Nevaeh Akira is reportedly nearing her due date and enjoying the family time she can get from Blueface along the way. Recently, she, her son, Superior and Blue spent time at a pool. After the rapper jokingly pushed his pregnant boo into the water, concerned fans allegedly called the police, who later showed up at the couple’s home.

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Blueface Shoves Nevaeh & Her Son Into A Pool 

The Kick livestream clip shows Blueface holding Nevaeh Akira’s hand a few feet away from the pool’s edge. She’s wearing a light pink top and pink-and-white bottoms, while he wore patterned swimming trunks. As they started jogging toward the water, Blue stopped short of jumping in and lifted his leg, kicking Akira in the lower back. She seemingly screams a bit before popping her head out of the water to ask who pushed her. Moments later, Blueface gave Superior the same kick treatment.

While he laughed outside the water, Nevaeh Akira tells him, “That hurt. I didn’t like that.” He responded, “I barely even kicked you.” Seemingly shocked, Akira asked, “You kicked me?” He quickly changed his wording, claiming he “pushed” her.

Blueface faked jumping into the pool just to push Nevaeh in instead 😭💔 pic.twitter.com/IO626rDZkP

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Nevaeh Akira Clears The Air While Speaking To Police

Sometime later, Blueface allegedly booked in-home massages for him and Nevaeh. Amid receiving the treatment, two officers showed up at their door. Clips of the livestream shows the officers inside the home, questioning Nevaeh Akira about being pregnant. She tells them, “I’m pregnant as hell…big.” One officer then asks her, “Did any physical altercation happen today?” She immediately responds, “No,” and later tells the officer he can ask whatever he needs to ask. He follows up by asking whether she was “kicked today,” specifically in her stomach.

“No, I wasn’t kicked in my stomach,” Akira replied. Then, the officer asked, “Are you in any sort of medical distress?” and she again said no. She also said no when the officer asked whether she needs the firefighters to check her out.

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What Else Has Been Going On With The Apparent Couple?

Nevaeh Akira and Blueface have been trending for the last few days following his returned to their shared home. He spent the last weekend with Chrisean Rock and Chrisean Jesus and livestreamed now-viral moments, including spoon feeding the two-year-old and living room dancing with Rock. He also wiped away tears and returned her expression of love when she became emotional about the end of their weekend together.

After Blueface returned home to Nevaeh Akira, tensions appeared high. In separate livestream clips, she confronted him about not claiming her as his “wife at home,” talked about her love lessening and went in about him calling Chrisean Rock while they were out dining. Most recently, she threw major shade after Rock gifted them during a livestream, calling the mother of Chrisean Jesus a “baby disabler.” Nevaeh also called her a “dumba** b***h” while Blueface chuckled.

Blueface tells Neveah to shout out Chrisean for donating 50 gifted subs to them

“Shout out to the baby dis*bler” 😳 pic.twitter.com/WyOFkuBHTx

— Donut 🍩 (@RollinWithDonut) August 13, 2026

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Chris Watts may be getting married despite being sentenced to life in prison for murdering his pregnant wife and children. Watts was given five life sentences after pleading guilty to first-degree murder, per NBC News.

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Chris Watts Wants To Get Married In Prison After Murdering His Family

The convicted murderer reportedly applied for a marriage license to marry a woman named Lizzie Henderson, according to the Daily Mail. Henderson is a 39-year-old realtor from Ohio, but has moved to Wisconsin to be closer to Watts.

The nature of the murders was gruesome, yet Henderson reportedly visited Watts in prison 20 times last year. Not only that, she visited him on Christmas Day in 2024. Furthermore, she was seen making out with the alleged born-again Christian in prison.

“How things began is between me, him and God,” she said.

Chris Murdered His Wife And Children

Watts is currently serving five consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to the murder of his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts , in 2018. In addition to murdering his pregnant wife and unborn child, Watts also murdered their daughters — 3-year-old Celeste and 4-year-old Bella. At first, the killer claimed that his wife and children were missing from their home in Frederick, Colorado, on August 13, 2018. In footage of him begging for their return, he claimed: “I just want them home so bad.”

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Watts later admitted to strangling Shanann after she returned home from a work trip. However, he first claimed that Shanann had smothered Bella and Celeste (Cece) after he told her he was having an affair with a co-worker. He later confessed that he strangled his pregnant wife to death after she threatened to leave him and take their children. According to ABC News, Bella saw Watts dragging her mother down the stairs and cried, “What’s wrong with mommy?”

Watts Dumped His Two Daughters’ Bodies In An Oil Vat

Afterward, he said he took Shanann’s body to an oil field — with his two daughters awake in the back seat of his truck. After Watts buried his wife, Watts smothered his two daughters before dumping their bodies in oil vats. He murdered Celeste first as Bella watched. Watts dumped his 3-year-old’s body into an oil tank and returned for his other child. Bella reportedly asked her father: “Is the same thing gonna happen to me as Cece? …. Daddy, no!” 

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Rachel Zoe’s latest public appearance has reignited a decades-old conversation about her weight, with social media users expressing concern after seeing photographs from a Hamptons event. The 54-year-old celebrity stylist attended a launch celebrating her August 2026 cover of Hamptons magazine, wearing a plunging gown that highlighted her petite frame.

While some observers focused on Zoe’s glamorous fashion choice, others began speculating about her health. However, Zoe has not publicly indicated that she is experiencing a health problem, nor has she said she uses weight-loss medication.

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Photographs from the cover celebration circulated online shortly after the event, prompting a wave of comments about Zoe’s appearance. “Seeing this I actually gasped,” one Reddit user wrote. Another person expressed concern, commenting, “My God, I really hope she gets some help. It’s devastating to see this.” “Wow! I hope that’s photoshopped,” another added.

Readers commenting beneath the Daily Mail’s report were considerably less sympathetic. One person wrote, “Try eating some food,” while another remarked, “More shape on a bean stick.” One commenter also speculated about Zoe using a GLP-1 medication, writing, “She has always been thin, but I’m pretty sure she loves the GLP1 as well.”

The latest discussion follows similar comments left beneath photographs Zoe shared in July. One concerned social media user wrote, “Yikes! She looks very thin. I hope she is okay and healthy. Best wishes to her.”

The Celebrity Stylist Has Faced Weight Scrutiny For Decades

Public commentary about Zoe’s body is not new. Her weight became a frequent subject of tabloid coverage during her rise as one of Hollywood’s most influential stylists in the 2000s. The scrutiny eventually became part of “The Rachel Zoe Project,” her Bravo reality series that followed her work with celebrities and major fashion houses.

A 2009 episode titled “‘Pin Thin’ and Pissed Off” focused on Zoe’s reaction to another round of tabloid criticism. The episode’s official description says her colleague Taylor Jacobson attempted to help after Zoe became “the victim of another tabloid attack,” according to Peacock.

During one memorable scene, Zoe considered wearing a backless red dress before ultimately choosing something else because her spine was visible. The moment showed that Zoe was already conscious of how her appearance would be dissected, even as the public conversation often crossed from concern into cruelty.

Nicole Richie Previously Took Aim At Rachel Zoe

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The weight discussion reached another level during Zoe’s highly publicized falling out with former client Nicole Richie in 2006. At the time, Richie posted a scathing blind item on MySpace that many interpreted as being aimed at Zoe.

“What 35-year-old raisin face whispers her order of 3 pieces of asparagus for dinner at Chateau every night, and hides her deadly disorder by pointing the finger at me, and used her last paycheck I wrote her to pay for a publicist instead of a nutritionist?” the post read.

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Zoe did not respond with a detailed allegation of her own. Instead, she told W Magazine, “That’s kind of below the belt. I just need to rise above it and let it go. My teenage drama years were a long time ago, and I certainly don’t want to relive them. I’m 35, and I just don’t want the drama. I’m tired.”

Zoe and Richie eventually repaired their relationship, but the exchange became one of the defining moments of the stylist’s early public career.

Rachel Zoe’s Hollywood Styling Career Made Her A Fashion Powerhouse

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Long before she became a reality television personality, Zoe built her reputation by dressing some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Her former client list has included Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Anne Hathaway and Cameron Diaz, among other high-profile names.

“The Rachel Zoe Project” premiered in 2008 and ran for five seasons, turning Zoe’s styling business, signature expressions and fashion philosophy into recognizable pieces of pop culture. The series also gave viewers access to the pressures behind red-carpet dressing, from securing designer gowns to navigating demanding schedules and celebrity relationships.

Zoe later stepped away from reality television and concentrated on her fashion and lifestyle businesses before returning to Bravo.

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‘RHOBH’ Put Rachel Zoe Back In The Spotlight

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Zoe’s return to reality television on Season 15 of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” introduced her to a new generation of viewers while placing her personal life back under a brighter spotlight.

When announcing the career move, Zoe said she was ready to share the next chapter of her life. “I am beyond excited to be returning home to Bravo to join the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills!” she told Us Weekly. “I’ve been living my best, new life and it felt like the perfect time to come back to TV and share it all with you. Here we go … RZ 2.0!”

Her television comeback inevitably renewed interest in everything from her fashion empire to her private life and physical appearance.

Widow’s Bay scratched an itch a lot of us didn’t even know we had. A strange little town hiding all kinds of secrets, with each episode focusing on a different horror subgenre, and one big mystery slowly pulling everything together? Fantastic. And somehow, it also found time to be genuinely funny. One minute you’re watching Patricia (Kate O’Flynn) dance around like an absolute maniac. Then you catch a glimpse of the mirror and realize everyone around her is frozen in place with gaping, unnaturally widened mouths. The entire mood changes in an instant.

Widow’s Bay obviously proved just how well horror and comedy can work together when they’re done right. But it’s far from the first series to mix big laughs with genuine scares. If anything, it just gave the genre a fresh coat of paint. So, if you already burned through the season and are already craving more, here are five shows that do the horror comedy thing just as well, if not better.

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‘Chucky’ (2021–2024)

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Don Mancini took a killer doll franchise that had already survived seven movies and somehow found a way to make it feel new again. The series begins when teenager Jake (Zackary Arthur) picks up a vintage Good Guy doll at a suburban yard sale, and soon after, people around the doll start turning up dead in gruesome ways. But this time, Chucky isn’t just running around killing people. He also takes Jake under his wing and tries to manipulate him into becoming a killer, too.

Of course, Chucky has always been one of horror’s funniest villains, and the show fully embraces that side of the character. Pretty much every scene with him is comedy gold. He’s constantly delivering unhinged one-liners like, “Hey kid, I’m gonna go kill your sister. Wanna come?” And each season gets even more ridiculous than the last. At one point, Chucky starts losing his immortality and slowly turns into a grumpy old doll with his hair falling out. In that very same season, he also ends up inside the White House terrorizing the First Family. It sounds completely insane on paper, but the show somehow pulls it off. In fact, that very season earned a perfect 100% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes!

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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ (2019–2024)

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Based on the Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi film of the same name, this mockumentary follows four vampire roommates living on Staten Island. There’s Nandor (Kayvan Novak), a once fearsome warlord who can’t figure out modern technology; Laszlo (Matt Berry) and Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), a centuries-old married couple who constantly fight and bicker; and Colin (Mark Proksch), an energy vampire who feeds off people through endless rambling, pointless office chatter, bad jokes, or starting petty arguments. Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) is Nandor’s human familiar who’s been promised he’ll become a vampire one day. Until then, he’s stuck cleaning up the endless messes the vampires leave behind.

The horror is baked into the premise since these are, after all, undead bloodsuckers. But the show mines almost all of its comedy from how mundane immortality actually is. One of the best episodes has Laszlo running away from Jim the Vampire (Mark Hamill), an old adversary who’s been tracking Laszlo down over a century-old unpaid rent debt. Laszlo hides under the alias Jackie Daytona, a small town bartender whose entire disguise is a toothpick in his mouth, and it somehow fools everyone. In another episode, Nandor joins a bizarre vampiric cult to help vampires transition back to being human with activities like hula-hooping and tax-filing lessons.

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‘The Curse’ (2023)

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Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie‘s Showtime series follows Whitney (Emma Stone) and Asher Siegel (Fielder), a newlywed couple trying to launch an HGTV show about the eco-friendly, mirror-walled homes they’re building in Española, New Mexico. While filming a segment meant to make Asher look charitable, he hands a $100 bill to a young girl selling soda in a parking lot, then snatches it back the second the cameras stop rolling. The girl looks him dead in the eye and bluntly says, “I curse you.” From there, everything in Asher and Whitney’s lives starts going wrong.

It’s got all the social cringe comedy Fielder is famous for, but it also builds a genuinely compelling mystery, because the show never gives you a straight answer on whether the curse is real or if it’s all just an unlucky string of coincidences. That is, until the final episode. It’s one of the best finales of any show in recent memory, and it delivers that same gut-punch comedy-to-horror shift that Widow’s Bay fans loved, except it lands even harder here because the series spends nine episodes building up to it.

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‘Twin Peaks’ (1990–1991)

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Before any of the shows on this list existed, David Lynch and Mark Frost were already mixing horror and absurdist comedy in ways nobody on network television had tried. The show starts as a murder mystery focused on the death of homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). But from there, it quickly spirals into something much stranger involving demonic entities, alternate timelines, and extradimensional realities.

The series constantly swings between genuine dread and flat-out silliness, sometimes in the same scene. The Log Lady (Catherine E. Coulson) introduces herself by insisting her log witnessed the murder, and it’s played completely straight. Laura’s funeral turns into slapstick when the machine lowering her coffin malfunctions and sends it bouncing up and down above the grave, and it still doesn’t undercut the tragedy at all. This show was the exact blueprint for what worked so well in Widow’s Bay.

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‘Shining Vale’ (2022–2023)

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The opening title cards of Shining Vale point out that women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression, that women are twice as likely to be possessed by a demon, and that the symptoms for both conditions are the same. That idea becomes the core of the series going forward. Courteney Cox stars as Pat Phelps, a once bestselling author stuck in a serious slump who moves her family into a haunted suburban house. Almost immediately, she starts seeing the ghost of Rosemary (Mira Sorvino), a 1950s housewife who murdered her own family in that same home, and who may or may not be trying to take over Pat’s body.

In Widow’s Bay, all the townspeople except for Mayor Loftis (Matthew Rhys) believe that the town is filled with supernatural occurrences. In Shining Vale, Pat is the only one who believes anything paranormal is happening, and she’s the one trying to convince others. Everyone around her assumes she’s just depressed. And for the horror fans, the show is packed with clever nods to classics like The Exorcist, Rosemary’s Baby, The Shining, Sinister, and more.

Seann William Scott is making a major move in the Los Angeles real estate market, putting one of his most valuable properties up for grabs. The actor stands to make a hefty profit if the sprawling California retreat sells anywhere near its asking price.

Scott has spent years shaping the residence to his tastes, blending contemporary finishes with the property’s laid-back, nature-focused aesthetic.

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“American Pie” star Seann William Scott has put his longtime Malibu estate on the market for $17.5 million, more than two decades after purchasing the property. The actor, also known for his roles in “The Righteous Gemstones” and “Shifting Gears,” bought the home for just under $4 million in 2004.

The Balinese-inspired property, known as The Vanaya House, sits on 1.45 acres above Zuma Beach.

According to the listing, the 4,176-square-foot residence features five bedrooms and five bathrooms, with Pacific Ocean views throughout the grounds. The estate also boasts a resort-style swimming pool, full-size tennis court, lily ponds, mature gardens and a gated motor court.

Inside, timber ceilings and exposed wood beams run throughout much of the home, while expansive windows offer views of the surrounding greenery and ocean. The primary suite comes with a private terrace overlooking the Pacific.

Scott has not revealed why he is selling the Malibu property.

Scott Added His Own Touches Over The Years

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Scott’s lengthy stay at the Malibu property gave him plenty of time to put his stamp on the residence.

The home’s interiors now lean heavily into California’s indoor-outdoor style, with organic materials helping soften its contemporary design. Stone flooring complements the extensive wood detailing, while glass walls allow natural light to pour in and connect the rooms to the surrounding landscape.

The open-plan layout keeps the main living spaces connected. There is also a roof deck and terrace, giving the home even more room to unwind outdoors.

Landscaped lawns and covered patios create additional outdoor living areas, with a pond adding to the property’s secluded feel. However, available reports do not detail exactly when the individual upgrades were made or how much Scott spent on them during his ownership.

Seann William Scott’s Venice Property Has Its Own Story

Scott’s Malibu home isn’t the only California property he has tried to unload in recent years. The “American Pie” star bought a 5,148-square-foot lot in Venice for about $2.2 million in 2017 with plans to renovate and flip it within a year. Instead, the project became a six-year labor of love.

The compound came with a small wooden bungalow and a vastly different three-story glass-and-concrete structure. Scott rebuilt the bungalow while preserving its footprint, later describing it as essentially a new building.

He then teamed up with his then-wife, interior designer Olivia Korenberg, to tackle the larger residence. Their goal was to soften its industrial feel and create more cohesion between the two structures.

By 2024, the finished compound offered roughly 4,600 square feet of combined living space, with five bedrooms and six bathrooms. Scott finally listed the property for just under $5 million that year, although he admitted he wondered whether selling it was a mistake.

Scott Faced A Legal Fight Over A Separate Malibu Property

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Scott’s California real estate dealings also became a source of tension with his ex-wife, Olivia Korenberg.

In 2025, Korenberg accused the actor of trying to force her and their daughter out of a separate Malibu home he purchased for $3.5 million in 2024, per Us Weekly. Their divorce agreement allowed her to live there for one year, but she claimed Scott’s actions suggested the arrangement would last longer.

Korenberg alleged that things changed after she asked Scott to meet her new boyfriend. Weeks later, she said she was “blindsided” by a letter instructing her to vacate the property by June.

Seann William Scott Denied Retaliating Against His Ex

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Scott denied that the decision was retaliatory. He maintained that Korenberg was never promised permanent use of the home and said he decided to sell after consulting his financial adviser.

A judge later found Scott had the legal right to require Korenberg to leave and to sell the residence. However, the court criticized the way the news was communicated and ordered both exes to attend co-parenting classes.

Jenna Ortega’s sister weighed in after fans began to express concerns about the actress’ weight loss.

After a recent Esquire interview went viral, a social media user shared a lengthy message defending Ortega, 23, and reminding others to “mind [their] business.” The actress’ sister Aliyah Ortega subtly showed her support for the person’s opinion, adding three exclamation points in the comments section.

The social media post further claimed that fans online have been making “assumptions about [Jenna’s] health.”

“She has every right to make whatever decisions she feels are best for herself without being judged, discriminated against or subjected to unnecessary speculation,” the caption continued. “Sometimes the most respectful thing we can do is simply give someone privacy, support them, and let them be.”

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The post also noted: “We don’t know what she may be going through, and we shouldn’t assume anything based on appearances or a few comments from an interview. Stop concerning yourselves with her personal life and asking intrusive, unnecessary, and random questions. … Just leave Jenna alone and allow her to live her life on her own terms.”

In her interview with Esquire, published Tuesday, August, 11, Jenna recalled the challenges of being on set as a child actor.

“I really had it going for me as a child because I can’t think of one mistake I made. Is that a terrible thing to say?” she said. “I feel like I make mistakes now all the time, but as a child, I was so grateful and so excited to be there that my game face was on.”

Jenna explained how that affected her health, adding, “I wasn’t asking for a sip of water. I would go all day without eating, drinking, whatever, because I wanted so badly to not be in the way of anybody. Maybe that was my mistake [of] not actually looking after myself.”

Photos and video accompanying the profile also showed off Jenna’s thin physique.

After rising to fame with roles on Disney and as the lead in Netflix’s Wednesday, Jenna has called out the potential dangers of child stardom.

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“Children aren’t supposed to be working like that. They are supposed to be climbing trees and drawing and going to school,” she told The New York Times in August 2024. “Some of those kids’ parents don’t even take school seriously, so I feel really, really fortunate to have had parents who made sure that I hung out with friends, made sure that I went to public school and wouldn’t allow me to work on a job unless I had straight A’s and was prioritizing my sleep and my schoolwork.”

She continued: “Child acting is strange. I see why my parents felt so hesitant about it, because you’re putting a child in an adult workplace. I think if I had just stayed growing up in Coachella Valley, I would be a completely different person. I wouldn’t speak the way that I do or approach interactions the way that I do.”

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Chris Brown fell down on stage during his performance in Toronto, Canada, during ‘The R&B Tour.’ The singer is currently on tour with Usher, and the artists performed a two-night gig in the city beginning on Tuesday, August 11.

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Chris Brown Falls Down During Toronto Show

Footage of ‘Loyal’ singer Chris Brown falling down on stage while performing in ‘The R&B Tour’ in Toronto this week is going viral. In a video shared by Live Bitez, Brown falls hard on stage while performing.

The singer is seen performing in a white T-shirt and a red baseball hat when he suddenly falls onto his back. However, his recovery is so fast in the clip that his fans are impressed nonetheless.

Brown was barely on the ground for a second before he flipped himself back up and kept performing. As he did, his hat flew into the air, and the show continued.

Fan Reactions Ensue Following Brown’s Fall

Fans were impressed by how quickly Brown recovered, and several even thought his fall and gymnastics recovery were part of the show.

User @babycurlsbeauty wrote, “🔥🔥 jumped back up like it was a flip 😍😍.”

@raeshxn added, “Smoove ass goat move lol😂.”

@hisidity_chick agreed, “Smooth af.”

User @nickjr.tgf wrote, “He really the last airbender 😂😂.”

@dolllife___ joked, “He did a pop up 😂😫.”

User @empresspiper noted, “A true professional 👏👏.”

@___bbop added, “I thought the hat went back on his head Im like whaaat😂.”

@chefnicolecatering added, “Never missed a move or the note 🔥.”

Mario Also Took A Spill During ‘The R&B Tour’

‘Let Me Love You’ singer Mario was performing in ‘The R&B Tour’ in St. Louis last month when he fell on stage.

The artist was walking across the stage when all of a sudden he slipped, hard. Not only that, as Mario tried to stand up, he fell again.

After he finally made it to his feet, Mario made sure he was steady, then continued the performance like a true professional.

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Sometimes there’s nothing better than a one-off. A limited series, or miniseries, can tell a complete story without worrying about setting up another season, and HBO’s Mare of Easttown is one of the best examples of just how effective that approach can be. Led by Kate Winslet as Detective Mare Sheehan, the seven-episode crime drama takes what initially looks like a small-town murder mystery and slowly reveals something much more complicated underneath. The series is also newly relevant again, with Julianne Nicholson set to reprise her role as Lori Ross in Season 2 of Task, confirming that both Brad Ingelsby dramas share the same world.

Cailee Spaeny is the centerpiece of the series’ tragic plot as Erin McMenamin, a young, struggling teen mom who becomes the subject of Mare’s latest investigation when she’s found dead, alone in the woods. In seven gripping episodes, Mare of Easttown throws tragedy upon tragedy at its small Pennsylvania community, where everyone knows each other, to both their benefit and exhausting detriment. Also starring Jean Smart, Julianne Nicholson, Angourie Rice, Guy Pearce, and Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown uses its murder investigation to dig into grief, motherhood, family, and the damage that can ripple through a community long after a crime has been committed. Five years later, it’s still a crime masterclass that’s incredibly difficult to top.

What Is ‘Mare of Easttown’ About?

Marianne “Mare” Sheehan (Winslet) is a renowned local figure in Easttown, largely due to winning a high school basketball game over two decades prior. Excitement of that sort comes few and far between in Easttown. She’s a skilled and devoted police detective, but her status in that regard has come into question recently, as the case of a missing girl has gone unsolved for a year. Mare lost her son to suicide, and she’s since divorced from her husband, Frank (David Denman). Her daughter, Siobhan (Rice), grows distant, and her mother, Helen (Smart) is always critical.

To make things worse, Erin McMenamin (Spaeny) turns up dead, and she’s no stranger to Mare’s small circle, causing further strife. Erin’s father, Kenny (Patrick Murney), is the cousin of John Ross (Joe Tippett), who is the husband of Mare’s closest friend, Lori (Nicholson). Easttown is a small, tightly-knit place. When things seemingly couldn’t be worse, the county sends Detective Colin Zabel (Evan Peters) to aid in Erin’s murder investigation, despite Mare’s protests.

Cailee Spaeny Is the Emotional Core of ‘Mare of Easttown’

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Even with limited screentime, Spaeny leaves her mark on the series, affecting everyone through the ripples of tragedy. It’s not just because she’s the victim of a murder, either. That kind of horror is terrible no matter the victim, but Erin contrasts the rest so starkly that losing her leaves a glaring, unmendable hole. Spaeny’s performance makes the impact even greater. Her eyes somehow tell several stories simultaneously, at a level so convincing you think Erin must be someone you’ve known.

Winslet’s Mare is a hardened single mother, burdened by the weight of loss and the unshakable sense that further loss is inevitable. Her daughter grows more distant every day, her career is becoming increasingly scrutinized, and the troubled mother of her grandson is actively attempting to reenter the picture, threatening to take another child from Mare. Spaeny’s Erin sits at the opposite end of the spectrum. Similarly, she’s a single mother, but hope and perseverance haven’t left her, despite consistent abuse from her father and ex-boyfriend — two debilitating factors among more awful circumstances than any child should endure.

The unsolved case of Katie Bailey (Caitlin Houlahan), a young girl who went missing a year ago, has loomed over Mare, and she’s reminded of her failure every time she encounters Katie’s persistent mother, Dawn (Enid Graham). The senseless loss of Erin (and, with her, another piece of Easttown’s innocence) seems to spur Mare into action, undeniably through more than a mere sense of duty as a detective. Mare surely sees her daughter in Erin, but she sees a version of herself, too — a version of Mare before the miseries of life in Easttown piled higher, year after year.

‘Mare of Easttown’ Mixes Family Drama With a Detective Mystery

One of Mare of Easttown‘s most skillfully played hands is the ever-shifting suspicion it places from one character to the next. You’ll consistently think you’ve figured it out, with Mare’s intuition running alongside you, only for the entire case to crumble at the next turn. It teeters on the edge of True Detective‘s style but never strays too far from being a family drama at its core. Following the horror to which several young girls in Easttown are subjected always comes alongside witnessing the effect it has on the victim’s loved ones. The interpersonal drama would rival the most far-fetched of novellas, but Mare of Easttown never feels unreal. If anything, you feel like you’re encroaching on a town that could be your own. It’s the type of nerve-wracking character study HBO does best, and it’s in excellent hands with Winslet and Spaeny at the helm.

Mare of Easttown is streaming on Max in the U.S.

Jesse Lee Soffer has not been on Chicago P.D. as a series regular for close to four years now. The actor was one of the original cast members in the NBC procedural, but he left the show in 2022 after playing Jay Halstead for ten seasons. Halstead left Chicago at the beginning of Season 10, but the actor has been back on set several times, mostly as a director. Still, viewers have always missed Halstead and have wished for his return. His latest on-screen appearance was in the 2026 One Chicago crossover that also brought back his ex-wife, Hailey Upton (Tracy Spiridakos).

After his exit from P.D., Lee Soffer joined the CBS procedural, FBI: International, playing Supervisory Agent Wesley Mitchell. The actor played the character for one season before the show was canceled. The cancellation opened the door for him to return to Chicago P.D., but during the crossover, it was revealed that he was still working in the Army and was okay leaving everything in the past. A recent casting development dashes the hopes of Halstead returning to Chicago P.D. even more.

Deadline recently reported that Jesse Lee Soffer has been cast in the lead role in CBS’ new series Strike Force, which is now in development. He’s played a CPD cop, an FBI agent, and now Lee Soffer is tackling a DEA agent. The show reunites him with Chicago P.D. co-creator and FBI: International showrunner Matt Olmstead, who is writing and executive producing the new series. Strike Force follows Lee Soffer’s character, who returns home to Kansas City to “lead a multi-agency strike force targeting the violent criminals now trying to exploit America’s heartland.” The actor also serves as an executive producer alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed. The series is still in the early stages, with the network opening a development room before committing to a full series order.

What’s Going On with ‘Chicago P.D.’?

Chicago P.D. is still ongoing, with the fifteenth season set to premiere this fall. Since Lee Soffer’s departure, the Intelligence Unit has undergone significant changes, with some cast members departing and others joining between seasons. With another longtime cast member, LaRoyce Hawkins, leaving in the upcoming season, the unit now comprises Hank Voight (Jason Beghe), Adam Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger), Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati), Eva Imani (Arienne Mandi), Dante Torres (Benjamin Levy Aguilar), and Trudy Platt (Amy Morton).

Stream Chicago P.D. on Peacock in the US and stay tuned to Collider for more updates about Strike Force.

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Release Date

January 8, 2014

Showrunner

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Derek Haas

Directors

Nick Gomez, Eriq La Salle, Carl Seaton, Fred Berner, Vincent Misiano, Bethany Rooney, Rohn Schmidt, Sanford Bookstaver, John Hyams, Nicole Rubio, Terry Miller, Takashi Doscher, Brenna Malloy, Lisa Robinson, Marc Roskin, Charles S. Carroll, David Rodriguez, Holly Dale, John Polson, Lin Oeding, Mykelti Williamson, Paul McCrane, Alik Sakharov, Charlotte Brändström

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Writers

Craig Gore, Tim Walsh, Timothy J. Sexton, Mike Weiss, Mo Masi, Tiller Russell, Eduardo Javier Canto, Jamie Pachino, Mike Batistick, Cole Maliska, John Dove, Tiffany Bratcher, David Hoselton, Maisha Closson, Kim Rome, Katherine Visconti, Daniel Arkin, Todd Robinson, David Rambo, Denitria Harris-Lawrence, Mick Betancourt, Bryan Gracia

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  Marina Squerciati

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  Kim Burgess

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