Slipknot is confirming the iconic heavy metal band is no longer affiliated with DJ and keyboard player Sid Wilson amid rumors he was kicked out of the group.

“Effective immediately, Slipknot will no longer be associated with Sid Wilson,” a statement shared via the rock music festival Knotfest’s official Instagram account on Friday, August 14, read. “We wish him the best in his future endeavours.”

The caption continued, “Slipknot have parted ways with Sid Wilson. The announcement could briefly be found on the band’s website.”

According to multiple media outlets including Rolling Stone, People and more, the band did share the same announcement via their website, though it was subsequently deleted shortly after it was posted, per a screenshot captured by the media outlet Stereogum.

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TMZ reported weeks ago that Wilson had been unceremoniously kicked out of the band. The keyboardist has not publicly responded to the band’s announcement. Us has reached out to a rep for Wilson for comment regarding his status within the band but did not hear back at the time of publication.

The news of Wilson’s departure after nearly 30 years with the band comes just days after he reportedly referred to himself as a member. According to video shared via social media, Wilson, 49, cohosted the World Scratch Invitational earlier this week, in which he introduced himself a DJ from “the world famous Slipknot.”

“What’s up ya’ll, Sid, DJ Starscream/#0, from the world famous Slipknot, how ya’ll doing tonight,” Wilson told the crowd, per the footage.

The news also comes in the wake of his broken engagement to Kelly Osbourne, daughter of the late legendary rockstar Ozzy Osbourne.

On August 3, Kelly, 41, seemingly threw some very public and not-so-cryptic shade at Wilson accusing him of not taking “responsibility” for his alleged actions, though she did not elaborate any further.

“Strange how the loudest defense of the guilty is rarely innocence … It’s distraction,” she wrote via her Instagram Stories at the time. “When the mask slips, they don’t face the mirror they throw it at someone else.”

She added, “I also heard that when you break a mirror you get 7 years bad luck! Or is that just karma? This is why I always take accountability. As they say some are sicker than others.”

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Osbourne, who shares 3-year-old son Sidney with her ex-fiancé, also shared an inspirational quote about mothers keeping their children safe.

“My son’s little heart once beat right beside mine. So trust me when I say … I will protect it all costs,” the Everyday Motherhood quote read.

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In a subsequent post, Osbourne wrote another cryptic message, seemingly directed at the former Slipknot member.

“Wake the f*** up and take some responsibility I will not take your s*** anymore! I’m done,” she wrote. “I want to be happy and I have a beautiful son to raise. Leave me alone. Let me heal. I can’t protect you from yourself anymore.”

Us reached out to Wilson at the time for comment regarding his ex’s posts but did not hear back.

Travis Kelce is showing off his new husband hardware ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs’ first football game of the 2026 preseason.

Kelce, 36, was spotted walking into Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday, August 15, looking effortlessly chic in a black-and-orange tie-dye two-piece. He accessorized his ensemble with a pair of black sunglasses, a metallic watch and his impossible-to-miss gold wedding band.

Kelce, whose team will face off against the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday, married pop star Taylor Swift on July 3 inside New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden arena.

“It was a fun offseason, man,” the tight end gushed to reporters during a Wednesday, August 12, press conference from training camp. “[Our] wedding was the best night of my life. I appreciate everybody who came out and celebrated and had fun with us. That’s about all I really got from that night. It was a crazy night. It was full of a lot of celebration.”

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Travis Kelce gushed over his wedding to Taylor Swift for the first time since the power couple officially tied the knot. “It was a fun offseason, man,” Kelce, 36, told reporters at Kansas City Chiefs training camp on Wednesday, August 12. “Wedding was the best night of my life. I appreciate everybody who came out […]

Kelce was particularly starstruck that he and Swift, 36, were able to say “I do” inside the legendary music and sports venue.

“MSG, man, I always told myself I’d go for a playoff game when the [New York] Knicks were rocking, and my wife went when I was stuck in minicamp,” Kelce said, referring to Swift’s attendance at Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals. “I didn’t get the opportunity to go then, so it’s kind of cool to get to live out my childhood dream of being in that venue, the mecca of all sports venues, [by] being able to get married in there.”

He continued at the time, “I can’t thank the owners of MSG [enough] for allowing us to get the opportunity to do that, knowing that we wanted a private event and everything. The A/C was cooking, baby. That was the best part.”

Swift and Kelce, who exchanged vows amid a major heatwave in the Big Apple, have not shared any additional details of their big day.

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Travis Kelce brought his signature flair to his wedding day ensemble. Kelce, 36, tied the knot with fiancée Taylor Swift in a “whimsical” ceremony at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Friday, July 3, where he surely looked dapper in a classic tuxedo designed by Christian Dior. Swift, also 36, wore a bespoke gown […]

As Us previously reported, Swift and Kelce each wore bespoke Christian Dior outfits for the white-veiled occasion.

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“The bride and groom’s wedding ceremony looks have been created by Christian Dior Haute Couture,” a press release shared with Us in July read. “They are designed by Jonathan Anderson, Creative Director of Dior Women’s, Men’s and Haute Couture Collections, in close collaboration with the Bride and Groom. This is the designer’s first couture wedding dress for a world-renowned celebrity. Their shoes were custom made by Christian Louboutin and the bride wore Cartier jewelry.”

Anderson, 41, later told Women’s Wear Daily that it was a “joy” collaborating with Swift on her bridal gown, which a source told Us featured a lengthy train and looked “classic and elegant.”

A rep for Dior has since confirmed that Swift is expected to share the first images of her wedding dress via Instagram at a currently undisclosed time.

On Friday, Adam Driver revealed that he would be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe with his role as Mister Sinister at the Disney D23 event. On the same day, Lucasfilm boss Dave Filoni gave fans hope that the actor would also be returning to his role as Kylo Ren/Ben Solo from the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy.

Inside ‘The Hunt For Ben Solo’

“The Hunt for Ben Solo” was the name of a “Star Wars” film created by Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh. The pair worked on the movie for years with help from Scott Z. Burns, who wrote the script. Although Lucasfilm initially approved it, Driver told AP News in October 2025 that the project was shut down because former Disney boss Bob Iger could not see how his character, Ben Solo, could return after he died at the end of 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker.”

“We presented the script to Lucasfilm. They loved the idea. They totally understood our angle and why we were doing it,” Driver said at the time. “We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman, and they said no. They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that.”

Although he has been asked about the future of the movie at multiple interviews, Soderbergh has insisted that everyone involved has moved on from the project. In an interview with The Playlist, Soderbergh confirmed that the movie was dead, saying, “Look, if it was gonna happen, it would have happened.”

However, at the Disney D23 event on Friday, Filoni gave fans hope that the project might be resurrected in the future.

Animation is a limitless format when done right. Creators can conjure up magical, experimental, ambitious worlds on screen without worrying about the constraints that come with live action. That creative freedom has given audiences some of the greatest stories of all time.

However, the same idea can also backfire pretty badly when storytellers are given more playing room than they know what to do with. Taking risks does not automatically make something good, and these forgotten animated shows prove exactly that, because boy, have they aged like milk.

‘Ren & Stimpy “Adult Party Cartoon”‘ (2003)

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Ren & Stimpy never needed an adults-only version, and Ren & Stimpy “Adult Party Cartoon” is a pretty convincing argument for why. The original Nickelodeon series was already one of the strangest cartoons on television. It follows the unstable chihuahua Ren (John Kricfalusi and Billy West) and the painfully dim-witted Stimpy (Billy West and Eric Bauza) through stories filled with gross-out humor, surreal imagery, and jokes that should never have aired on a children’s network. This controversy surrounding the cartoon was a huge reason why it became part of mainstream pop culture conversations back then. Then, in 2003, creator John Kricfalusi returned with a revival specifically designed for an older audience as part of the network’s new adult-animation lineup.

Ren and Stimpy were still getting themselves into ridiculous situations, but now the show could be far more explicit with its violence, sexuality, bodily humor, and whatnot. The network ordered several episodes, but only three episodes actually aired during the original television run, and thank goodness for that. Now, the issue wasn’t that the series was going too far. In fact, that was the entire identity of the original cartoon, too. The difference was that the original actually had some creativity behind all the grotesque humor. The revival seemed to believe that stretching those same ideas beyond their endpoint was the way to go. With time, Adult Party Cartoon has only gotten grosser with its violence and need to make every joke as uncomfortable as possible.

‘Stripperella’ (2003–2004)

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Stripperella might just be one of the strangest things comic-book legend Stan Lee has ever created. The animated series follows Erotica Jones, voiced by Pamela Anderson, an exotic dancer who secretly works as the superhero Stripperella. She fights crime for an organization called T.H.U.G.G. and takes on villains with names like Cheapo and Pushy Galore while using an arsenal of increasingly ridiculous abilities and gadgets, one of them being a lie detector built into her chest. Now, on paper, there is actually something fun about the idea. Stripperella is confident and far more competent than everyone around her. The problem is that the series wants credit for making her powerful while simultaneously turning practically every part of that power into another sexual joke.

Even the villains and storylines revolve around breast implants, beauty standards, sex, and increasingly desperate innuendos. After a few episodes, it becomes obvious that the show has exactly one joke and is going to keep finding different ways to tell it. That pretty much “strips” the otherwise intriguing premise of all meaning, no pun intended. The series ran for just 13 episodes, and with time, its cancellation has only made more sense. The show’s idea of being provocative now feels less rebellious than stereotypical. Its constant objectification and obsession with turning every female character into a punchline make the humor feel painfully dated, especially because the series rarely has anything else to say underneath all that shock value.

‘Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling’ (1985–1986)

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Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling arrived at the height of Hulkamania, when the WWF was aggressively moving professional wrestling into mainstream pop culture. However, for a show about the iconic Hulk Hogan, the series barely features any wrestling. The show follows an animated Hogan, who leads the good guys alongside cartoon versions of André the Giant, Junkyard Dog, Wendi Richter, and Hillbilly Jim, while Roddy Piper heads a group of villains that includes Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, and Big John Studd. Instead of settling their problems in a ring as one would expect, the wrestlers spend most episodes getting involved in goofy adventures that have nothing to do with the sport. There is something fascinating about watching the show now because it’s easy to understand that it was little more than a marketing ploy for the WWF.

Every wrestler is reduced to the broadest stereotype of their in-ring persona. Wrestling already relied heavily on exaggerated characters during this era, but turning those gimmicks into cartoons somehow makes them feel even more ridiculous. The strangest part is that the wrestlers did not even voice their animated counterparts because their touring schedules made recording together impractical. Instead, the actual wrestlers appeared in occasional live-action comedy segments between the cartoons. That disconnect was always hard to ignore. The cartoon itself was simplistic and boring after the first few episodes. It’s interesting to revisit as a piece of wrestling history, but there’s nothing that would make fans want more of it.

‘Father of the Pride’ (2004–2005)

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Father of the Pride is less of a cartoon and more of an animation identity crisis. DreamWorks tried to bring feature-quality CGI to network television with this primetime sitcom based around the animals from Siegfried & Roy’s Las Vegas show. The series follows Larry (John Goodman), a white lion who performs at the Mirage and lives behind the scenes with his wife Kate (Cheryl Hines), their two children, and Kate’s overbearing father Sarmoti (Carl Reiner). Imagine a traditional family sitcom, except everyone is a lion and Siegfried & Roy occasionally wander into the story. NBC reportedly paid around $2 million per episode, so this was an enormous gamble for an animated comedy at the time.

Now, the production value definitely shows at moments, but the biggest problem with Father of the Pride was that it could never decide between being a cute DreamWorks cartoon versus an edgy adult comedy. The show follows Larry as he deals with marriage, parenting, and work, but those stories are constantly punctuated with sex jokes and crude humor. The show sits somewhere between family animation and raunchy adult TV, which is a combination that just didn’t work for anyone, and with time, that confusion has only gotten more glaringly obvious.

‘Minoriteam’ (2005–2006)

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Minoriteam is a classic Adult Swim animated sitcom. The series follows a superhero team made up of exaggerated racial, ethnic, and religious stereotypes who use equally stereotypical abilities to fight discrimination. There is Dr. Wang (Dana Snyder), the team’s wheelchair-using leader, the Jewish superhero Jewcano (Enn Reitel), Indian convenience-store worker Non-Stop (Keith Lal), and several others. Their main enemy is called White Shadow (Adam de la Peña), who operates a corporation alongside villains like Racist Frankenstein (de la Peña) and Corporate Ladder (Todd James). The entire concept was designed as an intentionally offensive parody of superhero comics and racial stereotypes.

However, the execution was a total mess that destroyed any kind of value that the show could have brought to TV. Minoriteam might try to show how ridiculous these racial stereotypes are, but the series exaggerates them to the point where any social commentary loses its point. Almost every character, superpower, accent, and punchline circle back to the same racial caricatures. The heroes themselves repeatedly reinforce the attitudes the series is supposedly ridiculing, which defeats the very purpose of the kind of satire the show attempts to emulate. The writing is plain lazy and lacks any sense of personality, and those things become even harder to ignore almost two decades later.

‘Chozen’ (2014)

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Chozen had an opportunity to be genuinely subversive, and it’s unfortunate how things turned out. The FX animated series follows Phil “Chozen” Collins (Bobby Moynihan), an overweight, gay white rapper who returns from prison determined to rebuild the music career that was stolen from him by his former friend and bandmate Phantasm (Method Man), who framed him for a crime and went on to become a successful rapper himself. Once released, Chozen moves in with his sister, Tracy (Kathryn Hahn), and begins putting his old crew back together so he can finally take his revenge and reclaim his place in hip-hop. That premise gave the show plenty to work with. It was interesting how the series was specifically designed around a protagonist whose sexuality challenged gender norms and the very masculine identity that people associate with rap culture.

However, like most shows on this list, Chozen used its premise as a source of shock-driven humor instead of anything remotely meaningful. The show was borderline vulgar with how it inserted prison jokes, sexual encounters, drugs, and harassment into everything. That’s not to say Chozen did not make funny observations about the cost of fame. Later episodes of the cartoon even give supporting characters, including Ricky (Michael Peña) and Crisco (Hannibal Buress), enough room to become funny outside their stereotypes. Unfortunately, some of the show’s best ideas are never fully developed because it spends most of its short run re-telling the same crass jokes over and over again.

‘Butt-Ugly Martians’ (2001)

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Butt-Ugly Martians has aged like milk, but it felt dated even back when it was still airing. The series is set in 2053 and follows three Martian soldiers who are sent to Earth by Emperor Bog to conquer the planet. The problem is that the soldiers love the planet after discovering junk food, video games, and human culture. They completely abandon the invasion and befriend three teenagers while sending fake progress reports back home. Whenever trouble arrives, they activate their “Butt-Kicking Mode” and transform into armored versions of themselves to save the planet they were supposed to destroy. The premise is harmless, and the show could have definitely become a fun early-2000s sci-fi cartoon.

Unfortunately, it arrived at exactly the wrong stage of TV CGI. The characters look stiff, the environments feel empty, and there is an uncanny-valley feel to the show that one just can’t shake. If the series had relied on traditional, tried-and-tested forms of animation rather than jumping on a new trend too early, it could have been a moderate success. Instead, Butt-Ugly Martians turned into a lesson about how staying ahead of the curve might not always be the best idea. Aside from that, the show also didn’t benefit from its forgettable villains and repetitive humor. All of that contributes to why it has become a forgotten relic of the 2000s.

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Selena Gomez is firing back after the pop star and her mother, Mandy Teefey, were named in a fraud lawsuit.

“The allegations that Selena Gomez engaged in any way whatsoever in any purported ‘fraud’ or other wrongdoing are completely meritless, both factually and legally,” Gomez’s lawyer Mathew S. Rosengart told Us in a Saturday, August 15, statement. “We will vigorously defend these false allegations and indeed are filing a motion to dismiss the baseless claims against her.” (People was first to report the news.)

News broke earlier this week that Gomez, 34, and her mother, 50, have been sued for allegedly defrauding investors of their Wondermind startup.

The lawsuit was filed by Wondermind SRS 44 LLC and Bespoke Wondermind LCC over Gomez’s parent company, in which the plaintiffs claimed that Gomez and Teefey falsely represented Wondermind’s infrastructure, leadership and the resources needed to launch a profitable platform upon its launch. The investors claim in the docs obtained by Us that they invested more than $1 million into Wondermind.

“For three years, while the company quietly collapsed around them, not one of its founders, officers or directors said a word to the investors whose money was funding the collapse,” court documents obtained by Us read, in part.

The investors further alleged that they learned Wondermind was apparently struggling through a 2025 exposé in The Cut. At the time, the magazine reported that Wondermind was allegedly in a “state of utter disarray” and that Teefey struggled with substance abuse issues. (Teefey vehemently denied the accusations at the time.)

Per the investors’ filing, they claimed that Teefey mismanaged the firm while Gomez had an “abject dereliction of her duties to the company.” Gomez and her mom are being sued for securities fraud with the investors seeking unspecified damages, including a return on their investments.

Gomez and Teefey cofounded Wondermind, a multimedia platform designed to offer mental health support, in 2022 alongside Daniella Pierson. (Pierson, 31, left the organization in 2023.)

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“We hope to be the one-stop shop for all aspects of mental fitness. We have taken an unexpected and innovative chance on the way people can understand and participate in a creative foundation to show anyone that a shift is possible,” Teefey said in a statement at the time, announcing the then-new venture. “Far from medical or preachy, we’ve struck a balance between education, media and self-reflection that truly inspires growth.”

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Nearly three years later, Forbes reported that Wondermind allegedly laid off 60 percent of its staff, citing financial issues.

“In the coming days, we will be transitioning into a new chapter for Wondermind,” a spokesperson for Wondermind told the outlet at the time, claiming that the firm had “rectified” any outstanding financial debts.

Teefey has not publicly addressed the fraud claims. Us reached out for comment.

Howard Stern is currently facing one of the most stressful summers of his career over rumors that one of his longtime SiriusXM channels, Howard 101, could be canceled entirely.

This uncertainty, as insiders claim, has left the normally larger-than-life radio icon feeling “powerless” and anxious about his future.

While Howard Stern wrestles with this chaos lingering in his life, his wife, Beth Stern, is trying to help, although sources say it’s been a rough situation.

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Stern currently has two channels on SiriusXM: Howard 100, featuring his live shows and new content, and Howard 101, which serves as an archive of old interviews and clips from his 20-year history with the satellite radio giant.

A report previously claimed that Howard 101 risks being dropped entirely, and now some sources have reiterated this rumor. This came as a devastating blow to Stern, who recently signed a three-year contract with SiriusXM, which is said to only cover his Howard 100 channel.

“Howard has begrudgingly accepted that it’s time to scale things back, but now there are all these rumors that (the Howard 101 channel) may end up flat out canceled, and that’s doing nothing for his mood,” the source told Globe Magazine.

Despite the fact that he has reduced the number of live shows he does, the “Private Parts” star isn’t ready to step away from the microphone entirely.

“He still wants to work, and he wants to go out on his terms,” the source continued. “So having to play this waiting game where he feels like the bosses are holding his future in their hands and capriciously deciding his fate is a nightmare.”

The Shock Jock Has Been Left Feeling ‘Powerless’ Over The Situation

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For a man who has built a career on being in control, the current atmosphere of uncertainty has been particularly difficult for Stern to bear.

The source says the situation has left the shock jock feeling “powerless,” which is “probably the hardest part for him to accept.”

“It’s putting a dark cloud over his summer,” they noted. “Normally, he’s the life and soul of the party, but he’s just so preoccupied, it’s hard for him to relax.”

Friends and close ones have reportedly noticed the radio host is no longer his usual boisterous self. Alongside the ongoing pressure of the rumors, the stress of not knowing the direction of his professional future makes it nearly impossible for him to enjoy his time away from the studio.

Howard Stern’s Wife Is Trying To Help Him Cope With The Changes Being Made

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While Stern faces his own share of problems, his wife of two decades, Beth Stern, has been trying to offer support, but sources claim that it has not been easy.

“Poor Beth is trying to help, but it’s very difficult because he’s such a ball of stress right now,” an insider began. “It’s to the point where she’s tiptoeing around him, which is not the way things usually are at all.”

The couple, who have been married since  2008, are typically known for their close and supportive relationship. But the present situation seems to have put a strain on their dynamic, with Beth allegedly walking on eggshells in order not to add to Stern’s anxiety.

The animal rights activist and former model has been trying to cheer Howard up, keeping his spirit alive, but sources suggest the radio icon’s preoccupation with his career has made the task of comforting a challenging one for Beth.

The Radio Host Faces Major Scrutiny Over Firing Of Staff

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Stern’s worries about his channel come on the heels of a turbulent year filled with headline-making legal troubles over a domestic house staff and then shocking drama over his staff layoffs.

The radio icon is facing immense public scrutiny following a quiet and brutal gutting of his broadcast team.

Reports indicate the veteran Stern has parted ways with at least 50 employees, which equates to an astonishing two-thirds of his total staff, across two ruthless waves of layoffs.

The sweeping budget cuts allegedly began back in February 2026, leaving longtime studio veterans completely blindsided and prompting intense pushback over what former employees describe as questionable severance packages.

Howard Stern Claims He’s ‘Happy’ With His New Contract

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Despite how dire things appear to be with the staff layoffs, Stern has expressed great enthusiasm regarding his fresh contract for “The Howard Stern Show.”

While speaking directly to his audience on the air, the veteran broadcaster shared his excitement over finding an ideal career balance.

He told listeners, “I am happy to announce that I have figured out a way to have it all.” The lucrative deal allows him to drastically downsize his broadcasting schedule while keeping his massive global platform.

“More free time and continuing to be on the radio,” he added, per Page Six.

Stern further justified his scaled-back schedule by highlighting his desire to enjoy a rich life away from the microphone. He explained, “I do like my days off. You know me, I’m never bored. I’m busy every minute.”

Henry Cavill is a man who’s very familiar with a sword and a shield, and he’ll be doing it again soon enough as Connor MacLeod in Highlander, but that won’t be the first time he’s done so. This is a man who loves battling legendary warriors and ancient gods. More than a decade before Chad Stahelski’s reboot, Cavill headlined another epic fantasy blockbuster that arrived right at the height of Hollywood’s mythology craze.

Immortals, which has recently been charting globally, sees the ruthless King Hyperion rampage across Greece in search of a weapon powerful enough to destroy mankind, but doesn’t realize that a humble stonemason named Theseus has been chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the merciless king. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, Theseus must embrace his destiny and become history’s greatest hero in an unforgettable battle between gods, men and Titans.

As Hyperion tears across Greece searching for the legendary Epirus Bow, Theseus must embrace his destiny alongside an unlikely band of allies while the Olympian gods watch from above, forbidden from directly interfering in mankind’s affairs. The film is shot in similar fashion to 300, Zack Snyder‘s iconic (or all-style-no-substance) retelling of the Spartans’ final stand, and it does end up providing some of the most visually distinctive action sequences of the 2010s.

The film stars Cavill as Theseus, Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) as King Hyperion, Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) as Phaedra, Stephen Dorff (True Detective) as Stavros, Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) as Zeus, John Hurt (Doctor Who) as the Old Man, Isabel Lucas (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) as Athena and Kellan Lutz (Twilight) as Poseidon.

Was ‘Immortals’ a Success?

Immortals seems like one of those movies that was probably a box office bomb, but it was actually something of a surprisingly respectable commercial success. The film grossed $226.9 million worldwide against a budget of around $75 million. However, the critical reception was something else. It holds a 50% Rotten Tomatoes score, with reviewers praising Tarsem Singh’s remarkable visual style while criticizing aspects of its storytelling. Even so, audiences have continued to embrace the film as an underrated spectacle, particularly as Cavill’s star has risen over the past decade.

Immortals is currently streaming on Prime Video in the United States. It is also available to rent or purchase digitally through Apple TV, Fandango at Home, and Google Play.

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Jennifer Morrison is known by fans for a lot of different roles. The multihyphenate star made a name for herself on shows like Once Upon a Time and House M.D.; she briefly starred in the J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie reboot; now she’s an accomplished director working on even more of your favorite TV shows. Her work behind the camera includes helming one of the earliest episodes of Sam Levinson‘s hit HBO series Euphoria. Joining the series in Season 1, Morrison directed Episode 5 titled “’03 Bonnie and Clyde,” a reference to a Jay-Z and Beyoncé song released in 2002. During a conversation with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff, Morrison spoke about working with Levinson and bringing Euphoria to life.

Season 1 of Euphoria set a very specific tone for the series as a whole. It helped to establish the aesthetic fans know and love and brought characters like Zendaya‘s Rue to life. In “’03 Bonnie and Clyde,” the episode heavily featured Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie) and Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi) while also following Jules (Hunter Schafer) helping Rue with her sobriety. With relatively little directing experience under her belt at the time, Morrison spoke with Nemiroff about how knowing Levinson through his wife and her best friend, producer Ashley Levinson, helped her understand his creative process.

“I think they were very similar. I think the vision and the experience was very similar. The reason I was lucky enough to be in a position to be up for that job is because I knew Sam Levinson so well, and Ashley Levinson so well,” Morrison said. “Ashley is my best friend and lived with me for a while, and when she lived with me, she was just starting to date Sam, so Sam was there with us a lot. And so I was very aware of his creative process, and I was very aware of just how wildly visionary he was and how incredibly, uniquely talented he was.” Morrison went on to say:

“I can’t say that I understand how anyone’s brain works, but I feel like I had a better sense of it because I had such proximity and time spent. So, I had been hearing about and feeling elements of Euphoria way before Euphoria was being made because I was around for him making his feature before that, and I was around watching some of the things that started to really come into focus for him — that feature’s sort of impact, the way he was thinking about Euphoria, and seeing him connect with Marcell Rév, who was the cinematographer that he kind of found that visual together with, and hearing those conversations.”

Jennifer Morrison Shares How Her Inside Knowledge Helped Her Direct ‘Euphoria’

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Outside of her impressive body of work as an actress, Morrison has become a prolific television director. With shows like Dr. Death, Yellowjackets, Tracker, and the new series Five Star Weekend on her resume, a lot of her work is beloved by television fans. Part of what makes her episodes stand out is Morrison’s understanding of each show’s vision, much like how her work with Euphoria was rooted in knowing how Levinson worked creatively and what she needed to do to make his vision come to life. Morrison shared how Levinson had to trust filmmakers to come into his show to create the vision he had for the hit series.

“So, I was like a fly on the wall for a lot of conversations that led up to what was the pilot and what was the beginning and the genesis of that first season, so I had insider energy for that. It was funny, I felt like I already knew it was a huge hit, and I remember being surprised when I was talking to maybe my lawyer or someone, and they were like, ‘What is this Euphoria?’ I was like, ‘What do you mean what is it?’ In my mind, it was already this massive show. Like, I somehow felt its future in some way. I felt it. But I think some of that is just because I was living inside the energy of that creative hunger and voracity that Sam has. So, I knew how important it was to him to protect the visual concept of that because he wanted to give the audience in that first season a visual experience of what the drugs would do to someone.”

Morrison went on to talk about how Levinson’s own struggles with addiction gave him a unique perspective while creating his show and telling Rue’s story. “He’s a recovered addict, and he spent a lot of his life working through all of the different things that Rue works through, through the three seasons of the show, and so he is intimately aware of what he’s offering people,” she said. “And it felt important to him that the visuals give people the highs and lows of what an addict is experiencing at that point in their journey of addiction. I was very excited to be trusted with that, and it wasn’t something that anyone had done before. I mean, now people rip off the show all the time, and I rip off the show all the time. I steal from my own stuff from Euphoria all the time. But before there was Euphoria, there wasn’t Euphoria, right? He was establishing something that required him to trust his filmmakers to not come in and try to mess with that vision or try to undermine it in some way.”

As much as Euphoria has permeated the television landscape, Morrison doesn’t take her time on Euphoria for granted. “So the fact that he trusted me, and he knew enough of my work, and we had enough of a creative shorthand with each other that he would fight for me. I had never directed television before,” Morrison told Nemiroff. “HBO had no business hiring me for that job, and the reason I got hired is because Ashley and Sam, and at the time, Kevin Turen, really went to bat for me and said that I was going to deliver.”

You can see Morrison’s work on Euphoria on HBO Max and watch her full episode of Collider Ladies Night below.

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2019 – 2026-00-00

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HBO

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Sam Levinson

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Jennifer Morrison, Augustine Frizzell

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Tyler Cameron may not have been the recipient of former Bachelorette Hannah Brown’s final rose, but he found his own happily ever after with girlfriend Tate Madden.

Two months after confirming their relationship in September 2024, Cameron and Madden revealed that they had been together for nearly a year already.

“So Tyler and I actually met a couple times before he remembered meeting me. I thought Tyler and I were actually good friends. Turns out he didn’t know who I was,” Madden said during a November 2024 episode of the “Trading Secrets” podcast, to which Cameron added that it was “through a little bit of a messy era for myself.”

The pair first met when a mutual friend invited her to come to a boat, which turned out to be Cameron’s. When host Jason Tartick asked whether she was into Cameron from day one, Madden replied, “No. Especially when I started working for him.”

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Madden revealed that her sister would suggest they liked each other, which she would deny. “I’m like, ‘I’ve seen too much,’” she quipped. “This isn’t happening.”

Scroll down to see the beginning of Cameron and Madden’s love story:

December 2022

Madden denied rumors that she and Cameron were romantically linked. “We are not dating,” she said during a December 2022 TikTok, before clarifying,“I actually work for Tyler.”

She quipped, “But he is madly in love with me and he asks me to be his girlfriend every day, and I tell him he needs to calm down and it’s inappropriate.” Cameron, who was in the background of the video, replied, “Are you out of your goddamn gourd?”

February 2024

When asked about his love life, Cameron exclusively told Us Weekly that he was “dating.” While Cameron was spotted with a mystery blonde — who many suspected to be Madden — at the Grammys earlier that month, he played coy about his status. “No update,” he said. “I don’t got nothing for you yet.”

April 2024

Cameron confirmed that Madden made a cameo in his show, Going Home With Tyler Cameron. “She’s on there. She came and shot some photography for us,” Cameron exclusively told Us. “She can do it all. She’s very well-rounded. Great at all aspects of renovation, design and all that stuff.”

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September 2024

The former Bachelorette contestant confirmed their relationship during a September 2024 Amazon Live.

When Cameron received a comment that read, “Tell us about your girlfriend,” he asked whether Madden wanted to make an on-screen appearance. Madden, who was off-camera, declined to be featured in the Amazon Live.

“She says she will not be joining me on this, but you will get to meet her soon,” Cameron teased, while adding that he and Madden live together.

October 2024

Cameron gushed over his girlfriend in a sweet Instagram post while sharing a video of the couple dancing. “Found a cute girl to dance with …. and then she tried to knock me out ….” he wrote.

November 2024

During an appearance on the “Trading Secrets” podcast, Madden shared that she was a “wing woman” for Cameron before their relationship.

Cameron opened up about his plans for kids while sharing that his “fears in life” revolve around not being financially secure before becoming a dad. He added that his parents lost everything in the 2008 market crash.

“I think right now, just doubling down and just working as much as we can to get to that spot so then when we do hopefully have kids one day, God willing, that he can also be the dad that he wants to be,” Madden said. “Never miss a game, be the coach, do all the things. Which I think right now, doing what we’re doing will get us to the place where you can also have financial stability.”

March 2025

Madden clapped back at a social media troll who claimed she wasn’t “Tyler Cameron pretty,” replying to the snub in a TikTok video. “See, this comment’s really nice because not only is she calling me pretty, [but] she’s saying I’m not Tyler Cameron pretty,’ which is basically her saying I don’t look like a boy,” Madden said in the clip. “It’s really nice of you.”

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Later that month, Madden and Cameron were photographed sipping wine at the Santa Margherita Rosé Giardino at the 2025 Miami Open.

August 2026

Cameron popped the question after two years of dating.

“Better late than never, they say,” he captioned beachside proposal pics.

Papoose is leaving no room for more questions about his relationship with Claressa Shields after popping out and flexing some fresh ink dedicated to his Queen. Pap’s new tattoo has social media popping OFF with reactions, especially after Remy Ma seemingly took shots at the GWOAT on her new song, ‘Wanna Go.’

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Papoose Put His Love For The GWOAT In Ink

Roommates, Papoose is letting the world know his love for Claressa Shields is real after flexing a fresh tattoo of her name on his bicep. The rapper dropped a video on Instagram showing the tattoo process from start to finish. Pap shared the clip right before his boxer boo gears up to face off against Kaye Scott in the boxing ring on August 15. The comments came flooding in, especially since the new ink landed after Remy Ma just used a video of Claressa to promote her new single, ‘Wanna Go,’ which samples Crime Mob’s ‘Knuck If You Buck.’ Whew, with all of this tea stirring up, you already know the internet is having a field day with this one!

The Internet Went OFF After Pap Made His Love For Claressa Permanent

Papoose’s tattoo flex had folks popping OFF in The Shade Room’s comment section. Plenty of Roomies said they just know Claressa isn’t going to let this one slide, while others said Pap’s move is definitely giving “making it official” energy!

Instagram user @noaddsdoordash_ wrote, “Awh boy Claressa gone talk bout this for 40 days and 56 nights 🫩” 

Instagram user @favorvalentine wrote, “Well Remy I guess it’s over!” 

While Instagram user @realjaysincere wrote, “I’ve seen a lot of dumb stuff in my days…. this might top it all 😂😂😂” 

Then Instagram user @mynameisdria wrote, “I feel like this entire relationship is a publicity stunt….” 

Another Instagram user @someaboutdiamond wrote, “😂😂😂😂😂😂idk what to say.” 

Instagram user @iknowwhereiwanttoeat wrote, “Pap ain’t never leaving upstairs after this 😂” 

Then another Instagram user @queen.neferkiti wrote, “We never gone hear the end of this.” 

While another Instagram user @therealeazyeconomicz wrote, “Yeah it’s definitely official and that’s someway how you prove you LOVE her 💚” 

Finally, Instagram user @faithdonna.z wrote, “The way the internet dragged this whole situation just for Papoose to come back with a tattoo as a plot twist 😭😭 You cannot make this s**t up.” 

Face Card? Lethal! Body? Tea! Her Man? FOINE! — Claressa Shields Says She’s Outchea WINNING!

Pap isn’t the only one professing his love; y’all already know Claressa doesn’t play about her man. The heavyweight champ shared photos from her weigh-in with Kaye Scott on Instagram, including a few shots of her and Pap serving power couple energy. Shields also made sure to talk her talk in the caption, saying she knows she’s keeping the haters mad because her face card is lethal, her body is tea, and her man is FOINE!

“The BADDEST!!! They can’t stand a bad, fine, thick, unbeatable Woman!

Me & My man ❤️🥹👌🏾 So-so 🍆 got bum b*****s mad 🤣🤣 AH HA!!!!

Just Tea!!!

H*s on my dk I say AH HA 🤣🤣🤣 yeah!!

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1 of 1!!! Second to None! Best at what I do!”

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