See the "How to Train Your Dragon" Cast Side-by-Side with the Original Animated Characters

©20th Century Fox ; © DreamWorks / © Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection The live-action remake ofHow to Train Your Dragonhit theaters on June 13 The adaptation stars Mason Thames as Hiccup and Nico Parker as Astrid The original animated film was released in 2010 The Isle of Berk comes to life in a whole new way asHow to Train Your Dragonsoars from the animated world into live-action with the new 2025 remake. The firstHow to Train Your Dragonwas released in 2010. It spawned two sequels, along with multiple animated series, specials and a theme park. The beloved DreamWorks trilogy, loosely inspired by Cressida Cowell's novels, grossed over $1.6 billion worldwide. Like the animated original, Universal'slatest adaptationfollows Hiccup, a young Viking who befriends a dragon named Toothless, defying tradition and changing the course of his village. The new version features fresh leads, with Mason Thames playing Hiccup andNico Parkeras Astrid, whileGerard Butlerreprises his role as Stoick, Hiccup's father and chief of their tribe. As a longtime fan, Thames toldClutchPointsin August 2024 that playing Hiccup was both an honor and a challenge. "It was a lot of pressure for me because I love Hiccup so much," the actor said. "And I know how many people love the movies, and I didn't want to let anybody down. I've worked as hard as I can to bring Hiccup to life." Dean DeBlois, who directed the Oscar-nominated animated trilogy, returned to helm the live-action adaptation, soaring into theaters on June 13. From Hiccup to Astrid, here's a look at the cast ofHow to Train Your Dragonside-by-side with the animated characters they are bringing to life. Universal Pictures ; Alamy Thames stars as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, a teenage boy striving to meet his father's high expectations of becoming a fearless dragon fighter. However, his loyalty and courage are put to the test when he forms an unlikely friendship with a dragon. After the May 2023 announcement that he would take on the leading role, Thames shared the news in a now-deleted Instagram post, writing, "SO EXCITED!!!!" Thames grew up watching theHow to Train Your Dragonmovies, making the live-action remake an even more meaningful experience. "Those movies are so close to my heart and I wanted to honor them as best as I can," Thames toldTooFabin August 2024 once filming had wrapped. "I'd be walking around sometimes and I started running like Hiccup, I started talking like Hiccup ... he hasn't really left me yet and I don't really want him to. He's a part of my heart and I love him." Before being cast as Hiccup, Thames gained recognition with his breakout role in 2021'sThe Black Phone, followed by his starring turn in 2024'sIncoming. Mike Marsland/WireImage ; Alamy Parker steps into the role of Astrid Hofferson, a fierce Viking warrior who becomes Hiccup's love interest. In a February 2024 interview withThe Movie Dweeb, she teased that audiences could look forward to an impressive first flight scene between Astrid and Hiccup as they fly on their dragons for the first time. "Everything is being executed with incredible amounts of love and care, and I think it's going to be incredibly exciting," she said. Parker first gained recognition with her breakout performance in another live-action adaptation, 2019'sDumbo. Her additional screen credits include roles in Max'sThe Last of Usand 2024'sSuncoast. Universal Pictures ; Dreamworks Animation/Kobal/Shutterstock Butler reprises his role as Stoick the Vast, Hiccup's father and the chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe. As the strong-willed and tough leader of Berk, Stoick is deeply committed to protecting his people while grappling with his son's unconventional approach to dragons. Butler's previous performances as Stoick in the animated trilogy led to an Annie Award nomination in 2011. Filming the live-action, though, proved to have its own unique set of challenges. In November 2024, he opened up toColliderabout how his 90 lb. and Stoick costume came in handy while filming in the thick of winter in Northern Ireland. "I had seven layers, thick layers and a thick beard, and then I had a kind of bearskin or wolfskin over it," Butler said, adding that his sword, shield and helmet also contributed to the bulk. "I was, in the middle of the coldest day, soaking wet from sweat inside because it was like a furnace in there." Outside of the franchise, Butler has starred in 2006's300and 2010'sThe Bounty Hunter. Lia Toby/Getty ; Universal Pictures / Everett Collection Nick Frost will play Gobber the Belch, Stoick's longtime friend who mentors Hiccup and his friends during their dragon training. Following the release of the teaser trailer in November 2024, Frost wrote onInstagram, "I couldn't be more excited about this. You're going to LOVE IT!!!" Prior to joining the franchise, Frost starred in 2004'sShaun of the Deadand 2013'sThe World's End. He most recently voiced the droid SM-33 in the 2024 Disney+ series,Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Corey Nickols/Getty ; Alamy Julian Dennison takes on the role of Fishlegs Ingerman, Hiccup's clumsy yet kindhearted best friend with an impressive knowledge of dragons. He first made waves while starring in 2016'sHunt for the Wilderpeople,and later appeared in 2018'sDeadpool 2and 2024'sGodzilla vs. Kong. He was also cast alongsideRachel Zeglerin 2024'sY2K. Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty ; Alamy Gabriel Howell will portray Snotlout Jorgenson, an outspoken and confident acquaintance of Hiccup's (and, in the books, his cousin). Known for his arrogant personality, Snotlout often clashes with Hiccup but shows his loyalty when it matters most. Howell is most known for his role as Elias in Netflix'sBodies. Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/WireImage ; Alamy Bronwyn James joins the cast as Ruffnut Thorston, a spirited and unpredictable young Viking who trains alongside Hiccup and has a knack for getting into trouble. She has appeared in the showsHarlotsandLockwood & Co.In addition to her upcoming role inHow to Train Your Dragon, James recently played ShenShen in the 2024 film adaptation ofWicked. Mike Marsland/WireImage ; Alamy Harry Trevaldwyn stars as Tuffnut Thorston, a young Viking who is often at odds with his twin sister, Ruffnut, and trains alongside Hiccup. "Very happy to be in Berk 🐉💘," he wrote onInstagramin January 2024, following his cast announcement. Three months later, he shared behind-the-scenes photos with his castmates and offered a glimpse of his experience on set. "Could write a haunting epic poem about the people who have made this experience complete heaven but thought I would write an Instagram caption instead," he wrote onInstagram. "Consider this dragon trained (in love)!!!" Trevaldwyn previously appeared in 2022'sThe Bubbleand Prime Video'sMy Lady Jane. Jason Mendez/Getty; Universal Pictures Ruth Codd will play Phlegma the Fierce, a Berk villager who serves as a botanist at the School of Dragons. Codd began her career as a TikTok star before transitioning to acting, with notable roles in 2022'sThe Midnight Cluband 2023'sThe Fall of the House of Usher. Read the original article onPeople

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See the “How to Train Your Dragon” Cast Side-by-Side with the Original Animated Characters

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Beyoncé celebrates her twins' birthday with fans during London show: 'Mommy loves you'New Foto - Beyoncé celebrates her twins' birthday with fans during London show: 'Mommy loves you'

Beyoncé Knowles-Carterlaunched her fourth"Cowboy Carter" concert in London, and during the show she took a moment to mark a very special occasion: her twins' birthday. The Grammy-winning singer kicked off her June 12 show atTottenham Hotspur Stadiumon Thursday. The show marked her fourth of six shows at the stadium on herCowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin' Circuit Tour.Beyoncéhe is set to hit the Tottenham Stadium stage again June 14 and 16, before heading to Paris for three nights. Each night Beyoncé's "Protector" performance has been a highlight of the show as fans anticipate the sweet moment when the singer isjoined by her 7-year-old daughter Rumi Carterand her sister,Blue Ivy Carter. This time, the moment became even more special as Beyoncé paused and wished her twins a happy birthday and prompted the crowd to join in. "Everybody say happy birthday, Rumi," she said, as fans echoed her words. "Say happy birthday, Sir! Mommy loves you," Beyoncé added as the crowd continued to cheer. Beyoncé wishing Happy Birthday to Rumi and Sir! 🥰pic.twitter.com/Zah5BCBpXr — Beyoncé Press. (@beyoncepress)June 12, 2025 Beyoncé and Jay-Z's twins, Rumi and Sir Carter, turn 8 on June 13. However, Beyoncé's next show is scheduled for June 14, making Thursday's show the perfect day to celebrate. Later in the show she also took a moment to acknowldge all the birthdays in the house. She gave a shoutout out to "all the Geminis," saying, "I'm happy y'all are celebrating with us tonight." As fans know,Beyoncéfirstdebuted her "Cowboy Carter" tourat SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on April 28 with39 songs on the set list. Her shows have been filled with family,fashion, different music genres, and most notably country music and cultural commentary.The nine-city tour will span the U.S. and Europe with the grand finaletaking place in Las Vegason July 26. Follow Caché McClay, the USA TODAY Network's Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reporter, onInstagram,TikTokandXas @cachemcclay. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean:Beyoncé celebrates her twins' birthday during fourth show in London

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Beyoncé celebrates her twins' birthday with fans during London show: 'Mommy loves you'

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Over the next two weeks, the eyes of the entire college baseball world will be glued on Omaha as the final eight teams of theNCAA baseball tournamentcompete in theCollege World Seriesand play for a national championship. In that time, an unwelcome opponent at Charles Schwab Field Omaha is bound to make an appearance (or two) as weather continues to transition from spring to summer: Mother Nature. On top of the traditional and basic rain delays, one of the more common weather delays that can impactCWS gamesis the dreaded lightning delay. REQURIED READING:Who's in College World Series? Updated bracket, schedule for NCAA baseball tournament Last year's CWS experienced several weather and lightning delays, with the most notable one taking place ahead of theTexas A&M vs. Florida opening round gamein Bracket 2 play. An originally scheduled 6 p.m. CT game between the Aggies and Gators didn't start until 10:16 p.m. CT dueto an over four-hour lightning delay. Action in Omaha for the 2025 CWS gets underway on June 13 with the first of two opening "winner's bracket" doubleheaders. Here's what you need to know: The NCAA notes that if a lightning strike needs to be seen and heard within at least six miles of an outdoor stadium, then that game must be halted for a lightning delay. Though a lightning delay's length of time starts at 30 minutes, the total time of a lightning delay can vary — causing perhaps a long night. The reason for the length of time a lightning delay varies is due to lightning strikes that can follow. Here's more from theNCAA's weather/lightning delay policy: "To resume athletics activities, lightning safety experts recommend waiting 30 minutes after both the last sound of thunder and after the last flash of lightning is at least six miles away, and moving away from the venue. If lightning is seen without hearing thunder, lightning may be out of range and therefore less likely to be a significant threat. At night, be aware that lightning can be visible at a much greater distance than during the day as clouds are being lit from the inside by lightning. This greater distance may mean that the lightning is no longer a significant threat. At night, use both the sound of thunder and seeing the lightning channel itself to decide on when to reset the 30-minute return-to-play clock before resuming outdoor athletics activities." Closest proximity:Six miles Farthest distance:Eight miles The NCAA notes that for a lightning delay to be called, a lightning strike needs to be seen and heard within at least six miles of the ballpark and as far as eight miles. Additionally, on top of following weather satellite radars, the NCAA recommends using the Flash to Bang method to know how close the lightning is: "If you observe lightning, count the number of seconds until you hear thunder. Divide the number of seconds by five to obtain the distance in miles. Example: If you see lightning and it takes 10 seconds before you hear the thunder, then the lightning is 2 miles away." CWS lightning delay length:30 minutes The NCAA notes that once lightning is detected within the area of Charles Schwab Field and the game enters a lightning delay, the game is delayed or suspended for 30 minutes. However, if lightning strikes comes to be detected within that 30-minute window, the 30-minute clock is reset. In other words, for every lightning strike that follows the initial lightning strike, the 30-minute clock is reset. Given the knowledge that Mother Nature can impact one, or multiple, CWS games over the next two weeks, the NCAA and the CWS have a"weather delay policy" on their website. Here's what to knowfrom the NCAA website: In the event of a weather delay, fans should keep their game ticket. If a fan is leaving the stadium during a weather delay, they should stop at a ticket gate to have their ticket scanned out by Charles Schwab Field Omaha staff. Reserved and premium mobile seat ticket holders may exit through all gates and have their mobile ticket(s) scanned out. If the game is halted and resumed the same day or continued the following day, fans will need the game ticket from the original game to re-enter the stadium for the continuation of play. In the event of a total game postponement to the following day (meaning, the game did not begin at its scheduled time), fans should follow the game number listed on their updated mobile ticket. There are no refunds on tickets as all games will be played. TO RESOLVE ANY TICKET ISSUES, Fans should go to the Box Office near gate 2 on the corner of 13th and Mike Fahey streets. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:College World Series lightning delays: Strike proximity, lengths, more

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College World Series lightning delays: What to know on weather delay protocols at CWS

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Dabo Swinney has Clemson football primed to soar in transfer portal eraNew Foto - Dabo Swinney has Clemson football primed to soar in transfer portal era

Dabo's done it. The transfer-averse coach built a team that sure looks poised to thrive in this transfer-fueled era. Sportsbooks are snoozing onClemson, but the stat nerds are wide awake. Dabo Swinney's Tigers have, on average, about a 14-to-1 betting chance of winning the national championship. Those odds trail seven other teams. Betting sharps probably noticed this nugget, though, fromESPN's analytics guru Bill Connelly:Clemsonreturns more production than any other team, according to Connelly's metrics. His analysis accounts for inbound transfers – not that Clemson features many. Clemson's veteran, talented roster reminds me a bit of Swinney's teams from a heyday when he won two national championships in three years behind proven quarterbacks, talented wide receivers and stingy defenses. While many of Swinney's peers play the transfer sweepstakes, he persists with a recruit, develop and retain methodology. "I'm not against the portal, but … this is not a catch-and-release program," Swinney said earlier this offseason on "The Unafraid Show" podcast. "This is not a place where we're going to run guys off. "We know exactly what we're looking for. We're unique, and we're different in our approach." WHO DOES 16 HELP?:The teams that would benefit from playoff expansion MONEY MATTERS:In era of NIL, schools face challenge of where to spend A year ago, I thought Swinney erred by not supplementing Clemson's young roster with some transfers. Swinney could stand to be more active in cracking Clemson's door to high-impact transfers, but he deserves credit for keeping his top talent out of the portal. Clemson's best performers returned from last year's team that won the ACC after a rocky start. Now that Swinney is armed with a more seasoned roster, his adherence to the develop-and-retain approach seems poised to pay off, though we'll gain more data after Clemson hosts LSU in Week 1. Connelly's returning production metrics prove useful in identifying teams poised to break out. Before the 2023 season, his metric ranked Florida State, Missouri and Michigan among the nation's returning production leaders. Michigan won the national championship. Florida State finished 13-1. Missouri, unranked in the preseason polls, won 11 games for the first time in nearly a decade. I don't need analytics, though, to tell me the value of a solid quarterback. Cade Klubnik fits that billing. There were times the past two seasons when Klubnik didn't look the part of a five-star recruit. His performance bottomed out in the 2024 season-opening loss to Georgia. He rebounded, and he peaked at the season's crescendo, starring in Clemson's ACC championship win against SMU and playing well in a playoff defeat to Texas. "I'm kind of the epitome of the word development," Klubnik told reporters earlier this offseason. Indeed. NFL draft experts project Klubnik to be among several Clemson first-round prospects for 2026. When Swinney has had a good quarterback, he wins big. He won a Peach Bowl and then an Orange Bowl with Tajh Boyd, Clemson's all-time passing leader. Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence produced national championships. It's unfair to compare Klubnik to either Watson or Lawrence, but Swinney's past peaks make it notable that he's got a good quarterback again, and weapons surround Klubnik. That, too, is a throwback to Swinney's pinnacle, when Clemson put defenses into conflict with receivers like Mike Williams, Hunter Renfrow, Tee Higgins and Justyn Ross. Clemson returns its top three receivers. Oh, and it addedtransferTristan Smith, who caught 76 passes for Southeast Missouri State in the Championship Subdivision last season. That's right, Swinney signed not one, not two, butthreeimpact transfers. If Clemson vies for glory, you'll be force-fed the narrative that Swinney persevered after refusing to bend the knee to the portal. It's true he views the portal with caution, but it's also true he added three more transfers this offseason than he did the previous offseason. Those acquisitions help elevate Clemson's ceiling after it suffered four losses in consecutive seasons. A year ago, Clemson's wide receivers were young and unproven. Now, Smith joins a position filled with established targets, led by Antonio Williams and his 153 career receptions. As Swinney put it, Clemson touts "six dudes" at wide receiver. Clemson's list of "dudes" – the industry's code word for NFL talent – also includes defensive linemen Peter Woods, T.J. Parker andtransferWill Heldt. You need multiple "dudes" to win a national championship. Clemson could do that. It's probably the only team from its conference that can. Oddsmakers and stat nerds agree on that much. No other ACC team ranks in oddsmakers' top 10 favorites to win the national championship. No other ACC team ranks in Connelly's top 15 for returning production. Clemson's downturn these past few seasons could be partially attributed to Swinney's stubbornness and his reluctance to evolve. If the Tigers ignite behind this talented roster, that will remind us of Swinney's best side – his ability to develop and retain talent at a level few coaches can. Blake Toppmeyeris the USA TODAY Network's national college football columnist. Email him atBToppmeyer@gannett.comand follow him on X@btoppmeyer. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Dabo Swinney reshapes Clemson football in transfer era

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Influencer Was Building a Life for Herself After Marrying, Welcoming a Baby. 4 Months Later, Her Husband Was Dead (Exclusive)New Foto - Influencer Was Building a Life for Herself After Marrying, Welcoming a Baby. 4 Months Later, Her Husband Was Dead (Exclusive)

Courtesy of Brielle Persun Brielle Persun started her "Bookstagram" account @BookswithBrielle in 2020, just before she met her late husband, Tyler He died from complications of pancreatitis on Jan. 10, 2025, leaving Persun as a single mom to their months-old son. Reading turned into more than just a hobby; books became her escape She's continued to share recommendations on her Bookstagram page, both appealing to her original audience and a new group of followers: widows in situations like her own Brielle Persun started out on what's known as "Bookstagram" in 2020. As the name suggests, it's the side of Instagram run by avid readers with plenty of recommendations to share, and Persun decided to join in on the fun after peeling through enough books during the COVID-19 lockdown. She opened a second Instagram account to review reads and suggest titles to her followers, and before Persun knew it, she'd created a real community of fellow Bookstagram users. With over 17,000 followers, her page@BookswithBriellediscusses a variety of genres. However, if she had to pin down one way to describe her reading habits, she says she's most drawn to contemporary fiction, especially when written by women. Nicholas Holzworth "I love books that make me feel something," Persun, 36, tells PEOPLE. "If it's going to make me cry, I want to read it." Shortly after she started on Bookstagram, the Charleston-based content creator met Tyler. A couple of years later, they married and on Aug. 26, 2024, she and Tyler welcomed their first baby. They named their son after his mom's maiden name, Colby. But her love story didn't turn out to be something one would find in the pages of a romantic novel. As much as Persun can appreciate "a good romance every once in a while," she says she actually never really bought into the "happily ever after" plotline. "I can only really read so much before I'm like, 'Okay, this is not realistic,'" she admits. "People have their own opinions. There are people who read them like, 'Well, I want it to end happily, because that's how I want to be.' I'm just more of a realistic girly." Courtesy of Brielle Persun Persun's reality changed at 12:34 p.m. on Jan. 10, 2025, when Tyler died from complications of pancreatitis. They'd only been married a little over a year, with a son who wasn't even 5 months old at the time, and suddenly her world came crashing down. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Persun grieved on the shoulders of her parents, Tyler's parents and her circle of ever-supportive friends. Her loved ones helped with everything. They watched Colby while Persun was busy planning her husband's funeral. They walked her dog. Her friends started aGoFundMe pagefor Persun and didn't even tell her until it raised a decent amount of money. "A good friend of mine — actually from Bookstagram — came to my house, and she told everybody in our [Bookstagram group chats] was just like, 'I hope one day that if something ever happens to me that I have the friends that Brielle had,'" Persun recalls. "There was somebody taking care of everything that I just didn't have the brain power to handle." If you search online for books to read while grieving, you'll find self-help suggestions, reflective memoirs or stories that grapple with death and dying. Persun gravitated in the opposite direction. She picked up fantasy books. "Some stuff is just too real," she says. "I needed to [be] disassociated, is the best way to say it." The third installment of Rebecca Yarros' Empyrean series,Onyx Storm, was released less than two weeks after Tyler's death. Persun took to it for all the ways it didn't mirror what was happening in her world, the real world. "I was just so grateful that I had that book because I was just like, it's a 'romantasy.' So it's still got the romance side of it, but a lot of it's just like you're in a whole different world," she explains. "Reading is something I loved and I still want to love it, and I want it to be able to also be a form of escapism." Courtesy of Brielle Persun In her state of mourning, Persun's perspective on grief broadened. She came to understand it doesn't have to be something that clouds every quadrant of life. "If you sit in your grief all day long non-stop and it's all you're consuming, you're paralyzed," says Person. "I don't know how you do that. Especially when I have to raise a child, I can't." She does lean into grief at times, but she's also conscious of the fact that people "can be happy and sad at the same time in one day," even after losing a loved one. She controls that fluctuation through reading, by picking up a fantasy book, thriller or cozy mystery. Of course, as her personal tastes shifted, so too did Persun's Instagram content. Having built her community from the ground up — and knowing her audience skews toward women her age, many of whom have kids too — she wanted to be realistic about her grief. She couldn't just return to social media and keep recommending books as if nothing happened. "I felt weird about it. I was like, 'There has to be a way. I have to be able to also show my journey with what's going on or else it's just it's inauthentic to me,'" she remembers. She also understood that some people who "don't love you getting your sad all over them," but she did hear from people that really did want to know her story, in part because it echoed their own. Courtesy of Brielle Persun Persun sees herself in a unique "age of widowhood," being in her mid-thirties. She doesn't think she's likely to have another kid, since her pregnancy with Colby was "really rough," and she says she "can't even fathom dating right now." She realizes there may come a time when she opens herself up again, and she knows having another child isn't completely off the table. But for the time being, she's not in that headspace. "It's just a really weird and lonely place to be," Persun shares. "The widows that are outspoken about their grief — that do a lot of self-help or writing books or things like that — are either young enough to kind of get married again, have kids with their new partner and kind of have this big blended family, or there are the widows that [lost] their husband of 30-plus years. Their children are older, some of them even have grandkids." She adds, "I was just kind of floundering because ... there's no one that felt very relatable. Which is where I kind of was like, 'I think I need to start being that.' Because maybe they are out there, and they just don't know what to do either." Sharing openly on her Bookstagram page opened the door for those people to confide in Persun. She's gotten messages from women sharing stories about losing their partners after one year of marriage or losing them during pregnancy. Courtesy of Brielle Persun It's inspired Persun to strike a balance in her content between being honest and outspoken about grief "without being super depressing." After all, she knows the importance of using books as a means of escapism. The influencer isn't closing herself off to the possibility of wanting to read into her grief someday. She's been recommended books likeOption Bby Sheryl Sandberg with a provision: for "when you're ready," her friends said. That's where Persun's perspective becomes so poignant. She's not just curating a list of books based on what she knows about grief. She is consciously noting what helped — and continues to help — her through each stage of mourning Tyler. "I think about the people who are going through what I went through, especially that week afterward," Persun tells PEOPLE of her recommendation. "I'm not tailoring it to them; I'mconsideringthem." Read the original article onPeople

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Influencer Was Building a Life for Herself After Marrying, Welcoming a Baby. 4 Months Later, Her Husband Was Dead (Exclusive)

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Former Talk Show Host, 60, Turns Heads In Rare Public Appearanceoriginally appeared onParade. For the last few years, Wendy Williams has been lying low. Since 2022, she has been living in a treatment facility and under a conservatorship. Her team announced last year that she had been diagnosed with dementia and aphasia—sharing the latter diagnosis with Bruce Willis. However, the famed talk show hostclaimed in a February interviewthat she does not have dementia and implied that she was in the treatment facility against her will. While living in the facility, Williams has occasionally been spotted by paparazzi going out to dinner with her friends all around New York City. In March, they snapped photos of hergliding around on a mobility scooterafter dining at Tucci. In April, she wasspotted going to Il Cantinoriwith ex-CNN host Don Lemon. Now, she's just been spotted for the first time since. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 TMZsnagged a video of the former talk show host arriving at Le Marais steakhouse near Times Square and greeting her dinner guests—businesswomen Alvina Alston and Tobi Rubenstein outside. In the video, Williams appeared a bit confused. Alston greeted her and gave her a hug, but Williams appeared to not know who she was. "Are you... are you... are you...," she stuttered, "um... are you Tobi?" Alston then pointed at Rubinstein. Williams exclaimed, "Oh my God, Tobi!" and gave her a big hug. Despite her initial confusion, the radio legend was all smiles outside the restaurant, sporting bright red lipstick, a studded 'W' necklace, and a big Birkin bag. Williams is currently fighting to get out of her conservatorship in a movereminiscent of the #FreeBritney movement. "I am not cognitively impaired but I feel like I am in prison," she said in a January interview onThe Breakfast Club. "I'm in this place where the people are in their 90s and their 80s and their 70s...Look, I don't belong here at all. This is ridiculous." Former Talk Show Host, 60, Turns Heads In Rare Public Appearancefirst appeared on Parade on Jun 13, 2025 This story was originally reported byParadeon Jun 13, 2025, where it first appeared.

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Leon Draisaitl scored another overtime goal. The Edmonton Oilers completed another comeback. And the end result is a tied Stanley Cup Final thanks to a 5-4 overtime victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday in Sunrise, Fla. Draisaitl capped a three-point outing with an NHL-single-season-record fourth overtime winner of the playoffs, and second of the finals, thanks to a one-handed pass attempt that banked in off a defender. The best-of-seven series returns to Edmonton for Game 5 on Saturday tied at two wins apiece. Three of the four games have gone to overtime in the rematch of last year's finals that Florida won in seven games. Edmonton is the first team in finals history to win after trailing 3-0 through the first period. Clubs with that edge had a 37-0 record. "We believe no matter how bad it is, if we get over that hump of adversity, we're going to keep pushing, gonna keep coming and eventually, it'll break," said Draisaitl, who joined Wayne Gretzky as the only players in NHL history to record 10 goals and 20 assists in multiple playoff runs. Draisaitl, who won Game 1 in overtime, is the third player in NHL history with multiple OT goals in a Stanley Cup Final. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Darnell Nurse and Vasily Podkolzin all collected one goal and one assist for the Oilers, who turned a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 lead before watching that edge disappear in the dying seconds of regulation. Edmonton's Jake Walman also scored, and Mattias Ekholm recorded two assists. Oilers goaltender Calvin Pickard stopped 22 of the 23 shots he faced after taking the net following the first period. Starting netminder Stuart Skinner surrendered three goals on 17 shots in the opening frame before being pulled for the second consecutive game. Pickard has a 7-0 record in the 2025 playoffs. He saved Edmonton's first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings before sustaining an injury in the second round against the Vegas Golden Knights, but once he again delivered when his team needed him most. "Unbelievable to be able to step into a game like that," Nugent-Hopkins said. "He made some huge saves, really tough saves, clutch saves." Matthew Tkachuk scored twice in a three-point outing while Sam Reinhart had a goal in a three-point game for Florida, which had a golden chance to take a stranglehold on the series. Anton Lundell also scored, Aleksander Barkov had two assists and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots. "If you plan for seven games, that means you're losing three of them," Florida coach Paul Maurice said. "So, take that pain and use it and come back." The Panthers dominated the opening period. Tkachuk scored his first of the game -- and of the series -- at 11:40 when he buried a shot from the left circle during a five-on-three power play, then doubled the lead five minutes later with another man-advantage marker. Lundell made it a 3-0 affair with 41.7 seconds remaining in the period. The Oilers responded with their best period of the series in the second frame. Nugent-Hopkins began the comeback at 3:33 during a power play, Edmonton's ninth consecutive game with an extra-man goal, and Nurse made it a one-goal game at 12:47 of the second. Podkolzin tied the clash a couple of minutes later when he pounced on a loose puck during a flurry and found the mark. Walman gave Edmonton its first lead of the game at 13:36 of the third period, but Reinhart's goal with 19.5 seconds remaining in regulation forced overtime yet again. Instead of building on their comeback, the Panthers must recover. "The result at the end (hurts), but what are you gonna do?" Tkachuk said. "The team that recovers the fastest will have the bigger advantage on Saturday. That's it." --Field Level Media

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June 13, 2025

Oilers rally in Game 4, drop Panthers in OT to knot finals

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Pickard saves the day for Oilers in a backup role in 5-4 OT win over Panthers in Game 4 of Cup FinalNew Foto - Pickard saves the day for Oilers in a backup role in 5-4 OT win over Panthers in Game 4 of Cup Final

A flat and undisciplined start by the Edmonton Oilers left coach Kris Knoblauch no choice but to turn to Plan B — as in backup goalie Calvin Pickard — a mere 20 minutes into Game 4 of their Stanley Cup Final series against Florida. With no disrespect to starter Stuart Skinner, who had little help in allowing three goals on 17 shots, it was the wakeup call the Oilers needed on Thursday night. Pickard stopped 22 of 23 shots and the Oilers overcame a 3-0 first-period deficit ina 5-4 overtime win over the Florida Panthersto even their Stanley Cup Final series at 2. "Unfortunate for Stu to be pulled there. Didn't give him many opportunities," Knoblauch said. "We needed to change things up, and the change was great the way he played." Pickard improved to 7-0 this postseason and has put himself in position to take over the starting duties for Game 5 with the series returning to Edmonton on Saturday. "I felt for him today," Pickard said of Skinner, who was also yanked in Game 3 after allowing five goals on 23 shotsin an eventual 6-1 loss. "He came ready to play today, made some big saves early. We just didn't have it as a team early." That changed when the Oilers responded by scoring three times in outshooting the Panthers 17-10 in the second period inwhat amounted to a near historic comeback. Edmonton became the first road team to rally from down three to win a Cup final outing since the Montreal Canadiens against the Seattle Metropolitans in 1919. Only six teams have come back from down three in the final in NHL history, the last time in 2006. Though Pickard allowed Sam Reinhart's bad-angle goal to force overtime with 20 seconds left in regulation, the 10-year journeyman enjoyed numerous standout moments before Leon Draisaitl sealed the win 11:18 into the extra frame with his NHL single-postseason record fourth overtime goal. No save was bigger than the one Pickard made some seven minutes into overtime, when Sam Bennett's shot from the slot caught the top of the goalie's glove and caromed off the crossbar. "I felt it hit my glove. I looked in my glove and didn't see it in there. And then I heard some big cheers and I'm like, 'Oh, this couldn't have gone in,'" Pickard said, not knowing what happened until he watched the replay on the scoreboard. "Yeah, good save and good bounce, too." Another key save came 12 minutes into the second period on the third shot Pickard faced and with Edmonton trailing 3-1. Jake Walman's giveaway in his own end, led to Florida's Anton Lundell driving in alone only to have Pickard kick out his right pad to make the initial stop and then smother the rebound. "I think that save kind of got me going," Pickard said. The same could apply to the Oilers, who responded with Darnell Nurse's goal about 80 seconds later, and Vasily Podkolzin tying the game at 3 with 4:55 left in the period. "It's hard to describe the situation that he gets put in sometimes," Draisaitl said of Pickard. "He's coming in, he's cold. It's not easy, and he makes those stops at the key moments that we really need them," he added. "He's been nothing but spectacular for us." Pickard became just the sixth goalie to win a Cup final game in a backup role, and the first since Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy did so in Game 2 of the Lightning's 2015 series against eventual champion Chicago. The 33-year-old also improved to 8-1 in 12 playoff appearances, and became the Oilers fourth goalie to win seven straight postseason appearances, with Grant Fuhr doing it twice, including a franchise-best 9-0 run in 1985. "I have confidence in him because you look at his record," Knoblauch said of Pickard, who went 22-10-1 to set a career-best for regular-season wins. "He's been through it all, and right now he's been enjoying the ride," the coach added. "I'm not giving him any starts. He's deserved them." Among the first players off the bench to congratulate Pickard on the win was Skinner. Though Knoblauch has yet to name his starter for Game 5, Picard was already looking ahead to returning to Edmonton. "There's no playoff environment like it. The fans are crazy. cheering for everything," Pickard said. "I can't wait and get home and play in front of them on Saturday." ___ AP NHL:https://apnews.com/hub/nhl

byLiam Oneel
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June 13, 2025

Pickard saves the day for Oilers in a backup role in 5-4 OT win over Panthers in Game 4 of Cup Final

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Fans Say Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Are 'So Back' After First PDA Moment in MonthsNew Foto - Fans Say Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Are 'So Back' After First PDA Moment in Months

Fans Say Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Are 'So Back' After First PDA Moment in Monthsoriginally appeared onParade. What if we told youTaylor SwiftandTravis Kelceare back? After not coming around for apublic event togetherin months, the two lovebirds are officially coming back so strong. On Thursday, June 12, the "So High School" songstress and her football star beau were spotted in the stands atGame 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals—and per usual, they looked totally smitten with one another. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 While watching game between Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla., Swift and Kelce appeared to be just in love as ever, with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end showing a subtle yet sweet gesture of affection toward the "Anti-Hero" singer, 35. As seen in fan-captured footage from Thursday's gameuploaded to TikTok, Kelce, 35, could be seen cradling the small of Swift's back as the pair appeared to be fully engaged in passionate conversation. "The hand on the back and the talking they are just so adorable," the TikTok user wrote across the clip, while adding in the caption, "OH WE ARE SO BACK BABY." Inanother clipcaptured during the game, the football player had Swift completely wrapped up in his arms while the pop star was cracking up laughing. At another point in that video, it looked like the couple cozied up to one another and leaned their heads on each other in yet another adorable moment. "the way he makes her laugh 🥹🥹" one user wrote in the comments. Aside from being spotted at private events and a few dinner outings, Swift and Kelce's date night on Thursday comes as their first official event together since football season, when the "Cruel Summer" songstressshowed up to support the Chiefsat Super Bowl LIX. Just weeks before that, Swift and Kelceshared several kisseson the football field after the Kansas City-based team won theAFC Championship. Related: Eagle-Eyed Fans Gush Over Travis Kelce's Subtle Support for Taylor Swift at the Gym Fans Say Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Are 'So Back' After First PDA Moment in Monthsfirst appeared on Parade on Jun 13, 2025 This story was originally reported byParadeon Jun 13, 2025, where it first appeared.

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Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for W Magazine Monica Barbaro commented on a movie she will reportedly costar in with her boyfriend Andrew Garfield "I'm excited to work with the whole cast, it's gonna be a great time," she said when asked if she is excited to work with Garfield A source first told PEOPLE that Barbaro and Garfield were dating in February Monica Barbarois gearing up to work with herboyfriendAndrew Garfieldon a new movie fromChallengersdirectorLuca Guadagnino. When Barbaro, 34, spoke withEntertainment Tonightat the Wednesday, June 11 premiere of her Netflix seriesFUBAR, theOscar-nominated actress said she "can't really say anything yet" about an upcoming movie titledArtificial, which both she and Garfield, 41, are reportedly circling roles in. "I'm so excited to work with Luca, he's just one of my favorite directors and I think everyone aspires to work with him so I'm excited about that," Barbaro said, when asked what she can share about the movie. "I'm excited to work with the whole cast, it's gonna be a great time," she added with a laugh, afterET's reporter asked specifically if she was excited to work with Garfield. Multiple outlets reported that Guadagnino, 53, was in talks to directArtificialon June 3. WhileVarietydescribed the movie as "a comedic drama set in the world of artificial intelligence,"DeadlineandThe Hollywood Reporteradded that the film is "a recounting of the tumultuous period at artificial intelligence company OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEOSam Altmanfired and rehired in a matter of days." Taylor Hill/FilmMagic; Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage As those outlets reported,Anora'sYura Borisovis also in talks to star in the movie.Artificialwill mark Garfield's second consecutive movie withQueerfilmmaker Guadagnino after he, Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri made the upcoming filmAfter The Hunt, which releases in theaters Oct. 10. A source first told PEOPLE that Garfield and Barbaro, who broke out with her role as Joan Baez in 2024'sA Complete Unknown, were dating in February. "They've been really lowkey and have been spending time together quietly," that source said at the time. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Charley Gallay/Getty; Mindy Small/WireImage; Shy McGrath/FilmMagic While the couple have not yet publicly confirmed their relationship, they have been spotted together several times, including forshopping trips in Malibu, Calif., ameetup after the Met Galain May andBroadway date nightsin New York City. Garfield, for his part, said as recently as October 2024 that he will never "speak about or confirm or deny anything about my personal life with anyone, ever," during an interview withEsquire. On top of the second season of Barbaro'sFUBAR, she is next expected to appear on the big screen alongside Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo in the 2026 movieCrime 101. Garfield will next appear inAfter The Huntand inThe Magic Faraway Tree, the latter of which releases Dec. 19. Read the original article onPeople

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Monica Barbaro 'Excited' to Work with Boyfriend Andrew Garfield on New Movie

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