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The 27-year-old actress and the 44-year-old music executive sparked dating rumors after a video of them in Italy, which was taken earlier in the summer, resurfaced over Labor Day Weekend. Now, sources are telling TMZ that the pair are dating and have been out together several times in recent months.
Sweeney and Braun have a 17-year age gap and based on what insiders are reporting, Sweeney’s younger attitude to dating might stop this relationship from getting serious any time soon. “Sydney has just ended a relationship and she’s doing what women in their 20’s do – she’s dating,” one source tells TMZ. Other insiders confirmed that the romance is “casual.”
However, we know an age gap doesn’t deter the Euphoria actress who was previously engaged to 42-year-old film producer Jonathan Davino. The pair started dating in 2018 and got engaged in 2022. Sweeney called off their wedding in March of this year and officially confirmed that she’s single in May.
“She didn’t feel right about it,” a source told People at the time. “She is in the middle of this magical career that she could only dream of a few years ago. This is what she wants to focus on right now.”
For his part, Braun has been publicly single since filing for divorce from ex-wife Yael Cohen in 2022. The exes share two sons and a daughter.
Before you go, click here to see celebrity couples with major age gaps.
After months of speculation about who would take the spotlight after Anna Wintour revealed she’s stepping away as Editor-in-Chief, Malle was officially named as Head of Editorial Content for American Vogue on September 2.
Malle will report to Wintour, who remains at the iconic overseeing global content for Vogue and its publisher, Condé Nast.
Malle joined Vogue as a social editor in 2011 but most recently worked as the Editor of Vogue.com, a digital-first role. However, her roots have long been in the arts thanks to her famous parents.
Malle is the daughter of actress Candice Bergen and French film director Louis Malle.
Bergen is best known for her titular role in Murphy Brown, and for film roles in Sweet Home Alabama, Miss Congeniality and Bride Wars. Notably, she also has some experience as a Vogue editor albeit while playing Enid Frick in Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw’s editor at the magazine.
Bergen married Louis Malle, director of the controversial Brooke Shields film, Pretty Baby, in 1980. They welcomed Chloe in 1985 and remained together until Louis’ 1995 death.
Chloe has been married to asset manager Graham McGrath Albert since 2015. They share two children.
]]>Beginning in 2020, Lauryn and her boyfriend, Owen McKenny, received a text from an unknown number accusing Owen of cheating on Lauryn. The following year, in September 2021, the texts ramped up in frequency and cruelty, sometimes up to 50 texts a day with threats and insults hurled at the young couple.
The texts, which insulted Lauryn’s “flat ass,” told her to kill herself and included sexually explicit advances towards McKenny, seemed to know personal details about Lauryn’s life, prompting the couple’s concerned parents to involve the authorities.
After a years-long FBI investigation, the identity of the person sending the texts was revealed.
Who Was The Texter in Netflix’s Unknown Number?
The cyberbully sending the texts was revealed to be Lauryn Licari’s mom, Kendra Licari.
Kendra was discovered after an FBI cybersecurity expect tracked the IP address of the person sending the texts.
Unknown Number, police bodycam footage of investigators confronting Kendra is shown. She admits to being behind the texts almost immediately. Lauryn, meanwhile, is in disbelief while her father is angry.
In December 2022, Kendra Licari was charged with two counts of stalking a minor, two counts of communicating with another to commit a crime and one count of obstruction of justice. Kendra pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 19 months to 5 years in prison. She was released from prison on Aug. 8, 2024.
Why Did Lauryn’s Mom, Kendra, Send Texts to Her Daughter?
In the documentary, Kendra says she was sexually assaulted at Lauryn’s age and sent the texts to her daughter to “keep Lauryn close” and protect her from anything similar happening to her.
However, Kendra’s reasons for taking things as far as she did still bewilder those close to her and Unknown Number director Skye Borgman who told Netflix’s Tudum, “I don’t know that she really knows why she did it.”
“She does mention in the documentary an assault that happened [to her] when she was right around Lauryn’s age,” Borgman said. “She talks about how scary that was for her to see her only child, her little girl, growing up, and that’s what she really relates to and that’s what she believes led her to sending these text messages and trying to keep Lauryn close.”
In the documentary, it is also suggested that the texts were less about protecting Lauryn and more of a sign of Kendra’s unhealthy obsession with Owen, her daughter’s boyfriend. In the documentary, Owen’s mom reveals that Kendra continued to quiz her about Owen’s love life after he and Lauryn broke up. Owen’s new girlfriend also received a text at one point.
Experts have suggested that Kendra has a form of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a mental condition that causes someone to harm someone to maintain control over them.
Do Lauryn & Kendra Have a Relationship Now?
By the end of the documentary, Lauryn and Kendra are still not on speaking terms but the teen says she plans to reconcile with her mother “when the time is right.”
“Being without that relationship I think is really hurting me, and I think rebuilding our relationship will help both of us a lot,” Lauryn says in the doc. “I love her more than anything.”
After her arrest, Kendra’s husband, Shawn, filed for divorce from her and got full custody of their daughter.
]]>Whether or not you realize it, Photoshop plays a huge role in the entertainment industry — probably more so than we even think already. And the favorite target of Hollywood and the media’s Photoshop and retouching tends to be women’s faces and bodies, no matter how impossibly perfect-looking they may already be to begin with. We’ve seen the damage it causes to mental health (for young people especially) to constantly be looking at retouched photos, and it’s clear that the trend has unhealthily shifted beauty standards, making them nearly impossible to achieve. Many actresses, however, have taken a stand against their real bodies being altered on-screen in their movies and TV shows, refusing to allow retouching on their projects — and we absolutely love that.
These actresses — like Jamie Lee Curtis, Keira Knightley, and Kate Winslet — have had enough of seeing their frames whittled down, their wrinkles and rolls smoothed out, and their image being used to perpetuate looking a way they themselves know they don’t appear on camera. These women did what they needed to through public call-outs, contract stipulations, and frank conversations with the media to ensure their un-retouched bodies made it to movie and TV screens, and audiences everywhere are better off for seeing what a real woman’s body actually looks like on camera.
Pirates of the Caribbean star Keira Knightley put it perfectly in 2014, per the Independent: “I think women’s bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame.” That’s why she and others are refusing to let retouched images of their bodies be used as ammunition in the war — check out more inspiring women who have said no to getting their movies and TV shows retouched over the years.
A version of this article was originally published on March 2022.
]]>Along with being a talented actress and singer, the activist and fashion icon has stayed true to herself over the years. The “Lighthouse” singer previously told LVR about her eclectic personal style, saying, “I have had the same style since high school: a combination of Sixties, Seventies, and Nineties.” Honestly, that totally makes sense: psychedelic colors, florals, and grungy looks.
In another previous interview, she talked about how makeup is a massive form of self-expression, saying how it’s turned into a way to perform a simple act of self-love. “Recently, I’ve learned how to cope with it all by practicing self-love and affirmations and diving deeper into my spiritual life.”
She added, “It wasn’t until the last couple of years that I’ve started feeling really good about myself and my body, and feeling comfortable and everything. Those moments of self-love aren’t 24/7, but the bad moments are fewer and further between.”
Over the years, you can really see Jackson feel more confident and more herself, especially when it comes to turning heads on the red carpet. Let’s take a look back at her best and boldest ensembles at different events over the years below.
A version of this article was originally published on Oct 2022.
]]>In case you missed it, on Aug 31, the My Cousin Vinny shared a viral video of herself living her best life for the last bits of summer. She shared the rare video on Instagram with the caption reading, “last day(s) of summer ☀️.”
In the playful video, we see Tomei looking like a bare-faced goddess as she bounces on a mini trampoline, rocking a blue polka-dotted white dress that’s the perfect sundress for the summertime.
Many fans know that Tomei is no stranger to rocking the bare-faced look, whether it be showing off a spa or a New York-based walk. Like always, we truly love that she’s embracing the no-makeup vibes and is smiling from ear to ear – the perfect confident combo!
Now, from her red carpet moments to videos like this, it’s clear she’s a confident Queen; and she knows it. In a dual, rare interview with beloved actress Lisa Bonet in Interview Magazine, they talked about the importance of the intersection of confidence and fashion.
Tomei added, “It’s self-expression. This means something to me and I want to share it. When you’re talking about fashion, how can it be used more for beauty than for commercialism? Beauty is so important because it really stops us from thinking. It makes space for that transcendence.”
Before you go, click here to see the best candid celebrity photos you’ve never seen.
Twenty-three years ago, the darling duo got married on Sept. 1, 2002, and Gellar has kept track of everything. “23 years, 276 months, 1,196 weeks, 8,395 days, 201,480 hours, 12,088,800 minutes and 725,328,000 seconds give or take…. But who’s counting,” she wrote on Instagram.
The caption also included a previously unseen snapshot of her and Prinze Jr. walking up a staircase with her long veil cascading behind her. They were married at the El Careyes resort in Mexico and it was the relationship InStyle described as a “Y2K love story [that] Hollywood dreams are made of.”
Gellar wore every bride’s go-to wedding designer in that era, Vera Wang, while her Buffy the Vampire Slayer director, Adam Shankman, officiated the ceremony. Naturally, Gellar’s bestie, the late Shannen Doherty, attended, as did That ’70s Show star Wilmer Valderrama.
Now, the duo are parents to two children, Charlotte, 15, and Rocky, 12. As one of the longest-running power couples in Hollywood, Gellar had very simple advice for other celebrity marriages.
“Take the 10 minutes — put the phone down. Have a cup of coffee together. Walk the dog at the end of the night. Read a story with your kids,” she shared with People in December 2020. “Make the most of the time that you have. We are all pulled in so many directions, so make sure that, whichever one you are focusing on, you’re present.”
It was a match that probably didn’t look like a fit on paper, and even Prinze Jr. admitted their differences were vast. Their friendship began on the set of I Know What You Did Last Summer in 1997, but didn’t turn romantic until much later.
“I started driving her, and that’s when her and I became friends,” Prinze Jr. told Us Weekly in 2020 about driving her to the gym while they were filming in North Carolina. “And we just would talk about life and stuff like that, and we had completely different philosophies on just about everything. ‘Cause she was a born and raised New Yorker and I was a born and raised L.A. kid, and we just looked at everything like night and day.”
Still, their preference for staying out of the spotlight to focus on their family has worked well for them in the long run. Work has a time and a place, but their love is forever.
Before you go, click here to see the longest celebrity marriages.
Aaron Rodgers joined the list of 2025 newlyweds after secretly tying the knot earlier this year, as he revealed in a June 10 press conference, and we have all the details below.
Also among this year’s newly-married stars is Demi Lovato who walked down the aisle for the first time to her new husband, Jordan “Jutes” Lutes. The occasion, which happened on May 25 in Santa Barbara, California, was absolutely breathtaking.
Her wedding was quickly followed up by Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen, who said “I do” at the end of May but the list goes on and on.
In 2024, we saw countless celebrity weddings take place. Among them were John Mulaney and Olivia Munn, Ed Westwick and Amy Jackson, Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden, and Ramona Agruma and Rebel Wilson. So will 2025 outdo last year’s weddings?
To find out which celebs are walking down the aisle this year, scroll below!
]]>When her father announced his third run for the White House, her statement focused on what her goals were outside of Washington, D.C.
“I love my father very much. This time around, I am choosing to prioritize my children and the private life we are creating as a family. I do not plan to be involved in politics,” she wrote in November 2022.
People focused on her decision to have a “private life” after her role as a White House senior adviser, but she and husband Jared Kushner are being criticized for trying to stay in the spotlight.
“Now they’re no longer big players in Washington, they have all the time in the world to cultivate their good looks,” claimed a pal (or frenemy??) close to the Trump family to the Daily Mail. “They’ve always been especially vain.”
They don’t seem to love Ivanka’s fashion posts and surfing videos on Instagram. The critic wants her to pick a lane — private or public life. “You can’t have it both ways. She spent the first administration complaining about all the media attention, and now it seems she can’t get enough of it,” they added.
There were rumors at the end of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign that she was considering a return to politics, but that never came to fruition. Instead, she’s reportedly planning the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event that will be held at the White House for the United States’ 250th anniversary of independence on July 4, 2026, per Fox News.
“Ivanka is a longtime fan of UFC and is honored to help [UFC president] Dana White create an exciting event celebrating a sport beloved by so many Americans, as part of our country’s 250th celebration,” a source explained to the media outlet while noting it was not an official role.
Ivanka also runs in A-list circles that include friends like Kim Kardashian and Lauren Sánchez, so it’s hard to avoid the spotlight. But, not every one of her friends seems to enjoy her new life out of politics, and it’s a friendship she might want to reassess.
Before you go, click here to see every time Ivanka Trump has tried to distance herself from the Trump family:
We love sustainable Hollywood fashion queens!
Julia Roberts and Amanda Seyfried proved that the Venice Film Festival can support the same look twice on the red carpet — and it’s good for the environment. At the photo call for Roberts’ new movie, After the Hunt, on Aug. 29, she wore a chic look from Versace.
The tailored outfit consisted of a striped button-down shirt, a navy blue blazer, and straight-leg jeans paired with a gold belt buckle. It was a fabulous look, coordinated by the A-list actress’ stylist, Elizabeth Stewart, who posted the outfit. Seyfried, who also employs Stewart for her red carpet outfit, commented on the post.
“Please let me wear the same outfit,” she wrote.
Well, Seyfried’s pleas were heard, and on Aug. 31, she was spotted in Roberts’ outfit at the Venice Film Festival. “Thank you @juliaroberts for your generosity and sustainability 😉 Sharing is caring! ❤️ #AmandaSeyfried borrows Julia’s @versace photo call look for her own photo call. Thank you,” wrote Stewart on a second Instagram post on Sept. 1.
Eagle-eyed fashionistas will note that the only detail that is different is the shoes — Roberts wore close-toe heels and Seyfried chose strappy sandals.
Rewearing outfits is becoming common in Hollywood as actresses like Cate Blanchett and Angelina Jolie, who passes them down to her daughters, consider the environmental impact of fashion.
“It should be completely unremarkable, the idea of re-wearing (clothes), because we do it in our daily lives,” she told Business of Fashion in March 2023. “We do it out of habit, we do it out of choice, we do it out of necessity.”
“It’s an expression of who you are and how you look at the world,” she continued. “I’ve always re-worn and recycled and all of those things. There’s nothing remarkable about that. There are millions of people doing that.”
And it just so happens that Stewart is Blanchett’s stylist too — they are starting a movement one A-list star at a time. It sends a message to the rest of Hollywood that fashion can be chic more than one time around on a red carpet.
Before you go, click here to see all of our favorite photos of celebrity women rocking suits on the red carpet:
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