The "Song Sung Blue" star wore dark sunglasses and a gold necklace, with her blonde hair pulled back as she sat beside Fujikawa, who went shirtless in patterned swim trunks and a baseball cap.
"Mentally still here," Hudson captioned the Instagram carousel.
Another photo captured Hudson soaking up the sun alongside a friend as the two lounged on separate white towels spread across the sand.
Hudson wore the same red bikini while her friend opted for a black two-piece. Both accessorized with dark sunglasses as they enjoyed the sunny weather.
The actress's followers were quick to react to the vacation photos, with several praising her appearance.
"I feel like all the women I grew up with and watched on tv, who are around the same age as me, are absolutely glowing in their 40s-50s era," one person commented.
"There's a confidence, a freedom and a beauty that comes with this stage of life. You're glowing, Kate."
Another wrote, "Without sounding creepy, all I want is to hang out with Kate Hudson for a day! she is just a ray of sunshine!"
The beach getaway also included a glamorous evening celebrating a friend's wedding.
In another photo, Hudson traded her bikini for a strapless, floor-length gown covered in shimmering embellishments as she posed with a friend wearing a white feather-trimmed dress.
The two smiled for the camera while holding drinks at an outdoor reception decorated with elaborate white floral arrangements.
Hudson also shared a playful glimpse of her travels in a photo taken aboard a private jet.
The actress posed in a flowing leopard-print dress and sunglasses while standing near the aircraft's cabin entrance.
While Hudson was celebrating someone else's wedding in Hawaii, she has been candid about the challenges of planning her own.
The actress has been engaged to Fujikawa since September 2021, but the couple has yet to walk down the aisle.
During a September appearance on the "Sibling Revelry" podcast, which she co-hosts with her brother, Oliver Hudson, the actress admitted that the size of their family has made wedding planning complicated.
"I still am not married. I'm just engaged," Hudson said during a conversation with actresses Joey and Hunter King.
"And I keep thinking about wedding. You know, like, what are we going to do? And then every time we started thinking about who we have to invite, and Danny's like, ‘I just want a small wedding.’
"Our family alone is like 50 people."
Hudson also acknowledged the expense of planning a wedding while discussing the elaborate celebrations some couples organize.
"That's part of why I don't want to get married," she said. "I'm like, 'It's too expensive. I just want like hors d'oeuvres.'"
Hudson and Fujikawa began dating in 2016 after knowing each other for years through mutual friends. They welcomed their daughter, Rani Rose, in October 2018.
The actress is also mom to sons Ryder Robinson, whom she shares with ex-husband Chris Robinson, and Bingham Bellamy, whom she shares with former fiancé Matt Bellamy.
Although it seems like she's torn over the idea of a wedding, Hudson has made it clear that Fujikawa is the one for her.
In a 2019 interview with Women's Health, she described him as a supportive partner who shares her commitment to family.
"I've got the best man," she said. "It's the first time I feel like I have a real teammate in this."
Meghan Markle says there's a reason she's kept her children, Archie and Lilibet, away from her father, Thomas Markle Sr.
Thomas Sr. was accused of possessing child sexual abuse material by his son, Thomas Markle Jr., the Duchess of Sussex’s half-brother, according to a report published by The Sun Thursday.
Thomas Jr. allegedly found the material in Thomas Sr.'s home in Cebu, Philippines, and reported it to police and the FBI.
On Friday, Meghan responded to the allegations in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.
"I am deeply distressed at the news that has come to light in the last 24 hours, and my thoughts are with any children who may have been harmed," her statement began.
"In 2018, a letter was sent to the Metropolitan Police and Royalty and Specialist Protection. That letter was subsequently shared with me. It made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father, and I was given assurances that these were being investigated.
"I hope it can now be understood that, despite certain media publications’ distortion over the years, any distance from my father and my choice to not allow him to have contact with our children, was for one reason: to protect them.
"I trusted that the authorities were doing the same for other families," the statement continued.
"Although the breadth of what has now been uncovered is more sickening than one could ever imagine, my sincerest hope is that justice will be fully served and that the priority remains the safety and protection of innocent children," the statement concluded.
London's Metropolitan Police said it is not investigating Thomas Markle Sr. but is conducting internal inquiries into the handling of the 2018 letter, according to The Independent.
Meghan shares Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, with Prince Harry. Her father has never met the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s children.
The FBI National Press Office said in a statement to Fox News Digital Friday that the bureau would assist Philippine authorities in their investigation.
"The FBI is aware of the allegations and will provide support, as appropriate, to the Philippine authorities. We will also investigate any related allegations of federal violations of U.S. law," the statement said.
According to Reuters, Philippine Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Ty confirmed on Friday that a task force investigating human trafficking and online child sexual abuse in Cebu "is currently investigating the matter."
Thomas Sr. denied the allegations to the Daily Mail.
"I’m shocked, I’m hurt and I’m very upset that my son is making these accusations against me. I could never do what I’m being accused of. It’s the worst thing anyone could accuse me of," he told the outlet Friday.
"This is bulls---," Thomas Sr. added. "It’s just a bunch of lies. It’s sick. I have no idea why Tom is trying to destroy me with these lies."
Thomas Jr. told The Sun he found suspected child sexual abuse material in four large boxes, containing "hundreds, if not thousands" of images. He also said he found videos of young girls no older than 10 or 11 years old engaging in sexual acts.
He also told the outlet he found four images of nude girls, one of which appeared to have been taken at Thomas Sr.'s former home in Rosarito, Mexico.
"What I saw made me sick to the stomach. All this stuff was just dumped on me, and I didn’t know what to do. I knew right away it was highly illegal and would land me in jail for a long time if I didn’t get rid of it. I felt betrayed, angry and disgusted and realized I had to report him," Thomas Jr. told The Sun.
"When I found this material, I was horrified, and I had no option but to report my dad."
Thomas Jr. said he reported the alleged child sexual abuse material to the FBI hotline and the Pennsylvania State Police. According to The Sun, the FBI "confirmed receipt" of Thomas Jr.'s allegations and is "set to launch their own probe."
Kevin Pollak is opening up about the time Tom Cruise punched Jack Nicholson after a tense moment while filming "A Few Good Men."
Earlier this week, Pollak was a guest on the "Still Here Hollywood" podcast with Steve Kmetko.
"I remember there's one moment while shooting 'A Few Good Men,' the climactic scene of Tom and Jack going toe-to-toe. Kaffee against the colonel. When Tom's character, Kaffee, comes in for the kill. 'I want the truth.' Well, while he's coming in and the camera is next to Jack's face, shooting Jack's POV of Tom and Jack has to put his face as close as he can to lens," Pollak, who also starred in the movie, began.
"And Tom's coming in, camera shooting, and this is what Tom's looking at during the scene. Jack is doing this, making the most ridiculous clown face you've ever seen," Pollak added, while mimicking Nicholson's clown impression.
"And Tom stayed in the pocket and finished the scene and then punched Jack Nicholson in the shoulder. Uh, and they both laughed. So, that was Jack and my experience," he continued.
"A Few Good Men" is a 1992 legal drama directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin. The movie follows Lt. Daniel Kaffee, a military lawyer played by Cruise, who is assigned to defend two U.S. Marines accused of murdering a fellow Marine at Guantánamo Bay.
The case centers on whether the Marines were acting under an unauthorized "code red" — a violent disciplinary order allegedly given by their superiors. Demi Moore plays Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway, Kaffee’s determined colleague, while Nicholson portrays Col. Nathan Jessup, a powerful commander whose courtroom testimony leads to the movie's famous "You can’t handle the truth!" confrontation.
The movie also stars Pollak, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland and J.T. Walsh. It was a major critical and commercial success and received four Academy Award nominations, including best picture, best supporting actor for Nicholson and best film editing.
In June, Pollak recalled working with the late Reiner on the cult classic, and the "great lesson" he took away from filming the movie.
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"The big thing with Rob was just, if we're not having fun, there's no point in any of this," Pollak told People at the time. "And he said that while we're doing a very intense courtroom drama, and it was a great lesson and a great way to work."
"One of my most enjoyable moments was [when] we shot a couple weeks in Washington D.C. to establish exteriors, and one night we were walking back from somewhere, just the two of us, and someone passed us and said, ‘Oh my God, Rob Reiner, how are you? Are you here working?' And he said, ‘Yeah.' He said, ‘What are you working on?' And he said, ‘The Godfather,'" Pollak told the outlet.
"And the guy went, ‘Oh great.' He kept walking, and I said, ‘Why did you say The Godfather?' And he said, ‘Well, if I said A Few Good Men, it was a Broadway play, but if you didn't see the Broadway play, you don't know what the hell I'm talking about. So if I say The Godfather, we're done talking, and you and I can keep going with our lives.' I've used it ever since," Pollak continued.
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Musician Linda Perry was feeling healthy when doctors discovered her body was plagued with an "angry" cancer.
On a recent episode of the "Off The Record" podcast with Lisa Konicki, Perry said "guardian angels" brought her breast cancer diagnosis to the surface.
"That was just angels, you know, guardians, because I never do any of that stuff – mammograms. Nothing. No, I'm like I'm not going down that way. And if that's where I go, then take me down. But I can't stand the medical. … I'm not a fan. I don't buy it," Perry began.
The 4 Non Blondes singer explained she considered herself "healthy" at the time of her diagnosis, noting that she doesn't smoke, drink alcohol or ingest caffeine.
Perry also explained that she wanted a breast reduction "for years" but never booked the surgery because she is afraid of being under anesthesia. Eventually, she decided it was time and arranged for the procedure.
"So, I go do the appointment," she began. "We go to the recovery. You know, I stay at this place overnight. Totally, everything was fine. And then the doctor comes by, and she's like, 'Everything went great, you know, but ... you have triple negative cancer, and we found it in your biopsy. It's very early, but it's there.'"
Perry said the doctor told her the cancer she had was a "very, very fast" and "angry" cancer.
"I was like, 'No brainer. I'm halfway there. Take them.' I didn't even think about it. I was just like, 'Pop them off. I'm good. When can we go?'" Perry said on the podcast.
Perry had her double mastectomy in January 2022, and since then, she's been healthy.
On the podcast, Perry talked about her mother, Marluce Martins Perry, who was sick at the time of her diagnosis and surgery. She told Konicki she would never have thought her symptoms were due to a serious illness and would have assumed they were caused by the stress from her mother's condition.
Author J.K. Rowling reaffirmed her stance on sex and gender issues Wednesday, writing in a new essay that she would not back down from her advocacy despite facing what she described as a relentless "avalanche of death, rape and torture threats."
The British author, best known for writing the "Harry Potter" series, published the piece six years after her June 2020 essay sparked widespread debate over transgender rights and women's single-sex spaces.
Rowling wrote that her views "haven’t changed" since 2020, but that "the landscape certainly has, and my own involvement in the issue has become practical as well as theoretical, so I thought it was time for an update."
Her original essay drew criticism from LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations and transgender rights activists, along with calls to boycott her work.
In the new essay, Rowling defended her opposition to policies allowing transgender women into certain female-only spaces, arguing that they undermine protections for women. She also characterized modern transgender activism as "elitist to its core."
"It’s true, of course, that trans activism doesn’t impact all women negatively. In fact, the more privileged you are, the less it tends to affect you, and the more it might benefit you. Aside from an avalanche of death, rape and torture threats, it hasn’t noticeably affected my life," Rowling wrote.
Rowling has rejected accusations that her views are "anti-trans," maintaining that her advocacy centers on women's safety and privacy.
"Should trans people be discriminated against when it comes to housing or employment? Of course not," Rowling wrote. "Should trans people be stripped of their human rights, or denied personal safety? Again: of course not."
Earlier this month, transgender rights activists protested a gala performance of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" in London. A demonstrator wore a T-shirt reading, "Rowling money kills," and security personnel eventually removed the protesters from the red carpet.
In response to Rowling’s earlier 2020 comments on sex and gender, LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD criticized the author, writing on social media that "JK Rowling continues to align herself with an ideology which willfully distorts facts about gender identity and people who are trans. In 2020, there is no excuse for targeting trans people."
Actor Daniel Radcliffe, who starred as Harry Potter in the film adaptations, also publicly criticized Rowling's comments in 2020, issuing a statement through The Trevor Project.
"Transgender women are women," Radcliffe wrote. "Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo or I."
May Mailman, director of the Independent Women's Law Center, told Fox News Digital that she agrees with Rowling's criticism of wealthy supporters of transgender activism, arguing that working-class women are more likely to be affected by policies governing single-sex spaces.
"For people in the United States who have real problems to deal with, they need to figure out how they're [going to] put food on the table," Mailman said. "They're not worried about pronouns. They're worried about improving their families and improving themselves. And so, there is this elitism that's like when you run out of problems, you start inventing them."
Rowling has also supported the campaign group For Women Scotland, which challenged the interpretation of "woman" under the U.K.'s Equality Act 2010. On April 16, 2025, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that the terms "woman" and "sex" refer to biological sex for the purposes of the law. The court also affirmed that transgender people remain protected against discrimination under the law's gender reassignment provisions.
Mailman welcomed the British court decision but warned that she believes free speech in the country is increasingly under threat.
"I think the status of free speech in Great Britain is much more under attack than it is in the U.S.," Mailman said, adding, "I think we should treat it as a warning sign, because I think people look to Britain as where the United States could and often does head."
Jeremiah Igunnubole, U.K. legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom International, a Christian legal advocacy group, also welcomed Rowling’s essay in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"We welcome JK Rowling doubling down on her determination to challenge gender ideology and defend the importance of biological reality. Truth matters, and we should not be afraid to uphold it simply because doing so is controversial," Igunnubole said.
He added that Alliance Defending Freedom International would "continue to defend these principles and the protections that flow from them robustly, including through litigation in the UK where necessary."
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As Eric Dane faced the final moments of his life, his family fought to hold on to every precious moment.
Rebecca Gayheart, who remained close to Dane after they separated in 2018, opened up about his final months battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the toll it took on their two daughters and how she's keeping his memory alive.
Dane died Feb. 19, less than a year after publicly revealing his ALS diagnosis.
"We tried to be present through all of our fear and frustration and uncertainty," Gayheart told People of the family's last months together. "It was truly an exhausting and heartbreaking experience, but it also showed us his extraordinary strength every day, and that was really wonderful for the girls and myself to witness."
While Gayheart tried to remain strong for Dane as they searched for answers about his worsening symptoms ahead of his diagnosis, she admitted nothing could have prepared her for the news that he had ALS.
"I went into my closet and closed the door," she told the outlet. "I was always telling him, ‘You’re going to be okay, we’re going to figure this out.’ But that day was like a punch in the gut. It took my breath away."
As Gayheart and Dane struggled to come to terms with the diagnosis themselves, they faced another challenge: explaining the news to their two young daughters.
"They had so many questions, it still felt like it wasn’t real," she said. "And their father let them know that he wanted to try to spend as much time as possible with them."
"I’m eating sushi with my kids, and suddenly I can’t work the chopsticks with my right hand," he wrote in his memoir, according to People. "My hand tingles, and then my fingers feel numb. Some kind of weird nerve thing, I think. I shake it off. I’m probably texting too much. Three weeks later, it happens again, only worse. I can’t grip the chopsticks at all."
The emotional impact of Dane's diagnosis was something the actor also addressed in his own words.
"[Rebecca and I] were married for 14 years, grew apart, filed for divorce, but never got around to signing the papers. We’ve since stayed close, co-parenting, going on vacations as a family, spending time together, and now we talk every day," Dane wrote. "I say to Rebecca on the phone, ‘It’s what we feared.’"
"I don’t remember a single word I said after that," he recalled. "I remember only feeling a violent impact, like getting the wind knocked out of me, and Rebecca wailing on the other end of the phone, and then I really lose it, and my sobs make my body shudder, and I hear her words pouring out amid her tears, ‘I’m here, we’ll fight this together, I’m not going anywhere.’"
Gayheart and Dane married in Las Vegas on Oct. 29, 2004, and welcomed two daughters, Billie, born in March 2010, and Georgia, born in December 2011. The two shared a love story that lasted more than two decades, despite years of separation.
After his death, Gayheart revealed the moments she misses the most now that Dane is gone.
"After the kids downloaded me on their day, I’d call him and be like, ‘Oh my God, there’s a boy that likes Georgia.’ Or when Billie got her driver’s license, I wanted to call him so badly because that was something he was really excited about," she told People.
If she could talk to him now, Gayheart said she would want Dane to know how much his strength meant to their family and how deeply he was loved.
"I’d say that I’m proud of him, that we all love him so much, and I hope he really felt that," the "Urban Legend" star said.
As she and their daughters navigate life without Dane, Gayheart said she's determined to honor his legacy by protecting their girls and ensuring their father's memory remains a constant presence in their lives.
"I’m going to look after these girls and protect them with everything in my body and soul. And we’re not going to let people forget him."
Selma Blair is revisiting a terrifying encounter with a Hollywood director who she says threatened her into silence after allegedly pressuring her to undress early on in her career.
During an appearance on "The Jenny McCarthy Show," the "Cruel Intentions" actress — who filmed the podcast episode prior to her arrest this month — opened up about her alleged experience with filmmaker James Toback, recalling how the Oscar-nominated screenwriter left her fearful for her life.
"He really put the fear of God in me in my early 20s," Blair told McCarthy, describing Toback as "really, really scary."
Blair recalled an alleged encounter in which Toback pressured her to remove her clothes while performing a monologue, presenting the request as part of her acting development.
"I took my clothes off," Blair recalled. "It was horrifying."
She said Toback instructed her to "do the monologue naked," despite her discomfort.
"I was really uncomfortable," Blair said. "It was really traumatic."
Blair explained that she initially believed the director was trying to improve her acting abilities, rather than making a sexual advance.
The actress said Toback later made disparaging remarks about her appearance, including comments about her hips.
"How dare you? Like, how are you going to make someone feel bad?" Blair recalled thinking.
She also described an alleged threat that she said prevented her from speaking publicly about the experience for years.
"He said, 'You know, if you ever tell a soul, I'll gouge your eyes out with a Bic pen.' And I believed it and I kept quiet."
Blair's allegations were among those examined in a 2017 Los Angeles Times investigation by reporter Glenn Whipp, which initially detailed sexual harassment accusations from 38 women against Toback.
The women described encounters in which the filmmaker allegedly used promises of acting opportunities to initiate sexually inappropriate interactions.
Blair was initially an anonymous source in the investigation. As additional women came forward, the number of accusers grew to more than 300, according to subsequent reporting by the Los Angeles Times.
Blair said she ultimately decided to publicly identify herself after learning that Toback had disputed the women's accounts.
"When I found out he called all these women liars ... I was like, oh no, I can't stand for that," Blair told McCarthy.
"I will no longer be anonymous because he's not going to do that."
In October 2017, Blair and fellow actress Rachel McAdams publicly detailed their allegations against Toback in a Vanity Fair interview.
Toback denied the sexual misconduct allegations reported by the Los Angeles Times at the time, saying he either had not met the women or did not recall their encounters.
Reflecting on the experience years later, Blair expressed anger about the treatment she said she endured.
"It was all awful. It was so upsetting and awful," she said.
Blair also offered a message to other women who might face similar pressure in the entertainment industry: "You don't have to do it. You don't have to do it."
Earlier this month, Blair — who revealed publicly in 2018 that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis — was arrested and arraigned on two counts of second-degree assault stemming from accusations that she assaulted a nurse and a police officer after an incident involving crew members aboard a Delta Air Lines flight to New York City. Blair pleaded not guilty.
The judge set bail at $20,000 cash/$60,000 bond/$60,000 partially secured bond. She's expected in court in January 2027.
Sporting an electric guitar and the perfect smoky eye in a recent promo video, she strums in the stance of a rock star, putting one leg up on a step and whipping her hair to the music. The clip is black-and-white, with the backdrop completely blank, suggesting Cyrus — who now goes mononymously by Miley — is magnetic all on her own.
The 33-second video, simply titled "MILEY," was designed to tease her big comeback shows at the Hollywood Bowl in October. It worked: Cyrus' two-night run sold out in minutes after 1.5 million hopefuls joined the presale ticket queue. Clearly, people were itching to see Cyrus in the flesh.
That demand, however, lately hasn't translated to people purchasing her music. Cyrus' new album, "Bass Persuades," sold only 61,000 units in its first week. For comparison, Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore," the deluxe version of a year-old album, sold 173,000 units the very next week. Earlier this year, Ariana Grande's new album "Petal" sold 295,000 units in the same timeframe. Aside from Cyrus' titular lead single, which peaked at No. 35, only one more song from "Bass Persuades" cracked the Billboard Hot 100: "Let's Get Married" sneaked in at No. 99.
While Cyrus did sell enough to secure a No. 1 chart debut in a non-competitive release week, "Bass Persuades" also earned a less-flattering distinction when it plummeted to No. 157 on the Billboard 200 the following week: the biggest single-week drop for an album ever recorded.
Yet, somehow, when Cyrus appeared onstage at the Hollywood Bowl, numbers and technicalities melted away. Clad in understated, monochromatic looks with no backup dancers or flashy set pieces to speak of, she proved that her name alone is still a powerful draw.
In the last decade or so, Cyrus has become a celebrity whose creative output is tangential to her status, like a vestigial organ she's evolved to no longer need. Sure, Cyrus still makes and releases music, but she rarely engages with the typical cycle of promotion and performance. She hasn't staged an arena tour since 2014, and, with the sole exception of her Grammy-winning song "Flowers," her music over the past decade has struggled to capture the zeitgeist. (Perhaps if her 2020 rock opus "Plastic Hearts" hadn't been released during the pandemic, it could've broken that curse, but I digress.)
But as her sold-out Hollywood Bowl stint proves, Cyrus has a legion of supporters at her fingertips, whether her recent music is resonating or not. Even when Cyrus drew criticism for not singing every word of some of her songs — especially nostalgic hits like "Party in the USA," "The Climb," "We Can't Stop," and "Wrecking Ball" — the backlash underlined just how little she needs to do to keep her A-list position secure.
"I've learned now through the queue that my calculations are correct and people will come to me," she previously told Apple Music's Zane Lowe of the mini-residency. "I don't need to drive to you."
Miley Cyrus is a pop diva without the pop
Miley Cyrus attends the world premiere of "Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special."
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Even as Cyrus' music since her last No. 1 album, 2013's "Bangerz," has failed to achieve widespread relevance and popularity, as a name, she remains as relevant and popular as ever.
Part of this is thanks to her longevity. Cyrus has been famous since she was the tween star of "Hannah Montana," a role that led to her being named the youngest-ever Disney Legend in 2024. Earlier this year, Cyrus celebrated the show's 20th anniversary with a Disney+ special, in which Chappell Roan told her, "You literally walked so I could run."
Cyrus and her blonde alter ego have also been cited as major influences by artists like Sabrina Carpenter and this year's breakout star Adéla, whose viral hits like "Ain't in LA" and "Nicole Kidman" have drawn comparisons to "Bangerz."
"Watching 'Hannah Montana' was my introduction to pop stardom," Adéla told Dazed.
As members of pop's new guard look to Cyrus' early work for inspiration, Cyrus remains positioned as a tastemaker and a reference point. The success of her newer albums is a secondary concern.
In recent years, Cyrus has deliberately been out of touch — both figuratively, from trends, and literally, from her audience. Despite fans clamoring for more live performances, Cyrus has declined to satisfy the demand, telling British Vogue that she doesn't want to live her life for "anyone else's pleasure or fulfillment." Cyrus has also been open about her "unhealthy" relationship to touring; she experienced job burnout at a young age and never quite recovered. As a result, she seems wholly unconcerned with chart positions or sales figures. She is more interested in building a legacy that will endure than in instant gratification.
"My life is so beautiful. It never feels like I'm swimming upstream anymore," Cyrus told Variety in March. "I like the way people see me. And when I first left 'Hannah' and put out 'Bangerz,' I did not feel that way."
Cyrus is acting like a legacy artist, not a modern star
Cher wrapped her farewell tour at the Hollywood Bowl in 2005.
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Videos from the Hollywood Bowl show the crowd singing every word to Cyrus' decade-old favorites. For newer songs like "Orbit" and "Something Beautiful," Cyrus did most of the singing herself.
The gap between her past and present impact has never been more glaring. Cyrus may not have liked her public image as a teenager and young adult, but fans were gratified — and future phenoms were taking notes.
At 33, Cyrus has become a premature legacy act. The way she's navigating her career today resembles that of long-established divas like Cher, who remains a cultural touchstone but hasn't scored a hit in decades, or Madonna, whose most recent album is a callback to her earlier career heights. "Confessions II," the sequel to 2005's dance-pop blockbuster "Confessions on a Dance Floor," has thus far failed to spawn a top-40 hit. Still, Madonna's devoted fan base is ready to swarm a concert venue at a moment's notice.
Leaning on legacy and nostalgia is not necessarily a sign of failure. In fact, for Cyrus, it may be the goal.
With "Bass Persuades," her 10th studio album, Cyrus has dropped her surname in marketing materials. As her dad pointed out, this is a time-honored tradition in the music industry.
"I told @miley yesterday I felt good about her going with her first name," Billy Ray Cyrus wrote on X. "I mentioned Dolly and Cher. Thinkin about it more and more … Elvis .. Prince …and so on. It's a natural progression for an iconic superstar legend."
Like her forebears, Miley is in a league of her own — neither in the lower nor upper echelons of the music industry, but a secret third space, detached from standard markers of success.
In the end, a mononym is less a branding choice than a vote of confidence: the audience already knows exactly who you are.
Sheridan is known for being the visionary responsible for the "Yellowstone" universe. The Paramount Network series starring Kevin Costner dominated TV for five seasons, and resulted in multiple prequels and spinoffs.
However, Sheridan's success isn't drilled down to just the neo-Western drama. His other monster hits include "Sicario," "Wind River," "Lioness," "Landman" and several other projects.
He's also the owner of the 6666 ranch in Texas, and is now linking it up with Sin City.
Taylor Sheridan expands footprint in Las Vegas.
There aren't many things on this planet I enjoy more than visiting Las Vegas and watching Sheridan's work. Well, the two worlds are now smashing together.
The MGM Grand in Las Vegas announced on Thursday that it's opening the Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse at the resort in 2027.
The restaurant will feature "signature cuts sourced directly from Four Sixes Ranch and bold flavors rooted in authentic Texas cuisine," according to the release.
The release also states that the restaurant will have "digital walls showcasing custom footage from Sheridan, bringing the landscapes and spirit of the American West."
Sounds like the people rolling it out know the exact kind of customer they're looking to attract. This also isn't Sheridan's first rodeo (no pun intended) in Las Vegas. He previously had a popup restaurant at the Wynn in Las Vegas.
More than anything, this move by Sheridan goes to show how his influence far expands past just entertainment. He's the most powerful and influential person in the industry by orders of magnitude at the moment, and that's why his NBCUniversal deal is reportedly worth more than $1 billion.
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