Eliza Thompson

Spotify Wrapped has come and gone, so we all know what we listened to the most this year — but which albums were actually the best releases of 2025? The year started off strong right away, with Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos setting the bar high on January 5. (He just kept climbing as […]

Kesha fans have long been acquainted with her mom, Pebe Sebert, who’s been a fixture in her daughter’s album credits since day one, cowriting hits including “Your Love Is My Drug” and “Timber.” And while the true stans know that Sebert, 69, started her career as a country songwriter — most famously writing “Old Flames […]

Taylor Swift has made headlines over the years for her generous bonuses to tour employees, which are highlighted in her new docuseries, The End of an Era. The second episode of the Disney+ show, which premiered Friday, December 12, shows Swift preparing bonuses for her dancers. The Grammy winner explained that she handwrote every note […]

Taylor Swift‘s new docuseries got off to an emotional start. The first episode of The End of an Era, which began streaming Friday, December 12, on Disney+, opened with Swift, 35, getting choked up backstage in a huddle with her backup dancers during the final show of her blockbuster Eras Tour in December 2024. Swift […]

For fans who’ve ever wondered what Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce talk about, her Eras Tour docuseries delivered a behind-the-scenes peek at one of their private conversations. The first episode of The End of an Era — which premiered on Disney+ on Friday, December 12 — showed the pop star, 35, and the NFL player, […]

Throughout season 2 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Jen Shah repeatedly denied any involvement in the alleged crimes that led to her arrest. In March 2021, the Bravo personality and her assistant Stuart Smith were arrested for their alleged roles in a telemarketing scheme that defrauded hundreds of victims across the United […]

Jessica Simpson opened up about her pop star past during a recent concert. The singer, 45, was performing at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, on Sunday, December 7, when she began talking about how much she loved working on her latest music in Nashville. “I do love Nashville. It brought me home to myself,” […]

Former Emily in Paris star and Tony Award–nominated playwright Jeremy O. Harris was detained in Japan in December 2025 on drug allegations. According to Reuters, Harris was arrested at Naha Airport on Okinawa on November 16, 2025, on suspicion that he tried to smuggle drugs into Japan. A spokesperson for Okinawa Regional Customs alleged that […]

Chrishell Stause wasn’t afraid to tell Gwen Stefani exactly how she feels about the singer partnering with prayer app Hallow. “Gwen-DON’T SPEAK,” the Selling Sunset star, 44, wrote in the comments section of an Instagram Reel about Stefani’s ad, referring to No Doubt’s 1996 hit. “Please take your own advice on this one🫠.” Earlier this […]

Meghan McCain slammed a guest on Tucker Carlson’s podcast who claimed her late father, John McCain, was gay. “They had a guest on who, among other things, talked about how my dad was gay because of his foreign policy — or there was [nothing] gayer than my dad’s foreign policy,” Meghan, 41, said during the […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs and his mom, Janice Smalls Combs, have had a tight-knit bond throughout his life. “My mother was always working for a job, so I guess I was always trained that I should have multiple jobs, multiple aspirations,” Diddy said in a 2010 interview with  Nightline. “And I remember she had multiple aspirations, […]

The sweet life! Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola has come a long way since her Jersey Shore beginnings. The New Jersey native rose to fame after starring on the MTV reality series from 2009 to 2012. Giancola was best known on the show for her rocky relationship with then-boyfriend Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, whom she dated on and off […]

MTV shook up reality TV — and introduced fans to the GTL lifestyle (a.k.a. gym, tan, laundry) — in 2009 with the premiere of Jersey Shore. The series quickly made household names out of stars Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Vinny Guadagnino, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Angelina Pivarnick, Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Samantha “Sammi Sweetheart” […]

When Jersey Shore premiered on MTV in 2009, viewers got to watch the personal lives of eight housemates from New Jersey — and many fans are still keeping up with the group. Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola and Ronnie Ortiz-Magro‘s on-and-off relationship quickly became a large story line as they tried to make things work. Following many […]

Jersey Shore star Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola is officially married after her wedding to fiancé Justin May. The duo tied the knot on Thursday, December 4, in front of their Jersey Shore castmates at the Park Chateau Estate & Gardens in East Brunswick, New Jersey, as MTV cameras rolled, an insider confirmed to Us Weekly. TMZ was the first […]

Sabrina Carpenter’s latest studio album, Man’s Best Friend, has sparked plenty of conversation on both sides, but the singer isn’t letting it get her down. “It’s always so funny to me when people complain,” she said in her Rolling Stone cover story published in May 2025, specifically referring to the backlash over her provocative Short […]

Lily Allen unveiled new merch inspired by her latest album, West End Girl — and one item references the headline-making track “P**** Palace.” Allen, 40, announced the “limited” drop on Wednesday, December 3, via Instagram, sharing a photo of herself holding the item in question, which appeared to be a butt plug. “Limited merch drop, […]

Jen Shah’s opportunity to return to reality TV is happening sooner than fans think. In November 2025, news broke that The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City alum will be released from prison on December 10, 2025, after serving only two and a half years of her six-and-a-half-year sentence. “Everyone’s very grateful for the BOP’s […]

Jada Pinkett Smith is facing a lawsuit from a former colleague who claims she physically threatened him in 2021. In a $3 million lawsuit filed on November 7 and obtained by Us Weekly, Bilaal Salaam (a.k.a. Brother Bilaal) alleged that Pinkett Smith, 54, confronted him in the lobby of Regency Calabasas Commons movie theater in […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs has won numerous industry accolades throughout his career, but some of his colleagues don’t think he deserves the acclaim. In Netflix’s new docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning, several former collaborators and peers share their thoughts on Diddy’s musical abilities — and they don’t all have positive feedback for the disgraced mogul. Kirk […]

Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard sued Sean “Diddy” Combs shortly before his September 2024 arrest — and a new docuseries shows him reacting moments after he got the news. “Dawn Richard just dropped a lawsuit on me. For $30 million,” Diddy, now 56, says in Netflix’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning, which premiered Tuesday, December 2. In […]