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Published October 12, 2025, 5:46 am PDT

 

“Team Lauren” and “Team Kristin” can officially call a truce because the “Laguna Beach” OGs Cristina Cavallari and Lauren Conrado reunited, ending one of reality TV’s longest-running rivalries.

The former MTV rivals shocked fans on Saturday when Cavallari posted a photo with Conrad on Instagram, and let’s just say it’s the peace summit no one saw coming.

In the photo, LC wears a white vest and matching pants, while Kristin stuns in a black tube top, miniskirt and cropped jacket. “Everyone can put away their Team Lauren and Team Kristin shirts now,” the Uncommon James founder captioned the photo, confirming that the drama is over.

 

Fans immediately flooded the comments with nostalgia and disbelief. “The duo that could heal the world! ❤️” wrote one person, while another wrote, “This is HUGE for my millennial heart 🥹.”

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the OG cast filmed the “Laguna Beach” reunion special for the Roku Channel last week.

 

Our sources say cameras rolled for two days on a Los Angeles stage and in downtown Laguna, where the cast revisited some of their old haunts and even filmed a campfire scene reminiscent of the show’s early days.

Conrad teased the upcoming project last month, posting, “Let’s go back to the beginning,” along with throwback photos featuring Stephen Colletti, Lo Bosworth, Trey Phillipsand much more.

KC and LC’s original tension stemmed from both stars’ love triangle with Colletti during the early 2000s, but in recent years, the two women have expressed mutual respect. Lauren even said she regretted calling Kristin a “slut” during that infamous episode of Cabo, admitting it’s her “biggest regret” from the series.

Two decades later, the girls who helped define reality television are proving that time truly does heal all wounds.

 

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Ben Stiller claims he ‘fucked up’ as the father of his two children, but insists his separation from their mother was the best thing that could have happened to the family unit.

The actor and director will shed light on his complicated upbringing as the son of legendary comedy duo Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara in the upcoming documentary, Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.

Released October 17, the new film will document his parents’ wildly successful comedic partnership and the impact their burgeoning careers had on Stiller and his sister, Amy, who often stayed home while the couple went on tour.

“It totally affected us,” he recalled. “I just remember missing them so much. And when they would come back, my sister and I would play Jesus Christ Superstar or something in the ballroom.

‘But then, I probably messed up more with my kids than my parents messed up with us…my son told me that being a dad might not be at the top of my list.’

Father of children Ella, 23, and Quinn, 20, with actress wife Christine Taylor, Stiller admits that managing his own career as a successful actor made it impossible to avoid the mistakes made by his own parents.

He told the Sunday schedules: ‘Like any parent, I remember things that weren’t happy about my childhood and I say, ‘I’ll do better.’ And then I realized that it was impossible to avoid making the mistakes they made.

‘I feel like I have a great relationship with my children, but it’s complicated and sometimes tense.

‘When they were young, I didn’t understand. I thought: “Ah, the children are young, I can work outside the home and be a good father earning for my family”.

“But the bonds you form with your children when they are young are so important.”

The family unit was shattered in 2017 when Stiller and Taylor – his co-star in the comedy classics Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Zoolander – announced their separation after 17 years of marriage.

The couple would reunite in 2020 as the world adjusted to national lockdown restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, and Still believes the three-year separation had a paradoxical effect on their relationship.

“It damaged my relationships with the kids,” he recalled. ‘And I thought, ‘Well, my parents never did that.’ But a long relationship is difficult. You lose your freshness.

‘I feel bad for what our breakup did to the kids, but it was possibly the best thing that happened to me and Christine. This changed our relationship. We no longer take this for granted, and if you are happy, you will be a better parent.

‘You have obstacles and you try to resolve them, and if you do, all you can do is acknowledge the past and try to make amends.

‘That’s what we have in our family. It’s not perfect – not at all. But that’s just life.

Stiller previously recalled how he was inspired by his parents’ commitment to each other to never lose hope in the possibility of reconciliation by reuniting with his wife during the pandemic.

“My father was committed to turning their relationship into something where they could make a living doing comedy,” he said The Hollywood Reporter.

“And my mom wasn’t really into it, but she was really good at it, and it affected their relationship.”

Ultimately, Stiller acknowledged that he began to repeat some of his parents’ dynamics when it came to allowing his career to impact his marriage.

“You start making movies, and if they don’t do well, it affects me,” he said.

After he and Taylor split in 2017, Stiller said he didn’t expect them to “get back together.”

‘When we broke up, there was a part of me that wasn’t ready to just give up. Probably a certain part of that is from watching my parents,” he admitted.

“And I love Christine, I love my family, and I wasn’t ready to just say, ‘OK, enough of that.’

Stiller’s parents remained married from 1954 until his death in 2015. His father passed away five years later in 2020.

When the conversation turns to who is the best James Bond is that there is a name that is often forgotten: David Niven. Niven plays the iconic character in 1967 Royal Casinoa non-canon entry that exists as a parody, released the same year as You only live twice. But three years before Niven took on the mantle of 007, he appeared on The Roguesa fun NBC television crime series that won the Golden Globe for Best Television Series in 1964, but it was canceled after its first and only season.

Con artists use their talents for good in ‘The Rogues’

The Rogues was produced by Four Star Televisiona production company made up of Hollywood stars Dick Powell, Ida Lupino, Carlos Boyerand David Niven in 1952. They would be the last two, accompanied by Young showwho appeared in the series as Englishman Alexander “Alec” Fleming (Niven), Frenchman Marcel St. Clair (Boyer) and American Tony Fleming (Young), a trio of con-artist ex-cousins, who use their tricks of the trusty trade for good. For a price, of course.

The series had a “con of the week” format, and with his cousin Timmy (Roberto Coote) and Aunt Margaret (Gladys Cooper) helping, the Rogues faced a series of scoundrels in often witty schemes. In “The Day They Gave Diamonds”, Tony, Marcel and Timmy sell a greedy mine owner who seeks to control the market by making his own diamonds, a worthless diamond-making machine. In “Hugger-Mugger, by the Sea”, Tony buys an entire batch of 22 ships from the US Navy and then tries to unload them on a corrupt shipping magnate, convincing him that one of the ships has $2 million in gold bars hidden. Aunt Margaret poses as Anastasia Romanov in “The Real Russian Caviar”, creating a ruse that tricks the Russian government into believing she knows where the family fortune is hidden, in an effort to collect a fee for handing over the fortune. And in “Mr. White’s Christmas”, the whole family works together to make a modern-day Scrooge see the error of his ways.

‘The Rogues’ wins best television series, but is canceled anyway

Typically, episodes of The Rogues are centered around one of its three big stars, with the others appearing occasionally in small roles to complement the protagonist’s story. Much of this was out of necessity, with Boyer and Niven juggling their time on the show with their active film careers (Boyer would be filming the 1965 romantic comedy). A very special favorwhile Niven would be filming comedies Where are the spies and Lady L), leaving most of the thirty episodes in Young’s hands (Niven himself took the lead in only three). This juggling of the lead role became problematic towards the end of the series, taking Larry Hagman to be introduced as another American cousin to replace Young in the final two episodes, according to Hagman’s autobiography.

This is perhaps one of the biggest reasons whydespite having won the Golden Globe for Best Television Series, The Rogues ended after a 30-episode season. Without consistent leadership, viewers never knew who would show up week after week, a problem if you’re trying to get viewers engaged and committed to watching. Another factor was NBC’s questionable decision to pit the show against ABC’s. Sunday night movie and two fer from CBS candid camera and What’s my line on Sunday nights. Fan reviewshowever, they largely attribute the cancellation to one factor: American humor.

The Rogues it was smartly written, with sharp humor placed in the hands of actors with extensive experience on stage and film, at a time when film and TV actors rarely cross-pollinated. As one reviewer perhaps unfairly argues, The Rogues was too good for American tastes, citing Beverly’s Hillbillies as a “more accurate barometer of the American public’s sense of humor.” Given that the series ran for nine seasons based on its fish-out-of-water premise – a family from the Ozarks got rich and moved to “the Beverly Hills” – it’s certainly plausible. Even so, the cast would move forward, with Hagman free to continue. I dream about Jeannie and Niven free to play James Bond in Royal Casinoaccompanied by co-star Bower, who plays Deuxième Bureau executive Le Grand.

I don’t know if The Weeknd’s “Big Sleep” video is specifically inspired Rick and Mortybut given his penchant for guest-starring on animated shows like The Simpsons, Robot Chickenand American fatherIt doesn’t seem that far-fetched.

After all, the concept is eerily similar to the fan-favorite second season Rick and Morty episode, “Get Schwifty.” In this decade-long story (what is time, anyway?), the Cromulons – giant disembodied heads, lovers of reality music shows – appear above Earth, demanding that the people of our puny planet “show me what you’ve got.”

In “Big Sleep,” the gigantic disembodied body parts belong to Abel himself, who appears as both a large floating head and a hand pointing to the sky. Quickly, though, the video gets very psychedelic, rapidly flashing through the RBG spectrum (red, blue, green – it’s what makes your TV work!) like the strobe lights at a rave. Maybe he’s sending subliminal signals, but this is probably the most abstract video ever Hurry up tomorrow however, given that most of them have at least operated on some earthly concern, such as cults, dark fantasy alternate worlds, and the nature of the afterlife.

The clip also touches on The Weeknd’s love for avant-garde cinema; is directed by Gaspar Noé, one of the vanguards of the New French Extremity movement, and features composer Giorgio Moroder, who created soundtracks for films such as Midnight Express, American Gigoloit is clear, Scar.

You can watch the “Big Sleep” video above.

Get ready for more surreal antics from Long Beach rapper Vince Staples in the highly anticipated second season of his Netflix dramedy The Vince Staples Show arrives on November 6th. The streamer shared the season 2 trailer today, which promises violent action, awkward comedy, and an anguished Vince struggling to overcome his traumatic past.

Calling Vince’s 2025 “quiet” would be an understatement. After their intense activity over the past two years, including albums like last year’s Dark times and 2022 Ramona Park broke my heartacting in roles White men can’t jump and the first season of The Vince Staples Showand a walk, Black in AmericaLast year, Vince took a break from the spotlight while filming his show.

But now that the show is returning, perhaps it’s a sign that he intends to return to public life – after all, he’s had plenty of time to record new music and was never able to host the Limbo Beach festival he wanted, so there must be a few things on his agenda. And for those who are missing Vince’s music, there were even guest verses on Ab-Soul and JID projects this year as well.

You can watch the trailer for the second season of The Vince Staples Show above.

While it may seem like a long-lost memory for devoted Swifties, the modern world will never forget the Swift-mania caused by the almighty Eras Tour.

With a total of 149 shows across five continents from its beginning in March 2023, to its end in December 2024, the three hour long epic show saw Taylor performing to sell out stadiums night after night.

Similarly Lady Gaga has just departed the UK capital after four sell out nights at London’s O2 arena for her spectacular Mayhem Ball Tour.

Meanwhile last summer saw both Sabrina Carpenter and Noah Kahan smash their headline slots at BST in Hyde Park and Ed Sheeran has released his highly-anticipated eighth studio album Play.

But these artists all had to start somewhere. There was a time when headlining their own show or hitting the top of the charts was but a dream.

Supporting upcoming talent is of the utmost importance in the music industry, but what happens when the supporting act goes on to surpass their headliner.

Would you believe that Rihanna actually started out supporting Gwen Stefani? Or that Sabrina once opened for The Vamps?

Some of the world’s now most famous headlining artists began on much smaller stages as the warm-up acts.

But which opening acts have gone on to dominate the music industry today, and become more successful than the artists they started out supporting?

Taylor Swift

Before the steps of Wembley Stadium were painted with her face, Miss Swift started out supporting American country music band Rascal Flatts in 2006.

From Nashville Tennessee the band recorded six studios albums which were certified platinum or higher but despite their success they have been completely trumped by Swift.

According to statistics from Ticket Source, the popstar ranks first among support acts turned superstars, boasting nine more top 10 albums, 57 more top 10 singles and 688% more Spotify listeners. 

She also has nearly 3,000% more award nominations winning 14 Grammy Awards, including four Album Of The Year wins, the most by an artist. 

Last week the singer released her twelfth record, The Life Of A Showgirl, after shocking fans with the surprise news of an album release back in August. 

Taylor has also found happiness in her personal life after announcing her engagement to her fiancé Travis Kelce on Instagram. 

Lady Gaga

The Mayham Ball has just left London after an incredible four sold out dates showcasing her array of hits from over the years.

However, Lady Gaga’s first supporting act was for New Kids on the Block back in 2008, when she was coincidentally the new kid on the block herself.

The American boy band from Massachusetts had success in the late 80s and early 90s, selling over 80 million records worldwide.

Yet the support of Gaga’s little monsters, as her fans are known, has taken the Poker Face star to dizzy levels of fame selling an estimated 124 million records and being ranked among the greatest artists in history by Billboard and Rolling Stone.

Her search interest before and after her support slot with the band has increased by 2408% while there is a 4248% difference in award nominations for the two artists. 

Last year her track Die With A Smile with Bruno Mars was Spotify’s most-shared song while her new song The Dead Dance features in the Netflix series Wednesday. 

Aside from singing, Lady Gaga has also carved out a successful acting career with starring roles in A Star Is Born, House Of Gucci and Joker: Folie a Deux. 

Her hit song Shallow from A Star Is Born also won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2019.

Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran is one of just 39 artists to have achieved Diamond status from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on multiple songs.

But before his rise to chart stardom the songwriter was the support for Snow Patrol on their 2012 tour.

The Northern Irish-Scottish band are most notably known for their hit single Chasing Cars, yet since touring with the band Ed has gone on to claim eight more top 10 singles and five more top 10 albums than the headline act.

He has also achieved 416 more award nominations and 86 million more monthly Spotify listeners.

He released his eighth studio album Play this month and is heading on an arena tour later this year.

However while Snow Patrol helped catapult Ed to fame, the Shape Of You singer repaid the favour after match making band member Johnny McDaid with his long-term partner Courteney Cox.

The pair met at one of the Friends star’s parties back in 2013 where Ed brought Johnny as his plus one. The pair have been together ever since.

Katy Perry

Before the success of California Girls, Katy Perry supported No Doubt on their 2009 tour.

The American rock band who launched Gwen Stefani had mass success with their singles Don’t Speak and Just A Girl.

And watching them perform clearly proved useful for Katy, who has gone on to become one of the best-selling artists of all time.

She has sold over 151 million records with massive hits including I Kissed A Girl, Hot n Cold and Firework.

She has won five American Music Awards, 14 People’s Choice Awards and a Brit.

After spending some time out of the spotlight following the birth of her daughter Daisy, four, who she shares with her ex Orlando Bloom, she is currently on the road for The Lifetimes Tour.

The Weeknd

Known for his hits Blinding Lights and Save Your Tears, The Wknd began as a support act for Florence + The Machine when he joined on her 2012 tour.

Florence achieved a number one hit with her 2012 banger Spectrum (Say My Name) with Calvin Harris and was the first British female to headline Glastonbury in the 21st century.

And she helped propel The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, to fame with the singer-songwriter since achieving four Grammy Awards and 20 Billboard Music Awards.

He has sold over 75 million records putting him up there with the best-selling artists of all time.

His record After Hours went on to become the most streamed R&B album in history and his After Hours til Dawn Tour set the record for the highest-grossing R&B tour.

Billie Eilish

Billie was also a protegee of Florence’s after supporting her on her High As Hope Tour in late 2018 until January 2019.

But it wasn’t long before the young star’s career soared after the release of her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

The record debuted top of the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart and was one of the year’s best-selling albums as well as contributing to her to win Apple Music’s Artist of the Year in 2019.

She also headlined Glastonbury in 2022.

The star secured the Apple Music accolade once again two years later due to her ‘extraordinary impact throughout 2024’ which saw her bag an Academy Award and two Grammys for her contribution to the Barbie soundtrack.

Billie penned the emotional song What Was I Made For Her for the award winning film by Greta Gerwig before releasing her third album Hit Me Hard and Soft.

She also collaborated with Charli XCX for guess, the song of the summer from the star’s Brat album and is currently on a world tour.

On top of all of that, the Ocean Eyes singer has been won two Oscars, nine Grammy awards, two Golden Globes and has a 12400% Instagram follower difference to Florence.

Rihanna

Ri-Ri had strong female footsteps to follow in after learning from the best when she supported Gwen Stefani back in October 2005.

The Sweet Escape hitmaker had a young Rihanna join her on her first solo tour following her departure from No Doubt.

Soon after Rihanna released A Girl Like Me which featured the singer’s first number one hit SOS.

Since then the star has released eight studio albums, earning nine Grammy Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards and 13 American Music Awards.

Her last album Anti came out in 2016 and since Rihanna has prioritised her family life, welcoming three children with her partner ASAP Rocky.

She created a viral moment after announcing her pregnancy with her second child during the Super Bowl half time show in 2023.

Meanwhile Rihanna and Gwen joined forces once again after the Umbrella singer served as a key advisor for the coaches of The Voice in 2015.

Noah Kahan

From growing up on a tree farm in Vermont, Noah first opened for American singer-songwriter Ben Folds back in 2017.

Ben found fame as the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock trio Ben Folds Five from 1993 until 2000 when he went solo.

And despite his success in the US, he has been far surpassed by Noah who blew up when his hit Stick Season went viral on TikTok and triggered his mainstream commercial breakthrough.

His album of the same name led to his nomination for Best New Artist at the Grammy’s in 2023 and also earnt him a Billboard Music Award.

Following a double run of The Stick Season Tour, he also played Glastonbury this year and headlined BST in Hyde Park.

Addressing his biggest crowd ever he said: ‘I remember my mum driving me home from shows when there would be 20 people in the room and now there are 60,000 of you.

Sabrina Carpenter

She gained a whole new audience after supporting Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour in 2023 and 2024.

However prior to the Taste hitmakers tour with Taylor, she started out supporting The Vamps in 2017.

The British boyband, who are currently on a hiatus to pursue solo projects, had their first number one on the UK Albums Chart with Night and Day in 2017 and are the first band to headline London’s O2 arena five years in a row.

However the four piece haven’t come close to Sabrina’s success after achieving multi-platinum singles and topping the US Billboard 200 with her sixth studio album Short N’ Sweet.

At this year’s Grammy’s she picked up two awards for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance for Espresso.

This summer she headlined London’s Hyde Park for two nights at BST and her most recent record Man’s Best Friend has also soared to the top of the charts, earning her another number one single with Manchild.

Chappell Roan

From Pink Pony Club to HOT TO GO! Chappell is has taken the world by storm with her belting vocals and extravagant outfits.

However prior to her mainstream success she joined Australian singer Vance Joy on his 2017 tour.

If you are unfamiliar with the name Vance Joy you will most definitely be familiar with his 2013 hit Riptide which entered the top ten of the charts in the UK, US and Australia.

However Chappell has reached new levels of fame after her single Good Luck, Babe! became a global top-five single last year.

Since then several tracks from her 2023 album The Rise And Fall of a Midwest Princess have gained popularity and at the Grammy’s this year she took home the accolade for Best New Artist.

She also headlined Reading and Leeds Festival and Primavera Sound during the summer.

It’s been a while since the production of Yuri!!! On ice anime movie, Yuri!!! On Ice: Adolescence was cancelled. The film said it would be about a young Viktor Nikiforov before he became Yuri Katsuki’s figure skating mentor. At the time, it was revealed that “various circumstances” led to the decision to stop production. But recently, executive producer Hideo Katsumata shared why the project never came to fruition.

In an interview with AnimeHunch, Katsumata said that the project was shelved due to creative problems. Although he did not give full details about what these issues were, he stated that it had become “impossible” to continue production on the film, mainly because it was an original project, and not an adaptation of a popular manga or existing story.

“I can’t talk about the details because it includes some very private matters. But if you ask whether it’s a creative issue or a commercial issue, the reasons come from the creative side. The main reason is that it couldn’t be done for creative reasons. Because it was an original animation, the people involved – including the creators and the animation studio, MAPPA… among the creators, on the creative side, a situation arose where it simply became impossible to proceed with production.”

In 2017, it was announced that a Yuri!!! On ice the film was greenlit and it was only in 2018 that the title was revealed. At the time, only a short clip with Victor and his dog Makkachin was shown, as well as a poster for the upcoming film. This announcement thrilled fans, especially since there has been no news about a second season. Unfortunately, updates on the project remained scarce, and in 2024, MAPPA announced that the project was canceled.

What’s ‘Yuri!!! On Ice’ About?

Yuri!!! On ice is one of the greatest sports anime of the last decadewinning Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll’s first annual Anime Awards and Animation of the Year (TV) at Tokyo’s Anime Awards. It is an original story created by Sayo Yamamoto and Mitsurō Kubo which follows Yuri Katsuki, a Japanese figure skater who puts his career on hold due to numerous defeats. But after his replica of Viktor’s skating routine is posted online, the Russian figure skater travels to Japan to mentor him.

In addition to your praise, Yuri!!! On ice it received a MyAnimeList score of 7.90. THE anime was praised for its depiction of figure skating and a same-sex love story. Furthermore, it was so well received by figure skating professionals that one of the anime’s songs was used in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Yuri!!! On ice is available to stream on Crunchyroll.

Gigi Hadid is showing support for her man’s new movie!

The 30-year-old model took it to her Instagram story on Friday night (October 10) to praise her boyfriend Bradley Cooper and your next film Is this on?

Keep reading to find out more…

Gigi shared a photo on her story, attending a private screening of the film, which premiered on 2025 New York Film Festival that day.

“Opening night! Congratulations to my love!” she wrote on the photo, adding her co-stars Laura Dern, Will Arnett and Andra’s Day“and the whole team”, along with a clapping hands emoji.

While Gigi and Bradley keeping their romance mostly private, they were seen celebrating their last Vogue coverage last month in the city.

Speaking of acting, Gigi was recently spotted on the set of a new TV series, sparking speculation that she has joined the cast as a guest star!

Recently, there were rumors that Trisha Krishnan is getting married to a businessman from Chandigarh. However, the Leo actress herself ended the marriage speculation with a witty and sarcastic comment.

Taking to her social media handle, Trisha said, “I love it when people plan my life for me. I’m just hoping they book the honeymoon too,” putting an end to rumors of her marriage.

Trisha Krishnan responds to marriage rumors

For those who don’t know, Trisha Krishnan recently made headlines after reports claimed that she would soon marry a Chandigarh businessman, with her parents’ supposed approval. However, neither the actress nor her parents have confirmed the reports.

Now, Trisha herself has put an end to the fuss with a simple but straightforward social media post. Interestingly, Trisha is known to be private about her personal life. She previously mentioned that if she met the right person, she would consider marriage.

In 2015, Trisha Krishnan was engaged to businessman Varun Manian. However, the actress later called off the engagement, citing compatibility issues. At the time, speculation indicated that the couple separated due to her decision to continue her acting career after marriage.

Trisha Krishnan’s work front

Trisha Krishnan was last seen in the Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan TR starrer Thug Life. Directed by Mani Ratnam, the gangster action film narrates the story of Rangaraaya Sakthivel, a Delhi mafia boss who is betrayed by his adopted son, Amaran, leading to a brutal confrontation. Trisha played the role of Indhrani who is the love interest of Sakthivel and later Amaran.

Apart from the main cast, the film also featured Aishwarya Lekshmi, Abhirami, Ashok Selvan, Joju George, Nassar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ali Fazal and others in pivotal roles. Plus, it’s streaming on Netflix.

Looking ahead, Trisha Krishnan is set to appear in Karuppu starring Suriya. Directed by RJB (RJ Balaji), the upcoming film is described as a mythological action drama. Apart from this, she also has Vishwambhara, starring Chiranjeevi, lined up for release.

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