Beyoncé may have one of the most devoted fan bases in music, but even members of the BeyHive are questioning her latest pricey release. The superstar celebrated her 45th birthday and the 20th anniversary of her hit album “B’Day” with a new collection of merchandise. However, a limited-edition wooden box costing $948.01 quickly stole the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The collector’s item is designed to hold Beyoncé vinyl records, but fans were stunned to discover that the nearly $1,000 purchase does not come with a single album inside.

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The Bey Keeper Collector’s Box is limited to 500 units and is described on Beyoncé’s official store as a display and storage case for her vinyl collection. The pine box reportedly features a green velvet lining, a faux alligator-skin strap, gold-colored hardware, and a numbered brass plate. It measures approximately 18 inches wide, 14.75 inches deep, and 14 inches tall.

However, Beyoncé’s exclusive vinyl releases are not included with the purchase. That detail left some shoppers struggling to understand how the storage box alone could command such a high price. The unusual $948.01 price appears to be a reference to Beyoncé’s birth date. The singer was born on September 4, 1981. Still, some fans argued that $94.81 would have been a more reasonable way to honor the date.

BeyHive Accuses Beyoncé Of Going Too Far

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Followers flooded the Instagram page for Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment company with criticism after the collector’s box was revealed. One person branded the expensive release a “disgusting display of greed,” while another could not believe what buyers would actually receive for the price. “$1K and it’s an empty box, Beyoncé. You have lost your damn mind!” the fan wrote.

Beyoncé Releases Selena Quintanilla Duet 31 Years After Tejano Icon’s Death

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Beyoncé brought two legendary Texas voices together with “Irreemplazable (Como La Flor),” a posthumous collaboration featuring Selena Quintanilla that appears on the digital deluxe edition of “B’Day.” The track is not a newly recorded duet. Instead, it brings together Beyoncé’s Spanish-language version of “Irreplaceable,” originally released as “Irreemplazable” in 2007, and Selena’s original recording of “Como La Flor.”

The collaboration was made possible with approval from Selena’s estate, which rarely authorizes the use of the late singer’s music, according to Parkwood Entertainment.

The pairing also carries a personal connection for Beyoncé, who grew up listening to Selena on the radio in Houston. Parkwood noted that the Tejano icon helped inspire Beyoncé’s decision to record “Irreemplazable” and release a Spanish-language EP in 2007.

“Como La Flor” was released in 1992, three years before Selena’s death in 1995. More than three decades later, the new track creates a musical meeting between two Texas-born artists whose careers broke cultural barriers and expanded representation in popular music.

Tina Knowles Marks Beyoncé’s 45th Birthday With Emotional Hospital Photo

Tina Knowles celebrated Beyoncé’s 45th birthday by looking back at the moment their powerful mother-daughter bond began. In an emotional Instagram post, Knowles shared a hospital photo of herself holding newborn Beyoncé on September 4, 1981. She revealed that she had spent nine hours in labor before the picture captured the first time they made eye contact.

“Reminiscing on this day 45 years ago. You took nine hours to come. I am exhausted in this photo, but the happiest I’ve ever been in my life up to this point on this day, Sept 4th, 1981. We are making our first eye contact. The connection is so strong and so beautiful and so powerful,” she shared.

Tina Knowles Praises Beyoncé’s ‘Huge Heart’ Amid The ‘Noise’

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Knowles said that the connection formed during that first meeting has never been broken. Although the birthday tribute recognized Beyoncé’s accomplishments, the proud mother placed most of the focus on her daughter’s character.

She praised Beyoncé’s “huge heart” and her determination to continue creating, loving, and uplifting others despite the “sometimes terrible noise” surrounding her.

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The reason for Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton’s suspension has emerged.

Thornton, 61, was involved in a troubling incident on a flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles in May, according to a TMZ article published on Thursday, September 3.

A passenger saw and snapped photos of Thornton engaging in what appeared to be a chat room for pedophiles while using a laptop on the airplane.

Images obtained by the outlet show messages that read, “Couple of cute boys and a hot little girl” and “All-you-can-eat Boyfett.”

Related: ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Announcer Jim Thornton Suspended, Role Recast

Jim Thornton, the longtime Wheel of Fortune announcer, has been suspended from the popular game show amid unspecified allegations. “We have recently been made aware of allegations concerning Jim Thornton. He has been suspended from Wheel of Fortune and we are recasting while we conduct a thorough investigation,” Sony Pictures Television said in a statement […]

The passenger alerted a flight attendant and provided the photos to the crew. According to the report, the captain then contacted authorities, who met the plane after it landed at LAX.

Authorities reportedly questioned Thornton before allowing him to leave. Thornton has not been arrested or charged in connection with the incident.

In a statement to Page Six on Thursday, Thornton’s attorney, Allison Hart, claimed he had clicked on the website by mistake.

“My client has become active in suicide-prevention advocacy since losing a close family member to suicide two years ago, and he has spent time visiting chat rooms offering support to individuals suffering from suicidal ideation,” the statement read. “One of the sites my client has visited is 988lifeline.org, and its chat forum chat.988lifeline.org. … Through an acquaintance in the suicide prevention space, my client was misdirected to a forum with a similar URL … which my client understood to be a forum offering suicide prevention support similar to 988lifeline.org and chat.988lifeline.org.”

Hart claimed Thornton was initially unaware that the site he was accessing provided mental health support to individuals with pedophilic thoughts and left the page after realizing its content. (TMZ noted, however, that the timestamps in the photos indicate Thornton had been in the chat room for at least 57 minutes.)

“When my client understood what the website was about, he left the page and has not visited since,” Hart claimed in her statement. “The website … itself is not unlawful, there is no unlawful child pornography or other pedophilic content, and my client has never viewed, downloaded or consumed any child pornography, whether on that commercial flight in May or at any other time.”

Us has reached out to LAXPD and Thornton’s attorney for comment.

Earlier this week, news broke that Thornton had been suspended from the popular game show for an unspecified reason.

“We have recently been made aware of allegations concerning Jim Thornton. He has been suspended from Wheel of Fortune, and we are recasting while we conduct a thorough investigation,” Sony Pictures Television said in a statement to multiple media outlets on Tuesday, September 1.

TMZ reported at the time that Thornton had been involved in an incident on a commercial flight in May, in which a passenger complained to a flight attendant about him.

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Thornton’s attorney later told the outlet that he “did not engage in any illegal conduct, was not arrested and has not been charged with any crime,” adding, “When questioned about the complaint made by a fellow passenger on the flight, law enforcement spoke to him for five minutes or less, immediately determined that no wrongdoing had occurred and told my client he was free to go.”

Thornton has been Wheel of Fortune’s resident announcer since 2011 after he took over following the death of longtime announcer Charlie O’Donnell in 2010. He also serves as announcer on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, which premiered in 2021 and airs in primetime on ABC.

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Not only is today Beyoncé‘s 45th birthday, but she’s also celebrating the 20-year anniversary of her second studio album, “B’DAY.” The coming-of-age project, released on September 4, 2006, introduced the world to a “bold, new voice” as Beyoncé sought to show a new side of herself beyond her Destiny’s Child image. The album, which earned the singer two Grammys in the early 2000s, was recorded in two weeks, and according to the mother of three, the tracks were created to bring energy to every party.

According to a new press release, Beyoncé recalled what was going through her mind when she created “B’DAY” in 2006. “I wanted the album to be big, percussive, hard, up-tempo, and energized, and it was important to me that we used live instrumentation,” she said, noting that she wanted to highlight bridges, melodies, and harmonies while hip-hop was taking over.

“The goal was to blend those two worlds through the art of sampling. I loved the minimalism of a beautiful vocal arrangement over a simple drum loop or a classic guitar like ‘Irreplaceable’…but only if that 808 was banging underneath,” she continued.

‘B’DAY’ Reissue Will Feature Remastered Beyoncé Music Videos

While Beyoncé coined the phrase “visual album” with her 2013 self-titled album, “BEYONCÉ,” “B’DAY” was the singer’s first visual album, featuring short films with each song that explored the making of a relationship.

To celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary, Beyoncé and her team remastered and recolored the videos and published them in 4K, including “Déjà Vu,” directed by Sophie Muller.

And that’s not all that’s new. Beyoncé got back into the studio booth this time around, remastering the songs, which include chart-toppers like “Irreplaceable” and “Check On It.”

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The 20-year anniversary will also include new images from the original “B’DAY” shoot, shot on location in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Beyoncé Released ‘Morning Dew’ Earlier This Year

Beyoncé kicked off the reissue of “B’DAY” earlier this year, when she released “Morning Dew (DONK)” on July 4th. According to The Blast, “Morning Dew” is a four-minute sultry track all about enjoying the special moments with a romantic partner.

“And he said girl, you s-xy in the mornin’, you know you turn me on, babe / You know the sun rise for you, give me that mornin’ dew / You know that I wanted you, want your mornin’ / You know the sun rise for you, give me that mornin’ dew / Donk-ey, donk-ey, donk-ey, donk-ey, donk’ / Donk-ey, donk-ey, donk-ey, donk-ey, donk,” Beyoncé sings.

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In addition to “Morning Dew,” Beyoncé included Spanish-language songs that speak to the singer’s “love and admiration for the culture and incredible artists who contributed and continue to build up the genre.”

“Irreemplazable (Como La Flor),” featuring Selena, is a “momentous inclusion,” the press release reads, and “Cuerpo Tumbao (Get Me Bodied)” feat. Maluma marks the first time Beyoncé has collaborated with the Colombian artist, whom she greatly respects.

Beyoncé Releases $1,000 Merch

New videos and surprise tracks aren’t the only things Beyoncé surprised her fans with on her 45th birthday. On her website, the singer/songwriter dropped a massive line of “B’DAY” merchandise, from clothing bundles to hoodies to exclusive vinyls.

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Most of the apparel includes images of Beyoncé from the “B’DAY” photo shoot, while others include behind-the-scenes material from her “Beyoncé Experience” tour.

The reaction wasn’t necessarily positive, however, considering the bundles range from $190 to $350. And that’s not all. Also on the merch list is a wooden box meant to store the singers’ vinyls, priced at $950.

“A $1,000 wooden box, Beyoncé????” someone wrote on X. “$350 dollars for gold strips, a makeup bag, and a half ounce of Creole spritz?” another wrote.

“These prices… SHE DONE LOST HER MOTHER MIND,” a third posted, prompting a fourth to say, “Beyoncé needs to have Afterpay/Klarna set up for her website, bro.”

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Editor’s note: The below interview contains spoilers for the Furious Season 1 finale.

Hulu’s new crime thriller Furious from creator Liz Meriwether is certainly rooted in darkness based on its very premise, but there have been welcome elements of levity — and even romance — as the cat-and-mouse chase between fledgling serial killer Catherine Grace (Lola Petticrew) and FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) ramps up. While Alice begins the series grappling with lingering trauma from an abusive relationship in her past, one character who’s immediately framed as both a supportive friend and investigative ally is NYPD detective Danny Kelly (Scoot McNairy).

Despite the very mutual interest between them, there are a lot of personal and professional obstacles that initially interfere with the possibility of Alice and Danny taking their relationship to the next level, but as the two work together to solve the season’s biggest mystery, they slowly reach a place of new understanding. There’s no telling what the future has in store for their romance, especially since Alice is holding onto a particularly dark secret regarding her hand in Jay Easton’s (Peter McRobbie) death, but Furious‘ Season 2 renewal establishes a possible crossroads where Alice will ultimately have to choose between her newly achieved happiness and a possible vengeance mission.

Before the finale’s premiere, Collider spoke with McNairy about cracking the code on Danny’s biggest defense mechanism, why he was excited to flip the script on the “toxic” male detective trope, the parallels between Season 1’s two shower scenes (and what they mean for Alice and Danny’s overall dynamic), how Danny would react to the Furious finale’s most shocking twist, and more.

COLLIDER: What was your journey to becoming involved with Furious and being cast as Danny?

SCOOT MCNAIRY: Liz [Meriwether] reached out to me first. It wasn’t a big process. I’ve been watching Forensic Files for 20 years, and I went on the whole COVID binge of crime novels and crime documentaries, so I was really wanting to explore this world. But Liz is an incredible writer, and I was well aware of her beforehand. I got a call that she was doing a show about a homicide detective and a murder set in New York, and I read the script, but I was like, “Sign me up. I’m in. I want to work with her. I want to work with this writer.” I think she’s incredible.

There’s more detail about Danny spooled out over the season, like his son and the situation between them. When did you learn about that facet of the character, and how did that better inform who Danny was for you?

MCNAIRY: Liz did a phenomenal job at piling everything she could on top of this character. He’s going through a divorce, he’s in financial trouble, he’s got to put his kid into care, and everybody at work hates him. And now, the one person in his life isn’t being honest with him. I mean, he just has nothing. A lot of what came from that is that when so much stuff is piled on top of somebody, I started to embrace this facade that Danny doesn’t care about anything. Like, “Fuck that. Who cares? Who gives a shit? Fuck him. Eat a dick. Screw you.” It’s got this cadence to it that he doesn’t care, and really, what it is is a protective shield, as well as his humor, to keep everyone away, or from knowing what he’s dealing with.

That’s what makes Alice and his relationship so strong. These two know each other’s flaws and the worst things about them, and they still love each other and care for each other and accept each other, regardless of all the shit that comes with them. That part, the relationship between Alice and Danny, is what helped to define Danny’s character for me, as well as those things that Liz told me.

She gave me a huge hole to have to crawl out of, with nowhere really to crawl out of. I love that this relationship is not defined through the characters, Alice and Danny, but it’s also not defined to the viewer. They’re getting to understand and uncover this slowly, in pieces. Liz just did an incredible job at satelliting these themes with the shower, and through all that, you see that Danny is rock-solid. He’s the same, no matter what. All those things are what helped me, but I’ll be honest, Liz teed it all up on a silver platter for me. All I had to do was read it. She writes, and she puts this stuff on the page somehow. You can see it. You don’t have to uncover it or excavate it.

Scoot McNairy Explains His Approach To Those Parallel Shower Scenes in ‘Furious’

“He does become caretaker at that point.”

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There are so many aspects of Danny’s life that feel messy, to your point, but at the same time, he presents as almost a safe space for Alice. The first time Danny hears from Alice’s sister about why she has so much post-traumatic stress wrapped up in taking a shower, he offers to just sit in the bathroom with her, and that’s paralleled in the finale. How did you and Emmy want to approach those scenes, which are inherently intimate without being sexual? They’re simple moments, but there’s so much at play, as well.

MCNAIRY: I think you just said it: Simple. Don’t overthink it. But for me, I think the payoff of that scene is the scene before it, with the sister, because what you’re seeing is a moment for Danny to make a discovery. He’s just pleaded to himself that, “Nobody at the department likes me. You don’t know what this is like. I’m telling you something about myself, so this is when you tell me something about yourself.” When the sister tells him that, that is a massive discovery for Danny. “Something’s going on with my partner, my friend, and she’s not telling me about it. This has never happened before. Something’s really, really, really wrong, and what she needs right now is a friend. That’s all she needs.”

That moment is a payoff to the discovery that he needs to make his character transition. He does become caretaker at that point. What I love that Liz has done is taken societal norms and flipped them. Women in society are seen as caregivers, but yet Danny is the caregiver in this. All those juxtapositions and taking norms and turning them upside down has been what’s been really fun — to be a part of a show like this and also to play a character that’s not a toxic masculine detective. To play a sensitive, caring, vulnerable human being that does the job of a detective. Those are roles that don’t get written like that, so I got really lucky that this thing came to me.

The season really builds up to everything that’s going on with the drive and what’s on it, and it comes into Danny’s possession via Steve [Way]’s character, Alden. Danny isn’t sure what to do with the drive, but he takes it to Alice and admits that she’s on it. He also tells her that he loves her, but confesses he can’t get the sight of her in the video out of his head.

MCNAIRY: I think that’s another incredible defining moment of him giving the control back to her, and saying, “I’m not going to control this part of your life, but I can control my part of my life. My part of my life is: Here’s the drive. You do what you will with it. I’m done. I’m out. I don’t want to be a part of this anymore. I just want to be a part of you.” We’re trying to define this relationship the entire season, and I think at the very end, he’s saying, “Let’s define it. Let’s define this.”

Going back to Liz turning things on their heel — when Jake’s character [Marshall] says, “I can’t stand people in a wheelchair. Freaks me out.” He ends up in a wheelchair in the end. It’s peppered all over the whole thing, just really, really incredible TV moments that she’s kind of flipped. Liz did — I’m sorry I keep going back to Liz — a really great job at showing this really intricate, difficult detective crime thriller. It’s hard to do, and I’m just in awe and impressed by it.

Scoot McNairy Has 1 Big Memory From Filming That ‘Furious’ Finale Beach Scene

“When I say freezing, I mean it was freezing.”

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I wanted to talk about those scenes between Alice and Danny on the beach and in the condo. I’ve got to be honest: Danny saying they don’t have to do anything? Probably one of the hottest things that he could say in the moment. There’s also the fact that he submits to letting her undress him. He even says, “I can’t get rough with you,” because he knows that she’s had those experiences with other men. How did you and Emmy want to approach that subversion of roles, like you said, where Danny’s letting Alice dictate the pace of their intimacy?

MCNAIRY: It was freezing that day on the beach. When I say freezing, I mean it was freezing. So when you’re asking, what do you remember? [Laughs] I remember trying to get warm. We literally had to take off our coats, run over there, stand in the sand, do the thing, and that’s normal, but it was cold. It was really nice to get it moving to the condo. It’s just so much warmer.

There were some conversations about blocking. I think it was more so with [director] Cory [Finley] and Emmy and me trying to figure out, like, what’s the best place for this scene? We started out with a bar in between us, and I just remember being like, “This doesn’t feel right. This is a moment of connecting, and there’s something in between us.” Other than that, we wanted to keep it simple. Knowing how much you’ve already shot in the relationship that you have, and from being at work for three months, there usually doesn’t need to be a lot of discussion because you’ve already got yourself there as the actor. You kind of know or feel it.

If anything, what it’s showing is, “I walk. I don’t run. I’m a rock. I’m steady. I’m the same guy you’ve known. I don’t waver.” The shower scene in the finale stands for that. To me, it shows that this guy is the same. He doesn’t change. He has his ways, and he sticks to them. What Alice needs in her life right now is stability. What it’s showing is, “Okay, well, take it or leave it, but it’s right there. Here’s somebody who’s stable, who loves you, and cares about you, who is going to show up for you. It’s in your ballpark now. You make the move. You tell me what you want.”

The finale ends with that big reveal of what really happened between Alice and Jay Easton, which could potentially hang over another season. What do you think Danny’s reaction would be if he found out?

MCNAIRY: I think everybody has a line. It may be way up there. You could murder a thousand people, and okay, that’s not crossing the line, but the point is that everybody has one. I would imagine that he’s going to have that line crossed, and we’re going to have to see how that unfolds. I would gamble. But yeah, Danny has a line, 100%. He has a line he won’t cross for anybody. I don’t know what that is yet, but I’m sure Liz does.

All episodes of Furious Season 1 are now streaming on Hulu.

Could Ryan Reynolds be jumping ship? Before he became Deadpool, the Marvel star played Hal Jordan in the 2011 feature Green Lantern. Unfortunately, the feature was poorly received and has since been widely regarded as one of the worst superhero films of all time. But recently, he hinted at a possible return to the DC franchise, and no, not as a passing joke. Green Lantern is a 2011 superhero film that tells the origin story of Hal Jordan becoming Green Lantern and how he faced the villain Parallax. Alongside Reynolds, the feature also starred Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett, and Tim Robbins.

​​​​​​Green Lantern made $237 million worldwide, but received a low 25% critic score and a 45% audience score. The film was so poorly received that it was later mocked during a post-credit scene in Deadpool 2, which sees Deadpool (also played by Reynolds) shoot Reynolds after receiving the Green Lantern script.

Despite the film’s now infamous status in his filmography, Reynolds is officially open to returning to the franchise. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Reynolds was asked if he would make a cameo appearance in the HBO Max series, Lanterns, starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre. In response, the actor said he would and that he “owed his entire career” to the Green Lantern movie. This is what he had to say:

“I would totally do a cameo in that. I love it. I mean, you know, I learned so much making that movie. And I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, ‘Oh, learned what not to do.’ In some, in part, yes, but also that any time you’re making something that large, there are core lessons that come of it, and I owe my entire career to that movie. I owe everything to that…Everything about it was like a gift that keeps on giving, and I really enjoyed the experience of making it.”

At the moment, it has yet to be confirmed whether Reynolds will actually make a cameo, since his character is not part of any DCU continuity, but a humorous exchange with James Gunn suggests there could be an opportunity in the future.

What Is ‘Lanterns’ About?

Lanterns is an HBO Max series starring Chandler and Pierre as Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart as they investigate a murder case in Rushville, Nebraska, that could be linked to extraterrestrial activity. As of writing, the show has released the first three episodes, with the most recent showcasing how John Stewart ended up working alongside Jordan. As of writing, Lanterns has been highly praised, with Season 1 currently sitting at a 92% critics score and a 79% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Michael John Petty gave Episode 1 of Lanterns an 8/10 in his review, praising the mystery the show has set up for the season, as well as the character dynamic between the two leads.

Lanterns and Green Lantern are available to stream on HBO Max. Stay tuned at Collider for more.

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“The View” is bringing back a familiar face to help kick off its landmark 30th season.

Following a month-long summer hiatus, former co-host Sherri Shepherd is set to return as a guest to the Hot Topics table, with current panelists Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin. 

Although Rosie O’Donnell recently hinted at her return alongside past colleagues, producers have confirmed that Shepherd is the first alumnus slated to make an official guest appearance. For now, there has yet to be an update on O’Donnell’s supposed return.

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Ahead of its September 8 season premiere, ABC announced that former co-host Shepherd will return to “The View” as a featured guest.

Shepherd, who served as a permanent co-host from 2007 until her departure in 2014, has frequently visited the show since her exit.  She has also openly spoken about her experience on the show about 12 years ago, once revealing that she had a tough experience with the founding host, Barbara Walters.

According to her, Walters even made her cry at one point. However, it was supposedly all in good intentions.  “She taught me how to find my voice,” Shepherd said of Walters, as reported by Entertainment Weekly. 

While fans are excited to see Shepherd’s return, excitement also intensified after O’Donnell stated on a podcast that she would gladly return to the panel alongside former colleagues. 

However, while O’Donnell expressed her willingness to participate, Shepherd remains the first former panelist officially confirmed by the network for the upcoming landmark season lineup.

Rosie O’Donnell Previously Spoke On Returning To ‘The View’ For Its Landmark 30th Season

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Before ABC finalized its initial premiere guest list, O’Donnell sparked online debate by confirming her intention to visit her former workplace during its anniversary milestone.

According to The Blast, O’Donnell addressed ongoing speculation regarding her connection to the talk show. The 64-year-old comedian confirmed that while she has no plans to step back into a full-time co-hosting role, she remains open to returning as a guest to help commemorate the series’ 30th anniversary:

“I will go on the 30th anniversary,” she stated plainly. 

New Reports Clarified That No Formal Invitation Was Issued For Rosie O’Donnell’s Return

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Following O’Donnell’s statements on a potential return, more reports surfaced, indicating that formal discussions were unconfirmed.

Production sources noted there were no concrete plans to bring the former panelist back to the show. Clarifying the claims, a representative for O’Donnell explained that while informal conversations had taken place, production had not extended an official booking.

“There was a mention of inviting some of the hosts back to ‘The View’… [but] there has not been a formal ask from the show at this time,” the source said, per The Blast.

Staffers Were Reportedly Reluctant To Invite Meghan McCain Back To ‘The View’

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Although multiple names came up for a potential return to the TV show, reports suggested that one particular former co-host, in the person of Meghan McCain, will likely not be receiving an invitation to participate in the milestone celebrations.

Sources claimed that producers and staff were hesitant to include McCain in any upcoming reunion plans. This was allegedly because McCain’s four-season tenure was defined by frequent on-air clashes before her departure in 2021.

Notably, McCain addressed the rumors and rejected any interest in returning to the daytime program.

She stated that her experience was a “very painful time” in her life both personally and professionally. She also revealed that she has “no desire or plans to ever return to the show,” per The Blast.

Other Co-Hosts Have Also Had Controversial Experiences On ‘The View’

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Like McCain, other “The View” co-hosts seemed to have different controversial experiences on the show. 

In July, an exchange occurred when “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” star Anson Mount visited “The View” to promote his series. As the 53-year-old actor greeted the panel, Behar pulled him into a full kiss on the lips.

While the studio audience laughed, social media users were far less amused, with many labeling the interaction “disgusting” and inappropriate for a daytime broadcast, as reported by The Blast.

Despite the backlash, the co-hosts played off the encounter with lighthearted jokes on air. Addressing the viral moment afterward, Mount also made a joke out of the situation, noting that he asked his wife not to divorce him, while also revealing that she found the situation hilarious.

Christine Taylor is looking back at her journey to The Brady Bunch.

“The one [audition note] that I got, and I was not a super heavy person, but they asked me to lose 10 pounds,” Taylor, 55, claimed on the Tuesday, September 1, episode of the “Office Ladies” podcast, acknowledging that it was “a very different time” in Hollywood that “would never happen today.”

Taylor famously portrayed eldest daughter Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel. (Maureen McCormick played Marcia in the original series, which preceded the two feature-length films.)

Going into her Brady audition, Taylor was admittedly receptive to the feedback.

“They wanted me to lose 10 pounds, but it didn’t matter. I was like, ‘I’ll lose 10 pounds,’” she stated. “Of course, I was embarrassed when that ask came my way … I wasn’t the only person that was asked to lose weight for a role back then. That was just how things went.”

According to Taylor, she started to regain her weight during production.

“The joke is, over the course of the movie, if you watch it very closely, I start to put 10 pounds back on, and you can see it,” she quipped, stifling a laugh. “I’ll come into a scene looking a little rounder, and then, like, I exit the scene looking a little thinner, just because of how they had to reshoot things. Over the course of the movie, I started to treat myself [and] non-fat frozen yogurt was the craze at the time, and that was my treat.”

Even so, Taylor was grateful for the opportunity as a major fan of the OG series.

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“I knew it, in my core, that there was nobody who could do it better,” she added. “It was so important for me to do it in a way that was not making fun because I loved it so much. I didn’t look at the shows and say, ‘This is ridiculous. This is so funny [and] this is how I’m going to parody this.’ I love it so much, I want it to be so pure and so genuine and so Maureen, and that is how I approached it.”

Taylor has previously been candid about her Brady Bunch tenure.

“I remember thinking I would have done this movie for free. Truly,” the actress exclusively told Us in 2023. “I would have paid them to be in the movie. But the desperation of my agents to get me that job, like, ‘Yes! Everyone is getting $2,500.’”

Taylor Frankie Paul is owning up to her mistakes!

News broke on Thursday, September 3, that the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 32, did indeed get engaged on her unaired season of The Bachelorette — and then hooked up with ex Dakota Mortensen after returning home from filming.

Taylor opened up about the incident with her Mormon Wives costars Jessi Draper, Mikayla Matthews and Mayci Neeley in a scene filmed for the show’s upcoming fifth season, an exclusive clip of which was shared by Hulu’s “Get Real” podcast on Thursday.

Later on Thursday, Taylor took to Instagram to share a screenshot from the scene alongside an audio of someone saying, “Yeah, listen… we f***ed up.”

“What my calls sounded like when I had to admit what I had done.. and then some. And when I say we, I mean me. By all means make your judgements now,” she captioned the post.

Taylor also teased that there may be a bigger revelation to come when Mormon Wives season 5 premieres on Hulu on Thursday, September 10.

“Yeah, listen, I’ll just say it now … the ‘spoiler’ released today wasn’t even the spoiler that’s yet to come,” she wrote over the screenshot.

Speaking to Jessi, Mikayla and Mayci in the scene from the upcoming season, Taylor confirmed that one of her Bachelorette suitors did “get down on one knee and propose.”

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“[I said,] ‘Yes.’ Yes, I did [get engaged],” she said. “Then, I come home. Obviously [me and ex Dakota] were texting. ‘When are you going to be home?’ I don’t know how it led to it, but he came over.”

“Umm … I think I know how that happened,” Mikayla, 26, responded.

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While Taylor didn’t reveal the name of the Bachelorette suitor she got engaged to, she essentially confirmed that it was Doug Mason during the conversation. Jessi, 34, noted the similarities between Doug and Dakota, telling Taylor, “They have the same initials. They’re both from Idaho. It’s so weird.”

Taylor has recently been embroiled in custody disputes with Dakota, 33, and ex-husband Tate Paul over her three children. The reality star shares daughter Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 6, with Tate and son Ever, 2, with Dakota.

Dakota was awarded temporary custody of Ever in March, but in July, a judge ruled in favor of Taylor receiving more unsupervised time with the toddler. She and Dakota also have mutual protective orders against each other, which require them to stay 100 feet apart for a period of three years.

Even celebrities can fall victim to overgrown roots – and believe it or not, there isn’t always a stylist on hand to fix them. This is the situation Bethenny Frankel recently found herself in and, fortunately for Us, she was willing to share the hair care product that helped her effortlessly transform her hair color all on her own.

The product Frankel used was the dpHUE Root Touch-Up Kit, a customer favorite that costs only $37 — definitely less than what you might pay at a salon for a touch-up. The kit is designed to make at-home coloring easy and fast, so you can extend the time between salon visits.

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Frankel tried the touch-up kit in a recent TikTok video, showing how simple it was to use and sharing her impressive results. In fact, they were so good that the reality star declared it the “best hair color I’ve ever done in my life.”

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The Skinnygirl founder isn’t the only one who is blown away by this touch-up kit. “This is the first and last at-home permanent color kit I would ever use,” one Amazon shopper wrote in a review. “It really covers roots beautifully and helps for about four weeks in-between salon visits.”

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Take it from Frankel: this root touch-up kit will leave your strands soft, shiny and refreshed. And for just under $40, it’s a steal compared to two salon visits. Add this to your cart now and thank yourself later.

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