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Sydney Sweeney may be one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood, but even she admits that acting alone doesn’t pay the bills. So, when she signed on for American Eagle’s most expensive campaign to date, it likely came with a sizable paycheck.
Brooke Hogan won’t inherit a penny from her father’s multimillion-dollar estate – and that’s entirely by choice.
Television changed the day HBO pushed medieval warfare into primetime and backed it with prime-budget support, global casting, and a storyline that punished sentiment and rewarded strategy. Game of Thronesraised the bar for fantasy television and reprogrammed what audiences expected from fantasy stories, becoming one of the most popular television series in history. Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the HBO fantasy drama was adapted from George R.R. Martin’s novel series A Song of Ice and Fire.
Country music star Zac Brown may have thought his whirlwind 2023 marriage would be over quickly, but the legal (and financial) fallout appears to be lingering far longer than the relationship itself.
Hulk Hogan left behind a legacy as one of the most iconic figures in professional wrestling. But he also left behind a $25 million fortune that may soon become the subject of a bitter legal battle.
Tyrese Gibson may be facing jail time over nearly half a million dollars in unpaid attorney fees related to his divorce from ex-wife Samantha Gibson.
In the world of polished pop stars, Halsey stands out for turning personal chaos into creative fuel, fusing electro-pop with unfiltered storytelling and visuals that feel more like film than music video. Halsey's body of work includes synth-pop, alternative rock, and spoken word, consistently driven by a focus on identity, self-perception, and emotional survival. Born to an emergency medical technician and a car dealership manager, Ashley Nicolette Frangipane experienced the volatility of a working-class upbringing punctuated by health struggles and academic hardship.
Ozzy Osbourne may have been the Prince of Darkness on stage, but off-stage, he was a devoted family man, and his will reflects that.
Lily Collins has parted with her Midcentury Modern retreat in Pasadena for $6.13 million, which is well above the asking price. The deal was struck off-market and closed quietly in late June, according to Mansion Global. The transfer, while private, attracted interest due to the historical significance of the structure and the celebrity pedigree of its owners. Public records indicate that the deal occurred entirely through private negotiations without a traditional marketing period.
Lindsay Lohan may have earned just $550,000 for the original Freaky Friday in 2003, but more than two decades later, it’s safe to say she’s coming back to the sequel with a bigger paycheck – and a lot more leverage.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are back in the real estate headlines, this time for flipping their UK farmhouse less than a year after buying it.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s highly publicized $100 million Netflix deal is officially coming to an end, but not before the streaming giant poured millions into their latest venture. And while some sources are framing the shift as a natural progression to a first-look deal, others are left wondering: where exactly did all that money go?
South Park has signed a new five-year blockbuster streaming agreement with Paramount+ worth $1.5 billion. The arrangement grants exclusive global streaming rights to the long-running animated series, placing co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone at the center of one of the highest-valued television streaming pacts on record.
Charli XCX might be known for her bold, avant-garde style and boundary-pushing music. But when it came to her wedding jewelry, she kept things surprisingly classic.
No one handed Ozzy Osbourne a script; he scrawled his name on the amps with a scream loud enough to bend metal and a gait that treated the stage like sacred ground desecrated on purpose. He spent decades turning self‑destruction into art, fusing unfiltered vocals with distorted guitars to help define the sound and spectacle of heavy metal’s most extreme era. Prince of Darkness adopted that moniker in the early 1970s when he assumed lead‑vocal duties for Black Sabbath after forming the band in 1968.
Apple TV took a chance on a sports comedy with a soccer pitch, and Jason Sudeikis gave them an optimistic coach with a mustache and a Midwestern accent who stuck to screens with strange wisdom and a grin that disarmed the world. He cracked open soccer’s comedic potential and gave Apple’s streaming platform a flagship story that was embraced worldwide, becoming the most bankable face of kindness on television.
Leonardo DiCaprio is asking $23 million for his ocean-view Malibu compound, flipping it at a premium over the $13.75 million he paid just four years prior. The residence is also listed for lease at $65,000 a month, tempting would-be owners with a preview of Pacific Coast luxury. The residence occupies a prized stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway, facing one of Malibu’s most secluded and most private shorelines.
The film industry has consistently produced stars, but the icons of the Golden Age radiated an organic charm through polished public images and timeless cultural relevance. They headlined papers without a single tweet, sold out cinemas without trailers, and achieved recognition without modern promotional tools. Before the era of late-night shows and online fan edits, movie stars like Marlon Brando, Audrey Hepburn, and Marilyn Monroe captured public attention through magazine features, tabloid press, and stylized studio portraits. Despite their cultural prominence, these actors were often massively underpaid.
Justin Bieber may be worth hundreds of millions, but that doesn’t mean he’s flush with cash. According to TMZ, the singer is delaying repayment on his massive $31.5 million debt to Hybe, Scooter Braun’s former company – and it’s all hinging on the sale of his wife Hailey Bieber’s beauty brand, Rhode.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians mansion that fans instantly recognize as Kris Jenner’s house is officially up for sale – again. But here’s the twist: Kris never actually lived there.
Following an initial attempt to sell the mansion in March 2024, retired NBA star Tony Parker is back in the game with a new agent and a fresh strategy to finally move on from his stately Hill Country estate. Parker has owned the mansion for twenty years and is now relaunching the listing with a revised price of $16.5 million for one of the most talked-about homes in Texas real estate. The Mediterranean-style estate is tucked inside Anaqua Springs Ranch, an exclusive gated community located roughly 40 kilometers northwest of central San Antonio.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s former property in Bradford, New Hampshire, where federal agents arrested her in 2020, has been listed for $2.5 million. The property, surrounded by 156 acres of land, returned to the market exactly five years after federal authorities tracked her location through GPS data from her phone. The estate, purchased in December 2019 for $1.1 million under Granite Realty LLC, is linked to Maxwell and to her then-partner, Scott Borgerson, who was 14 years older than her.
The former Beverly Hills estate of silver screen icon Ann Rutherford, dating back to the 1930s, has been listed for $42 million, inviting buyers into a bygone era of glamour. The French Revival-style estate measures 13,678 square feet and is historically linked to classic cinema and television. Rutherford, a Canadian-born actress known for her work in Gone With the Wind and the Andy Hardy film series, lived at the residence for decades with her husband, William Dozier.
Oracle's co-founder and CTO, Larry Ellison, has vaulted past Meta's Mark Zuckerberg to become the second-richest individual in the world. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Ellison has a net worth of $257 billion after adding $59 billion to his fortune in 2024. The increase was also fueled in large part by a $26 billion gain in June as Oracle shares rose on advancements in cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
From bruised protagonists to souls pressed beneath emotional rubble, Angelina Jolie reaches for stories that cut close to the bone and bleed intention. Those choices turn sound into substance and scale into something intimate. She made her first on-screen appearance as a child opposite her father, Jon Voight, in Lookin’ to Get Out, before landing her first leading role in Hackers. Jolie gained widespread recognition in the early 2000s with the release of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, which established her as a commercially successful action star.
Justin Bieber’s old party pad is back in the headlines, but this time with a price drop.
After drawing multiple offers, the Manhattan penthouse once owned by Paul Newman has been sold for $14 million in a bidding war that pushed the final price over 40 percent above its initial listing. The Upper East Side co-op entered the market for $9.95 million in late 2023, triggering a flood of buyer interest and drawing 11 formal offers for the Fifth Avenue address.
Horror films in 2025 have made a killing at the global box office through multiple successful productions. Starting with The Monkey, which premiered in February, the film earned $68 million worldwide on a production cost of $10 million. Ryan Coogler's Sinners became the highest-grossing horror film of the year, earning $365.7 million worldwide on a $90 million budget. Final Destination: Bloodlines scored over $284.8 million in global box office receipts, making it the highest-grossing installment in the series. More recently, 28 Years Later, produced for $60 million, achieved commercial success with a global box office total of $127.4 million.
Sarah Paulson is ready to let go of her longtime Los Angeles haven, putting her midcentury modern home in the Hollywood Hills on the market for $3 million shortly after hinting that life abroad has its appeal. The move comes mere months after she lightened her real estate footprint by selling her upscale Malibu trailer in April for $1.45 million.
Tom Petty’s longtime residence, which is located in a gated enclave above Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway, has returned to the market with a reduced asking price. The Mediterranean-style estate is now listed at $15.5 million, down from its original $19 million. With nearly three acres of land, the property sits along a secluded road shared with only three neighboring estates.
An English manor dating back 1,000 years, which served as a wartime base and was later owned by Mel B, is now on the market. The Grade II-listed property is situated in the village of Little Marlow, just outside London. It was listed for $15 million and holds a history shaped by centuries of change, imperial legacies, and modern fame. From medieval roots to military strategy rooms and, finally, a pop culture connection, the property fuses deep English history with chart-topping fame.
James Gunn breathes new life into the Superman franchise with a bold DCU reboot that ropes in characters from every corner of the comic book map. From heavyweights like Lex Luthor to lesser-known characters like Metamorpho, the Superman cast features characters poised to echo through the universe's later phases. With no interest in revisiting Clark Kent's origin story, the film focuses immediately on Superman's conflict between Kryptonian heritage and Earthly upbringing.
Wicked premiered in theaters following extensive anticipation, backed by the kind of casting and concept only a global musical giant could afford. What first stirred applause under stage lights quickly turned into a silver-screen feature designed to dazzle. The film is adapted from the Broadway production of the same name, which retells the origin of Elphaba, a young woman born with green skin, and her evolving bond with Galinda, the future Glinda the Good.
The most exclusive watches are characterized by their technical rigor and minimalist sophistication, appealing to those who expect more than standard timekeeping. At the highest tier of watchmaking, value is determined less by material composition and more by purpose, rarity, and precision craftsmanship. Timepieces carry centuries of invention and opulence, reserved almost entirely for collectors, monarchs, and the extremely rich. The earliest record of a portable timekeeper dates back to 1505, when German locksmith and clockmaker Peter Henlein created the first watch in Nuremberg.
Bill Cosby has knocked $250,000 off the asking price of his historic Manhattan townhouse as his legal and financial troubles continue to mount. The disgraced actor first listed the 5,000-square-foot Upper East Side property in April for just under $7 million. Now, the price has been reduced to $6.75 million, according to Mansion Global.
New court documents have revealed shocking details about Denise Richards’ household budget – and the financial imabalance at the heart of her split from Aaron Phypers.
Dwayne Johnson made the leap from professional wrestling to blockbuster action with little transition and total confidence. He prioritized screen presence over method acting and found traction in roles that demanded physicality, charisma, and mass appeal. WWE fans first knew him for his sharp-tongued bravado of the Attitude Era, but moviegoers saw a performer fluent in blockbuster instinct. Johnson took on film roles that balanced his action credentials with lighter fare, voice work, and occasional dramatic turns.
Whether he is suited for the office or speaking from behind a studio mic, give Steve Carell a little authority, and the slow spiral of comic implosion follows. The actor-comedian made secondhand embarrassment feel like a shared cultural ritual. Carell began performing in the 1980s with a student-run improvisational comedy troupe in Ohio. He then launched his career in theater with Second City, which opened the door to a minor appearance in the 1991 comedy Curly Sue.
After walking away from the Hollywood buzz and Manhattan maze, Ana de Armas scored a full-ask $3.5 million for her SoHo apartment. Records show the Ballerina star bought the residence in 2021 for $2.9 million before trading city life for the quiet of a $7 million retreat in Vermont. The SoHo property first hit the market in August 2023 with a $4.3 million price tag and spent the following months dancing on and off the listings amid several price tweaks.
Julian McMahon, the Australian-American actor best known for his performances in Charmed, Nip/Tuck, and for portraying Marvel’s Dr. Doom, died at the age of 56. According to Deadline, McMahon passed away on July 2 in Clearwater, Florida, following a cancer diagnosis that had not been made public. Kelly McMahon, wife of the late actor, issued a statement on Friday, July 4, confirming his death after a private battle with cancer.
Hot off a historic championship run with Oklahoma City, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has put pen to paper on a four-year, $285 million supermax extension that will begin in the 2027–28 NBA season. The deal sets a new league record for average annual salary, landing at $71.3 million per year once it begins. Gilgeous-Alexander has now become the highest-paid player in league history by average salary, overtaking the current yearly earnings of Stephen Curry, who makes $57.7 million.
Diogo Jota stood out for his lethal finishing, speed in transition, and tight control in confined spaces. The late Portuguese soccer player was equally effective as a central striker, wide forward, or supporting attacker, offering tactical flexibility at the highest level. While right-footed by nature, his ambidexterity consistently unsettled defenders and challenged goalkeepers. Born in Massarelos, Portugal, Jota began his professional career at Paços de Ferreira before moving to Atlético Madrid in 2016. He joined the Spanish club with his cousin Ronaldo, although he never made a first-team appearance for them.
Emma Roberts has sold her grown-up dollhouse in Los Angeles, fetching $4.82 million for the chic customized residence. The Hollywood Hills property found a buyer just seven weeks after hitting the market at $4.99 million. According to Realtor, the deal closed less than two months after the property was introduced to the market on May 1.
Jeff Bezos tied the knot with Lauren Sánchez in Venice, hosting a multimillion-dollar celebration that was relatively modest by billionaire standards. Although grand by any social standard, the ceremony is not one of the most expensive billionaire weddings ever recorded. The three-day celebration included arrangements ranging from upscale accommodations to the presence of high-profile guests. Questions about the Jeff Bezos wedding cost gained traction once it was revealed that the billionaire Amazon founder spared no expense for the multi-day events.
Martin Truex Jr. is parting ways with a lakeside retreat that feels more like a private resort than a home. The NASCAR veteran’s North Carolina property is up for grabs at $7.5 million following his decision to relocate out of North Carolina. The estate lies on the edge of Mooresville, just outside Charlotte, in a lakefront zone known nationally as Race City USA for hosting a dense cluster of professional drivers and racing organizations.
Tyler Perry’s Straw landed on Netflix as a stripped-down psychological thriller that tracked the emotional unraveling of a single mother facing an unbearable day. The film stars Taraji P. Henson as Janiyah Wiltkinson, whose world detonates under the weight of compounding trauma, grief, and fatigue. Perry directed the feature with tight focus, constructing a tense, character-led drama that avoided ornamentation.
David Duchovny has officially parted ways with his custom-built Malibu home, selling the estate for $10.98 million. The X-Files actor had listed the Point Dume property in April for $12.6 million, ultimately accepting a deal $1.6 million below asking.