Disaster movies get reduced to spectacle, body counts, collapsing buildings, tidal waves, panicked crowds, all the visible stuff. And yes, the visible stuff matters. A disaster movie with no scale, no momentum, no physical imagination is dead on arrival. But that is not why the great ones stay with you.

Think about it — why did 2012 become so big? World War Z? Because they had a huge real-life meaning to them. They were warm and grounded. They stayed because disaster is one of the purest story machines in cinema for exposing what people are really made of once normal life loses authority. Vanity, courage, bureaucracy, tenderness, selfishness, class, romance, cowardice, sacrifice, denial, all of it gets dragged into the open the second the world stops pretending it is stable. These 10 movies kinda had that but perhaps not enough star-power or social media hype to back them up.

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‘Juggernaut’ (1974)

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I will always go to bat for Juggernaut. It understands that disaster does not need flames everywhere to be suffocating. Sometimes all you need is one luxury liner, a bomb threat, the sea, and enough procedural detail to make every passing minute feel like a tightening wire. That is what this movie gets exactly right. The danger is not abstract. It has shape. Explosives on a ship full of people. A bomb disposal expert coming aboard. Time, water, class performance, panic, all boxed together. It becomes one of those films where every corridor starts looking like a moral test.

And what really gives it force is the grown-up seriousness of the ensemble. Nobody is playing the material like camp. Anthony Fallon (Richard Harris), Captain Alex Brunel (Omar Sharif), and Charlie Braddock (David Hemmings) all give the movie this weary, competent, deeply British tension that makes the whole thing feel more frightening. The rich passengers, the workers, the crew, the politicians on land, all are part of the same system now, and that system is balanced on the possibility of one wrong wire. Juggernaut is a disaster film for people who love process as suspense. It is calm, intelligent, and nasty in exactly the right way.

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‘The Rains Came’ (1939)

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There is something magnificent about how openly emotional The Rains Came is. It belongs to that older kind of disaster cinema where romance, melodrama, social upheaval, disease, weather, and death are all allowed to crowd the same frame without apologizing to one another. The setting matters too. Colonial India in crisis gives the whole movie a richer moral texture than “storm hits town” would have on its own. The rains are not just weather. They are the beginning of a vast stripping-away. Vanity collapses. Social hierarchies wobble. People reveal what they really are when the floodwaters rise and sickness follows.

The film lets catastrophe transform the emotional meaning of everything around it. Characters who seemed trapped inside drawing-room identities suddenly have to exist inside urgency, service, fear, and loss. There is old-Hollywood grandeur all over it, yes, but the movie earns its bigness. It knows a disaster can be both spectacular and spiritually corrective. That is why it feels potent.

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‘San Francisco’ (1936)

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This one is such an old film but a beautiful reminder that the classic-Hollywood disaster movie did not think intimacy and scale were enemies. San Francisco spends so much of its time building a whole social world, saloons, opera aspirations, rough men, refined spaces, love, ambition, money, spiritual conflict, that by the time the earthquake arrives, the city actually feels inhabited. That matters enormously. So many disaster films fail because they think the event is enough.

San Francisco understands the event only becomes overwhelming once you have built something for it to break. And once the earthquake comes, it really comes. The destruction still has force, and the chaos afterward has that old apocalyptic-Hollywood terror where civilization looks frighteningly fragile. But what makes the film great instead of merely historically impressive is the emotional aftershock. Lives are not just interrupted. They are reweighted. The city’s collapse becomes a test of what remains when glamour, vice, social position, and personal illusions all get flattened together in the same rubble. There is something deeply moving about the way San Francisco treats communal suffering as both horror and reckoning.

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‘The China Syndrome’ (1979)

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I absolutely count The China Syndrome as a disaster movie, and one of the great ones, because it understands that disaster can exist in the gap between near-miss and inevitability. There is no giant wave. No building falling in the first half-hour. What you get instead is one of the most terrifying kinds of modern catastrophe: the kind built out of sealed systems, institutional denial, technological complexity, and the possibility that ordinary professional language is being used to keep the public calm while annihilation inches closer. That is nightmare material.

And because the movie is so grounded, it only gets more frightening with time. Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda), Jack Godell (Jack Lemmon), and Richard Adams (Michael Douglas) give it exactly the right emotional range, ambition, conscience, media pressure, professional fear, whistleblower panic. The reactor itself becomes this invisible beast in the room, something most people cannot understand directly and therefore must trust others to manage. That trust is what the film attacks. A great disaster movie often asks whether human error, vanity, or bureaucracy will speed the catastrophe along. The China Syndrome asks that with a chill few films can match. It makes institutional calm feel sinister.

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‘The Wave’ (2015)

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What I respect about The Wave is how cleanly it merges two kinds of disaster-film pleasure that do not always coexist well: geological spectacle and family-level panic. The opening sections are almost deceptively ordinary. Scientists monitoring instability. family routines. local skepticism. That ordinariness is not filler. It is structural groundwork. When the mountain finally gives way and the fjord becomes a death corridor, the movie cashes in all that realism at once. Suddenly every siren, every road, every minute matters.

And the wave itself is terrifying because the film understands scale from the victim’s point of view. It is not just a pretty wall of CGI water. It is time running out in a place where the geography has become a trap. I also love how physical the aftermath feels, the flooding, the darkness, the cold, the search, the suffocation. Disaster movies often peak at the event and sag afterward. The Wave keeps its grip because it knows survival is not one beat. It is a series of awful, breath-limited decisions after the obvious climax has already happened. That makes it hit harder.

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‘The Quake’ (2018)

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The Quake is such a nasty companion piece to The Wave because it takes the emotional residue of the earlier film and drags it into another rupture instead of pretending trauma resets cleanly between sequels. That is one of the smartest choices it makes. The earthquake is not just an excuse to do the next round of destruction. It arrives in a life already marked by fear, obsession, and the humiliating possibility that everyone around you may think you are broken before they think you are right. That gives the first half real tension.

And when the quake finally hits, the film goes hard. Buildings split, interiors become death mazes, people are cut off in spaces that used to mean stability and now mean vertical ruin. The physical set pieces are excellent, but what I love most is the emotional tone underneath them. There is also a sadness to The Quake that a lot of disaster sequels never even attempt. The event is spectacular, yes, though the real story is about Kristian Eikjord (Kristoffer Joner) trying to protect his family while being crushed by the knowledge that he saw the shape of this terror coming and still could not make the world move fast enough. That kind of helplessness belongs to great disaster cinema.

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‘Miracle Mile’ (1988)

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Miracle Mile is one of the most upsetting urban-apocalypse films ever made because it weaponizes ordinary time so cruelly. The setup is almost absurdly simple and perfect: Harry Washello (Anthony Edwards) answers a pay phone in the middle of the night and hears what may be a call meant for someone else, a warning that nuclear war is imminent. From there the whole movie becomes a race against disbelief. Is the call real? Is this panic justified? How fast can ordinary Los Angeles go from dreamy nocturnal drift to terminal unraveling? The answer is: horrifyingly fast.

What makes Miracle Mile so good is that it starts like a quirky romantic night movie. There is warmth in it, coincidence, possibility, strangers crossing paths, the kind of atmosphere where a date might genuinely change your life. Then the call comes, and suddenly every mundane part of city life becomes unstable. Cars. helicopters. traffic. police. crowds. misinformation. private selfishness. public terror. The film keeps tightening until it reaches a final movement so bleak and so perfect that it almost feels like a dare. This is not disaster as spectacle. It is disaster as emotional whiplash, the world ending in the middle of what should have been a love story.

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‘These Final Hours’ (2013)

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This movie is brutal because it asks one of the ugliest questions any disaster film can ask: if the world is actually ending, what kind of person are you in the hours before meaning disappears? Not in the noble, speech-making way. In the real way. Do you turn toward pleasure? violence? numbness? rescue? obligation? panic? sex? family? self-erasure? These Final Hours is so good in that sense. It knows apocalypse is not only about fire in the sky. It is about moral collapse on the ground long before the blast reaches you just as you rother disaster favorites.

And the film’s emotional hook is viciously effective. James (Nathan Phillips) begins as a man trying to flee into selfish oblivion, then gets dragged toward responsibility through his connection with a child who should not have to navigate any of this. That relationship keeps the movie from becoming mere misery porn. It becomes a measure of whether any human decency can still exist when the clock is too short for future-oriented ethics. The answer is painful and partial and all the more moving because the movie does not sentimentalize it. This is one of the few end-of-the-world films that really feels like the end of the world.

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‘Fail Safe’ (1964)

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This is one of the most terrifying disaster films ever made precisely because almost nothing in it looks like disaster in the traditional sense. Rooms. phones. protocols. radar. voices. men in suits speaking with varying degrees of control while the world moves toward annihilation through systems that were supposed to prevent exactly this. That is the horror. The catastrophe is procedural. Human beings built structures to control apocalypse and then placed themselves one malfunction away from having to live inside its consequences. Fail Safe never blinks from that.

And what makes it so devastating is its moral seriousness. The performances are stripped of glamour in exactly the right way. The President (Henry Fonda), Professor Groeteschele (Walter Matthau), Colonel Cascio (Fritz Weaver), and Buck (Larry Hagman) all serve a movie that knows the most frightening thing about nuclear disaster is not only the explosion. It is the calm beforehand. The discussion. The recognition that logic, patriotism, decency, military doctrine, and human tenderness are all about to collide and at least one of them will not survive intact.

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‘A Night to Remember’ (1958)

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A Night to Remember is beautiful. It is one of the purest examples of disaster cinema understanding that the real scale of catastrophe is human behavior under collapse. Titanic has been retold so many times and so extravagantly that people can forget how shattering A Night to Remember still is. It does not need modern spectacle to devastate you. It has precision, sobriety, and a horrifyingly calm sense of process. You feel the ship’s size, yes, but even more you feel the terrible sequence by which denial becomes recognition, recognition becomes logistics, and logistics become mass death.

What makes it so great is its refusal to reduce the sinking to one sentimental corridor. Officers, crew, passengers, class divisions, stoic mistakes, cowardice, discipline, noise, silence, freezing water, all of it is allowed to coexist. The film understands disaster as systems failure and as human revelation. Some people become admirable. Some become pathetic. Most become frighteningly ordinary under extraordinary pressure, which is exactly right. And because the film never overplays its hand, every lifeboat, every delay, every missed chance lands harder. It is one of the greatest disaster movies ever made, period.

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Andy Cohen recently broke his silence on West Wilson‘s nudes being leaked just moments before the filming of the “Summer House” season 10 reunion began.

In part one of the reunion special, Wilson looked to his co-stars, Jesse Solomon, Amanda Batula, and Carl Radke, and revealed that his phone had been hacked, resulting in private images of him being circulated in his hometown.

During a recent episode of the “Smith Sisters Live” show, Cohen opened up about the moment Wlilson learned suggestive images of him were floating around.

In the reunion episode, Wilson is heard saying, “I just got a text that someone hacked my phone, and [there are] nudes of me being sent around. That’s a good text to get right before this.”

Solomon and Radke confirmed they had heard the news, with Solomon adding that he had been sent the photos.

When Wilson asked his co-stars whether he was “hard” in the pictures, Radke shot back, “Very soft.”

Cohen Breaks His Silence On West Wilson’s Private Photos Being Shared Online

Cohen recalled the unexpected moment on the radio today, saying, “When West sat down and started talking about the nudes, and they’re all like, ‘Is it hard? It is soft?’”

Cohen, who hadn’t seen part one of the reunion at the time, added, “I don’t know if they showed this, but Jesse [Solomon] then showed him the picture of what he had been sent. I mean, it’s like, [a] reunion first.”

The father of two and Bravo figurehead said that the moment “Summer House” viewers saw in the reunion about Wilson’s nude images wasn’t the only time the pictures were discussed.

“We had not started the reunion. Everyone was entering. It comes up again later in the group, and you’ll see how it plays out,” Cohen teased.

Cohen Said West Wilson Probably Had The ‘Worst Day’ Filming The ‘Summer House’ Season 10 Reunion

Elsewhere in the radio show, Cohen seemed to acknowledge the stress Wilson must’ve been feeling before filming began.

“I’m glad that they found that moment. It’s crazy. It would be a person’s worst day ever to have nudes leaked. To have them leaked on that day, and then he left and found out the news of his grandmother … I don’t think you could have a worse day,” he said.

According to a previous report from The Blast, Wilson’s grandmother, Gayle R. Wilson, was found dead in April 2026. Law enforcement officials said that the reality star’s cousin, Dakota Sweeney, allegedly killed her after getting into an argument over household chores.

Wilson Addressed His Leaked Images On An Episode Of His ‘Show Me Something’ Podcast

Weeks ago, Wilson reacted to the news that his nude images had been shared online, saying, “I know my f-cking nudes leaked, OK. But guess what? It’s like the sixth worry of mine right now. I have a lot of sh-t going on, and I’m gonna own it,” per The Blast.

While Wilson admitted that the photos were of him, he said he couldn’t remember the details about the images. “I don’t know how old it is, but it’s from my old apartment. I had a sauna by my bathroom, and I would always get out of the sauna and double-check. Or check progress,” he said.

As the conversation continued, Wilson got a bit more serious about the matter, urging his listeners to be kind to people.

“I know I’m laughing, because if I don’t laugh, I’ll fing cry about all of this,” he said, adding, “Don’t leak people’s nudes or hack people’s sh-t. It’s, like, not fun.”

Wilson Said He’s Afraid Of Going Out In Public After His Fallout With His ‘Summer House’ Co-Stars

Part one of the “Summer House” reunion was intense for Wilson, who recently confirmed that he was dating his co-star, Batula, who had split from her husband, Kyle Cooke, weeks before their public announcement.

Another reason Wilson faced backlash was due to the reality star’s past relationship with Batula’s former friend, Ciara Miller.

According to The Blast, Wilson said on his podcast, “Show Me Something,” that he was a bit nervous about how the public would react to him in the coming days.

“Going out in public is kind of scary,” Wilson said before going on to deny claims that he began hooking up with Batula to spite his ex.

“If I tried to fight everyone’s different opinion on sh-t I’ve done, I would be f-cking dead and on the floor. It’s just not worth reacting to sh-t like that. But [that’s] obviously not the case,” Wilson said.

Joey Graziadei handed out his coveted final rose to Kelsey Anderson on The Bachelor season 28.

While their relationship seemed steady throughout the show, which premiered in January 2024, it hit a slight speed bump during fantasy suite week when Kelsey left an ominous note card that read, “We need to talk.”

The message led the tennis pro to spiral into thinking she would quit, but she ultimately just wanted to reiterate her feelings for Joey. While his shaken reaction made her fearful that he’d send her packing, he gave her a rose.

The couple got engaged during the season finale on the beaches of Tulum, Mexico, after runner-up Daisy Kent quit the show. “I have known for a while that I’ve wanted to have a beautiful life, but I truly didn’t know how beautiful that life could be until I met you,” he told Kelsey as he got down on one knee.

Scroll down for more of Joey and Kelsey’s relationship timeline:

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1st Night

When Kelsey stepped out of the limo on the season premiere, she paid homage to her New Orleans roots by showing up with a voodoo doll. After she kissed the doll, Joey pretended that he felt it too.

1st One-on-One Date

Kelsey received her first one-on-one date in Marbella, Spain, where he picked her up on a Vespa and had his so-called Lizzie McGuire moment. During the night portion of the date, Kelsey candidly shared that her mom died in 2018 after a battle with breast cancer.

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2nd One-on-One Date

Kelsey received a second one-on-one date in Jasper, Canada, where the pair participated in the polar plunge. Joey later admitted exclusively to Us Weekly that he knew he was falling in love with Kelsey during the date.

“It was really after our second one-on-one in Jasper, how just great that day was, how much we were starting to continue to see things move forward and not take any steps back. That was when I kind of truly knew that I was falling in love with her,” Joey said. “But as always, it’s a feeling — it takes time for you to feel comfortable to share those words and there needs to be the right space and you need to think everything through.”

Meeting Kelsey’s Family

For Kelsey’s hometown date, the couple traveled to New Orleans, where they explored the city and ate beignets before meeting her family.

“My feelings for her are real and they do make sense. I’m extremely hopeful, I really am,” Joey told Kelsey’s dad, Mark Anderson, during the episode. Kelsey, for her part, admitted in a confessional that she wanted to “blurt that I love him.”

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Fantasy Suite

Viewers watched Kelsey drop the L-word to Joey during their fantasy suite date to which Joey replied, “I’m falling in love with you, fully.”

After spending the day and night together, they woke up and cooked breakfast in their pajamas. Despite their date going well, Kelsey left Joey the “We need to talk” note while he was in the fantasy suite with Daisy.

Kelsey and Joey later had a conversation, where she expressed her feelings to him again.

“We made a promise to each other about, like, you know, being honest to each other about communicating our feelings and communication in general,” Kelsey said. “And I know how important all that is. I just wanted you to know exactly how I feel about it all. I just really wanted to verbalize that it’s hard not seeing you and the days in between are always so hard. All these feelings of, like, missing [you] and wondering. … I just want to tell you how much I miss you when you aren’t there.”

Proposal

After Daisy knew it wasn’t her at the final rose ceremony, Joey popped the question to Kelsey during the season finale.

“I know there’s a lot of tough decisions through this journey, and that’s what makes today really difficult. But there is nothing difficult about choosing you. And I can’t wait another minute to tell you that I love you,” Joey said during his proposal speech. “There is something about you. You have this infectious energy that makes me smile. It’s a feeling I’ve never had before. I know during this time that we’ve built a very strong flame and the only reason I know that flame will never go out is because you’re my light.”

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After the Final Rose

During the live After the Final Rose, Joey admitted that they had “difficult” moments watching the show back, but are still going strong.

“It’s been great in a lot of ways, but we won’t lie it’s been difficult too,” Joey said during the March 2024 episode. “I think a lot of people forget how difficult of a position she’s is into watch all this back with everyone else and understand that I’m trying to figure out everything from the point that we were at, at that time. But we have grown so much since then.”

Kelsey revealed that she and Joey planned to reside in New Orleans before moving to New York in summer 2024.

Finding Love With Kelsey

One day after the finale aired, Joey gushed over his journey to find love, and his fiancée, in a sweet social media post.

“Just checking in as the luckiest guy in the world,” he wrote via Instagram alongside a carousel of snaps of the pair. “What a beautiful ending to such an amazing experience. All of this started back in January of 2023, when I received a DM from a Producer on the Bachelor who asked me if I’d be interested in going on a Reality TV Show to find love. I questioned if it would be for me, if it could actually work, if it was the right atmosphere for me to find a true love.”

He continued, “I now sit here today knowing that it was hands down the best decision of my life. Everything that has happened since that day has led me to this remarkable woman that is unlike anyone I have met in my life. She is kind, beautiful, goofy, original, authentic, and my bright light. I always knew I wanted to have a beautiful life, I just didn’t know how beautiful it could be until I met you. I love you forever Kelsey. This is only the beginning 💚.”

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Kelsey, for her part, shared a tribute to Joey in a separate upload the following day.

In the Instagram message, Kelsey shared that by the end of the show she “knew who [Joey] was at his core.” She added, “Maybe not how his first tooth fell out but I knew the kind of husband, father and friend he would be.”

“After fantasy suites, Dez (my producer & now friend) asked me what loving Joey felt like,” she recalled. “I said it feels like a perfect day, when the sun is out, the clouds are fluffy, when it’s not too cold or too hot and everything just feels right! Joey, loving you is effortless like a beautiful sunny day. I feel so thankful all for all of the crazy choices we both have made in life that lead us to each other. I love you so big, my sweet boy. Thank you for being my best friend above all. Now let’s go live our life! 😚.”

Their Living Arrangements

Joey and Kelsey revealed their living arrangements — which includes two other women — in a four-bedroom, three-bathroom home in New Orleans.

“He was just living with his sister, so I was like, ‘You can move in with me.’ I have a very big room, and my roommates were all in,” Kelsey recalled on a June 2024 episode of the “Trading Secrets” podcast. “They’re like, ‘We can’t wait to get to know Joey,’ and it’s kinda like a New Girl situation.”

Joey agreed, adding, “Yeah. I’m on a, like, comedy sketch right now. I feel like I’m full-on in a New Girl situation. There’s three girls and one Joey. I’m just, like, sitting there in the middle of the hallway.”

They both agreed the arrangement is a “strategic” move for the sake of their relationship. “And I knew that regardless of what was going to happen, my life was going to have to change and go somewhere else,” Joey said.

Plans for Having Kids

During a June 2024 appearance on the “Bachelor Happy Hour: Golden Hour” podcast, Joey and Kelsey revealed they are on the same page about having kids.

“I think one of the first big things I told him was that I really wanted to adopt and that was a non-negotiable for me,” Kelsey recalled. “So, if he wasn’t open to that, then I couldn’t be here.”

1 Year and Still Going Strong

“Happy One-Year Anniversary to My Everything … I still cannot believe that it has been a year since I got down on one knee and asked you to marry me,” Joey wrote via Instagram in November 2024. “This is another appreciation post for everything you do. The laughs, the love, the support, the joy and the excitement. Every day with you is an adventure and I cannot wait to see all of the memories we get to create in the years to come.”

Joey shared photos of Kelsey supporting him on Dancing With the Stars week after week in honor of their special day. “I know sitting and anxiously watching me dance on live TV probably wasn’t how you thought we’d spend our first anniversary, but I can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate your support,” he continued. “I couldn’t do this without you, so thank you for always being my biggest fan through this amazing experience. I love you forever ❤️.”

Kelsey shared her own Instagram tribute to Joey in celebration of their first year together. “Happy anniversary to the man of my dreams,” she wrote. “A man who is patient, kind, and always gives 1000% in everything he does. I’m so grateful for your love, your support, and the way you make every day brighter.”

Home Sweet Hollywood

After initially relocating to Los Angeles to compete on season 33 of Dancing With the Stars, Joey announced in November 2024 that the couple are settling down in the area.

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“I’m excited to take this version of a routine that I’ve created with Dancing and then build it into my own. I’m excited to see what’s gonna possibly [be] next for me,” he said during an appearance on the “Lightweights” podcast. “I’m really excited, we’ve decided to stay in L.A. I’m excited to build a home together. We got an apartment. I cannot wait to make it feel like something that’s really ours.”

A 2nd Proposal

During a romantic vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Joey proposed to Kelsey once again.

“SHE SAID YES (again) 💍,” Joey wrote via Instagram on May 26, 2026 as his leading lady sported bling, including Coeur de Lion jewelry. “Proposing again meant taking something that was already extraordinary and making it fully our own. It means the world to be able to reaffirm our promise and love to one another just the two of us. Forever isn’t enough with you. I cannot wait to make you my wife.”

Cynthia Erivo is getting candid about the public’s perception of her relationship with Ariana Grande. 

Erivo and Grande captured attention after starring as besties in “Wicked.” Beyond their on-screen chemistry, fans became fixated on how close the pair appeared during interviews, often leaning on each other and holding hands at press events.

Their interactions quickly fueled online speculation, and while Erivo has addressed the chatter before, she is now speaking more directly about how she was judged because of her appearance.

In a recent interview, Erivo opened up about the scrutiny surrounding her close bond with Ariana Grande and the way public perception has shaped commentary on her appearance.

Erivo recalled the reaction after she stepped in to protect Grande when a stranger tried to grab her during the Singapore premiere of “Wicked.”

Several memes and TikTok videos depicted her as Grande’s “bodyguard” following the incident. Speaking about the situation, Erivo told Variety, “I think that we haven’t really come to terms with the insidious nature of how we view Black women.”

She acknowledged that some people may disagree with her perspective, but maintained that the criticism clearly centered on her looks as a woman of color.

“Because that’s what was being made fun of. It was my physique; it was my shape; it was the fact that I was bald; it was about what I looked like,” the London- born star explained.

According to the “Harriet” star, many immediately painted her as the protective one because of those stereotypes. The “Widows” star also reflected on the assumptions people made about her friendship with Grande, calling out those who believed they could define the pair’s relationship from the outside.

The actress noted that many people seemed unwilling to accept that their connection was genuine. “I think that people didn’t really believe that we were actually friends,” Erivo shared, adding that the two still speak nearly every day.

Cynthia Erivo Previously Denied Romance Rumors With Ariana Grande

This is not the first time Erivo has clarified the nature of her connection with Grande. Earlier this year, she shut down rumors suggesting their friendship was romantic.

As The Blast reported, Erivo explained that many people struggled to believe two women could be very close without being romantically involved and that they were probably faking it. 

Erivo pointed out that the confusion likely came from how deep female friendships are rarely shown or discussed in public spaces. She noted that while such connections are common in real life, they don’t often get attention on screen or in mainstream conversations.

As the actresses promoted the hit musical adaptation, their affectionate interactions became a major talking point online. Some critics even speculated that their behavior may have hurt their Oscar chances, as neither got any nominations. 

According to The Blast, one anonymous Academy voter claimed that the outcome wasn’t surprising. They explained that while the two actresses had strong chemistry, the film itself wasn’t impressive and kept them apart for most of the story. The voter added that what put him off more was their “promotional performances.”

“They creeped a lot of people out, and in their rush to feel authentic, came off as cosplaying,” the individual shared. 

Cynthia Erivo Confronted A Fan For Breaking A Theater Rule

Outside of the headlines surrounding Grande, Erivo recently drew attention after pausing her West End production of “Dracula” to confront an audience member who was allegedly filming the performance.

According to The Blast, a TikTok user recounted that the 39-year-old stage star stopped the show for several minutes after spotting someone recording inside the theater. 

Another attendee confirmed that Erivo directly addressed the individual from the stage before staff escorted them out for violating the no-filming policy.

Ariana Grande Has A New Album On The Way

While Erivo continues making headlines, Grande has also generated buzz after announcing a brand-new album.

As The Blast reported, the “Thank U, Next” singer recently unveiled the cover art for her upcoming record on Instagram, showing herself smiling as loose brown hair framed her face.

Grande revealed the project, titled “Petal,” is scheduled for release on July 31, 2026. Alongside co-writing the project, she also served as executive producer, working with producer Ilya, known for collaborations with artists like Taylor Swift and Sam Smith.

General Hospital spoilers for June 1-5, 2026 are going to see Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins Bruening) increasingly desperate as Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) remains on the run with Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud), the woman Rocco calls “other mother.” Plus, Willow Tait Cain (Katelyn MacMullen) is horrified by what Sidwell has planned.

As we always do on early edition day, we are going to start with what’s happening the rest of this week and then we get into what’s coming the week ahead. Let’s go!

General Hospital Spoilers Wednesday, May 27th: Trina Gets Bad News

On Wednesday, May 27th, we have Kai Taylor (Jens Austin Astrup) delivering some bad news to Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali). So, this may be about the whole Curtis Ashford (Donnell Turner) arrest for the Isaiah Gannon (Sawandi Wilson) assault, or it could be Kai telling Trina that Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) also had a stroke at Drew’s place, and they might start worrying about what that means.

Plus, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) advises someone to be cautious. Could be Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) and Lulu or maybe Laura Collins (Genie Francis) Sonny is telling somebody, “You sit tight and he promises to take care of everything.” So that might be about him and Laura plotting to get information from Lucas Jones (Van Hansis) about Pascal (Mark Forget).

Also this week, Sonny is at Lulu’s. She and Dante are there. I’m sure they’re talking about Rocco. And Lulu asked Dante what does he think? Should they bring in the FBI? Also this week, Lulu’s telling Dante they got to find Rocco before Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)  does.

So, this is obviously a race against time. Plus, in other scenes this week, Jens Sidwell (Carlo Rota) calls to tell someone, “Find her and bring her back.” Now, I am sure that’s about Britt because she did not finish the prototype and took off. So, we’ll see if he’s talking to Cullum. I’m sure that Cullum is also on the hunt for them because he wants to strangle Rocco for shooting him and take out Britt as well, like he already tried to do.

GH Spoilers: Emma Consoles Gio

Emma Scorpio-Drake (Brayden Bruner) supports Gio Palmieri (Giovanni Mazza). He’s upset about Rocco taking off. You know, Dante has hated on Gio so much in past times when Rocco screwed up and then he was trying to blame Gio like the drunken party foul. And at this point, I think Gio’s now been gaslighted by Dante so that he thinks that anything Rocco does wrong is a reflection on him as a big brother.

Meanwhile, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) checks up on Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst). I’m sure that Ric is concerned about Britt manhandling her and shoving her in a closet. Trina checks in with both of her parents separately and she’s asking Curtis how much trouble is he in.

Meanwhile, Portia Robinson (Brook Kerr) is telling somebody, maybe Trina, that Isaiah’s whole career may be over because of what Curtis did. Jordan Ashford (Tanisha Harper) listens as Curtis says that Isaiah was looking for a fight, so he gave him what he asked for. And I wonder if that’s what Curtis is also going to tell Portia.

General Hospital Spoilers: Portia in the Hot Seat

Also, Justine Turner (Nazneen Contractor) interviews Isaiah and Portia about the incident at the Metro Court, and Justine asked Portia if she agrees with Isaiah’s account of the event. So, I wonder if he says Curtis attacked him unprovoked.

Now, certainly what Isaiah said to him could be considered fighting words, but in terms of physicality, Curtis was the sole aggressor. Kristina Corinthos (Kate Mansi) tells Molly, “This is not a good idea.” And I wonder if this is about Kristina going to medical school or something else that they are up to.

Thursday, May 28th on General Hospital: Michael Grows Suspicious

Thursday, May 28th, something has Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) suspicious. It may be about two different men having strokes in Willow’s house and he may see Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) lurking with Brennan up at the hospital. Plus, Willow’s absolutely horrified. Maybe because Nina tells her she didn’t inject Jack and he’s awake and talking but faking locked-in.

Or it may be about Sidwell because this week as Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) looks on kind of panicked acting with his eyes, you know, Willow tells Sidwell they’ve got to stop dosing Drew and Sidwell gives a big sigh. So, I wonder if this is when he tells Willow he’s going to kill Drew. Also, Cody Bell (Josh Kelly) and Molly Lansing-Davis (Kristen Vaganos) are interrupted and Trina is venting to Gio.

And this could be about her parents drama about Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) being MIA or the whole showcase performance. Be kind of awkward if Isaiah came along with Portia and then Curtis is there. I’m sure Trina doesn’t want a fist fight at her show. Plus, Portia challenges Curtis. I’m sure it’s about Isaiah, no doubt. And she may be going off on Curtis because Isaiah’s career could be over.

Friday, May 29th on GH: BLQ Warned & Ethan on a Mission

Friday, May 29th, Brook Lynn gets a warning from Michael. This may be that he’s saying Willow’s too close to Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard). Brook Lynn may mention that Willow is helping them with Phoebe’s adoption, but Michael does have those photos from the private investigator that he might show BLQ.

Ethan Lovett (Nathan Dean) sets out on a mission, and I wonder if he’s going to go try and bring Rocco home for Lulu. He’s a top choice. Now, Sonny may ask him to do it, but even if not, I’m sure Ethan would go do it anyway for his sister. Plus, Charlotte Cassadine (Bluesy Burke) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) have a heart-to-heart.

And I wonder if Charlotte’s going to tell Carly that Rocco took off with Britt. Molly advises somebody maybe about Kristina with medical school. I’m trying to figure out how she got into medical school when she dropped out of Yale after Alexis and Sonny pulled strings to get her in. Then she was at PCU but started boinking lady professor Parker (Ashley Jones) and then dropped out of PCU so that Kristina could date her without Parker getting fired.

The bottom line, Kristina never graduated. So this is kind of a nonsensical retcon. I wish they had chosen something more plausible based on her actual history to exit Kate Mansi out as Kristina. Meanwhile, Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) makes time for some romance. He’s doing some sort of grand gesture for Carly, who is of course falling hard for her hunky attic dweller.

Week of June 1st-5th on General Hospital: Finola Hughes & Steve Burton in the Studio again Soon

The week of June 1st through the 5th, we have got lots of stuff coming. We’re going to see Kristina exiting soon, off to medical school that doesn’t require an undergrad degree, I guess. Plus, Steve Burton is back taping soon.

He did confirm he was going to resume filming for General Hospital in June and would be back on air in July, maybe early August. After Brook Lynn hears what Curtis did to Isaiah and that the assault could mean that Curtis goes to jail and Isaiah loses his ability to perform surgery and Curtis is blaming Isaiah for Jordan’s crash.

I think Brook Lynn is going to seriously reconsider keeping quiet, but if she tells Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliott), of course, she’s going to try and talk Brook Lynn out of coming forward. Meanwhile, Curtis is still going to be gunning for Isaiah while facing criminal charges. Michael keeps on with his plot to either get Chase and Willow to cheat or just look like they are.

Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) should be back on screen this month. We don’t have an air date yet. Hopefully, she will be back in Port Charles and we’ll skip past all the France stuff. Willow has to deal with Sidwell’s shocking demands where Drew is concerned and Nina is committed to protecting Brennan.

General Hospital Spoilers: Dante & Lulu Desperate

The search for Rocco heats up. A lot of people are after them. Sidwell wants them found so he can continue the project. Cullum wants them found so he can kill both of them. And Lulu and Dante just want their son back safely. Plus, I’m sure Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey) is worried because he knows Britt is going to be getting sick soon without her Huntington’s meds.

Ethan may be in on the search, too, because it’s his nephew. Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn) and Ava Jerome’s (Maura West) New York adventure gets underway as they chase answers about Delilah Wilson (Lily Cardone) and whether she has more family so that they can clear the path for Brook Lynn and Chase to adopt the little girl. Will Chase tell her that Rocco ran away with his sister Britt? Also, more on Josslyn in her captivity.

Plus, Sidwell’s thinking about Ava’s suggestion of a scorned lover killing Marco Rios(AdrianAnchando). I just wonder when it’s going to cross Sidwell’s mind that Pascal had a big old unrequited crush on Marco and might be the perp because Sidwell does know about this crush and Pascal is a known source of violence where Lucas is definitely not.

The film screen isn’t the only place Queen Latifah has found love over the years! In fact, the hip hop icon has been locked in with one woman, Eboni Nichols, for at least a decade. Despite the time spent together, the Queen and Eboni have managed to maintain a low-key public presence, especially regarding their son, Rebel. Most recently, Latifah and her mini family gave fans whiplash after making a rare appearance on the AMAs red carpet!

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Queen Latifah, Eboni Nichols & Rebel Take Over Red Carpet 

As mentioned, Latifah and her tribe graced the red carpet at the American Music Awards on Monday (May 25). She wore a faux-fur coat designed by Christian Siriano in colors light silver and white. Underneath the coat, she wore a beige-looking dress paired with jewelry by Marco Bicego, per InStyle.  Meanwhile, according to HelloBeautiful, Eboni Nichols wore an emerald-green Thom Browne ‘fit featuring a cropped jacket and fitted dress. Rebel also ate and left no crumbs on the AMAs red carpet, wearing a black-and-white tuxedo with shorts. Kaavia James, the daughter of Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, also joined Queen Latifah, Eboni and Rebel on the red carpet.

Social Media Gagged At Latifah Being A MUVA

On X (formerly Twitter), select fans were in disbelief about Queen Latifah’s home life! While some were gagged at her having a longtime female partner, others claimed to have known about the actress’ love preference. But the most shocking part of the red carpet appearance seemed to be Rebel poppin’ in. One tweet from @tyrisprint quoted a photo of Queen Latifah and Rebel, writing, “I’M SORRY??? WHEN WAS SHE EVER PREGNANT-.”  The comment has garnered over 4.1 million views, over 615 comments and more than 50,000 likes.

I’M SORRY??? WHEN WAS SHE EVER PREGNANT- https://t.co/M35cDibVaG

— tyris ✰ (@TYRISPRINT) May 25, 2026

To clarify, Rebel was reportedly born in 2019, though the manner through which he was conceived or who birth him is unclear. He appears to be about six years old. However, it wasn’t until 2021 when Queen Latifah publicly shouted out her son and her “love” Eboni Nichols while accepting her BET Lifetime Achievement Award. Also, Rebel’s appearance at the AMAs marks his first major red carpet with both of his parents.

Queen Latifah had a rare family date night with partner Eboni Nichols and their 6-year-old son, Rebel, at the #AMAs.⁠

The fam was also joined by Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s 7-year-old daughter, Kaavia. pic.twitter.com/U2GIHyzS1b

— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) May 26, 2026

Earlier this year, in February, Rebel was also spotted court side with his moms at the NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles. Fast-forward to May. Queen Latifah opened up in an interview with Entertainment Tonight about how motherhood forces forward thinking and movement. She expressed gratitude for her village and expressed the importance of having them.

“It’s a challenge. Everything gets real. Priorities change too. You know, you realize what’s really important and who’s really important,” Latifah said. “And it’s tougher on other people, because when you get an actual baby, the grown people you treat like babies have to grow up, cause sorry, you can’t get that.

What Do We Know About The Actress & Eboni Nichols?

To this day, Queen Latifah and Eboni Nichols have not confirmed whether they’re officially married. Most major entertainment outlets have referred to them as each other’s partner. Reports from InStyle to Vogue have linked them together for at least a decade after meeting on set of either on the 2007 film ‘Hairspray’ or ‘Dancing with the Stars’ in 2009.

While her partner is an icon in the Black community and entertainment industry, Eboni Nichols isn’t some slouch! She’s reportedly, per PEOPLE, a professional dancer and choreographer who’s been showing off her moves since she was 7 years old. Additionally, Eboni has worked with top performers like Beyoncé, Usher, Snoop Dogg and Rihanna. And her talents has reached beyond live music performances to television and film, racking up credits on creative works like, ‘Jane the Virgin’ and ‘Girls Trip,’ which Queen Latifah featured in.

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Amy Schumer is on an endless vacation.

Schumer, 44, took to Instagram on Wednesday, May 27, to share moments from her fun-filled trip to Italy with her son Gene, 7, whom she shares with her husband Chris Fischer. In one pic, the comedian looked glamorous in a rosy silk dress featuring a plunging neckline and straps that tied in bows on her shoulders. The number, which she wore during a yacht ride, was finished with a floor-length skirt.

Schumer kicked off her shoes during the ride and rocked soft makeup. She tied her blonde hair up in a half-up hairdo and gave the camera a soft smile.

Elsewhere in the post, Schumer showed off her bikini body in a red one-piece. Her swimsuit featured thin straps and a square neckline. The I Feel Pretty star accessorized with a straw visor complete with a black rim as she went paddleboarding.

Schumer also took her little one for a jet ski ride during her trip.

“Travel,” she captioned the post. Her fans complimented her in the comments section.

“We love you Amy! You look fab and happy!!!” one wrote, while another added, “Beautiful! 😍😍.” A third commented, “Incredible 🔥.”

Last month, she again rocked a swimsuit while vacationing with a friend. She stunned in a black one-piece featuring thick straps and a plunging neckline. The design was finished with brown buttons lining her V-neck. During the same getaway, the Trainwreck actress sizzled in a burgundy suit with more buttons on her neckline.

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Amy Schumer is ready for summer. Schumer, 44, proudly showed off her figure while rocking a one-piece in a mirror selfie she posted on Tuesday, March 31. In her snapshot, Schumer stunned in a red swimsuit featuring thick straps and a plunging neckline adorned with silver buckles. She styled the number with oversized sunglasses. The […]

Schumer has been candid about her weight loss through the years, sharing that she lost 50 pounds through weight loss drugs and a lifestyle change. She also was diagnosed with Cushing syndrome, which can be life threatening, and also causes puffiness in the face.

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“So I got these was getting these steroid injections and so it gave me this thing called Cushing syndrome — which I wouldn’t have known if the internet hadn’t come for me so hard,” Schumer explained during a January episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “I learned I had this condition, and that I had something called moon face, and I’m starring in a movie — and there’s a camera right in my face.”

After she got rid of the condition, people told her she “looked great.”

“I just needed one person to just amp me up,” she said.