Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi.

When it comes to a franchise as rich in lore as Star Wars, it’s sometimes difficult to reconcile what fans think or understand about certain aspects. One of those is what it really means for the Force to be in balance and how to achieve it, which is usually followed by the concept of Grey Jedi as individuals who can supposedly draw from both the Light and Dark Sides of the Force to walk the path between the Jedi and the Sith. The franchise’s most recent release, Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi, fully debunks this idea and, for the first time in a Lucasfilm-produced Star Wars project, proves that there is no such thing as Grey Jedi.

‘The Ninth Jedi’ Deconstructs the Idea of the Grey Jedi

The idea of Grey Jedi has been around for a while, and The Ninth Jedi tackles it head-on in its first season as a proper Star Wars: Visions spin-off. In the story, former Jedi and antagonist Nawaam (Young Mazino) believes in the “State of Nothingness” to truly achieve balance and bring peace and order to the galaxy, discarding the path of both the Jedi and the Sith. Protagonist Lah Kara (Kimiko Glenn) and her father, Lah Zhima (Simu Liu), also reach Nothingness.

At first glance, Nothingness might seem attractive. It’s an emotionless state of heightened senses that makes a lightsaber blade glow silver; in The Ninth Jedi, a lightsaber’s color reflects its wielder’s heart. This allows warriors to make decisions they otherwise couldn’t as Jedi or Sith, including killing, claiming to truly be guided by the Force without emotions clouding their judgments. Zhima himself is a master of Nothingness, and that’s what influences both Nawaam and Kara to pursue it in their own ways.

Although The Ninth Jedi doesn’t explicitly call it that, Nothingness is very similar to how Grey Jedi approach the Force, but it outright rejects this concept. During their climactic final battle, both Nawaam’s and Kara’s lightsabers revert to colored blades; Kara’s goes back to Jedi green, while Nawaam’s becomes red for the first time. Right then, it becomes clear that each character’s actions have weight and tilt them towards opposite directions in the Force.

Lucasfilm Canon Is Clear About What True Balance in the Force Really Means

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Like the State of Nothingness, the idea of Grey Jedi might seem reasonable at first, especially given that most tragedies in Star Wars stem from characters who don’t really fit within the Jedi or Sith framework, like Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). This gives the false impression that both approaches are equally wrong, or that “calibrating” these characters towards the center would prevent new tragedies.

That’s not how it works at all. Even before Disney established the new canon, Star Wars, as created by George Lucas, makes clear that using the Force in unnatural ways throws it off balance. It isn’t about finding common ground between the Dark Side and the Light, but following the will of the Force instead of bending it to your will. The concept of Grey Jedi as a representation of balance is therefore fundamentally wrong, because every dark deed, small as it may be and as necessary as it might seem, causes imbalance.

The Ninth Jedi isn’t official canon (nothing connected to Star Wars: Visions is), but it offers the clearest understanding of how the Force really works. Kara achieves Nothingness, but turns back to the Light once she understands that balance is about selflessness, not neutrality or a “flow state.” Meanwhile, Nawaam is so fixated on this false notion of balance that he becomes obsessive about it, finally revealing the darkness inherent to neutrality. Grey is many shades darker than the Light, after all.

Are There Actually Any Grey Jedi in Star Wars?

Nawaam is particularly enticing because, in the eagerness of trying to make sense of his interpretation of the Force, people might feel the urge to label him as a Grey Jedi, but that’s wrong. He isn’t a Jedi at all, and wielding a lightsaber of any color doesn’t necessarily make anyone a Jedi of any “shade” (although Jedi don’t have “shades,” too). This misguided notion of balance that some subscribe to often leads to wrong conclusions about characters as nuanced as Nawaam, including fan-favorites.

Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson), for example, isn’t “grey” at all. He is definitely a maverick among the Jedi for confronting the Council when no one else dares to. If anything, Qui-Gon shines even brighter in the Light than the Council of his time. Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson), who straight up leaves the Order due to irreconcilable differences during the Clone Wars, also isn’t “grey,” having repeatedly proven her commitment to the Light.

This concept of “Grey Jedi” gained traction especially after Knights of the Old Republic introduced Jolee Bindo, a Jedi who claims to see the Force “only in grey” — so much so that he actually leaves the Jedi because he knows he doesn’t fit within the Order anymore. Revan himself is like a “poster child” for Grey Jedi enthusiasts, when, in fact, he has swung so much between the Jedi and the Sith that he ends up being neither. The Ninth Jedi, despite not being official Star Wars canon, has not only challenged the very concept of the Grey Jedi in the franchise but also redefined what true balance in the Force really means.

Very few actors had quite the reputation and range that Jimmy Stewart did, with the actor crossing into nearly every major genre during his career. But aside from the likes of It’s a Wonderful Life and Rear Window, perhaps the most prolific genre of the movie star’s career was the American Western, a type of motion picture that idealized the Old West while often analyzing modern issues. One such Western was the 1950 picture Broken Arrow, which jumped leaps and bounds ahead of its contemporaries when it came to representing Native American peoples in a positive light.

In fact, the film was so notable, earning itself three Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding, that ABC opted to bring the story to television just six years later, albeit without the picture’s delectable star. Even without Stewart in the lead, the Western became a two-season, 72-episode series.

Jimmy Stewart’s ‘Broken Arrow’ Led to a Television Adaptation Years Later

The thing about Broken Arrow is that, although it cast non-Native actors in Apache Indian roles (which was common practice in Hollywood back in the day), it was leaps and bounds ahead of many other Westerns in the way they tackled Native American issues. Prior to that, films like Stagecoach and Drums Along the Mohawk depicted these “wild warriors” as simple antagonists with no real depth. Broken Arrow, while not the only film to do this, was one of the first to give a real voice to the Indigenous population, which was hard to come by in 1950. Of course, it helps that the film was based on Elliott Arnold‘s book Blood Brothers, which itself was based on the real-life history and friendship between Tom Jeffords and Apache chief Cochise (played in the picture by James Stewart and Jeff Chandler respectively).

Throughout the film, Jeffords and Cochise come to a mutual respect, and Jeffords (contrary to the historical account), even falls in love with and marries an Apache woman, Sonseeahray (Debra Paget). The pair begin to broker a real peace between the United States and the Apache people, and ultimately succeed. While the real story was a lot more bloody and a bit more tragic, the film offers us an idealistic take on how things might have gone. But where the motion picture opted to tell its own version of the events chronicled in Arnold’s account, the television adaptation of the book honored the original material a bit better. Keeping the popular and instantly recognizable Broken Arrow title, the series brought back Tom Jeffords and Cochise, now played by John Lupton and Michael Ansara (yes, the voice of Mr. Freeze in Batman: The Animated Series), starting with a reboot of the events told in the 1950 film.

Premiering on ABC in September 1956, Broken Arrow was instantly hailed as a classic by Donald Kirkley of The Baltimore Sun, who compared it favorably against the last season’s poorly received Brave Eagle. “Broken Arrow, although not without its shortcomings, is the best television program about Indians made yet,” the reviewer noted, hailing the show’s attempts at historical accuracy regarding the Apache people, and Cochise in particular. While the Blood Brothers book was still a fictional account, Arnold had carefully researched the life and friendship of Jeffords and Cochise, hence the television production’s decision to base itself strictly on the novel. Broadcasting Magazine once noted that the show was able to “skillfully [cram] a lot of story into 30 minutes.”

The ‘Broken Arrow’ TV Show Honored the Film’s Lofty Ideals

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What the show did best, though, was build upon the ideals and themes first established in the 1950 film and continue the idea that the “white eyes” and Native Americans are equal, both in value and presence. John Lupton and Michael Ansara have pretty equal screen time on the show, something many outlets praised for its bold stance on the Native American issue. “This kind of friendship, although fairly common on the frontier, is very rare in fiction in any form,” remarked Kirkley, who adds that the dynamic between Lupton and Ansara’s characters is the kind of “freshness” that television needed at the time. This was done by design from the very beginning, as the series wanted to take the film’s concepts of tolerance and equality a step further onto the broadcast airwaves.

“We’ve created a happy medium between Jeffords and the Indian leader Cochise,” John Lupton told The Minneapolis Star in a 1957 interview. “Early this season we attempted to concentrate on Jeffords, but we found we were losing some of our audience and returned to the original format.” It turns out, the biggest reason folks tuned into ABC on Tuesday nights in the late 1950s was because of the very thing that Broken Arrow promoted, a shared understanding and experience of the Old West that blended these two cultures together. Ansara and Lupton worked well together, and the pair would play their characters side-by-side for 72 episodes between 1956 and 1958, at a time when the civil rights movement was really picking up steam. Still, even that wasn’t enough to keep the show (sometimes called Cochise in syndication) around for a third season.

According to The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ABC switched Broken Arrow from Tuesday nights — where it played with The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp and Cheyenne — to Sundays midway through its second season, perhaps due to declining ratings. Unfortunately, that also marked the end of the series’ run on television. In total, the series ran for an impressive two seasons, each of which sees Jeffords and Cochise working together to keep the peace between two otherwise intolerant groups. Sure, sometimes things got out of hand, and there are plenty of bad actors on both sides who show up to cause some real trouble, but these blood brothers handle it together. Today, Broken Arrow is often forgotten in favor of its slightly older feature film counterpart, no doubt due to James Stewart’s exceptional performance.

‘Broken Arrow’ Is an Excellent Film, Even if the TV Version Was Lacking

But although Broken Arrow, the television series, was bold in its approach to racial discrepancies and issues, it couldn’t quite live up to the standard of the 1950 film. Budget aside, John Lupton was no James Stewart, and many criticized the actor’s portrayal as “not quite tough enough” (per The Baltimore Sun). Likewise, Ansara was deemed the same, and the pair, though earnest in their portrayals, have been tossed aside in favor of the more dynamic Chandler and Stewart duo. It’s not surprising either, since Broken Arrow, the film, does such a powerful job at tackling this conflict in 93 minutes, while the television series ran for 72 individual 30 minute installments. It’s not hard to see why some would prefer the shorter narrative with the better actors over the longer series with decent performances.

While not as famous as some of Stewart’s other iconic Westerns, such as How the West Was Won, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and The Man from Laramie, nor as excellent as others like The Naked Spur or Winchester ’73, his 1950 feature was a major accomplishment. Its success led to a relatively successful television show, and proved to Hollywood that the life and perspective of Native American people also matter. They weren’t just villainous warriors set to raid your camp, nor were they one-dimensional caricatures who speak only when spoken to; they’re layered and complex, just like everyone else. Like the novel that inspired them, both Broken Arrow adaptations honored their historical figures well, and challenged us to strive for a better, more peaceful world.

Broken Arrow, the film, is available for streaming on Peacock in the U.S., while the television series is sadly not available on streaming.

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Married at First Sight alum Ryan Ranellone is speaking out about the shocking death of his former season 2 castmate and friend Ryan de Nino.

“We stayed in contact the first couple of years after the show, but after some of the fallout with the TV show, unfortunately not a lot of people heard from him,” Ranellone, 39, exclusively told Us. “I just think he had kind of a rough go, the way things were portrayed and so forth.”

De Nino and ex-wife Jessica Castro met for the first time on their televised wedding day, which aired in 2015. The pair, however, split weeks later and Jessica, 42, filed a restraining order against de Nino. She claimed at the time that he allegedly threatened her and her family.

When the exes came together at the season 2 reunion, Jessica tossed de Nino a $100 bill because he “needed the money” more than she did. He took the cash and left the set without addressing the allegations.

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On a hot mic at the time, de Nino said, “She’s f***ing dead. When I get back to Brooklyn, she’s f***ing dead, this girl.” MAFS producers provided Jessica with a security team after de Nino’s alleged threat.

“After the show aired they had a reunion show, and he had gotten into an argument on TV with his — at that time, soon to be ex-wife. I guess he said something backstage, like he was gonna hurt [her]. He was pissed. He was really pissed off about whatever she said,” Ranellone told Us.

He continued, “I guess someone on the show heard [his comments], and then they had to report it to her and her family that he kind of made mention of some sort of violence. And then she put a restraining order against him.”

A source exclusively told Us that de Nino faced “a lot of negativity” after the show, which was “really a shame.”

“He was angry, and kind of got a bad rap,” the insider said. “It wasn’t a positive experience for him. I don’t think he could get away from it.”

The source shared that de Nino had “often said” before appearing on MAFS that he was set to be a cast member on Jersey Shore, but “got cold feet and decided not to do it.”

“And then he ended up on MAFS,” the insider recalled. “I think he struggled to find direction, especially after the show aired. He had a really hard time with all the comments online about him after the reunion. He was getting a ton of comments online, on social media, on Reddit. People talking about him and his family. He got paid $1,200 an episode for all that. It’s not even worth it in the end. All the negativity was very challenging.”

Years after season 2 aired, de Nino’s sister Melissa shared that he died. A cause of death was not disclosed in the Facebook announcement on August 11. After learning of de Nino’s death, Ranellone reached out to the family.

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“Ryan was a good guy. He had a lot of good characteristics. He had a very strong, loyal friend base. People that would do a lot for him,” Ranellone said.

Ranellone, for his part, found love about a year after appearing on the show.

“I bought a home in East Northport [New York]. We’ve been together for 10 years. My business is great. Family’s good. You know, there’s no regrets in my life,” he said. “The show was a blessing for me in so many ways. I do not regret it whatsoever. And I’m happy for the people that do try to go forward with it. It’s just for those people that have a hard time with the public being up your ass. Either you lean into it or you run away from it. But thank God, thank God, everything is great on our end and we just keep moving forward.”

Ever since it was first teased back in 2021, folks have wondered if Taylor Sheridan‘s Texas-based Yellowstone spin-off would ever happen. Deemed 6666 — as in, the historic Four Sixes Ranch — the proposed spin-off would have grown out of Jimmy Hurdstrom’s (Jefferson White) arc in Season 4. Sheridan had already bought the ranch, which made the whole thing feel like a done deal over at Paramount. Only, the Yellowstone Universe architect has revealed that the project was never going to happen.

Sorry Folks, Taylor Sheridan Says That ‘6666’ Ain’t Happening

After years of speculation as to how Sheridan might continue Jimmy’s story in this long-anticipated spin-off that could have been the modern equivalent of a show like Rawhide, the Yellowstone creator has officially closed the book on the project. Paramount had only offered a few select updates over the years, such as that 6666 had moved development from Paramount+ to the Paramount Network, but nothing concrete had ever been disclosed. Even Jefferson White didn’t know what was happening (or, in this case, not happening) behind the scenes. However, on a recent episode of the Rodeo Time podcast, Sheridan made it clear that 6666 was never a priority at all. When speaking about the idea of 6666, here is what Sheridan had to say:

“There’s never going to be one. I would never fictionalize that ranch. I would never do that because, at some point, what you have to do to sustain it… I’ve actually got on my computer all the scenes of Jimmy at the Four Sixes pulled out, right, and strung together — and it makes its own perfect little movie. Where you watch him go there as this misfit and leave, you know, a man and a respected cowboy.

For Sheridan, 6666 would almost be disrespectful to those who actually live and breathe the brand itself. “To me, if I were to try and make some kind of show about the Four Sixes, now I’m making up lives,” he added. “Now I have to invent a drama, right?” Because the Four Sixes is a working ranch, actual cowboys from Texas appeared as themselves on Yellowstone during its fourth and fifth seasons when the Dutton cowboys headed south. To tell a story about the historical ranch without including them would be impossible, meaning that Sheridan would have to invent new ones to fill the gap — and Jimmy and his wife Emily (Kathryn Kelly) wouldn’t have been enough.

Unlike Yellowstone, which was set on a fictional ranch in a fictional version of the real Paradise Valley, 6666 would require too much real-world connection to work. More than that, it would likely end up disrupting the flow of the actual historical Four Sixes ranch itself. The Chief Joseph Ranch in Darby, Montana — the actual location of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch — was probably challenging enough to film at, considering that it too is an active cattle brand, but for the Texas operation, cowboying is everything. On one hand, it’s a shame that we’ll never see 6666 come to fruition, but on the other, we can understand Sheridan’s desire not to commercialize the livelihood of those who have made it what it is. “I’m very protective of the Sixes,” the cowboy-turned-filmmaker added. “And it’s a big responsibility to be the person who has to protect that brand.”

Sheridan’s Reasoning Makes Sense — but We’d Love a ‘6666’ Movie

Despite his thoughts on 6666 as a long-form television spin-off, Sheridan’s comments about Jimmy’s arc on Yellowstone are curious. Perhaps it would be fun to see his arc down south at the Four Sixes turned into a feature film, if not just to highlight what was arguably the best character arc in the show’s later seasons. Sure, it’s unlikely, but given how Paramount continues to boost the Dutton brand post-Kevin Costner, nothing is impossible. If Sheridan already has the Four Sixes arc all cut out and ready for a feature re-edit, let’s have at it!

As far as the Yellowstone Universe’s future in the great state of Texas, Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) have already migrated down south to the fictional Rio Paloma on Dutton Ranch. Although Sheridan isn’t as involved in this sequel series as he was in previous Dutton dramas, it seems like his narrative focus has shifted back to the Lone Star State in recent years. Aside from the Yellowstone brand, his shows Landman and Lioness have likewise found themselves settled in Texas (the latter spent time on the border during the second season), and Tulsa King took place just north in Oklahoma. If anyone knows Texas, it’s Taylor Sheridan.

Yellowstone is available for streaming on Peacock.

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The LEGO Group is heading back to Tim Burton’s Gotham City with a massive new Batmobile set inspired by Michael Keaton’s Dark Knight.

LEGO has officially unveiled the LEGO DC Batman: Batman Returns Batmobile, a 2,269-piece collector set recreating the iconic vehicle from the 1992 film Batman Returns. It marks the first time the movie’s specific version of the Batmobile has been recreated as a full LEGO brick model.

Designed for adult collectors, the new Batmobile measures more than 17 inches long, 6.5 inches wide and four inches tall. The build recreates the vehicle’s elongated body, rear jet turbine, opening canopy and detailed cockpit. LEGO has also hidden six Easter eggs throughout the model, including The Penguin’s tracking device.

The biggest feature, however, comes directly from one of Batman Returns’ most memorable Batmobile sequences.

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At the press of a button, the sides of the LEGO Batmobile separate using a newly designed lift-arm mechanism to reveal the Batmissile hidden inside. The transformation recreates Batman’s escape vehicle from the movie and allows collectors to display the finished model in either its standard Batmobile configuration or its slimmer Batmissile form.

LEGO developed three new elements specifically for the set, including a new Batman minifigure cowl. The set also comes with an exclusive Michael Keaton-inspired Batman minifigure featuring a newly molded cape and its own display stand bearing the Batman Returns logo.

The LEGO DC Batman: Batman Returns Batmobile, set #76355, will be available to LEGO Insiders beginning September 1, 2026, before receiving its full release on September 4, 2026. The set will retail for $229.99 in the United States.

More than three decades after Batman Returns hit theaters, Keaton’s Batmobile remains one of the most recognizable vehicles in superhero movie history, and LEGO’s newest release gives fans one of its most detailed brick-built versions yet.

MobLand faced a major threat a few months ago when reports surfaced of a behind-the-scenes squabble between leading star Tom Hardy and executive producer Jez Butterworth. In the aftermath, Hardy was reportedly booted from the series before being officially called back following heavy fan backlash. That development led many to believe a third chapter was practically a certainty. Unfortunately, new reports about MobLand‘s future suggest otherwise.

After Season 2’s tumultuous production finally ended, reports emerged that Paramount had enough faith in the series to give the go-ahead for Season 3’s development. This was, however, before news of the set friction came to light. Given how Season 1 overcame its share of criticism to become one of Paramount+’s biggest shows, speculation was rife that a Season 3 renewal could come even before the second season premiered. Alas, that hasn’t happened, and the status of the series beyond Season 2 remains undecided.

A recent Deadline interview with Paramount+’s Head of Originals, Jane Wiseman, now reveals that the streamer has yet to officially renew the series. Asked about the status of Season 3, Wiseman initially sidestepped the question by turning her attention to the upcoming season instead, saying, “Season 2 is unbelievable; it is so explosive. We just released the trailer. It’s firing on all cylinders. I’m really excited about this season.” When pressed for a more definitive answer on Season 3, however, Wiseman responded with a more certain, “We haven’t made a decision on Season 3 yet.”

‘Mobland’ Is Working Hard to Earn a Season 3 Renewal

Wiseman’s response doesn’t exactly reflect the kind of faith in the series that was previously reported. Given how Mobland has continued to chart even during its off-season, a continuation might seem like a no-brainer. Unfortunately, Paramount appears to be playing it safe for now. Season 2 premieres in a few weeks on September 18, bringing back the show’s key players as the Harrigans’ turf war with their bitter rivals intensifies. With the Season 2 finale unlikely to wrap up the story in a conclusive manner, hopefully, Mobland doesn’t become another series that leaves viewers stranded on a cliffhanger. Paramount may be waiting to see whether the controversy surrounding Hardy has any noticeable impact on viewership before making its decision on Season 3.

The studio is also doing its part to expand the show’s audience ahead of Season 2, recently announcing that Season 1 will become available to stream for free starting August 18 through Paramount+’s Free Content Hub. The rollout will expand further on August 31, when all episodes become available for free on additional platforms, including Pluto TV, Paramount+ channels on Amazon, Apple, and Roku, as well as Paramount+’s official YouTube channel. If those efforts translate into strong numbers for the new season, Paramount may have a much easier decision to make about the show’s future. For now, all eyes are on Season 2.

Stay tuned at Collider for further updates.

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Farrah Abraham is finally revealing how much she says she was paid for starring on MTV’s hit shows 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom.

“It was only $3,500 from that first one,” the MTV personality, 35, claimed during the Tuesday, August 18, episode of the “We Need To Talk” podcast. “And then I think I only got $25,000 from Teen Mom.”

Farrah appeared in 2009’s inaugural season of 16 and Pregnant while she was pregnant with her and Derek Underwood’s daughter, Sophia. She later joined the cast of Teen Mom, a spinoff series that followed several of the original 16 and Pregnant stars as they navigated new motherhood in their teens and post-high school life.

While filming Teen Mom, Farrah claimed that she learned from costars Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra that they were allegedly earning a higher wage.

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“Then I had Catelynn and Tyler call me … this is when I was so depressed I was like, ‘I need a boob job to make me feel better.’ So we’re doing this scene on Teen Mom that’s like, ‘Oh I think I want to have a boob job.’ They ask [about salaries],” she alleged. “They say they’re making $10,000 an episode and again I’m only making $25,000 in total.”

Farrah confessed that she was “so upset” after learning about the alleged pay discrepancy. At the time, Farrah was a single mom while Catelynn and Tyler did not have any on-hand parenting responsibilities. (Derek died in a car crash in December 2008, while Catelynn and Tyler chose to give their baby, Carly, up for adoption.)

“And I’m like, ‘OK for one, they don’t have their kid. I do. I’m doing this on my f***ing own.’ Against all odds literally. Who’s really supporting me? No one,” she said. “Then I make up [a story] and I say, ‘Oh yeah I’m actually making $15,000 an episode’ because I was so hurt.”

Farrah admitted she made up the story out of “spite.”

“Nothing was fair and I don’t know if it would ever be fair,” she reflected.

Farrah was a main cast member on Teen Mom’s first four seasons. She continued to appear on the series when it was rebranded to Teen Mom OG for season 5 and until she was fired from the reality show in 2017 after seven seasons.

“Every time that I’m sitting with fans and supporting the show and I’m watching season 4, season 5, season whatever, because I’m stuck under this contract,” she claimed. “That’s really how I lost so much money. I just couldn’t stand sitting there anymore sacrificing my child’s life.”

Ahead of her firing, Farrah claimed that she asked for her daughter to be “paid more.”

“They’re not paying her dad. They’re not paying anyone else. My parents were filming less … if you’re filming less you’re getting paid less,” she alleged. “And Sophia is always here, she’s always filming, you guys need to pay her more.”

Farrah claimed her request was “refused” because “all the kids need to be paid the same.” Meanwhile, Farrah believed it was unfair to her since she was “not in the same situation” as her costars. So Farrah took matters into her own hands and sought out opportunities to make more money.

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“I do open up Sophia’s own children boutique store for her to earn more money. I open up my furniture store, I open up a frozen yogurt store. I do three other TV shows that are around the world,” she shared. “I signed two contracts, I think for $50,000 a piece for me just to show up on a live cam company website for an hour to talk to fans.”

Farrah clarified that the webcam opportunity was a venture with “an adult company,” but she insisted that the brand “wanted celebrities to be there to make it more mainstream.”

“So I just said yes, I needed the money, I’m a single parent,” she said. “And to this day, no one can get in the way of me earning money because I need that as a single woman, as a widower. So I’m gonna do work.”

Dakota Johnson and Role Model have reportedly called it quits after seven months of dating.

The Materialists actress, 36, and the “Sally” singer, 29, ended their relationship “a while ago,” People reported on Wednesday, August 19.

TMZ also confirmed the pair’s split.

Us has reached out to reps for Johnson and Role Model (real name Tucker Pillsbury) for comment.

Johnson and Role Model first sparked dating rumors in December 2025, when the two were spotted on a cozy dinner date in Los Angeles. The Madame Web star and “Look at That Woman” singer reunited the following month for a night out in Beverly Hills.

While neither Johnson nor Role Model have publicly addressed their now-former romance, the pair strongly hinted at their connection when the former’s voice made a cameo on the latter’s song “Love I You” in July.

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“Hey, I think you’re perfect,” Role Model sings before Johnson’s voice teases, “You say that to everyone,” as seen in social media footage from the musician’s secret concert at Thalia Hall in Chicago.

“Is it working?” Role Model then asked, to which Johnson quipped, “Yeah, but don’t tell anyone.”

The two went back and forth throughout the track, which concluded with the 50 Shades of Grey actress calling the singer “Mr. Big Night.”

Role Model was asked about the cameo during an appearance on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music 1 radio show earlier this month.

“Who the f*** is on [‘Love I You?’]? Is that D? Can we not f***ing pretend it’s so obviously her?” Lowe, 52, asked Role Model. “She’s not masking her voice and she’s got a really recognizable voice. Sorry, ‘D.’”

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Dakota Johnson already knows the one quality she’s looking for in her next boyfriend following her reported split from Chris Martin. Johnson, 35, shared her top dating non-negotiable in an interview alongside Materialists costar Chris Evans on Today on Monday, June 9. “Like, not an a–hole,” Johnson told host Craig Melvin. “That’s concise,” Melvin, 46, […]

Role Model joked that the voice actually belonged to DJ Khaled. Though he didn’t mention Johnson, he did open up about the inspiration behind the song.

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“I wrote those verses on a guitar over some boring chords, brought it to them, and was like, ‘We need something that swings like this,’” he recalled. “And when we got to the end, I was like, ‘This feels like a drunk. I want it to feel drunk a little bit. I want the song to feel drunk.’ And so we were like, ‘We need a Bachelorette party of women in here to do the backing vocals.’”

Role Model continued, “We weren’t in Nashville, unfortunately, but we called ten of our female friends, a few of which were singers. They all came in and we just had a party, and we just loosely sang the [chorus]. Man, it’s not a good story. F*** it.”

Johnson’s romance with Role Model came after her June 2025 split from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin after nearly eight years together. Meanwhile, Role Model previously dated social media star Emma Chamberlain from 2020 to 2023.

In 2015, the same year Marvel handed Tom Holland the Spider-Man suit, he was doing some of the best television work of his career, though you probably didn’t see it. Decked out in a flat cap and fur collar, in rooms usually lit by just one candle, he plays Gregory Cromwell in BBC’s Wolf Hall. Gregory is the son of Henry VIII’s chief fixer, Oliver Cromwell (Mark Rylance), and his job for six episodes is mostly to watch his father ruin people’s lives while trying to look like he’s keeping up with all the cutthroat political scheming surrounding him. He isn’t, but that’s kind of the point. Holland spends the whole miniseries a half-step behind the adults in the room, and the result is the least Tom Holland performance Tom Holland has probably ever given.

Ten years later, Wolf Hall is still near the top of his Rotten Tomatoes page, hanging on above a stack of Spider-Man sequels and the Uncharted movie no one talks about. It’s easy to forget he’s in it at all. (Marvel casting has a way of erasing everything an actor did before it.) But now that we’ve all seen him hold his own as Telemachus in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, this piece of obscure TV trivia looks more like a receipt.

‘Wolf Hall’ Turns Henry VIII’s Court Into Must-Watch TV for Period Drama Fans

To understand why Holland’s performance works, you have to look at the show he’s disappearing into. Peter Kosminsky directed the six-part miniseries from Peter Straughan‘s adaptation of Hilary Mantel‘s Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Rylance’s Thomas Cromwell mostly listens. He watches the room and remembers what people say so he can use it against them later. A blacksmith’s son from Putney who ended up as Henry VIII’s chief fixer, Rylance plays the man Henry used to annul his first marriage, break from Rome, and dissolve the monasteries, as someone with a monumental chip on his shoulder.

Damian Lewis, meanwhile, plays the mercurial king. His Henry VIII is charming one minute and dangerous the next, and half the fun of the show is watching Cromwell figure out which one he’s got in front of him. It’s about how power moves in a court where being loud and obvious usually gets you killed. That’s a hard show to act in. It’s a much harder show to act in when you’re only 18-years-old. Which is what makes Holland’s presence there so strange, and so good.

‘Wolf Hall’ Is Still One of Tom Holland’s Best Roles, and One of BBC’s Best Dramas

Gregory Cromwell has no big scenes to hit. He’s the boy who got sent away to school, comes home, and realizes the people who used to underestimate his dad are now afraid of him. Holland plays him as always alert and just a bit bewildered; a kid slowly realizing what his father has become, and struggling to make sense of it. The restraint is what stands out the most. Almost every part Holland has taken since has asked him to sell a feeling, and sell it loudly. Think of the tearful third acts of the Spider-Man movies, the shell shock in Cherry, the earnest boyishness of every talk-show couch he’s ever sat on. Wolf Hall asked him for something else. It handed him all of three seconds of screen time and expected him to hold his own against veteran actors without the help of a mask and CGI magic. He does. Easily.

Rewatching Wolf Hall now, after a decade of Holland being asked to be charming and cheeky, is a nice little shock. The show itself is one of the best British costume dramas of the 2010s: a beautifully made chronicle of how a nobody became the second most powerful man in England. It was also a precursor to what Holland could do before he strapped on a pair of spandex, a tease of what might come after Spider-Man, and a fascinating kind of TV time capsule.

It’s difficult to imagine Ted Mosby living a life away from his dear friends Barney, Robin, Lily and Marshall, but the How I Met Your Mother cast aren’t like their TV characters — especially more than 10 years after the show wrapped.

Josh Radnor, who played Ted on the beloved CBS series, got real about his friendships with his former castmates on the Sunday, August 16, episode of the “Half the Picture” podcast.

When asked whether he and costars Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel, Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders, are “as close as you were,” he admitted, “No. Not even a little bit.”

Radnor, 52, noted, “I don’t mean that in any dramatic way.”

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He explained that he’s had Harris, who played Barney Stinson on the sitcom, on his “How We Made Your Mother” podcast where they “had a really interesting conversation about some of the tension we had on set that was fascinating and kinda healing.”

When it comes to Radnor’s relationship with Segel, who played Marshall Eriksen, he said they “send each other texts every once in a while when something that reminds of something funny on set.”

“But I haven’t seen him in a really long time,” Radnor shared.

Smulders, who portrayed Robin Scherbatsky, has also appeared on Radnor’s podcast twice, so he explained, “I’ve seen her mostly on Zoom.”

Radnor revealed that Hannigan, who played Lily Aldrin, was at his wedding to Jordana Jacobs in 2024, “But I haven’t seen her, I don’t think, since.”

How I Met Your Mother premiered in 2005 and followed Ted’s shameless quest for love alongside his four best friends in the years leading up to the day he met his future wife for the first time. Ted narrated the show, telling his kids about the road to meeting their mother, which culminated in nine seasons before the show’s 2014 finale.

While the five main characters were thick as thieves on camera, Radnor explained on the podcast that like many types of relationships the cast’s dynamic shifted once the cameras stopped rolling.

“I have love for all these people,” Randor said on Sunday.

He compared his friendships with the other actors to college, “where you have this very intense time together and you can’t imagine not seeing each other every day because you’ve seen each other every day for so long. Then it just disperses and you just go out and live your life.”

Randor noted that Harris is the only other person who lives in New York, while the other stars are usually in California.

Although Randor said he’s “just living my life,” he understands why fans would be disappointed that the cast isn’t as close as they once were.

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“I think that there’s a yearning, especially when a show’s so centered around friendship, people really want to believe that like me and Neil and Jason are hitting bars in New York City together,” he continued.

Radnor, however, called the cast dynamic more akin to family than friends “in that you don’t get to choose your family.”

He pointed out, “We were cast. We didn’t choose each other.”

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Radnor added, “And family dynamics come out to play when you are in an environment like that for so long. But you also have love that is quite deep and rich and probably everlasting.”

While Randor and the other HIMYM stars have gone their separate ways, he said the show still holds a special place in his heart — even after having to distance himself from Ted for a few years.

“I had this hostility toward people who wouldn’t let me out of what felt like an identity prison,” Radnor confessed on the podcast. “Now I just have enough time away from it, now it feels like a big part of my autobiography but not the whole thing.”