Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, The Offspring founder and guitarist, was forced to take a break from performing due to a serious health issue.
Wasserman, 63, did not disclose his illness, but noted that his band "is super supportive" of his decision and ready to keep touring while he focuses on recovery.
"It is with deep sadness that I have to announce that I need to step away from live performances for a while to deal with a sudden and fairly serious health issue," Wasserman shared in a post on Instagram.
"The rest of the band has my back, is super supportive, and will keep rocking you all in my absence. I hope to be back on stage sooner rather than later."
He added, "Until then, I will miss all of you with all of my heart. Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts. I really appreciate it."
Hundreds of thousands of fans showed support on the post, with messages of love and strength flooding the comments.
Simple Plan’s Pierre Bouvier wrote, "Hope you’re OK brother. Sending love and positivity. You’re a legend…. You got this."
"Get back ripping quick Noodz!!," Pennywise frontman Jim Lindberg wrote, while the band Garbage wrote, "Sending love to you Noodles. You are the best. You've got this."
Professional skateboarder Steve Caballero wrote, "Dude, so sorry to hear about this and I hope and pray 🙏🏼 that you heal quickly and recover healthier than ever ❤️❤️- much love my friend."
Originally named Maniac Subsidal, The Offspring first formed in the '80s out of Garden Grove, Calif., with Bryan "Dexter" Holland on vocals, bassist Greg "K" Kriesel and drummer James Lilja, in addition to Noodles on guitar.
They released their first, self-titled album in 1989 and found moderate success with their third album, "Smash," in 1994 before signing with Columbia Records and releasing "Ixnay on the Hombre" in '97 and the widely celebrated "Americana" one year later, which included the commercial hits "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)," "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "The Kids Aren't Alright."
Noodles last played with the Offspring in San Diego on Oct. 18, and the band is scheduled to perform in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Singer Sawyer Hill is canceling his tour after a serious tour bus accident killed one of his crew members.
The rocker revealed on Oct. 14, his tour bus ran off the side of the road in the middle of the night near the Colorado-Wyoming border, then flipped.
"It was a terrifying experience for everyone on board, myself included, and we are devastated to share our driver lost his life," he wrote on Instagram.
He said several members of the crew and band were injured in the crash.
"The cause of the crash is still under investigation, and out of respect for that process and for our driver and his family, we aren't able to share further details at this time," he wrote.
He said after "careful consideration" he realized there wasn't a "viable path" for continuing his "Everybody's Home, Nobody's Happy" tour "and that the focus and priority for my band and crew should be on processing and healing."
Hill shares that the band is working on rescheduling dates, but refunds are also available for those who purchased tickets.
"I can't wait to get back out there with you all," he closed his message. "Thank you for your understanding, compassion, and support during this difficult time."
He added in the caption, "My heart is broken, I'm sorry guys."
A family member of the driver identified him as David "Rollingcloud" Jackson, and wrote on a fundraising page that he suffered a medical emergency while behind the wheel and crossed three lanes of traffic before the bus rolled.
"Thankfully, the band members aboard the bus survived. Tragically David's life was lost," she wrote.
She shared that the family didn't know before his death that he suffered from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and that he was also epileptic.
"Although the exact medical emergency that took his life remains unknown, the autopsy revealed that he had already passed away before the crash," she wrote. "When paramedics arrived at the scene, he was pronounced dead on arrival."
She added, "There was no warning. No time to prepare. No chance to say goodbye."
"He was a huge part of the music industry, a world he loved and was deeply connected to," she said. "Through his work, the miles he traveled, and the people he encountered along the way, David became part of a community that reaches far beyond any one place."
Jackson was a father of four and a grandfather of three.
The family is asking for donations to bring his body back from Wyoming to Minnesota, where he lived.
Hill's followers expressed their sympathy in the comments of his post.
"Thank you for posting," fellow musician Lucy Levinsohn Berman wrote. "Many of us are grieving David 'RollingCloud.' He has been a pillar of the Music community. He personally took my band, along with 2 other bands into his home when we were on tour. He housed and fed us and showed us ultimate kindness. He was one of the real ones. It's so sad his journey ended with your tour. I've followed and enjoyed your work. Glad the rest of your band and crew were able to live to tell. Catch you in Los Angeles. Take care."
Another follower wrote that he had toured "with Rolling Cloud and he was a beautiful soul. He will forever be remembered. Terribly sorry for your experience brother. Sending positive vibes to you and your camps way."
Chris Pratt is shedding light on the reality of raising four kids in Hollywood while keeping his Christian faith present in their lives.
During an interview with Fox News Digital ahead of the season 2 release of "The Terminal List," Pratt said that his faith is how he starts and ends each day.
The new season of "The Terminal List" premiered on Oct. 21, 2026 on Prime Video.
"Oh, God, you know, I'm for the most part, I'm always gonna be a man of faith. My faith is how I start my day, it's how I end my day. It's the most important thing that I'll be able to pass on to my kids," the actor began.
"It's an incredible blessing to be a father. It's also a lot of hard work. And so I think I just want to teach them that ... I don't know, I want to do my best. I basically want to get right everything my dad got right and get right everything my dad got wrong. And I'm sure I'll screw up both, you know?" Pratt continued.
Pratt is married to author Katherine Schwarzenegger, the daughter of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and journalist Maria Shriver. The couple began dating in 2018, became engaged in January 2019 and married in June of that year.
Pratt and Schwarzenegger have three children together: daughters Lyla Maria, born in August 2020, and Eloise Christina, born in May 2022, along with their son, Ford Fitzgerald, born in November 2024.
Pratt also shares a son, Jack, with his former wife, actress Anna Faris. Jack was born in August 2012. Pratt and Faris married in 2009, announced their separation in 2017 and finalized their divorce in 2018. Pratt is now a father of four.
Pratt was joined by his "The Terminal List" co-star, Constance Wu, during the Fox News Digital interview.
"The Terminal List" is an action-thriller series starring Pratt as James Reece, a Navy SEAL whose platoon is ambushed during a covert mission. After returning home, Reece discovers conflicting evidence about what happened and begins uncovering a dangerous conspiracy connected to the operation.
WATCH: Chris Pratt says faith is the most important thing heâll pass on to his 4 kids
Wu plays Katie Buranek, a seasoned war correspondent who helps Reece investigate the truth. As a journalist, Katie uses her reporting skills and connections to expose information surrounding the military conspiracy, becoming one of Reece's key allies. The series is based on Jack Carr's novel of the same name and streams on Prime Video.
Wu told Fox News Digital that she's "never felt safer" on a television set before, due to all the veterans involved in the production.
"Yeah, you probably weren't," Pratt said. "We have 17 veterans on this in front of the camera, behind the camera. Writers, directors, tech advisors, safety coordinators, stuntmen, actors. So it was awesome."
Wu explained that in season 2, her character Katie cares more personally for Pratt's character, Reece.
"I think for Katie, I think she cares more personally for Reece, whereas before she cared a lot about the truth and the story, but she also cares for him as a person a little more, which I think changes a lot of things," Wu said.
WATCH: Constance Wu reveals Katie's feelings for James Reece deepen in 'The Terminal List' season 2
The new season of "The Terminal List" premiered on Oct. 21, 2026 on Prime Video.
John Anderson, the Country Music Hall of Fame singer known for hits including "Swingin'," "Seminole Wind" and "Straight Tequila Night," has died. He was 71.
Anderson died on Wednesday, Oct. 21. His death was announced by his family in a statement shared on his official Facebook page and acknowledged by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
"It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and best friend," the family wrote. "To the world, he was a gifted country music singer whose voice and songs touched countless lives. To us, he was so much more."
The family described Anderson as "the heart of our family," and asked for prayers as they mourned his death.
Born Dec. 13, 1954, in Orlando, Florida, Anderson grew up in nearby Apopka before moving to Nashville after high school to pursue a career in country music. He signed with Warner Bros. Records in 1976.
Anderson rose to prominence in the early 1980s with a traditional country sound influenced by artists including Merle Haggard and George Jones. His early hits included "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal" and "Wild and Blue," followed by "Swingin'," which earned him the Country Music Association's Single of the Year award in 1983. He also received the CMA Horizon Award that year.
After a period of declining commercial success in the late 1980s, Anderson returned to the charts in the early 1990s with "Straight Tequila Night," "Seminole Wind" and "Money in the Bank."
Over his career, Anderson recorded 20 Top 10 country hits, including five No. 1 singles, according to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2024.
"John Anderson was a one-of-a-kind song stylist who proved that fresh innovations were best born from time-honored traditions," Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, said in a statement.
Young praised Anderson's distinctive voice and his ability to draw inspiration from traditional country music.
"He was already a diamond then, and a diamond he always will be," Young said, referencing Anderson's 1981 recording of Billy Joe Shaver's "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)."
In their statement, Anderson's family said his impact extended far beyond his music.
John Goodman is getting candid about what led him to lose weight.
During a recent interview with The New Yorker, the 74-year-old actor discussed his struggles with his weight and alcoholism, saying that he got sober in his 50s, but was trying to manage his weight before quitting.
"I’d lose sixty pounds in a summer, gain it all back. Seventy pounds, eighty pounds. And that got tiring," he said. "I took steps so I wouldn’t have to do that anymore. I was almost four hundred pounds. I was eating alcoholically after I stopped drinking."
He shared that to improve his health, he "had an operation on my stomach," but said he also became "anemic and lost a layer of fat under my skin."
When discussing his experience with alcoholism, the "Roseanne" star shared his struggles began in 1978 when his girlfriend at the time "put me on waivers, so my nights were free for the first time in five years."
He recalled going out to multiple bars until drinking became a "habit," noting, "I started gaining weight at an alarming rate." He pinpointed one bar in particular, Café Central, noting he "turned it into home—and got very used to drinking" in his pursuit to find "friends" and "people to hang around and laugh with."
"There’s a saying in the rooms: I got sick and tired of being sick and tired," he said about his decision to get sober. "The thing about instant gratification is you don’t really care what’s going to happen right after it—which always led to bigger hangovers or me getting the shakes, and having to drink to get rid of the shakes, and that vicious cycle. I was in a position, when I quit, where I had to be hospitalized one way or the other."
Goodman went on to say that he grew "tired of it" and wanted it to stop. He recalled "realizing how selfish it made me," noting he "had a lot of catching up to do" in terms of maturity, as he "was delaying my maturation by drinking."
"I was overlooking real life," he said. "And it was great to see there was a life where I didn’t have to use anything to enjoy it."
The "The Big Lebowski" actor has spoken about his weight loss journey in the past, telling The Rolling Stone in 2023 that he began incorporating boxing and daily walks into his routine.
He shared at the time that his routine included "just an hour, hour and a half of hitting the mitts, hitting the bags, learning footwork."
"I dug it. Yeah. Nobody’s going to get hurt, but it’s just hitting the mitts and trying to learn," he told the outlet. "I never got good enough where I would trust myself to spar because once I get whacked in the face, I don’t know if I wouldn’t lose it."
Goodman rose to fame playing the Conner family patriarch, Dan Conner, for nine seasons during the original run of "Roseanne." He later reprised the role in the 2018 reboot, and again in the spin-off show, "The Conners."
Natasha Lyonne sparked debate over her political views after appearing to express a preference for President Donald Trump over Vice President JD Vance.
The "Russian Doll" actress reacted to a video showing a protester interrupting Vance and calling for the release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lyonne criticized Vance and said she preferred Trump to the vice president.
"Sketchy mofo - prefer trump - this s--- is even scarier - don’t really know how we arrived at this aesthetic as baseline normal, but c’est la dominoes, etc. Octavia Butler was a soothsayer. Grimey times," Lyonne wrote in response to the video.
The 47-year-old actress' remark that she would "prefer Trump" prompted questions about her political views, with some social media users interpreting the comment as support for Trump and others suggesting she was simply expressing a preference for him over Vance.
Lyonne fueled further speculation Tuesday when she reposted a message from Trump thanking Elon Musk for pledging to donate SpaceX stock to millions of American children through Trump Accounts. She added four emojis — a rocket, a saluting face, a sun and a smiling face with sunglasses — without offering a written explanation.
"Natasha Lyonne going full MAGA is depressing as hell," one user wrote.
Another commenter mocked the backlash, posting: "Natasha Lyonne drops four emojis on a Trump post and the left is already planning her cancellation. Tolerance at its finest."
One person said, "Everyone prefers Trump - we all voted for him." Meanwhile, another added, "Why is this controversial? Do you say people supporting Dems is controversial?"
The posts drew conflicting interpretations from social media users, with some questioning Lyonne's apparent preference for Trump and others cautioning against assuming her political views solely from her posts.
One user wrote, "'Prefer Trump'? Why? ..."
Others questioned why the post was being interpreted as support for the president.
"How … are y'all reading this like she actually likes trump."
Another commenter defended Lyonne, writing, "Can people on this app be normal for like five minutes … this is crazy, I feel like I’m going insane. Is everyone okay?"
Decker's latest family beach photo has fans noticing a striking family resemblance.
The 38-year-old country singer shared a series of photos from a Florida getaway with her husband, former NFL star Eric Decker, and their four children. But it was the family's matching athletic physiques that quickly caught followers' attention.
In one photo, Jessie posed in a patterned string bikini alongside her shirtless husband and their children on a white-sand beach beneath a bright blue sky.
Eric, wearing red swim trunks and sunglasses, held their youngest son, Denver, while their three older children, Vivianne, Eric Jr. and Forrest, gathered around them.
"Fall Break🍁🌊🏰☀️," Jessie captioned the joint Instagram post with her husband.
The family snapshot quickly drew a wave of playful comments from followers who couldn't help noticing the Deckers' defined abs.
"The entire family literally has washboard abs what the heck 😂🙌❤️," one person wrote.
Jessie and Eric also posed for a few photos of their own during the beach getaway.
Jessie also shared a playful shot of herself wrapping her arms around Eric as they posed near the water.
The former NFL wide receiver wore bright red swim trunks while Jessie smiled in her patterned bikini and sunglasses.
Another image captured the couple sharing a kiss while sitting together on the beach at sunset.
The family also visited a Disney theme park, where Jessie and Eric posed for a photo with their four children.
Jessie wore a black athletic outfit with Minnie Mouse ears, while Eric kept things casual in a gray T-shirt and baseball cap.
The family getaway comes as Jessie promotes her latest cookbook, "The Secret Sauce," which she co-wrote with her mother and sister.
Earlier this month, the country singer spoke exclusively with Fox News Digital about the family traditions she prioritizes despite their busy schedules.
"Something that I'll always protect is sitting down at the dinner table all together and eating and just talking about our day," Jessie told Fox News Digital.
Jessie also revealed that she won over her husband with her cooking shortly after they began dating.
Eric also helped promote Jessie's latest cookbook, "The Secret Sauce," by posing in nude-colored underwear and making playful food jokes in an Instagram video. The former NFL star has done similar promotions for her previous cookbooks.
Zach Bryan is getting candid about his relationship with alcohol, revealing that he once drank as many as 15 beers a day and was intoxicated when he wrote nearly every hit song of his career.
The country star, 30, opened up about his sobriety during a conversation with Matthew McConaughey that was released alongside his latest EP, "Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs."
Bryan detailed how his drinking eventually led to severe panic attacks that left him fearing he was going to die.
"When I got in the throes of drinking f---ing 15 beers in a day and I kept going with that cycle, I started getting these really, really severe panic attacks where my whole body went numb, and I thought I was going to have a stroke and die," he told McConaughey.
"I’d curl up for days at a time, and I went to a doctor. And, like I said, I still didn’t believe it. I told the doctor, ‘Man, I’m just hungover. I’m fine.’ And the doctor was like, ‘No, man. You have a really severe thing going on here.’"
"[My doctor] said, ‘I think you have a pretty bad panic disorder. And if you quit drinking, that might help you a little bit.’ So I tried it, and I was like, ‘Oh, yeah.’"
Before giving up alcohol, Bryan said he relied on drinking to manage his stage fright.
"So I used to get on stage. Here’s my routine. I used to think this was the perfect routine. No show could ever go bad if I did this: work out, shower, play my guitar, listen to Bon Iver, drink four beers," he recalled.
"It eased my pain. All the stage fright I had was gone after I drank three or four beers, and I’m like, ‘I can do it.’ Then I would drink after the show, too."
Bryan said he would wake up the next day facing another performance and repeat the same cycle.
"I’d wake up the next day with another show, and I’d think, ‘Well, to get rid of this panic in me, to get rid of this stage fright, there’s one choice. Let’s do what we’ve always done,’" he said. "I’d drink two or three more beers. And I thought I was never going to get out of that. I thought that cycle was forever."
The singer-songwriter said his managers had questioned whether he had tried performing without alcohol, but he viewed drinking as part of his routine.
"They would always be like, ‘Hey, have you tried not drinking before a show?’ Like, I can’t. It’s my routine. It’s my lucky socks," Bryan said.
"For a long time, I danced with that. Years, I danced with that. And it worked, you know. I was playing a good show. I was paying my bills. I was doing everything. I employed 100 or 200 people. I was like, ‘This is fine.’"
Bryan said performing sober is more intimidating at first, but ultimately more rewarding.
"I will say now that I’ve quit drinking, stages are more scary," he admitted. "But once I get on stage, it’s a lot more enjoyable. So much better. It feels like flying. It’s more fun. It’s the best feeling in the world."
Bryan said the realization that he was responsible for his own struggles came after years of denial.
"I used to be so terrified of that," he said of performing sober. "And that denial is what got me there. That denial is what brought me to those panic attacks. I was the issue the whole time."
The Grammy winner also said he had convinced himself that alcohol was essential to his songwriting process.
"Every hit I ever had, I was pretty much drunk when I made it," Bryan said. "And so I had the issue of thinking I was never going to have a good song again if I wasn’t under the influence."
He described the belief as a "real curse" that made him feel as though he had to repeat the same rituals in order to create music.
"This is the first project I’ve ever done, this ‘Young Manhood’ thing, that I didn’t drink a lick," he said. "I wrote every word sober and I sang every word sober. And I’ll say it took that to prove to me that I could do it."
Bryan admitted that he once dismissed sobriety and didn't recognize that his own drinking had become a problem.
"I always thought sobriety was a joke because it’s people who couldn’t control themselves celebrating not being able to control themselves," Bryan said. "When I was drinking a lot, I always thought, ‘Why can’t you control yourself?’ I never realized I had a problem."
The singer said his perspective changed during a solo 30-day motorcycle trip across the country.
Bryan said he spent much of the trip stopping at bars and drinking himself to sleep. When he reached a Pilot truck stop outside Seattle, he bought a 40-ounce Budweiser and sat on a curb beside his motorcycle.
"I’ll never forget this as long as I live," he said. "I went into this Pilot and I grabbed a 40 [ounce bottle of] Budweiser, and I’m sitting on the curb with my motorcycle in front of me, and I’m drinking it. And I’m thinking, ‘What the hell was all that worth? Why did I do any of that? I feel emptier than when I left.’"
Bryan said he realized he had spent the previous 30 days chasing a "big romantic movie moment," only to find himself alone in a parking lot.
"I’ve got nowhere to go home to, no one to call," he recalled thinking. "That’s when I said, ‘Man, why am I drinking right now? What am I celebrating?’"
"It changed me a lot, that parking lot," he said. "That was the moment I realized, when I went and got that 40, I was like, ‘Man, it’s f---ing 3. You’ve got an issue. Why do you want to drink a 40 right now in the Seattle Pilot parking lot?’"
Bryan previously announced in November 2025 that he had been sober for two months, writing that he had used alcohol to cope with a "perpetual discontent" and a "consistent black hole" inside him.
During his conversation with McConaughey, Bryan said sobriety has helped him feel more creative, energized and content.
A star of "The Last of Us" is shining a light on what's coming next.
The hit TV series based on the popular video game saga premiered in January 2023 with Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal leading the way.
Season one received critical acclaim and a significant following as viewers watched Ellie and Joel navigate a post-apocalyptic world.
It was a dark and gritty show that saw the protagonists battle the infected and humans.
"The Last of Us" star shares update on season three.
Unfortunately, season two had a noticeable decline in quality. Outside of maybe two episodes, it felt like the show had lost its edge.
The only reason to believe season three might be positive is that the season two finale indicated the show would focus heavily on Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) moving forward.
Now, star Gabriel Luna is pulling back the curtain on what fans can expect.
"This season has been very interesting in the way that a lot of different perspectives shift. Without saying too much, I think folks that were playing the game are aware of that aspect. I just can’t wait for people to see it. We’re shooting it now. I have a little bit of a break," Luna told Variety in a video shared Tuesday night.
You can watch his full comments below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
Here's the basic reality of the situation. "The Last of Us" will have a very small window of opportunity to convince fans to continue sticking around.
The Ellie storyline (Ramsey) got so cringe down the stretch. Abby, who killed Joel in season two, is a far more interesting character, and Kaitlyn Dever is simply a much more captivating actress. She's come a long way since season two of "Justified."
Fans are going to punch out quickly if season three doesn't go all in on Abby as the main focus. Not exactly inspired that's what will happen, judging from Luna's comments, but time will tell.
There is no set release date yet for season three, but fans will likely get the premiere at some point in 2027. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
Mariah Carey earned a win in court after a New York judge dismissed a $20 million defamation case filed by her brother, Morgan Carey.
Morgan alleged in a 2021 lawsuit that his sister's 2020 memoir, "The Meaning of Mariah Carey," contained defamatory statements and caused intentional infliction of emotional distress, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
In his initial complaint, Morgan wrote that Mariah's book contained "numerous passages which are of and concerning plaintiff, and which are, both individually and collectively, false and defamatory."
He initially brought the action against the "We Belong Together" singer "more in sorrow and disappointment in his sister’s betrayals and malicious falsehoods than in anger at them" and claimed "the damage was intended" before press began on the book.
Morgan cited a passage where the singer recalled an alleged fight between her brother and father as "false and defamatory," and claimed the excerpt alone not only portrayed him as a "physically violent man," but also fulfilled a "clichéd and racially charged portrayal of two Black males engaged in a physical struggle never happened."
"It took twelve cops to pull my brother and father apart," Mariah allegedly wrote. "The big bodies of men, all entangled like a swirling hurricane, crashed loudly into the living room. I was a little girl with very few memories of a big brother who protected me."
In his second amended complaint, Morgan alleged that Mariah "weaponized the death of both their parents and sister Alison," which he claimed "speaks to [Defendant's] true character, and is ample evidence of malice towards [Plaintiff.]"
"Having reviewed both the First and Complaints, the Court finds that Defendant did not forfeit her opportunity to above allegations in the Second Amended Complaint that were included as the Defendant's 'actual malice' necessary for Plaintiff's defamation claims," Judge Leslie A. Stroth ruled.
"In the First Amended Complaint, the above instances were not alleged as being indicative of Defendant's actual malice, rather, they were largely claimed as defamatory statements themselves. The Court finds Defendant could not have responded to these instances of 'actual malice' in the First Amended Complaint, as they were not framed as such."
Morgan claimed that "actual malice" was to be inferred from Mariah's "betrayal and deeply hurtful violation of [Plaintiff's] privacy" by revealing he stayed at the Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center when he was a child, and further characterizing Morgan as "the Big Bad Wolf" in addition to her "ex-brother."
"Plaintiff further states that Defendant's actual malice is also demonstrated in Defendant's Oprah Winfrey interview, and when Defendant 'weaponized' the death of the parties' parents and sister to boost commercial sales of her Memoir," documents stated.
Morgan acknowledged in his filing that Mariah's sources for some of her "allegedly defamatory statements" are unverified, including her deceased mother, an anonymous photographer and hairstylist, in addition to "inner circle common knowledge."
"The Court finds that Plaintiff has not sufficiently pleaded actual malice on the part of Defendant," the judge ruled. "Plaintiff has alleged that Defendant was more concerned with the 'commercial viability' of her Memoir, than verifying the truth of her statements, and that Defendant's sources for such statements are anonymous and/or unverifiable.
"Notably, Plaintiff fails to provide any proof that Defendant made such statements with knowledge of their falsity or with reckless disregard for the truth."
The judge added, "While Plaintiff alleges that Defendant demonstrates ill will towards her brother, such a statement is insufficient, and Plaintiff has not satisfied the pleading requirements for actual malice in his Second Amended Complaint."
The Grammy-winning singer's familial relationships have been challenging over the years.
Shortly after the release of her memoir, her sister Alison claimed Mariah intentionally inflicted "emotional distress" and filed a $1.25 million suit against the "Fantasy" singer.
The suit referred to Carey as "heartless, vicious [and] vindictive," and stated that Alison had begun abusing alcohol and was "uncharacteristically tearful" after the book's release.
Carey alleged in her book that Alison gave her Valium and tried to "pimp her out" and threw boiling hot tea on her, per People, a story which Alison cited in the summons and claims "presented no evidence to substantiate."
"[Carey] also callously dismisses [Alison] as her 'ex' sister," docs stated. "But instead of saying no more about her, [Carey] used her book to humiliate and embarrass plaintiff as stories about the memoir appeared in newspapers around the world, on TV and across the Internet, most of them with headlines repeating defendant's allegations — all of them published without giving [Alison] any opportunity to respond."
Alison was allegedly diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety and depression, and was in therapy to process "the horrific abuse" she allegedly suffered as a child, which includes incidents she's described as "satanic" in a 2020 lawsuit against their mother, Patricia.
Prior to her own suit against Mariah, Alison sued their mother, claiming she was forced to endure sexual abuse from multiple men by way of Satanic worship meetings when she was a child.
Alison accused her mom, Patricia, of sexual abuse when she was 10 years old in a summons filed with the New York Supreme Court in February 2020, that was obtained by Fox News Digital at the time.
Alison alleged that her mother allowed and encouraged an undisclosed number of men to engage in sexual acts such as forcible touching, sexual assault in the first degree and made her witness people engaged in sexual acts with adults and children.
In her memoir, Mariah wrote that her relationship with her mother "has been full of contradictions and competing realities."
"Our relationship is a prickly rope of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration and disappointment. A complicated love tethers my heart to my mother's," she wrote.
After referring to her relationship with her mother as a "complicated love," Carey dedicated her memoir in part to Patricia.
"And to Pat, my mother, who, through it all, I do believe actually did the best she could," Carey wrote. "I will love you the best I can, always."
In August 2024, Carey confirmed both her mother and sister died on the same day.
"My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day," she told People at the time.
"I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed. I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time."
The American rocker told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that his political convictions have cost him corporate opportunities and late-night appearances, but he has no regrets about putting his beliefs first.
Now, as he embraces a new chapter with his faith-inspired album, "Halfway 2 Jesus," the rocker says he's more concerned with sharing his message than winning back the entertainment industry.
Kid Rock, born Robert James Ritchie, has publicly supported President Donald Trump. He said the professional fallout has brought something he considers far more valuable — the freedom to speak his mind.
"My relationship with Trump, yeah, that canceled all the, uh, any corporate deals coming my way. I don't really get invited to be part of, you know, things like the NFL or things like that … all the shows that I was so friendly with over the years, from all the late-night talk shows to my friend Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, I don't really get invited on there anymore," he said.
"But who's to say that won't change … and I honestly, I don't care."
The rocker said he expected to lose opportunities when he became more vocal about politics.
"I put my country before pretty much everything except my family and God," he said. "So, yeah. There's been things like that, but that's no sweat off my back."
WATCH: KID ROCK SAYS SUPPORTING TRUMP 'CANCELED ALL' CORPORATE DEALS AND LATE-NIGHT SHOW INVITES
Kid Rock said he no longer has much patience for the corporate maneuvering that once came with his career, particularly when it meant worrying about how his opinions might affect his next opportunity.
"I didn't enjoy the rat race of the music business. It was very necessary, and I'm glad I did it. And I'm thankful for all the opportunities that got me to where I am today," he said.
"But the message I'm putting out now is so much more important than any of that."
Kid Rock said he once felt pressure to watch what he said in the entertainment industry. Now, he enjoys speaking his mind without worrying about the professional consequences.
"And years ago, when I went on this path to be more vocal and outspoken, I knew that stuff was going to go away. But man, let me tell you what freedom feels like," he said.
"To be able to speak your mind anywhere, anytime and really exercise … the freedom of speech that so many brave souls died for, to be able to express that, when I want and how I want and not have to worry about anything in between."
"No radio station. No corporate deal or show or anything, you know … it's just the biggest, most awesome feeling of freedom that one could ever imagine," he said.
Kid Rock's next move isn't about winning back Hollywood.
It's about faith, forgiveness and a rock 'n' roll revival.
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The rocker said his new album, "Halfway 2 Jesus," blends Christian themes with high-energy rock and features a collaboration with his friend of nearly 40 years, Eminem, who has publicly criticized Trump.
The "Cowboy" singer told Fox News Digital that Eminem's public criticism of Trump had tested their relationship, particularly after the rapper criticized the president in a performance at the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards.
"There's been moments when, yeah, friendships have been tested. With Eminem, it would probably be, you know, when he did the thing at the BET Awards, where he's just going hard in the paint against Trump," Kid Rock said.
Kid Rock said he ultimately respected his longtime friend's right to express his views despite their political differences.
"But you know what I mean? At the end of the day, I looked at it like, man, that's his truth. That's how he feels," he said.
"I genuinely don't like people talking about my friends in a bad way, and I'm very quick to defend them, family and friends. But when you're in the political arena, that’s a whole different ballgame," he said.
WATCH: KID ROCK CREDITS ERIKA KIRK'S FORGIVENESS OF HUSBAND'S ACCUSED ASSASSIN WITH TRANSFORMING HIS FAITH
For Kid Rock, the Eminem collaboration carries a message beyond music. In the foreword to "Halfway 2 Jesus," he said he hopes their friendship serves as an example for people whose political differences have strained personal relationships.
"We differ politically and on other things, but we've stayed friends through it all," he wrote. "We hope that sets an example for people who've lost friends or stopped talking to family because they think differently."
Kid Rock said his new album, "Halfway 2 Jesus," grew out of a deepening faith following the September 2025 assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The rocker said he attended Kirk's memorial with his son and was moved by Kirk's widow, Erika, who publicly forgave the man accused of killing her husband.
"And when Erika got up there and forgave his murderer, about dropped me to my knees," he told Fox News Digital.
"It just brought tears to my eyes that someone could be that forgiving and I just started to become closer in my faith, pray a little bit more, pay attention to things around me."
In the album's foreword, Kid Rock described the project as a blend of Christian messages and high-energy rock 'n' roll.
"This is a collection of songs I'd want to hear at a Saturday night revival: people drinking beer, having a great time, and celebrating our Lord and Savior," he wrote. "Positive messages and a full-on rock concert."
Despite concerns the album could alienate some fans, Kid Rock said he accepted the risk.
"Before I even started this album, I made peace with the possibility that it could kill my career or take me to heights unknown. I'm content with either," he wrote.
Kid Rock's album, "Halfway 2 Jesus," is available now.
Prince Harry is ready to put the past behind him as he makes a renewed plea for reconciliation with the royal family.
During a video interview with GQ that was conducted by the magazine's host Zach Baron in September and released Tuesday, the 42-year-old Duke of Sussex was asked whether he grieved his complicated relationships with his father King Charles III, 77, and his brother Prince William, 44.
"Yes, of course," Harry said. "I think from a family perspective — again, another massively relatable issue for so many people — sibling disagreements, broken relationships between kids and their parents, kids and one parent. That continues to come up with me the whole time with people that I speak to, so I know how relatable it is."
"Some people maybe look at us and go, ‘How are you gonna work it out? Maybe that will help me work my stuff out,'" he continued.
"Some people don't want it to work out," Harry added. "I want it to work out. With everything else that's going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile — that's the key point."
Baron went on to ask Harry if he believes the family "wound" can be repaired to which Harry replied, "Scars stick around forever."
"But what your perception is, and what your mindset is to those things that have happened, letting go of the past," he said. "That's something that I would encourage everybody to do: If there's certain things from the past that are still affecting you every day, that's harder to let go of."
"But, for me, there's enough drama in the world and enough drama in people's lives to continue with issues with family," Harry added.
Following the interview's release, Harry's comment that "some people don't want it to work out" sparked speculation that he was referring to William. A spokesperson later clarified Harry's remark, telling People magazine that his comment "was absolutely not intended as a swipe at his brother or any other member of his family."
"The comment was made in a general context and was not directed at his family in any way," Harry's representative added.
Harry's relationship with his family has been strained for years. Rumors of a rift between the brothers began to swirl in 2018 after Harry married former "Suits" star Meghan Markle. Harry publicly acknowledged problems in his relationship with William in October 2019, telling ITV that although they would "always be brothers," they were on "different paths" and don't see each other as often as they did in the past.
Tensions escalated further after Harry and Markle stepped back as senior working royals in January 2020 and relocated to Canada before settling in California. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex later aired grievances against the royal family in their bombshell 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. During the television special, Harry and Markle alleged a lack of support from the institution and accused an unnamed royal family member of racism.
Harry also opened up about his strained relationships with Charles and William, though he shared his hopes that those could be repaired. He admitted that he felt "really let down" by Charles and revealed that his father had stopped taking his calls as the Sussexes prepared to step down from their royal roles.
However, Harry said he would "always love" his father and vowed to "make it one of my priorities to try and heal that relationship."
Harry addressed his rift with William, saying he loved his brother "to bits" but said again that they were on "different paths." At the time, he described their relationship as "space" while expressing hope that "time heals all things."
A year later, the couple's relationship with the royal family deteriorated further with the release of their Netflix series "Harry & Meghan." In the series, Harry accused the royal institution of leaking and planting stories and further detailed the breakdown in his relationship with his family.
The rift deepened following the January 2023 publication of Harry's memoir, "Spare," in which he detailed private disputes with his father and brother and alleged that William physically attacked him during a 2019 argument over Markle. Buckingham Palace declined to respond publicly to Harry's allegations.
However, Harry has continued to express his desire to reconcile with his family. In a January 2023 interview with ITV while promoting "Spare," Harry said, "Forgiveness is 100% a possibility because I would like to get my father back. I would like to have my brother back."
"At the moment, I don't recognize them, as much as they probably don't recognize me," he added.
At the time, Harry said that reconciliation would only be possible under one condition.
"Though I would like to have reconciliation, I would like accountability," he said. "I've managed to make peace over this time with a lot of things that have happened. But that doesn't mean that I'm just gonna let it go."
Harry's latest remarks echo comments he made last year when he publicly called for an end to his long-running feud with the royal family. During an interview with the BBC in May 2025, Harry's rhetoric shifted noticeably after losing his legal challenge over his security in the United Kingdom.
"I would love reconciliation with my family," he said. "There’s no point in continuing to fight any more. Life is precious."
"I don’t know how much longer my father has," Harry added.
In February 2024, Charles was diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer, and he continues receiving ongoing medical treatment.
At the time, Harry told the outlet that he was not in touch with Charles, claiming, "He won't speak to me because of this security stuff."
The Duke of Sussex also indicated that he had forgiven his family for many of their past disagreements. Harry said there were "things that have happened that I can now forgive" and that he had "moved past that."
Harry specifically said he could forgive the involvement of his father, brother and stepmother, Queen Camilla, though he maintained that he was still struggling to forgive the decision over his security arrangements in the U.K. He also acknowledged that some members of the royal family might "never forgive" him for writing "Spare," or for "lots of things."
In August, Harry and Markle along with their children, son Prince Archie, 7, and daughter Princess Lilibet, 5, returned to the U.K. for an extended stay. The Sussexes’ desire to reconnect with Charles and other members of the royal family has been reported as one of the reasons behind their move.
There appears to have been a significant improvement in the relationship between Harry and his father. In September 2025, the two met privately, marking their first face-to-face meeting in more than a year. In July 2026, Harry, Markle, Archie and Lilibet traveled to the U.K where they reunited with Charles and Camilla at Highgrove House. It was the king's first meeting with his daughter-in-law and grandchildren in roughly four years. Harry and Charles have also reportedly remained in communication since the Sussexes' return to the U.K.
However, Harry and William reportedly remain estranged, with no direct contact between the brothers despite the Duke of Sussex's calls for reconciliation. William has largely remained silent about the brothers' estrangement and has not publicly expressed a desire to repair their relationship.
Eight years after she was fired from her hit reboot of "Roseanne," Roseanne Barr is looking for a second chance.
The 73-year-old has self-financed a new show called "Meemaw: A Modern Day Fable."
Barr told The Hollywood Reporter this week that she's shopping the sitcom to "Anybody who wants a number one show and is smart enough to take a number one show."
"I don’t know why they don’t want a number one show and why they hate a number one show and why they would destroy a number one show," she said of Hollywood. "But if they do want a number one show, I got it."
The "Roseanne" reboot was a huge hit with tens of millions of viewers each week, and it finished its first season as the number one primetime sitcom in the 18-49 demographic, according to Variety.
She’s also pitched "Meemaw" to Elon Musk but without success.
"I don’t know why he hasn’t called me or returned my calls," she admitted of the trillionaire. "I mean, of all people on earth, I’m the one he should call, but I don’t know."
"Meemaw" is about the matriarch of a mixed-race family in Texas who are preppers, which she describes as "Somebody who’s prepared of the end of the world."
It’s partially based on her life.
"I’m a prepper. I live in Texas. Everybody’s a prepper here," she said.
The show also stars Drea de Matteo, Omar Gooding and Randy Quaid who plays Barr’s love interest.
"I’m in love with him and I wish he would leave his wife and marry me," she joked. "I enjoyed making out with him so much that I wrote extra scenes where we would make out."
Barr said she hasn’t shown the sitcom to anyone yet.
"But it is so funny," she said. "It’s the funniest s--- I’ve ever done, and I had a ball and I play a really wacky old lady this time."
On her firing from the reboot, Barr insists she didn’t intend her infamous tweet about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett to be racist.
"It was not a racist tweet," she said. "It wasn’t about race, it was about politics. What it really was a three-month conversation between myself and journalists in Iran who were talking about attacks mostly on Iranian women in the streets."
After the tweet, she apologized, and she claimed ABC gave her a choice of signing off on the rights to the show so it could continue as "The Conners" or it would be canceled and everyone would lose their jobs.
"ABC demanded that they would only make [the show] if I were not [in it]. And they called me and said, ‘You have a choice to make: You can sign off on letting us do a show without you [or everyone is out of a job.]’" she claimed.
She continued, "The only thing that mattered to me at the time is I said, ‘I want you to say I’m not a racist and that you know I’m not a racist and that my whole life has been about fighting racism and that you know it.’"
"And [Werner] said, "I will do that once you sign away your rights. And also I promise you, if you sign away your rights for this season, that we’ll make sure that everybody knows you did it to save the jobs of the crew,’" she claimed, via the outlet.
When you find a tiara you love, you stick with it.
Kate Middleton brought out a royal favorite for the latest state banquet, once again dazzling in the sparkling headpiece that has become her go-to for palace glamour.
On Oct. 20, the Princess of Wales joined her husband, Prince William, to help King Charles and Queen Camilla host Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Oman for his state visit to the U.K. at Windsor Castle. For the glamorous evening, the mother of three wore her go-to headpiece: Queen Mary's Lover's Knot tiara, which she has worn numerous times since 2015.
The 44-year-old completed her look with a flowing, sunshine-yellow gown by Elie Saab, King Charles' Royal Family Order badge and the Royal Victorian Order sash and star.
"Kate is wearing what I like to call her 'old faithful,'" royal commentator Amanda Matta told Fox News Digital.
"It has truly become her signature piece of royal jewelry, and it speaks to her constancy as a part of the modern monarchy. Paired with a new beautiful gown for the formal occasion, a repeat tiara keeps the entire look from overshadowing the visiting Sultan of Oman and the true hosts of the evening: King Charles and Queen Camilla."
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"I always come back to what a perfect piece this was for Kate to pull off all those years ago when she first wore It," said Matta. "It's a very romantic piece, tying in nicely with the sentimentality of William and Kate's royal love story."
Since Kate married Prince William in 2011, she has worn five different royal tiaras, with the Lover's Knot appearing to be her favorite.
The sparkler is a replica of an earlier piece, Town & Country reported. According to the outlet, it was created for Queen Mary in 1913 by the House of Garrard using pearls and diamonds already owned by her family. Mary modeled it after a tiara owned by her grandmother, Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge. The original tiara is believed to be held in a private collection.
The Court Jeweller reported that when Mary commissioned the piece, she "sacrificed a tiara from her own jewelry collection, the Ladies of England tiara, to make it."
When Mary died in 1953, she left the Lover's Knot tiara to her granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II, who wore it on several occasions. In 1981, she loaned it to her daughter-in-law, Princess Diana, the outlet reported.
The Lover's Knot was one of only two tiaras Diana was ever photographed wearing, with the other being the Spencer tiara, which belonged to her father. The outlet noted that the Spencer tiara is now owned by the late princess' brother, Charles Spencer.
After Diana's divorce in 1996, the Lover's Knot was returned to Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Camilla opted for the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, which was one of the late Queen Elizabeth II's favorites. Unlike the Lover's Knot, Queen Elizabeth II wore that headpiece numerous times throughout her 70 years on the throne, People magazine reported. Camilla first wore it in 2023.
State visits, which are coordinated between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the royal household, aren't just about showing off the glittering crown jewels. They help strengthen ties between countries. The Omani state banquet was held in St. George's Hall at Windsor Castle while Buckingham Palace undergoes renovations.
People reported that St. George's Hall would host 160 guests at the dinner, with a 50-meter-long table featuring 480 knives, 480 forks and 160 spoons. Following Omani tradition, an Arabic coffee lightly spiced with cardamom and rose water was prepared for guests. Two iced teas — Earl Grey and mint with rose water — and one warm cardamom-spiced tea were also served, the outlet reported.
Kate has gradually returned to royal duties after announcing in September 2024 that she had completed chemotherapy. The princess announced in January 2025 that she was in remission.
Amy Schumer shared a glimpse of her recent family vacation in Turks and Caicos, where she posed in a floral one-piece swimsuit before heading out on a scuba-diving excursion.
The 45-year-old comedian posted photos from her time at the beach resort, including several shots aboard a boat and footage of her exploring the ocean underwater.
In one photo, Schumer stood sideways on a boat, holding onto a metal railing as she looked over her shoulder toward the camera. Her swimsuit featured pink roses and green leaves against a cream-colored background, with lace-up detailing along the back.
She completed the look with oversized tinted sunglasses, while her blonde hair was pulled into a casual ponytail.
Another image showed the "Trainwreck" star facing the camera in the same swimsuit, adjusting her sunglasses while holding a large orange buoy attached to a yellow rope.
Schumer also gave followers a glimpse of her underwater adventure, sharing footage of herself scuba diving in tropical waters.
"Our family had the time of our lives at @beachesresorts in Turks and Caicos," Schumer captioned the Instagram post.
"2 best decisions of my life are becoming a mom and getting certified to dive by PADI," she continued. "If you're like me and have always wanted to dive, don't wait!"
The actress, who shares 7-year-old son Gene with ex-husband Chris Fischer, also thanked the resort staff and credited TA3 for her swimsuit.
Schumer's vacation photos drew encouragement from several famous friends.
"Legs McGee. 🔥," actor Cheyenne Jackson commented.
Actress Leslie Mann chimed in with "Babe," while Lindsay Lohan and Krysten Ritter left heart emojis.
The tropical getaway also included some unexpected entertainment.
In an exclusive interview with People published Wednesday, Schumer recalled attending an impromptu wedding celebration after discovering a ceremony taking place on the beach near her family's accommodations.
The comedian said she and Gene watched the vows from nearby lounge chairs before she joined the festivities and photobombed the newlyweds.
Schumer also described scuba diving as a highlight of the vacation, explaining that she had the opportunity to explore reefs and see a variety of fish.
Her son, meanwhile, enjoyed the resort's water park, where the family spent time together during their stay.
Schumer, who previously revealed she had been diagnosed with Cushing syndrome, explained that her health had been a major factor in her physical transformation.
She also acknowledged using Mounjaro, a medication she had previously praised after experiencing severe side effects with another weight-loss drug.
Bad Bunny's halftime performance this past February produced the largest drop in Super Bowl viewership during halftime in history.
Specifically, viewership on NBC and Telemundo fell from 135.9 million at the end of the second quarter to 128.2 million during Bad Bunny's performance from 8:15 to 8:29 p.m.
That's a 5.7% decline during halftime, compared to a 4% drop during Kendrick Lamar's performance a year earlier. Before the past two years, Super Bowl audiences had typically grown during the halftime show.
According to Puck, the person responsible for selecting Lamar and Bad Bunny has now chosen himself to perform this year in Los Angeles: Jay Z, whom the NFL empowered as halftime czar in 2019.
On the surface, a third consecutive year of declining halftime viewership should concern the league.
Jay Z offers nostalgia. He was one of the defining hip-hop artists of the 2000s. He remained relevant well into the following decade through collaborations with artists such as Kanye West and Rihanna. More American viewers are likely to recognize Jay Z than Lamar or Bad Bunny, even if the latter is a massive international attraction.
Still, recognition doesn't necessarily translate to interest.
Lamar and Bad Bunny divided fans along political lines at a time when partisan activism often limits the appeal of an event as mainstream as the Super Bowl. Jay Z's political history is even more extensive.
Sports fans may remember that he helped distribute "I Can’t Breathe" T-shirts as part of protests following the death of Eric Garner.
He also headlined an Ohio concert for then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and was an outspoken supporter of Barack Obama. Jay Z celebrated Obama's election in the 2008 track "My President," rapping, "Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk/Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run/Obama’s running so we all can fly."
Is that so?
Jay Z's political commentary has also included repeated criticism of Republicans, particularly President Donald Trump. He has called Trump "a joke," "not a very sophisticated man" and, during a 2018 CNN interview, a "superbug." He has also linked Trump's political rise to racism in America.
"[Trump] cannot be my president. He cannot be our president," Jay Z said while campaigning for Clinton in 2016.
He has also described America as "sexist" while discussing the country's failure to elect a female president.
Anyway, Jay Z has now chosen to perform at the biggest annual entertainment event in this supposedly sexist and racist country.
The NFL can argue that an artist's politics are irrelevant unless they surface during the halftime show. Maybe. But viewers don't necessarily make that distinction.
Bad Bunny didn't make a political statement during his performance. He didn't have to. His anti-Trump commentary was already part of his public image, and a record share of the Super Bowl audience tuned out during his performance.
The NFL understands this dynamic well. A poll last year found that it took nearly a decade for the league to regain its previous popularity among Republican-voting consumers after the national anthem protests began in 2016.
The lesson should be obvious: alienating half the country is bad for business.
The kneeling controversy hurt the NFL. The past two halftime shows have coincided with unusual audience declines. There is little reason to expect Jay Z to reverse that trend.
Especially now that viewers have somewhere else to go.
Turning Point USA's alternative halftime show was successful enough last season to establish an alternative for viewers who object to the NFL's selection on political grounds.
The league can distance itself from Jay Z's selection by pointing to his authority over the halftime show. That's not convincing. No serious person believes Roger Goodell and the NFL are powerless to veto the performer at their own championship game.
Of course they aren't.
The NFL partnered with Jay Z's Roc Nation in 2019 to advise on live music entertainment and work with the league's Inspire Change initiative. The agreement came while the NFL was still navigating the political fallout from the Kaepernick controversy.
Seven years later, judge the arrangement by the results. The past two halftime shows lost viewers.
And last season, many of them didn't return for the third quarter. While the uncompetitive Seahawks-Patriots matchup didn't help, overall Super Bowl viewership declined from 127.7 million in 2025 to 124.9 million in 2026. Considering Nielsen's change to its measurement system last year, the underlying decline is greater than the raw difference of nearly 3 million viewers suggests.
We are not suggesting the NFL overcorrect by putting a conservative-leaning musician on stage. The Super Bowl doesn't need a Republican halftime show any more than it needs a Democratic one.
It needs an artist with broad appeal who doesn't give millions of viewers another reason to change the channel. It should not be this difficult.
Mel Brooks wasn't about to let his age stand in the way of a "Spaceballs" comeback.
Brooks, 100, had one very specific request before cameras started rolling – Don't wait to film me.
"We filmed 'Spaceballs: The New One' that Mel Brooks worked with the writers on. He’s a big influence in it. He filmed his part already before we shot," Daphne Zuniga, who plays Princess Vespa, told People during the "Melrose Place" 90s Con panel. "It was his idea: ‘You better film me now because I’m 100.’"
The upcoming sequel will also bring back several familiar faces, along with a few new additions.
"It opens April 23rd of next year," Zuniga revealed. "Rick Moranis is back as Lord Dark Helmet, and Bill Pullman is back as my husband. His real son, Lewis Pullman, plays our son, the prince, and Keke Palmer is in it. It was great fun."
"Spaceballs," co-written and produced by Brooks, premiered in 1987. The comedy legend was 60 when the movie premiered and is now 100 years old.
The film follows Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-man, half-dog sidekick Barf (John Candy) as they attempt to rescue Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) from the villainous Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and President Skroob (Mel Brooks).
A parody of "Star Wars," the movie also pokes fun at "Star Trek," "Alien" and other science-fiction classics.
Moranis' portrayal of Dark Helmet became one of the film's most memorable performances – but according to Brooks, it came at a price. He previously told Fox News Digital that the making of the film quickly racked up a bill, all thanks to one star.
"Rick Moranis cost me a lot of money," Brooks explained. "When we were filming, the whole crew kept laughing at his antics and ruining take after take!"
"It all started with his entrance in his giant helmet and the line, ‘I can’t breathe in this thing,'" Brooks recalled. "His reading of it was so real and funny that everybody on the set exploded with laughter! I had to sternly caution the crew not to break up when Rick did his stuff, but it was hard because often I’d be the guilty one laughing my head off."
Nearly four decades after first donning Dark Helmet's oversized headgear, Moranis admitted that returning to the role felt like stepping into a time machine.
"Well, I kept having to pinch myself because I would look at Daphne [Zuniga] and Bill [Pullman] and George Wyner. Earl Sanders. And then there were all these young people," Moranis said during a panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, according to People.
"And I realized I was their age 39 years ago when we made this," the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" actor said. "And here we are now, and my kids are the age of this."
"I felt like I was in a time warp, but I was in that outfit and wearing the helmet," he added. "And it just felt very strange to be honest with you. But it started to feel really good and I really started to love it."
It used to be that the night before Thanksgiving — Thanksgiving Eve, as it were — was for college kids to get plastered back in their hometowns and then spend the next day wearing sunglasses while suffering through a meal at thekids's table.
Not anymore. The NFL is taking it over, and they're bringing U2 with them.
The Irish band — Bono, the Edge, and two other guys who didn't get the memo on cool nicknames — will play at halftime during Netflix's Thanksgiving Eve game between the Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
"There's a reason U2 has headlined stadiums for decades: they don't just perform, they deliver iconic moments audiences remember forever," Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said. "We’re thrilled that they'll bring that same magic to the NFL stage on Netflix. It’s going to be an unforgettable night for football fans and Netflix members worldwide."
I think people are generally okay with U2... unless, of course, they give everyone their new album for free, in which case the pitchforks and torches come out.
This news comes the same day that reports started making the rounds of Jay-Z picking himself to handle Super Bowl halftime show duties, something U2 happens to know a thing or two about.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers performed at Super Bowl XXXVI at the Superdome in New Orleans back in 2002. That was just five months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
One of the most memorable parts of the performance came when Bono showed off an American flag lining on the inside of his jacket while the names of victims were shown behind them.
This should be a good one, especially if Netflix doesn't spare any expense when it comes to producing the show. U2 was the first band to play the Sphere in Las Vegas, so they know how to go big.
Former Disney star Erik von Detten is being sued by an elderly California couple who claim he convinced them to invest more than $2.1 million of their retirement savings in overpriced gold coins.
Sheila Greenberg, 85, and her husband, Norman Greenberg, 97, filed the lawsuit against von Detten, who is best known for his roles in Disney's "Brink" and "The Princess Diaries," and his former employer, Rosland Capital, in Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 11. The complaint accuses the defendants of financial elder abuse, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, constructive fraud and conversion.
According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, the Greenbergs believe Rosland "designed in large part to appeal to senior citizens through their television and internet advertising, direct mail brochures, and high-pressure boiler-room type sales practices."
The Greenbergs claim they contacted Rosland in 2020 after seeing the television commercials promoting gold as a safe way to protect their wealth.
Once put in touch with von Detten, one of the company's top advisors, the couple disclosed that their combined traditional IRA accounts contained more than $2 million.
"Von Detten earned Sheila’s and Norman's trust. They believed him to be an expert and thus placed their faith completely in Von Detten to make the correct choices and recommendations and expressed as much to him," the court documents state.
On Oct. 19, 2020, the Greenbergs allegedly followed von Detten’s recommendations and purchased more than $999,000 worth of Lady Liberty gold coins. The lawsuit claims Sheila paid $599,654.83 for 797 coins, while Norman paid $399,519.09 for 531 coins.
"They believed that, however valued, Von Detten was taking care of them and the price they paid was a fair price for what they bought and the gold they purchased was worth the money they spent. Afterall, this was an IRA rollover. An investment intended to protect their hard-earned wealth for retirement."
The complaint alleges the coins were sold at a premium of roughly 60%. The Greenbergs claim they paid the equivalent of $3,009.56 per ounce when the spot price of gold was approximately $1,903 per ounce.
The lawsuit claims the couple lost more than $367,000 in value almost immediately after the first transaction.
The Greenbergs allege von Detten continued contacting them and "hounded" them to invest even more money. The complaint claims Rosland "likely" viewed the couple as a "whale" after learning how much money they had available.
On Nov. 5, 2020, the couple allegedly made another purchase totaling more than $1.14 million. Sheila reportedly bought 885 additional coins for $677,644.50, while Norman purchased 614 coins for $470,139.80.
The lawsuit claims the second transaction resulted in another immediate loss of more than $418,000.
In total, the Greenbergs allege they paid $2,146,958.22 for coins worth approximately $1,360,925. The complaint claims the couple’s entire traditional IRA accounts were rolled over into the gold investments.
The lawsuit also alleges the physical coins were never delivered to the Greenbergs. Instead, they were sent to Delaware Depository for storage. The couple claims they continued paying fees to maintain their gold IRA accounts and store the coins.
After the retirement accounts were "depleted," the complaint alleges Rosland pursued other sources of money. In August 2021, the Greenbergs allegedly used their family trust to purchase nearly $200,000 worth of additional gold coins.
The lawsuit claims they paid $135,487 for 109 PAMP British Museum Lewis Chessmen coins that were worth approximately $48,832. They also allegedly paid $64,300 for 50 PAMP F1 Abu Dhabi coins that were worth about $22,420.
The Greenbergs claim they did not realize they had been overcharged until 2025, when they began looking into the value of their holdings. When an Advantage Gold representative allegedly suggested the company operated differently from Rosland, Sheila turned to AI to look into Rosland's business practices, a search that led her to uncover what she described as unethical conduct.
"By their conduct, Defendants took, secreted, appropriated, obtained or retained an unconscionable mark-up over the fair value of no less than $900,000 for a wrongful use, because they knew or should have known that doing so would likely be harmful to Plaintiffs," the documents state.
"Instead of helping them protect their hard-earned wealth, Defendants helped themselves to it. 49. In addition, Defendants committed financial elder abuse because they took, secreted, appropriated, obtained or retained Plaintiffs’ money with the intent to defraud."
The couple is seeking at least $900,000 in compensatory damages, double damages, punitive damages, prejudgment interest, attorneys’ fees and costs. They have also demanded a jury trial.
A representative for von Detten did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
The "Grand Theft Auto VI" saga has taken a ton of twists and turns in the past year.
From delays to leaks and even the "digital release" controversy, GTA VI has been in the news cycle for so long that it's hard to believe this will all be coming to an end next month.
On November 19, the world will finally get to experience a video game that has been over a decade in the making.
In what could be one of the most anticipated video games of all-time, "Grand Theft Auto VI's" release date will likely be a seismic event in terms of the national economy.
That's not me being hyperbolic, either, as experts are predicting the economy of the United States to take a $1 billion hit the day GTA drops.
It turns out so many people have already lined up their sick days for November 19 and 20 that it's making national news.
Sorry for anyone doing so that I just outed with this article, but that is insane.
"Grand Theft Auto VI" is generating so much excitement that the franchise's developers, Rockstar, are turning the city of Miami into a giant billboard for the game.
For those who don't know, GTA VI is set in the fictional Vice City, which is a parody of real-life South Florida.
Whether the game is good or not remains to be seen, and the long wait could always create a case of Rockstar never being able to live up to the lofty expectations they created with the development time.
One thing is for sure, though, for about 24 hours in late November, the world will come to a screeching halt thanks to a video game.
If you have friends or loved ones who are even remotely interested in gaming, don't expect to hear from them during this time period.
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