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The Pitt Season 2 has come to a close and Sepideh Moafi has delivered a downright brilliant first-season arc as Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi. She kicked off her run in the series by swooping into the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center Emergency Department to cover for Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle) during his upcoming sabbatical. Rather than wait for Robby to give her the lay of the land, Dr. Al-Hashimi jumps in feet first, immediately inserting herself into the goings-on at the hospital. As Moafi herself put it, “It was set up for her to disrupt the rhythm of this established hospital. Dr. Robby is America’s golden boy, or the world’s, really, golden boy, so anyone who comes in his path is going to be scrutinized to a certain degree.”
In the early episodes of Season 2, she was indeed scrutinized — by Dr. Robby and the colleagues that would eventually have to work under her on the show, and also by The Pitt fans concerned about Dr. Al-Hashimi upending the ED foundation and group dynamic established during the events of Season 1. Over the course of the day, strengths and weaknesses are unearthed, but perhaps more important than anything, so is her purpose: “Delivering and finding ways within this broken system to find creative solutions to deliver the best quality care for patients.” Moafi added another concept inspired by Toni Morrison that she held especially tight to; “If you are free, your job is to free somebody else. If you have some power, then you need to empower somebody else.” Dr. Al-Hashimi abides by those principles every step of the way in The Pitt Season 2, and at the end of the season, it’s revealed that while working toward those goals, she’s also trying to figure out how to live her life and do her work with a seizure disorder.
With all of The Pitt Season 2 now available to watch on HBO Max, Moafi carved out the time for a Collider Ladies Night conversation to revisit her journey to the hit medical drama and also her experience making Dr. Al-Hashimi’s Season 2 arc feel especially full. On top of that, Moafi also took a moment to look to the future. While we still don’t know if Moafi will continue on with the show, she certainly has some powerful ideas for where the writers could take her character in Season 3.
The Pitt is a writing feat. Not only must the writers craft meaningful storylines that speak to their characters’ past, present and future over the course of just a single day, but they have to do that for a rather large ensemble. “It’s tricky with this show. There are so many storylines.” Moafi continued:
“This character has just been such, I’m gonna sound cheesy here, but an honor to be able to live inside of her and learn from her and feel her struggle, feel her pain, and feel her pride and feel her tenacity, and her rigor and her devotion and her selflessness. I could go on and on. So, regardless of what they do with the character, I will still find my ways of exploring all of those qualities even deeper and deeper.”
While The Pitt is an ensemble series, it most certainly has a lead character in Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robby, and given the fact that Dr. Al-Hashimi is also an attending, her involvement poses a challenging balancing act for the writers.
“It’s complicated because the show is centered around him, and even just bringing in another attending has created a complication for maintaining that dynamic. So, regardless of what happens with the character, I will still be fighting for her dignity. I will still be honoring her living legacy. It’s honestly been one of the joys of my career to be able to do this.”
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While on Collider Ladies Night, Isa Briones addressed the multitude of challenges Santos is trying to power through this season.
While we wait for the official word on whether Dr. Al-Hashimi is going to return, Moafi was happy to whip up a personal dream scene for Season 3.
“I would love to see a scene or something about all of the women in medicine talking and sharing their experiences, because I’ve had so many powerful conversations in powerful communities of healthcare workers, women in medicine, and the kinds of stories that I’ve heard about the system, obviously, but their own personal experiences and discrimination, and just how this world in many ways is way behind in the times for women, and the kind of misogyny they’ve had to navigate, I think that is a really potent conversation to have on camera. I would love, love, for Dr. Al-Hashimi to bestow her experience and wisdom, especially onto the younger generation of up-and-coming doctors.”
Looking for even more from Moafi on her experience joining the cast of The Pitt and her stellar scenes in the Season 2 finale? You can find just that in her full Collider Ladies Night interview in the video at the topic of this article.
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Hulu has an impressive library, but what doesn’t get talked about as much is the diversity of its content.
From new horror films to classic comedies, the streamer literally has something for everyone.
Watch With Us is highlighting Hulu’s breadth of movies this weekend by selecting three entertaining pictures that couldn’t be any more different from one another.
But what Shelby Oaks, Not Another Teen Movie starring a young Chris Evans and Micki & Maude all have in common is that they’re guaranteed to entertain you for around two hours.
What happened in the ghost town known as Shelby Oaks? That’s the intriguing question at the heart of the aptly titled Shelby Oaks, a found-footage horror film written and directed by YouTuber Chris Stuckmann. When four YouTubers go missing in the town, no one can quite figure out what happened to them. When a camera containing footage of their last night is found, a grieving family member, Mia (Camille Sullivan), is determined to watch it to find out what happened to her sister Riley (Sarah Durn). But she might not like what she finds, especially when it becomes obvious a demonic cult was involved in Riley’s disappearance. Is Mia brave enough to find out the truth, even if it might cost her her marriage and life?
Shelby Oaks is an ambitious horror movie, which is both its chief strength and flaw. It successfully conjures a spooky mood, especially when it ventures into an abandoned prison, but it wants to be too many things at once — a contemporary Rosemary’s Baby, a less satisfying Blair Witch Project and a less artful Hereditary. Still, it’s scary enough to warrant a watch, and the recreation of “found” shaky digital camera footage is effectively creepy.
Shelby Oaks is streaming on Hulu.
Long before his Marvel superhero roles in The Avengers and Fantastic Four, Chris Evans was just another himbo looking for his big break. He got it with Not Another Teen Movie, a scattershot and scatalogical parody that has equal amounts of jokes that hit and gags that miss. The ones that do hit are very funny, though, which makes this early-2000s parody worth watching even after a quarter-century.
Evans stars as Jake Wyler, a walking and talking “popular jock” stereotype with a heart of gold and rocks for brains. He also has a pretty face, which draws the sweet and shy Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh), an ugly duckling who becomes a swan as soon as she ditches her specs and lets her hair down. But their blossoming romance is threatened by numerous factors, including Jake’s horny sister with a kink fetish and the revelation of a secret bet Jake made to make Janey a prom queen.
The plot isn’t the point of Not Another Teen Movie; it’s just an excuse to set up one parody of then-popular teen movies like American Pie, Can’t Hardly Wait and 10 Things I Hate About You. Since those films are still remembered today, it’s easy to laugh at all the jokes the movie sets up. Whether he’s walking around in nothing but whipped cream and a strategically placed banana or reenacting played-for-laughs football scenes that riff on Varsity Blues, Evans is right at home playing a dim-witted hunk who doesn’t know any better. He rarely has roles like this anymore, and he should show more of his silly side instead of picking up Captain America’s shield again.
Not Another Teen Movie is streaming on Hulu.
Reporter Rob (Dudley Moore) loves his legal eagle wife, Micki (Ann Reinking), but his desire to have a baby and her unwillingness to sacrifice her career for motherhood push him into the arms of cellist Maude (Amy Irving). When Maude becomes pregnant, Rob decides to divorce Micki, but before he can tell her, she reveals she’s also pregnant — and wants to keep the baby. What’s Rob to do? Why, become a bigamist, of course. But how long can Rob keep up the deception, especially when Micki and Maude go into labor at the same time and in the same hospital?
Micki & Maude is a screwball comedy with a screwball premise involving all sorts of politically incorrect behavior that would get it canceled today. Maybe that’s why it’s such a hoot to watch. The key to making all this work is Moore’s performance as the lovesick Rob. He’s genuinely sincere in his desire to please both women even though his lies ultimately hurt them. Micki & Maude is a movie that requires suspension of disbelief and a willingness to accept a deeply flawed man as the protagonist. If you can do both, then you’ll surely enjoy the film’s many comedic pleasures, including an absolutely hysterical climax in a very crowded delivery room.
By Chris Snellgrove
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When Kevin Smith released Clerks 2 in 2006, it felt like a very low-key apology to his fans. The original Clerks was an indie hit that made Smith into a household name, but he followed it up with Mallrats, a movie just as dumb and aimless as its protagonists. Chasing Amy and Dogma were both surprisingly excellent because, in each case, Smith had a deeply personal story he wanted to tell. But Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was an absolute war crime of failed comedy, which he followed with Jersey Girl, a big-budget film that absolutely bombed at the box office.
Clerks 2 returns us to Kevin Smith’s ViewAskewniverse and to the characters who originally made him famous. Still, fans were understandably skeptical: Clerks hardly needed a sequel, and by this point, Smith’s output as a filmmaker was decidedly mixed. Fortunately, Clerks 2 is a delightfully unhinged return to form for the bootstrap filmmaker, one filled with great performances and (yeah, I’ll say it) better jokes than the original. Throw in a plot about love, friendship, and growing up, and you have a raunchy sequel worth watching. Plus, it’s streaming for free on Tubi, leaving you with more spare cash to grab yourself some Mooby’s on the way home.

The basic plot of Clerks 2 is that, after the Quikstop convenience store from the first film burns down, Jersey boys Dante and Randall get a job at Mooby’s, a McDonald ‘s-esque fast food restaurant. Randall is content to flirt with teenage girls and dunk on his young, Christian coworker, but Dante dreams of bigger and better things. Fortunately, he’s now engaged to a woman whose wealthy family will help him build a new life in Florida. Unfortunately, he’s in love with his boss at Mooby’s, meaning that Dante will once again have to choose between two beautiful women who inexplicably fell for him at the same time.
As with the first Clerks film, the plot of Clerks 2 is minimal at best. The movie is mostly an excuse for audiences to virtually hang out with our colorful characters while they make out-of-pocket jokes about everything from pop culture to sex. Randall gets the best jokes in the film, including a prolonged sequence where he makes fun of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which is something of a sacred cow among fantasy fans. His criticisms aren’t exactly fair, but when the jokes are this funny (you’ll, uh, never look at Sam and Frodo the same way again!), that hardly matters.

In addition to Dante and Randall, Jay and Silent Bob make their triumphant return, selling drugs outside of Mooby’s the same way they once sold drugs outside the Quikstop. How much you enjoy their screentime depends entirely on how much you enjoy seeing these characters repeating their tried, vulgar schtick. None of the original Clerks actors were professionals, and while they are slightly better in Clerks 2, the movie is still almost entirely amateur hour. The notable exception is Rosario Dawson, a new addition to the cast who is a genuine switch-hitter when it comes to comedy. Whether she’s playing the straight woman or dropping her own nasty punchlines, Dawson is relentlessly funny in this role.
When Clerks 2 first came out, I mentally categorized it as a fun and funny film that shouldn’t really exist. To me, Clerks was a complete creative statement unto itself, and I could have gone my whole life without checking in with these characters again. Still, the film is filled with great jokes, a surprisingly killer soundtrack, and one gross-out moment after another. After all, how many movies have you seen where someone deals with a midlife crisis in the midst of a donkey show?

Having rewatched it many times, however, I’ve come to realize that Clerks 2 is almost shockingly effective as a sequel. The first Clerks movie isn’t actually about retail hell, of course: instead, it’s about young people drifting through life and trying to find something (whether that’s love in the arms of a beautiful woman or endless debates about Star Wars) that actually makes life worth living. The sequel checks in with these characters a decade later and asks, in Kevin Smith’s vulgar fashion, the same question Langston Hughes once famously asked: “What happens to a dream deferred?” In this case, neither protagonist ever found the meaning they so desperately needed.
For elder millennials like myself, this is a very poignant question. In the wake of the 2008 housing crash, many in my generation had their career ambitions dashed early. Suddenly, a college degree was no guarantee of landing a great job, and home ownership seemed like an increasingly impossible prospect. Just like that, the burger-flipping Dante and Randall weren’t figures of comic ineptitude; they were an honest reflection of the countless viewers who had to give up on making it big and settle for making it from day to depressing day.

Fortunately, Clerks 2 doesn’t let audiences mire in this existential dread. The characters do what so many had to do over the years: buckle down and find the fun hidden within the greasy wrappers of your McJob. In their misadventures (which range from a joyful dance sequence to a downright maudlin go-kart scene), our heroes discover that you don’t have to do great things to have a great life. Sometimes, all you need is your deranged best friend by your side. It’s a powerful (if overly saccharine) message, and one that proves Clerks 2 is far more than the sum of its d*ck and fart jokes.
Care to check in with your favorite pair of indie n’er do wells? Want to channel the bittersweet nostalgia of your own hellish fast food job, or maybe you just want some of Kevin Smith’s unique brand of stoner Gen X comedy? Well, you’re in luck: Clerks 2, the raunchiest sequel of all time, is now streaming for free on Tubi. By the time the credits roll, you might just need to tell your best friend how much you love them. Or maybe just ask your girlfriend about how long Pillow Pants is going to keep the two of you apart.
By TeeJay Small
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Now that Hulu has revived Malcolm In The Middle for a four-part reunion special, the stars of the legacy sitcom have been making their rounds on all the major press outlets. While their promotion for the show has been mostly hugs and nostalgia, there have been a few moments where the actors have humorously butted heads just like their on-screen characters. One notable instance of bickering occurred during a recent episode of Hot Ones Versus on YouTube, featuring Bryan Cranston and Frankie Muniz.
While asking each other burning questions and eating increasingly hot chicken wings, the Malcolm In The Middle costars got onto the subject of Cranston’s other most popular television show, Breaking Bad. Muniz remarked “I loved Breaking Bad. Obviously everyone in the whole world loved it. I wanted to kill Skyler, to make your life easier! … All she did was complain.”

The critique left Bryan Cranston’s jaw agape, prompting him to come to the defense of his former TV wife. The Walter White actor replied “Let me understand this. Her husband leaves without any explanation. She’s pregnant, he’s making crystal methamphetamine and people have died. And she’s the bitch?” Cranston also took a moment to praise Anna Gunn for her performance as Skyler White, calling her “a superb actor” and highlighting that the show “got a lot of blowback” from fans who didn’t enjoy the character.

Ultimately, Frankie Muniz reconciled that perspective, and the duo moved on. Still, his read of the show represents a large portion of the Breaking Bad audience. Fans have been hating Skyler since the first season of the show, mostly because her role within the story centers on dragging Walter kicking and screaming back into suburban malaise. Skylar is a necessary source of frustration within the narrative, but if she existed in real life, she’d be lauded as a hero and a blameless victim of her monstrous husband.
Within the narrative of Breaking Bad, however, it’s easy to see why Skyler is so hated. We’re not watching the show in hopes that Walter drops the criminal enterprise and returns to his drab lifestyle of quiet sulking. It simply wouldn’t be good TV. Fans want to see the narrative progress in increasingly explosive ways, even if it means putting a bomb in a nursing home, or poisoning a small child. People hate Skyler because if she got her way, the narrative would come to a screeching, unsatisfying halt.

When Frankie Muniz says killing Skyler off would have made Walter’s life easier, he’s not alone. But, there’s a reason why Skyler White is one of the most misunderstood characters on TV, and it’s not just because she’s a woman. She behaves rationally in an un-rational situation, which makes her annoying to us, the viewers, since we want things to go even more off-the-rails.
If you’re looking forward to seeing more bickering between Frankie Muniz and Bryan Cranston, be sure to check out Malcolm In The Middle: Life’s Still Unfair on Hulu. If you’re more interested in seeing a fairly normal middle-aged woman’s entire life fall apart, Breaking Bad is streaming on Netflix.
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I have a confession: I’ve resisted the kitten heel trend because they remind me of my grandmother. Don’t get me wrong, I love my grandma, but these shoes just seemed. . . outdated. However, the kitten heel trend has proven its staying power, and now the silhouette can be considered a certified classic. I finally gave in and bought my first pair of low riders, and let me tell you, I was missing out.
Kitten heels are easy to walk in, effortlessly elegant and quickly tie together just about any look. I’m now stocking up on the following styles to create a well-rounded kitten heel collection — and I recommend you do the same. Ahead, shop my favorite styles, from Amazon, DSW, Zappos and more.
1. Updated Classic: You’ll forget that kitten heels were ever considered grandma shoes once you feast your eyes on these sleek, suede, pointy-toe slingbacks.
2. Walk on the Wild Side: Put some personality and pep in your step with some fierce leopard print kitten heels. They’re a low-stakes way to incorporate the animal print trend into your wardrobe.
3. Moon Walker: Your fashion sense is out of this world — but only when you wear these silver metallic kitten heels, which remind me of shooting stars.
4. Upgrade Your Flats: If ballet flats feel a little juvenile (sometimes you need a touch of height!), Time and Tru’s dainty kitten heels give off a similar vibe, but seem more sophisticated
5. Summer’s Calling: Kitten heel sandals are the easy, breezy summer shoe that takes any outfit from the beach to the happy hour bar. While there are plenty to choose from, this simple black pair is a fan-favorite.
6. Super Strappy: Shoe straps not only add extra interest — they also keep your feet secure as you go about your day. With all the straps on Sam Edelman’s slingback design, you could easily run a mile without them slipping off.
7. Pop of Color: Shoes are my favorite way to incorporate color into my outfit, and these pretty dress sandals are a great place to start. They come in an array of colors, including butter yellow, red patent leather and spunky cow print.
8. Best of Both Worlds: What do you get when you mix the mesh footwear trend with kitten heels? Perhaps this Franco Sarto style, which is definitely in the running for the chicest summer shoe of all time.
9. Old Reliable: Everyone needs a trusty pair of nude heels. Keep things simple — and stylish — with Anne Klein’s nude patent style, which is not only fashionable, but also incredibly comfortable.
10. Through the Decades: There’s a high chance your grandma did, in fact, own a pair of kitten heels that resembled this 1940s-inspired Mary Jane silhouette. You can tell everyone you found them thrift shopping.
11. So Professional: If traditional loafers are too bulky for your liking, explore the silhouette in kitten heel form by adding this polished, work-appropriate design to cart.
12. Worth the Splurge: Complete with the instantly-recognizable checkered print design, Burberry’s contemporary kitten heels are ones you’ll never forget — and always cherish.
13. Get ‘Em While You Can: Quince’s Italian Leather Kitten Heels constantly sell out, so you should grab the timeless style while they’re in stock!
14. Early 2000s Coded: If Carrie Bradshaw shopped at Amazon (and not Manolo Blahnik), she’d 100% wear these buckled kitten heels.
15. Plain and Simple: Why complicate things? Sometimes all you need is a fresh pair of white kitten heels. These will become your warm-weather staple.
By Robert Scucci
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By now, the myth that we only use 10 percent of our brains has been proven false, but when it’s used well as a movie trope, I’m willing to embrace the lie. In the case of 2014’s Lucy, they refer to potential brain usage as “cerebral capacity,” allowing Scarlett Johansson to lean into the idea that if she’s able to tap her full potential, the world as we know it would be forever altered. Often compared to 2011’s Limitless, Lucy occupies similar thematic territory to the Bradley Cooper-starring film. The distinction that needs to be clocked, however, is how reaching full cerebral capacity is handled.
Limitless tells a story about how one man’s endless cognitive abilities can only serve him so much if he becomes hooked on a substance that’s difficult to synthesize, potentially leading to his downfall. Lucy, on the other hand, takes a more global approach to its storytelling, suggesting that humanity operates at 10 percent cerebral capacity because mankind isn’t meant to see, hear, feel, and experience so much. Too much of everything happening all at once could send us back to the stone age because the entirety of the universe is beyond the reasonable scope of human comprehension.

Lucy grapples with this notion of evolution through its titular protagonist, who, once she passes a certain threshold of sensory perception, realizes that no human being should possess that much mental power because it’s simply too much to handle. What’s more, if that kind of cognizance falls into the wrong hands, there’s no telling how damaging it could be to our species.
Scarlett Johansson’s Lucy finds herself in a predicament when her boyfriend sets her up in what is, by all measures, a nightmare scenario. He forces her to unknowingly deliver a briefcase full of a synthetic drug known as CPH4 to a South Korean drug lord named Mr. Jang (Choi Min-sik). Mr. Jang’s full intentions aren’t made clear at first, but we do know that he’s trying to transport the highly potent and extremely valuable drug all over Europe, sewing bags of the substance into the stomachs of his couriers so they can smuggle it across various borders undetected. What Mr. Jang doesn’t plan for, though, is Lucy getting kicked in the stomach, causing the bag to rupture and leak into her body.

Suddenly supercharged by the drug, Lucy quickly realizes that it’s made her super intelligent. From this point forward, we get scene breaks that reveal what percentage of her brain she’s using as she seeks answers about her condition, leading her to Professor Samuel Norman (Morgan Freeman), who’s devoted his life to studying the potential of the human brain. This all seems convenient, but junk science aside, it tracks. Lucy’s physicality, and the choices she makes, work in lockstep with her increased brain power as more of the drug titrates into her system.
Professor Norman has no clue what will happen when Lucy’s cerebral capacity hits 100 percent, but he’s willing to risk everything to help her find out since she’s already well on her way to reaching that target anyway. As they grapple with the science and its global implications, Mr. Jang closes in on Lucy, who’s hightailing it to Paris in a last-ditch effort to procure more bags of CPH4. Possessing superhuman abilities at this point, anybody who gets in Lucy’s way is pretty much signing their own death notice as her intelligence, awareness, and reflexes continue to increase exponentially.

Along the way, there are philosophical debates in Lucy. The running theme is that human beings only use a fraction of their brain because there’s no reasonable way to live with infinite knowledge of the totality of everything. At least not at this current phase in our species’ evolution. Lucy knows this, because she knows everything, and it’s up to her to figure out how to pass her knowledge on before she collapses under the existential weight of knowing everything about everything.
The best part about Lucy is how every single story intersects. Much of the first act highlights Lucy coming to terms with what’s happening to her. All of the junk science necessary to tell the story is laid out by Morgan Freeman’s Professor Norman. We literally get the lecture hall treatment as he discusses his research to his class, then we get smash cuts back to Johansson leveling up, realizing that Professor Norman’s research is instrumental to her evolution, forcing her to track him down and allowing the stories to intersect.

While these threads converge, we’re met with B-roll of nature, the animal kingdom, and the universe, allowing viewers to subconsciously absorb the implied scope of what 100 percent cerebral capacity in a human being would mean.
Once things really get cooking, there’s plenty of stylized action to keep the story engaging because Lucy becomes a powerful being, possessing telekinetic abilities that play well off her antagonists when they realize what kind of power they accidentally unleashed. With a flick of the wrist, several armed henchmen get tossed into the ceiling, for example. It’s a lot of fun to watch Scarlett Johansson shift from a damsel in distress to the ballsy heroine whose brain possesses magnitudes of information that could explain the very origin of intelligent life as we know and presently understand it. It’s even more fun when she has to make crucial, split-second decisions in order to subdue the very dangerous people who are trying to capture her.


The question, though, is what she’s going to do with that information. Will she go on the ultimate power trip, destroying everything in her wake? Or will she use her powers to educate the masses, allowing humanity to reach its next evolutionary step? You can find out by firing up Lucy on Netflix. If you’re worried about this movie insulting your intelligence, don’t. None of this is real. But it’s still fun to play pretend every once in a while.
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“Somebody tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘Taylor wants you to have this,'” Hathaway recalled of her attendance at an Eras Tour show in Germany.
Meghan Trainor is pulling out all the stops to make her marriage stand the test of time!
The singer revealed how therapy and marriage counseling saved her marriage to Daryl Sabara from the brink of collapse due to her fixation on parenting duties.
Meghan Trainor and her husband walked down the aisle nearly a decade ago and have welcomed three kids together since taking the step towards forever.

The songwriter got vulnerable about how becoming a parent affected her relationship as a romantic partner to her husband, and how therapy became the only way out. Trainor revealed that they had begun to have episodes and layers of argument, and she knew the best thing to do was to iron out the rough edges with the help of a professional
“I’m in heavy therapy. I was in marriage counseling while doing this album,” Trainor emphasized, adding that things are “so good now that I recommend it to everyone.” The award-winning vocalist is currently gearing up for the release of her seventh studio album, “Toy With Me,” on April 24.
Trainor continued that going to therapy was a mutual decision because they began to believe it was a me vs you situation instead of an us vs the problem mindset. As shared by US Magazine, the singer added that they had also begun living in fully different realities despite being real-life couples.

Trainor stated that she and Sabara had a standing order in the marriage, which is to never go to bed without resolving an argument in the spirit of healthy communication. The singer stressed that it was all done to prevent a buildup of resentment because that habit kills relationships.
These days, the couple has turned the corner, and things are healthier in their yard with the arguments completely put on pause. Trainor and her husband also went through another tough time when preparing to expand their family amid a barrage of health issues.
She noted that after a series of conversations between them, they had to make a heartbreaking decision and get their third child through a surrogate. The singer credited her husband and their therapist for helping her get through the dark days of criticism over the decision to welcome their daughter via a surrogate.

Trainor and Sabara met for the first time at a house party in 2014, and two years later, fate brought them together via a blind date set up by Chloë Grace Moretz. The duo then went bowling and sang karaoke during a double date with Moretz and Brooklyn Beckham, where he impressed Trainor with a soulful rendition of Elton John’s “Your Song.” PEOPLE shared that they became Instagram official in 2016, and by 2017, Trainor raved about how supportive Sabara was during her second vocal cord surgery.
Trainor and her heartthrob got engaged that December under a tunnel of beautiful Christmas lights in a shocking but stunning manner. A year later, the duo tied the knot in a romantic backyard ceremony in front of 100 close friends and families, which was the same day she clocked 25. The couple jetted out to Bora Bora for a trip with Trainor’s brother and his female friend.
Nearly two years after saying “I Do,” Trainor and Sabara shared the news of expecting their first baby, who finally arrived on February 8, 2021. Two years after the birth of their first child, the couple were filled with gratitude to be expecting their second baby, who came into the world in July 2023. The singer and her beau celebrated six years of marriage in 2024 amid overwhelming tributes for each other and how they have chosen to stick together through every day of their lives.

Trainor and Sabara became parents for the third time in January 2026, and their first time as parents to a daughter named Mikey Moon. The singer revealed that she became a girl-mom via surrogate, although it was not her first choice, as she welcomed her older two children carrying them herself.
As stated by The Blast, Trainor applauded the beauty of the process, emphasizing that no one should be judged for it nor should whispers trail such a decision because the process is fueled by trust, science, love, and teamwork. She argued that every family’s journey is different, and this does not make them any less valid amid intense thanks for the brave individual who helps them carry the pregnancy to term for their selfless sacrifice and determination.
Trainor ensured Mikey Moon’s big brothers were a part of the experience by allowing them to pick her middle name, “Moon.” The singer did not have a smooth sailing experience with her first two pregnancies, which made them difficult and extremely traumatic due to the pain, exhaustion, and post-traumatic stress disorders.

The singer noted that the decision to opt for a surrogate was made as she slowly headed towards an autoimmune disease. The Blast shared that while she understood surrogacy was the safest option, it also came at a cost to her, emotionally.
Trainor added that she felt anxious, scared, and jealous of knowing that she would not be carrying the baby herself, but it also came with some pros, which gave her bonding time with her other kids and also lots of caretime for the newborn. While the singer battled these thoughts about surrogacy and the criticism that trailed it, she also found herself dealing with unwarranted comments about her weight and appearance.
Trainor confessed that the backlash hit harder than she expected, and it felt like something tripped off. The media personality lost more than 60 pounds with a combination of regular exercise, lots of dietary changes, and the use of the drug Mounjaro.
Congratulations to Meghan Trainor.
Ryan Lochte clearly wants nothing to do with his estranged wife, Kayla Lochte. According to the latter, Ryan sent a heated email to her amid their ongoing divorce, slamming her as a “gold digging” ex after asking her to move on.

Earlier this week, Kayla posted an alleged email from Ryan on her Instagram Stories, in which the swimmer criticized her parenting before hurling insults.
“Molly is a ten times better mother then [sic] you will ever be and I think if it was bad idea we wouldn’t go,” the 41-year-old allegedly wrote. “Look at the offer I just sent to your lawyer and move on with your gold digging life.”
Elsewhere in her IG Stories, Kayla said the emails are just a sliver into what she allegedly deals with daily. “This is after I checked in on our 2 year old with strep throat,” she wrote.
“This is the tip of the iceberg and I am exhausted. My heart goes out to anyone else navigating a similar situation. Tired of being continuously disrespected behind closed doors. Literally 2/1000 messages,” she added.

Ryan’s girlfriend, Molly Gillihan, responded to Kayla’s post, according to Page Six, and claimed the Florida-based realtor is spreading a “false narrative.”
“I’m sorry, I don’t follow Ryan’s ex on insta. I really try and just stay focused on our kids when we have them. But you (Kayla Rae Reid Lochte) or whatever name you chose…. dropped your two year old off with us covered in throw up, no pants, and rushed off as fast as you could to your girls weekend in Miami,” Gillihan alleged.
She added, “You’re a CHILD And I’m exhausted of YOUR false narrative. Your followers love it and crave it. Your lies are for them. Keep it up girl. They’re putty in your hands! Meanwhile, I’ll love on your kids and mine until my last breath.”

The two women previously bumped heads, according to The Blast, when Kayla called Gillihan a “mistress” on an episode of her “The Comback Era” podcast.
Another report from The Blast states Ryan allegedly betrayed Kayla during their marriage. “He’s damaged so much of their marriage and he’s broken her heart so many times that she doesn’t know if reconciliation is in their future,” a family source said.
Ryan clapped back at the claims, saying he “absolutely was not unfaithful to my ex-wife, and I have no excuse but to continue to say I have grown and learned so much from my past, and I am working on myself and my character every single day.”
Lochte went on to say that seeing Gillihan’s name dragged through the mud upset him.
“… not one time, did Molly and I have any sort of inappropriate relationship while I was with Kayla,” he added.

During their divorce proceedings, Kayla accused Ryan of substance abuse and questioned whether he was able to have their children in his custody. In the divorce papers, Kayla said Ryan left “mostly empty baggies of cocaine” around their family home, including in their children’s rooms.
She later claimed the swimmer would “pass out in the driver’s seat” of their car and even fell asleep “while being the only adult watching the children.”

In the summer of 2025, Kayla filed for divorce from Ryan, calling it “the hardest decision” of her life.
“I hold marriage in the highest regard, so this has been one of the most painful, revealing, and challenging seasons of my life. I’ve been hesitant to share until I could do so from a place of healing — not from fresh, open wounds,” she wrote.
She continued, “Sometimes we face trials we didn’t choose or see coming. And in those moments, we’re forced to make the hardest decisions to protect our peace, our children, and our future. I’ve come to the understanding that staying isn’t always the most loving decision someone can make. For me, leaving was an act of love — for those around me and for myself.”
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I’m not someone who adds just any spring dress to my closet — it has to feel special. Think: boutique-level fabrics, flattering, waist-defining fits and that effortless “where did you get that?” energy. . . all of which usually comes with a much higher price tag. So imagine my surprise when I came upon a mix of Amazon styles that fit the bill, starting at just $32.
Even better, these aren’t overly trendy pieces you’ll wear once and shove to the back of your closet. I found wrap dresses that cinch in all the right places, breezy silhouettes that glide over everything and eye-catching prints (including vibrant florals and soft pastels) that still feel wearable. They’re the kind of throw-on-and-go dresses that look expensive — without the boutique markup.
1. My Favorite: This long-sleeve maxi is ideal for cooler spring days. The longer length and lightweight sleeves keep it comfortable, while the textured, tiered design gives it an elevated, expensive-looking finish.
2. Pretty Puff Sleeve: There’s just something about puff sleeves that instantly makes any dress feel more fun. This one combines a flattering smocked top with a breezy, tiered skirt and subtle floral texture for an easy, spring-ready look.
3. Fun Florals: If your wam-weather wardrobe could use a little color, Zesica’s belted midi dress does the work for you. The vibrant print, flutter sleeves and tiered skirt create beautiful movement, while the tie waist pulls everything together.
4. Swiss Dot Stunner: This wrap-style midi is the definition of flattering. The tie waist creates shape, while the ruffled hem and Swiss dot texture add soft movement with every step.
5. Very Vibrant: This vibrant shift dress feels like a standout boutique find. The flowy silhouette ensures it’s easy to wear, while the bold, abstract print adds a statement-making finish.
6. Waist-Slimming: I love a dress that can handle brunch and whatever comes after, and this one does just that. The cinched waist defines the shape, while the airy tiers make it comfortable enough to stay in all day.
7. Must-Have Mini: This floral V-neck mini is exactly what I reach for when I want something cute but low-effort. The smocked waist gives it some shape, while the flowy skirt keeps things light and easy.
8. Figure-Accentuating: I always reach for silhouettes like this when I want something instantly flattering. The wrap-style waist cinches just right, while the flowy skirt smooths everything out in the best way.
9. Statement Shoulder: There’s something about a one-shoulder moment that instantly catches my eye — it’s a detail that makes a dress feel more elevated. This one still feels fuss-free thanks to the breezy skirt and soft floral print.
10. Pretty Pastels: A pastel palette feels so fresh this time of year, especially after a winter of dark neutrals. I love how the defined waist balances out the airy, floaty silhouette.
11. Fabulously Flowy: A smocked bodice is both incredibly comfortable and flattering. This design hugs just right up top, then flows out into an easy, airy skirt.
12. New and Notable: This floral ruffle maxi is one of those new arrivals I’d immediately add to cart. The square neckline adds structure, while the breezy skirt and subtle waist definition keep it light and effortless.
13. Elegantly Embroidered: The details on this piece make it look more expensive than the price tag. The eyelet embroidery adds depth, while the soft, tiered skirt keeps the design relaxed and feminine.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are pulling back the curtain on the darker side of global fame.
While wrapping up their Australia visit, the Duchess of Sussex joined her husband for a candid conversation with university students, during which she reflected on the intense online scrutiny she has often faced. At one point, she described herself as “the most trolled person in the world.”
Harry also opened up about his complicated relationship with royal life, admitting he didn’t want the role after the death of his mother.

Markle did not hold back when reflecting on the darker side of life in the public eye.
The former “Suits” star made the candid admission during a mental health engagement alongside Harry at Swinburne University of Technology, as the couple continued their packed Australia tour. Since arriving earlier this week, they’ve visited key institutions including the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, the Australian War Memorial, and the Australian National Veterans Arts Museum.
Speaking to students, Markle argued that she had been “the most trolled person in the world,” describing years of relentless online bullying and attacks that have followed her over the past decade.
Touching on Australia’s proposed under-16 social media ban, the Duchess also pointed out that tech platforms are often not incentivized to stop harmful behavior, per PA Media.

Markle doubled down on her criticism of the online space, warning that meaningful change from tech platforms may not come anytime soon. She told students that the digital landscape is largely driven by negativity and unlikely to shift in the near future.
“That billion-dollar industry is completely anchored and predicated on cruelty to get clicks,” Markle said. “That’s not going to change.”
Rather than waiting for reform, Meghan urged young people to focus on their own resilience.
“You have to be stronger than that,” the mother of two added.
Weighing in on the move to restrict children’s use of social media, Harry argued it was unfortunate that the issue had to escalate so far before action was taken.

The Duke of Sussex also offered a deeply personal reflection on his past, revealing how the loss of his mother, Princess Diana, shaped his feelings toward royal life from an early age.
Speaking later on Thursday at the InterEdge Summit, Harry opened up about his long-standing struggles with grief and mental health following her death. He admitted that the tragedy left him resentful of the path laid out before him, particularly the expectations tied to being a working royal.
“After my mum died just before my 13th birthday, I was like, ‘I don’t want this job. I don’t want this role,’” he recounted. “‘Wherever this is headed, I don’t like it.’”

Harry went even further into his personal journey, sharing how grief reshaped his life in ways he’s still unpacking today. The former British Army pilot described how losing Diana at such a young age left him emotionally shut down and struggling to process the loss.
“In my experience, loss is disorienting at any age,” Harry said. “Grief does not disappear because we ignore it. Experiencing that as a kid while in a goldfish bowl under constant surveillance, yes, that will have its challenges. And without purpose, it can break you.”
He added that in the years that followed, he often felt “lost, betrayed, or completely powerless.”

Harry and Markle have found themselves under scrutiny for their Australia tour, with some critics questioning whether some appearances are financially motivated.
While their office has maintained that the visit is focused on raising awareness around mental health, sports, and support for war veterans, reports have suggested that the couple could be earning significant sums from select appearances.
However, according to the BBC, Harry wasn’t paid for his speech at the InterEdge Summit, despite earlier claims he could pocket up to $50,000. Similarly, reports alleging that Markle was paid to appear on “MasterChef Australia” have been dismissed as false.
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