Melissa Gilbert can’t help but take the recent deaths of former child stars Hayden Panettiere, Michelle Trachtenberg and Daveigh Chase personally.

“They are gone and the question I have been turning over and over in my head is, ‘WHY?’. Why are these three, sweet, wildly talented, vibrant, vital young women gone?” Gilbert, 62, wrote in an essay shared via her Substack on Saturday, August 22. “And why does this all feel so personal to me? I did not know Hayden personally and only worked briefly with Mishy and Daveigh. It feels personal because I was them.”

She continued, “We are all members of the same tribe; Female Former Child Performers, and when one of us dies, it runs through all of us like an electrical current. When three of us die so close together, something is very, very wrong.”

News broke on Sunday, August 16, that Panettiere died of an apparent drug overdose. She was 36. Trachtenberg died in February of this year at the age of 39, while Chase died in June at the age of 35.

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Melissa Gilbert is paying tribute to former costar Daveigh Chase after her death. “This is the @daveighchase.official I knew,” Gilbert, 62, wrote via Instagram on Monday, June 29, sharing a photo of Chase as a child. “I shot a pilot for a series with her 20+ years ago. Two wonderful humans @thejackcoleman and @kevinzegers1984 played […]

Gilbert famously starred as Laura Ingalls on the hit TV series Little House on the Prairie from 1974 to 1983 and starting at just 10 years old. She later became the youngest person at the time to secure a star on Hollywood’s iconic Walk of Fame. (Gilbert most recently made headlines for fiercely supporting her husband Timothy Busfield was arrested and charged with child sex abuse after alleged altercations with two male child actors. Busfield, 69, has denied the allegations, pleaded not guilty and has filed a motion to quash the grand jury indictment.)

While speaking about the death of three young women actors in such quick succession, Gilbert blamed an overwhelming lack of privacy for the apparent epidemic.

“We all know the stories of how the entertainment industry uses, abuses, exploits and then throws away its youngest, but for some reason, this trend is getting worse,” she wrote. “My thinking is that it is tied to the invention of the mobile phone. Once a VIP area, lung or anything meant privacy. We could travel to restaurants, events, clubs, etc. and go through the paparazzi into a safe zone. The invention of the mobile phone with camera obliterated that. No everyone is a paparazzo. There is no privacy. What’s worse, is that what was once kept private is now exploited and sold.”

Gilbert also blamed the unrealistic and unsustainable expectations placed on child actors, drawing on her own experience on the Little House on the Prairie set.

“One of the most universal assets and ultimate liabilities I hear about child actors is that they, ‘Deliver no matter what.’ They are referred to as ‘soldiers,’ ‘Machines,’ ‘Pros.’ Saying ‘no’ is something child actors are discouraged from doing. Lest they seem difficult,” she wrote. “And then, there’s the ‘Doctor Show Syndrome.’ That’s the thing that kicks in and enables us to perform when we are sick both physically and emotionally.”

She continued, “I can’t tell you how many times I worked while horribly sick, injured or worse. My father died when I was just 11 years old and I was back working on Little House within months. And not one single adult on that set discussed it with me or offered condolences. I later found out that the fear was I would become too upset to work. I was 11, my Daddy had just died and I was shattered. Thank God my character cried in every single episode. That, as twisted as it sounds, was my therapy. My release.”

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Gilbert then gave a shout out to Anna Paquin, who issued a call to action among her fellow child actors in the wake of Panettiere, Trachtenberg and Chase’s deaths.

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“[Paquin] did put these three tragic deaths together and offered for anyone experiencing similar issues to reach out to her,” she wrote. “I actually see in that, the beginning of a possible solution of sorts.”

She concluded, “I have this image in my mind of Hayden’s little girl who will now grow up without her Mama. She is 11 years old. That’s the same age I was when my father died. And now I am weeping as I type this and I just want to cream from the rooftops, ‘ENOUGH.’”

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

Post-apocalyptic science fiction is having one hell of a run right now. Silo has trapped humanity underground, The Last of Us has turned America into a fungal nightmare, and Fallout has demonstrated that apparently there’s no good place to hide from the end of the world. But more than a decade ago, Bong Joon Ho decided humanity’s last survivors should simply live on a train. The result was one of the best science-fiction movies of the 2010s.

Snowpiercer, the acclaimed 126-minute sci-fi thriller from Bong, is currently trending streaming on Prime Video, giving audiences another opportunity to discover the director’s freezing, violent and extremely weird vision of the apocalypse. The premise falls somewhere between Silo and The Last of Us. After a failed global-warming experiment, a post-apocalyptic Ice Age has killed off nearly all life on the planet. All that remains of humanity are the lucky few survivors that boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine.

A class system has evolved aboard the train, fiercely dividing its population — but a revolution is brewing; the lower-class passengers in the tail section stage an uprising, moving car-by-car up toward the front of the train, where the train’s creator and absolute authority resides in splendor. But unexpected circumstances lie in wait for humanity’s tenacious survivors.

Who Stars in ‘Snowpiercer’?

Snowpiercer stars Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) as Curtis Everett, Song Kang-ho (Parasite) as Namgoong Minsoo, Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) as Minister Mason, Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) as Edgar, Octavia Spencer (The Help) as Tanya, John Hurt (Alien) as Gilliam, Ed Harris (The Truman Show) as Wilford, Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting) as Andrew, Go Ah-sung (The Host) as Yona, and Alison Pill (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) as the Teacher.

The movie was also another early indication of what Bong would eventually accomplish with Parasite. Beneath all the bloody action and increasingly bonkers production design is a vicious examination of wealth and class, with the physical structure of the train allowing Curtis to literally fight his way through society’s hierarchy. Snowpiercer currently holds an outstanding 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes from more than 260 reviews, and its reputation ended up being the driving force in the creation of a four-season television adaptation starring Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs.

Snowpiercer runs for 126 minutes, and is streaming now on Prime Video.

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New York Knicks shooting guard Josh Hart is still adjusting to life as a NBA champ. Thankfully, some things — like his home life with his wife, Shannon Hart (née Phillips), and their 3-year-old twins — stay the same, no matter what.

“You’re getting pulled in so many different directions, it’s always good to have a good foundation — a sounding board to kind of always come back to,” Hart, 31, exclusively told Us on Thursday, August 20, while discussing his new role as Scouting America ambassador.

“And obviously, you know, they’re there to support you through all those moments and coach those, you know, appearances with you or work out with you, you know — those kind of things,” he continued of how vital his wife’s support has been since he made his NBA debut with the Los Angeles Lakers on October 20, 2017. “So for me, it’s been a great time because obviously we travel so much during the year and, you know, game days are basically, ‘Walk through, take a nap and then get in the car and go.’”

He added, “So it’s been great to kind of, obviously, have that sounding board and support system — like I said — to always kind of ball back on and, you know, comfort [you].”

Hart and his wife have been together since August 2021 and share 3-year-old twin boys Hendrix and Haze. After joining the Knicks in 2023 after the franchise acquired the guard via a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for three players — Cam Reddish, Ryan Arcidiacono and Svi Mykhailiuk — and a future draft pick, Hart helped the Knicks win their first NBA Finals Championship over 50 years.

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Now that he has a NBA ring to go with his NCAA championship hardware (Hart was a member of the 2016 Villanova Wildcats championship team), the athlete is looking to the future while navigating superstardom and keeping one foot firmly planted on the ground thanks to his family.

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“August has been the most chill time that I’ve kind of had, and I still have stuff that I’m doing,” he said of his post-championship summer. “I’m out east and now I’m able to kind of separate myself from it and appreciate it. But initially, it was just a whirlwind. You’re doing so many different things — you’re doing interviews here, you’re doing brand appearances where. You’re doing — I didn’t go to the ESPYs, thankfully — but you have award shows.”

He continued, “You have all these things that you’re doing, so it’s really just a sprint — you’re just trying to do all these things, and I think that that’s, like, one part that kind of sucks about it because you’re trying to do all these things and then, you know, you pick your head up and it’s almost September … and you’re like, ‘Now I gotta get back to work.’ And they’re gonna crown a new champion — hopefully it’s us — again in June. You don’t want to lose time to actually appreciate it, but it’s tough.”

Jessie James Decker is opening up about her decision to remove her breast implants.

“I’ve officially locked in the date and made the decision to take out my VERY large breast implants,” Decker, 38, wrote via Instagram on Friday, August 21. “I know I’ve been talking about this for probably six months, but I’m finally setting things into motion!”

The country singer underwent a breast augmentation in 2021 before ultimately deciding to get the implants taken out.

“Ultimately, I would love to explant altogether, but I know myself, and realistically I’m not sure I’m totally ready for that yet,” Decker said, referring to the surgery to remove implants. “I’ve had such large ones for so long I don’t know what I have underneath it all.  What I think I’m ready for is what they’re calling juicy ballerina boobies!?”

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Decker credited her recent and ongoing “fitness journey” with inspiring her decision.

“I’ve been on such a fitness journey with y’all and my @jjdfitclub getting stronger and more confident than ever,” she wrote of her eponymous training program. “I’m not stopping and I don’t want anything holding me back. This strong girl era has really helped me feel more connected to my body and what feels right for me. I just don’t feel like these big implants fit who I am anymore.”

Decker, a mom of four, explained how welcoming son Denver in 2024 “really kickstarted” her “less is more chapter.” (In addition to Denver, Jessie and husband Eric Decker share daughter Vivianne, 12, and sons Eric Jr., 10, and Forrest, 8.)

“I want less maintenance in my life and I’m embracing my natural girl era,” she continued. “Maybe it’s getting closer to 40, but I’ve reached this place where I want to feel the most like myself. Having a daughter has made me think about it even more. I never want her to feel like she has to do all this upkeep to feel beautiful.”

Jessie further noted via her Instagram Stories on Friday that she was “undecided” about whether to have explant surgery or instead “downsize” her implants.

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Jessie James Decker has been known to confront body-shamers over the years, but her confidence didn’t come easily. The 35-year-old exclusively opened up about her relationship with her body in the new issue of Us Weekly, confessing that having children caused some major changes. (She shares Vivianne, 9, Eric Jr., 7, and Forrest, 5, with […]

“What has been decided is that I don’t want them in my way anymore,” she stated.

Jessie launched her JJD Fit Club app in June.

“I know how easy it is to keep putting yourself on the back burner. To say ‘I’ll start when things calm down’ or ‘I’ll start when I have more time,’” Jessie wrote via Instagram earlier this month, promoting her fitness program. “I didn’t wake up one day and magically become the strongest version of myself. This has been YEARS of showing up, starting again, pushing through different seasons of life, having babies, having hard days, having moments I didn’t feel like doing it … and STILL choosing to keep going!!!!”

Jamie Foxx is expecting a child with his girlfriend, Alyce Huckstepp, but the thought of becoming a father again initially left the actor with some serious doubts.

The “Ray” actor and Huckstepp were first linked in August 2022 when they attended the premiere of “Day Shift” together. Their romance became more serious in 2023, and the pair were later seen vacationing at the Nobu Hotel in Los Cabos, Mexico.

After going through a breakup and eventually finding their way back to each other, Foxx and Huckstepp are now preparing to embrace a new chapter. 

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During a recent conversation with his eldest daughter, Corinne Foxx, the actor admitted he questioned whether he was ready to take on fatherhood once more, after 15 years.

“Being my age, I was a little on the fence,” Foxx told E! News. “But then I ran into Al Pacino a few months ago.” 

The encounter gave the Oscar winner the reassurance he needed to embrace the idea. “I said, ‘Al, you gonna be back in the drop-off line?’” Foxx recalled asking the octogenarian who welcomed a son two years ago. “I said, ‘Aw man, shoot, I’m good!’”

Foxx is already a father to Corinne, whom he shares with Connie Klein, and Anelise Bishop, whose mother is Kristin Grannis. The forthcoming baby with Huckstepp would be his third child and the couple’s first together.

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Before Foxx publicly confirmed the pregnancy, rumors first surfaced in May that he and Huckstepp were expecting a child.

The news quickly sparked excitement among fans, with one X user celebrating the development and sending their best wishes to the couple as they prepare for parenthood.

Another user described the announcement as a major personal milestone, adding that “Foxx has had quite a journey,” per The Blast.

Jamie Foxx And Huckstepp Reunited Last Year After Their Split 

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While Foxx and the fitness model are now preparing to welcome their baby, their relationship has not been without its ups and downs.

The couple reportedly broke up in January 2025, and before then, the actor admitted to changing his dating preferences.  He performed a song in his Netflix special, “Jamie Foxx What Had Happened Was…” declaring, “I’ve been cured. I’ve been cured of everything, no more white girls.”

However, by August, The Blast reported that Foxx and the Australian model were seen together on a date, appearing to have rekindled their romance.

 For the outing, the “Strays” actor wore a patterned shirt with ripped jeans, sneakers, a wide-brimmed hat, silver chains, and shades. Huckstepp paired a sparkling silver bralette under mesh with black pants, heels, a chain purse, and a sleek ponytail.

The ‘Django Unchained’ Star Strongly Reacted To The BAFTA Scandal 

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Aside from Foxx’s personal life, he has remained outspoken about events in the entertainment industry.

In February, the actor criticized the BAFTA Awards after Tourette’s activist John Davidson was heard using a racial slur during the ceremony.

The incident occurred as actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo took the stage to present the evening’s first award, when the offensive word was heard from the audience.

According to The Blast, Foxx did not hold back in expressing his opinion and suggested that Davidson’s use of the word was intentional. “Out of all the words you could’ve said, Tourette’s makes you say that. Nah he meant that sh-t. Unacceptable,” Foxx lamented. 

As Foxx’s comments drew reactions, Tourette’s Action, a UK charity, explained that involuntary vocal tics associated with Tourette syndrome are not intentional and do not reflect a person’s beliefs or character. 

Foxx Praised Michael B. Jordan After Oscar Win

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While speaking out about the incident, Foxx has also celebrated his fellow actor’s wins. Jordan claimed the Best Actor award for his performance as twin brothers in Ryan Coogler’s period vampire film “Sinners.”

During his acceptance speech, Jordan paid tribute to the Black actors who paved the way for his success, including Foxx, Denzel Washington, and Halle Berry. 

Per The Blast, Foxx was excited to see the “Creed” star mention him in the ranks of Black performers who have earned recognition. 

He reposted a video of Jordan’s speech and wrote, “Words can’t express how proud I am of you. You deserve this and so much more. Congratulations, my brother.”

A trilogy is a much harder thing to pull off than a single great movie, since you need three separate stories that each work on their own and still add up to something bigger by the time the credits roll on the last one. A lot of trilogies coast on the first film’s goodwill and just get worse from there.

These six didn’t do that. Every one of them either stayed level across all three entries or actually improved as it went, which is rarer than it sounds. Some of these films are the greatest movies ever produced in Hollywood. Good to best, have a look at them below.

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‘Captain America Trilogy’ (2011–2016)

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Each movie in this trilogy is basically a different genre with the same lead actor. The First Avenger is a pulpy World War II adventure, Winter Soldier is the second one which turns into a 70s political paranoia thriller openly inspired by Three Days of the Condor, and Civil War, the last one becomes a full ensemble political drama that barely has room for its own title character.

Anthony and Joe Russo came from sitcom backgrounds, Arrested Development and Community, before taking over the back two entries, and the elevator fight in Winter Soldier alone is still held up as one of the best pieces of action choreography the entire Marvel universe has produced. Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) anchors all three films despite the genre whiplash and he is still easily one of the most favorite Avengers of teenagers and adults.

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‘How to Train Your Dragon Trilogy’ (2010–2019)

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Dean DeBlois directed all three of these movies, which is rarer than it sounds for an animated franchise, and it shows in how consistent the emotional throughline stays across almost a decade of real time. Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) loses his father partway through the second film, and by the third, he has to let Toothless go be with his own kind instead of keeping him forever, which is a genuinely mature thing to ask a kids’ franchise to sit with.

You can actually watch the animation technology improve across the three movies, fur, water, and fire all get noticeably more detailed by the third installment. Not many franchises built for children trust their audience with actual grief and actual goodbyes the way this one does.

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‘Planet of the Apes Reboot Trilogy’ (2011–2017)

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Caesar (Andy Serkis) is one of the best performances of the last two decades built entirely through motion capture, and he never once feels like a special effect, but only a tragic figure slowly losing the fight to keep his own ideals intact. Matt Reeves took over directing for the last two entries and leaned hard into genuine moral weight instead of just monkeys-with-guns show.

War for the Planet of the Apes borrows heavily from prison camp movies and Apocalypse Now, which is an unusual place for a summer blockbuster about talking apes to end up. Serkis never got an Oscar nomination for any of this, despite basically every critic agreeing he deserved one, and that omission still gets brought up as one of the Academy’s bigger blind spots.

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‘The Dark Knight Trilogy’ (2005–2012)

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Christopher Nolan built each entry in this trilogy as a completely different genre stitched onto the same character. Batman Begins is a training film, The Dark Knight is a crime thriller, and The Dark Knight Rises is closer to a war epic about revolution. None of these films looks like it belongs to a superhero movie in the way that word usually gets used.

Heath Ledger’s posthumous Oscar for playing the Joker is the moment most people remember, but the bigger legacy is what this trilogy did for the genre as a whole. It proved that a movie about a guy in a bat costume could get taken seriously by people who’d normally skip anything with a cape in it. IMAX became a real blockbuster format partly because Nolan kept insisting on using it here first.

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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Trilogy’ (2014–2023)

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James Gunn directed all three of these and built the whole thing around a soundtrack gimmick that turned into two genuinely bestselling real albums, Awesome Mix Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) leads a team of misfits that starts out as comic relief and slowly turns into one of the more emotionally devastating found-family stories in any recent blockbuster franchise.

Gunn actually got fired from the franchise briefly over old resurfaced tweets before the third movie, then got rehired once Disney reversed course, and Vol. 3 ended up dealing with a genuinely dark, upsetting backstory for Rocket involving real animal cruelty. It’s a rare trilogy that gets more emotionally serious with each entry without ever losing its sense of humor.

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‘The Lord of the Rings Trilogy’ (2001–2003)

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No studio had ever greenlit three blockbuster films shot back to back before knowing whether the first one would even work, and Peter Jackson filmed all three of these together in New Zealand over about eighteen months anyway, an enormous gamble that could have bankrupted everyone involved if audiences hadn’t shown up.

They did, obviously, and The Return of the King went on to win all eleven Oscars it was nominated for, a sweep that basically never happens. This trilogy also built WETA Workshop into a global force in visual effects and turned New Zealand into one of the biggest film production hubs in the world. Fantasy movies got taken seriously by the Academy because of what these three proved was possible.

Dwayne Johnson is excited to be named a Disney Legend, but his children might feel more strongly about the occasion than he does. In a new interview, the “Game Plan” actor reflected on receiving the honorary title from the famed network and movie studio and said his children loved that he now gets a special perk. The rare moment comes just weeks after Disney announced “Moana 3” had begun production.

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Johnson received the honor on August 16 at the Disney Legends Awards ceremony. Among the inductees were Anne Hathaway, who has earned her fair share of Disney roles, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the Jonas Brothers. At the ceremony, Disney said that the recipients are those who “for generations have defined Disney across entertainment, storytelling, and experiences.”

Johnson spoke with PEOPLE at the ceremony and said that his children were probably more excited about him being named a Disney Legend than he was. “They said, ‘Congratulations, Daddy, you’re a Disney legend. What does it mean?’” Johnson said. “And I sent them back a video, and I was like, ‘It means we get free tickets to Disney for life.’”

Dwayne Johnson Says Being A Disney Legend Is About Something ‘Bigger’

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Being named a Disney Legend is no easy task, and Johnson said he’s spent the last few weeks taking in the “special” honor.

“I think Disney Legends is something much bigger … and I believe it’s powerful what Disney does. And what it means, in my opinion, to be a Disney legend is to treat people good and treat them with kindness and try your best to create experiences for them that are,” he said.

Dwayne Johnson Reflects On Taking His Daughter To See A Disney Movie Years Ago

Johnson’s acceptance speech went viral, and during the moving moment, the actor reflected on a special moment he had with his daughter at Disneyland when she was just five years old.

“I was in my 20s. I was trying to figure that stuff out at that time … how I was going to be a father, how I was going to be a husband, man, etc,” he said. “But I remember one of the princesses said, ‘Close your eyes and make a wish.’ And I’ll never forget, [Simone] closed her eyes and she made a wish.”

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According to Johnson, he would never forget the special moment, calling it an “experience” that he believes his daughter holds near to her heart as well. “That’s the beauty of Disney. That’s the beauty also of being a Disney Legend,” he said.

Miley Cyrus Was Named A Disney Legend In 2024

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In 2024, “Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus was also named a Disney Legend. At the D23 event, the singer reflected on the life-changing opportunity to portray Miley Stewart in the early-2000s sitcom.

“A little bit of everything has changed, but at the same time, nothing has changed at all,” she said. “I stand here still proud to have been Hannah Montana.”

As she continued, Cyrus said she was dedicating the award to the fictional pop star and to her fans for how they have both impacted her life.

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“In so many ways, this award is dedicated to Hannah and all of her amazing loyal fans, and to everyone who has made my dream a reality. To quote the legend herself, ‘This is the life,’” she said.

Cyrus Will Always Love ‘Hannah Montana’

Happy 16th Hannah-versary! 16 years ago my life changed forever when HM premiered. Because of your loyalty and support I’ve had the honor to travel the world for over a decade and perform for fans that bring so much greatness into my life. pic.twitter.com/94yK3yopfr

— Miley Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) March 24, 2022

Cyrus has always shown her appreciation for “Hannah Montana.” According to The Blast, the singer appeared in the show’s 20th anniversary special earlier this year, singing new renditions of “This Is The Life,” “The Best of Both Worlds,” and “The Climb.”

In 2022, Cyrus celebrated the show’s 16th anniversary by posting a clip of her singing the “Hoedown Throwdown” on her X account. In the caption, she praised those who helped her get to where she is today. “Because of your loyalty and support, I’ve had the honor to travel the world for over a decade and perform for fans that bring so much greatness into my life,” she wrote.

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Alaia Baldwin Aronow will not serve time behind bars after throwing a tampon at a bartender in 2024. The older sister of Hailey Bieber was accused of assaulting three staff members during a night out in Savannah, Georgia. The incident, which took place at Club Elan, and allegedly involved hair-pulling, a kick to the groin and a used tampon making contact with a bartender’s face happened in February of that year.

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Aronow was charged with four misdemeanors nearly two years later, including simple battery, simple assault, battery and criminal trespass. However, the 33-year-old has now accepted an offer to enter a pre-trial diversion program instead of serving jail time, according to documents obtained by TMZ.

As per the report, Aronow will have to complete a series of classes, fines, and other requirements, in exchange for not having to spend time behind bars. The model’s lawyers, Drew Findling and Cris Schneider, had previously expressed confidence about the outcome of her case.

“We remain absolutely confident, there will be a positive resolution,” they told the DailyMail in January.

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The owner of Club Elan called 911 when chaos erupted, claiming Aronow had gotten into a physical altercation with staff members and refused to leave, as TMZ reported at the time. According to Employees, Aronow wandered into the staff-only restroom despite being told she was not allowed to use it. Instead, she was redirected to the public bathroom. One security guard claimed Aronow yanked hair out of his head when he attempted to wrangle her, and another guard alleged she kicked him in the groin when he tried doing the same.

Aronow allegedly went into the employee bathroom herself at one point, as per a bartender, who was trying to show discretion for her apparently. Aronow said she needed a minute to throw up and change her tampon. The staff recalled waiting for a while, but when she reentered to check on Aronow, the bartender claimed the model threw a tampon at her.

Alaia Baldwin Aronow Claimed She Was Defending Herself

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The bartender, Haleigh Cauley, reportedly said that the “used” tampon made contact with her face. Then clarified that the tampon never left Aronow’s grip, but rather swung up and touched her face.

“I said, ‘Listen, you guys have got to go,’” Cauley recalled, and also noted that Aronow had a “scary” look in her eyes.

Security eventually stepped in as Aronow reportedly began “swinging” at the guards. The daughter of Stephen Baldwin told officers she was acting in self-defense and insisted the incident was being overblown.

Did Alaia Baldwin Aronow Deny Throwing The Tampon?

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A police report obtained by E! revealed that Aronow initially denied throwing the tampon but later admitted she did throw it.

The model’s attorney told TMZ at the time: “On February 24, 2024, Ms. Aronow traveled to Savannah, GA to celebrate the upcoming marriage of a close friend. Sadly, what should have been a celebratory girls night out, unfortunately took an unexpected turn,” adding, “Ms. Aronow is embarrassed and saddened by the events of that night and is proactively taking the necessary steps to ensure that it never happens again.”

One thing about me: I can’t resist a good beauty deal. And when I know I can get it with two-day shipping à la Amazon Prime during the back-to-school sale? It makes things even sweeter.

Sure, back-to-school season may conjure up thoughts of pencil cases, backpacks and perhaps a new wardrobe, but for beauty lovers, it’s the perfect time to stock up on skincare favorites, experiment with viral makeup formulas and give your hair routine a little refresh. Below, I’ve rounded up the best Amazon back-to-school beauty deals that are bound to sell out.

The 13 Best Beauty Deals From Amazon’s Back-to-School Sale

1. Makeup Cleansing Balm: Can’t be bothered to use a traditional makeup remover? This twist-and-grind PDRN-infused cleansing balm gets the day’s makeup, dirt and oil off instantly — was $22, now $17!

2. High-Hold Shine Spray: Spritz on this shine and high-hold spray from Joico and your style will last up to seven days, guaranteed — was $23, now $19!

3. Two-In-One Blush: Strapped for time? This affordable liquid formula acts as a highlighter and blush. Work smarter, not harder — was $15, now $7!

4. Glowing Body Butter: Deliciously rich and insanely hydrating, this conditioning body butter will make dry, parched skin a thing of the past — was $20, now $18!

5. Cleaner Deodorant Pick: If you’re looking to be more conscious of your beauty purchases, this aluminum-free deodorant will keep your pits dry and your skin happy — was $19, now $15!

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Dancing With the Stars alums Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are loving their new lives in the Sunshine State.

“We’ve always loved Florida [and] we’ve always loved the lifestyle here. We fell in love with Boca because it, kind of, has everything [and] the best of everything,” Murgatroyd, 40, said in a Friday, August 21, Instagram Story video, detailing her family’s decision to move out of Los Angeles. “[We’re] really close to Miami, we have the beach, like. 11 minutes from my house, really top-rated schools, amazing sports for the boys [and a] great lifestyle.”

Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy, 46, announced in June that they recently relocated to Florida with their three sons: Shai, 9, Rio, 3, and Milan, 2.

“I know it gets hot but we’re, kind of, in it right now. I thought I would have a bigger problem with it, everyone’s like, ‘You’re gonna come back to Cali,’” Murgatroyd quipped on Friday about the move. “Cali will always be a home of ours because we lived there for 20 years but, right now, I think this is what our fam needs and we are loving every second. It’s the best.”

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Since settling in Florida, Murgatroyd has already noticed a few core differences to life in the South compared to in the City of Angels.

“I would say convenience is key here. Everything is within a five-minute drive. I feel like there’s a CVS or Walgreens on every corner ‘cause it’s like in blocks with the communities,” she revealed. “I love it; I feel like at this stage of my life with three boys, I’m about convenience.”

Murgatroyd also praised the “really nice” community of welcoming neighbors.

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Dancing With the Stars personalities Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd are relocating from Los Angeles to Florida. “Something new is never easy,” Murgatroyd, 39, captioned a travel vlog shared via Instagram on Monday, June 29. “There are tears you don’t expect, goodbyes that hit harder than you imagined, and moments where you wonder if you’re […]

“I do feel like everyone here is … very sweet, very nice, very accommodating,” she gushed, noting that her sons have already been invited on multiple playdates with neighborhood children. “I’m like, ‘This never happened over there.’ The mothers are all really nice.”

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Murgatroyd continued, “In our community, that’s all I wanted. I wanted Shai to have the childhood that I had and I can see it happening. He has playdates, he has boys knocking on our door, saying ‘Hey come play, let’s go ride our bikes.’ It’s the best thing for me, and it’s all I want. I’m so happy.”

Among their community, Murgatroyd’s in-laws also made the move to Florida.

“They did, which is amazing and awesome,” she gushed of Chmerkovskiy’s parents on Friday. “They just really love Boca too, we didn’t even realize they were going to do that. They have a really cute place, and they’re very happy by the beach.”