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Aaron Carter’s Mom Launches Fund For Walk Of Fame Star
Aaron Carter‘s mother, Jane Schneck, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds to apply for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The effort aims to honor the late singer, who died in 2022, celebrate his contributions to entertainment, and give fans a meaningful way to recognize his legacy. Schneck’s fundraising effort comes shortly after she lost a legal battle to block the closure of Carter’s estate.
Aaron Carter’s Mom Aims To Raise $85,000
Aaron Carter’s mother, Jane Schneck, is raising funds on GoFundMe to apply for her son’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As she told TMZ, Carter “would’ve loved” having a star.
Schneck shared with the outlet that she recalls visiting Hollywood Boulevard when Aaron was about 12 years old and telling him, “You’re going to be there someday,” to which the young singer replied, “Yeah.” Moreover, she said L.A. holds plenty of cherished memories of the time she spent with her son. According to Schneck, Aaron’s siblings, Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, and Aaron’s twin sister Angel, support the fundraising effort.
The 2026 Walk of Fame application deadline is May 15 and comes with an application fee of $275. The selection criteria include professional achievement, community contributions, and longevity in the business. The Selection Committee then chooses up to 30 of the “most qualified artists.” If selected, a sponsorship fee of $85,000 must be paid for the creation, installation, and maintenance of the star.
Jane Schneck Lost A Legal Battle Over Her Son’s Estate
In February, Schneck filed court documents claiming that Aaron’s former fiancée, Melanie Martin, illegally withdrew about $24,000 from her son’s account. Martin, on the other hand, said she had joint accounts with the late singer and denied doing anything illegally. The two parties battled in court over what remained of Carter’s estate before his death.
Schneck fought to keep her son’s estate from closing, but according to reports, Aaron was in debt at the time of his death. A judge ruled Aaron’s estate “insolvent,” which means his debts exceeded his assets. As reported by The Blast, the non-cash assets were awarded to Martin for her and Aaron’s son, Prince Lyric, who was born in 2021.
Aaron Carter Once Applied For Emancipation
Aaron began his professional music career at 7 years old, releasing his first album in 1997 when he was just 9. In the years following, he sold millions of albums worldwide and cemented himself as a teen heartthrob in the early 2000s.
In 2003, at 15 years old, Aaron filed for legal emancipation from his parents, claiming that his mother, who served as his manager alongside his father, mismanaged his finances and withdrew more than $100,000 from his accounts without his knowledge.
In January 2024, the issue was resolved, with Schneck saying, “I’m looking forward to putting my family back together and working together side by side with all my children.” Scott Salomon, the family’s lawyer, said Aaron sat down with his parents to discuss the “financial misunderstandings,” which were resolved. Aaron also withdrew his petition for emancipation.
The Singer Had A Complicated Relationship With His Mother
Throughout the years, Aaron talked about his tumultuous relationship with his mother, saying that she was an alcoholic and was only concerned about fame and money. In 2004, the singer opened up to PEOPLE, saying that he doesn’t like being around his mother and sister, Leslie.
“I really don’t like being around them. All I hear is ‘You need to go on television and make me look better.’ I just think, ‘Just be my mother, just be my sister.’ It’s all about money and publicity for them. My last word to (my mother) is that she’s the adult, not me. But it seems to be switched around,” said Aaron.
In 2019, the mother and son appeared on the show The Doctors, where Aaron confronted his mother about her drinking. In the episode, he expressed his fear that she would die soon if she didn’t get help. Months following the intervention, it was reported that Schneck left rehab early against professional advice.
Inside Aaron Carter’s Death
Aaron struggled with his mental health, sharing in 2019 that he had “multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia, acute anxiety, and manic depression.” In November 2022, he was discovered unresponsive in his bathtub and was later pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Aerosol cans and prescription bottles were found in the bathroom and bedroom, according to reports.
As The Blast previously reported, his cause of death was determined to be accidental drowning after inhaling difluoroethane and taking alprazolam.
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Celebrity hair stylist David Robert Naumann is setting the record straight when it comes to Lori Loughlin’s dramatic new look.
After the Full House alum, 61, debuted a much shorter hairstyle on Thursday, April 16, Naumann, who is Loughlin’s hairstylist, shot down speculation that the new look was due to a wig.
“Cute but it’s a wig,” commented one follower on Us Weekly’s Instagram page on Friday, April 17. In response, Naumann clarified, “It’s not a wig. I’d know ;)”
Over on his own Instagram account, Naumann emphasized further that the actress had genuinely cut her traditionally long locks.
“Chop chop for Lori yesterday,” he wrote as he shared Us Weekly’s article about Loughlin’s dramatic transformation.
Loughlin looked unrecognizable when she stepped out rocking the freshly cropped bob with caramel highlights and thick curtain bangs.
The actress was attending the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Opening Gala for the David Geffen Galleries alongside her daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli when she turned heads with her fresh appearance.
Loughlin’s new look comes after news broke in October 2025 that she and husband Mossimo Giannulli had separated after nearly 28 years of marriage.
Lori Loughlin. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
At the time, Loughlin’s rep told Us Weekly in a statement, “They are living apart now.” Her rep also added, “There are no legal proceedings underway.”
In addition to Olivia Jade, 26, the former couple also share daughter Isabella Rose, 27.
The actress and the fashion designer eloped in November 1997, a few days prior to Thanksgiving. (Loughlin was also previously married to Michael Burns from 1989 to 1996.)
“He’s my guy, he’s my person,” Loughlin said of Mossimo in February 2018 after 20 years of marriage.
She told Entertainment Tonight at the time that the key to their relationship was “communicating, it’s listening, it’s picking and choosing your battles. It’s being flexible, it’s all of that.”
Lori Loughlin made a rare public appearance to promote her return to When Calls the Heart. The show’s Instagram page shared a clip of Loughlin, 61, speaking during the When Calls the Heart panel at the Hallmark Christmas Experience on Friday, December 12. Hallmark confirmed on December 2 that Loughlin will reprise her role as […]
Meanwhile, Loughlin’s career is flourishing and the actress returned to When Calls the Heart for the season 13 finale last month. She will return full-time to the Hallmark Channel series next season.
Loughlin originally starred on the show for six seasons, before Hallmark cut ties with her as part of the fallout connected to her college admissions scandal.
The network announced in December 2025 that Loughlin will reprise her role as Abigail Stanton in the upcoming season 14. While no official date has yet been announced, season 14 is expected to premiere in early 2027.
Sandra Bullock isn’t buying into Hollywood’s panic over artificial intelligence. Fresh off her appearance at CinemaCon 2026, the Oscar winner struck a surprisingly pragmatic tone when asked about the industry’s growing unease about AI.
Bullock suggested that rather than resist the technology, creatives should learn how to work alongside it. The actress even admitted she’s been quietly experimenting with AI herself, using it behind the scenes to better understand what many see as the future of filmmaking.
Sandra Bullock Pleads Case For AI
Bullock is taking a notably measured view of artificial intelligence as Hollywood continues to debate its growing influence.
Speaking at the CNBC Changemakers Summit alongside Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Co-Chair and CEO Pam Abdy, the actress was shown examples of user-generated AI content inspired by her upcoming film “Practical Magic 2.”
Bullock was then asked how she felt about people using AI to create content with her image. While she said she had not personally seen the material, she made clear that she understands the technology is already here and believes the industry needs to find a way to engage with it rather than reject it outright.
“We have to lean into it. We have to use it in a really constructive and creative way, make it our friend,” she said, per CNBC.
Sandra Bullock Calls For Caution In Its Use
While Bullock is open to embracing artificial intelligence, she’s also making it clear that the technology comes with serious risks.
The debate over AI in Hollywood has only intensified in recent months, with groups like SAG-AFTRA pushing for stronger protections for actors and creatives. According to Variety, the union publicly criticized ByteDance after videos generated using its Seedance 2.0 tool surfaced online back in February.
Among the clips were fabricated scenes featuring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in a rooftop fight, as well as Sean Astin appearing as Samwise Gamgee from “The Lord of the Rings.”
Still, despite her relatively open stance, Bullock stressed that unchecked use of AI could quickly spiral.
“We have to be incredibly cautious and aware of it because there are people who will use it for evil and not good,” she said.
Pam Abdy Shares Sandra Bullock’s AI Outlook
Abdy echoed Bullock’s stance, making it clear she also sees potential in AI despite the concerns surrounding it.
Weighing in on the rise of fan-made, AI-generated trailers, Abdy said the industry can’t afford to ignore the technology, stressing that it must be approached with both curiosity and scrutiny.
She explained that the real conversation now centers on how AI can be used to enhance filmmaking and deliver added value to storytellers, rather than replace them.
“It’s evolving every single day. It’s moving very rapidly,” Abdy said. “[As] Sandra said, I just think we as a community have to acknowledge it, understand it, learn about it, and move forward.”
Bullock may have looked like an overnight social media sensation, but her explosive debut was anything but spontaneous.
After racking up more than 4 million followers in under 24 hours, the Oscar winner revealed during her CNBC chat that she had already been lurking behind the scenes, using social platforms privately to understand how they work.
Bullock admitted she initially didn’t see social media as something that suited her, but said her kids ultimately pushed her to take a closer look and figure it out.
“So, I’d been on social media,” she explained. “But, quietly. Just to learn and shop… I was very reticent.”
Sandra Bullock Gets Real About Motherhood And Work Balance
Bullock also opened up about motherhood, making it clear that her children remain her top priority, even as she continues to take on major film roles.
The Oscar winner revealed that her decision to star in “Practical Magic 2” came down to timing, explaining that she only committed once she knew it wouldn’t interfere with her kids’ schedule.
“I made this film at this time because I knew my kids were out of school,” she said. “I’m not going to sacrifice my time with my kids.”
Bullock emphasized that being present for her son Louis and daughter Laila directly impacts her ability to perform at her best.
“They’d be happy if I was gone. I would not,” she continued. “And I do not do my best work if my children are struggling or if they need something and I can’t facilitate it.”
When the MCU was still in its infancy, before the DCEU came to fruition, and before DC comic book superhero shows were the norm, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television produced one of the most underrated DC comic book shows of all time. We’re talking about Human Target, an excellent, yet sadly short-lived, series. Based on DC Comics’ Human Target, created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino, the series starred Mark Valley as the show’s eponymous “Human Target,” aka Christopher Chance. Unfortunately, despite an incredible setup and an amazing first season, host network FOX and Warner Bros. Television cut the series short, forcing changes that upset the show’s dynamic and killed it. This explains how the most underrated DC comic book series never became the hit it should have been, and how it’s overdue for a streaming comeback.
‘Human Target’ Hit a Home Run in Its First Season
Human Target boasted an incredible ensemble in its first season, featuring Mark Valley as Chance, an undercover specialist and mercenary-for-hire. A now-reformed former assassin, Chance offers help to those in need, taking undercover assignments to become a veritable “Human Target,” placing himself in the line of fire for his clients. The incredible Chi McBride portrayed Chance’s stern partner, the ex-detective Laverne Winston. Plus, the series also featured Watchmen star Jackie Earle Haley as another former assassin and Chance’s friend, Guerrero. Along with some other recurring cast members, such as the memorable Lennie James as the brutal Baptiste, the cast’s dynamic was electric. Each week brought a new assignment and challenge for Chance.
Human Target came at an interesting time in the television landscape. Streaming was still in its infancy, but it came out post-Lost and post-24. Television was starting to get much bigger in scope and budget. However, it also debuted before the comic book superhero renaissance that started with shows like Arrow, The Flash, etc., on The CW, and later the Marvel Netflix shows. Human Target was based on a DC comic book, but it wasn’t a genuine “superhero” series. That said, the series did have a dynamic, pulpy comic-like style, incorporating inventive and creative action set pieces each week. In the pilot, Chance fights an assassin in a ventilation shaft. The second episode featured some unique action sequences aboard a commercial jetliner. All these factors helped elevate Human Target into one of the best television shows that, sadly, was criminally underrated and overlooked.
Season 2 Attempted To Fix What Wasn’t Broken
Unfortunately, Human Target’s second season was marred by various studio and network changes that worked to the show’s detriment. Matthew Miller became the new showrunner in Season 2, replacing series creator and executive producer Jonathan Steinberg. Basically, Miller saw fit to fix things that weren’t broken in an attempt to make the show funnier, sexier, and more like Miller’s previous hit series, Chuck. But Human Target wasn’t Chuck, nor did it portend to be Chuck at the outset.
The series brought on new cast members, Indira Varma and Janet Montgomery. Varma portrayed Ilsa Pucci, who served as a wealthy new benefactor for Christopher Chance and his team, while Montgomery portrayed Ames, a cunning thief and con artist who joins the team. Having a billionaire bankroll Chance’s operation took away from the first season’s more lower-tech aesthetic. It worked better when the group didn’t have unlimited funds and scrounged up what resources and favors they could. Varma and Montgomery are both talented, but their characters stuck out and didn’t come off as natural, organic additions to the cast. Also, Season 2 essentially abandoned all the storytelling and setup with The Old Man (Armand Assante), Chance’s adoptive father and former mentor, and Timothy Omundson as the nameless villain who appeared in the first season finale, and only briefly in Season 2.
The biggest offense entailed dropping Bear McCreary’s incredible orchestral score and music. Human Target featured a wonderful opening credit sequence and theme song that perfectly set the mood for Chance’s adventures. Miller dropped McCreary’s immaculate score in favor of cliché pop songs and needle drops. The opening credits also threw out McCreary’s music, replacing it with a sonic cacophony that sounded like an assault on the eardrums. Even Miller had enough integrity to eventually admit that replacing McCreary’s opening theme song was a mistake, telling Give Me My Remote in a 2011 interview, “In hindsight, if I could do it over again, I would not have changed the opening theme song. So there you have it: I made a mistake.”
The Legacy of ‘Human Target’
The fans who remember know Human Target was great and didn’t receive its fair shake, much like plenty of other great shows like Firefly and Terriers. It got two seasons, but it never became the huge hit that it should have due to studio interference and executive meddling, fixing things that didn’t need fixing and making changes that hurt the amazing framework that was set up in the first season, rather than allowing the changes to happen naturally.
Right now, Human Target is available for streaming, but through Roku’s Howdy streaming service. It really needs a proper streaming platform through Roku’s main channel, Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, and/or Prime Video. That way, viewers can properly indulge in the show’s greatness and see how audiences were robbed of a television classic.
Amanda Batula and West Wilson are putting their blossoming romance on full display.
The Summer House costars packed on the PDA at a baseball game in New York on Friday, April 17. Their display of affection was captured on the venue’s Kiss Cam and broadcast via the Yes Network.
In the footage, West, 31, could be seen leaning in to plant a kiss on Amanda, 34, as they sat among the crowd watching the Kansas City Royals take on the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
Last month, Amanda and West posted a joint statement via Instagram to address their relationship as whispers got louder that the pair had embarked on a romance following Amanda’s split from Kyle Cooke.
The Summer House cast drama is raising eyebrows with Bravo fans. Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke announced in January that they decided to separate after four years of marriage. “After much reflection, we have mutually and amicably decided to part ways as a couple,” their joint statement read. “We share this with a heavy heart […]
“We’ve seen the growing online speculation, so while this is still very new, we wanted to provide some clarity,” read the joint statement posted on March 31. “It was never our intention to purposely hide anything. Given the complicated relationship dynamics involved and the scrutiny that comes with being on a reality show, we needed a little space to process things privately before speaking on it.”
In the statement Amanda and West went on to share how their relationship had evolved from their initial friendship.
Amanda Batula. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
“We’ve shown up for each other as friends over the years, through all the highs and lows, and what’s developed recently was the last thing either of us expected,” they continued. “Our connection grew out of a genuine, longstanding friendship, which made it especially important for us to approach this with care.”
The pair faced backlash for their burgeoning relationship due to West previously dating Amanda’s best friend and Summer House costar, Ciara Miller, in 2023.
Ciara Miller is still sorting through her feelings after longtime friend Amanda Batula started seeing her ex-boyfriend, and their Summer House costar, West Wilson, earlier this spring. “Ciara has told friends that if they really are in love, she will accept it,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly, noting that if West, 31, and Amanda, […]
For her part, Ciara, 30, broke her silence on the controversy during an interview with Glamour published on Friday.
“It’s one thing to experience hurt behind closed doors,” Ciara told the outlet.. “To experience it so publicly is like another layer, and then to have to see what you thought was your life still play out in season 10. It’s a major mindf***.”
Ciara also claimed that she had “less than 24 hours” notice about the statement before it was posted.
“I read it with the rest of the world,” she said. “There’s something about the lack of being able to say each other’s names in the statement that I found very telling, but I don’t know.”
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One of the best procedurals on CBS, the Max Thieriot-led and executive-produced Fire Country premiered back in 2022 and has proven a favorite of viewers ever since. The chaotic drama inside the walls of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, has drawn many millions of live viewers and even more on streaming, with the current fourth season continuing last Friday with Episode 15, “Making Things Go Boom.”
Last month, the series finally crossed over with its hit spin-off Sheriff Country in a two-part event with their respective episodes, “The Finest” and “The Bravest.” Dubbed the franchise’s “greatest achievement yet,” the crossover saw Mickey Fox (Morena Baccarin), Bode (Thieriot), Sheriff’s Deputy Nathan Boone (Matt Lauria), and the rest of the cast of both shows face their most explosive challenges yet. No doubt boosted by this crossover, Sheriff Country‘s popularity has gone from strength to strength since, with viewers excited about next week’s installment, “Twenty Four Candles.” The synopsis for the episode reads, “While Skye celebrates her 24th birthday, Sheriff Mickey Fox investigates a brutal attack tied to a land-grab scheme.”
Ahead of the next episode, Sheriff Country has just hit a hugely impressive streaming milestone. At the time of writing, as per FlixPatrol, the show has just passed the 100-day mark in the Paramount+ top ten, on all Amazon channels. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Sheriff Country boasts an impressive 75% score, with one critic writing, “Sheriff Country has already set up some good stories and rivalries in its first episode, and Baccarin strikes the right tone as a person who wants to keep her hometown safe.” In Collider’s review, Megan Vick wrote, “Sheriff Country is at its best when it doubles down on being a relatable family drama with crime elements.”
Will ‘Fire Country’ Return?
Fear not, Fire Country fans, your favorite blazing hot procedural is coming back for more. Late in January, it was announced that the series had received the green light for a fifth season following impressive ratings, with the show averaging 8.1 million Live+35 multi-platform viewers. However, this exciting news came with the disappointing reveal that longtime showrunner, Tia Napolitano, would not be returning following Season 4. Season 5 is expected to debut this September or October as part of the CBS fall 2026-2027 lineup.
Sheriff Country streams on Paramount+. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for the latest streaming stories.
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October 17, 2025
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Matt Lopez
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