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All 3 Emerald Fennell Movies, Ranked
If you were only allowed one word, and you had to summarize Emerald Fennell’s directorial work to date, it would probably be “controversial.” “Divisive” is the runner-up word, but “controversial” feels more appropriate because her films really get under the skin of certain viewers. When you dig through what she’s directed, and try to break down what she’s going for with each movie, the whole pushing buttons thing is usually done in a good or purposeful way, but sometimes done in a more haphazard manner. And then going back to the word “divisive,” some detractors will argue she’s actually being shocking for the sake of it more often than not, but this isn’t being written by a detractor. This is someone who thought she was two for two, for a while, then might be two-and-a-half for three after her third film, but that’s not the worst thing in the world, and things could indeed go in interesting directions from here. That’s also giving away that yep, of her first three movies, Wuthering Heights is quite comfortably the weakest. It might be poor form to ruin a ranking in the introduction usually, but for as divisive as Fennell’s films have been, there really is only one way to rank her first three movies.
You probably won’t be as surprised by the order of this ranking as you will be by the content of the films themselves.
You might not be positive on the other two, but you’re probably least negative on the one that most detractors are least negative on, and most conflicted about the one that most people are most conflicted about. But quality aside, Emerald Fennell is very much doing her own thing, as a filmmaker, and has established a recognizable style with just three movies (hell, after her first two, really), and to have that kind of voice be so fully formed so soon, even if you don’t particularly like that voice, is something that can be admired. She’d done some movie and TV work before becoming a director, like acting some supporting roles in films like Anna Karenina (2012) and The Danish Girl (2015), and writing the second season of Killing Eve, but it’s just her directorial work that’s focused on below. You won’t be as surprised by the order of such a ranking as you will probably be with the content of the films themselves (again, it wouldn’t be surprising if Fennell’s favorite Prince album was his fourth one), but such is the nature of a short ranking, and so too is the nature of this particular filmography to date.
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‘Wuthering Heights’ (2026)
Wuthering Heights (2026) is very much a flawed adaptation of the novel of the same name, written almost 180 years ago by Emily Brontë, but it is a fairly good movie (there’s another Wuthering Heights from 2011 that’s probably better if you want something more directly in line with the book). And yes, that is positivity about a movie people were already up in arms about before it came out. You can kind of approach this with as open a mind as possible and find a good deal to like. Even as an adaptation, it really only lets itself down near the end, and more in terms of what it leaves out, rather than what it changes or adds. People have already been focusing more on what is there rather than what isn’t there, but the big issue here, which makes it less interesting than the novel, is that it ends so much earlier than the book does. Further, it doesn’t even attempt to get what’s almost the last half of the novel crammed into an epilogue or something. The ending is sudden and strange enough that it’s enough to make you turn on the whole movie. For so much of Wuthering Heights, it does feel like Fennell gets the text, and how miserable and intense it all is (timelessly so, which is why the book’s a classic), but then by choosing to end it where it does end, it’s like… wait, did she actually not get it?
If you feel blindsided, you probably went in with an open mind. If you went in wanting to hate this, you’ll feel it was unfaithful to the text all the way through. But there’s a discomfort to so much of Wuthering Heights and a real visceral feeling as a piece of cinema that does line up with the novel. There should be more credit given to the parts that are very much Wuthering Heights. What’s covered here doesn’t so much fail to go deep, but more fails to go the whole distance, and the stuff that feels subversive and particularly ahead of its time, in the novel, isn’t really covered, or it’s shaken up a bit in the chronology of the story to mixed effect. It is a fascinating attempt at an adaptation, and ultimately frustrating. But again… the good. There’s good. Margot Robbie feels miscast at first, because while Robbie can pass as someone maybe 10 or so years younger than she really is (impressive, considering she played someone older than herself in real life incredibly well back in 2013’s The Wolf of Wall Street), but not someone who’s a teenager, and Cathy here does feel like a teenager in the earliest post-childhood scenes in the movie. But she does impress later on, and Jacob Elordi (the most controversial casting choice) is excellent. Most of the supporting performances are good, the film looks spectacular and stylized, and the use of music throughout is also interesting; takes a bit of time getting used to, but the Charli XCX songs kind of work. And no Kate Bush, which is honestly kind of surprising, because Fennell used some very on-the-nose needle drops in her other movies, and so the restraint at not having Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” show up (possibly ironically) at some point is almost surprising. Anyway, discourse about this will be inescapable for a while, so if you’re reading this around the time this article was published, buckle the f**kle up. Might lead to a good box office haul, if people want to see what the fuss was all about. And speaking of Emerald Fennell movies that were watched by many because people wanted to see what the fuss was all about…
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‘Saltburn’ (2023)
…Here’s Saltburn, which had a lot of discourse around it back in 2023, but now it stands to be overtaken hysteria-wise with Wuthering Heights. I’m gonna break the whole objective reporting thing and just say it. I don’t get why people don’t like Saltburn. I think Saltburn’s great. It’s baby’s first transgressive film, which is to say that if Saltburn really freaked you out or made you too uncomfortable, then you need to watch more movies, preferably non-English-language ones that are trying to be boundary-pushing. Saltburn is a comfort movie compared to a lot of genuine exploitation films or, like, the New French Extremity (a real film movement, look it up). Saltburn is supposed to make you feel uneasy, and parts are indeed gross, but that people seemed to get so shocked was weird.
And it was a misunderstood movie. People either thought it was overly complicated or too simplistic, but I thought it hit the sweet spot. Again, a good entry-level transgressive movie. A bit challenging and out-there, but also incredibly well-paced and easy to get into. It’s also got a little more nuance, or at least a more interesting angle, than some of the other late 2010s or early 2020s movies that tackled class conflict, probably doing a better job at it than The Menu or Glass Onion (it’s no Parasite, if you want to highlight the best within that sub-genre, but that’s a high bar to clear). Saltburn probably benefited from dropping on a streaming service that lots of people had, because everyone checked it out, and some people were not ready for it. And then some people who have seen more shocking movies probably checked it out and found it all a bit mild. So you have two major groups of people disliking Saltburn for different reasons, and maybe that means it’s objectively messy, but it worked for me. I found it to be a blast, with a good mix of inevitability and shock found in the story that was told, and aesthetically, it scratched an itch so thoroughly, just the way it looked and sounded. Also, Barry Keoghan might well have given the performance of 2023. In the interest of offending people while talking about a movie like this, Keoghan deserved the Best Actor Oscar over Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer, and it wasn’t even close, even though he wasn’t nominated. If that makes you angry, GOOD. It is spiritually in line with Saltburn or whatever.
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‘Promising Young Woman’ (2020)
Still controversial in some ways (mostly regarding the ending), but not to the same extent as Wuthering Heights or Saltburn, here’s Promising Young Woman. It was Fennell’s first film, it still stands as her most direct/straightforward, and it’s also probably – as of 2026, at least – her best film. It’s about a woman who has a unique approach toward being a vigilante of sorts, targeting men who target or try to take advantage of her sexually, and then there are some further reveals about what’s pushed her to do these things. Also, the whole endeavor becomes riskier the deeper she goes with what she’s ultimately trying to do, and Promising Young Woman really gets unnerving, as a result. That’s an understatement, but also, overstating things feels like it runs the risk of ruining what’s probably Fennell’s least-discussed film.
And Promising Young Woman does benefit immensely from going in without knowing too much, which is the case for a great many thrillers, of course. It might not be a perfect movie, and people have brought up valid criticisms of parts of it, but it is incredibly well-written and unique, all the while also having what might well be a career-best performance by Carey Mulligan in the central role. Of all the Emerald Fennell films, it does the most things right and the fewest things wrong, all the while still managing to provoke and unsettle in largely appropriate/justified ways. It feels weird to call something the right kind of boundary-pushing, since that’s subjective and hard to really explain one way or another, but that’s the feeling I guess I get from Promising Young Woman.
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The FBI and Pima County police are reportedly investigating new footage of a possible intruder approaching a home near where Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared.
TMZ has obtained Ring camera footage that showed a goateed person approaching the front door of a home located 6.5 miles away from where Nancy lives in the Tucson, Arizona, area. The footage — which was apparently shot one week before Nancy’s disappearance — shows a person backing up to the door before turning around to seemingly tamper with a security camera.
The security video was reportedly recorded at 5 a.m. PT on January 23. The homeowner posted the footage on Ring’s Neighbors app and wrote that the alleged intruder rang the doorbell before ultimately fleeing when a dog started barking.
A law enforcement source connected to the Guthrie case told TMZ that the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI are aware of the footage and are actively investigating it. While there is no definitive link between this possible intruder and the suspect in the Guthrie case, both appeared to have similar facial hair. (Separate security videos showed that the suspect in the Guthrie case had visible facial hair even while wearing a ski mask.)
Nancy Guthrie‘s neighbor is speaking out after the FBI released surveillance footage of a possible subject amid the search for Savannah Guthrie‘s mother. “It was startling and a bit terrifying,” Laura Gargano, who has lived around the corner from Nancy, 84, for over a decade, told CNN on Wednesday, February 11. “But I immediately went […]
Us Weekly has reached out to law enforcement for comment.
An FBI spokesperson told Us: “The FBI does not provide comment on ongoing investigations.”
On Thursday, February 12, the FBI released an official description of the suspect as “a male, approximately 5’9” – 5’10” tall, with an average build. In [a newly-obtained security] video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack.” Federal officials confirmed they’d received 13,000 tips from the public related to Nancy’s disappearance — and were doubling their offer from $50,000 to $100,000 for any information that led to her rescue or recovery.
“Today, the FBI is increasing its reward up to $100,000 for information leading to the location of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance,” FBI Phoenix announced via X on Thursday. “New identifying details about the suspect in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie have been confirmed after a forensic analysis of the doorbell camera footage by the FBI’s Operational Technology Division.”
Nancy Guthrie and daughter Savannah Guthrie Courtesy of NBC
The last known sighting of Nancy was in Tucson, Arizona, on January 31, when she had dinner with her family.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos previously confirmed that Nancy’s family placed a 911 call on February 1 when she failed to turn up to watch a church service with friends. A search and rescue investigation was initiated by the Pima police that same day.
President Donald Trump confirmed federal intervention in the case via Truth Social on February 4 when he announced that he was “directing ALL Federal Law Enforcement to be at the family’s, and Local Law Enforcement’s, complete disposal.”
“We are deploying all resources to get her mother home safely. The prayers of our Nation are with her and her family. GOD BLESS AND PROTECT NANCY,” Trump added.
On Tuesday, February 10, FBI Director Kash Patel released new surveillance photos and footage shot from Nancy’s security camera. The footage seemingly showed a masked person standing on Nancy’s porch and attempting to cover a camera.
“Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors – including the removal of recording devices,” Patel announced via X. “The video was recovered from residual data located in backend systems.”
Following the release of these new images, Savannah assured the public that she and her siblings, Annie Guthrie and Camron Guthrie, were holding out hope that Nancy “is still alive.”
“Bring her home,” the Today host pleaded via Instagram on February 10.
On Wednesday, February 11, the NBC News journalist shared vintage home videos of Nancy via Instagram along with a message asking supporters to keep the faith.
“Our lovely mom,” she captioned the video. “We will never give up on her. Thank you for your prayers and hope.”
Three days after multiple people were found killed in Sarasota and Fort Lauderdale homes in related shootings, police in Florida have revealed that the suspect showed up to the Sarasota residence with two handguns, five knives and other weapons.
Russell Kot, 51, is suspected of killing Larisa Blyudaya, 46, and Ben Azivov, 18, at a home in Fort Lauderdale before he traveled across the state to Sarasota and fatally shot Olga Greinert, 49, Florita Stolyar, 66, Anatoly Ioffe, 61, and Yaroslav Blyudoy, 39, at a home within a gated community.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release on Friday, February 13, that they learned Kot relocated from Illinois to Fort Lauderdale in the fall of 2025.
“He was living with Larissa Blyudoy, the daughter of Florita Stolyar, until the end of 2025, when the two separated,” the press release read. “A review of Kot’s cellular phone records did not reveal any apparent triggering event prior to the shootings involving Larissa or any member of her family.”
Additionally, police said that no records indicated that Kot previously stayed at Stolyar’s Fallcrest residence in Sarasota or cared for the family’s animals in the months leading up to the fatal shooting.
Investigators also confirmed that Kot had met Greinert, the family’s housekeeper, at least once before the incident.
A search warrant was executed on Kot’s vehicle, where authorities found two handguns, ammunition, five knives, rope, tape and an axe, according to the press release. The weapons in the car were found in addition to two handguns that Kot had on him when he entered the Fallcrest residence.
“Investigators have determined that after killing Olga Greinert and Yaroslav Blyudoy, Florita Stolyar’s son, Kot sent a suicidal text message to members of his family,” the press release said. “He then remained at the Fallcrest residence until Florita and her husband, Anatoly Ioffe, returned home. Upon their arrival, both were shot and killed. Kot then shot himself.”
Police added that Crime Scene Analysts recovered more than 20 shell casings inside the residences, and it was confirmed that each victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
The investigation into the case remains ongoing.
A manhunt was launched in Providence, Rhode Island, for the person who opened fire Saturday, December 13, on the campus of Ivy League institution Brown University, killing two students and wounding another nine. While a Wisconsin student was initially detained by cops as a “person of interest” in the shooting, that person was released, and […]
Deputies responded to the Fallcrest home around 12:30 p.m. on February 10. Once they arrived, authorities found a neighbor performing CPR on a male victim in the home’s front yard. The male victim was then moved to another location, where he was later pronounced dead.
Neighbors told responding officers that the man’s wife was potentially inside the home. They then entered the residence, where they found two women and two men that were dead.
As the Sarasota deputies tried to identify the victims and potential suspect, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department contacted them to say they were working on a double homicide. At the time, the Fort Lauderdale Police said they believed the Sarasota shooting was linked to their investigation.
After police confirmed via surveillance footage that Kot drove through the neighborhood in Sarasota, the two departments were able to piece together that he committed the killings in Fort Lauderdale before he traveled to the Fallcrest address.
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The series is said to begin shooting this spring at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, as well as on the Fox Studio Lot in Century City.
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Finding true love is just as infuriating in the afterlife as it is when you’re still alive. That’s what Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) finds out in Eternity, a winning A24 rom-com that unsurprisingly doesn’t follow the typical rules of the genre. For starters, almost everyone in the movie is dead. That includes Joan and her husband, Larry (Miles Teller), whom she’s been married to for 65 years.
They find themselves in a purgatory where they have to choose how to spend eternity — and who to spend it with. When Joan encounters her first husband, Luke (Callum Turner), who died decades ago, she now must make an impossible decision: stay with the more familiar Larry or spend forever with a man who reminds her of the best years of her life.
I won’t spoil what happens, but I will reveal that Olsen, Teller and Turner are all great as the three participants in a very complicated love triangle. The movie will force you to pick which one Joan should be with — and even the possibility of Joan rejecting both men in favor of her best friend, Karen (Olga Merediz). Whatever happens, you won’t regret spending Eternity with a cast this charismatic and a premise too good to resist.
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Daniel Radcliffe says Finn Wolfhard warned him about “SNL”'s “Heated Rivalry”-“Harry Potter” spoof
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“He texted me the day before it aired,” Radcliffe said. “I’m sure there are jokes I was missing, but it was very funny and sweet.”
Oh, Roomies… Tia Mowry is back at it again, and this time she’s serving full-on chaos and comedy that had fans clutching their pearls. The actress posted a new video this week that had everyone laughing, relating, and low-key questioning life choices all at once.
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Tia Mowry Has Fans Asking “What’s Tea?” After She Drops SPICY Details
In the clip, Tia Mowry does another skit, but this one hits different — with the song ‘FDO’ by Pooh Shiesty playing in the background. Text over the video reads, “Dress like the last dude you kissed,” while her caption says, “Now this is method acting” accompanied by a sideways laughing emoji. Tia’s look? A drawn-on mustache and goatee, a backwards black cap, blue oversized hoodie, dark cargo pants, and Timbaland boots — a fit that had fans joking, if this man was real, we’d be in his DMs.
Of course, the comment section did not disappoint, with one fan asking, “Tia! You had a YN girl?!” to which she responded, “Had?” — and now the timeline is in shambles, questions flying left and right.
Fans Came For Answers, Stayed For The Tea
Of course, the Roomies didn’t hold back and ran straight to TSR’s Instagram comment section to air it all out. Some fans immediately started dropping guesses about who Tia was talking about, while others were side-eyeing hard, asking if she had been talking to their man. Meanwhile, a few just cracked up, applauding her for fully using her free will and doing her thing exactly how she pleases.
One Instagram user @yourhomegirltye said, “It’s giving Pirates of the Caribbean turned YN 😂 love me some Johnny Depp ❤️”
This Instagram user @whoiskesha_ wrote, “She just be doing whatever I love it 😂😂😂”
And, Instagram user @scottidofficial shared, “😂😂😂 She funny A YN been through there“
Meanwhile, Instagram user @jay.ayee joked, “If this was on TikTok, we’d know exactly who it was by tomorrow 🤣”
While Instagram user @lolo_bangzz said, “Chile not Bone Studs and Harmony.. 😩😩🙏🏽”
Lastly, Instagram user @dmarie_roberts commented, “So yu kissed my man?? Hold up!! 😂😂😂😂”
Last Time Tia Had Us Wondering About A Man
The last time Tia had fans guessing about a man in her life, they nearly lost it. She posted a pic showing a tattooed hand on her neck, while sticking her tongue out to Lloyd’s ‘You,’ and naturally, fans went wild, convinced she had a new boo. But nope! After a little digging, the mystery hand belonged to her bomb makeup artist, Anton Khachaturian, proving once again that sometimes the hottest drama online is all about glam, not romance.
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What Do You Think Roomies?
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According to “The New York Times,” Lemon appeared in federal court in St. Paul today along with four other defendants, all of whom pleaded not guilty.
During a new interview, the Destiny’s Child alum opened up about her close relationships with her crew of celebrity friends, including Beyoncé, Ciara, La La Anthony, and Michelle Williams, and how they help keep her grounded during some of life’s biggest storms.
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Kelly Rowland Gets Candid About Her Close Relationship With Her Crew Of Celebrity Friends
Speaking with PEOPLE, Rowland, who stars in the recently released Prime Video movie “Relationship Goals,” detailed what goes on behind the scenes in her relationship with some of the industry’s biggest stars.
“I’ve known them for so long,” Rowland said. “They hold me accountable when I am figuring things out. They love me through my ugly. We laugh together, we experience joy together, we experience honesty together, life together, and that’s the best part.”
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Kelly Rowland Has Been Close With Beyoncé Since They Were Kids
Hearing about Rowland’s relationship with Beyoncé isn’t a surprise, considering the two women rose to fame together as part of the chart-topping girl group Destiny’s Child.
The two formed an unbreakable bond during their early years together—something that’s remained just as solid today as it did over three decades ago.
In early February 2026, Beyoncé even shared a carousel of images of her and Rowland together to celebrate the “Dilemma” singer’s birthday.
“#RelationshipGoals,” Beyoncé captioned the post. “Happy Birthday, Kelly.”
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Kelly Rowland Is Just As Close With Her ‘Bonus’ Mom
Rowland’s bond with Beyoncé doesn’t end with her. According to an earlier report from The Blast, Rowland has also grown extremely close with the “Single Ladies” singer’s mom, Tina Knowles, whom she calls her “bonus” mom.
During a podcast appearance, Rowland gushed about their close-knit relationship, stating that Mama T has known Rowland since she was a young girl. “You gotta remember, I’ve known my Mama T for that long,” she said. “She knows everything about me. My mannerisms, my tone when I call her. She knows when I’m happy just by one tone.”
For Rowland, her relationship with Tina means more to her than people likely realize. She called Tina, who used to design costumes for Destiny’s Child, her “safe space” before sharing how much having “two moms” means to her.
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“I can’t believe that God thought the most of me to give me two moms that can give me that great amount of love, and then give me sisters as well with Bey, and Angie [Beyince], and Solange,” she said. The amount of love he’s given me through people I can never repay him for.”
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How Ciara And Rowland Became Close Friends
As for her relationship with singer Ciara, Rowland told PEOPLE that while their relationship is still growing, the pair became especially close after their children were born.
“We really became tight when our children were born. And now they’re both 11 years old. It’s a beautiful thing, I’m so grateful for my girlfriend-hoods, It’s just amazing. My she-cosystem,” Rowland said.
Ciara, too, gave Rowland a special birthday shoutout on social media, sharing a throwback TikTok of the pair dancing to Rowland’s 2007 hit single “Like This.”
“Happy Birthday to the most amazing woman, Mamma, sister, & friend,” the caption read. “It’s never a dull moment when we’re together!”
Rowland Talks Filming With Method Man In New Amazon Movie
Rowland’s new film, “Relationship Goals,” also starring rapper Method Man, is now available to stream on Prime Video.
In a separate interview with PEOPLE, Rowland opened up about the moment she knew Method Man, known for his time in the rap group Wu-Tang Clan, would be the perfect leading man.
“When we did our chemistry read, that was the cherry on top for me,” she said. “As soon as he did and he grabbed his little pillow I was like [to director Linda Mendoza], ‘It’s him!’ And it was very vulnerable. We’ve never seen Cliff, ‘Method Man,’ like this.”
Method Man also spoke highly about working with the Grammy-winning singer on camera, calling her a “consummate professional.”
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“I knew that I would have a great relationship with Kelly because everything I’d heard about her was totally true,” he said. “So, yeah, I mean, the chemistry was a given for me, honestly.”
Netflix will explore the most controversial moments from groundbreaking reality competition America’s Next Top Model in its new documentary Reality Check.
The three-part docuseries from American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan pulls no punches as it examines the way America’s Next Top Model changed the fashion industry — for better and worse. While ANTM unquestionably opened up the fashion world to a more diverse talent base, there have been accusations that its reality format was exploitative at times.
The filmmakers have secured interviews from many of the key figures involved in the making of ANTM, from creator and original host Tyra Banks and producer Ken Mok to former judges J. Alexander and Nigel Barker.
Numerous ANTM contestants — including winners Dani Evans and Whitney Thompson — will look back at the legacy of the show too but the original breakout star will be missing. Season 1 winner Adrianne Curry announced in January 2026 that she’d rejected an offer to reflect on ANTM through “a woke lens,” calling the concept of the documentary “absurd.”
Keep scrolling for more about Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model and why Curry refused to take part.
Why Isn’t Adrianne Curry in Netflix’s ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Documentary?
Multiple media outlets announced in May 2025 that America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks agreed to be interviewed for Netflix’s critical look at the series. Her involvement seemingly paved the way for many of the judges and contestants to take part in Reality Check too, though there was one notable holdout.
America’s Next Top Model season 1 winner Adrianne Curry confirmed in January 2026 that she had no intention of taking part in Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model.
“I am deeply grateful I won the first season of top model. I think people psychoanalyzing it over 20 years later with a woke lens is absurd,” she announced via X on January 26, 2026.
Curry argued that there was potential for any of the interviews to be manipulated to fit the filmmakers or Netflix’s agenda.
All she needs is her signature smize! Tyra Banks got her start as a model, but she is perhaps more well-known as a TV host in this day and age. The businesswoman took the world by storm when she kicked off America’s Next Top Model in May 2003. She not only served as a host and mentor […]
“I don’t trust people to not manipulate things I say for tv, so i decline everything,” she added. “Also, the public is cult-like and cruel, so the last thing I want is a bunch of eyeballs on me. I hope the other girls do not have their words twisted in their netflix show.”
The retired model described Reality Check as a possible “cover up fest” and expressed concern for any former ANTM contestants who agreed to be interviewed.
“I worry about the girls from my season who agreed to do it,” she warned.
What Has Adrianne Curry Said About ‘America’s Next Top Model’ in the Past?
Adrianne Curry has not been shy about criticizing America’s Next Top Model since her win in 2003. She claimed on the “Just B With Bethenny Frankel” podcast in June 2025 that she was the only winner of ANTM to be paid “zero dollars.”
“[I] was the only winner that won no money. Zero dollars. … There was no money in my win. I got a title,” she told host Bethenny Frankel.
Per Curry, America’s Next Top Model recruited contestants with the possibility of a Revlon campaign but never really followed through.
“[Tyra Banks] was telling us we’re gonna be this huge Revlon-like superstar, because I don’t think any of us would have fought as hard as we did for what the prize really was, which is the title,” Curry said. “So I always joke because people are like, ‘You still call yourself America’s Next Top Model?’ I’m like, ‘It’s the only f***ing thing I won.’ I’m gonna put it on my tombstone.”
Curry offered a different version of events to Entertainment Weekly in May 2023 when she said she was paid $15,000 to attend one Revlon corporate event.
“What I won was to go to Revlon corporate, sit in a back room, have a makeup artist put makeup on my face for a team of about seven people watching me. Who the f*** would fight as hard as we fought for that?” she complained.
Adrianne Curry and Tyra Banks in 2003. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
Banks announced during the America’s Next Top Model season 1 finale that the winner would receive “a contract with Revlon, a fashion spread in Marie Claire magazine and representation by top modeling agency Wilhelmina.” Curry confirmed she was given a contract with Wilhelmina, though that relationship allegedly soured when ANTM switched to rival modeling agency IMG in season 2.
“[The agents] wanted me to fail. They straight-up told me,” she alleged. “They were pissed off because Top Model made them a bunch of promises they didn’t keep because no agency wanted to be part of the show when it first came out.”
In response to Curry’s accusations, then-current Wilhelmina Vice President Ray Lata told Entertainment Weekly in 2023, “Twenty years ago, Wilhelmina had different owners and staff. Wilhelmina is now a public company. It seems unlikely there would be sufficient motivation to harm Tyra and not try to maximize a model’s earning potential.”
Curry also claimed that she still bears the physical effects of a disastrous makeover challenge from ANTM in 2002. In an October 2025 Instagram video, Curry blamed a botched hair weave on the show for leaving her “partially bald.”
“I wanted to discuss why I’m partially bald right here. The reason is, when I was on Top Model, Tyra Banks told them to put a weave in my hair. The Black stylists that were putting it in pulled her aside, and I heard them tell her, like, ‘This white chick’s hair is too fragile for this,’ and [Banks was], like, ‘Oh, no, no, just do it,’” she alleged.
Curry went on, “I had an oozing wound from the braids. Half my hair had been ripped out here. The little bit of hair that grows here, that’s it.”
The model alleged that ANTM’s hairstylists “didn’t even take the weave out” when filming wrapped so she “had to go to a Black salon in Illinois” to get the procedure reversed. Curry said that she was left with “horrific, moist scabs all over [her] head.”
“[The hair has] never grown, this entire area. It’s permanently damaged from that weave. It was so painful,” she recalled. “I was crawling out of my skin every second. All my friends were like, ‘Are you bald there?’ I think most of those makeovers were done just to torture us, honestly.”
Banks did not respond to Us Weekly’s request for comment at the time.
Despite her complaints, Curry told Entertainment Weekly in 2023 that she had no hard feelings toward Banks for the way her ANTM experience turned out.
“Tyra Banks learned to look out for Tyra Banks. She’s a product of her environment, and I don’t blame her,” Curry said. “For her to be as successful as she is, bravo. She didn’t owe me s***. I know there are a lot of bitter contestants. I’m not at all. I’m glad that happened: the good, the bad, the ugly, because it really molded my life.”
Who Is Interviewed in Netflix’s ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Documentary?
The most intriguing interview participant on Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model is Tyra Banks, who created the competition series and served as host for 23 of its 24 seasons. (Rita Ora came on board for season 23 but only lasted for a single cycle before Banks was brought back.)
“I haven’t really said much but now it’s time,” Banks slyly says in the trailer.
The supermodel insists in Netflix’s documentary that America’s Next Top Model was her way to “fight against the fashion industry” though she admits that the atmosphere on ANTM could be “very, very intense.”
“But, you guys [viewers] were demanding it, so and so we kept pushing more and more and more,” Banks explains in the show.
Former America’s Next Top Model creative director Jay Manuel and judges Nigel Barker and J. Alexander have given interviews for Reality Check, too. The trio will address the behind-the-scenes conflicts that led to them all being fired from ANTM in 2012. (A rebrand of the show for cycle 19 saw Banks joined by fashion blogger Bryanboy, model Rob Evans and designer Kelly Cutrone as judges, plus photographer Johnny Wujek as new creative director.)
Jay Manuel and Nigel Barker on “America’s Next Top Model.” Courtesy Ryan Goble / The CW; Courtesy Everett Collection
“I realized Tyra would do anything for the success of her show,” Manuel alleges in the teaser.
Barker admits in the Reality Check trailer that he felt “betrayed” by his highly-publicized firing, whereas Manuel likened the divisive ANTM cycle 19 refresh to being “slapped across the face.”
Reality Check will include testimonials from numerous ANTM contestants and winners, including Whitney Thompson (season 10 winner), Dani Evans (season 6 winner), Giselle Samson (season 1 contestant), Shandi Sullivan (season 2 contestant), Keenyah Hill (season 4 contestant) and Shannon Stewart (season 1 runner-up).
Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model premieres all three episodes on Netflix Monday, February 16.
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Bold and the Beautiful: Will Quits Forrester & Teams Up with Dad Bill for Ultimate Revenge Plot?
Bold and the Beautiful spoilers suggest Will Spencer (Crew Morrow) is raging by the end of this week, and I don’t think it’s going to be too long until Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) adds a new player in his revenge game that he’s plotting against Forrester Creations.
Today, we’re going to get into why Will Spencer may quit his job at Forrester Creations and join his parents over at Logan Designs. Of course, Bill might recruit Will as part of his revenge plan on the Forresters, specifically on Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye).
Will Spencer Champions Dylan Against Ivy Forrester on Bold and the Beautiful
It’s pretty clear that Will Spencer is team Dylan (Sydney Bullock) in this messy situation. He doesn’t like that Ivy Forrester (Ashleigh Brewer) bullied and harassed Dylan to the point that she’s back to living in her car. Will had to practically drag Dylan back to the house with him. She’s so scared of Ivy that she didn’t even want to be at Will’s place.
Appropriately, he pinged Electra Forrester (Laneya Grace) and said, “Come home. Come over to my place right away.” She joined the conversation and, of course, she was stunned to hear that Ivy told Dylan to lie to her and Will and leave town or else. After that reveal, Will decided to invite Ivy to the party because he wants to know why she did this to Dylan. Ivy is not going to hold back.
The Big Bold Reveal: Ivy Forrester’s Accusations and the Lap Incident
By the end of the week, Electra is asking why her aunt Ivy would order Dylan to leave town and basically put her back on the street. In that moment, Electra is feeling bad for Dylan. Electra already noticed that Ivy was acting weird at Forrester when she was bringing up Dylan and talking about her.
However, I think Electra’s attitude is going to shift fast on Friday once Ivy tells Electra that she needs to hear the truth about Dylan and Will and what they were up to when she was out of town. Ivy’s take on it is that Dylan was in Will’s lap and they were about to kiss after spending the day together, which Electra had specifically told Dylan not to do.
Electra told Dylan, “You are not to be alone with Will.” To be fair, Dylan tried not to be, but Will insisted they hang out. Then he insisted she help him babysit Hayes Forrester (Bryan Garlick), and then he asked her to dance. From Ivy’s perspective, Dylan is trying to steal Electra’s man.
Electra Forrester’s Ultimatum and Will Spencer’s Breaking Point on B&B
When Ivy lays it all out, Will is going to snap. He’s going to lose it on Electra’s aunt. By the end of the week, Will is all up in Ivy’s face and he’s yelling at her. I’m guessing she’s going to give it back. He’s clearly offended by Ivy’s read that he was trying to get with Dylan while Electra was out of town. Also on Friday, Will is stunned as Electra hits him with an ultimatum.
I suspect it might be about a couple of things. First, Electra may demand that Will apologize to her aunt Ivy, who was just watching out for Electra and caught Will doing something inappropriate. Second, I think Electra will mandate that Will can’t talk to Dylan anymore, can’t see her, and certainly cannot offer her the guest house again, even if that means the girl is going to be sleeping in her car.
Once Electra hears that Dylan was in Will’s lap, that’s likely a dealbreaker. I don’t think any explanation will do, even though Will feels this was innocent. Let’s be real; most women would not take it well. You hear that while you were gone on a business trip, your man had another woman on his lap at his place. That’s problematic.
Mixed Signals and Past Drama with Luna Nozawa on Bold and the Beautiful
I agree that Will shouldn’t have asked Dylan to put on her ballet gear and dance for him. It’s not “proper,” as uptight Ivy would say. Of course, viewers know that Will was daydreaming about Dylan recently, but Electra and Ivy don’t know that. Even if Will has no interest in Dylan, it is fair to say he is sending some mixed signals.
If you remember, Will kissed Luna Nozawa (Lisa Yamada) and was letting her paw all over him while he was undercover trying to help Chief Baker (Dan Martin) get a confession out of her. We saw Electra was mad about how far Will let that go. Understandably, I get where Electra is coming from on Bold and the Beautiful.
Also, Will is a young guy in his 20s. They don’t always think with their brains. Maybe deep down he enjoys the attention from Dylan even though he says he loves Electra. I do believe that he does love her.
Will Spencer Considers Leaving Forrester Creations for Logan Designs on B&B
After this screaming match with Ivy and Electra hitting Will with an ultimatum, I think he may go to his parents, Katie Logan (Heather Tom) and Bill, for their take on things. They may agree that Ivy is awful and that Electra should have given Will the benefit of the doubt. Katie may reiterate that she thinks Will’s a good boy for being charitable and helping Dylan when she had nothing and nobody.
Will told Deke Sharpe (Harrison Cone) the other day that he thinks his time at Forrester Creations is almost done. Will is in that mindset at this point, although he didn’t really explain to Deke why. From there, I can see Bill telling Will that he needs to come work with them—his mom, his dad, and his brother—and just forget Ivy and Forrester Creations.
I know Katie and Bill would love to have Will ditch Forrester and come to Logan Designs or Spencer Publications. Plus, I’m sure that Ivy and Electra are going to tell Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) what happened.
She, Ridge Forrester, and Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) may make it uncomfortable for Will to stay at Forrester because everybody’s all up in each other’s business and being judgmental. I doubt he wants to see Ivy every day at work either, because she’s not going to let up.
Bill’s Revenge Plan Against Ridge on Bold
It would make sense if Will bailed on Forrester and headed over to Logan. Once he’s there, I absolutely expect Bill to get Will involved with his revenge plan on the Forresters. If he quits because of Ivy, Bill is going to feel like the Forresters have dissed Eric Forrester (John McCook), Katie, and Will.
We know that Bill is planning to humiliate Ridge by making a big, splashy reveal in Eye on Fashion about Eric being the new lead designer at Logan. The story will be that it came about because Ridge forced his iconic designer dad, Eric, out of the company that he founded. That’s not good optics. It’s going to make Ridge look like a real creep.
This issue with Will, Dylan, Electra, and Ivy could have ripple effects that leak over into other storylines. I felt for a while that it was inevitable that Will was going to wind up over at Spencer or Logan. We could absolutely see that manifest by the end of February sweeps, which wraps up on the 25th.
I don’t think we’re going to see Electra and Will break up, at least not yet, but I think things are going to get rocky. Between Ivy’s aggressive attitude, Electra’s ultimatum, and Bill tempting his son, I feel like Will is going to go work somewhere else that’s a lot less hassle where he can be appreciated.
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