Amanda Seyfried is officially attempting to rebrand the celebrity breakup. The Dropout star wants you to know that ending her nine-year marriage to Thomas Sadoski is not a tragedy, but rather a calculated blow to the patriarchy.

In September 2026, the couple quietly announced their split with a highly curated joint statement to People. “We have been separated for a while, and it’s proven to be the right move for us and our family unit,” they declared to the public. They capped off the announcement with a remarkably cozy sentiment, adding, “We’ve got each other forever—and it’s good.”

Most Hollywood actors would vanish to a private island or cryptically date a much younger musician after such an announcement. Instead, two months later, Seyfried is enthusiastically leaning into the literature of conscious uncoupling on social media.

Taking to her Instagram Story this week, she reposted a surprisingly academic manifesto from relationship consultant Olivia Howell. Seyfried is actively championing the concept of an entirely amicable, drama-free split.

“The most radical thing we can do is make divorce boring,” the quote read. Seyfried apparently wants her followers to strip away the scandal and instead, “Make it normal. Make it accessible.”

Instead of vague PR apologies or messy legal filings, the actress is serving up straight sociological theory to her millions of followers. “Because the system thrives on confusion and stigma, on making you believe you’re the first one to ever walk this road,” her shared post continued.

She didn’t just leave it at feminist theory, though. She immediately followed the quote by sharing a black-and-white photo of herself and Sadoski smiling and hugging, firmly tagging her ex-husband.

Seyfried is forcefully treating the dissolution of her marriage as a standard, celebratory life milestone. As the Instagram quote boldly concluded, “But when divorce becomes just another life transition — like a wedding, like a graduation — the patriarchy loses one of its most effective weapons.”

This fiercely pragmatic approach lines up perfectly with the actress’s recent career choices. In October, she explicitly revealed she strategically picks filming locations to maintain geographical stability for their children, Nina and Thomas Jr.

Seyfried and Sadoski are aggressively prioritizing a functional family unit over Hollywood theatrics. They are entirely refusing to feed the gossip machine with bitter custody battles, anonymous source quotes, or leaked tabloid rumors.

Instead, we get black-and-white hugs, aggressive co-parenting strategies, and feminist divorce affirmations. It turns out the absolute most shocking thing a celebrity couple can do in 2026 is genuinely like each other after the paperwork is signed.

Jonathan Bailey is falling for Bill Nighy, and nobody is emotionally prepared.

The Bridgerton heartthrob and the Love Actually legend will play real-life partners Bill Hayes and Oliver Sacks in Insomniac City, Dominic Cooke‘s adaptation of Hayes’s 2017 memoir. Altitude is shopping the film to buyers at the American Film Market and handling worldwide sales.

Bailey plays Hayes, the writer and photographer. Nighy plays Sacks, the neurologist The New York Times once crowned medicine’s poet laureate.

Cooke, the director behind On Chesil Beach, is not underselling it. “Insomniac City is a rare story that feels both profoundly intimate and epic in scope,” he said.

He calls it “a story that celebrates second chances in life; a portrait of two people finding each other at an unexpected moment in their lives.” Translation: bring tissues. Possibly two boxes.

The story picks up as Hayes trades San Francisco for New York after a devastating loss. While rebuilding his life, he falls for both the city and Sacks.

The city is a co-star here. Cooke calls the film “a love letter to New York City itself, a place of endless possibility, reinvention and connection.”

The real romance started with fan mail. Sacks reached out in 2008 to tell Hayes how much he enjoyed his book The Anatomist.

The memoir is gooey in the best way. In one scene, Sacks, perched on the toilet while Hayes takes a bath, tells him, “I am glad to be on planet Earth with you.”

Cooke knows what he’s holding. “Bill Hayes’ memoir captures the fragile beauty of love in the face of mortality,” he said.

Hayes is not handing his love story to strangers. He co-wrote the script with Cooke, keeping the pen firmly in the family.

Brouhaha Entertainment’s Troy Lum and Andrew Mason produce alongside Mike Goodridge, Gabrielle Tana, and Bailey himself. Yes, Bailey is producing. The man is building his own lane.

Cooke says he is “honoured to bring that story to the screen alongside our extraordinary actors, Jonathan Bailey, Bill Nighy and our producing team.” Extraordinary is doing honest work in that sentence.

Variety put it bluntly: Bailey “has booked another lead role.” He does not rest.

He has already proven he can carry a queer romance. Fellow Travelers earned him a Critics’ Choice Television Award and an Emmy nomination, opposite Matt Bomer.

Nighy brings the other half of the equation. He is an Oscar nominee, a BAFTA winner, and the reigning patron saint of wistful British romance thanks to About Time.

There is one wrinkle. Bailey announced in September 2025 that he would step back from acting in 2026 to focus on The Shameless Fund, his LGBTQ+ charity.

So far, the announcements don’t say when cameras roll. Whether this counts as a sabbatical violation remains, for now, a mystery.

What is clear is the pairing. Two insomniacs falling in love in Manhattan, played by Bailey and Nighy, is the kind of casting that writes its own awards campaign.

In his new book, Center Stage Confidence: How to Own your Story and Command Any Room, Justin draws on more than 25 years in entertainment, business and personal development to explore what it really means to believe in yourself. His message? Confidence isn’t something you’re born with, and it doesn’t mean never feeling afraid. It’s about trusting yourself enough to take the risk, embrace failure and keep moving forward, even when the spotlight feels a little too bright.

Through personal stories, practical exercises, and a four-part framework of awareness, acceptance, awakening, and action, Justin offers readers tools to own their stories, find their voices, and show up with greater confidence onstage, on camera, in the boardroom, and beyond. We caught up with Justin to talk about the lessons behind Center Stage Confidence, the unforgettable moments that shaped his own journey, and why sometimes the best thing you can do when everything goes wrong is simply say, “Yikes.”

You’ve made a name for yourself on American Idol, starred on Broadway, and now you’re building a career as a confidence coach. What inspired you to write Center Stage Confidence, and why did this feel like the right time to share what you’ve learned?

Over the 25 years of my career, I’ve discovered that fear and faith can exist at the same time. Some of my greatest successes have come when I’ve moved into that space where I’m nervous or afraid, but I also have faith in what I’m doing and in everything that got me there. I think everyone who has experienced success eventually reaches a crossroads. They have to decide whether to move forward and pursue what they really want or shrink back and accept what they’ve always had. This book is about navigating that space.

What’s interesting is that I wouldn’t necessarily consider myself a confidence coach. My business partner, Kim Walsh-Phillips, and I work with eight-, nine-, and even ten-figure founders, creating masterminds to help them reach the next level. We have clients who built Drybar and sold the company for $275 million. Yet, when we encourage them to share their experiences and guide others, they’ll ask, “Is anybody going to listen or care?” and I want to tear my hair out. These people have sold companies for hundreds of millions of dollars. They know what they’re doing but it shows that no matter how successful you become, there are still things that can get in the way of your confidence and prevent you from moving forward. That’s a big part of what this book addresses.

The title Center Stage Confidence suggests that confidence is something we can develop rather than something we’re simply born with. What does being confident actually mean to you?

Confidence is something people often misunderstand. It’s not something you’re either born with or you’re not. It’s a skill you can develop, just like riding a bike or tying your shoes.

The root word of confidence is “confide,” which means to trust. So, self-confidence is really about trusting yourself. It’s not about walking into a room and being dominant or arrogant. It’s about owning your story and commanding the room without diminishing anyone else.

One thing I tell the CEOs, entertainers and professionals I work with is that everything you desire is waiting just on the other side of your willingness to fail. I know failure is a dirty F-word that nobody wants to talk about, especially publicly. But when you learn to use fear and failure as allies rather than enemies, you begin to discover the kind of confidence you admire in people onstage, onscreen, and in the boardroom.

Your philosophy emphasizes showing up even when you’re not fearless. How do you learn to act despite the discomfort rather than waiting for the fear to disappear?

It’s not easy, but it’s simple. I once stood in front of 30 million people on live national television and completely messed up the lyrics to a well-known song. I had only a moment to figure out what I was going to do next. I could have made it obvious that I’d messed up, or I could have run offstage and blamed my highlights – of which I had very many at the time. Instead, I had to move forward, even though I was incredibly afraid and uncertain. We’ve all experienced those moments when we have no idea what to do or say or how we’re going to get ourselves out of a situation. But rather than running away, we can stay in that uncomfortable space.

In that moment, all my previous experiences came together: the rehearsals my parents took me to, the high school plays, the karaoke stages, and everything I’d done professionally. I figured it out. And I didn’t die. I didn’t get arrested. The sky didn’t crack open, and the world didn’t end.

That’s how you develop confidence. Confidence loves evidence. When you stay in an uncomfortable situation instead of running away, you prove to yourself that you can handle it. Over time, that creates the foundation you need to navigate even higher-stakes moments.

How can people become more comfortable taking risks when failure might affect their reputation, career, or financial future?

Preparation. Being prepared can mitigate most of the risk, although it can’t eliminate all of it. When you’re prepared for a meeting, presentation, or performance, you don’t have to spend so much time worrying about yourself. We often get in front of a group of people and think, “What are they going to think? What happens if I mess up?” But focusing on ourselves can make us miss the opportunities right in front of us.

Instead, put your mission first. Focus on your message, your product, your service, and the people you’re trying to reach. When you shift your attention toward serving your audience, something changes. There’s almost always someone in the room nodding or smiling, giving you a lifeline of positive feedback.

You can prepare as much as possible, but eventually you have to embrace the risk. You also have to be willing to play, have a good time, and adapt to whatever comes your way. Someone might go off-script, or a light might break in the middle of an interview. If you’re willing to play along, make a joke, and acknowledge what’s happening, you take the pressure out of the situation. Preparation gives you a foundation, and flexibility helps you handle the unexpected.

The book offers a framework for becoming more confident onstage, on camera, in meetings, and in other high-pressure moments. Can you walk me through its core elements?

It starts with awareness, recognizing where you are and what’s holding you back. Maybe there’s a voice in your head that appears every time you step onto a stage or walk into a room. That voice might belong to a parent, teacher, spouse, or even a stranger who said something to you years ago.

For me, it was a girl in elementary school. I walked into school one day feeling good about myself and looking well-dressed. She asked, “Why are you so cocky?” From that point on, I would shrink whenever I entered a room because I didn’t want anyone to think I was arrogant. I wasn’t trying to be better than anyone else. I was simply feeling good about myself.

The next step is acceptance. You recognize where you are and acknowledge that this is your starting point. Instead of asking, “Why did this happen to me?” ask, “Why did this happen for me? What can I learn from it?”

Then comes awakening. You start asking what’s possible if you face that fear and stop allowing an old experience or someone else’s words to hold you back. With very rare exceptions, if someone else has done something, you can do it, too.

Finally, there’s action. You have to move into that place of discomfort and do the thing that scares you. Each time you do, you build confidence, sometimes one brick at a time.

For people who freeze when a camera turns on or feel awkward speaking in front of a group, what advice can help them become more natural and compelling?

First, if you freeze onstage, don’t pretend it didn’t happen. One of the most powerful things you can do is acknowledge it without apologizing or minimizing yourself. Simply being onstage gives you a certain authority but when you start apologizing and making yourself smaller, you shift that dynamic. The audience suddenly feels like it needs to save you, and that’s not what you want. Instead, acknowledge what’s happening and let the audience become part of the experience. You can show your humanity without losing your presence.

I remember a wonderful example from my time in Romeo and Juliet on Broadway. Tony Award-winning actor Brent Carver was playing Friar Lawrence, opposite Orlando Bloom as Romeo. During a major monologue, Brent completely lost his place. He went back to the beginning and tried again. He reached the same point and forgot the lines a second time. He tried a third time, and it happened again. At that point, everyone in the audience was starting to realize something was going on. Rather than apologize or panic, Brent simply turned to the audience and said, “Yikes.”

Everybody lost their minds. They were clapping, cheering, and laughing. It became one of the most memorable moments of the entire run. The stage manager gave him his line, and the show went on. That’s a perfect example of how you can maintain your presence even when something goes wrong.

As for becoming more engaging, it comes back to owning your story. You and I could deliver the exact same monologue, but because nobody has experienced the world through our eyes, we would deliver it in completely different ways.

The best performers allow the material to come through their own experiences. When I’m playing a character like Sweeney Todd, I’ve never killed anyone, and I’ve certainly never been a barber. But I understand shame, anger, and victimization. I can connect those emotions to my own experiences.

The most engaging people allow themselves to be fully who they are, flaws and all. They understand that not everyone will like them, and that’s okay. The people who are willing to own their stories and bring their authentic selves into a room are the ones who truly connect with an audience.

What’s one misconception about confidence that you wish more people would let go of?

That you’re either born with it or you’re not. Confidence is a skill anyone can learn. There’s no special gene that some people have and others don’t. It’s about developing trust in yourself, understanding your story, and being willing to sit in situations that make you uncomfortable.

I think everyone in entertainment and business should take an improv class because it’s so revealing. The whole concept of “Yes, and…” teaches you to accept what’s happening and contribute something of your own.

So many people are afraid of that uncertainty. But when you’re willing to sit in that uncomfortable space and add something to the situation, you discover that you can handle it. You learn something, even if it’s what not to do next time.

There’s a story about Thomas Edison reportedly making 10,000 attempts before creating the light bulb. When a reporter asked how he withstood all those failures, Edison supposedly explained that he hadn’t failed 9,999 times; he’d discovered 9,999 ways not to make a light bulb.

That’s the mindset. Confidence is an entirely learnable skill, and I’m proud that Center Stage Confidence isn’t simply a memoir. It includes transformational exercises that help people uncover their stories, own the room, and develop the confidence and presence they deserve.

I’m an entertainment nerd, and I work in advertising, so I have to tell you how much I love Lil’ Sweet. It’s my absolute favorite ad campaign of all time.

Mine, too! Every year, I hope they’re going to bring it back. I even get in touch with my friend who’s one of the ad executives and ask, “Hey, so, you know…”

It was seven years, and the way you feel about it is exactly how the entire crew, from top to bottom, felt about it. We would get together every year, and the crew would tell us, “We wait all year for this commercial.”

We’d shoot the script, and then we’d just play. I think it’s a beautiful example of what’s possible in entertainment and business when you’re willing to play, stop putting pressure on yourself to be perfect, and move beyond doing things simply because that’s how everyone else does them.

The businesses and brands that are willing to play and leverage the stories, ideas, and unique perspectives of the people on their teams are often the ones that do the best. Lil’ Sweet was definitely a really fun example of that.

Center Stage Confidence: How to Own your Story and Command Any Room is now available at Amazon or wherever you buy your books. Follow Justin on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and on his website.

Justin Timberlake has spent two decades letting the internet assume “What Goes Around… Comes Around” was about Britney Spears. Nearly 20 years after the 2006 single dropped, he’s finally stepped in to correct the record on whether his breakup with Spears inspired it.

He picked a Nov. 5 appearance on Complex‘s “Re-Rank,” opening with a breezy “Maybe I should dispel a rumor at this point.”

The rumor, he admitted, “has gone around forever.” Cute, considering he’s the one who let it.

“It’s not a personal story from mine,” the 45-year-old said.

So whose was it? “It’s actually a personal story from a friend’s. I asked permission.”

The pal was in the middle of a breakup, and Timberlake wanted to put that experience into a song. The friend’s blessing doubled as the hook: “Yeah, torch that b***h. What goes around comes around.”

Timberlake hung up so fast he confused the guy. “He was like, ‘What?’ I was like, ‘I got it.'”

Then he barely needed a lunch break. “This song was written in, I mean, damn near 20 minutes,” he said.

Throw in the interlude and the 10-minute video, and the whole package “just hit on all cylinders for me.”

Fair enough. But fans didn’t build this theory out of thin air.

Exhibit A is “Cry Me a River,” the 2002 single whose video cast a Spears double in a newsboy cap getting caught cheating.

So when another karma-themed kiss-off arrived, fans tagged it as a sequel, even though the pair had been split for over four years by then.

To be fair to Justin, a phrase I type reluctantly, he’s denied this before. Back in 2006, he told MTV News the song wasn’t about Spears, pointing out he’d been open about “Cry Me a River” and had nothing to hide this time.

Video director Francis Lawrence also said in 2017 that he and Timberlake never named Spears outright while making it.

Notice what’s still missing, though. Timberlake hasn’t confirmed or denied whether Spears inspired “Cry Me a River.”

That silence hits differently post-memoir. In 2023’s The Woman in Me, Spears admitted cheating on him with choreographer Wade Robson, while claiming he strayed too.

Timberlake already publicly apologized to Spears and Janet Jackson after Framing Britney Spears reignited scrutiny of how she was treated.

The final tally? His friend got the catharsis. Timberlake got the Grammy, winning for the track in 2008.

What goes around, apparently, comes around to someone else.

Who is ready for sizzling photos and videos of some very hot male models?

We feature our favorite male models who are bound to get you all tingly every week. This week, we’re featuring photos of Jonathan Kranebitter, Hugo Salgado, Bae Fountain, and more!

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Alexander Sigaenko gets comfy.

An Alex Maranges Urrea selfie.

Martin Boyle is looking mischievous.

On the floor with Gianluca Battistini.

Brennan Aldred and his bottoms.

Federico Cola has gone back to his roots.

A Malik Lindo photo dump.

Evan Bjerke in black and white.

Joël Conceição lifts it.

In bed with Diego Alvarez.

Brady Nitz for The Perfect Magazine.

Jorge Diaz lounges.

Bae Fountain is serious.

Hugo Salgado and his hoodie.

Jonathan Kranebitter for ICON Dude Fragrance by DSQUARED2.

He and Monica Barbaro arrived side by side to pose for photos at the 2026 LACMA Art+Film Gala, standing against the columns of Chris Burden’s “Urban Light” installation, and social media promptly lost it.

Barbaro went for a sparkling white sequined Gucci gown with a backless silhouette, while Garfield matched her in tailored black evening wear.

Their press tour has been one long mutual compliment. Garfield called Barbaro a “wonderful actor” who is “so talented,” saying she brought a “mysterious enigma of a person” to life.

Barbaro returned serve, calling him “one of the best actors of our generation” and admitting she felt pushed to be a “legitimate scene partner.”

In Luca Guadagnino‘s film, Garfield plays Sam Altman while Barbaro plays former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. Nothing says chemistry like a boardroom coup.

The night’s real headline came from the stage. Wearing a flowing white Gucci gown with feather-trimmed sleeves, Eva Chow announced: “After 15 wonderful years, this will be my final year serving as co-chair.”

Her longtime co-chair Leonardo DiCaprio was MIA this year, and the search for a replacement is already underway, according to a source. Chow recalled pitching DiCaprio at his house. “He is not a person who does a lot of co-chairing for events, but I thought I would try,” she said.

At least the checks cleared. More than 600 guests raised a record of nearly $7 million.

Nicole Kidman, introducing honoree Denis Villeneuve, opened with: “I’m sweating, so I’m just going to disclose I have sweaty armpits.” She had flown 15 hours from Chanel’s cruise show in Australia, so the armpits had earned it.

Villeneuve, seated beside Timothée Chalamet, admitted museums make him “feel like a vampire.” Then he nearly leaked Hollywood’s best-kept secret. He started to name the next James Bond before stopping cold, saying “Amy Pascal is about to have a heart attack.”

Chalamet was in the room, and so was Kylie Jenner, in a brown-and-silver Ashi Studio couture gown with a fawn-inspired sequin pattern and an open back.

This is the man who said “I would like to say thank you to my partner of three years” at the Critics Choice Awards in January. Saturday required no speech.

Homer Gere also wore Gucci. Richard Gere’s eldest landed in the nepo baby discourse when his acting debut came with a sex scene on “Euphoria,” before a bigger role in “The Shards.” The former high school bookworm told People, “I loved physics.” Dad has raved, “He’s very good.”

Jordan Firstman went rogue in Ferragamo at Gucci’s own party. Spanish singer-songwriter Guitarricadelafuente also worked the carpet.

Honoree Vija Celmins, 88, first asked “Why did I let them in my studio?” about her tribute film, then delivered the night’s best review: “You guys are just crazy party people.” Rosé followed with the live debut of her new single “New Trick.” Celmins wasn’t wrong.

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Heated Rivalry has not one but two six-episode seasons on the way, and there’s a movie coming too. Somebody get the Zamboni driver a raise.

Deadline‘s Nellie Andreeva reports the two seasons are currently filming back-to-back, with both wrapping at the end of November or beginning of December.

Then, with zero time to ice their hamstrings, the crew pivots straight to a standalone film shooting in December. Deadline says it’s “described as a Christmas special or a holiday-themed episode,” planned for a theatrical release next December.

Here’s the twist. The film will focus on the other Season 1 couple, Scott (François Arnaud) and Kip (Robbie G.K.), with additional characters sprinkled throughout.

Connor Storrie‘s Ilya Rozanov and Hudson Williams‘ Shane Hollander, the series leads, reportedly won’t appear in the film. Shane and Ilya stans, breathe into a paper bag.

Book readers already have the blueprint. Rachel Reid wrote “Merry Christmas, Scott and Kip!”, a short story about the couple’s first Christmas together.

Honestly? Smart move. Arnaud and Robbie G.K. were the stars of episode 3, when the show took a break from Ilya and Shane’s romance.

Arnaud has spent months promising “there’s definitely more” of Scott and Kip.

Robbie G.K. was even more upfront, teasing “A whole lot could be explored.”

He once explained Kip’s attraction to Scott with a shrug, joking that “being 6’1″ and having millions of dollars doesn’t hurt either.” Fair.

Crave, naturally, is playing goalie. A Crave representative told Deadline there are “no projects to confirm.”

Cute, but the puck went in back in August. Dylan Walsh, who plays Shane’s father, said in a leaked Cameo video, “I think we’re doing 12 [episodes] this time.”

Walsh later admitted the viral clip “got me in trouble.” Twelve episodes. Two seasons. You do the math, Crave.

Jacob Tierney kept his own poker face. He told Andy Cohen flatly, “Season 2 will be six episodes.”

Technically true! Tierney also said filming wraps before the end of the year, after starting in late August.

He’d already hinted to Gold Derby, promising fans, “you’re going to get a lot of content.” Understatement of the season.

The cast is clearly under lock and key. Arnaud joked, “I had to sign 14 papers telling me to shut up.”

The theatrical bet isn’t crazy, either. Season 1’s paired-episode screenings at Regal, AMC and Cinemark pulled $420K on Friday across 880 theaters, tracking toward a $1.3M opening weekend.

Season 2 still premieres in spring 2027, with April likely. It’s expected to tackle The Long Game while introducing Role Model couple Harris and Troy, played by Justice Smith and Charlie Gillespie.

Emily Hampshire, Brendan Morgan, David Tomlinson and Lauren Chan are also among the new cast additions.

For perspective, Season 1 was shot in roughly 36 to 37 days. This crew is now pulling a five-month double shift plus a Christmas movie.

Shane and Ilya fans will survive one holiday without them. Probably.

Kim Kardashian wants $148 for a box of hair ties, and the internet is treating it like a crime scene.

The SKIMS Accessories Advent Calendar promises “a dozen reasons to celebrate” and “twelve days of fun surprises.” The real surprise is the receipt.

A TikTok unboxing of all 12 compartments has blown past 34 million views. The creator gets visibly more irritated as each tiny door coughs up another trinket.

Here’s the haul, straight from SKIMS’ own product page: a bear keychain, hair elastics, two rounds of satin scrunchies, two rounds of bobby pins, clips, a bra elastic headband, a comb keychain, a logo keychain and a SKIMS squishy. The Day 12 grand finale is a faux fur compact mirror keychain.

It’s not even a true advent calendar. Tradition calls for 24 days, and Kim is serving half.

The comments section did the rest. One viewer called it a “box full of pranks,” while another clocked it as “basically everything that falls between my car seats.” Both comments cracked a million likes.

Then came the disaster-doc comparisons. Shoppers have crowned it the “Fyre Festival of Advent Calendars,” and others have simply filed the contents under “junk.”

Someone also did the math. “$150 is WILD for maaaaybe $20 worth of stuff,” one commenter wrote, while another compared the goods to “TEMU” junk.

A third viewer was even stingier: “I wouldn’t pay $15 for that.”

The puns arrived right on schedule. Critics rebranded the product the “Skams” calendar, and TikToker Rachel Terriff gave Kardashian a new name entirely: “Scamberly.”

Even the loyalists flinched. Henna Ali, a self-described SKIMS lover, said the price “feels like a miss,” then dryly conceded the items are “definitely accessories.”

Another unboxer begged the universe for something made of gold on the final day. She got the mirror keychain.

The box also has an identity crisis baked in. One shopper asked why an intimates brand was stuffing its calendar “with hair ties and keychains.”

Others spotted déjà vu. “It reminds me of the Zoella calendar,” one commenter wrote, invoking a previous influencer flop.

A rival calendar got a victory lap in the replies. “I spent $25 on it, and I got way more value out of it,” one shopper said of Ulta’s Snoopy calendar.

Not everyone blamed the buyer. “They played in your face girl but you just saved so many people money,” one user told the original creator.

Fair is fair: SKIMS never hid the ball. The listing advertises surprises “from hair accessories to keychains and more,” and the word “accessories” is right there in the name.

And yet the thing has reportedly sold out anyway. Of course it has.

But fine print has never stopped a pile-on. As one commenter put it, “this is all the stuff i just threw out when decluttering my nightstand.”

Merry Christmas. Here’s a squishy.

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Thomas Markle Sr. was arrested by federal agents in Florida on Friday morning and charged with one count of possession of child pornography.

The 82-year-old was taken into custody at his senior living facility in Lakeland, according to TMZ. The Daily Mail first reported the arrest.

Prosecutors allege Markle kept child sexual abuse material, including sexually explicit photographs of himself with prepubescent girls, in two Los Angeles-area storage units he rented for nearly two decades.

According to the 14-page criminal complaint, FBI agents seized about 78 items from the units, including film negatives, slides and books. Investigators say he paid for the units from 2008 through October 2026.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said the government will prosecute Markle “to the fullest extent of federal law.”

FBI Director Kash Patel said anyone who targets children will find “zero safe haven in this country or anywhere they try to hide.”

Markle has not entered a plea. The retired television lighting and photography director was expected to make his initial appearance Friday in federal court in Tampa.

How the Case Began

The investigation traces back to the Philippines, where Markle lived for years before moving to Florida this spring.

His son, Thomas Markle Jr., said he discovered alleged abuse material among his father’s belongings at their former home in Cebu City. The Sun first reported the claims.

Philippine officials have described the material as “deplorable,” though authorities there have not determined who owned the devices containing the images, according to TMZ.

Interior minister Jonvic Remulla has said the country will take “appropriate legal actions” if investigators find sufficient evidence.

In October, the FBI told CNN it was aware of the allegations and would support Philippine authorities as appropriate.

Markle is also accused of keeping material stored near former homes in the Philippines and Mexico. The Daily Mail reported that Mexican authorities raided the alleged cache there.

A Family Divided

Markle denied the allegations last month, calling them “sick lies.”

“I’m shocked, I’m hurt and I’m very upset,” he told the Daily Mail, referring to his son’s accusations.

His elder daughter, Samantha Markle, has accused her brother of fabricating the claims after being cut off financially.

Markle did not attend Meghan’s 2018 wedding to Prince Harry, and their estrangement drew years of coverage in the British press.

Meghan has said she is “deeply distressed” by the allegations against her father.

She said she received a letter raising serious allegations about him and was assured they were being investigated.

Meghan said her decision to keep her children from having contact with him came down to “one reason: to protect them.”

This week, we have Chase Sorosky, Andrew Garfield, Leo Neugebauer, Ishaan Khatter, and more hot celebrity Insta Snaps.

Yes, we know these men are much more than just eye candy; they are all talented in their respective professions. That said, allow us to be a little superficial for a moment, especially since some of these pics are definitely thirst traps.

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BTS Alexander Skarsgard.

Tyriq Withers for People.

December Knight gets wet.

The Baywatch boys, Noah Beck and Stephen Amell.

Omar Rudberg and his Mirage.

Fabian Arnold harnesses up.

Martino Rivas for Metal.

A KJ Apa selfie.

Chris Appleton uses protection.

Bách Buquen for Les Hommes.

Ishaan Khatter in Hukum.

Andrew Garfield covers GQ.

Leo Neugebauer covers GQ.

Chase Sorosky is up for round two.

Kerr Smith is finally spilling the Capeside tea. The Dawson’s Creek alum just confirmed he is writing a sprawling memoir, and he is dragging the entire cast along for the ride.

“I have a really good story to tell,” Smith told Extra in a recent interview. “It’s kind of unique to television and I want to get it on the page.”

Smith played the profoundly conflicted Jack McPhee for four angst-ridden seasons on the WB teen drama. Now, the actor plays an investigative journalist. He is actively interviewing former co-stars, crew members, and fans to piece together the definitive history of the creek.

“Nobody remembers anything the same way,” Smith noted.

Memory is a tricky thing when you spent your twenties trapped in a picturesque North Carolina town pretending to be a high schooler. He is already casually dropping massive casting bombshells.

Before Katie Holmes secured the career-making role of the perpetually tormented Joey Potter, another nineties icon almost snagged the bucket hat.

“I will tell you that Selma Blair was in the running for Joey Potter, but Katie Holmes was perfect for that role,” Kerr revealed.

Can you imagine Blair’s signature biting sarcasm surviving the agonizingly verbose dialogue of Kevin Williamson‘s fictional teens? The alternate universe where Kathryn Merteuil paddles a canoe down a Massachusetts river is genuinely thrilling.

But the real emotional meat of Smith’s upcoming book centers on his character’s legendary romantic milestone. In 1998, Smith anchored a massively controversial storyline that culminated in prime-time television’s very first same-sex kiss.

“In 1998, that was a big deal because it hadn’t been done before in prime time,” he reflected.

Network executives were notoriously sweating bullets over the broadcast. Conservative watchdog groups were practically frothing at the mouth.

“I’m not going to lie, it was a scary experience,” Smith added. “I knew at the time I was about to be part of something really monumental.”

The cultural shockwaves of Jack McPhee coming out on national television are still actively felt today.

He said, “25 years later as a 54-year-old man, I look back and I go, ‘Man, it was a lot bigger than I even realized then.'”

Beyond the television history, Smith also took a highly solemn moment to reflect on his late co-star James Van Der Beek. The beloved leading man tragically passed away earlier this year, leaving a massive, unfillable void in the Dawson’s Creek family.

“My relationship with James was very unique in that we had a 25, 30-year relationship,” Smith said. “Obviously it got cut short, but it’s something that’s really special to me.”

Smith’s memoir sounds like both a juicy behind-the-scenes tell-all and a heartfelt tribute to his fallen friend. Get your pre-orders ready, because this will be required reading for anyone who survived the nineties.

Fashion’s biggest night just swapped couture for the contents of your laundry basket. The 2027 theme will be “extraORDINARY: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday,” Vogue and the Met’s Costume Institute announced Thursday.

Yes, the Met Gala is doing jeans. The show centers on everyday, “seemingly unremarkable” clothing like T-shirts, jeans and puffer jackets.

This is a cleanup job after a very public implosion. The Met and John Galliano announced on August 31 that “John Galliano: Horizons,” previously set to open in May 2027, would not go forward.

The backlash wrote itself. Galliano was convicted in France in 2011 over antisemitic and anti-Asian remarks made during a rant at a Paris bar, and he was fired from Dior that same year.

Anna Wintour initially dug in. She insisted the exhibition “won’t shy away from any of the darkness in John’s past.”

The calendar didn’t help either. The gala was likely to fall on Yom HaShoah, the Jewish day of Holocaust remembrance.

Galliano finally pulled the plug himself on Instagram. He conceded that an exhibition honoring his work “would be painful for some.”

That made history for all the wrong reasons. The Costume Institute had never before pulled a show it had already announced publicly.

Curator Andrew Bolton was left with a blank calendar and a famous party to feed. “I didn’t have a plan B,” he told Vogue.

He also skipped the obvious fix. Bolton deliberately chose not to replace one master designer with another, and he said he wanted the show to be “as challenging and as provocative and as beautiful” as Galliano’s would have been.

The receipts are surprisingly fun. The exhibit will feature 200 to 230 pieces, including Brooke Shields‘ famed Calvin Klein jeans and pieces from Marc Jacobs‘ 1993 grunge collection for Perry Ellis.

There’s a nerdier second act. One half of the show looks at how designers rework basics like jeans and T-shirts, while the other focuses on throwaway materials such as paper, plastic and aluminum.

An insider had already warned WWD what to expect. The source said the replacement would be “spectacular and very intellectual, because that is who Andrew [Bolton] is.” Translation: bring your thesis to the steps.

It’s a cheap date by Met standards, too. Many of the pieces will come from the museum’s own collection, and Bolton described the show as a continuation of this year’s “Costume Art” exhibition.

Now for the real gossip. According to the New York Times, Wintour was not involved in picking the replacement theme. For the woman who usually signs off on the napkins, that’s a big deal.

The red carpet is still a mystery. The official dress code hasn’t been announced, though Bolton said he hoped exhibit visitors might show up in their own jeans and favorite T-shirts.

Somewhere, a stylist is already sketching a five-figure Canadian tuxedo. Expect “elevated basics” to mean anything but basic.

The gala hits May 3, and extraORDINARY opens to the public May 9, 2027, running through January 9, 2028. Playing it safe has never looked this expensive.

A London jury found Russell Brand guilty Thursday (November 5, 2026) of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. Judge Joel Bennathan told him, “The consequence of that is inevitably a significant custodial term.”

The 51-year-old was taken into custody after the verdict and will be sentenced Monday. Bennathan rejected a bail request because of the possibility he might flee.

Before entering the dock, Brand told his wife, author and illustrator Laura Gallacher, “I love you.” He closed his eyes as the rape verdict was read but otherwise showed no emotion.

The jury of eight men and four women deliberated for around eight and a half hours. Jurors cleared him of two other rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault.

The rape conviction involves a 21-year-old fan he met after one of his Hammersmith Apollo shows in 2009. She testified that she refused anal sex during a second encounter at his home and that he did it anyway. “I did not consent to that,” she told the jury.

She told police she was struggling to breathe and repeatedly asked him, “Can you stop?” When she told her father, he said: “That is rape.”

A friend told jurors she stayed silent because “she didn’t think she would be believed.”

The sexual assault convictions involve a woman whose breasts he grabbed at a 2004 party, a woman he kissed and groped at a London radio station in 2004 or 2005, and a woman who testified he pressed his face into her groin while recording an advertisement in 2009.

Brand denied every charge. After his 2025 charges, he said he had been a fool and a sex addict, but “what I never was, was a rapist.”

On the stand, he told the court consent is “more important than sex itself.” He admitted that much of his earlier life went beyond reckless philandering.

“Not guilty is my plea in every single case,” he said.

Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones described a different man, telling jurors Brand was “ruthless, he was calculating, he was manipulative.”

After the verdict, senior Crown prosecutor David Roberts said, “Russell Brand was predatory and used his celebrity status to commit sexual crimes.”

Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy of the Metropolitan Police said Brand “used his influence, status and fame to exploit and sexually offend against women.” He credited “the extraordinary courage, resilience and determination of the women who came forward.”

Furphy said he hopes the verdict makes clear that “no one is above the law.”

Police opened their investigation after a September 2023 report by Channel 4, The Sunday Times, and The Times. Channel 4 said its thoughts are “first and foremost with the six women involved in the case.”

The case may not be closed. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said an investigation into rape allegations made by two other women remains ongoing.

Jordan Firstman is not here to apologize for the messy, drug-fueled millennial malaise driving his new movie. His buzzy directorial debut, Club Kid, is currently tearing through the festival circuit and forcing everyone to face the music.

He is utterly done sugarcoating the prolonged, chaotic adolescence of his peers. “A general millennial malaise, like, what are we doing?” he tells Variety.

Firstman points to a collective delusion stalling his entire generation. “The pandemic was six years ago, and we still feel like we’re in our 20s — but we’re not.”

This generational hangover heavily influenced the film’s gritty, unfiltered reality. “This has permeated our culture. So many friends of mine wanted to stop partying and didn’t know how.”

Firstman insists he is serving up pure, unadulterated reality without passing judgment on the chaos. “The world of this movie isn’t sensationalized: I don’t put a positive or negative lens on the party scene.”

Instead, he simply highlights the raw truth of his characters. “I just try to show these people for their beauty and their flaws and their creativity. I wanted to explore what felt universal.”

Navigating the famously brutal gay press tour is no easy feat, but Firstman is holding his own. “You really can’t try to steer the narrative within the gay community.”

He remains unapologetic about his vision and fiercely protective of his team. “But I’m speaking to them from my heart, and I feel confident in what I’m showing them. I’m also doing my best to be a good friend, and to protect my cast.”

The response from the toughest critics has been shockingly validating. “It’s been amazing seeing messages from people who say they feel seen by the movie— even the judgy-ass bitches in the nightlife community.”

Earning respect from the toughest crowd in town is a massive win. “They were like, ‘You did that.'”

The humor in Club Kid bridges the gap between hyper-niche gay culture and mainstream comedy. Firstman crafted a highly specific scene that lands perfectly across demographics.

“If I want a bunch of gays to be screaming the Nicki Minaj speech, the gays will like that.”

Heterosexual audiences are also entirely in on the joke. “But a straight guy will still get the message — you’re trapped in the bathroom with annoying gays.”

This widespread appeal was entirely by design, carefully layered to disarm viewers. “It’s been amazing to see the kinds of people that relate to this film, but it really is a movie about growth. I built the story to work on levels, with the top being a layer of warmth that feels like a hug.”

Once the audience is comfortable, Firstman pulls the rug out. “I explore some of my more transgressive ideas beneath the surface.”

The result is a chaotic masterpiece that somehow resonates with vastly different demographics. “In Telluride, I watched a 75-year-old conservative man leave the theater in tears.”

Taking the film to the New York Film Festival brought an entirely different, highly critical demographic. Firstman admits he was nervous to screen the movie for “the 35-year-olds who do drugs.”

No matter who is watching, the core message manages to cut through the noise. “If you don’t get it, there’s still a story that will make you laugh and feel something.”

Firstman never actually planned on joining the ranks of Oscar-contending indie darlings. He originally saw himself following the path of millennial television creators.

“It was the era of the TV auteurs. Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Donald Glover, Lena Dunham: I had a voice and felt confident I could do that. They are storytellers.”

Stepping behind the camera for a feature film forced him to face his biggest insecurities. “The directing part has always been scary to me, because I’m not as versed in images.”

He admits he struggles to understand visual art without a guide. “I’m the person at the museum who has to ask why the painting is good.”

Fortunately, his razor-sharp dialogue carries the entire project. “Words are the way I get my point across.”

Now, Firstman confidently claims his place among a fresh wave of young, bold creators. “I feel like there hasn’t been a defined generation of new filmmakers since the Safdie brothers era began.”

This new guard is proudly shifting the culture. “Los Javis and Jane and Lukas and I are all around the same age.”

They are taking over the industry on their own terms. “Our collective is so queer, and people are responding, and the movies are doing well.”

Read the full interview at Variety.com.

Bellingham just scored the hottest goal of his career, and he didn’t have to touch a ball to do it.

The 23-year-old Real Madrid midfielder is officially the new star of Calvin Klein‘s global underwear campaign. The brand’s tagline, “the icon underneath,” is doing a lot of heavy lifting. So is Jude.

Shot and directed by Oliver Hadlee Pearch in Madrid, the campaign has Bellingham modeling pieces from the Icon Cotton Stretch collection: classic boxer briefs, low-rise trunks, and the limited-edition Shine Trunk, complete with a sleek metallic waistband. Because apparently the abs weren’t sparkly enough.

Calvin Klein has been teasing us for more than a week. The brand posted glimpses of a man wearing nothing but its signature white underwear, with the camera slowly panning up an athletic physique before stopping just short of showing his face. The faceless video, along with a billboard in New York, came with the caption “The Next Icon. Coming Soon.” Rude. But effective.

The internet did not handle it calmly. After the preview circulated on October 27, one fan on X declared, “I am wetter than water.” Another joked that every footballer winds up modeling Calvin Klein underwear sooner or later. A tradition we fully support.

Jude is joining a very exclusive club. Jeremy Allen White and Bad Bunny both broke the internet in their Calvin Klein boxer briefs before him. That’s quite the locker room.
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And this isn’t his first time stripping down for the cameras. Back in 2024, he fronted Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS under the tagline “The best in football meets the best of underwear.” Kim even launched a Jude Bellingham Essentials range, with boxers going for around £20 a pair.

Clearly, the man knows his angles.

Between Real Madrid, England duty and now Calvin Klein billboards, Bellingham is having a very good year. We’ll be over here refreshing his Instagram. Strictly for research purposes.

Enjoy These Instagram Pics and Videos of the Very Photogenic Jude Bellingham

George Russell has officially clocked out of his HBO shift.

Morgan Spector “may spend his time on The Gilded Age in three-piece suits playing robber-baron George Russell,” but his off-duty aesthetic is much louder.

In a new magazine spread, the 46-year-old actor is completely “peeling back the layers.”

Posing in a brand new “cover shoot for Man About Town,” the star proudly “shows off his ripped physique.”

He delivered a “slew of seductive shots that fans are loving all over social media.”

The timeline is appropriately in a complete and total shambles.

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Internet culture already knows him intimately by his infamous television moniker.

“Railroad Daddy” is officially stripping down for the masses.

It actually “shouldn’t come as a surprise that Spector’s body looks superb.”

The prestige television star has openly “opened up on his rigorous workout routine in the past.”

In fact, he recently “dropped his leg-day routine” to the absolute delight of his extremely thirsty fandom.

But his ultimate fitness goals are vastly more unhinged than just maintaining a lean, period-drama aesthetic.

In an interview with Men’s Health, he revealed that he’s “manifesting a full superhero bulk for a major movie role.”

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He desperately wants to completely abandon his historically accurate proportions.

“Someone hire me to get enormous!” he demanded.

He wasn’t finished outlining his aggressive physical agenda.

“Let me take steroids,” he casually added.

jesus christ on a fucking cracker, it’s only MONDAY, Morgan https://t.co/SFv9EBBraB

— cassi0pei4 (she/her) (@cassi0pei4) November 2, 2026

Yes, the esteemed leading man just begged a major Hollywood studio to let him juice.

“Let me get huge.”

Studio executives need to fast-track this man’s absurd demands immediately.

Until a superhero franchise finally calls, his fans will just have to settle for his highly provocative public commentary.

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Spector is completely shattering the polite illusion of his television persona with unparalleled candor.

He recently made headlines by proudly declaring that he is a “service top.”

In the exact same breath, he famously asked the culture at large, “Straight guys can’t bottom?”

It takes a very specific type of leading man to play a ruthless capitalist while simultaneously questioning the rigid mechanics of heterosexuality.

This is actually fucking INSANE https://t.co/GsS03zHZgN

— cody 🤨 (@oliversnark) November 2, 2026

He is single-handedly dismantling Victorian prudishness while playing a 19th-century titan.

While his character reigns supreme on television, Spector’s chaotic off-screen persona is doing the real heavy lifting.

He is effectively treating his press tour like a masterclass in pop culture pandering.

Nobody is complaining about the sheer audacity of it all.

The Man About Town spread proves he has fully weaponized his own undeniable sex appeal.

Fans can obviously continue to “watch Spector on their screens on season four of The Gilded Age.”

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However, there’s still no word on whether George Russell will inexplicably be completely shredded when the historical drama finally returns.

If these new photos are any indication, his costume department is definitely wasting their time.

Those impeccably tailored suits are now just a polite suggestion.

Let the man take his steroids.

Let Railroad Daddy get huge.

Michael Douglas just exhumed a 38-year-old Academy Award grievance on British television, and Cher‘s four-word response is an absolute masterclass in unbothered diva behavior.

Douglas and his former co-star Glenn Close were lounging on The Graham Norton Show on October 30 when the conversation pivoted to Close’s legendary losing streak.

Close will finally receive an honorary Oscar at the November Governors Awards, and she joked that Academy voters “probably don’t want to feel guilty anymore.”

That was all the invitation Douglas needed to go entirely rogue and declare that Close was notoriously robbed at the 1988 ceremony.

“She should have won with Fatal Attraction,” he said.

Douglas did not just praise Close; he specifically pointed his finger at the woman who actually took home the Best Actress trophy for Moonstruck.

He reminded the audience, “Cher won that year.”

Host Graham Norton looked visibly stunned by the unexpected callout and simply replied, “Oh, wow.”

Instead of retreating from the awkward tension, Douglas enthusiastically doubled down on the perceived injustice.

“I know, that’s what we all said,” he quipped.

The sheer audacity of shading a pop goddess on international television sent immediate shockwaves across the BBC chat show sofa.

Fellow guest Naomi Ackie could not hide her amusement, yelling, “The shade! The shade, mate!”

Close, ever the Hollywood diplomat, was quick to playfully reprimand her former co-star as the studio audience erupted into laughter.

“Michael, be kind!” she told him.

Douglas ignored the warning and continued to passionately shower Close with artistic superlatives.

He called her turn as the vengeful, spurned lover Alex Forrest one of “the greatest performances of all time.”

Of course, it is worth noting that while Fatal Attraction famously lost all six of its Oscar nominations that night, Douglas did not leave the 1988 ceremony empty-handed.

He comfortably took home the Best Actor trophy for his performance as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.

So, how does a reigning pop icon respond to a legendary actor publicly implying her Academy Award was a fluke?

She does it with utter, devastating sweetness.

A representative for the singer provided a brief, witheringly polite statement to Entertainment Weekly to shut down the drama.

“Cher adores Michael Douglas.”

That is exactly how you completely brush off a decades-old Hollywood slight without breaking a single acrylic nail.

The comment sections are already divided, with one fan brutally asking, “wy deeswe ol peepls on the tmz? they bein ded fo years.”

Others rushed to defend the Fatal Attraction star, with one commenter writing, “Love Cher but yes Glenn should’ve won. She was fantastic as the spurned side piece.”

Cher already has the actual gold statue sitting on her mantle, and clearly, she is not losing any sleep over who Douglas thinks should have won it.

Close will finally get her moment at the Governors Awards, but the Moonstruck star has held the real prize for nearly forty years.

Hudson Williams is officially putting the rabid romantic rumors about his relationship with Heated Rivalry co-star Connor Storrie to rest. During a wonderfully candid appearance on CBC’s The Assembly, the 25-year-old actor definitively shot down the internet’s favorite fantasy that they are secretly dating.

When an interviewer named Nate flat-out asked if he ever felt something for Storrie that was more than friendship, Williams was brilliantly blunt. He answered with a simple, “No.”

But he certainly didn’t downplay the sheer intensity of their undeniable off-screen bond. “Quickly, me and Connor realized we were, like, platonic soulmates, just completely in love with each other,” he confessed.

Williams credits this radical, boundary-free intimacy for keeping them grounded amid massive television fame. “I think that’s what made our friendship so stable and beautiful, is that we realized we could be completely ourselves, be completely guard down,” he explained.

Naturally, he then offered the most deranged, highly quotable metaphor of the year to describe their specific brand of physical affection. “So, I think the thing that made our relationship as rich as it was is, like, me and that man could cuddle for ten hours, and it just mean cuddling, just mean we just love each other dearly, but don’t wanna beep each other’s bop,” he declared.

Recognizing the absolute absurdity of his own unhinged vocabulary, the actor quickly caught himself mid-thought. “That’s not a saying,” he laughed, sending the room of interviewers into absolute hysterics.

Despite explicitly drawing the line at romance, Williams made it clear he still wants his co-star around for the most vulnerable, mundane daily tasks. “Someone needs to get my back,” he joked, before adding, “I wish Connor was just with me every day.”

His reasoning for needing Storrie as a constant shadow is purely logistical rather than lustful. “Because I have a loofah, but I can’t reach,” he deadpanned, before offering a hilarious solution: “If I had Connor with me every day, he could just come in there.”

The internet has long obsessed over their matching “sex sells” tattoos and touchy-feely press tours, but Williams refuses to tone it down for the public. “I never wanna stop expressing the love I have for Connor physically, and I’m never really going to,” he previously told Deadline.

He also has absolutely zero patience for anybody attempting to project toxic masculinity or weirdness onto their physical bromance. “I feel like if you’re still biased or jaded or uncomfortable with expressing physical love for people in 2025, you got to f**king, just, you know, get over yourself,” he previously noted.

Even with the rabid fan obsession surrounding their every move, the duo is actively trying to establish strict boundaries. “As much as we love each other, our friendship doesn’t need to be public,” Williams previously told Wonderland Magazine.

They are desperately determined to forge individual, respected careers rather than being eternally packaged as a Hollywood two-for-one deal. “We want to be different artists,” he insisted.

The strategy for navigating their future in the entertainment industry is crystal clear. “We don’t want to be the Olsen twins,” Williams stated.

They refuse to let pop culture’s obsession with their chemistry dictate their professional choices. “We want to be Connor and Hudson, with different filmographies and different deals,” he demanded.

Hearing a male celebrity fiercely defend non-sexual physical affection is incredibly refreshing. It proves you can be entirely obsessed with your best friend without actually wanting to beep their bop.

hudsons answer to the question about if he ever felt something for connor that was more than friendship https://t.co/6qeKj4Xgok

— ً (@hudthrob) November 1, 2026

Justin Timberlake has some things to get off his chest. The pop star is officially ready to unpack his baggage in a four-part “tell-all” docuseries for Apple TV.

Directed by Fisher Stevens, the highly anticipated project is slated to arrive on Apple TV by the end of the year. Viewers are already bracing themselves for an inevitable Hollywood spin zone.

The biggest bombshell is that the project will feature none other than Janet Jackson as a guest. The pop icon will sit down to discuss the duo’s notorious Super Bowl performance.

Apple plans to revisit history’s most infamous “wardrobe malfunction” with the woman who unfairly took the brunt of the global backlash. Jackson has generously defended him over the years, insisting, “It was an accident that should not have happened, but everyone is looking for someone to blame and that’s gotta stop.”

Despite the catastrophic cultural fallout that derailed her career, Jackson maintains there is absolutely no bad blood. She previously stressed, “Justin and I are very good friends and we will always be very good friends.”

These clips showcase the live performance that sparked the historic pop culture controversy.

Getting the famously private Jackson on camera is a massive, unexpected coup for the streaming platform. But Jackson isn’t the only superstar ex in Timberlake’s immediate rearview mirror.

Another source unsurprisingly revealed that Timberlake will talk about Britney Spears‘ recent comments. Spears made several big claims about their relationship in her explosive 2023 memoir.

The former couple dated from 1999 to 2002, culminating in one of the biggest celebrity breakups of the early 2000s. Fans expect him to address her jaw-dropping revelation that she had an abortion because he was unready for fatherhood.

Writing about the tragic pregnancy, Spears confessed, “If it had been left up to me alone, I never would’ve done it.” She heartbreakingly added, “And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father.”

He will likely attempt to clear the air about accusations that he cheated on her multiple times. Timberlake previously apologized to both women in 2021.

In his heavily scrutinized public statement, he acknowledged he had benefited from a system that tolerated misogyny and racism. Spears later publicly apologized for “some of the things [she] wrote” in her autobiography.

Taking to social media in early 2024, she offered a bizarre olive branch. She wrote, “If I offended any of the people I genuinely care about I am deeply sorry.”

Justin Timberlake has been aggressively taking stock of his past. Not a month ago, he was out here apologizing for his youthful beatboxing exploits.

The singer essentially stepped away from the spotlight in 2025 after he disclosed a Lyme disease diagnosis. He has been laying low since the conclusion of his grueling Forget Tomorrow tour.

Given that Timberlake seems to have creative control over this project, critics are deeply skeptical about his preferred narrative. It will be interesting to see how much culpability he takes for past missteps.

The internet is already ruthlessly mocking the announcement across all gossip platforms. One snarky forum user declared he is set to release a documentary “nobody asked for.”

Another savage commenter brutally mocked his recent aesthetic evolution. They joked he is just “living his life, dressed up in Kohls dad outfits.”

Despite the vicious online commentary, Apple is banking heavily on millennial nostalgia to drive massive viewership. Perhaps a documentary series is just what he needs to bring sexy back once and for all.