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Mormon Wives’ Layla Taylor Confirms Split From Boyfriend Mason McWhorter
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Layla Taylor confirmed in a tearful TikTok video that she is “no longer” with her boyfriend Mason McWhorter.
“I don’t ever really come on my page and cry so this is already really hard for me to do,” Layla, 24, admitted to her TikTok followers on Saturday, February 7. “I’m on reality TV … and that feels safe for me to be open on, but for some reason, my page has always been really hard for me to be vulnerable on.”
The reality star felt it was important to “set the record straight” because she was “already seeing some comments that are not true” about the breakup. After confirming the split was “still super fresh,” Layla insisted that there was “no bad blood” between the former couple.
“I genuinely wish and want the best for Mason. Things just weren’t working out,” she explained. “I think we were just on two different paths right now. He felt in order for him to grow, he had to be on his own. And I respect his decision, and I truly hope that he gets what he wants in life.”
Layla said that her separation from Mason was particularly rough because he got close to her two sons, Ollie and Maxwell, after the pair started dating last summer. (Layla shares her sons with her ex-husband Clayton Wessel.)
“Mason was a really big part of me and my boys’ lives for the past almost year,” she acknowledged. “And we went through a lot in this last year, to be honest. But I’m grateful for everything, and I’m grateful he was a part of my life for how long he was.”
As she teared up again, Layla confessed, “I just really thought that I was gonna get the family that I wanted so badly.”
Layla thanked her fans for being “protective” of her, though she also encouraged everyone to be “nice and kind” to Mason.
“I still love him so much and I only want the best for him,” she concluded.
In November, Layla exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about where things stood with Mason as she was admittedly “so jaded from [her] ex-husband and that marriage.”
“Right now, I’m kind of scared of marriage but I just want to get to know somebody very well before I even consider that,” she told Us. “I’m just happy and content where me and Mason are. And if somehow that ever were to come up, then we would see.”
Many The Secret Lives of Mormon Lives viewers instantly recognized Mason when he went public with the Hulu star last year since he is the brother of Layla’s ex Chase McWhorter.
“We just laugh about it. I know it’s not the most ideal situation, dating brothers, but sometimes life gives you lemons,” Layla told Us in November. “You just have to make lemonade and it is what it is. It makes funny, awkward situations sometimes. But we just make light of it because there’s no avoiding it.”
At the time, Layla confirmed that she and Mason were “still together” and that “things [were] going really great” in their relationship.
“I’m really happy,” she beamed at the time. “He’s just my best friend. I feel like me and him just get along really well. We have a lot of similarities and our relationship just feels very natural and not forced. I don’t have to pretend to be somebody that I’m not with him.”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives fans have watched the cast change on and off screen before the series even debuted. Season 1 of hit reality series, which follows a group of Mormon mom influencers, debuted on Hulu in September 2024 following star Taylor Frankie Paul‘s “soft swinging” sex scandal. “We’re not all swingers,” Whitney […]
Meanwhile, Us learned in December that some key details from Layla’s divorce had been finalized. A Utah judge ruled that Layla and her ex-husband Clayton would share joint legal and physical custody of their two kids, while neither party was awarded alimony.
Layla and Clayton were married for nearly three years. Layla first filed for divorce in January 2024, though the court dismissed the case in March. She refiled on February 20, 2025.
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Camille Kostek
Tom Brady’s Not Rooting For Pats?!?
… I Know His Heart
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Tom Brady claims he doesn’t have “a dog in the fight” in this year’s Super Bowl matchup … but Camille Kostek isn’t convinced … ’cause she tells TMZ Sports she believes deep down, TB12 is pulling for his old squad!!
We caught up with Kostek outside the Tight Ends and Friends shindig in San Francisco Thursday night, where we asked her about Brady’s comments, which have caught some heat from some former New England Patriots.
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“I thought that was a little bizarre,” Kostek said.
“Tom, Patriots Nation loves you. We have a bronze statue of you back at Gillette [Stadium].”
Kostek, who’s been dating TB12’s former tight end Rob Gronkowski for the last 10 years, said no matter what the GOAT is claiming, “he’s a Patriots fan for life.”
“He’s a Patriots fan through and through. He is a Patriot. In his heart he’s rooting Patriots. I don’t know, but yes.”
When we chatted with the 33-year-old … it was not long after a bunch of NFL WAGs hit the beach for Sports Illustrated’s new digital feature dubbed “new era of WAGs.”
It included the likes of Brittany Mahomes, Normani, Christen Goff, Ronika Love, Haley Cavinder and Claire Kittle. So we asked Kostek … who would she love to grace the cover next?
Keeping with the Patriots mindset … Kostek said she would love to see Drake Maye‘s wife, Ann Michael Maye, get the nod next!!
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The visual is connected to Swift’s most recent appearance on “The Graham Norton Show.”
Heading into awards season, Renate Reinsve seemed like a lock for a Best Actress nomination for her performance in the Danish-Norwegian drama, Sentimental Value, which was also primed for major Oscar consideration in numerous categories. No matter how strong her performance was, she was due for a nomination after being rudely snubbed in 2021 for her revelatory performance in The Worst Person in the World, her previous collaboration with Sentimental Value writer-director, Joachim Trier. Receiving critical acclaim and nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature at the Oscars upon release, Trier’s coming-of-age dramedy announced Reinsve as a seminal actor of her generation, giving a tour-de-force performance as a young woman stuck in the aimless pit known as everyday life. The Worst Person in the World will be wholly relatable, if not painfully true-to-life, for most viewers, and Reinsve portrays the perfect avatar of twentysomething disillusionment.
Renate Reinsve Gave Her Breakthrough Performance in ‘The Worst Person in the World’
Reinsve and Trier have proven to be one of the signature actor-director pairs of their respective era, with the two first teaming up in Oslo, August 31st, the actor’s feature film debut. Being two artists drawn to sympathetic but searing depictions of intimacy and melancholy set against the backdrop of art, the pair’s special touch has produced cinematic gold, but they’ve only been properly recognized by the Academy for Sentimental Value. However, with Jessie Buckley from Hamnet standing as the prohibitive favorite for Best Actress, it seems that Reinsve will have to wait her turn for the statuette. She is one of four acting nominees for Sentimental Value, alongside Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, and Stellan Skarsgård.
The Worst Person in the World follows Julie (Reinsve), a medical student in Oslo who jumps from major to major and partner to partner, unable to lock down her direction in life. Pivoting from medicine to psychology, then eventually photography, she aspires for something more life-fulfilling and imaginative, and this is the same for her romantic life. Joachim Trier’s films tend to have one foot in the closely observed real world and another in the realm of a surrealist fantasy. While Sentimental Value is icier in tone and grounded in its scope, The Worst Person in the World reaches for the sky, indulging in outright fantastical sequences. The film’s tonal shifting mirrors the day-to-day life of Julie, who can go from elated to defeated in minutes. Julie is, while maybe not idyllic, a heightened superstar version of the average undergraduate with incredible knowledge but lacking in the judgment and stability department.
‘The Worst Person in the World’ Tackles the Absurdity and Harshness of Figuring Out What To Do in Life
Before playing a stage actor reckoning with a surprise visit from her absent father in Sentimental Value, Renate Reinsve confronted the most lofty mysteries about humanity in The Worst Person in the World. Trier’s films deal with weighty subjects involving life, death, and purpose, but he makes them feel tangible to the viewer, interpreting our enduring crises through literal imagery and allegory. Most of all, Reinsve’s performance, which earned her the Best Actress prize at Cannes in 2021, is a stunning feat of internal modulation. In scenes with her two romantic interests, Aksel (Anders Danielsen Lie) and Eivind (Herbert Nordrum), and while she’s roaming parties and the streets of Oslo without a care in the world, Reinsve conveys so much through subtle facial gestures.
This invaluable trait of hers paid dividends in Sentimental Value, a film centered around a generation’s worth of reticence. In The Worst Person in the World, she adds grave pathos to the plight of this age demographic, one that relates to a global audience, but particularly Americans amid our current economic distress, by appearing inscrutable, to the point that showing indifference is the only solution. Whether in reality or fantastical mode, Reinsve holds her own as her character embarks on a rollicking and oftentimes unsettling odyssey.
Renate Reinsve’s grace and sheer magnitude resulted in an all-encompassing performance that will make you laugh, cry, and reflect on your own place in the world simultaneously. The role of Julie is the kind of part actors dream of playing, and Joachim Trier’s literary writing and shrewd character dynamics are responsible for his films consistently featuring earth-shattering performances. His love for Julie, and, by proxy, Reinsve herself, translates on the screen, as the film is an elegiac tribute to a period of free-spirited youth and vigor that filmmakers are always trying to channel. Sure, Julie may be selfish, and even a complete mess half the time, but weren’t we all at one point? If this performance didn’t demand an Academy Award, then who knows what does.
The Worst Person in the World is available to stream on Tubi in the U.S.
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October 13, 2021
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127 minutes
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Joachim Trier
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Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
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Thomas Robsahm, Tom Kjeseth, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
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Anders Danielson Lie
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Atlanta Falcons linebacker James Pearce Jr. is facing a battery charge — as well as other offenses — after an alleged domestic incident with Los Angeles Sparks star Rickea Jackson.
Doral, Florida, Police Chief Edwin Lopez told local station Channel 10 News that Pearce, 22, was in custody after crashing his vehicle during a chase with officers on Saturday, February 7. He is facing charges for the aforementioned two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, plus fleeing or eluding police with lights or siren and aggravated stalking.
A spokesperson for the Atlanta Falcons told Us Weekly on Saturday, “We are aware of an incident involving James Pearce Jr. in Miami. We are in the process of gathering more information and will not have any further comment on an open legal matter at this time.”
Pearce reportedly fled the scene of an altercation with Jackson, 24, when police responded to a report of a dispute between a male and a female. Chief Lopez confirmed to Channel 10 News that the woman involved was Jackson.
UPDATE — 4/30/25, 2:48 p.m. ET: The National Football League has levied fines to the Atlanta Falcons and Falcons defensive coordinator, Jeff Ulbrich, over a prank phone call made to Shedeur Sanders during the 2025 NFL draft. The Falcons were fined $250,000 and Ulbrich, 48, was fined $100,000 for the leak of Sanders’ phone number. […]
After allegedly fleeing, the football star crashed his car near Northwest 103rd Avenue and 66th Street in Doral before he was taken into custody. He was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami, with no bond immediately set.
Us has reached out to Doral police for comment and has also contacted the Sparks.
Pearce was chosen by the Atlanta Falcons as the 26th overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft and ultimately played in 17 games with 26 combined tackles and 10.5 sacks last season, per Sports Illustrated. He previously played three seasons with the Tennessee Volunteers at the collegiate level before turning pro.
Jackson played small forward for the Lady Volunteers after transferring from Mississippi State in 2022. She was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks as the fourth overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft.
A romance between the two athletes was rumored dating back to their college days in Tennessee. Jackson finally went public with the relationship when she sat next to Pearce at his NFL Draft party in April 2024.
Fans quickly pointed out the couple’s hard launch via social media, with Jackson playfully responding via X, “Soooo I have a doppelganger. Wow.”
Rickea Jackson in April 2024. Sarah Stier/Getty Images
In June 2025, Jackson shut down pregnancy rumors after she missed two Sparks games due to personal reasons. The pregnancy speculation started when she posted a selfie showing her holding a basketball in front of her stomach.
When a fan criticized Jackson’s friends for “implying that you’re pregnant,” she clarified, “1. My friends don’t use twitter. Yall gotta stop linking people because of a follow😩. 2. Yall come to conclusions everyday it’s hilarious, but I’m a ‘rich auntie’ typa gallll.”
Jackson returned to practice on June 3, 2025, where she complained to reporters about all of the speculation about her absence.
“You’ve just got to be realistic with yourself. Like, at the end of the day, media isn’t about facts anymore,” she told the media. “So that’s just the media. Just taking it with a grain of salt, and not being gullible.”
“Whatever sounds the juiciest, that’s what people want to go with,” she went on. “Like, I’m pregnant, apparently.”
The Atlanta Falcons revealed its upcoming NFL schedule — with a subtle dig at former league coach Bill Belichick’s now-viral CBS interview. The Georgia-based football team made a Mario Kart-themed video to reveal which other teams they would be playing in the fall, sharing it via social media on Wednesday, May 14. While teasing the […]
At the time, Sparks head coach Lynne Roberts sought to downplay social media insinuations that Jackson’s absence was due to dissatisfaction with the WNBA franchise.
“In regards to Rickea, Rickea is a big part of our organization and our team,” Roberts, 50, said. “She is taking personal time and we support her. And we’re excited to get her back when she is ready to come back.”
Jackson returned to the court after a two-game absence and even played through a leg injury later in the 2025 season.
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Get an exclusive (and nostalgic) look at how NBC is celebrating 100 years of 'must see moments'
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Two new TV spots reveal the NBC100 logo and “A Century Together” campaign, featuring hits like “Friends,” “The Office,” “Star Trek,” and more.
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“The View”'s Sunny Hostin calls out Kid Rock lyrics about liking underage girls amid his Bad Bunny criticism
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“Kid Rock is a very average artist who’s gone past his prime,” Alyssa Farah Griffin later added.
The longest-running primetime medical drama Grey’s Anatomy has been airing for 22 seasons now. Fans who were there during the first years claim the show went downhill after Cristina’s (Sandra Oh) exit or Derek’s (Patrick Dempsey) death. Even with the new batch of interns taking the spotlight, newer fans see the latest seasons as underwhelming at best. Arguments can be made with respect to the show’s quality over time, but the truth is newer seasons have featured notable highlights.
Ever since Krista Vernoff returned to join Shonda Rhimes as co-showrunner in Season 14, Grey’s Anatomy went through a reinvention that produced thoroughly engaging storylines. But there’s a specific point in which the show produced one of the best seasons of its modern era. In Season 17, Grey Sloan Memorial had to face head-on the COVID-19 pandemic. Though at the time, it might have hit too close to home, it gave Grey’s Anatomy a new meaning and purpose in the ever-changing landscape of medical TV dramas.
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Felt Relevant Once Again in Season 17
The COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. Shutting everything down to prevent the spread of this new and deadly disease, humanity had to adapt to face this new reality. In entertainment, this meant shutting down productions of movies and TV shows – thus paralyzing the industry for the foreseeable future. When Grey’s Anatomy was able to resume production, the big questions of what the doctors of Grey Sloan should do and how they should proceed were answered swiftly – tackle the pandemic head-on.
By covering this delicate topic, Season 17 of Grey’s Anatomy made the show feel relevant once again. Whereas there was a long-standing tradition of showcasing catastrophe episodes every year, the entirety of Season 17 covered a real and global crisis that the doctors seemed powerless to face. The stakes felt real once again, as the hospital had to adapt to new sanitary measures, while trying to keep its patients and staff safe. Still, when the topic was gloomy, the later episodes of the season managed to end on a high note, flashing forward to the introduction of the vaccines and finally being able to recover the sense of normalcy we live with today.
Meredith’s Beach Featured the Return of Several ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Fan-Favorites
Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) will never be exempt from catastrophes in her life. Whether personal or professional, she has always been on the brink of figurative or literal death. In Season 17, she was one of the early cases of COVID-19 the hospital had to treat. This brought the controversial beach into the show’s narrative. Love it or hate it, this metaphysical space was an escape from the dark reality both the audience and the hospital were facing at the time. This became our safe space – a maskless and bright place where happy reunions simply happened.
Thus, Season 17 featured fan-favorite and long-awaited returns in one of the few ways that made sense in the show’s narrative. This was the precise moment to bring back Chyler Leigh’s Lexie for one final heartfelt chat with her sister. Lexie’s comeback also brought Eric Dane’s Mark, as a sign that they had found a happy ending after all. T.R. Knight’s George strolled by to talk about how his death affected Meredith’s life. Last, but not least, Meredith saw Derek once again at this fateful moment. Seeing the power couple reunited was a tender callback to their better times. All of them encourage Meredith to keep fighting and return to her family. And though they were constructs of her own comatose mind, their appearances felt like a hug in the direst of times.
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 17 Features the Last Impactful Deaths the Show Has Seen
Grey’s Anatomy’s tradition of featuring impactful deaths practically stopped with Season 17. It makes sense, considering it’d be hard to top their emotional punch. The first was Elena Bailey (Bianca F. Taylor), Miranda’s (Chandra Wilson) mother. After becoming infected with COVID-19 at her nursing home, Elena’s chances of survival were minimal, because the elderly were at higher risk. Grey’s Anatomy faithfully depicted the frustrating protocols that this catastrophe brought forth. The people who represented our support system were fated to die in isolation during this harrowing time. By showing this through Miranda’s resignation and Elena’s final moments, the series honored the victims of the pandemic.
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While these doctors saved lives, they also made some poor decisions.
The second victim that this season claimed was Giacomo Gianniotti’s Andrew DeLuca. He died a hero, because he was responsible for the apprehension of a human trafficker, and his goodbye was one of the most heartfelt and heartbreaking moments in the modern era of Grey’s Anatomy. Meeting Meredith at her beach, he thanked her for the time they shared and for pushing him to get to know himself. The ambivalence of having to “choose” between life and death is elevated by DeLuca’s reunion with his mother. His bittersweet farewell represents an ideal welcome to the afterlife – and not everyone has gotten this courtesy in Grey’s Anatomy.
In retrospect, Season 17 of Grey’s Anatomy has quietly become one of the best of its modern era. More recent outings have struggled to recapture the emotional impact that this season had. With Pompeo’s departure as a regular in Season 19, this could also be considered the last time Meredith was front-and-center as the main focus of the show. Since the series is nowhere near its end, hopefully it will recapture this gut-wrenching feeling once again.
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March 27, 2005
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Rob Corn, Kevin McKidd, Debbie Allen, Chandra Wilson, Allison Liddi-Brown, Jeannot Szwarc, Tony Phelan
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Shonda Rhimes, Julie Wong, Jen Klein, Tameson Duffy, Meg Marinis
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Chandra Wilson
Dr. Miranda Bailey
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The actor, best known for playing Smitty the bartender in the NBC sitcom, died on Jan. 19
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White House tries to defend Trump's racist mockery of Barack and Michelle Obama as “The Lion King” parody
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A video posted and deleted on Trump’s Truth Social account depicted the former president and first lady as apes, set to the Tokens’ “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”
Seahawks Vs. Patriots
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More than a decade in the making, the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will meet again in the Super Bowl … and the wives and girlfriends are ready to see who comes out on top!!
Of course, Cardi B is expected to be Stefon Diggs‘ most passionate cheerleader at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara — even though her Little Miss Drama tour starts 48 hours after the Gig Game.
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Drake Maye‘s wife, Ann Michael Maye, has been his biggest fan since middle school … and she certainly won’t miss his first Super Bowl appearance as a Patriot.
Jayda Hawkins — who married Patriots safety Jaylinn Hawkins in March 2025 — and fullback Jack Westover‘s pregnant wife, Sean, will also be present and ready to rep NE on the west coast.
The Seahawks WAGs will show up in full force, too — led by Cooper Kupp‘s wife, Anna Marie, who was super supportive after the Rams dropped him last year. Now, he’s headed to his second Super Bowl.
Same for Josh Jobe — who went to Super Bowl LVII with the Eagles — and his pregnant bride-to-be, Nayomie Suarez.
It’ll be a first for Sam Darnold‘s fiancée, Kate, and DeMarcus Lawrence‘s wife, Sasha — who are all getting their first taste of the Super Bowl stage.
Thanks to these lovely ladies … this matchup is already one to remember.
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