by the team itself. The internet is […]

Mel Brooks Reveals the Official Title of 'Spaceballs 2' in New Clip

A new Spaceballs movie is in the works at Amazon MGM Studios. Mel Brooks announced he is returning to the sequel of the 1987 parody film with a cast full of all-star actors who are eager to bring the colorful characters back to life. Brooks directed, cowrote and produced the first Spaceballs film, which also […]

Wild Turkey Named Astoria Becomes Unlikely Celebrity Roaming Manhattan

Move over, city pigeons — New York has a brand-new star, and she’s got feathers, attitude and zero interest in paparazzi. Astoria, a solo wild turkey who’s been making her way across the five boroughs for over a year, has officially become the city’s most talked-about animal celebrity. Her origin story? Better than most reality […]

Carrie Underwood Sends Gifts and Notes to 'American Idol' Contestants

Twenty years after winning American Idol, Carrie Underwood is still proving why millions of fans fell in love with her — not just for her voice, but for who she is when the cameras aren’t rolling. Two American Idol season 24 top 11 contestants recently revealed that Underwood surprised them with personal gifts, and the […]

2 Courtside Seats at Raptors Game Covered in Ice Belong to Drake

The Toronto Raptors organization just turned two courtside seats into the coolest spot in the arena — literally. When basketball fans arrived at the Toronto Raptors game on April 12, Drake’s usual spot had been transformed into a frozen spectacle, covered in faux ice and icicles that immediately turned heads inside the arena and blew […]

Why Is a 24,000-Lb Shovel Viral on TikTok? Inside Tom Cruise's Involvement

If your TikTok feed recently served you a video of a building-sized shovel and you thought, “Wait, what?” — you are far from alone. A 50-foot-tall, 24,000-pound shovel has taken over the internet, and the whole thing traces back to Tom Cruise, a wild new movie and one of the most chaotic marketing stunts of […]

Rare 'Cloud Jaguar' Spotted in Honduras for 1st Time in Over a Decade

Talk about a comeback story worth rooting for. A young male jaguar just made a jaw-dropping appearance in the mountains of Honduras — and it’s the first confirmed sighting in over a decade. The big cat was photographed on February 6, 2026, by a camera trap in the high-elevation forests of Honduras’ Sierra del Merendón, […]

Anne Hathaway Reveals 3-Ingredient Go-To Dinner and Dessert Philosophy

Anne Hathaway has given us so many iconic film moments and fabulous red carpet ensembles throughout her years in the Hollywood spotlight — and now the Oscar winner is serving up food content we absolutely did not know we needed. In a recent interview, Hathaway revealed her favorite meal is refreshingly simple with no fuss […]

Oscar Mayer's New Maple Bourbon Bacon Flavor Completely Divides Internet

Bacon lovers and bourbon fans, we need to talk. Oscar Mayer just dropped its first new bacon flavor in five years — and the internet cannot agree on whether it’s genius or a step too far. The brand’s Maple Bourbon Bacon, made in collaboration with Evan Williams Bourbon, is hitting grocery shelves nationwide, and the […]

Neil Patrick Harris Sparks Debate Over Doritos and Peanut Butter Sandwich

Neil Patrick Harris just broke the internet with a sandwich, and honestly, we’re still processing it. A clip from the Netflix show I Changed My Mind featuring Harris and his husband, David Burtka, is going viral on Test Kitchen’s Instagram, and for good reason: the actor’s go-to sandwich is an English muffin loaded with almond […]

How Much Do Coachella Tickets Cost: A Guide to the Massive Music Festival

Coachella 2026 tickets sold out within roughly a week. Both weekends — General Admission and VIP — are gone, and the official waitlist is closed. For a festival that draws visitors from over 60 countries and expects 125,000 fans each weekend, that kind of demand signals something worth understanding, whether you’re hunting for resale passes […]

What Is Mormon Wives' Whitney Leavitt's Go-To Dirty Soda Recipe?

If your social feeds have been flooded with colorful, syrup-swirled sodas lately, one Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star just gave you a reason to finally make your own. Whitney Leavitt revealed her go-to dirty soda order after landing a major new gig — and the recipe is simple enough to whip up on your […]

Dolly Parton Has Secret Tattoos: What She's Revealed About Her Hidden Ink

She’s the queen of country music, rhinestones and big hair — but Dolly Parton has been keeping a secret beneath those signature long sleeves for decades. The “9 to 5” icon’s hidden tattoos have fueled fan curiosity and media speculation for more than 25 years, and every reveal makes the story even sweeter. From a […]

289-Million-Year-Old Mummified Reptile Discovered in Oklahoma Cave

Your lungs are working overtime right now — probably without you even thinking about it. But the system powering every single breath you take? It’s nearly 290 million years old. A jaw-dropping fossil discovery in an unlikely place just revealed exactly how that system first evolved, and honestly, the details are wild. Two specimens of […]

Park Ranger Discovers Giant Salamander — and It's a 'Living Fossil'

Move over, Jurassic Park — nature just delivered a real-life blast from the past. A park ranger working in California’s remote forests stumbled upon an enormous California giant salamander while monitoring streams in his territory in September 2025. The massive creature — with its long, thick body, rough skin and wide, flat head — looked […]

Where Are the 'Charlie Bit My Finger' Kids Now? Life After YouTube Fame

Before TikTok and before influencers, a chaotic 56-second home video basically invented what going viral looked like. If you were anywhere near a computer in 2007, you saw “Charlie Bit My Finger” featuring the Davies-Carr brothers. And if you’re a millennial reading this, you probably remember exactly where you were when someone emailed you the […]

10 Things I Hate About You’s Most Shocking Secrets From the Set

Twenty-seven years after 10 Things I Hate About You hit theaters, the film still has a grip on pop culture that most late-’90s rom-coms can only dream of. Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Larisa Oleynik, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and David Krumholtz were lightning in a bottle — but the story behind the camera? That’s where things get […]

Donna Mills, 85, Slams Critic Who Said She Wears 'Too Much Makeup'

Donna Mills isn’t letting anyone tell her how to look — and her fans are absolutely here for it. The Knots Landing alum, 85, responded to an Instagram commenter who told her, “You wear too much makeup for your age,” and the result is a video her followers won’t soon forget. Rather than ignore the […]

Tesco Store Accidentally Orders 38,000 Bananas Due to Glitch

A routine grocery order gone wildly wrong just delivered the feel-good story we all needed. A Tesco supermarket in Kirkwall, a town in the Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland, meant to order 750 lbs of bananas — roughly 3,000 of them. Instead, a unit-of-measure mix-up in the ordering system delivered 380 wholesale boxes, […]

Emaciated Dogs Rescued From Cemetery, 1 Was Stuck in Drain Pipe

A concerned citizen’s call to Walker County Animal Control led officers to a secluded Georgia cemetery — and an animal rescue that has now prompted criminal charges. Three abandoned dogs were found on March 29 at McWilliams Cemetery, located at West Armuchee Road and Smith Gap Road, a place known for animal abandonment. Walker County […]

Next

Already have an account?

I agree to the terms of the Terms and Conditions,
the Privacy Policy and receive emails from US Weekly

Or get back to the