We are dangerously close to what the school kids would call “summer break” and celebrities are already busting out their fair weather costumes. For Kim Kardashian, that meant a teeny-weeny black bikini, but in the case of Alexandra Daddario, I did not have a dress shaped like cotton candy on my bingo card. Nor did I expect a pic with Martha Stewart.
Ms. Daddario shared a recent post where she waxed poetic about recent travels (including encounters with cows whilst on a road trip). The actress often shares quick spotlights into her life, and her latest post is no exception, as her fans can see her checking out a rollercoaster, looking out a city window, trying out new clothes and paint colors, and even hobnobbing with Martha Stewart at an event for NYC’s Second Chance Rescue.
Alexandra Daddario and her partner Andrew Form seemingly left Los Angeles for New York. The actress recently opened up about the move. She didn’t disclose the date for her big cross country jaunt, though she put her LA home on the market back in August of 2024, selling it for $2.9 million in November of last year. That was shortly after she and her partner celebrated the birth of their little one on Halloween.
She told Vogue she’s spent the last few months “falling in love” with the city again.
The first time I came to the Brooklyn Museum, I was blown away. Since moving back from L.A., I’ve fallen in love with the city again. It’s so important to support the arts—we’re having similar conversations in Hollywood. Art is fundamental to being human.
Though it’s worth noting Daddario was originally a born and raised New York resident before moving out to Los Angeles for her acting career, her latest post seems to be a reflection of the changes coming down the pipeline in her life. She’s not the only celebrity to leave Los Angeles and head closer to home in recent years either, joining the likes of Florence Pugh (who lives in London now) and Chris Hemsworth (who has discussed why he left LA for his native Australia).
While New York may be her new home base, it should be noted she’ll need to return to New Orleans while she shoots Mayfair Witches Season 3, after AMC confirmed the renewal was coming down the pipeline amidst a slew of 2025 cancelations. Hopefully that will mean more traveling, and more fun posts (with or without cows).
In the romance drama We Live in Time (which is streaming on your Max subscription), Florence Pugh portrays a talented chef, Almut, who falls in love with a recent divorcée (portrayed by Andrew Garfield) and raises a daughter together. However, she gets diagnosed with ovarian cancer and allows her partner to shave her head. As a result, Pugh herself really did away with her blonde locks, and she’s explaining why she was nervous about doing it. I wasn’t expecting her explanation, but it totally makes sense.
Previously, Florence Pugh revealed she was offered the chance to wear a bald cap to portray her character in We Live in Time but declined. She felt that to truly act as a character who’s undergoing cancer treatment, it was better to be all in. While Pugh shaving her head was her decision, she admitted to Who What Wear why she was terrified to go through this bold transformation due to a specific matter of uncertainty:
I was terrified ’cause we didn’t know how it would look until it happened. Can you imagine if I’d had [a head shaped like] an egg?!
depicts dignity in the face of illness. Almut’s shave scene could’ve been depicted as being incredibly sad. Instead, there’s beauty and light-heartedness in it, as she allows her partner, Tobias, to shave her head with their young daughter in tow. She embraces this big change with grace and love from her family, overcoming any fear. As Florence Pugh really did have Andrew Garfield shave her head for that memorable scene, I would hope she felt supported knowing she was surrounded by a caring cast and crew.
The Oscar-nominated actress has never been one to hold back on each film performance of hers. Pugh continued to talk about what she looks for in future roles and the importance of giving it her all:
I feel like I’ve always had a good understanding of what makes me tick. In my mind, I definitely have a clock of understanding what I know I still have to show and when I want to show it. So I know of things and characters and ways that I want to perform for like the next 10 to 15 years. It’s just about finding the right one that I can associate that with.
Florence Pugh is certainly no slouch. She wasn’t afraid to put herself “in really shit situations” to portray heart-wrenching trauma in Midsommar or accomplish an insane base jump for Thunderbolts*. It appears Pugh is willing to do whatever it takes to provide an authentic portrayal of her characters, and I’m all for it!
I hope Pugh knows that her decision to shave her head wasn’t in vain, given how important it proved to be for We Live in Time. In addition, she later proved she could pull off her new look with style. After displaying her shaved look for her partnership with Tiffany, which later grew into a punk blonde hairdo at the Lotus Car event, it’s clear the talented star can sport any hairstyle she chooses. You can watch light up the screen again with her 2025 movie release, Thunderbolts*, which is in theaters now.
SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Havoc. If you’ve yet to experience the new Tom Hardy movie, please go back and watch it with your Netflix subscription.
After waiting YEARS for Tom Hardy’s Havoc, I finally watched the 2025 Netflix movie when it dropped on the streaming platform in April. And boy, was it worth the way. A massive fan of director Gareth Evans’ body of work (he’s the guy behind The Raid and The Raid 2), this is one of the big action movies this year that was at the top of my list. And man, it was awesome.
Between its story about an embattled cop trying to do the right thing for once and protect the son of a powerful real estate tycoon framed for murder, the outrageously talented cast that also includes Timothy Olyphant, Jessie Mei Li, and Quellen Sepulveda, the latter in breakout roles, and some of the best fight scenes I’ve seen in over a decade, this movie had it all. And while there are gnarly deaths throughout the movie, one that had my wife and me gasping (and laughing) in disgust and pure joy. Yeah, it was something.
(Image credit: Netflix)
Like Gareth Evans’ Other Movies, Havoc Doesn’t Hold Back With The Gnarly Deaths
brutal 2018 Netflix movie, then you’re aware of the filmmaker’s ability to craft and shoot outstanding and extremely violent fight scenes, shootouts, and character deaths. And that’s no different in Havoc.
From the time we first meet Tom Hardy’s Patrick Walker until the final moments of the film’s ambiguous ending, so many people get killed in a variety of ways. People get shot, people get stabbed, and people get thrown off balconies (that club scene from the Havoc teaser is the stuff of wonder). With kills that make the John Wick movies look like PG-13 action flicks, Evans turned the gruesome factor up several notches with this one.
(Image credit: Netflix)
But The Scene Where Tom Hardy’s Character Kills The Assassin Had My Wife And Me Howling
The scene that stands out over the rest and had my wife and me howling was the moment Patrick Walker shoots The Assassin (Michelle Waterson-Gomez) through the face with a harpoon gun. Throughout this entire fight, which takes place during the Triads’ raid on Patrick’s cabin hideout, I kept wondering how this mostly silent and deadly character would meet her end. And then it came…
It’s not just the fact that the spear went through her face, but more so the fact that it got stuck in the ceiling and was still attached to the gun through a cable, which was now holding the assassin up. The way she slides down and loses her footing looked so realistic, so violent, so visceral. We laughed, we gagged, we yelled “holy shit!”
Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News
(Image credit: Netflix)
I Think It Was A Combination Of The Randomness And Sheer Brutality That Made It So Memorable
Thinking back on the scene, there are a few reasons why this particular death is so memorable (and gross). While most of the other major deaths in the movie happen rather quickly, this one is slow, grotesque, and unsettling to say the least. Combine that with the randomness of it (the shot pretty much comes out of nowhere) and the sheer brutality of how The Assassin goes out, you have yourself an iconic movie moment. It’s the “virtuastic violence” that critics have noted while praising the movie. And it works!
Though some things that don’t work in Havoc, this absolutely brutal death scene is not one of them. In fact, most of the kills in this two-hour action flick work really, really well.
Releases are a terrible but necessary part of the wrestling business. It’s important to cycle in new characters. In order to give those new characters opportunities, there needs to be available screentime and space on the main roster. That means moving on from some people. I don’t always agree with which wrestlers WWE decides to move on from, but in most cases, I at least get where Triple H and company are coming from. This Braun Strowman release, however, still has me scratching my head.
Look: I really like some of the other people who got let go, and some of them, I think, had a lot of unrealized potential. I don’t have time to go down the whole list, but Dakota Kai was capable in the ring and really strong on the mic when given a chance. I think the Party Girls, Kayden and Katana, were really fun in a tag team specialists Rockers sorta way. Shayna Baszler had a bunch of strong main roster moments. These are not necessarily the choices I would have made, but even so, I understand them. There’s a recurring theme.
since he returned following his first WWE release. Crowds were super hot for the big man. Every time he ran around the ring or ripped his shift off, he got a very big pop. His two most prominent feuds, the one against Bronson Reed and the one against Jacob Fatu, were very well received and helped get those two performers over. In other words, he did the exact job he was asked to do, and he did it very well, all while getting a reaction from the crowd. To me, that’s the point of the wrestling business.
Clearly, Braun Strowman’s best days are behind him. The athleticism of big men in the wrestling industry never lasts forever, and you could tell based on the way he was moving around that his body was betraying him. He didn’t have the spring or the mobility he used to, but what he did have was the crowd in his corner. They cared when he was in the ring, and unfortunately, that’s not something most performers can say. It’s not something anyone else who was released could say.
Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News
That’s why I’m so confused by Strowman’s release. Obviously, I don’t know about the conversations happening behind the scenes. Maybe Strowman is in worse shape than we think, and WWE didn’t feel comfortable letting him wrestle anymore. Maybe he made too much money. Maybe there were problems with other performers or he couldn’t get along with management. I’m not there and don’t know what really happened, but from a fan perspective, his release is not like the others. He was over. He was capable of getting fans out of their seats and reminding them why they paid to come.
I don’t know what’s next for Braun Strowman. I have no idea if he’ll even keep wrestling, but wherever he shows up again, people will care because he’s over and always will be over. He’s got the aura, and at a time when not everyone on WWE’s roster can say the same, he’ll be missed.
Christina Haack is officially thrice divorced, as a settlement was reached to end her marriage to Josh Hall. The split — which came after the couple had already started filming their new HGTV series The Flip Off for the 2025 TV schedule — was highly contentious. In the aftermath, Haack has shown appreciation for her lawyers and dropped a one-work message alongside a cryptic quote that appears to be pointed at her ex.
Those who tuned in for The Flip Off (available to stream with a Max subscription) got to witness some of the tension between Christina and Josh Hall before they each filed for divorce. It’s hard to say if any of the ice has thawed between the former couple in the 10 months since, as Chrstina (who changed her last name from Hall back to Haack) shared a pretty pointed quote on her Instagram Stories:
(Image credit: Christina Haack’s Instagram Stories)
The terms of Christina Haack and Josh Hall’s divorce are unknown, but Haack claimed her ex was after “millions” after Hall requested spousal support as well as the rights to any shows or specials that they produced during their marriage for HGTV and/or Discovery.
thanked her celebrity lawyer Laura Wasser in an Instagram Story that also said (in all caps):
I appreciate you all beyond words. I have learned so much under your guidance and I’m grateful to have this behind me. I can’t wait to move on with my life and focus on what’s ahead and all my blessings. ????❤️
Christina Haack was previously married to her Flip or Flop co-star Tarek El Moussa, and the two continued to work together following their 2016 split. A couple of years after Flip or Flop ended in 2022, the exes reunited for The Flip Off, which had the awkward premise of pitting El Moussa and his new wife Heather Rae against Haack and Josh Hall. Things became more awkward when the latter couple split, but the decision was made to continue the show without Hall.
Fans celebrated Josh Hall’s exit and loved how Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa supported Christina Haack. Even Haack’s second ex-husband, Ant Anstead, made an appearance as a guest judge to show love for the mother of his youngest son.
While Christina Haack has found a way to be friendly with her first two exes, it remains to be seen if she will get there with Josh Hall as well. She shares no children with her third ex and, given the HGTV star’s recent social media activity, it sounds like things might still be heated between them, even with both in new relationships.
Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News
The Christina on the Coast star started dating businessman Christopher Larocca reportedly around the same time that Josh Hall was connected to model Stephanie Gabrys.
Whatever Christina Haack is referring to in her “Always…” Instagram Story, it’s only a matter of time before we find out — if her quote is proven true, that is.
Ryan Reynolds is a massive movie star thanks to the Deadpool films, but to only think of him as an actor is selling the man short. He’s an entrepreneur and a businessman as well. At different points, he purchased Aviation Gin, Mint Mobile, and started his own Maximum Effort marketing agency. He’s made them all far more successful than they were at the beginning, but his greatest success may actually be his and Rob McElhenney’s ownership of the Wrexham AFC soccer team, which is worth so much more now than it was when they bought it, it’s eye-watering.
Back in 2021, Reynolds and McElhenney purchased Wrexham AFC for about £2 million, a little over $2.5 million today. However, according to Bloomberg (via the BBC), Wrexham is now worth somewhere in the neighborhood of £150 million, or just under $200 million.
Ryan Reynolds And Rob McElhenney Have Done A Lot To Make Wrexham More Valuable
using them in commercials, is going to increase the number of people who are aware of the team, which will lead to everything from greater ticket sales to more social media followers.
Reynolds and McElhenny also lead the docu-series Welcome to Wrexham, which can be viewed with a Hulu subscription. This introduced the team to an American audience that might not otherwise be paying attention.
Wrexham’s Success On The Field Has Really Helped To Increase Its Value
Of course, a big part of the team’s value also comes from its success on the field. In the last three seasons, the team has been promoted three times. Wrexham will play next season in the Championship League, a step removed from the top-tier Premier League. It’s the first time the team has played at that level since the 1980s.
The fact that Wrexham was playing at a lower level when Reynolds and McElhenny purchased the team likely put a ceiling on how much it would cost. Somebody looking to buy right now would be buying a much more successful team. Playing at the higher level means more endorsements, better TV revenue, and other significant financial benefits.
Interestingly, however, while the team may be worth a lot more than it was when the actors bought it, that doesn’t mean the team is actually making Ryan Reynolds or Rob McElhenney any money right now. The team still posted a loss of £2.72 million last year, though that was down from a £5.11 million loss the year before.
Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News
Playing in the better league next season may be enough to turn the corner to profitability. And if Wrexham can keep the streak going and gets promoted again, the team’s stock will only continue to rise.
