Chris Hemsworth may be one of Hollywood’s biggest action stars, but even superheroes make mistakes. The actor recently shared a memorable travel mishap involving his family that left them grounded. 

In a recent interview, the Marvel star revealed that he accidentally brought the wrong passport to the airport while preparing for an international flight with his wife, Elsa Pataky, and their children. 

The mix-up led to an awkward exchange with security officials and ultimately prevented the family from boarding their flight.

Speaking with Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Chris Hemsworth recalled the embarrassing moment that unfolded while traveling with his family. 

The 42-year-old explained that he accidentally arrived at the airport carrying the wrong passport for one of his children.

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“I actually went to the airport once and I had my daughter’s passport instead of my son’s passport,” Hemsworth recounted.

The film producer, who shares daughter India Rose and twin sons Sasha and Tristan, with Pataky, admitted that he tried to convince airport staff that the passport belonged to his son.

“They kind of look the same,” he joked. Pataky immediately disagreed with that assessment, quickly responding, “They don’t.”

The mistake ultimately prevented the family from boarding their international flight and became a story the couple can now laugh about.

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Hemsworth Recalls Awkward Conversation With Security

The situation became even more uncomfortable when Chris Hemsworth attempted to explain the passport discrepancy to a security agent.

According to the Hollywood star, he pointed to the document and insisted, “This is her,” while trying to pass the passport off as belonging to his son.

The security officer immediately noticed the issue. “That’s a boy,” the agent reportedly replied. Hemsworth admitted there was no way to recover from that moment. “So, yeah, that didn’t work,” he finished. 

Hemsworth and Pataky have been married since 2010 and welcomed their three children over the following years. 

India Rose was born in May 2012, while twins Sasha and Tristan arrived in March 2014.

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Chris Hemsworth And Elsa Pataky’s Children Are Following Their Parents Into Entertainment

While Hemsworth and Pataky largely keep their children out of the spotlight, their kids have already started making appearances in entertainment projects.

India Rose notably appeared alongside her father in the 2022 blockbuster “Thor: Love and Thunder,” portraying Gorr’s daughter. 

Despite enjoying the experience of working together, Hemsworth has made it clear that he wants his daughter to focus on childhood before pursuing acting seriously.

“I want her to have a childhood and I think so does she,” he told ET Online in July 2023. The father of three also shared some fatherly advice he gave her.

“I said, ‘There’s plenty of time, sweetie. Go to school, horse ride, have fun, be a kid.’ Because once the train moves, it’s pretty hard to get off, and you miss a lot of things.”

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Meanwhile, Sasha and Tristan recently joined their mother on screen in her television series “The Tribute.” The twins portray the sons of Pataky’s character in the Spanish-language production, marking another family connection to the entertainment world.

Hemsworth And Pataky Reveal The Secret Behind Their Lasting Marriage

Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky have proven over time that honesty may be the secret ingredient behind a lasting Hollywood marriage. 

In February, the couple, who celebrated 15 years of marriage, opened up about what keeps their relationship strong, with Hemsworth crediting Pataky’s brutally honest feedback for keeping him grounded. 

According to The Blast, the “Thor” actor said there is a “north star of truth” he gets from his wife, explaining that while others may praise his work, Pataky is willing to tell him when something “sucks.” 

Pataky echoed that sentiment, admitting she is never afraid to say, “That’s actually not funny. It doesn’t work.” 

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Hemsworth described her honesty as a trusted “barometer” in both his personal and professional life, adding that her critiques are sometimes delivered gently enough not to “shatter” his soul. 

Chris Hemsworth Says Escaping Hollywood Was The ‘Greatest Decision’ For His Family

Hemsworth currently lives in Australia with his wife and kids, far away from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. 

A few months ago, he opened up about why leaving Los Angeles and returning to his native Australia was what he called the “greatest decision” he had ever made. 

As reported by The Blast, Hemsworth revealed that he and Pataky were no longer enjoying life in L.A., particularly around the time their twin sons were born. 

He explained that although they were based in California, most of his projects were being filmed elsewhere, while the family still had to deal with “paparazzi and all the sort of, the trappings of living in that sort of space.” 

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The actor said moving home gave them the lifestyle they had been missing, with a large farm, horses, motorbikes, surfing, and plenty of outdoor activities for their children. 

“Coming home, for me, feels like a holiday,” Hemsworth said. The couple now live in New South Wales with their three children, where both Hemsworth and Pataky say being surrounded by nature has helped create a happier and more grounded family life. 

Prime Video’s most recent high-profile cancellation keeps making headlines, with many fans reacting strongly, and it’s easy to see why. Just days ago, reports emerged that the reboot of one of the most respected sci-fi franchises of all time had been scrapped only a few months after receiving a series order, bringing the project to an abrupt end before production could fully get underway. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time Amazon has pulled the plug on a major project early in its development, and it likely won’t be the last.

After receiving a series order from Prime Video in November 2025, the highly anticipated Stargate reboot from franchise veteran Martin Gero, who wrote for all three prior live-action series in the franchise, was canceled this month. Reports indicate that the project had already completed a 20-week writers’ room and entered pre-production in the UK before being scrapped.

With this latest Stargate reboot cancellation, concerns are once again being raised about Amazon/Prime Video’s willingness to commit to ambitious projects, particularly those requiring significant long-term investment. Among those weighing in on the decision is longtime Stargate executive producer Joseph Mallozzi, who took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a direct response to the news.

While Mallozzi confirmed the unfortunate news, he also elaborated on the significance of the Stargate reboot, which Gero had been developing for more than two years. According to Mallozzi, the series would have provided “a fresh jumping-on point for new viewers while deeply respecting existing canon by fully embracing the core of its predecessors: action, adventure, exploration, wonder, heart, humor, and found family.” The EP also took the opportunity to acknowledge the efforts of everyone involved in the project, including Gero, “the incredibly talented writers,” and the long-suffering Stargate fandom, who never gave up on the franchise.

Can ‘Stargate’ Still Be Revived Elsewhere?

Stargate was one of the first major MGM titles targeted for adaptation after Amazon’s $8.5 billion acquisition of the studio in 2022. However, the reboot was ultimately canceled because it reportedly no longer aligned with the company’s programming strategy. This decision was particularly surprising given that the series had been greenlit by Amazon MGM Studios’ Head of Television, Peter Friedlander, shortly after he joined the company last October. However, the project ultimately fell under Brett Fetter, Head of Worldbuilding & Genre Series, who only joined Amazon in February 2026.

For fans hoping another streamer might rescue the project, Mallozzi offered little optimism, noting that Amazon owns the rights. Reflecting on what could have been, he lamented:

“We’ll never get the opportunity to introduce you to that world and those characters — or reintroduce you to, and check in with, some familiar faces from the past.”

Stay tuned to Collider for further updates about the Stargate franchise, and check out Mallozzi’s X post below.

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A thriller earns that 10/10 feeling when the first scene already knows what kind of pressure the movie is going to put on you. The story can be loud, quiet, violent, psychological, procedural, or strange. What matters is control. A great thriller keeps your attention without begging for it.

These ten picks all have that rare full-movie grip. The opening pulls you in, the middle never goes soft, and the ending leaves the movie feeling complete rather than merely finished. Some are built on dread. Some run on obsession. Some move with brutal precision. All ten understand that tension dies the second a film wastes the viewer’s trust.

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‘Blue Ruin’ (2013)

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Blue Ruin opens with Dwight Evans (Macon Blair) living out of his car, and that first stretch says everything before the revenge plot even starts speaking loudly. He is a homeless drifter with a dirty beard, a hollow stare, and the nervous movements of someone who has been stuck in one terrible memory for years. When he learns that the man convicted of killing his parents is being released from prison, he returns to Virginia and tries to take justice into his own hands.

The genius of Blue Ruin is how badly Dwight fits the revenge-movie fantasy. He can pull a trigger, yet he has none of the cool control audiences expect from this genre. He panics, bleeds, improvises, hides, and keeps making the kind of mistakes a real person would make if grief pushed him into violence. The family feud around him keeps widening until revenge stops feeling empowering and starts feeling like a curse passed from one house to another. Its tension comes from watching someone chase payback with no talent for surviving it.

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‘Prisoners’ (2013)

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Few modern thrillers make desperation feel as heavy as Prisoners. Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) is a Pennsylvania father whose young daughter Anna disappears with her friend Joy on Thanksgiving, and the investigation quickly centers on Alex Jones (Paul Dano), a mentally impaired man who was driving a suspicious RV. Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes the official path, following evidence, suspects, and buried connections, while Keller decides the law is moving too slowly for a parent running out of hope.

The film’s grip comes from how every choice feels uglier than the last. Keller’s decision to imprison and torture Alex is horrifying, yet Jackman keeps the pain close enough that the viewer understands the emotional trap without being asked to approve it. Loki’s blinking intensity, the rainy streets, the maze drawings, the priest’s basement, and that final whistle all keep the movie tightening from different directions. The title is perfect too, since almost everyone here is trapped by something: grief, guilt, faith, violence, or the need to believe suffering can force truth out of the dark.

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‘The Fugitive’ (1993)

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Sometimes a thriller becomes perfect by being almost ridiculously clean in its storytelling. The Fugitive gives us Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford), a respected Chicago surgeon wrongly convicted of murdering his wife, then thrown into a manhunt after a prison transport crash gives him one chance to run. Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) leads the pursuit, and the movie becomes a masterclass in forward motion: Kimble has to prove his innocence while Gerard keeps closing in with terrifying competence.

The fun is that both men are smart. Kimble dyes his hair, sneaks into hospitals, follows medical clues, and tracks the one-armed man connected to his wife’s death. Gerard, meanwhile, turns every crime scene, mistake, and near-miss into another step forward. The dam jump, the hospital escape, the St. Patrick’s Day parade, and the final confrontation all have that old-school studio-thriller confidence where geography, stakes, and character are always clear. The Fugitive never has to fake urgency. It has a wronged man, a brilliant hunter, and a story that keeps running with perfect balance.

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‘Gone Girl’ (2014)

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The first time Gone Girl changes shape, the whole movie becomes nastier in hindsight. Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) comes home on his fifth wedding anniversary to find his wife Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike) missing, and the media quickly turns him into America’s favorite suspicious husband. At first, the film seems to be about a man trying to survive public judgment while police, neighbors, and viewers keep noticing the cracks in his story.

Then Amy steps into full view, and the movie becomes something colder, funnier, and far more vicious. Pike gives Amy the calm intelligence of someone who understands performance better than everyone watching her. Affleck’s Nick is perfect casting because his charm has a built-in smugness that the film keeps weaponizing. The treasure hunt clues, the diary voiceover, the Desi Collings (Neil Patrick Harris) trap, the talk-show image management, and that final return home keep shifting the power. Gone Girl is a thriller about marriage, media, and identity as staged combat. Every smile feels like evidence, betrayal, anger, strategy, revenge. It’s psychologically weird and that stimulates so well.

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‘No Country for Old Men’ (2007)

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The coin-toss scene alone could haunt a whole career in this film. It follows Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) walking into a gas station, starts a conversation with the owner, and slowly turns nothing into a life-or-death ritual. That is the kind of terror No Country for Old Men carries. The story follows Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), a welder who finds drug money after a desert shootout and takes it, which puts Chigurh, a near-mythic killer, on his trail while Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) watches the violence spread beyond his understanding.

Moss is resourceful, Chigurh is methodical, and Bell is tired in a way that feels spiritual. The hotel-room suspense, the tracking device in the money, the border escape, the silenced shotgun, the car crash, and the offscreen cruelty all create a thriller that refuses comfort. Even the absence of a traditional showdown feels bold. The movie leaves you with Bell’s dream about his father, and suddenly the chase has become something older and sadder than crime.

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‘Zodiac’ (2007)

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The scariest thing about Zodiac is how much time it has. The film follows the hunt for the Zodiac Killer through journalists, detectives, letters, codes, false leads, and years of obsession that grind people down without giving them the clean release of certainty. Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle, then becomes consumed by the case. Inspector Dave Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) carries the police side with style and frustration. Reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.) gets pulled into the killer’s orbit and starts unraveling in public.

This is a thriller where the monster’s power comes from absence. The lake attack, the cab murder, the newsroom letter openings, the basement scene with the movie posters, and Graysmith’s final stare at Arthur Leigh Allen (John Carroll Lynch) all hit differently because the movie never turns obsession into easy heroism. It shows how a case can become a life, then eat that life year by year. The pacing of this film almost feels hypnotic. The viewer becomes part of the same hunger.

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‘Oldboy’ (2003)

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Oldboy is locked in long before that hammer comes out. Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is kidnapped, imprisoned in a private room for fifteen years, framed for his wife’s murder, then released without an explanation. He enters the outside world as a man rebuilt by isolation, rage, television, and one question: who stole his life, and why?

That setup gives the movie an insane emotional engine. Dae-su meets Mi-do (Kang Hye-jung), starts chasing the people behind his imprisonment, and follows clues that feel like they were arranged by someone who knows him better than he knows himself. The live octopus scene, the dumpling trail, the one-take corridor brawl, Woo-jin’s (Yoo Ji-tae) cold elegance, and the final photo album all push the film toward one of the most devastating revelations in thriller history. Dae-su thinks he is hunting an enemy, then discovers he has been performing inside someone else’s punishment.

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‘The Silence of the Lambs’ (1991)

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The Silence of the Lambs is the film that put Jodie Foster on the map. Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) plays an FBI trainee sent to interview an imprisoned cannibal psychiatrist, Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins). The Bureau hopes he can help them understand Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine), a serial killer who skins his victims. That simple assignment creates three lines of tension at once: Clarice trying to prove herself, Lecter studying her wounds, and Bill moving closer to another murder.

The movie is so gripping because every conversation feels dangerous. Lecter never needs freedom to control a room. Clarice has intelligence, empathy, and fear all working at once, and Foster lets you feel the pressure of being underestimated by almost every man around her. The storage unit, the autopsy, the night-vision basement, the lotion-in-the-basket horror, and Lecter’s escape are all precise without feeling mechanical. The lamb story gives the film its emotional center. Clarice is chasing a killer, but she is also trying to save one girl loudly enough to silence a childhood scream.

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‘Se7en’ (1995)

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Se7en gives us Somerset (Morgan Freeman), the veteran counting the days until retirement, and Mills (Brad Pitt), the younger detective eager to prove himself, as they take on a killer staging murders around the seven deadly sins. The structure could have been gimmicky in weaker hands. Here, it becomes a march through moral decay that keeps you hook from start to end.

Every murder scene expands the nightmare. Gluttony is disgusting. Greed is staged like judgment. Sloth is one of the most horrifying reveals in ’90s cinema. Lust feels almost unbearable through what it implies. The library research, the rain, the apartment chase, the killer turning himself in, and that empty desert road all keep moving toward dread instead of surprise alone. Somerset understands the world’s rot too well, while Mills still believes anger can meet evil head-on and win. That contrast keeps you hooked.

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‘Heat’ (1995)

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Heat gives us Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), who leads a professional crew that treats crime like a disciplined craft, while LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) hunts men like Neil with the focus of someone who has sacrificed normal life for the job. The story is huge, but the emotional line is simple. Two men on opposite sides recognize each other more clearly than anyone at home can. That opening armored-truck robbery announces a movie operating at a different level.

The greatness is in how much life exists around the chase. Neil has Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer), Michael Cheritto (Tom Sizemore), Trejo (Danny Trejo), and a code that keeps him alive until love tempts him toward a future. Vincent has a marriage collapsing in real time and a stepdaughter whose pain he notices almost too late. Neil and Vincent talk like men who already know the ending but respect the other’s commitment to getting there. Then comes the bank robbery, the street shootout, Waingro’s (Kevin Gage) shadow over everything, and that airport runway finale where victory feels almost mournful. Heat is a 10/10 thriller because every bullet, glance, job, and goodbye feels tied to the same obsession.

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December 15, 1995

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Michael Mann

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For the longest time, thriller shows would rely on a single hook where the entire story revolved around solving the mystery and catching the killer. Thankfully, the genre has evolved over the last few years. Modern thriller shows aren’t interested in building suspense simply by hiding information from the audience. Instead, they operate in a much denser psychological space to make viewers question everything as the story progresses.

That’s what makes this new wave of thrillers feel compelling without ever relying on cheap shock value and meaningless twists. Their idea is to pull the audience into messy, unpredictable worlds and never let them feel fully comfortable again. Here is a list of must-see new thrillers that do exactly that and are perfect from start to finish.

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‘Severance’ (2022–Present)

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Severance is easily one of the most original thriller shows of the last few years. The Apple TV series follows Mark Scout (Adam Scott), an employee at the mysterious Lumon Industries, where workers undergo a procedure that surgically separates their work memories from their personal memories. Their “innie” selves only exist inside the office, while their “outie” selves have no idea what happens once they step into the building. The concept is disturbing on its own, but the show takes it even further by turning the workplace into a psychological maze full of strange rules, empty hallways, and secrets that seem impossible to understand. Aside from its compelling central story, Severance is also a masterclass in character-driven storytelling.

Mark’s grief over the death of his wife gives the narrative a strong emotional foundation while Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zach Cherry), and Irving (John Turturro) each bring their own sense of humanity to Lumon’s otherwise sterile world. The show is a corporate satire, a sci-fi thriller, and a psychological mystery all at once without ever feeling convoluted. Every episode adds another disturbing layer to Lumon’s world, and the tension only grows as the characters begin questioning the lives they have been forced to live. It is rare for a thriller this strange to feel so controlled, but Severance thrives in this restraint while also feeling genuinely haunting thanks to its mythology.

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‘Slow Horses’ (2022–Present)

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Slow Horses is another show that proves spy thrillers don’t need glamorous agents or world-ending stakes to be entertaining. The Apple TV+ series follows a group of disgraced MI5 operatives who have been dumped into Slough House, an administrative dead-end reserved for agents who have completely messed up their careers. The rude, irritated, and completely checked-out Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) leads this team that barely does anything. However, things take a turn when a real crisis suddenly forces everyone back into action. It’s interesting how Slow Horses begins as a workplace comedy about failed spies but slowly evolves into one of the sharpest thrillers on TV currently. The fact that this crew is full of bitter, exhausted, and professionally humiliated people gives Slow Horses a sense of realism that no other show in the genre can fully match.

Jack Lowden’s River Cartwright is one of the standout characters in the show, who desperately wants to redeem himself and serves as the perfect counterpart to Lamb’s constant nihilism. Slow Horses also strikes the perfect tonal balance between comedy and tense espionage storylines. Unlike many modern spy shows that become overly complicated just for the heck of it, Slow Horses keeps its storytelling tight and character-focused. Even when the plots grow larger in scale, the emotional core always comes back to these deeply dysfunctional people trying to survive inside a system that has already discarded them. That consistency is a huge reason why Slow Horses has resonated so well with the audience.

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‘His & Hers’ (2026)

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His & Hers is an unsettling thriller based on Alice Feeney’s bestselling novel. The miniseries follows former news anchor Anna Andrews (Tessa Thompson), who returns to her small Georgia hometown after learning about a murder connected to people from her past. At the same time, her estranged husband, Detective Jack Harper (Jon Bernthal), is officially investigating the case, which immediately creates tension because neither of them fully trusts the other anymore.

The premise allows the show to keep introducing new secrets, different perspectives, and the smallest of details that completely change how viewers see the story. His & Hers thrives on paranoia, and this storytelling approach really benefits from the series’ claustrophobic, small-town setting. His & Hers doesn’t throw constant twists at the audience for hollow shock value, but when the reveals do come, they actually feel unpredictable. The show will have viewers thinking they have solved the mystery before pulling the rug out from under them, and that’s exactly what keeps them wanting more.

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‘The Girlfriend’ (2025)

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The Girlfriend is one of the most fascinating thrillers of the last few years because it makes the audience second-guess whether something is even wrong in the first place. The series follows Laura (Robin Wright), a successful woman whose seemingly stable life begins to unravel after her son introduces her to his mysterious new girlfriend, Cherry (Olivia Cooke). At first, Laura’s suspicions seem irrational, but the show slowly blurs the line between love and obsession until it becomes impossible to tell who is actually manipulating whom.

The story shifts between Laura and Cherry’s perspectives and repeatedly revisits the same events from both points of view, often with tiny inconsistencies that completely change how the audience interprets what actually happened. That constant uncertainty becomes the show’s greatest strength because viewers are never entirely sure whose version of reality they should believe. Wright and Cooke perfectly embody their complex characters, and their tense dynamic unfolds like a wildly entertaining psychological chess match. The Girlfriend keeps building this suspense until the very end, to the point where it’s impossible to stop watching because of how the audience is constantly forced to rethink what they believed earlier.

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‘Dept. Q’ (2025–Present)

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Most crime shows try to make their detectives instantly likable, but Dept. Q does the exact opposite. The Netflix thriller introduces Carl Morck (Matthew Goode), a hardened, emotionally wrecked detective whose return to work after a traumatic shooting leaves almost everyone around him frustrated. Instead of getting back to normal police work, Carl is shoved into a forgotten basement office and assigned to lead a brand-new cold case department filled with other misfits like him. The punishment slowly evolves into one of the most gripping investigative thrillers Netflix has released in years as Carl and his team reopen the disappearance of prosecutor Merritt Lingard (Chloe Pirrie), and are pulled into a complex web of political corruption and buried trauma.

Dept. Q features a compelling mystery, but beneath that, the show is completely character-driven. Watching these emotionally fractured people learning to trust each other is the highlight of the show. The series also has this dry, almost uncomfortable sense of humor running through it that keeps the characters from becoming overly bleak. What really elevates Dept. Q, though, is its pacing. Instead of rushing through twists, the show really lets its tension stretch. By the time everything starts connecting, the investigation feels genuinely consuming, and the final reveal lingers with the audience long after the credits roll.

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‘All Her Fault’ (2025)

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All Her Fault wastes absolutely no time pulling viewers into its nightmarish premise. The Peacock thriller begins with Marissa Irvine (Sarah Snook) arriving to pick up her young son from a playdate, only to discover that nobody at the house has ever heard of him. From there, the series spirals into an increasingly tense mystery that constantly shifts the audience’s understanding of what’s really happening. The show does a great job of balancing its central mystery with deeply personal themes of motherhood, guilt, and the pressures of holding a family together.

Snook delivers one of the strongest performances of her career. Her portrayal of Marissa always feels relatable, even as the story becomes increasingly chaotic. Dakota Fanning is equally compelling as Jenny, whose unlikely friendship with Marissa becomes one of the emotional anchors of the series. Nothing is as it seems in All Her Fault, though. The writing constantly forces viewers to question who can actually be trusted, especially as seemingly supportive characters slowly reveal hidden motivations and deeply messy personal histories. The series is layered, raw, and emotionally complex, which is what makes it impossible to stop binging.

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2025 – 2025-00-00

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Kate Dennis, Minkie Spiro

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Phoebe Eclair-Powell, Megan Gallagher, James Smythe

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We love the idea of shopping at the same boutiques East Coast socialites do. The elite have a way of piecing together an outfit that looks effortlessly cool yet incredibly rich, and we want in. The great news is you don’t need to have a Billionaire’s Isle budget, not when you can browse these boutique-worthy dresses on Amazon. They’re so trendy and chic, people will think you nabbed it at a shop off Main Street.

These breezy summer dresses are the easiest way to give off pure rich mom vibes, without sending your wallet to the ER. We picked up everything from no-nonsense minis to wedding guest dresses you can wear to outdoor ceremonies, starting at just $10. Designed with lightweight fabrics, pretty patterns and polished details, these Amazon dress picks absolutely scream ‘high-end style.’

Psst, some of our favorites are from popular brands, too. Think: Cupshe, Astr the Label and Petal & Pup!

19 Boutique-Inspired Dresses on Amazon

1. Our Favorite: Say ‘hello’ to your new go-to dress this summer. The eyelet details, exaggerated sleeves, V-neckline and cinched waist give it elegant flair with a flattering twist.

2. Best Value: It’s kind of remarkable to find a mini swing dress that looks this good for just $10, but we’re not questioning it. We especially love the ruffle sleeves and European-esque pattern that’s giving Greece vibes.

3. Laid-Back Luxe: Can’t you envision yourself on a boat, sipping champagne while wearing this maxi shirtdress? Yeah, the vision is clearly there. This boutique-like option is luxe in just about any color, but opt for the blue stripes for that coastal appearance.

4. Designer-Inspired: Whenever we see this relaxed maxi dress, we automatically think it’s a style from Lilly Pulitzer. Grab it in this fun, geometric pattern and see how many people in your friend group will think the same.

5. Playful Pattern: You simply can’t create a summer wardrobe without adding some gingham in the mix. This cute mini sundress is just the thing to wear to picnics, boardwalk strolls and farmers’ market outings.

6. Quite the Charmer: If you have a garden party, outdoor wedding or baby shower on the agenda, you’ll also want to have this pretty chiffon-like dress in your closet. The Petal & Pup find looks extremely elegant with a light fabric, floral print and ruffle details, and we wouldn’t expect anything less.

7. LBD: Your little black dress from 2001 needs an upgrade, and this boutique-style option is up for the challenge. It has a simple silhouette, which makes the ruffle-hem sleeves stand out.

8. Pop of Color: This ruffle cap-sleeve mini comes in so many bright prints and colors, including this teal blue hue that belongs in your vacation wardrobe.

9. Resortwear Must: Beachside dinners and romantic events call for something with high-end style, like this option from Astr the Label. It features a unique floral pattern and an almost neutral color palette, setting it apart from most on our list.

10. Flirty Fun: If you like the gingham-print mini from above, you’ll love this popular long maxi. The same checked pattern is the star of the show, but the smocked bodice and ruffle sleeves give it a flirty nod.

11. Rich Mom: We can almost guarantee that you’ll spot a beach-chic dress style like this in Southampton (but our find will be far cheaper). The puffed sleeves, button front and bold pattern will make you second-guess the $34 price tag.

12. Boho Babe: Trendy off-shoulder dresses are totally back for summer 2026, which is why you’ll want to grab this one before it sells out. The floor-length Cupshe dress features everything we’d want in a bohemian-style getup, including a tropical pattern and an easygoing silhouette.

13. Greece Maven: The moment we saw this simple yet gorgeous maxi, we immediately thought of Greece. The white and blue combo feels on-trend with Santorini style, so you can look like you belong before you even arrive!

14. Instant Upgrade: Us Weekly shopping editors love Petal & Pup dresses, and this one is no exception. The various blue floral patterns, bow-tie straps and flowy skirt look like a dream. We also love a smocked bodice, which accommodates larger busts nicely.

15. Sporty-Chic: It may be a little unconventional, but this sporty-chic dress is one all the ‘It’ girls are wearing this summer. The playful red and blue combination works well together, especially on this collegiate-style pick.

16. Summer Staple: Forgo tight dresses and opt for something a little more practical . . . and a whole lot more polished. This spaghetti strap midi dress is loose and light, skimming over the body with ease. Oh, and the rickrack trim totally elevates it.

17. Game Changer: Scoring a wedding guest dress for less than $50 seems impossible, and yet, we found this one-shoulder dress as proof. The floral pattern and bow-tie accent will make you stand out in a sea of boring dresses.

18. Two-in-One: We love clothes that have more than one function, like this mini quarter-sleeve pick that doubles as a swimsuit coverup. You can slip it on after taking a dip, and head straight to lunch without changing in the hotel room.

19. Pretty Pick: Soft and feminine, this gorgeous mini dress is just what you need to nail the cool-girl babydoll trend. In addition to the waist-cinching detail, this puff-sleeve number has cute bow accents that ‘up’ the dainty factor.

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Summer is technically around the corner, but you just might think differently with how warm it is outside. Hey, we’re not complaining! The only issue with this is realizing that your carefully curated petite summer wardrobe from last year looks a little outdated. You don’t need an overhaul — just a few new short girl-friendly […]

Nearly three years after Ashlyn Harris filed for divorce from her ex-wife, Ali Krieger, the soccer star explained why her former partner is still “a big part of my life.”

“She’s the mother of my children,” Harris, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting her new documentary, Gamechangers: The Ashlyn Harris Story. “I respect her as a mom, I respect her as a player, I respect what she’s done for the game. I don’t ever want to speak poorly about the mother of my children.”

Harris filed for divorce from Krieger, 41, in September 2023 and the couple share two children: daughter Sloane, 5, and son Ocean, 3. Their divorce was finalized in January 2025. 

“When all of this news was going crazy, it was really important for me to be intentional that I was a good human during a really hard season that became very public,” Harris recalled of their split. “I never wanted to speak ill about the mother of my children in front of them, with other friends. It was really important to me.”

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Harris started dating actress Sophia Bush in October 2023, which has found the trio of women in a new era of “coparenting.”

“I respect her and I’m proud of what we did,” Harris said of her relationship with Krieger. “I don’t resent or regret anything about the life that I built with her; it just wasn’t for me.”

Harris explained that her relationship with Bush, 43, finds her in a blissful “season of love and tenderness and care and companionship.”

“She is home,” Harris gushed. “She is a feeling that I’ve been yearning and longing for for so long. I just feel my shoulders relax. I move differently.”

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The couple began dating during a period of change for Bush, as well. The One Tree Hill star filed for divorce from her ex-husband, Grant Hughes, after 13 months of marriage in August 2023. The couple finalized their divorce in January 2025. 

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“I think what people see is two people who have kind of had it really hard and they found each other,” Harris said of her relationship with Bush. “It took a long time. We’ve been chasing and trying and doing all of the work.”

She continued, “Now we just get to be at ease and happy and in love and raise these kids in this family. We’re just so grateful and lucky.”

Gamechangers: The Ashlyn Harris Story premieres June 8 on The Roku Channel.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts staffers have reportedly received a memo asking them to remove all references to President Donald Trump on signage and official communications due to a recent court ruling.

“You must immediately change email signatures, letterhead, and other documents to reflect the name as ‘The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,’ or ‘Kennedy Center,’” staff were instructed in a memo obtained by Politico on Thursday, June 4. “Other changes, such as to templates and forms, signage, brochures, and website pages, must be completed no later than Friday, June 12, 2026.”

A Kennedy Center spokesperson subsequently told Us Weekly, “We are complying with the court’s order while evaluating all legal options to preserve this revitalization and recognize President Trump’s leadership.”

A lawsuit was filed by Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio — a member of the Kennedy Center board of trustees through Congress — in December 2025 to block widespread changes that Trump intended to implement to the Center, including renaming the venue as the “Trump-Kennedy Center.”

Judge Christopher Cooper subsequently ruled on Friday, May 29, that Trump, 79, and his allies did not have the proper authority to officially change the name of the event space to the “The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” Per Cooper’s ruling, only Congress has the ability to make such changes to the institution since they dedicated the building to the late JFK in 1964.

“The Kennedy Center’s organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board’s unilateral say-so,” Cooper wrote. “Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.”

As a result of the ruling, the cultural organization officially instructed its employees to delete any references to the “Trump-Kennedy Center” or “The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts” and revert to using “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts” or “the Kennedy Center” or “the Center” on all official communications.

Another aspect of Trump’s overhaul of the Kennedy Center involved a planned two-year closure beginning in July to undergo extensive renovations.

Judge Cooper temporarily halted those plans because “none of the board members had sufficient information in advance of the March 16 meeting to make a well-considered decision to close the center.” The judge left the door open for renovations to move forward if the board was provided more concrete information. (Trump was appointed chairman of the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees in February 2025.)

In its memo to staff, Kennedy Center management acknowledged the uncertainty over whether renovations would move forward this summer.

“While the Court ruled that renovations can proceed at this time, it determined that the Board did not have sufficient information to make an informed decision to shut down the Center when it voted in March,” the memo read. “The Court did not rule that the Center must stay open during the renovations, and did not require that the Center present any particular programming on-site during the renovations. Instead, the Court ruled that the specific Board vote in March was inappropriate, and that any subsequent vote regarding closure must take more information into account. The Center is considering its options and will provide further guidance shortly.”

In the aftermath of the ruling, Kennedy Center vice president of public relations, Roma Daravi, told Us in a statement on Friday that the center is “confident that on appeal the court will uphold the Board’s will to recognize President Trump’s historic contributions to our nation’s cultural center.”

“We will review the decision carefully though the reality remains — the Center requires an urgent and significant restoration – a truth that even the plaintiff acknowledges,” Daravi added. “With $257 million secured by President Trump and approved by Congress, the resources are in place and we remain committed to pursuing every lawful avenue to ensure the Trump Kennedy Center is restored as a national cultural landmark for all Americans to enjoy.”

However, President Trump later threatened to cancel his renovation plans for the Kennedy Center unless he is given full decision-making authority.

“Shockingly, a Judge appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, Christopher Cooper, ruled that The Kennedy Center, which was going to close in early July for large-scale renovations and construction due to years of neglect, decay, and poor maintenance, and which was to be transformed by the Trump Administration into the Finest Facility of its kind, anywhere in the World, is not allowed to close for these renovations,” Trump wrote via Truth Social on May 29. “Which would not be possible to properly do without such a closure.”

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Trump complained that the Kennedy Center had “lost, over the years, prior to our getting involved a short while ago, Hundreds of Millions of Dollars — In some cases, including ridiculous construction jobs that were done, over 100 Million Dollars a year.”

The president then threatened to force Congress to take control of any and all renovations of the Kennedy Center moving forward.

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“Based on the fact that the Radical Left Democrats care more about opposing your favorite President, ME, than saving a dying Performing Arts Center, almost all of which lose large amounts of money throughout the Country, we are going to be working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them so they can make a determination as to what to do with it,” he vowed.

Multiple members of the Kennedy family publicly opposed Trump adding his name to the venue. Maria Shriver — who is the late JFK’s niece — openly celebrated that Trump’s plans for the Kennedy Center were blocked on her uncle’s birthday.

“An appropriate birthday present on my uncle’s birthday today. A federal judge ruled that President Trump and the Kennedy Center Board acted unlawfully in renaming the Kennedy Center after him,” Shriver, 70, wrote via Threads on May 29. “The judge held that only Congress can change the Center’s name and blocked the planned two-year closure for now. I know they’ll probably appeal and the story isn’t over, but for today, let’s celebrate a great birthday gift.”

James Handy, the actor known for his roles in Top Gun: Maverick and Jumanji has been fatally stabbed. He was 81.

According to a police statement, the veteran died at a home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 3, after being stabbed by his girlfriend’s son Michael Gledhill. The incident is currently under investigation.

“On Wednesday, June 3, 2026, around 9:30 a.m., West Valley area patrol officers responded to a radio call of unknown trouble in the 19200 block of Erwin Street. The 911 caller stated, ‘I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.’ Upon their arrival, officers discovered 81-year-old James Handy in the front yard of the residence, unconscious and suffering from a stab wound to his chest. The victim was transported to a local hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics, where he was pronounced deceased,” the LAPD’s statement read.

Police claimed via the statement that Gledhill “flagged down nearby responding officers” and told them that “he was the one they were looking for.”

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“The suspect resides at the location with his mother, who is the victim’s girlfriend,” the LAPD statement continued. “Detectives believe this is an isolated incident and there appears to be no danger to the public at this time.”

Gledhill, 44, was arrested and taken to Van Nuys Jail, where he was booked on one count of murder. Bail was set at $2,000,000.

Handy’s representatives confirmed the actor’s death to Us Weekly on Thursday, June 4.

During his acting career, Handy played a bartender in the 2022 film, Top Gun: Maverick. He also portrayed an exterminator in the 1995 classic, Jumanji.

In 2017, Handy portrayed a doctor in Logan opposite Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine.

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Also among his 150 acting credits are roles in movies like Arachnophobia (1990) and The Rocketeer (1991) as well as appearances in TV shows such as NYPD Blue, Beverly Hills, 90210, Law & Order; Profiler, The Young and the Restless and 9-1-1.

Handy was born in New York and his first foray into acting was in 1977’s Taps.

The police are asking anyone with additional information about this incident to contact the Robbery-Homicide Division, Valley Section, Dets. Simonyan or Lopez, at (818) 374-9550.