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Teyana Taylor Has The Biggest Night At The BET Awards
Teyana Taylor continues to cement her status as one of the entertainment’s most versatile talents. The singer, actress, and director earned recognition across multiple categories at the BET Awards, topping off an unforgettable evening when she received the Icon of the Year Award from one of her biggest inspirations, Janet Jackson.
At the BET Awards on June 28, multihyphenate Teyana Taylor received one of the night’s biggest honors, the Icon of the Year Award. Although the announcement was made weeks in advance, the actress was unaware that Janet Jackson would be presenting the special honorary award.
Taylor was in tears as Jackson spoke about her decades-long career achievements. “You possess an unflinching perfectionism, a devotion woven into everything you touch. Your focus and vision summon into being what most would call impossible,” said Jackson, emphasizing what Taylor has achieved while raising two children. “A testament to the greatest superhero the world will ever know, the Black woman,” Jackson continued.
Taylor was still wiping tears as she accepted the honor. “Oh my god, b-tch. I’m gagging… They did not tell me Janet was coming, b-tch. It is so crazy,” she said, jumping up and down on the stage.
The Singer Accepted The Award ‘With Gratitude’
In early June, BET revealed Taylor would be the recipient of the Icon of the Year Award, stating the recognition “belongs to the creative force whose work, presence, and vision are setting the tone right now.”
During her acceptance speech, Teyana said she initially felt “uncomfortable” with the title, but later embraced the honor. “I worked my a-s off 20 years for this. So I’m not accepting what I’ve earned with arrogance, I’m accepting what I’ve earned with gratitude,” she said.
The singer then reflected on her career, explaining that she focused on fulfilling her dreams while helping others build theirs. “I believe there’s room for all of us to win, even if that means pouring from my own cup into someone else’s, so they can overflow,” Taylor shared.
She told the audience how proud she was of the honor, promising she would “continue to earn it.”
Teyana Taylor Acknowledged Her Parents And Children
Taylor expressed gratitude to her parents for teaching her the “value of greatness.” She also acknowledged her “greatest masterpiece,” her two daughters, 10-year-old Junie and 5-year-old Rue, whom she shares with her ex-husband, Iman Shumpert.
“If one day people remember me as an icon. I pray the two of you always remember me simply as home. Mommy loves you so, so much,” Taylor said, addressing her children.
Taylor is incredibly close to her children, often bringing them to red carpets and high-profile events throughout the years. She also has a close bond with her mother, Nikki Taylor, who raised her as a single mother and serves as her manager.
The Acclaimed Actress Took Home The Most Wins
Apart from taking home the Icon of the Year Award, Taylor also earned competitive wins, making her the most-awarded artist of the night.
Taylor won Best Actress for her portrayal of Perfidia Beverly Hills in the action thriller “One Battle After Another,” a performance that also earned her a Golden Globe in January.
Additionally, she took home Video Director of the Year for the short film/visual album “Escape Room,” which she helmed under the pseudonym Spike Tey.
The 2026 BET Awards also introduced a new category this year, the Fashion Vanguard Award, to honor the figure whose style has made a cultural impact. Among those nominated are A$AP Rocky, Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Cardi B, Colman Domingo, Doechii, Rihanna, and Zendaya, with Taylor taking home the honor.
Teyana Taylor Adds Another Skill To Her Arsenal
Few entertainers have worn as many hats as Taylor. She first made her mark in entertainment as a recording artist before branching into acting, where she delivered acclaimed performances in both film and TV.
Beyond performing, Taylor has become an accomplished producer, director, choreographer, and creative director. Her willingness to explore different creative disciplines establishes her as one of the most versatile artists.
In 2025, Taylor delved into a new specialty, sharing that she started training to become a chef. In Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series, she told Oscar Isaac that cooking keeps her grounded amid her busy life. “It’s actually the thing that gives me a few, to just be quiet and cook,” she said.
During her speech at the BET Awards, she revealed that she will graduate from culinary school in September, adding yet another accomplishment to her already impressive resume.
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Elon Musk seeimingly supported Armie Hammer’s attempt at resurrecting his film career by sharing a link to his new movie via X.
Musk, 55, shared a streaming link to Citizen Vigilante, a German film starring Hammer, 39, that was banned in its home country, on Friday, June 26. According to Variety, the link was ”active for 48 hours” before going dark.
The film, which was released in the U.S. on June 19, provided Hammer which his first big-screen role after an alleged sexual abuse scandal that saw the actor’s career crumble in 2021. Per reporting by The Telegraph, Citizen Vigilante was banned in Germany as a result of its extremely violent “migrant-killing” subject matter.
Musk, who bought Twitter in 2022 and rebranded the social media platform as X the following year, deciding to share a streaming link to the film meant anybody could watch it for free. It also led to reposts by X users. The film’s director, Uwe Boll, also shared a link via his own X account.
Armie Hammer is no stranger to controversy and backlash, having raised eyebrows for his questionable behavior and comments as far back as the early days of his career. The actor came under fire in January 2021 after multiple women took to social media to share screenshots of graphic direct messages that he had allegedly sent […]
Per Variety, Citizen Vigilante sees Hammer return to the big screen as “an American abroad in Europe on a blood-soaked mission to eliminate all criminal migrants.” The outlet also offered a review of the film that painted it as “so astonishingly bad” that it felt like “deliberately sabotaging” Hammer’s attempted comeback.
In 2021, Hammer was accused of sending text messages to various women that detailed sexual fantasies of rape, mutilation and cannibalism. The Social Network star was also accused of raping a woman in 2017, but he denied all allegations made against him.
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The Los Angeles Police Department declined to file charges against Hammer due to insufficient evidence after conducting a 2023 investigation.
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, published on June 19, Hammer reflected on how grateful he was to have landed a role in Citizen Vigilante. “I’m pretty sure I cried. It was just this moment where I was, like, ‘I’m going to get to do the thing that I love more than anything, other than my children,’” he said at the time. “I would have done a f***ing cat food commercial. I just wanted to work again.” (Hammer shares daughter Harper, 11, and son Ford, 9, with ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers.)
Armie Hammer is looking back at the cannibalism allegations that effectively ended his Hollywood career four years ago. In early 2021, the Call Me by Your Name actor was accused of rape by an ex, and various unverified direct messages detailing vivid sexual fantasies were attributed to him. Hammer vehemently denied the rape allegations and […]
He continued, “I was scared s***less until the moment Uwe said action for the first time. And then I was like, ‘Wait. I do know how to do this.’ There’s a reason I had the success I had.”
Boll spoke exclusively to Us Weekly in February about why he cast Hammer in the role, reiterating the actor’s star quality. “I’ve worked with some big actors like Ben Kingsley, and Oscar-winning actors like J.K. Simmons, but they don’t have that star thing where you dominate the screen, like a Tom Cruise. [Armie] can do this,” the director told Us at the time. “I felt like after four years, it was time to give him another chance. He’s a great actor, he’s so talented, and it was so much fun to work with him.”
Former President Joe Biden criticized Donald Trump on the back of failed attempts to restore the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
“What a loser,” Biden, 83, told the crowd at the Maryland Democratic Party’s inaugural Back & Win Summit and Gala on Saturday, June 27. “It’s not just his vanity projects. Tearing down the East Wing of the White House. Making room for his ballroom. Putting his name on the Kennedy Center. Building an arch in his own honor. Even hiring his own pool guy to fix the Reflecting Pool.”
Biden’s audience erupted in applause over his summation, per social media footage shared by CBS News that captured the moment.
He continued, “Look, folks, it’s not just that. The Reflecting Pool reflects something even worse than the narcissism and incompetence at the core of this administration. It’s the corruption.”
The Cultural Landscape Foundation and the nonprofit’s founder, Charles A. Birnbaum, have sued the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service for changing the appearance of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool without allegedly following “Congressional mandatory procedures.” According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday, May 12, the plaintiffs allege that […]
President Trump, 80, recently addressed the deterioration of the Reflecting Pool that occurred after ordering an estimated $15 million renovation of the famed body of water between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument.
“We’ve cleaned, renovated, and beautified over 45 Monuments and Memorials, 28 Statues, and 22 Fountains in Washington, D.C.,” the president wrote via his social media platform Truth Social on June 19. “However, we’ve had some real problems with vandalism at the beautiful Reflecting Pool. Just like three days ago, they destroyed the grass outside of the Pool, they’ve also done everything possible to hurt the inside surface that was just installed.”
The renovation had originally been ordered to improve the pool’s appearance, turning it “American flag blue” in time for the country’s 250th birthday celebration. According to The New York Times, the pool appeared to have been “rejecting” the renovation, with the outlet claiming that the bottom of the pool was peeling amid “chunks of coating.”
President Donald Trump shared an eyebrow-raising, AI-generated photo featuring the commander-in-chief shirtless alongside members of his cabinet and an unidentified, bikini-clad woman. On Friday, May 1, Trump, 79, went on another social media spree, sharing several posts to his social media platform, Truth Social. One post featured an AI-generated photo of Trump, sans a shirt, […]
The outlet also noted that the peeling was a result of renovation attempts tackling an algae issue that turned what should be clear water into an acid-green shade.
In addition to referencing the pool, Biden’s speech also referenced how a Kennedy Center official revealed earlier this month that all references to the President have been removed from the venue, per reporting by NBC News.
All references to the President had been removed “inside, outside and online” in compliance with a court order that was issued “six months after a board handpicked by the President voted to rebrand the iconic performing arts venue by adding his name to it,” per the outlet.
The 2026 BET Awards definitely gave viewers something to talk about.
Multiple spheres of entertainment — including music, film and sports — collided during the Sunday, June 28, ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The biggest names from Janet Jackson, Queen Latifah, Lizzo and T.I. were present, watching a slate of high-energy performances and giving away well-earned trophies. (I mean, Latifah’s duet with Common in honor of the unimitable Lauryn Hill had Us dancing in our seats.)
Before the event even began, this year’s BET Awards were guaranteed to deliver headline-making moments, with Druski making his hosting debut, Cardi B leading the pack of impressive nominees and Queen Latifah, Doechii, Raye, Common and more gearing up to perform during the telecast.
Scroll through Us Weekly’s roundup of the best and worst moments from the awards show below:
Celebrities brought their finest fashion ensembles to the 2026 BET Awards red carpet. Some of music’s biggest names in music, including Cardi B, Tyla, Kehlani, Bruno Mars, Olivia Dean and more, delivered sartorial drama while posing on the red carpet, which took place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 28. Rapper […]
Best: Teyana Taylor Is the Icon of the Year
Fresh off her Golden Globes win, Taylor was presented with the coveted trophy by the ever-ageless Janet Jackson.
“Oh my, God, bitch, I’m gagging! They did not tell me Janet was coming,” she began her speech. “I love you so much, thank you, thank you, thank you for always seeing me. Thank you for text, every hug, every talk. You are my biggest inspiration. … The fact that you took the time to be here to celebrate with me, this is crazy.”
Janet had won the 2025 Icon of the Year honor, with Taylor earning the trophy the next year.
“Tonight they handed me a title and that title is Icon of the Year and for a little minute I wondered if I was supposed to feel uncomfortable saying that title outloud, but nah, I worked my ass off 20 years for this,” she quipped in her acceptance speech. “So I’m not accepting what I have earned with arrogance. I am accepting what I have earned with gratitude. In this year alone I continued to give the world the artist, actress, director, choreographer, creative director, stylist, designer, writer, producer and chef — I graduated [in] September, y’all.”
Worst: Druski’s Shares Net Worths
After the comedian descended from the rafters to a choir’s melody at the start of the show, he praised the guests in attendance by sharing the net worths of stars who weren’t there, including Tyler Perry and Stevie Wonder for a “Collect and Praise” segment of a fake church sermon. (Since Wonder is blind, the entry was written in Braille.)
“Shut up, he can’t see it,” Druski quipped. “That check is sign, sealed, delivered. Amen.”
Needless to say, it had Us cringing at the TV.
Best: D’Angelo’s Kids Pay Tribute to His Loss
Months after the soul icon died in October 2025, his three kids introduced Raye, Ari Lennox and George Clinton’s tribute performance.
“To the world, he was D’Angelo, to us he was just dad,” daughter Imani began, before her brother Morocco noted that the “Brown Sugar” crooner was their “biggest hype man and protector.”
Their brother, Swayvo, further gushed that D’Angelo “meant the whole world to us.”
Even before the performance began, D’Angelo’s kids had Us in tears.
Worst: The Length
While we’re not knocking the incredible performances or the well-deserved trophies, the ceremony extended past its scheduled end date with less time devoted to presenting the awards.
Best: A Fitting Honor for Lauryn Hill
The BET Awards featured a lengthy (and well-deserved) tribute to Hill on Sunday, beginning with a star-studded musical medley that even featured Queen Latifah and Common joining forces.
“I wasn’t supposed to perform, but then I heard someone wasn’t doing their set,” she said, beginning an impromptu performance.
Hill earned the coveted Living Legend Award, presented by Ice Cube.
“I do this because I love y’all,” she said in her acceptance speech. “I want you to have everything that I experience. I had wonderful parents who loved on me, poured onto me and protected me. Once I realized that not everybody got to have that experience, I felt it was my duty, my responsibility to share as much love and to pour into as much people as I possibly could. Music was a way for me to do that, but I’ve always cared about the expression and the representation of our people.”
While Hill gushed about her love for her career, she also noted that she’s a mother first and celebrated her son’s birthday and her daughter’s high school graduation onstage during her speech.
“I love my people,” she gushed.
Best: Raye Shuts It Down Onstage
Raye, best known for her hit “Where the Hell Is My Husband?”, stepped onto the BET stage for the first time on Sunday. Dressed in a sleek black gown, Raye belted “Nightangale Lane” and stunned Us with her impressive vocals.
If you’ve seen enough movies, it becomes surprisingly easy to predict where a story is going to go. MacGuffins become more apparent. You begin to automatically suspect the overly nice side character. And the moment you see a locked drawer or a gun hanging on the wall, you already know it’s coming into play before the credits roll, because that’s how Chekhov’s gun works.
This is precisely why the films on this list stand out. These movies use your own movie literacy against you, carefully setting up the obvious payoff you’re sure is coming before taking the story in a completely different direction. Here are the 10 greatest thrillers ranked by just how subversive they are.
10
‘Knives Out’ (2019)
Rian Johnson‘s Knives Out opens like a classic Agatha Christie whodunit. Crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead the morning after his 85th birthday party. His extended family is full of obvious suspects, and famed detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) shows up to sort out who did it.
Then, right after the first act, Johnson just tells you exactly what happened and how Harlan died, and the movie goes from a whodunit to a high-stakes crime thriller where you are forced to root for the murderer to evade the detective. And then, right at the end, Johnson once again subverts your expectations with yet another phenomenal plot twist that completely reframes everything you’d seen before.
9
‘Speak No Evil’ (2022)
Christian Tafdrup‘s Speak No Evil follows Bjørn (Morten Burian) and Louise (Sidsel Siem Koch), a couple who meet a Dutch family on vacation and later accept an invitation to spend a weekend at their countryside home. The setup plays like a slow-burning social thriller. The kind where the dread keeps building until the visiting family finally wises up and makes a run for it in the third act.
But Tafdrup subverts the genre’s most basic promise, that the people we’re following will eventually fight back and escape. That escape never comes, and the film ends in tragedy with zero catharsis. Speak No Evil holds a certified fresh 83% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and it’s a much bleaker watch than its 2024 Hollywood remake.
8
‘No Country for Old Men’ (2007)
The Coen Brothers‘ adaptation of Cormac McCarthy‘s novel follows Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), a welder who stumbles onto a satchel of drug money and instantly becomes the target of Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), a psychopathic hitman who begins tracking him across West Texas. This is a movie that throws almost every screenwriting rule out of the window. Moss is set up as the protagonist, but the expected cat-and-mouse climax between the hero and the villain never happens. Instead, Moss is killed unceremoniously off-screen by minor characters.
The film also operates entirely without a background soundtrack. Woody Harrelson shows up as a bounty hunter in a sharp white suit and hat, looking every bit like the competent hero who’s about to save the day, only to get shot dead a few scenes later. And Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) simply retires in defeat, confused by a modern, senseless world. Chigurh never gets caught, and evil just gets to walk away.
7
‘The Nice Guys’ (2016)
Shane Black‘s buddy comedy thriller pairs private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) with enforcer Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) as they dig into a missing girl case tangled up with a porn star’s death in 1970s Los Angeles. Black masterfully subverts Hollywood cliches for comedic effect throughout the movie. At one point, March is chasing a lead and runs into a locked door, so he wraps his hand in a cloth to punch through the window the way every movie detective before him has done it. But he ends up slicing his hand open and lands in the hospital, and we never find out what was behind that door.
The entire film also appears to be building toward Gosling finally overcoming his alcoholism, only to end with Crowe’s character taking up drinking again in the end. It pulls a similar trick with an ankle holster introduced early in the story. Audiences naturally expect it to contain a gun that will become crucial later on, but when it’s finally needed, it’s empty. It works like an anti-Chekhov’s Gun and ends up being one of the film’s funniest scenes.
6
‘Inglourious Basterds’ (2009)
Quentin Tarantino‘s epic war movie follows two plots running side by side. The Basterds are a group of Jewish American soldiers led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), hunting Nazis behind enemy lines. Meanwhile, Shosanna (Mélanie Laurent) is a Jewish theater owner hiding her identity and planning her own revenge against the Nazi high command at a film premiere. Both plans eventually converge on the same night, with Hitler himself in attendance.
Anyone watching with even a basic grasp of history knows this assassination attempt should fail, because Hitler obviously didn’t die in a Paris cinema in 1944. So, you’re watching, just waiting for something to go wrong at the last possible second. Maybe a gun jams. Maybe a bomb doesn’t go off. But… nothing happens. Tarantino just lets the plan work, gleefully rewriting history and burning the entire Nazi leadership alive in a movie theater.
5
‘Parasite’ (2019)
Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean masterpiece Parasite made history as the first non-English film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, and it definitely earned it. The movie opens as a dark comedy heist thriller, with the broke Kim family sneaking their way into the wealthy Park household by posing as unrelated workers. Then, about two-thirds of the way in, Bong pulls the rug out and delivers one of the greatest plot twists in modern cinema.
In one single scene, it goes from dark comedy to a full-blown horror movie. And it’s the kind of twist that completely changes the way you view everything that came before it. Throwaway lines take on new meaning. Ordinary background details suddenly become extremely unsettling. From that point on, the film just keeps getting darker and darker, building toward a crescendo until everything finally snaps in a gut-wrenching finale.
4
‘Get Out’ (2017)
Jordan Peele‘s Get Out follows an African American photographer named Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), who is meeting his white girlfriend’s family for the first time at their secluded estate. The setup plays with familiar horror imagery: the isolated house, the unsettling staff, the creeping sense that something is deeply wrong. But Peele swaps out the genre’s usual creepy house full of backwards racists for a far more nuanced kind of danger. The family is actually full of educated white liberals who see themselves as progressive and constantly insist they aren’t racist.
But perhaps the biggest subversion comes in the final few minutes. Chris finally escapes the house, and he’s choking his girlfriend on the street, only for police lights to appear behind him. Naturally, you think he’s about to be arrested or worse, which would also drive home everything the movie had been saying about race in America. But it ends up being his friend instead of a cop, and Chris gets to walk away.
3
‘Gone Girl’ (2014)
Gone Girl opens like a straightforward missing persons thriller. Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) missing on their fifth wedding anniversary, and as the investigation goes on, Amy’s diary entries paint a picture of a marriage curdling into fear and even violence. And Nick ends up looking more and more like the obvious suspect.
Then, around the 1-hour mark, Amy is revealed to be alive. The diary was a meticulously staged fabrication, and she framed her own husband as part of an elaborate revenge plot. From that point on, Gone Girl stops being a missing persons mystery and becomes a psychological chess match between two people who are both far more cunning and dangerous than they let on, and the film never lets you fully root for either one of them again.
2
‘Barbarian’ (2022)
Barbarian follows a woman who rents out an Airbnb, but when she gets there, another guy is already staying on the property. With nowhere else to go, she reluctantly agrees to share the place with him for the night. From the start, Zach Cregger leans into all the usual horror tropes and makes you feel like you know exactly what kind of movie this is going to be. Then, just when you think you’ve figured it out, the film takes a hard left turn and turns into a very different kind of horror movie.
Right after that plot twist, the movie cuts to black, sits there for a moment, and then picks up with a whole new character in a completely different part of the story. If you feel like all the recent movies feel predictable and blend together, watch Barbarian. It is one of the most inventive, most unpredictable horror thrillers in recent years, and it is what turned Cregger into an overnight success story.
1
‘Psycho’ (1960)
Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho starts with Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) stealing $40,000 from her employer and checking into the secluded Bates Motel to avoid the authorities. Then, about 40 minutes into the movie, Marion is stabbed to death in the shower, and the movie’s focus shifts entirely to her killer, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). Hitchcock broke nearly every rule a thriller was supposed to follow. Leigh was the biggest star in the cast, and audiences expected the lead actress to survive to the end of the movie. Killing her off less than halfway through was unthinkable at the time.
The film also pushed past what was considered acceptable under the Hays Code. The now-iconic shower scene left audiences stunned because mainstream Hollywood movies simply didn’t depict violence with that level of intensity. Viewers weren’t prepared for it. Reports from the time described moviegoers screaming, covering their eyes, and even fainting in theaters.
Christina Ricci thought the painful chapter of her divorce was finally behind her. However, years after ending her marriage to James Heerdegen, the actress has once again found herself dragged into a bitter legal dispute over their son, Freddie.
As fresh custody claims thrust her past struggles with addiction back into the spotlight, insiders say Ricci is determined to fight back, insisting the latest accusations are an unfair attempt to weaponize battles she has long worked to overcome.
Christina Ricci is once again locked in a custody dispute with her ex-husband, James Heerdegen, after he requested an emergency custody hearing involving their 11-year-old son, Freddie.
According to court filings, Heerdegen claimed Freddie told him Ricci had been drinking while they traveled to Canada together on June 16.
The latest filing comes nearly four years after the former couple finalized their divorce following an explosive split marked by domestic violence allegations and legal battles.
Insiders close to Ricci believe the newest claims are less about concern for Freddie and more about reopening old wounds.
One source told the Daily Mail that Ricci believes Heerdegen is attempting to use her well-documented history with substance abuse “as a way to gain leverage with custody.”
The insider described the filing as “a calculated move,” adding that the actress is frustrated her personal recovery is once again being used against her after years of hard work rebuilding her life.
Ricci Says She Has Moved On Despite Lingering Legal Drama
According to insiders, Christina Ricci has little interest in continuing conflict with her former husband and simply wants to focus on her family and future.
“Christina wants as little interaction with James as possible at this stage of her life,” one source explained, adding, “She is tired of being pulled into disputes and having to respond to what she considers assumptions and accusations about her character and parenting.”
Prior to all the drama, Ricci and Heerdegen had a beautiful relationship. They first met while working on the television series “Pan Am” in 2011. They became engaged the following year, married in October 2013, and welcomed Freddie in 2014.
However, their relationship unraveled dramatically in 2020. After police responded to a domestic battery call at their Woodland Hills home, Ricci obtained a protective order against Heerdegen before filing for divorce weeks later.
She claimed she was escaping a marriage marked by severe physical and emotional abuse. The divorce quickly spiraled into mutual accusations.
Heerdegen unsuccessfully sought his own restraining order, alleging the “Addams Family” star became intoxicated in front of him and their son.
Court filings included photographs he claimed showed Ricci “in a state of severe intoxication” and accusations that he checked Freddie’s baby bottles for alcohol-contaminated breast milk.
Ricci’s attorney, Samantha Spector, dismissed the allegations as “nothing more than a transparently abusive attempt to silence my client,” adding that her client would not be intimidated and remained focused on protecting her family.
Christina Ricci Won Primary Custody But New Claims Quickly Fell Apart
Although the former couple initially battled for full custody, they eventually reached an agreement that granted Ricci primary physical custody while giving Heerdegen visitation rights. She also retained authority over Freddie’s educational and medical decisions.
Their financial settlement allowed Ricci to keep her Los Angeles home and future acting royalties, while Heerdegen received a vehicle, a one-time payment of $189,687, and part of the proceeds from selling a New York property.
Fifteen months after filing for divorce, the 46-year-old married hairstylist Mark Hampton, with whom she shares daughter Cleopatra.
Now, insiders say Ricci has no plans to retreat from the latest accusations. One source claimed she intends to “vigorously challenge these allegations” because she believes they are part of a broader effort to create doubt where none exists.
“She is prepared to fight the accusations head-on and is determined not to let her past be used against her in a way she feels is misleading or opportunistic,” the source continued.
Ricci Scores Court Victory As Judge Rejects Emergency Request
Despite Heerdegen’s latest filing, Christina Ricci secured an important legal victory when the judge denied his request for emergency custody as well as his demand that she undergo alcohol testing.
The court also sided with Ricci’s request to seal Freddie’s text messages, agreeing public access could expose the child to bullying and negatively affect his mental health.
According to court filings, Freddie later told his own legal counsel that he had “overreacted” in the messages he sent to his father.
The documents further state his description of his mother’s behavior was “not as he had described it to his father,” and that he expressed “no fear” about remaining in her primary physical custody.
Meanwhile, another insider praised Ricci both personally and professionally while expressing disbelief over the accusations.
“What she’s being accused of is seriously hard to believe,” the source said, adding, “She’s so nice, always friendly to everyone on set and great with kids. She makes them all feel so special when she’s around. She’s a great mom.”
Christina Ricci Has Never Hidden Her Battle With Addiction
Long before the latest custody dispute, Ricci had openly acknowledged battling drugs and alcohol during her teenage years in Hollywood.
After becoming famous at just 10 years old in “Mermaids,” followed by “The Addams Family” and “Casper,” the Hollywood star later admitted she turned to substance abuse while struggling with childhood fame.
Speaking with Demi Lovato in her 2024 documentary “Child Star,” Ricci confessed, “I don’t remember feeling like there was any other way to be happy.”
She has also revealed that she secretly brought alcohol onto movie sets inside soda cans and signaled to assistants she wanted alcohol by asking for “a warming Diet Coke.”
Last year, Ricci reflected on the years between ages 16 and 21, describing herself as “a bit of a party animal.” She admitted she “went through a period of time when I was like a feral creature,” while crediting her longtime publicist for keeping many of those moments out of tabloids.
Brittany Mahomes is living the dream while enjoying a summer vacation with husband Patrick Mahomes and their three children.
“We’ve been having the time of our lives,” Brittany, 30, captioned an Instagram carousel that showed the former soccer star posing in matching brown-and-white striped swimwear with Patrick, also 30, daughter Sterling, 5, and son, Bronze, 3. (The couple also share daughter Golden, 18 months.)
While one snap showed the foursome huddling up for a happy pic on a green lawn beside a swimming pool, another photo captured Brittany inside a coastal-inspired home with Bronze and Sterling, who struck an adorable pose of her own where she lifting an arm high in the air.
Patrick, who is scheduled to return as starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs in September after suffering season-ending injuries last year, showed his love for the post by commenting with three brown heart emojis. His mom, Randi Mahomes, also ‘liked’ her daughter-in-law’s post.
Brittany Mahomes is having some fun under the sun with her family. The former soccer player, 28, took to her Instagram Story on Thursday, March 7, to share fun snaps with her husband, Patrick Mahomes, and their kids while on vacation in Los Cabos, Mexico. (The couple share daughter Sterling, 3, and son Bronze, 15 […]
Additional photos captured the Mahomes enjoying their time at a playground, with Golden playing on a swing, and visiting an animal park as the entire clan smiled at the camera in front of giraffes.
The final image in the carousel showed Brittany holding Golden with one arm while placing her other on the flipper of a sea lion who leaned up against a panel of glass for the incredible shot.
Brittany recently spoke to Yahoo Entertainment about adjusting to motherhood while in the spotlight and the impact it’s had on her.
Patrick Mahomes and Brittany Mahomes are making the most of the NFL offseason, vacationing all over the world with their children, Sterling and Patrick III (better known as “Bronze”). Their latest stop? Portugal. Brittany shared a series of photos via Instagram of the happy family taking in all the sea, sand and sunny golf courses […]
“Being a mom changed so many things in my life and changed how I looked at so many things,” Brittany said in an article published on Wednesday, June 24. “It really reshaped and redefined a lot of things in my life.”
She further explained, “It’s made me more intentional, more purposeful and, honestly, more motivated to keep going and keep showing my kids that there are no boundaries in front of you. You can achieve anything. You can be a part of anything that you want to. You need to dream big and understand that you have to work hard and do the hard things to do the fun things.”
The football season is over for Patrick Mahomes, but sports were still on the menu when it came to his recent family vacation. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, 28, enjoyed a tropical getaway earlier this month with his wife, Brittany Mahomes, and their two children, Sterling, 3, and Bronze, 15 months. According to Brittany’s Instagram […]
Just days prior to the article going live, Brittany shared an Instagram video that celebrated Patrick as a father, too.
“To the dad that sacrifices so much for this family, Happy Fathers Day! The hours of sleep you give up to be with us, the advice you give these kiddos, the calmness you bring to this family, nothing is ever taken for granted,” she captioned the sweet clip. “We are so beyond blessed to have you. We Love you!!!!”
Less than one year after D’Angelo died at age 51, his three children paid tribute to the soul icon at the 2026 BET Awards.
D’Angelo’s daughter, Imani, and her two brothers, Swayvo (born Michael Archer Jr.) and Morocco, kicked off the star-studded musical tribute on Sunday, June 28, with a sweet message about their late father.
“To the world, he was D’Angelo, to us he was just dad,” Imani began, before Morocco noted that the “Brown Sugar” crooner was their “biggest hype man and protector.”
Morocco continued, “One of the things that brought our father the most joy was performing with his band, The Vanguard.”
Celebrities brought their finest fashion ensembles to the 2026 BET Awards red carpet. Some of music’s biggest names in music, including Cardi B, Tyla, Kehlani, Bruno Mars, Olivia Dean and more, delivered sartorial drama while posing on the red carpet, which took place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 28. Rapper […]
Swayvo, for his part, explained that it was only fitting that The Vanguard helped honor D’Angelo on Sunday.
“So, it’s only right that they’re here with us along with some other special guests to honor the man who meant the whole world to us,” Swayvo stated. “So, Pops, this one’s for you. Let’s do it!”
D’Angelo’s children were joined by Raye, Ari Lennox, George Clinton, BJ the Chicago Kid and Durand Bernarr to reminisce about the late singer’s discography.
Us Weekly confirmed in October 2025 that D’Angelo died after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
“The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life,” a family spokesperson told Us in a statement at the time. “After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to his fans around the world as D’Angelo, has been called home, departing this life today.”
The 2026 BET Awards will celebrate all the nominees and winners on culture’s biggest night. Druski is hosting the Sunday, June 28, ceremony at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Cardi B leads this year’s nominees with six total nods. Kendrick Lamar and Mariah the Scientist follow closely behind with five nominations each, while Doechii, Doja […]
The rep continued, “We are saddened that he can only leave dear memories with his family, but we are eternally grateful for the legacy of extraordinarily moving music he leaves behind. We ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time but invite you all to join us in mourning his passing while also celebrating the gift of song that he has left for the world.”
D’Angelo is survived by his children, whom she shared with late singer Angie Stone, who died months earlier in aMarch 2025 car accident. She was 63.
“I know you up there enjoying your god body 😂 I hope you got to see grandma and granddaddy,” Swayvo wrote via Instagram at the time. “I want you [to] know how proud I am [of] the person you are. I want you to know how much you inspired me every single day,you never failed me ever ever. You never were a burden to me EVER.”
North West’s latest Paris Fashion Week appearance has sparked an unexpected debate after rapper Skepta publicly criticized an interaction involving the 13-year-old.
The British artist weighed in after watching footage of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s daughter greeting a man during a fashion show, arguing that the teen’s body language was ignored.
His comments quickly gained traction online, with fans praising him for speaking up while others debated whether the encounter had been blown out of proportion.
Skepta did not hold back after seeing footage of North West attending the Vetements Menswear Spring/Summer 2027 show during Paris Fashion Week.
The clip showed the 13-year-old approaching a man, appearing to extend her hand for a handshake before the interaction turned into a hug. They then posed together for a photo.
Reacting to the moment on X, Skepta argued that North’s intentions were obvious. “A blind man could see she wanted a handshake,” he wrote, adding the abbreviation “KMT” to express his frustration.
Although the rapper admitted he generally avoids commenting on other people’s lives, he said that particular moment crossed a line.
“My fans know I try to stay out of [people’s] business but damn the way grown men, complete strangers, try to use North makes me sick,” Skepta added.
Skepta Doubles Down While Defending North
After one social media user questioned whether hugging someone had suddenly become offensive, Skepta clarified that his concern centered on North West’s body language.
“What are you talking about?! She is 13 years old, and she put her hand out for a handshake, you don’t ignore that. I can’t believe some these replies to my tweet,” he responded.
The discussion continued when another user suggested the young star had “basically skipped being a teenager” because of her celebrity upbringing and bodily choices, including having multiple piercings.
Skepta replied with an emotional plea. “WOW!! Protect your kids people. Protect your kids!”
The 43-year-old also shared broader concerns about adults recognizing nonverbal cues. In another post, he said it was “sickening” that many people seemed unable to understand what he believed North had communicated without words.
According to Skepta, “Schools teaching French, German & English when really the language most people need to f***ing learn is ‘Body Language.’”
North West Debate Draws Strong Support From Fans
Many social media users sided with Skepta after his posts began circulating, particularly on Reddit’s pop culture discussion forums.
One commenter argued that it was troubling when someone outside a child’s family appeared more protective than those closest to her.
“When a completely unrelated and uninvolved person has more common sense, care and protective instinct for a child than that child’s parents, there’s something really wrong,” the user wrote per the Daily Mail.
Another person criticized the adults involved in the interaction. “Shame on these grown men for crossing very obvious boundaries. That’s a 13-year-old (!), no matter how famous her parents may be,” the fan noted.
Others praised Skepta for using his platform to speak out. “Glad to see an industry man calling this out,” one commenter wrote, adding that they were “appalled” by what they believed North was being exposed to without a parent present.
Another fan said Skepta’s comments reminded them that genuinely good people speak up when they witness behavior they believe is inappropriate rather than remaining silent.
North West made the headlines again this week when she turned heads at the Vetements Menswear Spring/Summer 2027 show during Paris Fashion Week.
As The Blast reported, she sparked reactions online after debuting a dramatic new look that left fans questioning whether her facial jewelry was real.
The teenager arrived with electric blue hair, a black Vetements outfit, chunky platform boots, and striking “angel bite” lip piercings, along with a bridge piercing and cheek studs.
While many praised her edgy style, social media quickly filled with concerned reactions, with one fan even asking, “Are they Real?”
Others wondered if someone her age should be sporting facial piercings at all. Several outlets later reported that the accessories appeared to be faux piercings rather than permanent body modifications, though North has embraced temporary piercing-inspired looks before.
North West Honors Kanye West With Heartfelt Father’s Day Tribute
A few days before North paid a heartfelt Father’s Day tribute to Kanye that quickly had fans pointing out just how much the father-daughter duo resemble one another.
As reported by The Blast, she shared two nostalgic photos on her Instagram Stories, including one showing her standing beside the rapper in matching black face coverings and a protective-style vest emblazoned with “Donda,” mirroring the look Kanye famously adopted during the rollout of his 2021 album of the same name.
North simply captioned the post, “Happy Father’s Day,” before sharing another throwback image of herself helping her dad prepare for one of his fashion shows.
Both posts were accompanied by Kanye’s songs “Wolves” and “Say You Will,” making the tribute even more personal.
After the photos went viral, fans flooded social media with comments like “Like father, like daughter,” “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” and “She’s his twin fr,” while others praised the pair’s coordinated masked-up look, with one user calling it “Tough as hell.”
Love Island USA‘s Zach Georgiou jokingly declared his love for Kayda Bosse multiple times after they had sex in the communal bedroom.
The Sunday, June 28, episode showed Zach and Kayda having sex under the covers in the villa. He told her he loved her before walking it back — and he did the same the next morning after their recoupling.
The couple reunited after Zach explored a romance with Alannah Keyser in Casa Amor. Zach walked back into the villa alone after Alannah was removed from the show after facing backlash for a resurfaced video that allegedly showed her using a racial slur.
The video and other posts were not shared publicly until after Alannah’s appearance on the show and thus were not accessible during the vetting process.
“Hi everyone, I’m coming on here to address some things that have been circulated online. I do want to begin by addressing the video of me singing along to a Roddy Ricch song that contains a racial slur. I’m sorry to whoever has seen that video and has been offended by it. That was never my intention,” Alannah said in a Saturday, June 27, TikTok. “The video is from six years ago and that word is just not in my vocabulary anymore.”
She continued, “I’d also like to address the screenshots that have been going around online that have been falsified. What has been shared does not reflect the truth and it has never been in my character to discriminate against anybody’s skin color. I do want to say directly that I do not support racism or discrimination of any kind and I never have.”
Earlier this season, another contestant, Vasana Montgomery, was cut from the show after resurfaced social media posts showed her using a slur. Similar issues arose during season 7 last year, with Yulissa Escobar leaving days into the experience after clips of her using racial slurs on a podcast circulated online.
Cierra Ortega also faced backlash for using a slur in her own resurfaced social media post. She was pulled from the villa and later issued an apology for her past actions.
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The Sci-Fi Masterpiece That Outdid Marvel’s Multiverse Is Finally Free To Watch in 2 Days
It might feel as if the multiverse is a relatively new concept; after all, Hollywood hasn’t been able to get enough of it over recent years. However, the concept actually dates back to 1950s quantum physics and has been appearing in popular culture ever since. It is, nevertheless, this past decade that has seen a boom in the multiverse’s popularity, most notably with the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the $1.9 billion blockbuster that stands as one of the highest-grossing movies of the 2020s.
In the film, fans were left picking their jaws up off the floor as Tom Holland‘s Peter Parker came face-to-face with a returning Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, with this no doubt a massive contributor to the film’s box office triumph. At the end of the film, Holland’s Parker is wiped from the memory of the world, leaving him to pick up the pieces on July 31 in Spider-Man: Brand New Day — “A forgotten Peter Parker lives alone as a full-time Spider-Man,” the synopsis for the movie reads, “until mounting pressure triggers a dangerous change and a powerful new enemy emerges.”
But before Brand New Day swings into theaters, the best multiverse movie of the decade is about to become available for free. Everything Everywhere All at Once, directed by the Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), soared to success in 2022, with its bonkers, existential blend of multiple genres praised by both critics and audiences. In fact, so successful was the film that it earned a staggering 11 Academy Award nominations and won 7, most notably in three of the four major acting categories and the coveted Best Picture. Starting July 1, you’ll be able to stream Everything Everywhere All at Once for free on Plex.
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Broke a Box Office Record
Somehow, the Daniels managed to make this ambitious, visually stunning masterpiece for just $25 million. At the box office, the film smashed expectations and earned $145 million worldwide, split between a domestic haul of $77 million and a further $68 million from overseas markets. This was enough to make the film A24’s highest-grossing of all time, although that record has since been broken and is currently held by the recent viral horror hit Backrooms.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is streaming for free on Plex starting July 1. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for the latest streaming stories.
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March 24, 2022
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140 minutes
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Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
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Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Virginie Besson-Silla, Mike LaRocca, Tim Headington, Jonathan Wang, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
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