Giannis Antetokounmpo is beloved by Milwaukee Bucks fans, but when he’s off the court, only one woman matters: his wife, Mariah Riddlesprigger.

The NBA star and the Rice University alum started dating in the mid-2010s after Antetokounmpo was drafted by the Bucks. The duo have since kept their relationship relatively private, but they occasionally give fans glimpses of their life together via social media.

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In June 2022, the power forward shared a few snaps from his family’s annual trip to his native Greece. His parents, Charles and Veronica Antetokounmpo, immigrated to Europe from their home country of Nigeria three years before Giannis’ birth.

“Our annual Akropolis visit🇬🇷🔥,” the NBA All-Star wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of himself showing his and Riddlesprigger’s two sons the sights. The couple welcomed Liam in February 2020 and Maverick in August 2021. They have since welcomed two daughters, Eva and Aria.

Keep scrolling for a look back at Giannis and Riddlesprigger’s complete relationship timeline.

By Jonathan Klotz
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Farscape is full of interesting characters. The series is centered on the only human in the galaxy, John Crichton (Ben Browder), but the ensemble cast is what turned it into a fan favorite for nearly 30 years and counting. Yet one of them, the insane Stark (Paul Goddard) is widely considered to be the worst of the bunch. He’s not supposed to be liked, but then again, it feels like over time the writers forgot his insanity was supposed to be an act and not his primary character trait. 

Stark’s Insanity Was Supposed To Be Fake…ish

The trope of a character going from having one quirky personality trait to becoming dumber and more one-note over time has been dubbed, “Flanderization,” after Ned Flanders on The Simpsons. Flanders started out as the complete opposite of Homer Simpson, but over time, his religious traits became more and more prominent, overpowering everything else. That’s the case with Stark, who had a few amusing moments while crazy in the prison cell with Crichton, “My side, your side! My side, your side!,” but by Season 3, was a completely different character. 

Stark has a fascinating background with his standout metal mask hiding his true nature: lift the mask, and it reveals pure energy, which Stark uses to help people ease their suffering, including “crossing over” to the other side. In the process, they leave a part of their soul behind with him, that includes knowledge and emotions. No wonder he’s unbalanced. 

Stark Got Worse Every Season

The problem is that during his initial appearance, Stark confesses to Crichton that he’s pretending to be insane in order to keep Scorpius (Wayne Pygram) uninterested in him. Stark was even able to craft a key to escape the cell deep within the secret Peacekeeper base. Compare that to Season 3, and it’s almost two different characters. 

After the death of Zhaan in Season 3 Stark becomes significantly unhinged. His once cute ranting in the prison cell becomes a regular cadence when he speaks, “You, dead. Me, dead. You, dead. Me, dead,” “Time’s up. Game’s on. Good luck.” He has his moments of lucidity, but generally once he’s on screen, he’s shouting. 

Willing To Doom The Universe For Religion

During Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, Stark, like Flanders, holds onto his religious beliefs so strongly that he’s willing to doom the universe because of them. When the last holder of the Eidelon’s power passes away, Stark resists helping him pass over, and thus, acquiring the part of his soul that contains the ancient teachings. It’s on the same level as Star-Lord messing with the removal of Thanos glove, except here, Crichton and Aeryn Sun are able to convince him to do the right thing. 

Farscape is an exceptionally well-written series with strong characterizations throughout, that for the most part, avoids the trap of one-note characters. Even Pilot is given a tragic background. Stark, despite appearing in every season, devolves over time, and his final moment is more of a relief than a triumph. Jool develops and changes more over time, positively that is, than Stark, and she’s the second most-hated member of the crew. Stark had potential, and while he’s irritating, on any other sho he’d be a highlight, but the bar is so high on Farscape that someone was going to be left behind.

You can stream Farscape for free on Tubi.

Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for June 22 – July 03, 2026 sizzle with Katie Logan (Heather Tom) and Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) pulling an epic blindside that has the Forresters reeling, angry, and scrambling.

We’re going to get into the latest spoilers for the two weeks beginning June 22nd, including July sweeps kicking off in week one and kicking into high gear in week two.

Bold and the Beautiful: Hope’s Secret Launch Revealed – Week of June 22nd-26th

On Monday, June 22nd, Donna Logan (Jennifer Gareis) is back and finds herself in a difficult position. She knows things are going to blow skyhigh. I’m sure Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) is excited to tell her that Hope for the Future is coming back and Hope is ending her leave of absence. And Donna will know, oh crap, this is about to get really bad. She’s going to be nervous around Brooke.

And we may see Donna go over and try to get Katie and Hope to stop the launch before it’s too late. But come on, Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) will never let that happen. And Katie would not agree to it either. At this point, she’s dug in, which is smart. I guess Bill puts pressure on Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) on Monday. I think Bill will snap if Wyatt tries to pass off that same fake diamond that he showed Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton). So, maybe we’ll find out if he got the real one or if that is the fake.

Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Dottie & Joseph Return

Tuesday, June 23rd, Morgan Fairchild returns as Dottie Bright. She and her assistant Joseph (Jim J. Bullock) get an exclusive sneak peek of Eric Forrester’s (John McCook) new couture collection at Forrester Creations. We have Brooke, Ridge (Thorsten Kaye), Eric, Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor), Zende Forrester (Delon de Metz), R.J. Forrester (Brayan Nicoletti) and others, all gathered in the CEO office when Dynasty drops the bomb that Logan’s new collection launches tomorrow because Bold and the Beautiful spoilers say the date of Logan’s fashion show shocks the Foresters.

So, it looks like they’re dropping the collection the same day as Eric’s or maybe even the day before. So, they’re blindsided because they had no idea Bill and Katie had moved so fast. We’ve also got Bill’s assistant, Alison, back and she may be the one who tries to block Brooke because after spills, Brooke storms over to Logan to rage at Katie for pushing out a collection the same time as Forrester Creations.

Brooke asked Katie who’s the designer, how she did this so fast. Hope’s hiding behind the screen and listening to Brooke going off on Katie. And Brooke’s unraveling, threatening to search the Logan offices. Katie laughs and calls her ridiculous. And Brooke gets more unhinged, and Katie keeps her distracted looking at her. That way, Hope can slip out and run from the office before Brooke sees her. And Katie tells Brooke she’ll find out who her designer is with everybody else at the launch of the new House of Logan collection. And Brooke’s going to leave mad. I doubt she’ll get to search the offices, though.

Bold and the Beautiful: The Collection Launches – Week of June 24th-26th

Wednesday, June 24th, Bill and Katie use Forrester to their advantage. So, they may tap into the buzz about Eric’s collection. Katie may use her PR contacts to invite people that may be in town for Eric’s launch just to kind of surf off their backs as usual. And Katie, you know, I think she’s going to do everything she can to get the limelight all on Logan.

The Forresters, meanwhile, are on the defense. Katie’s collection coming out right on top of Eric’s has the Foresters scrambling. They thought the spotlight was all theirs, but now Katie is grabbing it. So, the Forresters may try and see if they can steal the attention back, but at this point, they’re blindsided, angry, and frustrated, and they haven’t really found out the shocking news yet.

Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Electra Clueless

Thursday, June 25th is the first day of July sweeps, and Electra tells Will Spencer (Crew Morrow) she really hopes tomorrow is a big win for all of them. He heads into work, and at Logan, Katie and Bill tell their son Will about the jewelry line, and they swear him to secrecy. Bill tells Will he knows the jewelry line launch has him worried for his girlfriend, but Bill reminds him this is business. Wyatt and Shauna Fulton (Denise Richards) are there, too. And I think Will may be upset that they’re now competing against Electra, but this is, you know, as Bill said, it’s business.

Things are going to get awkward for Hope and Liam. So, I wonder if they have a run-in with Brooke maybe at the estate. Meanwhile, over at Logan, Katie and Bill are arm-in-arm, all smiles, doing final prep for the show. And Deke Sharpe (Harrison Cone) is excited. Everybody’s excited. This is going to be huge.

Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Lots of Casting Updates

Friday, June 26th, Dottie and Joseph are back and they may be going over to the Logan Fashion Show. We’ve got Donna back and we’ll see if she’s a Logan or Forrester. And the House of Logan hits the runway with their next launch. Shauna is there for it, so we may get a preview of the jewelry line as well. Although I’m sure the blue Hope for the Future diamond is meant to be the big finale piece when Hope and Deke walk out and take their bows.

There’s an Access Hollywood correspondent playing a guest role. Lots of models, Logan staff, influencers, photographers. Bill’s assistant is there. I saw a preview of what I think is the line in a California magazine that did an article about Bold and the Beautiful. We can’t show you the picture because copyright reasons, but if these are the outfits from the launch, which seems likely, they have almost a flamenco dancer flare.

I saw eight gowns, five black, one white, two black and white, red rose hair pieces. One has almost like a black hat. So, this is not what I was expecting from the fluffy blue stuff we saw at the preview. So, wait to see if the Forresters are going to push their way into the actual Logan event or if they’re just all going to watch the live stream at the office because we know Zende, Ridge and all of them are together for this. When they hear the House of Logan presents Hope for the Future designed by Deacon Sharpe, they are all going to freak.

Bold and the Beautiful: July Sweeps – Week of June 29th Through July 3rd

Then the week of June 29th through July 3rd, it is the first full week of sweeps. Everything gets higher stakes. Jaws drop as Hope and Deacon make their official House of Logan debut and walk the runway at the end of the show. And Brooke cannot believe what she is seeing. I expect the fashion show and reception to carry over until Monday. So Katie’s thrilled, but Brooke may come over there and legit strangle her in public. Expect a big showdown where Katie claims she didn’t break any rules because Hope is a Spencer, not a Forrester, and a Logan, not a Forrester. So, she stuck to the deal, but Brooke may slap Katie sideways.

Anyway, Electra is panicking over the competing jewelry line and whether she’s up to it. She may be upset at Will for not giving her a heads up, but I think Bill’s going to press him hard to keep quiet. Electra may find out about the jewelry line the same day Hope’s collection launches.

Donna is going to be facing scrutiny from Brooke because she may ask her if she knew about Hope being at Logan. And Donna’s going to have to say, “Yeah, I knew, but I tried to stop it.” But Brooke’s going to feel betrayed by her and every living Logan. Katie, Hope, all of them. Steffy’s going to be furious and Ridge too. They’re likely going to talk about how gracious they were to bring back Hope for the Future and then this is how she did them. Lying and going behind their backs, which was really tacky.

Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: FC Takes Legal Action?

They might consider legal recourse because Hope is still their employee, but if they did that, it would probably just embarrass them in the fashion press. Hopefully Steffy hasn’t already sent out the press release about Hope for the Future coming back because that would be humiliating.

This House of Logan with Hope launch could really take the wind out of the sales for Eric’s couture launch. This is all going to be a scandalous story. First, we had Eric Forrester defecting over to Logan and the gossip about Ridge firing him. And then here comes Hope Logan, the daughter of Brooke Logan Forrester. That is huge. This is going to get so much attention.

I think the collection’s probably going to do really well and Eric’s collection may suffer, which is exactly what the Forresters don’t need. I expect R.J. to go on a nasty tirade about Will and the sneaky thieves at Logan and Ridge and Steffy may join in this time. They’re all going to be so furious. It’s going to be super soapy and I cannot wait to see it.

The Avengers movies were a huge part of the 2010s entertainment landscape. As the crowning jewels of the MCU and arguably the peak of the superhero genre in cinema, the Avengers movies broke records and attracted critical acclaim, not to mention intense fan fervor. The films brought together some of the silver screen’s greatest characters — Earth’s mighties heroes, indeed — to deliver thrilling adventures that perfectly represented everything that a great blockbuster should be.

A major reason why the movies were such successes was the villains. After all, a villain is a crucial part of any superhero story, and the movie adaptations were no different. Luckily, all four of those cinematic adventures had a compelling and endlessly entertaining villain to challenge the equally great superheroes. However, not all of these villains are the same, and one or two clearly stand out because of their characterizations, motives, inherent appeal, and the performance of the actors behind them. This list will rank every villain in the Avengers movies; declaring a winner might seem simple at first, but there are more nuances to this discussion than you would initially believe.

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Thanos (Josh Brolin) – ‘Avengers: Endgame’ (2019)

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After the shocking ending of Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame delivered a suitably epic conclusion to the first three MCU Phases. Set five years after Infinity War, the film follows the remaining Avengers as they pull a daring time heist to bring back all those who were snapped from existence by Thanos (Josh Brolin). The movie pulls a shocking twist at the end of the first act by having a depressed Thor (Chris Hemsworth) chop Thanos’ head off. Thus, the villain in this movie is a 2014 version of the Mad Titan who travels to 2023 to battle the Avengers one last time.

To put it simply, the Thanos in Endgame is a far cry from the one in Infinity War. Reduced to a straightforward superhero villain, the Mad Titan is neither imposing nor particularly interesting in this movie. Instead, he just goes through the motions, checking every box in the “supervillain evil deed” list, to the point where he even commands a large army to fight the Avengers in the now-iconic third-act battle. Sure, Thanos delivers the thrills, but there is absolutely nothing compelling about him; his layered motivations are reduced to “I am inevitable,” and even Brolin seems uninterested in the role. Sure, we’re talking about a younger, less mature version of Thanos compared to what we saw in the previous movie, but it’s still a disappointment to see such a fascinating villain turned into a run-of-the-mill MCU baddie.

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Ultron (James Spader) – ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ (2015)

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Following the overwhelming success of 2012’s The Avengers, everyone wanted to see Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’ next adventure. Once news broke out that Ultron, the Living Automaton, would be the main villain, the excitement only increased, especially with the casting of James Spader. Avengers: Age of Ultron sees Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) creating Ultron (Spader) to help protect the Earth. However, Ultron soon goes rogue and attempts to eliminate the Avengers, aided by the Maximoff twins, Pietro (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen).

Ultron is certainly an entertaining villain, largely because of the panache Spader brings to the role. The actor is clearly having the time of his life playing the automaton as a mix between Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark and Spader’s own Steff McKee. His dialogue is witty, his action sequences are solid, and Spader’s voice work is spot-on, amounting to a villain that has everything needed to outshine the heroes, which he kind of does. The main issue here is his motivation — AI going rogue and trying to wipe out humanity is more played out than Casablanca on TCM. His characterization is also weak at best, lacking the complexity of Thanos and the tragic nuances of Loki. Finally, it doesn’t help that Ultron’s so-called “age” is more akin to a long weekend. Spader does his best with the material, and Ultron is an entertaining-enough villain to antagonize the Avengers for two-and-a-half hours, but beyond that, he ranks in the lower tier of MCU villains.

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Loki (Tom Hiddleston) – ‘The Avengers’ (2012)

It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say Tom Hiddleston‘s Loki is one of the MCU’s greatest characters. In fact, the God of Mischief might actually have the franchise’s best, most compelling character arc, which began in 2011’s Thor and seemingly concluded twelve years later, in Season 2 of his own spin-off show, appropriately titled Loki. Throughout that decade, Loki went from good to evil back to good, embodying the concept of the antihero better than anyone else. He died and came back to life only to die again, only to come back from an alternate timeline before being literally spat out of the sacred timeline itself. Through it all, he learned and forgot, then learned again, always remaining an inherently watchable character who you could easily root for.

As the main antagonist of 2012’s The Avengers, Loki is in full villain mode, delivering Shakespearean levels of drama while attempting to conquer the Earth. In Stark’s words, Loki is “a full tilt diva,” carrying the universe’s largest inferiority complex and severe cases of daddy and abandonment issues worsened by a literal god complex. Yet, that’s exactly what makes him so engaging on-screen; above all, Loki yearns, becoming strangely sympathetic even at his worst. It, of course, helps that Hiddleston is delivering the performance of a lifetime, chewing scenery left and right and often fully eclipsing the more stoic Avengers, who might as well be sticks in the mud next to him. Like Thanos after him, Loki is the real star of The Avengers, proving that in superhero cinema, villains really do have more fun,

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Thanos (Josh Brolin) – ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ (2018)

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As previously mentioned, the Thanos in Endgame was much, much different from the Thanos in Infinity War. In the 2018 epic, the Mad Titan is the peak of Marvel villainy, a character so incredibly compelling that he not only becomes the star of the movie but arguably of the MCU’s Phase 3 overall. Played by Josh Brolin, Thanos is a galactic warlord convinced that the universe must be in perfect balance to thrive, let alone survive. To achieve this utopian balance, Thanos seeks to gather all five Infinity Stones and wipes out half of all the universe’s life from existence. Despite the Avengers’ best efforts, Thanos actually succeeds and ends the movie smiling at the sunset, satisfied with himself.

Thanos’ motives aren’t exactly groundbreaking, nor does he reinvent the superhero wheel; the fact is, he doesn’t need to. The character remains gripping and surprisingly complex, acting not out of sheer malice but instead a genuine believe that life must be kept in check and that only he has the necessary will to carry the deed out. In a way, Thanos considers himself merciful, as he is bearing the burden alone, condemning himself to spare millions; sure, that belief is wildly misplaced, but it’s certainly narratively riveting, making him an incredible character to follow. His complicated relationships with his daughters, Gamora (Zoe Saldaña) and Nebula (Karen Gillan), add further intricacy to his characterization, painting him as a despot who pursues power out of delusion rather than bloodthirst. Thanos remains the MCU’s greatest triumph in terms of villainy, and he’s likely to be topped by anyone.