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- Peter Weber speaks out ahead of former *Bachelor *producer Julie LaPlaca's memoir is published.

- LaPlaca is expected to discuss their relationship, which Weber said he asked her to "please keep private, intimate details, private."

- *The Love Producer *will be released on July 7.

Peter Weber is addressing former *Bachelor** *producer Julie LaPlaca's upcoming memoir.

The former *Bachelor *star is speaking out ahead of LaPlaca's book, *The Love Producer*, being published on July 7, which is expected to detail their alleged relationship from 2019, when Weber's season was filmed.

As Weber's season aired in early 2020, rumors swirled that he was romantically linked to a producer after spending New Year's Eve together, which turned out to be LaPlaca.

For the uninitiated, Weber was introduced into the *Bachelor *universe as a contestant during Hannah Brown's *Bachelorette *season and was tapped to lead the next installment.

His season ended with him proposing to Hannah Ann Sluss, but their relationship ended off screen while the show still aired. The *After the Final Rose *special saw Weber and runner-up Madi Prewett attempt to reconnect, but the reality stars shared a statement days later that they were not together.

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Weber, also known as "Pilot Pete" to fans, addressed the alleged relationship in the comments section of an Instagram video shared by fellow former *Bachelorette* alum Nick Viall's podcast *The Viall Files*. In the clip, Viall called out LaPlaca for "exploiting that experience" instead of acknowledging her actions in the upcoming memoir.

"I’ve moved on from this period of my life and I’m ultimately responsible for my choices," Weber began. "What I’ll say is this; I asked Julie on multiple occasions to please keep private, intimate details, private. This wasn’t about a tv show anymore."

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"Curious though if she mentions in the book about my last one on one with Hannah Ann, and how in the middle of our dinner conversation during one on one producer interviews, Julie tells me 'you will look like the biggest idiot in the world to America if you give her your rose.'"

"I find it wrong to mess with a person’s headspace like that and then go on to write a book about them. The fact that Chris endorsed this makes me sick," Weber concluded his comment, referring to former *Bachelor *host Chris Harrison, who promoted LaPlaca's book and penned the foreword.

LaPlaca spoke to *** *in April about *The Love Producer, *noting that she was aware that Weber "wasn't happy" about the memoir. “I spent all my years getting people to be vulnerable and share their heart on the show,” she said at the time. “And I realized I had shielded mine.”

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She said that she and Weber "instantly connected" and that he "felt like an immediate best friend." "My job is digging into his heart, getting him to be vulnerable — and I was doing the same. There were moments where I was like, 'Wow, I'm more open with Peter than I was with my boyfriend of five years.'"

"There's this interesting bond that people don't see, the intimacy that the lead producers have with the people they're with. ... It got complicated and lines became blurred.”

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The former producer noted that she "suppressed" her truth for a while and "dealt with some shame and some fear around sharing it."

"Part of my journey was working through that and allowing myself to get to a place to be fully vulnerable — like I got so many cast members to do. Every woman should own her story and own her truth.”

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- One year after being abducted on-air, *Big Brother* host Julie Chen Moonves looks back on surviving that harrowing incident.

- Is the host worried about being kidnapped again during this year's premiere? We would be!

- The Chenbot hints there will be extra hidden protection to ensure her safety.

It was the most shocking moment in *Big Brother* — and some would say reality TV — history. During last season’s July 10 premiere episode, host Julie Chen Moonves was abducted right off the *Big Brother* stage by an evil entity known simply as… the Mastermind. All that was left was a single high heel, no doubt dislodged after the host put up an epic struggle against her dastardly kidnapper.

Fortunately for both the Chenbot and millions of reality TV fans, disaster was averted as the host was saved thanks to a daring rescue attempt by a minor league baseball player by the name of Zach Cornell.

But even with the host returned safe and sound (and the Mastermind’s lair dramatically blown to smithereens… which was somehow captured on camera), troubling questions remained. How did the Mastermind gain access to the *Big Brother* studio, and during a taping, no less? Did the nefarious villain (who may or may not have been costumed at Party City) have an accomplice within the *Big Brother* crew that helped facilitate the abduction? And how did Julie’s hair remain so perfect during what we can only assume was a valiant effort of self-defense?

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While CBS is publicly presenting confidence as the one-year anniversary of Chen Moonves’ abduction nears, sources tell me the network is on pins and needles as the possible threat of another attack looms for the July 9 season 28 premiere.

EW reached out to Chen Moonves to see how the host was doing one year after her frightening encounter with the reality TV supervillain.

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“You know, that's a trigger for me,” the host says, tightening up at the question. “So I'm just gonna breathe it out right now. I believe that God protects me from bad memories, and I totally forgot about it until you brought it up. But I'm gonna breathe through this one.”

After going through a few calming exercises, the host addressed if she was at all worried about a possible follow-up plot on this week’s premiere episode. “I am not concerned,” she assures EW. “Look, we learned from our mistakes. I've been assured that security's been stepped up. And I haven't heard boo from the Mastermind. I mean, is he still working on his lair? I don't know. I feel pretty good. I'm good.”

When asked if additional security measures have been put in place, the host confidently responds, “Absolutely!” And it seems that includes an influx of undercover protectors.

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“Here's the thing,” Chen Moonves continues. “They don't have to wear a jacket that says 'Security' to be my security. I mean, is that the person who does my hair and makeup, or is that security? You don't wanna find out.”

And *we* will find out if the host can make it through this year’s premiere without incident when *Big Brother 28* kicks off July 9 at 8pmET/PT.

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&34;She was really supportive,&34; Eureka tells EW of the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1 winner on the AHS set, where the AS6 queen adopted Evan Peters as their drag daughter: &34;That's my baby!&34; Eureka reveals Drag Race star Chad Michaels' cut scene on American Horror Story &34;She was really supportive,&34; Eureka tells EW of the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1 winner on the AHS set, where the AS6 queen adopted Evan Peters as their drag daughter: &34;That's my baby!&34; :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/JoeyNolfiBiophotof93a23298bdd47ba9c13f53815fc469b.

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*RuPaul's Drag Race* star Eureka was absolutely *living* for Chad Michaels and Evan Peters on *American Horror Story*... well, before their character died, that is.

During a recent interview for EW's BINGE podcast, the *All Stars 6 *queen reveals that their fellow *Drag Race* icon—who appeared on season 4 of the show before winning *All Stars 1*—filmed scenes with them for *American Horror Story: Double Feature*'s Sept. 8 episode "Blood Buffet," which were ultimately cut from the broadcast.

"Chad Michaels was there, she introduced Evan Peters' character, Patty O'Furniture, on stage. She was actually the host of the show! I was shocked they cut her right out!" Eureka recalls of filming an episode that follows Peters as a struggling performer who's turned into a blood-sucker at the hands of romance novelist Belle Noir, played by Frances Conroy. (FX did not respond to EW's request for confirmation on scenes that were cut from the installment, but Chad also posted about being on the show on Instagram.)

Eureka appears as Crystal DeCanter, a local matriarchal queen whose commitment to excellence puts their Provincetown peers to shame. And they remember Chad as being "really supportive" on set throughout production. "She was like, 'Girl, you're doing it, I'm so proud of you.' She's like the original mama, honey, to all the girls.... she takes care of all the girls, she's watching out."

The* We're Here *star says that, while they didn't put Peters in full drag for their scenes together, they did "give him some advice" on the art form.

"[It was] more like loving advice, because you know that's my baby!" Eureka says. "I call her my drag daughter now! We had a good time." The queen adds they also got to run lines with Conroy before filming, saying, "It was magic just getting to be in the same room."

The moment particularly resonated with Eureka after they landed in the middle of the pack during *AS6*'s *RuMerican Horror Story* satirical acting challenge earlier this year.

Evan Peters and Eureka in drag on 'American Horror Story.'. FX on Hulu (2)

"I felt like I got to redeem myself because I love to act, I want people to take me as an actor and take it as seriously as I do. It's one of my favorite things to do in the world," Eureka says, finishing with optimism for the future: "I died in the *RuMerican Horror Story*, I died in *American Horror Story*, I hope I stay alive though, honey!"

*American Horror Story* airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on FX. Watch a clip from the* EW's BINGE* podcast video on *RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6* at the top of this article, and listen to the full audio version in the embed above.

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Jinkx Monsoon swept up the *RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 7 *crown thanks in large part to her *Snatch Game* performance as Judy Garland, but one question about the legendary impersonation has endured for puzzled fans and judges alike: Why did she (hilariously) refer to RuPaul as "Broom" during the challenge?

The season 5 winner revealed that the joke wasn't intended to be understood by anyone other than Alyssa Edwards and Alaska, her drag sisters from her original season on the show, which aired in 2013.

"Alaska and I were constantly doing impressions of Alyssa Edwards' [*Snatch Game*] impersonation of Katy Perry that was so baffling that we couldn't help but just make a whole character based on just that impression. Alyssa Edwards' voice is already extremely unique, and then her voice trying to do Katy Perry was just more Alyssa than even Alyssa normally talks," Jinkx said on Thursday's episode of Vulture's *Good One* podcast. "We kept joking that, as Katy Perry, when Ru asks Alyssa, 'Have you ever kissed a girl?' and Alyssa went, 'Ru, never!' [it became] 'Bru,' and then it just devolved into 'Broom, neber," so when I called Ru 'Broom,' it was the tiniest little Easter egg, pretty much just for Alaska."

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Jinkx's iconic *Snatch Game* performance did more than just cleanse the souls of weary *Drag Race* fans: It also absolved the queen's season 5 makeover subject, veteran soldier Dave Lara, of his self-proclaimed role in Garland's death after he made the stunning revelation in the Werk Room back in 2013.

During her performance on *All Stars 7*, Jinkx made a direct address to Lara by telling him that he was "not responsible" for Garland's death. In a subsequent interview with EW, Lara explained that, upon meeting the iconic actress at a Boston speakeasy in November 1968, he provided her with barbiturates shortly before she died the following year.

"I don't want to be judged by people. I don't want to be castigated or made out to be the villain. Ru and I had a conversation on the show where she said [Judy] did a lot to get to this place. Judy had a choice, and, like *The Matrix*, you can take the blue pill and go to sleep and wake up in the morning and never remember any of this, or you can take the red pill and go down the rabbit hole and never come out. She made that choice," Lara said. "Whether I allowed or contributed to that, she was so clever, she would've found the pills anyway. That made me feel a little better, but people don't know about that time. We were stupid, we were ignorant. Giving someone with an addiction pills? I've never given anyone pills or drugs or anything since."

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- Jesse Eisenberg doesn't see the point of leaving the U.S. over politics.

- The actor and filmmaker, who is also a Polish citizen, said he and his wife intend to remain living in the New York.

- He added that the feel "a responsibility" to stay in the country and help those "struggling through" Trump's presidency.

Jesse Eisenberg won't be using his dual citizenship as an excuse to flee the United States — no matter how unhappy he is with Donald Trump's presidency.

One year after getting his Polish citizenship, the filmmaker and actor is shutting down the idea that he might follow in the footsteps of other Hollywood stars by leaving the country.

"I am a very lucky American. I have a nice life," Eisenberg said at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic, per Variety. "My wife is a teacher, and she teaches a lot of students who are not as lucky as we are."

He continued, "I think we feel, if anything, a responsibility to stay in New York and help those who are struggling through a tougher period in American history."

Jesse Eisenberg at the premiere for "Minions & Monsters" in Hollywood on June 28.

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Back in 2024, Eisenberg made headlines when he applied for Polish citizenship after working on his film* A Real Pain,* which was inspired by the passing of his great aunt, who fled Poland for the U.S. in 1938.

The news arrived when — after a contentious election against Kamala Harris — Trump was reelected for his second term as president. Beforehand, several celebrities had  announced their intention to leave the country should Trump succeed. Eventually, a few of them followed through.

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But Eisenberg doesn't see the point.

"No, I’m not going to leave because I don’t like the politics of America," he concluded. "That seems a little silly, because my life is very good."

As for those who made good on their promise, Rosie O'Donnell, a New York-born comedian who has a years-long feud with Trump, left the United States for Ireland ahead of Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration. Her departure did not cool the animosity between them and months later, the president called her a "threat to humanity" on Truth Social, adding that he has been "giving serious consideration to taking away" her American citizenship."

Rosie O'Donnell on June 15, Donald Trump in 2025, and Ellen DeGeneres in 2020.

Ellen DeGeneres later came out in support of O'Donnell, revealing that she and wife Portia de Rossi were prompted by Trump's victory to make the move to England. Robin Wright, Sophie Turner, and James Cameron are other stars who have cited U.S. politics as motivation for living in other countries.

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Meanwhile, Mark Hamill admitted that he considered his own exodus from the U.S. on the heels of Trump's win — before his wife convinced him otherwise. The *Star Wars* alum said he presented his wife, Marilou York, with two options after Trump's 2024 presidential victory: a move to London or Ireland to flee the horrors of America.

"She’s very clever," Hamill said. "She didn’t respond right away, but a week later she said, ‘I’m surprised you would allow him to force you out of your own country.’ *That son of a bitch*, I thought, *I’m not leaving*."

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- Tomi Adeyemi is separating herself from the upcoming adaptation of her hit novel, *Children of Blood and Bone.*

- The YA author said she "will not watch" the film and shared alleged screenshots between her and star Amandla Stenberg, indicating a rift between the two.

- "I can't keep being hurt and attacked behind the scenes," Adeyemi told a fan in the comments section of her video.

Tomi Adeyemi is getting candid about her Hollywood experience.

The 32-year-old author behind the *Legacy of Orïsha* series, which began with the 2018 hit novel *The Children of Blood and Bone*, was overjoyed when news first arrived that the story would be adapted into a blockbuster film. But now, Adeyemi is doing her best to separate herself from the film slated to hit theaters on Jan. 15, 2027.

On Saturday, Adeyemi posted a TikTok video captioned, "For everyone’s who’s been asking - i’m answering this question once and for all."

The video itself began with footage of Adeyemi staring directly into camera with the overlaid text asking, "Why don't you post about the adaptation of your first film adaptation anymore?"

As an answer, the video then cut to a screenshot of a message that Adeyemi sent to an unidentified recipient, which read, "There is a reason I will not post anything about the adaptation of my work. That’s all."

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The video then showed a screenshot of an apparent message that she sent to actress Amandla Stenberg, who plays one of the film's leads, Princess Amari. A message from Stenberg, partially cut off, appeared to show her making amends: "My only hope was to reconnect as human beings," read one snippet.

Adeyemi's response, dated Feb. 28, 2025, read, "Do not ever use my name in an interview or video again. Do not text me. Do not call me.” The image suggested that Adeyemi has since blocked the *Hunger Games* actress.

In another screenshot, Adeyemi wrote to a fan: "Since someone asked, I have not seen the film, and I will not watch it."

She continued, "It's been painful holding this back from you all. And I'm sorry if any of you thought I didn't care. I will always care about US. More than any glitter."

The video concluded there, but Adeyemi added more context in the comments section after several fans weighed in, expressing their distress and asking for further clarity.

One TikTok user noted, "Saying that you have not watched the movie and do not plan to is all that needs to be said. Unfortunately, very few of your fans know this, so they are going to go to support you. I'm sad for them/us."

Adeyemi responded by clarifying that she is not discouraging fans from seeing the movie — which is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood based on a script that they penned together — and won't hold it against those who do.

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"I do not mind anyone going to watch the film. I wrote this for us. I fought for us," she explained. "I’m just laying down my sword and officially separating my name because I can't keep being hurt and attacked behind the scenes.”

Reps for Adeyemi, Paramount Pictures, and Amandla Stenberg did not immediately respond to **'s request for comment.

Notably, the alleged text exchange between Adeyemi and Stenberg came weeks after the actress responded to the negative fan backlash to her casting as Princess Amari, in which fans pointed to the character's description as having "dark copper skin" and accused the actress of "stealing roles from dark-skinned women." (Stenberg previously faced similar accusations for her role in* **The Hate U Give*, with fans pointing out that the lead character is darker-skinned on the YA novel's cover.)

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In a now-deleted video, Stenberg responded to the *Children of Blood and Bone* backlash by arguing that she had the author's support.

"I had the opportunity to meet Tomi, the novelist, for the first time,” said Stenberg at the time. "She goes, 'Amandla, I want you to know that when you were a little girl and were cast as Rue in *The Hunger Games*, and you had these racist remarks thrown at you because people said that Rue’s death wouldn't be as sad because you're a Black girl — that inspired me to write this series, so that Black girls like you and Black girls of all shades could have a story written about them.' We just started crying, and I said to myself, 'God wants me here!'"

The actress additionally pointed out the fact that in the book, characters with skin tones similar to hers are the "ruling class" who oppress dark-skinned characters for their "magical capabilities."

She explained, "So, I thought to myself, not only do I fit this character description, but my skin tone actually serves the story in supporting the allegory of colorism and oppression."

'Children of Blood and Bone' by Tomi Adeyemi.

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Back in 2018, Adeyemi's debut novel, *Children of Blood and Bone*, became an instant smash hit, immediately hitting No. 1 on the *New York Times* young-adult best-seller list and receiving a reported seven-figure deal for the movie rights. The story has been compared to other popular YA epics, including the *Harry Potter** *and *Hunger Games* franchises, with one major difference: it is set in a mythical African kingdom and features an all-Black cast of characters.

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The story, set in the kingdom of Orïsha, follows Zélie, who is a member of the group known as the maji, citizens who had special powers before the king attempted to rid the world of magic. When she discovers a way to bring those powers back and, in turn, help the former maji, who have been disenfranchised and mistreated, she goes on a quest with her brother to ally with the daughter and son of the tyrannical king to fight back against his brutal rule.

The film is also set to star Stenberg, Thuso Mbedu, Viola Davis, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tosin Cole, Damson Idris, Cynthia Erivo, Lashana Lynch, Idris Elba, and Regina King.

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The pop icon and the sports star tied the knot at Madison Square Garden on Friday in front of over 500 friends and family members.

Taylor Swift sang and Travis Kelce cried during their 20-minute vows to each other, wedding guests say

The pop icon and the sports star tied the knot at Madison Square Garden on Friday in front of over 500 friends and family members.

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- Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce read 20-minute vows to each other from gold books during their starry wedding.

- The pop icon sang part of hers, with the football star proving "more emotional" than his wife, two guests told NBC News.

- Swift and Kelce were married at Madison Square Garden on July 3 in front of over 500 friends and family members, including Gigi Hadid, Lena Dunham, and officiant Adam Sandler.

Touching details are still emerging from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's fairy tale wedding, two days after it took place at New York City's Madison Square Garden.

Fans were bowled over to learn that Adam Sandler was tapped to officiate the nuptials, stunned to discover that former Swift bestie Blake Lively appeared not to attend, and left divided over a reportedly bawdy joke Lena Dunham told before their more than 500 guests on Friday.

But new details are now filtering through about the most soul-stirring moment of any wedding ceremony: the exchange of vows.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the US Open Tennis Championships in New York City in 2024.

According to two guests who spoke to NBC News on Sunday, Swift and Kelce each personally wrote their own vows to each other, and the "Love Story" singer is said to have sung parts of hers. The vow exchange proved a tear-jerker, and according to one of the guests, Kelce was the one really turning up the waterworks.

"You would think the bride would be the one crying more, but it was actually Travis that was more emotional," the guest told the outet.

An insider told PEOPLE on Saturday that the couple's vows, which they read to one another out of gold books, "were about 20 minutes each."

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Veteran newscaster George Stephanopoulos, who attended the ceremony alongside his *Good Morning America *cohosts Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan, provided his own account of the vows on the Saturday morning broadcast of the morning news show.

"The ceremony was great. Adam Sandler, funny and touching. Vows, everything you would hope for: real, vulnerable, serious, and silly," Stephanopoulos reflected. "Who knew that a wedding in Madison Square Garden could be so intimate?"

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift in 2025.

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Stephanopoulos, Sander, and Dunham were just three of the famous faces that could be seen at the legendary NYC venue on Friday.

Camila Cabello shared Sombr, the stage name of musician Shane Michael Boose, both shared videos of their luxurious looks ahead of the ceremony on social media. All three members of The Chicks also showed off their finery, after collaborating with Swift on the 2019 song "Soon You'll Get Better."

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