Britney’s battle was an enduring consequence of the cruelest celebrity gossip era. We should never let it happen again

There, in the corners of an internet that still felt novel and lawless, a new breed of bloggers redefined celebrity gossip and set in motion a ruthless media machine that chewed up and spat out any fresh-faced, high-heeled celebrity in its path. Now, scrolling back through popular dirt sites like Perez Hilton, Lainey Gossip and […]

Britney Spears’ conservatorship terminated

Moments ago, a judge terminated Spears’ 13-year conservatorship altogether. Her ruling follows a tumultuous, lengthy, and highly publicized legal battle between the singer and her father, Jamie Spears, who was previously suspended as her conservator. The court date comes a little over a month since Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, was suspended as the conservator of his daughter’s […]

Meghan’s privacy case went back to court. Here’s what you need to know

To refresh memories: The duchess brought a case against Associated Newspapers Limited back in 2019 for publishing excerpts of a “private” letter that she had sent to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, the year before. She said the thinking behind penning the letter to her father, upon consultation with two unnamed senior royal family members, […]

Netflix cut a Latina housekeeper character from the show ‘Uncoupled’ after it was criticized as offensive

Maris was shown portions of the script from the first episode featuring a character named Carmen, who is a housekeeper for the character Michael. In the first scene, according to Variety, Carmen is introduced as being “nearly hysterical on the phone,” calling Michael to tell him in broken English that she suspects his apartment has […]

Travis Scott’s attorney says rapper didn’t know about deadly crowd crush

Attorney Alex Hilliard, speaking at a news conference alongside victims and Crump, said festival “organizers, risk directors and security personnel” failed to protect the thousands of concertgoers. It is unclear what Scott saw from the stage and whether he was aware of the crowd conditions, but he continued to perform until about 10:10 p.m. First […]

Taylor Swift releases ‘Red (Taylor’s Version),’ an expanded rerecording of her classic 2012 album

While the original album was 16 tracks, “Red ” is an epic 30 tracks, featuring musical collaborations with Phoebe Bridgers, Gary Lightbody, Ed Sheeran and Chris Stapleton. Following the release of “Red ,” Swift thanked fans for inspiring her to reclaim her art, telling her 89 million Twitter followers: “It never would have been possible […]

Prince Charles’ closest aide resigns over cash-for-honors scandal

The Sunday Times reported Mahfouz made large financial donations to refurbishment projects of interest to the Prince of Wales in exchange for support in securing the honorary title, which the Queen conferred in 2016. The Prince’s Foundation is an umbrella organization for a number of Charles’ charitable projects, based at the historic Dumfries House estate […]

How Paul Rudd landed on the cover of People’s Sexiest Man Alive: ‘He was baffled’

Our delightful conversation about this very important topic, which has been lightly edited for length and clarity, follows below. We at People, we take our journalism very, very seriously and we take who we’re choosing very seriously, because it does lead the national conversation for that day. Wakeford: “Well, everybody comes to the table with […]

‘Home Sweet Home Alone’ weakly revives the kid fantasy (again) for Disney+

“Home Sweet Home Alone” is a very odd duck — a movie that basically replicates the three-decades-old “Home Alone” template, but in a way that feels slightly weird and ill-conceived. Marking the sixth movie spun out of the premise since Macauley Culkin first defended his home from “bad guys” back in 1990, the movie tweaks […]