The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Conner Leavitt broke his silence after some Dancing With the Stars fans expressed frustration with his casting.

“Hi, I’m Whitney’s husband. text ‘Conner L’ to 21523 😜,” Conner, 32, who has been married to DWTS season 34 contestant Whitney Leavitt since 2016, captioned a TikTok post on Monday, September 7.

The social media video showed Conner and his DWTS pro partner, Adele Zaikman, pretending to read comments about him on his phone before becoming visibly upset by what they saw online.

“POV: You get cast on DWTS and find out ‘nepo husband’ doesn’t count as ‘star,’” Conner wrote in the video.

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The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt and her husband, Conner Leavitt, have navigated ups and downs together. The couple met in the early 2010s when Whitney served her Mormon mission in Georgia, where Conner’s family was based at the time. “It’s just [a] coincidence. How cool is that?” Whitney recalled to Vulture […]

Whitney, 33, addressed the backlash as well in her own TikTok video, which read, “When someone says our nepo daddy isn’t a star.” Conner replied to the show of support, writing, “Yall are the reason I Nepo so hard 🤘🔥🖤 love you guys so much 🖤🥹.”

Reality TV fans were introduced to the couple when The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered in September 2024. During the season 1 premiere, Conner and Whitney relocated from Hawaii to Utah, which they had previously left after he admitted to having a secret Tinder account to solicit NSFW images.

Conner and Whitney, who shared two kids at the time, worked on their marriage and later expanded their family with a third baby.

“It takes time, and it takes a lot of work. I remember being in therapy, and my therapist asked me, ‘Before we even dive into this, you need to decide is this something you want to work out or something you don’t want to work out?’” Whitney exclusively told Us in September 2024. “It was something I really had to sit down [and think], ‘Did I want to rebuild this trust?’ That doesn’t mean that things aren’t still triggering to me. When it is, then I’m going to work it out and just keep moving forward.”

After viewers started to speculate about Conner’s sexuality, the pair poked fun at the comments.

“Do I need to put out a sex tape or something? Trust me, we’re good. Like, everything is fine,” Whitney quipped on the “Off the Vine” podcast in October 2024. “I think it’s because, like, when we were going through our personal stuff — and I know you haven’t seen it, but he struggled through a porn addiction — and there’s a scene where one of my friends says something along the lines like, ‘Oh, I can see how he was confused sexually.’”

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Conner, for his part, opened up about working through trauma after he was sexually abused as a child.

“I had a really big problem with pornography. On top of that, I had a presence on a dating website — not because I didn’t love my wife but because I felt like I needed validation,” he explained during the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 2 reunion in June 2025. “I needed to get help. So we started going to therapy and trying to figure out why — and I knew why.”

Conner revealed that he only shared his history “with Whitney, my therapist and my family” before addressing it on screen.

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“When I was a little boy, I was raped. When I was finally honest with that emotion and that memory, everything made sense,” he said in the emotional joint interview with Whitney. “The validation I needed … I hate that I did that to you. But I’m so proud that I was able to be honest with you and start working through some really, really hard stuff.”

Dancing With the Stars premieres on ABC and Disney+ Tuesday, September 15, at 8 p.m. ET.

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Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli became friends while playing love interests on Off Campus, but fans have since speculated that the pair could be at odds.

Based on the Off-Campus book series by Elle Kennedy, the Prime Video show follows an elite ice hockey team and the women in their lives as they “grapple with love, heartbreak and self-discovery — forging deep friendships and enduring bonds while navigating the complexities that come with transitioning into adulthood,” per the official synopsis.

The love story between Hannah (Bright) and Garrett (Cameli) took center stage during season 1, which debuted in May 2026. Off screen, Bright and Cameli formed a close bond, but to the dismay of some fans, remained strictly platonic.

Bright also addressed backlash after some audience members questioned her filming sex scenes with Cameli, who was 28, when she was just 18.

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The Off Campus cast has, similar to their fictional counterparts, have found success in their personal dating lives. Based on the Off Campus book series by Elle Kennedy, the show, which premiered in May 2026, follows an elite ice hockey team — and the women in their lives — as they “grapple with love, heartbreak […]

“For Hannah, the briefing was partial nudity, and for Allie, it had to be full [nudity]. That was just because Allie has got this amazing confidence about her and she is so free with her body and sex is just such an important part of her life,” Bright explained on the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast in June 2026, comparing her character and Mika Abdalla’s Allie. “It’s honestly just showing the difference between these characters.”

She continued: “For Hannah — obviously, given her backstory [with sexual assault] — she dresses more innocently and she’s got the skinny jeans and the hoodies. It just shows the dichotomy between the characters. That was always — from the beginning — the idea.”

Bright emphasized that “everyone had [a] full understanding of what we were going into” during the audition process.

As Off Campus became a worldwide hit, the cast has had to dodge various rumors and fan comments about their personal lives. Bright and Cameli, however, have opted to remain more tight-lipped — especially after claims of a possible feud off screen.

Keep scrolling to relive their friendship:

January 2026

The duo made their first red carpet appearance alongside the rest of the Off Campus cast.

April 2026

Bright and Cameli posed together at a premiere event for Off Campus.

May 2026

Bright and Cameli spoke to Us about their futures on the show amid exit concerns, since each season of the show focuses on a different couple.

“I totally understand your concern,” Cameli shared. “We will be along for the ride the whole time.”

Bright confirmed the plan is for them to be “sticking” around, while Cameli added, “We’re excited to see what season 2 holds for [us].”

May 2026

The costars posed for photos at the Prime Video Upfronts days before Off Campus premiered.

Ahead of the show’s debut, Bright and Cameli gushed to Us about their quick friendship.

“Doing a job like this would be so miserable if you didn’t like your costar,” Cameli shared. “We are so lucky. Ella and I are really, really good friends. We get along so well and we spend a ton of time together on set.”

Bright was just as grateful to have Cameli as her partner in crime.

“Honestly, we just have so much fun. It’s so cool to be able to go on this journey with everybody who just cares so much about this show and these characters,” she told Us. “Everyone is here for the same reason. It definitely loosens the pressure a lot, because you’re sharing it with all these really great and talented people.”

June 2026

Bright and Cameli were all smiles at Prime Video’s Obsessed Fest.

July 2026

Bright stood by her and Cameli’s friendship despite some fans hoping for a real-life romance.

“I totally get [why fans want] it, but it is so weird,” Bright said on an episode of the “In Your Dreams With Owen Thiele” podcast. “Like, no.”

Bright referred to Cameli as “literally my brother.” She also admitted she hadn’t “seen that much” of the fan discourse about their friendship, adding, “I love him so much, but yeah, it’s very funny.”

The actress further pointed out that Cameli has been dating girlfriend Raina Morris since 2025.

“He also has a perfect and beautiful, amazing girlfriend,” Bright added, referring to Morris, a TV writer, as “my angel on Earth.”

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“We just wanted to say that we have been so overwhelmed by the response to the first season,” Cameli said in a clip shared by Prime Video while standing next to Bright. “You guys made it what it is and we genuinely cannot thank you enough.”

Bright, for her part, confirmed the show was in production, adding, “We’re back filming season 2 right now and we cannot wait for you to see what’s coming. Trust us, it is going to be worth the wait.”

The video was shared weeks after some social media users claimed Cameli appeared to delete — or archive — multiple posts from his Instagram feed, many of which included photos of Bright. The pair did not directly address the speculation.

A24 has released the first teaser trailer for You Can See Everything, a new documentary from directors Nathan Fielderand Lance Oppenheim centered on convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

The project was filmed largely in secret over the course of three years and was finally revealed during a surprise screening at the Telluride Film Festival. The documentary begins just 34 days before Holmes was scheduled to report to federal prison, after she invited a skeptical film crew into her life in an attempt to document her side of the story.

Rather than becoming a traditional documentary about the rise and fall of Theranos, the film reportedly evolves into something far stranger. Fielder and Oppenheim were given extensive access to Holmes, her partner Billy Evans, and their family before her incarceration, with the resulting footage developing into what A24 describes as a three-year journey that increasingly blurs the boundaries between observation, performance and reality.

The newly released teaser gives audiences their first look at the unusual dynamic between Fielder and Holmes, with the two sitting face-to-face as Fielder questions whether Holmes is being genuine with him.

You Can See Everything will be released exclusively in theaters this October through A24.

Genre

Documentary

Release Date

October 2026

Directors

Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim

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Elizabeth Holmes, Nathan Fielder

Plot Summary

Thirty-four days before beginning her prison sentence, former Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her life. What initially begins as an intimate portrait develops into an increasingly unconventional three-year examination of Holmes, the people surrounding her and the filmmakers attempting to understand what they are witnessing.

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Bruce Campbell and The Evil Dead have been practically inseparable for more than four decades. Ash Williams turned Campbell into a horror icon, and even as the franchise has grown well beyond the cabin where it all started, Campbell has remained one of the people helping steer the ship. Campbell has already retired Ash Williams, something he would very much like everyone to remember he announced years ago, but that didn’t mean he was done with Evil Dead altogether, despite not wanting to return to that particular role.

Instead, Campbell moved behind the scenes, remaining involved as a producer alongside longtime collaborators Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert as a new generation of filmmakers got their chance to unleash the Deadites. The results have proven that Evil Dead can absolutely survive without Ash wielding the chainsaw, but Campbell has never been all that far away. Until now, at least, because it turns out, retiring Ash isn’t the only way his relationship with the franchise is going to change.

Now, Campbell is ready to take another step back. While speaking with Collider’s Aidan Kelley about his new film Ernie & Emma, Campbell revealed that he has started distancing himself from the producing side of Evil Dead, though that doesn’t mean he’s completely leaving the franchise behind. “I am, to a degree. I’m even distancing myself a little bit from that,” Campbell said when asked about his continued involvement as an Evil Dead producer.

‘Ernie & Emma’ Helped Bruce Campbell Step Away From the Studio System

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Campbell explained that he “didn’t have a whole lot to do with Evil Dead Burn,” marking a significant change from the previous installments, where Campbell was willing to follow the movies all the way through post-production. “The previous two movies, I would uproot myself and go to Copenhagen or wherever they’re doing post-production, and I’d live there and sit in on the mix,” said Campbell. “I’m very interested in sound and all that.”

The decision isn’t the result of a falling out with Raimi, Tapert, or the filmmakers now carrying Evil Dead forward. Instead, Campbell has simply grown tired of working within the studio system. He recalled watching filmmakers receive extensive notes throughout the development process and realizing that, unlike his longtime partners, he never particularly enjoyed navigating that world. “I realized I have two partners, Rob Tapert [and] Sam Raimi. They know executives by name. I never knew any of these guys,” Campbell explained.

“They’ve been in the studio game from the go-get, they make studio movies. They get that world. I never got it, never understood it, and I never liked it.”

Campbell stressed that his decision has nothing to do with the people he has spent decades making Evil Dead alongside. He still partners with Raimi and Tapert, but he reached a point where he didn’t feel like he could give the producing side of the franchise the enthusiasm it deserved. “I’m still partners with those guys, but I couldn’t get as joyfully involved as I should be as a partner,” Campbell said. “And I said, ‘You guys, you guys don’t want a grumpy partner on this. Let me just step aside.’”

That doesn’t mean Campbell has stopped paying attention to where Evil Dead goes next. In fact, he seems more than comfortable handing the franchise over to the filmmakers who have helped reinvent it. Campbell praised the directors behind the more recent movies, pointing to Fede Álvarez and Lee Cronin as evidence that Evil Dead has found filmmakers capable of taking what he, Raimi, and Tapert started and making it their own. “They’re all good filmmakers,” said Campbell, “and so they’re in pretty good hands with the guys.”

That’s ultimately why he asked, “to just kind of get off the treadmill to a degree.” And when Kelley asked whether he was at least still somewhat involved, Campbell offered one final reassurance: “I’m aware of what’s going on.” So, no, Campbell isn’t completely saying goodbye to Evil Dead. His days of moving overseas to sit in on the production may be behind him, and Ash Williams remains firmly retired, but Campbell isn’t cutting himself off from the franchise that has defined so much of his career.

Ernie & Emma is now playing in select theaters. Stay tuned at Collider for more.

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It’s now just over 100 days until the doors to Hogwarts open again and young Dominic McLaughlin takes over from Daniel Radcliffe as the titular Boy Who Lived. On December 25, the first of HBO’s ambitious adaptation of all seven of the Harry Potter novels begins in the shadow of controversy surrounding the Wizarding World’s creator, J.K. Rowling. The cast for Season 1 includes the aforementioned McLaughlin, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, and John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, and many more eye-catching names.

Production on Season 1 of Harry Potter ended in Spring this year, with HBO wasting no time in starting production on the second season, which has already added some important names to the cast. Billy Barratt (Invasion) has been added as Tom Riddle in Harry Potter Season 2, The Chamber of Secrets, with Lenny Rush and Bonnie Hill playing Dobby and Ginny Weasley, respectively. Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) has also been added as Gilderoy Lockhart, taking over from Nicholas Hoult stepping back from the role due to scheduling conflicts.

But it seems these new faces are now facing their first big hurdle when it comes to filming Harry Potter Season 2. According to The Sun, with scripts yet to be finished and signed off, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is now facing weeks of delays. According to The Sun’s sources, this is apparently due to higher-ups wanting “the plot and characterizations to be perfect,” with production pushed back to October. Warner Bros. or HBO have yet to comment on the report.

HBO’s New ‘Harry Potter’ Reboot Is Already Breaking Records

Many months before McLaughlin’s Harry Potter first appears on-screen alongside his best friends Hermione and Ron (Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout), the new Harry Potter adaptation is already breaking records. The first trailer for the new series went live in March and quickly earned 277 million organic views in just 48 hours, which officially broke a record for HBO. The most recent trailer, which debuted last week, offered the most detailed look at the series yet, giving fans a glimpse at just how dedicated this team is to recreating the books, including characters and locations that went entirely missing from the film franchise.

Harry Potter debuts on Christmas Day. Stay tuned to Collider for all the latest updates.

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Claressa Shields gave a fan a spicy response after being called out for what the fan felt was her mentioning Remy Ma and Papoose during interviews. The comment was shared on social media on Monday, September 7, following an interview with a rival of the boxing pro.

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Claressa Shields Pops Off Over Remy Ma And Papoose Comment

Claressa Shields reacted to a fan comment after her rival, Alycia Baumgardner, mentioned her in a recent interview. The professional boxer called her “Clarence,” and Shields reacted on social media. Screenshots of the post were shared on Instagram by Live Bitez.

A fan reacted to a comment Shields posted about her rival, and it prompted a swift rebuke from the boxing pro. The comment is in reference to Shields noting that she was brought up in the interview.

@BlacGoddess wrote, “But u do the same in every interview u do u mention remy or pap – u could avoid too but u don’t.”

Shields reacted with a declaration about her “man,” Papoose. Additionally, she seemed to include an insult against his soon-to-be ex-wife along with a mention of her diss tracks. Most recently, Remy Ma released her track ‘Wanna Go,’ which appeared to throw shots at Shields, in August 2026.

“Pap is my man l’Il mention him every answer if I want to,” wrote Shields. “And that weirdo lady has made 3 week ass diss tracks about me: please Go to hell.”

Claressa Shields Was Reacting To Name-Calling

Baumgardner was asked about Shields supporting boxer Caroline Dubois in a potential fight against her during the interview, and she insulted the 31-year-old in her response.

The boxing pro appeared on an episode of the ‘Last Stand Podcast with Brian Custer,’ released on Monday, September 7, and she referred to Shields by “Clarence.”

“You can you can have five Clarences in your corner,” she said. “You’re not going to beat me. You know, I am the top dog, as I’ve been saying.”

The comment prompted a response from Shields,

“So wait a minute this guy who interviewed the scary bum started all his questions with ‘So Claressa Shields’ @alyciambaum that’s pathetic,” wrote Shields. “You don’t get any clicks without using my name. 17,000 fans were in Atlanta! Me & my team didn’t pay anyone to be there.”

Alycia Baumgardner Appears In Remy Ma’s Diss Track

Baumgardner’s rivalry with Shields took an interesting turn after she appeared in the video for Remy Ma’s diss track, ‘Wanna Go.’

The song seemingly references Shields, as the rapper’s lyrics note Remy Ma being copied. Not only that, but another verse mentions her “hand-me-downs.”

“B*tches want all of my hand-me downs/ My flows, my shoes, my n*gga, my wigs, all of my hand-me-downs,” she raps.

Baumgardner had also accused Shields of copying her look. Shields’s weigh-in outfit before her August 2026 fight with Kaye Scott was nearly identical to Baumgardner’s 2025 outfit, per Livebitez.

“Do you see this fugazi-a*s b*tch? Nasty behavior! Nasty,” she said during an apparent radio interview. “And this b*tch in particular. This one tops the cake, you feel me? She’s been obsessed.”

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A Florida couple and their grandchildren were found dead after their plane crashed in the Bahamas. Mario Lamar, the grandfather, was reportedly flying the plane. It went missing near North Andros Island on Monday, September 7.

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Florida Couple And Grandchildren Found Dead

The Florida couple and their grandchildren went missing after the plane disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. The family was reportedly on the way home from a vacation on the island of Great Harbour Cay when the plane crashed.

Mario Lamar, 80, Lili Lamar, 79, 28-year-old Sofia Sosa and Christian Sosa, 22, were later all found dead near the North Andros Islands, according to the Miami Herald. Again, the grandfather was reportedly flying the plane.

“The search and recovery mission was conducted alongside family members and civilians who answered our call for help,” family member Silvia Larrieu announced on Tuesday. “Our relatives ultimately located our loved ones and had to bring them aboard their own vessels…. We are deeply grateful to everyone who supported us, searched alongside us, and kept our family in their prayers. We respectfully ask for privacy as we mourn this unimaginable loss.”

Private Plane Went Missing Over The Atlantic Ocean

The Royal Bahamas Police Force announced that they received report of the missing plane around 2:20 p.m. It disappeared about 13 miles from the North Andros Islands. Lamar was piloting a PA-34 Piper five-seater aircraft. “Police on the island of Andros are coordinating efforts to locate an aircraft believed to have crash-landed off the coast of Red Bays, North Andros,” reads the report.

“Police received a report at approximately 2:20 p.m., on Monday 7, September, 2026, that an aircraft may have gone down in the waters off Red Bays. Following the report, the Police Control Room in New Providence contacted Air Traffic Control. Information provided by the Operations Officer confirmed that a PA-34 Piper five-seater aircraft, bearing tail number N212ML, departed Great Harbour Cay at approximately 11:12 a.m., en route to Opa-locka, Florida. The aircraft had four persons on board. Air Traffic Control subsequently lost contact with the aircraft approximately 13 miles west of Andros Island.”

In addition, the report noted that officials postponed the search due to weather conditions.

Christian and Sophia’s Sosa’s father helped to search for his family. Not only that, but two sons and an uncle helped until the discovery of all four bodies, per The New York Post.

Grandfather Was An Experienced Pilot

Silvi Larreau said Lamar was an experienced pilot who’d flown his “entire life,” according to NBC6.

“My uncle is a lifelong, very experienced pilot,” said Larreau. “And they were departing business as usual, like he’s done his entire life.”

The family also noted what it was like for a family member to find the bodies.

“What is especially devastating is that a civilian, one of our own family members, was the person who located our loved one and had to bring their deceased relative onto their own boat,” reads the statement.

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Internet users are weighing in after Nevaeh Akira shared an apologetic message to Blueface following their split.

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Nevaeh Akira Shares Apologetic Message To Blueface Following Their Split

During the afternoon of Tuesday, September 8, Nevaeh Akira returned to her Instagram Story and shared a message for Blueface.

“Despite my deception, I hope we can eventually find a way to remain friends and build a healthy co-parenting relationship for our baby. I don’t want anger or hurt to take away from the beautiful thing we created together,” she initially wrote.

As she went on, she noted that she “genuinely” wishes him “everything good in life” and that she never meant to hurt him. Instead, she just made a “bad decision.”

Internet Users Are Weighing In

Internet users weighed in on Nevaeh Akira’s apologetic message for Blueface in TSR’s comment section.

More On Nevaeh Akira & Blueface’s Split

As The Shade Room previously reported, on September 8, Nevaeh Akira took to her Instagram Story, writing that she was “set free” after “a long traumatic headache with nothing but negativity.” Additionally, she noted that she was single.

Hours earlier, Blueface had reportedly been streaming and alleged he caught Akira in a lie involving NBA YoungBoy. Specifically, he alleged that Akira had previously told him that she had tattooed his face on her leg. Instead, he allegedly came to find out that she had tattooed NBA YoungBoy’s face, then got it covered up.

Furthermore, the discovery followed an apparent connection between Young Boy and Akira, including the rapper alleging that she had his name tattooed under her eye. Earlier this week, Akira had even taken to a livestream to speak on their relationship.

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