Social media is flooded with questions after reports claim that shots were fired outside of Chris Brown’s Los Angeles home. TMZ reports that police rushed to the singer’s Tarzana home around 4p.m. after someone reported a possible shooting near the house.

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More Details On Shooting Outside Of Chris Brown’s Home

A woman who reported the incident police happened on Friday afternoon and she reportedly described the alleged suspect as a 35-year-old Black male. Per TMZ, officers later arrived at the scene and spoke with both the man and woman involved. According to officials, the woman refused to leave the area, which sparked an argument. The suspect claimed things escalated when she decided to drive over his foot, and that’s when he allegedly fired shots at her vehicle.

What’s Next For The Suspect & Was Chris Brown At Home During The Incident?

Police reportedly took the male suspect into custody at the scene. Officers later arrested him on charges involving a deadly weapon and vandalism. At this time, it’s unclear whether Chris Brown was at home during the incident or if either party involved had any connection to him.

Fans Sound OFF With Reactions

Once TSR dropped the news about the shooting outside of Breezy’s home, fans flooded the comment section with reactions. Some folks said something always happens right before Chris is about to drop something, meanwhile others said they just want him to go on tour in peace and take over the summer.

Instagram user @darbydarbz_ wrote, “Can y’all please leave Christopher Maurice alone.” 

Instagram user @theylove_erika wrote, “My heart dropped !! as long as my man okay 😭” 

While Instagram user @waxingqueenadventures wrote, “Listen now y’all cut the $**t! Leave that man alone! Hope everything’s OK and his kids weren’t home 🙏🏾” 

Then Instagram user @thetycallis wrote, “every time he comes out with a album or tour something happens… this man has been good for years LEAVE HIM BE.” 

Another Instagram user @__iliveformykids__ wrote, “Protect him and usher at all COSTS , we have places to attend this summer. Thanks.” 

Instagram user @miladawn wrote, “Not daddy’s house 😮” 

Then another Instagram user @boujee.bree wrote, “OH WE RIDEEEEEEEEE FOR CHRIS WHO IS ITTTTT.” 

While another Instagram user @ricka_xoxo wrote, “WHO TF TRYNA HARM MY HUSBAND.” 

Finally, Instagram user @chugram__ wrote, “Just let the man go on tour in peace.” 

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Broadway star Sydney James Harcourt recently opened up about his months-long situationship with Bravo figurehead Andy Cohen. According to the “CATS” musical performer, he met Cohen in an unconventional manner, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

On an episode of the “Dads and Daddies” podcast, Harcourt, who is currently starring as Rum Tum Tugger on Broadway, credited the geobased marketing website Craigslist for connecting him with Cohen.

According to Harcourt, he and Cohen were in a situationship for “at least a year and a half” and looked back on their time together positively.

“It was a Craigslist thing and it was a really good one,” Harcourt said. “He came to my apartment the first time, and then the vibe was fun. He’s different than his TV persona.”

Harcourt added, “I just knew that he was hot and man, the s-x was really, really great.”

Andy Cohen Reflected On His Past Relationship With Harcourt On An Episode Of ‘Radio Andy’

Harcourt didn’t spill anything new about his past fling with Cohen. During a previous episode of “Watch What Happens Live,” the father of two confirmed that he had a “lust affair” with Harcourt back in the day.

“Funnily enough, Colman met his husband on Craigslist and Sydney and I were reunited before the show. He and I met on Craigslist many years ago,” Cohen said. Adding to the conversation, Harcourt said that he was “looking for a couch,” to which Cohen replied, “Yes, you were. And I delivered it.”

Spilling even more tea, Cohen opened up about his tryst with Harcourt on an episode of his “Radio Andy” show, per Decider. Adding to the drama, Cohen’s co-host and ex-boyfriend, John Hill, said he, too, hooked up with Harcourt.

“I’m not surprised. I know him in the Biblical sense,” Hill said, to which Cohen replied, “I do too, girl.”

“I met him many years ago and we had a mad passionate love affair — lust affair. I met him on Craigslist. Now, he, all these years later, winds up bartending on ‘Watch What Happens Live’ last week. It was the episode that I kind of stroked out on,” Cohen explained.

Bravo Fans React To Harcourt’s Admission About His Past Hookup With Andy Cohen

Bravo fans have been replying to Harcourt’s admission about his previous connection with Cohen, with one congratulating the latter on his rendezvous with a handsome actor.

“Good for him,” a user wrote on Reddit. “He has a high libido. Have seen him on Tinder and Raya and perhaps other apps…”

Another user said, “I feel it would be easier to find a bottom in NYC that hasn’t hooked up with Andy. I don’t even live there anymore, and I know at least 1/2 dozen guys that have hooked up with Andy. That man can get it.”

A third user seemed unfazed by the two public figures’ past connection but was more stunned by how they came to be. “THEY MET ON CRAIGSLIST?!” they posted.

Has Cohen Hooked Up With Any Bravo Stars?

Speaking of hooking up, Cohen opened up about his sex life while speaking with Alex Cooper on her wildly popular podcast “Call Her Daddy.”

When asked whether the “Real Housewives” executive producer has ever gotten physical with a Bravo star, the 57-year-old said that it has “never, never” happened, according to The Blast.

“I think that even I understand the rules of the game there,” he said. “There have been a couple that in my mind I’ve thought like, ‘Well, that would be interesting.’ But yeah, I think that would probably, especially at this point, be unwise.”

Who Does Cohen Want To Be Partnered With?

Elsewhere during that conversation, Cohen shared what he’s looking for in a partner, admitting it’s more of a “vibe” than anything else.

“I mean, to date, I like … strong, independent, smart, has their own thing going, handsome,” he said.

Before that, Cohen said that while he goes on some dates, things have changed for him since becoming a father. Consequently, he’s much more upfront about his desires.

“And I meet two kinds of people, people that I want to sleep with and people that I want to date,” he confirmed.

Tom Hanks has had one of the most successful careers of any Hollywood star to ever feature in a movie or TV show, and he’s not done yet. Hanks has been around as one of the most prominent actors for years now, and with two Oscars under his belt and several nominations, he’s earned about as much acclaim from the Academy as any actor could ask for. Many would argue that his most famous performance came in 1994 when he played Forrest Gump in the film of the same name, which lives on even to this day as one of the most popular movies ever made. Over the years, Hanks has also starred in other legendary films like Cast Away, where he occupies the screen almost entirely by himself, and Philadelphia, where he shares it with the great Denzel Washington.

Back in 1999, Hanks starred in one of the most underrated movies of his career, The Green Mile. The film is based on the popular Stephen King novel of the same name, and it was written and directed by Frank Darabont. The Green Mile may only hold a 78% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, which is far from the upper echelon of some of Hanks’ other movies, but the film holds an immaculate 94% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter. Fans around the world showed up at the box office to see The Green Mile back in 1999, too. The film grossed over $280 million at the box office against a $60 million budget, making it one of the most profitable movies of Hanks’ career. All these years later, The Green Mile is absent from streaming for now, but it’s quietly become one of the most popular VOD purchases on platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV.

What Is ‘The Green Mile’ About?

The official synopsis for The Green Mile reads as follows:

“Death row guard Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) discovers that a gentle giant inmate, John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), convicted of murdering two girls, possesses miraculous healing powers. Paul struggles with executing an innocent man who is actually a divine healer.”

In addition to Hanks and the late Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile also stars David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter, Sam Rockwell, and the late Graham Greene. The Green Mile was nominated for four Oscars, but it didn’t win any.

Check out The Green Mile on VOD platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV, and stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates and coverage of Hanks’ future projects.

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December 10, 1999

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189 minutes

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Frank Darabont

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Model Ashley Graham has long been a pioneer in the body positivity movement, though the GLP-1 trend has arguably challenged the concept of fierce acceptance.

“It’s really disheartening,” Graham, 38, told Marie Claire in a profile published on Thursday, April 30. “There was a pendulum that swung that was so body acceptance, positivity [and] everybody be who they want to be. And now, it’s going back this whole opposite way that feels like a smack in the face to the women who have felt like they’ve had a voice.”

Semaglutides and GLP-1s — including Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro — are commonly prescribed to adults who struggle with weight-related conditions. Many celebrities have since started using the controversial drugs to slim down, though doctors have cautioned against using the medication for casual weight loss.

“It goes with the times — and GLP-1s are a time,” Graham acknowledged. “I know that there are and there’s gonna still be women who are considered plus-size forever. This drug isn’t going to wipe out a whole statistic of women.”

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For Graham, she plans to continue building a “community” of body-positive women.

“There’s so many [plus size influencers and creators]. They’re all over the place with their sizes and their proportions and how they look and how they’re relatable,” the supermodel mused to the outlet. “And to me, that’s the coolest part about all of this. Seeing that these girls, who were raised on social media at such a young age are now coming in and they have a platform to say to the younger generation, ‘Be yourself, be who you want to be. If you have cellulite, who cares?’”

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Graham, for her part, is also still working to accept her own postpartum body. (Graham shares three sons with her husband, Justin Ervin.)

“I’m living in a different body and it’s been hard to get to know her,” she said of her post-baby figure. “I can’t say that I can look in the mirror and be like, ‘I love you.’ It’s not that for me. It’s that, ‘Wow, I made some children.’”

She continued, “I was as fit as I could be in 2019 when I got pregnant. I’m still trying to get to that, but I’ve had to get over it in my head that I’ll look like I did in my late 20s, early 30s. She’s gone. Let’s focus on the new girl. That has been like the last four years of my conversation in my head.”

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Fans of the Resident Evil franchise have had a slew of video games and several movies to satisfy their craving. The iconic Alice, played by Milla Jovovich, appeared in five movies between 2002 and 2016, and a sixth movie was a prequel that explored the origins of the mansion in which she woke up in the first movie. Now, there’s a new movie in the franchise, and it looks nothing like the others.

The movie is simply titled Resident Evil and will probably cause both itself and the first movie to henceforth be referred to with their years of release included in their titles. According to IMDb, it is about a young courier named Bryan (Austin Abrams) whose cargo is on its way to a mysterious, remote, and deserted location. The teaser trailer was released on May 1, 2026, and promised both action and horror as Bryan’s world suddenly becomes radically different and more dangerous overnight.

The trailer is a short movie of its own, framed around a phone call from Bryan to a nameless girlfriend with whom he had a fight, but is now trying to tell one last time that he loves her. 911 is busy, which is already ominous. Everything is dark, the house is abandoned, and he has had a problem on the road.

All alone, he searches the house for supplies as he finds himself pursued by zombie-like mutants. Forced to get back to the city (is it Raccoon City? The trailer doesn’t say) while surviving a variety of creepy, distorted monsters that perhaps were once human but are no longer, he trudges through the snow, explores cavernous tunnels, and flees from these frightening pursuers down desolate roads until he reaches the urban center. Viewers only get to see one street in the city, but it is raining mutants and zombies as Bryan frantically tries to escape.

There is a lot of criticism of the trailer being “not Resident Evil,” and there is merit to this complaint. The other Resident Evil films were action-horror, while this one looks like straight horror. There are no familiar characters like Alice, Leon Kennedy, Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, or the STARS team. Even many of the monsters are different from those in the other movies and the games. There is no sign of the licentious Umbrella Corporation.

What IS “Resident Evil” about it is the survival horror aspect. Fans of survival horror movies and games will recognize the foraging and exploring Bryan has to do in the house to collect the items he needs to defend himself and survive. These items include things like car keys, random firearms with handy ammo just lying around, and “healing items” like Band-aids or food. Survival horror fans will thrill over Bryan’s adventures, but the trailer that has been released does not make an obvious connection to the source material, a fact that has annoyed quite a few fans. And they’re not complaining that it’s not a good-looking movie, just that it is not a movie from the famous franchise.

However, the movie has a mark of horror prestige in the form of Zach Cregger, coming freshly from the success of the acclaimed movie Barbarian and the Oscar-winning Weapons. Cregger wrote both those movies in addition to directing them, and, while he has help from writer Shay Hatten, he has definitely proven his own mettle as a great horror director. Hatten’s presence should assuage fans who are worried about it not being an action film, too, since he is the mind behind the last three John Wick sequels, the Wick-adjacent Ballerina, and the Zack Snyder Army of the Dead movies.

So, to people worried that this film doesn’t have the feel of the Resident Evil franchise, I can only say: just wait. Remember that a franchise isn’t just about existing fans; it’s also about drawing in new fans, and to do that, franchises must constantly reinvent themselves, or they become dry and predictable, like the MCU. This is only the first trailer and only represents about two minutes of movie time. Resident Evil is a horror franchise at its core, and I am positive that Zach Cregger is not going to kill his strong momentum by delivering a film that alienates fans, no matter how different this early trailer might seem from the source material.

Resident Evil will be in theaters on September 18, 2026. Catch it before the infection spreads.

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Starfleet Academy disappointed Star Trek fans for many reasons, including the liberties it took with franchise lore and its focus on foul-mouthed, drama-loving teens. But some fans hated that show long before it came out because they were hoping Paramount would produce a very different series. Namely, they wanted Star Trek: Legacy, which would blend new characters with legacy favorites and serve as a spinoff of Terry Matalas’ fan-favorite third season of Star Trek: Picard. 

That show never materialized, and Paramount now seems focused on rebooting the franchise altogether. Does that mean you’re up the Great River without a paddle if you want classic Star Trek adventures? Negative, captain! Trek Shorts recently launched its newest fan film: Legacy Returns. Billed as “The world’s first SNW/Voyager Era fan film,” Legacy Returns is free to stream on YouTube, and we’ve embedded it below.

Legacy Returns is worth watching for any fan hoping to return to the Golden Age of Star Trek.

Reporting For Duty

What is Legacy Returns about, exactly? Like many classic Trek adventures, it begins with affable Starfleet officers (Dr. Louise Nilson and Lt. JG Hayes) preparing to warp to their next mission. Along the way, though, they encounter something unexpected: a Constitution-class vessel named USS Magellan. In exploring the vessel, they encounter many curiosities, including a mystery tied to events from over a century earlier. Fortunately, there is no obstacle that our heroes can’t solve with the cornerstones of Star Trek: exploration, diplomacy, and endless curiosity. 

If you wrinkle your nose like a Bajoran when you hear the phrase “fan film,” I get it. Many such productions are low-rent and downright cringey to watch. For example, it feels like half the Star Wars “fan films” in existence are just an excuse to watch two grown men hit each other with sticks in the woods. Star Trek hasn’t fared much better, with fan productions that suffer from bad acting and even worse production quality.

Setting Phasers To Fun

Fortunately, Legacy Returns is a breath of fresh air among fan films. It is made by the Patreon-funded Trek Shorts team, and they’ve been creating killer Star Trek fan films since 2023. That experience has helped this team craft a movie that is a genuine pleasure to watch. For one thing, the special effects (which include absolutely beautiful ship exteriors) are top-notch. That same level of quality extends to the rest of the production: the uniforms are crisp and professional, and some of the recreated ship interiors will blow you away. The uniforms and props are perfect, making this “fan film” look polished and professional.

Most importantly, though, the story of Legacy Returns feels like Star Trek at its best. There isn’t much in the way of action and adventure, which may disappoint younger fans who grew up with the Kelvinverse movies. Instead, the movie focuses on characters quietly exploring a mysterious ship, all while diving deep into Trek lore. Incidentally, this is why it’s billed as a Voyager/Strange New Worlds film: our main characters are from the TNG/VOY era, but they explore a Constitution-class vessel that has the same slick interior as Captain Pike’s Enterprise.

Like Reconnecting With A Very Old Friend

Obviously, Legacy Returns isn’t a perfect movie. While the acting is much better than most fan films, it’s a far cry from what you get from professionals in shows like The Next Generation. Plus, while I dug the slower, lore-heavy plot, some fans might find the pace slow. However, these are relatively minor gripes, given how good the story and production quality are. Starfleet Academy had professional actors, and that show’s bad writing nearly ran the franchise into the ground. Quite frankly, Legacy Returns is the perfect fan film for anyone who has had issues with NuTrek and just wanted more Star Trek adventures as we had back in the ‘90s.

Best of all, this fan film is like everything else in the Utopian future of the 24th century: completely free! You can now stream Legacy Returns on YouTube. If you like what you see, take the time to dig in: under the Power543 Fan Films account, Short Treks has posted a number of fan films, each more passionate and ambitious than the one before. If you’re a huge Star Trek fan, you don’t have to wait for Season 4 of Strange New Worlds or Season 2 of Starfleet Academy to get your fix. You’re just one click away from more stellar, sci-fi storytelling than you can shake a jumja stick at!

The Colombian drug war is a topic that is frequently brought up when discussing crime films and shows, but it is often framed as an enigmatic boogeyman without any nuance. Although it has become easy for Hollywood fare to stereotype Colombian criminals as generic villains, the reality is that the nation went through a tremendous amount of political, economic, and cultural change in the ‘70s that eventually attracted the interest of outside governments. There have been attempts to provide more education about this crisis in nonfiction and documentary films, but surprisingly, the Netflix drama series Narcos put the Colombian drug war on a global stage by showing the complex conflict between the local government, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and various cartel leaders. It was one of the first Netflix originals to prove that the service was capable of making prestige television, and it remains one of the best on the platform.

Narcos isn’t necessarily where viewers should go if they want a strictly accurate history lesson, but the series does get the broad strokes right when looking at the different power players involved in the drug war that was initiated in Medellin. Although there were various powerful drug lords at the time who gained international notoriety, none were more powerful than Pablo Escobar, who is played in Narcos in an award-caliber performance by Wagner Moura, long before he became an Academy Award nominee for The Secret Agent.

The role of the DEA was similarly complicated because it often did more harm than good, but Narcos pinpoints the careers of the agents Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook) and Javier Peña (Pedro Pascal), who tried to cut through the noise to actually do something that could improve the lives of the communities being affected. It might be easy to tune in to Narcos with the hope of seeing some pulpy crime action, but the show can be surprising with its thoughtful examination of a fragile nation made vulnerable.

‘Narcos’ Was More Than Just a Crime Thriller

Any show that looks at such loaded topics as a drug war and the CIA’s involvement in international situations can seem to be foreboding a political message, and risks feeling like a slanted version of history. The difference with Narcos is that it shows the perspective of the individuals, and not the institutions that they have come to embody. Murphy is a great protagonist in the first season because he is an outsider who moves with his family, only to realize that he has signed up for an increasingly dangerous task. Even though Murphy has strong feelings about locking up those who have come to profit from addiction and death, he also understands that the CIA can’t hope to occupy a nation that needs to develop on its own. While Holbrook is a very charismatic actor who brings a lot of star power to the series, he also shows surprising depth to his performance.

As good as Holbrook is, Moura gives the performance that turned Narcos into a must-watch series because he was responsible for grounding a figure as notorious as Escobar in reality. While there have been many fictional depictions of Escobar, satirical parodies, and documentaries about his life, Moura chose to depict him as an ambitious family man who used his connections to revolutionize the economy in his country, even if that meant a fair amount of collateral damage. The show did not in any way try to sand off his edges, as Moura is capable of being completely terrifying when showing the intimidation techniques and violence that Escobar employed. However, the depiction is more evenly handled, particularly when compared to the equally egregious actions taken by other cartels at the same time.

‘Narcos’ Transformed With Each Season

There’s always a risk that a historical crime show could become formulaic after a while, but each season of Narcos transformed itself in order to keep feeling fresh. The first season is a straight-up cat-and-mouse thriller between Murphy and Escobar as they begin to learn more about one another’s intentions, and adopts the style of a Michael Mann film. However, Season 2 focuses more on the politics involved with Escobar’s desire to serve as a legitimate political representative for his nation, and how the backlash both broke his heart and led to his demise. Season 3 took a bold swing because both Moura and Holbrook had exited the show, but it still felt fresh because it picked up with Peña as he tracked down the Cali cartel members in an exciting espionage storyline.

Narcos is one of the rare drama shows to end on its own terms, as the series wrapped up after it had concluded the chunk of history it was interested in, and succeeded in being an eye-opening study of the conflict. Its greatest legacy might be that it inspired the spin-off, Narcos: Mexico, which starred Diego Luna and Michael Peña, and may have even topped its predecessor. Netflix’s reputation as a producer of prestige television might have dwindled in the years since this series first premiered, but Narcos is a true crime masterpiece that ranks among the best of modern prestige TV.

Karrueche Tran and Deion Sanders are slowly solidifying a spot on the internet’s favorite celebrity couple list. Their latest moment might’ve secured their placement, as the two shared some sweet beachside kisses. Now, the girlies are saying they might have to find them an Unc because the way Deion loves on Karrueche hits different.

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Karrueche Tran & Deion Sanders Break The Internet With Beachside PDA

Recently, a video surfaced showing Karrueche Tran and Deion Sanders living their best beachside life. The footage shows Karrueche in the water with a friend while Deion chills in the sand. As Karrueche tries to make her way to him, heavy waves start rolling in, but that didn’t stop her from getting back to her King, and Deion made sure she was safely back on land by grabbing her hand. Once she finally reaches him, they share several smooches, with Deion pulling her in closer for more.

The Internet Can’t Get Enough Of Deion & Karrueche Love

After The Shade Room dropped the clip of Deion and Karrueche, fans flooded the comment section with heart-eyes. Plenty of folks loved seeing them outside and in love, while others said the unc’s are definitely winning this year.

Instagram user @therealcourtneybee wrote, “My girl is happy honey 😍😍😍 love to see it ❤️” 

Instagram user @1of1_llbigmatt wrote, “When a OG love you 😍😍😍😍 it hit different ❤️” 

While Instagram user @destinydbarrett wrote, “She loves that man. I can tell by the kisses 🥰” 

Then Instagram user @rayviii wrote, “I think I need me some unc love ❤️” 

Another Instagram user @_heresjohnnyy_ wrote, “She said I’m done with puppies. I want me a big dawg you go, girl 😂😂” 

Instagram user @miladawn wrote, “About to go find me a seasoned man😢” 

Then another Instagram user @hustleratheart_1 wrote, “Because why not find real love n careless what anybody think!!! 🥰🥰🙌🏽” 

Finally, Instagram user @ramboretro wrote, “Older guys up 1000 😂🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶❤️” 

Is Karrueche In Her “Lil’ Grandma” Era?

Karrueche and Deion stay taking over social media with their sweet moments. Recently, fans got a peek at some quality family time as Baby Snow popped out with them for some outdoor fun. Photos on Snow’s personal Instagram showed him fishing with Grandpa Deion, while another pic caught him holding up a dinosaur toy near Karrueche. Folks online loved seeing them together, but what really had them cutting up was Snow calling Karrueche his “Lil grandma” in the caption. The full caption read, “Had fun with Papa and lil grandma today. Papa caught a fish for me.” 

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AEW star Tanea Brooks has been diagnosed with ALS.

“OK, there’s an update and hold on because there is a plot twist,” Brooks, 47, said in a Friday, May 1, Instagram video. “First, I want to say thank you for all of your prayers because, for those who know, it’s been a two-year medical journey trying to find out what is wrong. Finally, our prayers have been answered.”

She continued, “The thing is, sometimes we don’t want to hear that answer to our prayers. And so, while I was waiting to have lung surgery for the masses on my lung, the doctors at Mayo [Clinic] finally found what’s going on.”

Brooks’ physicians subsequently diagnosed her with “terminal ALS,” a neurodegenerative disorder that causes individuals to gradually lose control of their muscles. (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.)

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“There is not a lot of research behind ALS, and we don’t know how long I have,” the pro wrestler explained. “It explains why I have trouble walking and talking [and] all my functions will soon decline. But now, we can prepare for the future and what is to come.”

Brooks, known as Rebel on AEW, joined the organization in 2019.

“I want to say thank you to [AEW founder] Tony Khan and AEW for supporting me on this medical journey,” she added, holding back tears. “It has been a blessing that is unheard of and, from the bottom of my heart, thank you and thank you to all of you for your prayers. Please continue to pray for a peaceful journey and a peaceful passing. I love you.”

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Brooks was previously diagnosed with primary pulmonary lymphoma, a rare type of lung cancer, in 2024.

“After a year of not getting better, I decided to go to the Mayo Clinic … and they found that it was not cryptococcal pneumonia this whole time, and that it is primary pulmonary lymphoma,” she said in an X video shared in November 2025. “[That] is cancer in the lungs. If there is a best case scenario, then I have it.”

Breaking down in tears, she added, “Tomorrow, I start rehab because along this journey, I picked up a little disorder called functional neurological disorder and it has taken my ability to walk. I now walk with a walker, and [it has affected] my ability to speak. I’ve also lost some of the ability [and] function of my right hand.”