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Craig Melvin was so shocked by news of Hoda Kotb’s Today show exit that he thought the decision to leave wasn’t hers. “My dressing room is two over from hers, and she knocks on my door one morning, which was unusual. And she’s like, ‘You have a moment?’” Melvin, 45, recalled in an interview with […]

Naomi Watts is remembering her friend and former collaborator David Lynch after his death at age 78. “My heart is broken. My Buddy Dave,” Watts, 56, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, January 16. “The world will not be the same without him. His creative mentorship was truly powerful. He put me on the map. The […]

Justin Baldoni is accusing his It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively of not putting in the work when it came to starring in the book-to-movie adaptation. Baldoni, 40, and his production company Wayfarer Studios filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, 37, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and Lively’s publicist, Leslie Sloane, on Thursday, January […]

Will Heath/NBC Pete Davidson has Lorne Michaels to thank for helping him not give up on his Saturday Night Live career. In the new Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, Davidson, 31, revealed he almost walked away from the NBC comedy series after one season. “After my first year, I actually called for a meeting […]

Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images While Savannah Guthrie was sad to say goodbye to Hoda Kotb on Today, she was happy to throw away some of the items her former coanchor left behind. “It’s a new era, it’s the Craig [Melvin] era, and we go and we sit on the set and there are these trays,” Guthrie, […]

Rachael Kirkconnell was all in on Matt James in her most recent Instagram post. “Happiest of birthdays to my best friend, my teammate, my sous chef, the man that has my whole heart,” Kirkconnell, 28, captioned a December 5 video montage of clips of the pair from throughout their relationship. “You fill it (and my […]

Ryan Murphy and Kim Kardashian are assembling an all-star cast for their upcoming show, All’s Fair. Less than three months after making her American Horror Story debut on season 12 of Murphy’s iconic series in September 2023, it was announced that Kardashian would collaborate with the Emmy winner for a second time on a legal […]

After supporting Heidi Montag’s pop career, Flavor Flav is adding Leighton Meester into the rotation. “Starting to hype up my girl Leighton Meester and help her family recover from the fire,” the musician, 65, captioned a TikTok video of himself dancing to Meester and Robin Thicke’s 2009 single “Somebody to Love” on Tuesday, January 14. […]

Sheinelle Jones revealed the reason behind her recent Today show absences. “Hi everybody … I sincerely appreciate all of you who have reached out while I’ve been absent from the show,” Jones, 46, wrote in an Instagram message on Wednesday, January 15. “I want to share with you that I’m taking time to deal with […]

Jessica Simpson’s Los Angeles home is back on the market amid the ongoing wildfires and her split from her estranged husband, Eric Johnson. Simpson’s house is currently for sale at an asking price of $17.9 million — over $4 million less than her original $22 million price point, Us Weekly can confirm. Simpson purchased the property […]

Courtesy of Hoda Kotb/Instagram Hoda Kotb is spending her first week away from Today exactly how she said she would: spending quality time with her kids. Kotb, 60, shared adorable snaps of herself dropping her daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 5, off at school via Instagram on Tuesday, January 14. “School drop!!! Let’s goooo!” she […]

For her first public engagement of 2025, Princess Kate Middleton returned to the hospital where she underwent cancer treatment. The Princess of Wales, 43, paid a visit to the staff and patients of the Royal Marsden Hospital in London on Tuesday, January 14, during which she opened up about her own recovery journey. “You think […]

Jessica Simpson announced she and her husband, Eric Johnson, have called it quits after 10 years of marriage. “Eric and I have been living separately navigating a painful situation in our marriage,” Simpson told Us Weekly in a statement on Monday, January 13.  “Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is best […]

Lucy Liu has no regrets about standing up for herself to costar Bill Murray on the set of the 2000 action film Charlie’s Angels. “I really didn’t think about it. I would have done that in any situation,” Liu, 56, shared in an interview with The Guardian published on Monday, January 13. “I think when […]

Former actress Sister Clare Crockett is in the running to become a saint nearly nine years after her death. The late Northern Ireland native was recognized as a candidate for sainthood during a ceremony held in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, January 11, per the BBC. The ceremony, which was streamed by Crockett’s family and friends […]

Brazilian kite surfer Bruno Lobo is not only an Olympic athlete, but he’s also a real-life hero. Lobo, 31, came to a drowning woman’s aid during a training session off the coast of São Luís, Brazil, on Friday, January 10. “The day God used me as an instrument to save this young woman, all honor […]

Hailee Steinfeld is already an acclaimed actress and singer, but now, she’s NFL royalty. A new billboard in Buffalo, New York, congratulated Steinfeld, 28, and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen on their recent engagement by declaring the pair the city’s king and queen. “The Queen City has a new queen,” the billboard read, according to […]

Zendaya and Tom Holland were sure to discuss having children before their recent engagement. “Tom really wants to have a family, and [he] and Zendaya are on the same page about having kids and wanting to start a family together,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly. The insight comes after Us confirmed on Monday, January […]

Nathan Congleton/NBC Hoda Kotb’s tenure on the Today show was full of many memorable moments. The TV personality announced in September 2024 that she would be departing the iconic morning show after 26 years on NBC, 16 years as a Today cohost and seven years as Savannah Guthrie’s co-anchor. “I just turned 60, and it […]

Fans and celebrity guests alike are going to miss seeing Hoda Kotb on Today. In September 2024, Kotb, 60, surprised viewers when she announced that she will be leaving the show in early 2025. “I just turned 60, and it was such a monumental moment for me when I turned 60 years old because I […]

Today After 17 years, Hoda Kotb is officially bidding farewell to the Today show. Kotb, 60, appeared on her final episode of the NBC morning show on Friday, January 10. The day started off on a tearful note as she cried after watching a video package of Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Craig Melvin and Carson […]