Editor’s note: The below recap contains spoilers for Lanterns Episode 4.

After last week’s detour into John Stewart’s (Aaron Pierre) psyche, Lanterns returns to 2016 as Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) dons the Green Lantern uniform to confront none other than Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen). The Manhunter threat is real, and as Antaan’s (Paul Ben-Victor) forces start closing in, this episode narrows its focus on uncovering the truth behind what’s happening in Rushville. In a town full of secrets and lies, only Hal and John stand between the Nebraskan heartland and total annihilation — the question is, will they finally learn to trust one another? Episode 4 suggests that trust may be harder to come by than power rings.

‘Lanterns’ Episode 4 Returns to Hal and Sinestro

Continuing from where Episode 2 left off, “The Weenie” picks up with that momentous reunion between Hal and Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen) — if by momentous we really mean short-lived. Hal wonders how Sinestro heard about John in the first place, but the villain dodges the question entirely. “You don’t really think he’s your backup, do you, Hal?” he asks. Of course, Hal knows better and finally admits the truth that John is meant to be his replacement. Sinestro attempts to convince him to kill John, but Hal isn’t some evil psychopath. So, Sinestro instead tells Hal what he needs to know about Manhunters, but not before suggesting the Green Lantern of Earth learn to control John Stewart so as not to make the same mistake that he (Hal) did with him (Sinestro) previously.

Back in Rushville, John ducks a call from his father and goes in search of a scope. The man behind the counter resists at first due to John’s connection to Green Lantern (they can’t stand that guy), but he eventually purchases what he’s looking for and holds up in the nearby water tower, peering into the Macon ranch. Hal promptly shows up, and John informs him that Macon has a hidden building on the compound. He calls this particular structure a “weenie” in reference to an architectural term coined by Walt Disney meant to subconsciously attract the attention of Disneyland guests. Yes, this is why the episode is titled “The Weenie.” Moving on, John notes that a mysterious payload has been dropped off inside, but before they can investigate, Hal has a promise to keep.

The Lanterns meet up with Sheriff Kerry Kane (Kelly Macdonald) and give her the lowdown on the Manhunter: Antaan’s crew plans to kill the Manhunter or annihilate Rushville in the process. “What does this thing want?” Kerry asks, but, of course, they don’t really know. Although the sheriff suggests using the alien detectors to uncover the truth behind the Manhunter’s identity, that wouldn’t quite work because the Manhunter isn’t, well, alien. It’s technically a machine, albeit a sentient one, so it’s pretty difficult to tell for sure — although, as Hal reveals later in the episode, Manhunters’ hearts crystallize when removed. Not that that helps this trio all too much. Kerry wonders why she isn’t a suspect in Hal’s eyes, but the Green Lantern informs her that 1) it would have to be someone who has been here since Abin Sur crashed all those years ago and 2) her previously explained Gotham backstory checks out. The best that they can do now is hit the ranch to see who William Macon’s (Garret Dillahunt) mystery “benefactor” is — and what he’s hiding in the compound.

Back at the motel, John continues to dodge his father’s call. However, the Guardian Lianna (Laura Linney) shows up and demands to know why he hasn’t checked in. She informs John about Hal’s apparently oath-breaking visit to Sinestro (can Green Lanterns not interrogate prisoners?), noting that his actions have moved up the Guardians’ timetable for his replacement. So, now John has new orders: next time Hal gives him the ring, he should recite the oath and become the official Green Lantern for Sector 2814. John pushes back, wondering why the Guardians won’t install him themselves, but Lianna plays his emotional fiddle the same way his parents did, wondering aloud if his weakness is to be trusted. John insists that Hal doesn’t deserve the ring, that he has worked hard to earn it — all Hal is doing is keeping it warm.

‘Lanterns’ Episode 4 Puts Hal and John in the Manhunter’s Crosshairs

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That evening, John knocks on Hal’s motel door and suggests tunneling into Macon’s compound from underground. He even comes up with designs for the type of device he’s imagined for the job. So, when they arrive at the edge of the ranch, Hal gives John the ring and has him create the excavating machine he drew. John does just that, and though he thinks about reciting the oath then and there, he instead follows Hal’s orders. Here we get some real camaraderie between these two. John shares a bit about his backstory (and his interest in art), while Hal reveals that his mother died of cancer. The conversation drifts into the story of his father’s death and Hal’s belief that his father’s supposed “fearlessness” was all an act. Before he can elaborate, they arrive at the weenie and crawl to the structure. Inside, they discover an arsenal of high-tech alien weapons and equipment. Hal believes that Macon’s benefactor must be the Manhunter, but before John can give the ring back, Hal steps on a pressure mine, setting off an alarm which brings in a whole unit. The militia uses a weapon that creates darkness, preventing John from effectively using the ring in time.

The Lanterns are taken to Macon, who strips down in front of them as John draws him on the spot — all while making Zoe (Poorna Jagannathan) stay to watch. Hal points out that the whole thing is super weird, and, frankly, that’s an understatement. Hal breaks the awkwardness by noting that the darkness guns seem “tailor-made for disabling Green Lanterns,” which Macon doesn’t deny. In fact, he goes even further by revealing to the GL that his benefactor (who he now calls his “boss”) actually cured his cancer. “You talk about him like he’s a god,” Hal remarks, but Macon notes that everything changed when he showed up. Rushville’s crops now thrive, and the world is much better off — nobody gets sick here, hence the empty hospital that Hal clocked a few episodes ago — so long as they protect the Manhunter. Hal, however, refuses to leave. Thankfully for the alien detectives, Kerry arrives and removes them from the situation in just the nick of time. Frustrated, Kerry tells them that if Zoe hadn’t called her, they would’ve been in trouble. She tells the pair that she’s close to finding out who the benefactor is, but they need to stay in their motel and not get in the way. Kerry gives Hal back his ring and hands John a weapon, knowing that Macon will likely retaliate.

In his motel room, John laments to his mother over the phone that the Guardians aren’t going to give him the ring; they’re making him take it from Hal by force. But before long, Zoe arrives at John’s doorstep. He wonders what she’s doing there, holding her at gunpoint, but doesn’t get an answer. Instead, they sleep together again before Zoe tells him it has to be the last time. “Your choices are pretty much leave town or get killed,” she tells him. John can’t leave, though. He knows that everyone in town (Zoe included) has been lying to him, admitting that he knows because that’s exactly what he is doing. Zoe tells him that if she tells him what she knows, everything will change. It turns out that she is the one who saved Macon’s life, and now she’s trying to save John’s, too. That said, when Zoe leaves his room and drives off, she is immediately blown into oblivion by an energy weapon from space. Hal flies into the atmosphere to discover where it came from and returns promptly with a weaponized satellite.

Generating a giant green shield over the motel, Hal and John meet with a distraught Kerry, who tracks down Macon’s NDA to three possible companies. John recovers a serial number, and they discover that Atlas Inc. is the brand behind this device. Atlas is owned by a man named Hector Hammond, a name that both longtime DC Comics fans and casual viewers who watched Green Lantern back in 2011 will recognize. However, John thinks this is all too easy. He rightly wonders why they’re still alive, why Zoe was killed and not them. Killing Zoe wasn’t just a threat; it was an invitation. Hal and John drive to Hammond’s place, and Hal asks John how he’s doing in the wake of his “girlfriend’s” death. “I’m handling it,” the former Marine replies. Hal tells him that people dying is part of the job, and that avoiding real relationships is the best thing for him from here on out. “You ever talk with the other Lanterns?” John asks, but Hal notes that the rest of the Corps basically want nothing to do with him. Oh, and John tries to get Hal to give him the ring as a “decoy,” but the GL denies the request.

‘Lanterns’ Episode 4 Concludes With Another Car Crash

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Upon arriving at Atlas’ high-tech slaughterhouse, the place is like a ghost town haunted by zombie-like employees who pay them no mind. It’s an eerie scene that feels lifted from some brand of sci-fi horror movie, especially once the pair wind up in an all-white room playing soft jazz. A portal opens in front of them (not unlike the one that the Guardians used to send John to the abandoned mall in the last episode), and they watch as a cow is obliterated by lasers. “That’s why I’m vegan,” John jokes, a reminder that Lanterns seems to have finally hit its stride in the Hal/John dynamic department. Unfortunately, things get rocky again for these two almost immediately after it gets good. The two stumble upon Atlas frontman Hector Hammond, who claims to be the Manhunter and threatens to use his satellites to kill John’s parents in their home if he doesn’t cave to his demands. He then shares John’s phone conversation with his mother about Hal, which doesn’t put the trainee in a good light.

But Hal uses the whole situation to his advantage. Threatening Hector with the removal of his heart, he puts the Stewarts’ lives on the line (to John’s complete dismay) and forces Hector to come clean. Aaron Pierre kills it in this scene, with John fearing for his parents more than he ever has before. Fortunately, Hal gets Hector to turn off the orbital laser, and he reveals that his name isn’t “Hector Hammond” at all (a silly ruse that will, no doubt, frustrate some) but Hector Gutiérrez. He also tells the pair that Macon is the Manhunter, and always has been. Despite the news, the ride home is rockier than things have been since the “Pilot.” John tries to convince Hal that he always planned to give the ring back, and that he just wanted to show him what he was capable of. However, Hal knows that the complaints John voiced to his mother weren’t all untrue. He warns John not to trust everything the Guardians say, noting that Sinestro told him that the Manhunters are attracted to power and like to spread fear.

John feigns agreement that the Manhunter must be Macon, despite what Zoe told him earlier. Hal pulls over and tells John to call Antaan to meet them (or at least him) at the café just outside of town. However, Hal has once more outsmarted his trainee, as he has put two and two together about the Manhunter himself. Wondering how long John has known the truth about Zoe, Hal realizes he can’t fully trust the ex-Marine and jumps out of the car, letting it crash into a telephone pole with John inside. John should never have let Hal get behind that wheel…

New episodes of Lanterns air Sundays on HBO and HBO Max.

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August 16, 2026

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Alik Sakharov, James Hawes, Stephen Williams

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Pros & Cons

• We can finally see a real partnership forming between Hal and John.
• John’s struggle over deciding whether to take the ring is possibly the first time he has shown any real personal agency, which is really great to see.

• Hasn’t the show already done the “I can’t trust you” thing between Hal and John?

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More than a dozen individuals were hospitalized following The Chainsmokers’ Friday, September 4, concert in San José, California.

“At 8:22 p.m. on Friday, September 4, the San José Fire Department responded to an outdoor concert at Discovery Meadow for reports of multiple patients requiring medical attention,” a statement shared via the police station’s official X account read. “SJFD immediately requested an Ambulance Task Force, two additional advanced life support fire units, and a Battalion Chief to manage the incident and provide additional medical resources.”

Per the SJFD, 14 ambulances responded on the scene and transported 14 unidentified patients to local area hospitals.

“SJPD assisted with traffic control,” the statement concluded. “All SJFD resources returned to service at approximately 10:34 p.m.”

Related: Chainsmokers’ Drew Taggart: I’ve ‘Struggled With Drinking’ in My Career

Drew Taggart got candid about how his alcohol addiction has affected his life over the years. The Chainsmokers performer, 33, took to social media on Wednesday, June 14, to share a video of himself playing the group’s recent single “Self Destruction Mode,” describing its meaning in the caption. “I’ve struggled with drinking throughout my career […]

Further details have not been revealed, with a local NBC affiliate reporting that the concerns included “suspected alcohol intoxication and drug-related issues.”

The Chainsmokers, featuring musicians Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, performed at Discovery Meadow in San José on Friday. They are currently on tour.

“Back2Europe,” the band snapped an airplane selfie via their Instagram Stories on Sunday, September 6, before arriving in Montenegro.

The electronic DJs initially rose to fame in 2014 with the release of single “#Selfie.”

“Part of the thing with The Chainsmokers is, we felt on some levels like we were becoming people’s dirty little secret,” Pall, 41, told Billboard in 2022 of the group’s success. “By being like, ‘We’re in on the joke, we get the joke, we love the joke,’ it disarms people and allows people to enjoy the music for what it is. Whatever people imagine from past experiences with us, I think it was really important to kind of reset the tone.”

By 2022, the duo embraced a new type of sound as they dropped more records.

“It does feel like we’re a new band starting over in a lot of ways,” Pall added at the time. “I don’t mean that in any sort of negative way. It’s the best feeling ever.”

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Neither Pall nor Taggert, 36, have publicly addressed the fan hospitalizations. Taggert, for his part, has previously been candid about his struggles with substance abuse. (Us reached out to the group’s rep for comment.)

“I’ve struggled with drinking throughout my career as it’s an addiction that’s woven into the environment we exist in,” he wrote via Instagram in June 2023. “This guilt of not being good enough or not being better ironically sends me into a spiral that restarts my bad habit cycle. … I know that I’m flawed. I know that I am great and so are you. Never forget it.”

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

Editor’s note: The following contains major spoilers for The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3, Episode 7.

In Episode 307 of The Walking Dead: Dead City, entitled “Hourglass,” things wrapped up in dangerously scary new ways as Dillard (Jimmi Simpson) was pushed beyond his breaking point. The moment that Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) killed both of his walker pets, Dillard’s heartbreak caused a fracture that couldn’t be repaired. And the more things progressed, the more Dillard wanted revenge and to hurt his friend even more deeply than he was hurting himself. It also left things in a place where it feels like there’s still room for things to spiral even further before all is said and done this season.

Collider recently got the opportunity to chat with Simpson about the events of Season 3’s penultimate episode. During the interview, he discussed Dillard’s tragic backstory and why he lived the way he did in this community, how he and Negan connected over not fitting in, cracking Dillard’s mind and breaking his heart, why he wants to kill Maggie, putting on the police uniform, how much he enjoyed working with Morgan, and why he wouldn’t have wanted to change where Dillard ends up in the finale.​​​​​

Dillard Would Have Been Happy To Live Out His Days Alongside Negan and His Walkers

“It was a mutually beneficial love affair with friends.”

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COLLIDER: There is a chunk of this season where Dillard and Negan are just hanging out in a bar and spending their days together. Do you think he believed that he could just go on forever that way with his pet zombies and Negan and everything would just be fine?

JIMMI SIMPSON: Oh, 1,000%. Dillard found a real peace because of his really tragic history in the human world before this particular apocalypse. Everything was difficult about how humans treated each other, to him as a police officer. And so, there is this real sense of relief for him to only be in a world where the humanoid characters’ intentions are clear, their motivations are the same, and they don’t lie. We may see a hermit and it’s like, “Oh, gosh, that must be awful.” They are actually very happy. Something has happened that has made them finally be like, “Oh, this is where I’m more comfortable.” And that’s where Dillard was.

And so, when Negan enters his bar, he’s like, “Who are you?” We’ve both been doubted by a lot of people, so we have that in common. That sparked an immediate friendship and an ability to see each other the way others don’t see us. I bring in a little bit of weird. You see Negan with those glasses, and he can just be his straight-up weird self. And he brought Dillard this understanding of, “Humans are actually pretty cool. You don’t need to save so much space for walkers in your life. You can let humans in too.” It was a mutually beneficial love affair with friends. It only would have kept on going. They would have done everything together. Everything would have made sense. In my mind, the way I saw Dillard’s experience, they were set up for a real sweet life.

That first scene in Episode 7, when Dillard walks back into the bar to talk to Negan and Fabian’s bloody body is on the floor is pretty intense. He realizes Negan shot one of his walkers just before he shoots the other one. What was it like to share all of that with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and to have the relationship that you built up over the other episodes really take a turn in that way?

SIMPSON: It was such a pleasure. All the beats were so emotionally grounded. Neither Negan nor Dillard strayed from who they are. Negan believes very strongly and has seen way more shit in the Walker world than Dillard has. Dillard’s contrast was that humans are tough, these guys are easy. Negan had to fight tooth and nail to stay alive, for years and years and years. So, he was just following his own impulse. It just happens that it clashed so deeply with Dillard’s emotional truth of how everybody else sees a Walker and thinks, “How do I get away from that?” And Dillard thinks, “Well, maybe we’re not giving these guys a fair shake.” Like any kind of creature with claws and nails that might be designed to kill, they still are true.

I thought the writers just set it up beautifully and the friendship was so tangible. Luckily, Jeffrey and I just fell in love with each other as bros, so that’s infused. All of that relationship was very authentic to me. And then, the clashing of belief systems, when he takes my family from me, it was deeply emotionally connected in a couple of ways. Not only were the walkers his family, and the ones that have never lied to him, tricked him, or done anything like that, but by taking them away, Negan took away our friendship, and that was the undiscovered country for Dillard of love. That was like, “Oh, this can be an addition to your life.” It’s why Dillard allowed himself to have a little crush and let go and really be at peace with humans.

So, to break all those things at once was the perfect way to crack a human being’s mind and to break their heart. And then, in the next scene, cutting your face and blaming someone else is generally not a sign that things are going great. That was just a perfect articulation of his emotional interior. That was such a joy to be able to have that little catalyst of, first, my family is taken away, my new friend is taken away, and then I start destroying myself because I’m so broken-hearted. Like any heartbroken person, you want the other person to feel the pain too. And so, that’s where that mission came from.

Dillard Is Out for Revenge Against Negan With the Events of Episode 7 in ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’ Season 3

“He wants to take Maggie away from Negan.”

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The moment he decides he’s in charge and he kills Renata definitely crosses a line he can’t come back from. And then, he declares they’re also going to kill Maggie and not just Negan. Is he just completely out of his mind by that point? Does he have any rational thought left?

SIMPSON: No more out of his mind than someone who’s had their heart broken and then screams or has an interaction with that former lover and tells them off. It’s coming from a place that they believe is true, but as an outsider, you’re like, “Wow, you’re really overreacting.” When your friend has a broken heart, they don’t go and start murdering people, but they behave in ways that are just like, “Wow, that’s not serving you.” But you need to let them have that. So, Dillard’s experience just deeply turned up. Renata and Maggie are all deeply attached to Dillard’s love of Negan, and then broken heart because of Negan.

Saying “because” is just Dillard’s perception. Negan didn’t try to break his heart. He just happened to follow his own path, and that resulted in loss for Dillard. The goal is to make Negan feel pain. Once Negan broke his heart, Renata doesn’t matter. That’s just one more element that Dillard can be like, “I’ll take that.” I think Dillard had this deep perception on the quality of Maggie and Negan’s actual friendship, even though they’re always like, “Do I trust you?” He saw that there’s this storied connection that will probably inevitably last forever. And so, it wasn’t anything Maggie did that made Dillard want to kill Maggie. It’s Negan, and he wants to take Maggie away from Negan.

By the time that he puts the police uniform on, is he just a full-on villain by that point? Did you see that as his super villain costume?

SIMPSON: I saw that as a way for a person going through a thing to try to back up his broken, emotional inside. It’s also an abandonment of the peace he’d felt in the past two eras – the friendship with humans and his peace with the walker world. He’s like, “You’ve taken me back three eras to when I was a cop and I truly believed humans were disgusting, and when I thought that humans are damaging and a problem for the world. You forced me to go back there.” It wasn’t for effect. It was like, “I have nothing left besides this old me that I’ve really tried to let go, and I thought you had helped me, Negan, truly let it go. But you showed me that nothing changes, so I’ve got to go back to square one, where that was.” It all makes sense. I really love playing people that have insane situations and then react in a way that makes total sense to them, even though it might be outrageous to those watching. It’s all connected emotionally, very clearly, to me.

Jimmi Simpson Wouldn’t Want Dillard To End Up Any Other Way in ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’

“It’s part of the reason I signed on to do this.”

When I spoke to Jeffrey Dean Morgan about the season, he thought that where Dillard ends up at the end of the season was the perfect ending for the character. Without spoilers about Dillard’s exact fate in the finale, how do you feel about where he was left? Would you have wanted something different for him? Do you also feel like it was the perfect ending for your character?

SIMPSON: It’s part of the reason I signed on to do this. I thought it was such a clear articulation of struggle and then homecoming. He would have lived happily ever after in his bar with his walkers. Maybe he would have to change them out as body parts fell. He only has so much tape and glue. It’s this community that accepted him and he finally became part of it. As I spoke to the showrunner about maybe doing the show, it was a pleasure to learn [that his ending] came with a sigh of relief. Truly, the ending is just irreplaceable. It all made sense to me. I was really grateful for that arc to be so thoughtful and complete from the team at Dead City.

The Walking Dead: Dead City airs on AMC.

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June 15, 2023

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Actor Brad Pitt is best known for Hollywood hits like “Fight Club” and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” but his lucrative film roles played only a small part in his overall fortune. From his multi-million-dollar real estate portfolio to his powerful production company, Plan B Entertainment, here’s how the actor built his Hollywood empire.

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Brad Pitt has a net worth of $400 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. This contrasts sharply with his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, whose net worth is estimated at around $120 million.

The actor earned an upfront salary of $30 million for the 2025 Apple TV movie “F1,” which was a major payday for the actor. However, he also made $35 million to co-star with George Clooney in the 2024 movie “Wolfs.” If that wasn’t enough, he also made $40 million for the “Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood” sequel.

Inside His Plan B Production Company

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Brad Pitt co-founded Plan B Entertainment in November 2001 with his then-wife Jennifer Aniston, super-producer Brad Grey, and several other executives. Following his divorce from the “Friends” star, he bought out her stake in the company for an undisclosed sum. Grey later left to run Paramount Pictures, leaving Pitt as the company’s sole owner.

It quickly became one of Hollywood’s most respected independent film production companies. In October 2022, it was revealed that Pitt sold a 60% stake in Plan B to French media conglomerate Mediawan, which reportedly valued the company at $300 million. The deal was structured as a 50/50 cash-and-stock deal, meaning Mediawan paid $90 million in cash and $90 million in equity to acquire a controlling interest.

Plan B’s films have generated over $3 billion at the worldwide box office. The company’s top-grossing title is “World War Z,” which brought in $530 million at the global box office, followed by “Troy,” which earned $483 million. Other notable titles include “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Ad Astra,” and “12 Years a Slave.”

Inside His Relationship With Angelina Jolie and Subsequent Divorce

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Brad Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston from 2000 to 2005. He then dated Angelina Jolie for nearly a decade before they married in 2014. They officially separated in 2016 and finalized their divorce in 2019, although legal battles over their financial affairs have continued for years following their split.

In January 2025, the couple finally reached a divorce settlement. Celebrity Net Worth noted that the couple had signed a prenuptial agreement before they wed in 2014, which would allow each of them to keep the assets that they brought into the marriage. They would divide any jointly accumulated capital when the marriage ended.

One of the most contentious parts of their divorce was Jolie’s sale of her stake in Château Miraval. They bought the French estate and vineyard while they were together and grew it into a thriving business known for its rosé. Pitt argued that he invested significant time and energy to turn the vineyard into a reputable brand.

The Château Miraval Debate Continues To This Day

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In 2021, Jolie sold her 50% stake in Miraval to Tenute del Mondo, the wine division of the Stoli Group, for a reported $64 million. Pitt sued over the sale, arguing that she violated an agreement requiring his permission to sell her stake in the company. Jolie, however, argued that such an agreement never existed, and that she was free to sell at her discretion.

As of July 2026, Jolie asked a judge not to require her to turn over financial records dating back to 2017 in her ongoing legal battle over the vineyard. Jolie’s attorneys argued that Pitt had mischaracterized her previous claims by suggesting she alleged financial distress, as per PEOPLE magazine.

“The issue is not whether Jolie needed the money — the issue is that she was trying to untangle her life and her finances from her controlling and abusive ex-husband,” the court filing stated. “That distinction makes all the difference.”

Brad Pitt’s Relationship With His Children Remains Strained

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According to PEOPLE, the actor remains hopeful he can mend his relationship with his children. Maddox, Zahara, Shiloh and, most recently, Vivienne have all sought to remove “Pitt” from their surnames.

Shiloh’s request was granted in 2024, while Vivienne’s petition has been scheduled for November 2, according to court documents. Zahara’s hearing is scheduled for September 28, and Maddox’s hearing is set for September 14.

The news comes amid a heartfelt confession from the actor, in which he revealed that he was no longer sober. “I was sober for seven years. And then I got back off the wagon. Yep, nope, not good for me.’ Not in big quantities,” he told Esquire.

He previously told PEOPLE magazine that he had begun his sobriety in 2016 and started attending AA meetings along with a 12-step program. “You had all these men sitting around being open and honest in a way I have never heard,” he said at the time. “It was this safe space where there was little judgment, and therefore little judgment of yourself.”

The Real Housewives of New York City’s Erin Lichy is hellbent on not being the only Housewife in the season 16 reunion hot seat.

“Yeah, I won’t be the only one,” Erin, 39, exclusively teased to Us on Tuesday, September 1, ahead of the hit Bravo show’s highly-anticipated Tuesday, September 8, season 16 premiere.

“I can tell you that — and actually, there are people that I will be putting in the hot seat as well,” she added. “Big time.”

Bravo fans met Erin in 2023 after she joined the rebooted season 14 RHONY cast. She’ll return for season 16 alongside costars Sai de Silva, Jessel Taank and Carole Radziwill, who previously appeared on seasons 5 through 10. New Housewives Hailey Glasman, Daisy Toye and Erika Hammond will also be joining the fold.

Related: RHONY’s Erin Lichy Teases ‘Really Intense’ Season 16: ‘A Lot of Passion’

The Real Housewives of New York City season 16 is sure to be one to remember, according to Erin Lichy. “We’re not ready. We aren’t, especially not me,” Erin, 39, exclusively told Us at the Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip 20th Anniversary event on Tuesday, August 4. “I’m nervous for it all, like, it was […]

While Erin declined to dish on what is sure to be a drama-filled reunion, Us also spoke exclusively to Jessel, 46, who was also quick to tease a very full reunion hot seat.

“I think it’s going to be a mixture between Erin and Daisy, 50/50 equal,” Jessel exclusively told Us on Tuesday. “Actually, no, I take that back — 70/30. Seventy Erin, 30 Daisy.”

As the Housewives prepare for the season 16 premiere and the upcoming reunion, Jessel shared her advice for the women who are new to filming a hit reality TV series.

“I feel like my biggest piece of advice is just be authentic, because the audience can see right through you,” she told Us. “You guys are way smarter than you know we could consider or believe. So I think it’s like they can smell through the bulls***, and I think the minute you try to be something you’re not, it really shows.”

As for her well-known and admitted pot-stirring costar Erin, the real estate agent and entrepreneur is continuing to ignore the comments section and the lingering misconceptions fans have about her character.

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The Real Housewives of New York City is about to return with a whole new cast — and the show’s stars are ready to bring new life to the long-running franchise. “Everyone has an opinion about everything,” Jessel Taank exclusively said of her costars in the new issue of Us Weekly. “‘What? You like watermelon […]

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“I don’t really give a s*** what people think about me,” she teased on Tuesday, before admitting, “No, I’m kidding. Sometimes I do.”

She added, “I feel like people think that I’m so pampered, and I have worked so hard. I was not given anything. I mean, I definitely grew up in a comfortable way, and I grew up in New York City with a lot of opportunity but I have worked my ass off. And sometimes I feel like people don’t really realize that — a lot of people do, but a lot of people don’t. That kind of bugs me a little, but I’ll show them all.”

Season 16 of The Real Housewives of New York City premieres on Tuesday, September 8 at 8/7c on Bravo and streams the next day on Peacock.

Married at First Sight UK star Holly Ditchfield has announced the death of her premature twin boys just nine days after their births.

“My beautiful boys, Georgie & Marley 🤍🕊️,” Ditchfield wrote via Instagram on Saturday, September 5, alongside a black-and-white photo with partner Aaron Summers from the hospital. “It has been the hardest, most heartbreaking, yet most magical 9 days of our lives. At 1pm on 03/09/2026, our darling Georgie peacefully passed away. Then, at 5am on 04/09/2026, his beautiful brother Marley followed him. 💔.”

She continued, “My boys both took their final breaths in the arms of me and their daddy. There is no greater privilege, and no greater pain, than holding your children as they leave this world. They gave us the most precious week of our lives. A week I would live over and over again, just to have those moments with them. To hold them. To look at them. To love them. To be their mummy and daddy.”

Ditchfield noted that her boys are “together again now, just as they should be” and she prays that they are “finally at peace.”

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“Nothing could ever prepare you for losing your children,” she wrote. “Nothing prepares you for having to walk your babies to a mortuary. We have seen and faced more in these 9 days than I ever imagined possible, and my heart feels completely bruised. My body feels different. It feels like a part of me is no longer here, because a part of me truly isn’t. I miss my boys more than words could ever explain.”

She continued, “I would have given absolutely everything to have watched Georgie and Marley grow, to hear their voices, watch them take their first steps, and see the beautiful lives they deserved to have. But for 9 precious days, they were here. They were ours. They were loved beyond measure. And they will forever be our beautiful boys. 🤍.”

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Ditchfield previously appeared on Married at First Sight UK in 2024, where she pursued a relationship with Alex Henry. She later moved on with Summers, and the pair got engaged in 2025.

In the wake of her sons’ deaths, Ditchfield asked fans to “respect how incredibly difficult this is for me and Aaron right now,” adding that they are “trying to process a pain no parent should ever have to know.”

“Georgie & Marley, thank you for giving us the most precious 9 days of our lives. You will forever be our sons, our babies, and the biggest part of our hearts,” she wrote, signing the post, “Until we meet again, my beautiful boys. Mummy & Daddy love you forever. 🤍🕊️.”

Bebe Rexha has long embraced her full figure — and she’s not here for any of the criticism of it.

“I don’t know what to do with my boobies,” Rexha, 37, wrote via X early on Sunday, September 6. “They just got so massive and I hate the straight men in my comments who only come for that but, then again, a girl still wanna dress sexy. Idk we need an app for girls and gays.”

In a follow-up tweet, the pop star acknowledged that certain social media users claim she appears “slutty” for wearing tight-fighting outfits.

“I feel like when girls with curvy bodies wear something tight we automatically look slutty,” she wrote.

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Rexha further confirmed that her weight gain is due to her polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and “eating too much bread.” She was diagnosed with PCOS, a hormonal condition that affects an individual’s ovaries and often leads to painful periods, fertility issues and continuous weight fluctuation, in 2023.

“I went to the doctor, like, last year and I — a lot of women actually have this and they don’t know — [was] diagnosed with PCOS,” Rexha said on The Jennifer Hudson Show in May 2023, revealing her diagnosis. “It’s one of the leading causes of why women gain weight and are obese. I literally jumped, like, 30 pounds so quickly, maybe a little bit more.”

That same year, Rexha opened up about dealing with an onslaught of body-shaming comments.

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Bebe Rexha’s personal life has made just as many headlines as her three-time Grammy-nominated music career. June and July 2023 were two particularly rough months for the singer, who was not only pelted in the face by a phone — thrown on stage by a concertgoer at her New York City show — but she […]

“Seeing that search bar is so upsetting,” she tweeted at the time. “I’m not mad ‘cause it’s true. I did gain weight. But it just sucks. Thank you to all the people who love me no matter what. … I’ve always struggled with my weight. A bitch likes to eat.”

Rexha was briefly hospitalized in May 2024 after dealing with “so much pain” related to her PCOS battle.

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“Two weeks ago, I was in urgent care,” she recalled in a TikTok video. “My doctor thought it was appendicitis because it was so bad, but it was actually a cyst that had burst. Tylenol didn’t work, Advil didn’t work. I was sick to my stomach, the pain was so bad. The only thing that helped me, and I think you should try this if you have cysts, [is] a heating pad.”

Nearly two years later, Rexha shut down further body criticism after one fan circulated throwback photos of the singer at different weights.

“My thought is… My new album, Dirty Blonde, is out June 12th. Available for pre-order now,” she tweeted in May. “You can support me by buying my album.”

These days, Robert Downey Jr. is one of the biggest movie stars in the world: after winning an Oscar for Oppenheimer, he’s set to star in what might be the biggest blockbuster of the holiday season, Avengers: Doomsday. Twenty years ago, however, his career was on life support after a lengthy period of substance abuse, arrests, and public embarrassments. His success in the MCU has overshadowed his early comeback roles, but now one of them is coming to streaming.

In 2003, after exiting rehab and turning his life around, Downey was cast in the horror thriller Gothika, which was produced by Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis. Silver withheld 40% of Downey’s salary until the film’s completion to assure that he would stay clean and sober; he did, which sufficiently impressed Silver that he ensured Downey landed a role in the movie that would prove to be his true comeback: Shane Black‘s acclaimed action comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. From there, Downey landed roles in Good Night and Good Luck, Zodiac, and finally Iron Man, the latter of which would vault him into the cinematic stratosphere.

Gothika stars Halle Berry as Dr. Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist at Woodward Penitentiary; after a car accident, she wakes up not as a doctor, but as a patient, having apparently murdered her husband, Douglas (Charles Dutton), with an axe. Bonding with her doctor, Pete Graham (Downey Jr.) and fellow inmate Chloe (Penélope Cruz), Dr. Grey begins investigating the murder she has no memory of committing. The local sheriff (John Carroll Lynch) isn’t much help, but it soon becomes apparent that Douglas had many secrets from her…and that his murder may have been revenge from beyond the grave. Intrigued? You can now stream Gothika on Netflix.

Was ‘Gothika’ a Success?

Gothika was a financial success, earning $141 million USD on a $40 million budget; it was the latest in a string of hits for Berry. However, critics were not kind, resulting in a 15% Rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The tie-in single for “Behind Blue Eyes,” a cover of the classic The Who song by nu-metal act Limp Bizkit, was also widely derided, especially for its inexplicable interlude featuring a Speak and Spell. Berry did star in the video for the song, which featured a romantic plot line between her and Bizkit frontman Fred Durst.

Gothika is now streaming on Netflix. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.

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November 21, 2003

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Fans are cheering because Russell Wilson finally got his wish! Ciara came through with the ultimate surprise, revealing that she and her hubby are expecting their fourth child together, which means Russell is officially getting his baby Cinco! The former NFL star is also a proud stepdad to Ciara’s eldest son, Future Zahir Wilburn, which now brings their crew to a total of five.

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Russell Wilson Said, “Baby Cinco!” & Ciara Said, “BET!”

On Sunday, September 6, Ciara and Russell Wilson came through with MAJOR baby news on Instagram. The singer dropped a carousel showing herself hanging white tees on a clothesline before adding a tiny baby onesie to the end and giving fans a peek at her growing baby bump. CiCi looked overjoyed as threw up five fingers, seemingly signaling that Baby Cinco is on the way! Russell joined in on the fun too, posing beside her and flashing the number five. But their baby girl, Amora Princess Wilson might’ve stolen the show! One adorable clip captured Amora seemingly snapping photos of her mom. As if that wasn’t enough, Ciara really had fans in their feels with her caption, “One more person to Love 🖐🏽🥺🖤” 

Fans Are Living For Ciara & Russell’s Baby News

The couple’s sweet announcement had fans gushing all over social media, with plenty of folks celebrating that Russell Wilson finally got his baby Cinco after campaigning for a new addition to their family for a year. Peep some of the reactions in Ciara’s comment section below.

Instagram user @quianashonte wrote, “Congratulations omg 🎉🫶🏾” 

Instagram user @_blairmoon wrote, “CiCi said YES to Cinco ❤️❤️❤️” 

While Instagram user @biglovejasper wrote, “❤️❤️❤️🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿…. Blessings On Blessings.” 

Then Instagram user @living_lifewith.shenisha wrote, “I knew it! So happy for you ❤️” 

Another Instagram user @thelovelytoya_ wrote, “He making his own team , i love it 😂❤️🙌” 

Instagram user @iamluhhshayy wrote, “Lmao I’m Crying Cause Russ Was So Dead Serious About Cinco😂😂😂 Congrats! 🥳🥳” 

While another Instagram user @foreverkyad wrote, “Omg when loved properly you’ll pop them out!” 

Then another Instagram user @dontedvone wrote, “I know that’s right 😂🔥 y’all not playing with the be fruitful and multiply 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾” 

Finally, Instagram user @we_are_thewilsons_fanpage wrote, “Yay! Congrats, you two make beautiful babies!❤️” 

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When Kylie Jenner coins a beauty product as an essential part of her routine, we listen. And if said product promises to deliver perfectly fluffed-up brows? Even more so. Case in point: we spotted the Got2b Glued Brow Gel & Edge Control in the beauty mogul’s most recent makeup look. If the natural lift and fluffy finish it gave Jenner’s brows weren’t enough to grab our attention, the $7 price tag certainly was.

Jenner reached for the affordable brow gel while filming a recent GRWM on YouTube, using it to brush her arches up and into place as she worked through her makeup routine. The strong-hold formula helps shape and set brow hairs for that lifted, feathered look without requiring a professional lamination.

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Despite the name, the Got2b Glued Brow Gel & Edge Control isn’t just about locking every hair into place. The clear gel is designed to shape and set brows while giving you control over the finished look, whether you prefer soft and feathery arches or a more dramatic, laminated effect.

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Craving fuller, more lifted-looking brows? Just brush the hairs upward and outwards. Want something softer and more natural? Brush the hairs diagonally toward the temples for a more relaxed, feathery finish.

The formula itself is especially handy for anyone whose brow hairs have a mind of their own. It offers a strong hold to help keep hairs from falling flat or shifting throughout the day (aka: you don’t have to constantly reach for a spoolie to fix them). And because it dries clear, you won’t have to worry about the gel competing with your natural brow color or leaving behind an obvious tint.

We love a multi-tasking hero, so the fact that this doubles as an edge control product just makes it that much more appealing. Yep, you can even use it to smooth down baby hairs and create a sleek finish around the hairline. Between the versatile formula, serious staying power and wallet-friendly price, it’s easy to see why the product earned a spot in Jenner’s routine.

Head to Amazon to snag a tube and put the edge and brow essential to the test for yourself!

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