Jennifer Aniston and Hypnotist Jim Curtis Are in a "Healthy, Grown-up Relationship"

Jennifer Aniston and Hypnotist Jim Curtis Are in a "Healthy, Grown-up Relationship"

Jennifer Aniston is publicly dating someone for the first time in literal years. TheFriendsstar is officially official with Jim Curtis (aka Hypnotist Jim), a "transformational coach and hypnotherapist" with half-a-million followers on Instagram. While not much is known about Jim's personal life, this is the first time Jennifer has been in a public(ish) relationship since her divorce from Justin Theroux in 2018. So it's kinda a big deal! While Jen and Jim's relationship was onlyjustconfirmed, they've been quietly dating for at least a few months. Here's their timeline—which we'll be updating as more details emerge. Jim "likes" Jennifer's Instagram post, which features a copy of his book,Shift: Quantum Manifestation Guide. No one things much of it, but people definitely notice. Jen and Jim are spotted having dinner in Northern California.DeuxMoilater notes that they had pics of the hang, but didn't publish them due to privacy concerns. DeuxMoireports on Jim and Jen's whole thing, saying the nature of their relationship "remains unknown" and that "it's plausible that Aniston is simply engaging with a popular and effective life coach." Jennifer "likes" a post from Jim about affirmations. TheDaily Mailpublishes photos of JenAn and Hypnotist Jim in Mallorca with some of Jennifer's friends—including Jason Bateman and Amanda Anka. Us Weeklyconfirms that Jennifer and Jim are, in fact, dating! A source tells the outlet that "They are being super private but have been spending a lot of time together. They are happy and really into each other." Apparently, the pair were set up by "mutual friends" and "started off as friends but really hit it off." "They've been hanging out a lot, but very much on the DL at her home in L.A.," the insider adds. "It's very Zen, and she has always been very much into that. They're a good match." A day later, theDaily Maildrops evenmorepics of Jen and Jim looking v loved-up in Mallorca with pals Courteney Cox, Olivia Wilde, Amy Schumer, and Jason Bateman. Per a source for the publication: "Jennifer is dating Jim and is very happy, but she's still taking things slowly for now. Her friends have been buzzing with excitement over the new romance, and those who have met him think they are a perfect match." The insider adds, "Jen feels very connected to Jim, as they have the same level of emotional intelligence, unlike some of her previous suitors." A source dishes toPeople, saying "[They are] casually dating and having fun" while another insider adds "They've been seeing each other for a few months now. They were introduced by a friend and started out as friends. Jen had read his book and was familiar with his work. She's really into self-help and wellness. They are dating, but it's still casual. She's been happy on her own, but she's also open to sharing her life with someone. As long as it feels right. Jen's in a very good place right now — grounded, fulfilled and very happy." Meanwhile, Jim is "very different from anyone she's dated before." Multiple sources chat toUs Weeklyabout all things Jen and Jim. "They are being super private but have been spending a lot of time together," one source says, while another notes that "This is the first guy Jen has been serious with in years." There's also this: "Her friends are always trying to set her up, and she usually laughs it off and doesn't take it seriously. Jim felt different, and she decided to give it a shot." And this: "Jen is in a good place. It feels like a healthy, grown-up relationship, [and] her friends think he's brilliant." That's all for now, but stay tuned for updates. You Might Also Like Here's What NOT to Wear to a Wedding Meet the Laziest, Easiest Acne Routine You'll Ever Try

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July 16, 2025

Jennifer Aniston and Hypnotist Jim Curtis Are in a "Healthy, Grown-up Relationship"

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“Big Brother” Contestant Isaiah 'Zae' Frederich Slammed for Using Ableist Slur on Live TV

"Big Brother" Contestant Isaiah 'Zae' Frederich Slammed for Using Ableist Slur on Live TV

Sara Mally/CBS Big Brothercontestant Isaiah "Zae" Frederich used an ableist slur while playing chess with Keanu Soto, saying, "Oh s---. I'm a f------ re----" He then noted that he "shouldn't say that word," to which Keanu agreed, "no, you shouldn't" The exchange prompted some criticism online with one person asking, "When did it become OK [to] throw that word around again?" Big Brothercontestant Isaiah "Zae" Frederich is facing criticism online after using an ableist slur during the live feed. The incident reportedly happened late at night while Zae was playing chess with fellow contestant Keanu Soto, according toTMZ. After losing a few pieces on the board, he blurted out the slur. "Oh s---. I'm a f------ re----," Zae said, before adding, "D—, I shouldn't say that word." "No, you shouldn't," Keanu responded, in a video captured by the outlet. "That's one of the ones I was working on not saying," Zae later noted. The pair then laughed it off before Keanu told him, per TMZ, "I think you're good … you're lucky it's late." However, several people responded to theBig Brotherincident onX, with one person writing, "When did it become OK [to] throw that word around again? It's everywhere again." Another userjoked, "Now CBS gonna have to address it." CBS Another wrote onX: "Well, that escalated quickly. Who knew reality TV could go off the rails so spectacularly? Classic 'Big Brother' drama." The slur in question is a hurtful term, which was originally introduced to "define people with intellectual disabilities," but in the decades since, has "become an insult used all too commonly in everyday language," according to theSpecial Olympics. "Those who use the R-word often do so with little regard for the pain it causes people with intellectual disabilities—and the exclusion it perpetuates in our society," Special Olympics continued. Big Brotherpreviously axed contestantLuke Valentineafter heused a racist sluron a Paramount+ live feed, which went viral and led to fans and viewers calling for his removal on social media. Sara Mally/CBS CBS and Big Brother's producers confirmed his removal from the series following the incident in a statement to PEOPLE at the time. "Luke violated the Big Brother code of conduct, and there is zero tolerance in the house for using a racial slur. He has been removed from the house," their statement read. HostJulie Chen Moonvesalso discussed his removal on the show, saying, "It was an emotional 24 hours in the Big Brother house as the houseguests learned that one of their own broke the Big Brother Code of Conduct and was removed from the game." CBS did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment on the incident. Read the original article onPeople

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“Big Brother” Contestant Isaiah 'Zae' Frederich Slammed for Using Ableist Slur on Live TV

"Big Brother" Contestant Isaiah 'Zae' Frederich Slammed for Using Ableist Slur on Live TV Sara Mally/CBS Big Brothercontes...

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Pogačar crashes and Abrahamsen wins stage in Tour de France

Pogačar crashes and Abrahamsen wins stage in Tour de France

TOULOUSE, France (AP) — Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen attacked from the start and won the 11th stage of the Tour de France while race favorite Tadej Pogačar crashed near the finish on Wednesday. Pogačar, the three-time champion, crashed with 3.9 kilometers remaining. His rivals for the general classification slowed down so he could get back on his bike and rejoin them. Fortunately, he was able to reattach his chain and his bike was otherwise undamaged. Abrahamsen beat Swiss rider Mauro Schmid in a photo finish in a final sprint after Belgian-born Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel made a late push to catch them. It was the Norwegian rider's first stage win at the Tour and the first in this race for his team, Uno-X Mobility. Van der Poel was 7 seconds behind in third, while the GC group including Pogačar and yellow jersey-holder Ben Healy finished 3:28 back. Healy, only thefourth Irish rider ever to hold the yellow jersey, still leads by 29 seconds from Pogačar. After the first rest day on Tuesday, Wednesday's stage was a 156.8-kilometre loop from Toulouse back to the southern "Pink City" with views of the Pyrenees. It was expected to suit the sprinters, though there was a sting in the tail with a 20% incline on the Côte de Pech David before the finish. Abrahamsen attacked with 155 kilometers to go and was joined by Schmid and Davide Ballerini, prompting persistent attacks from the likes of Van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Victor Campenaerts. Ultimately all their efforts were in vain. "It's a crazy stage, guys," the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team riders were told over their radios, "A crazy stage. Stay focused." ___ AP sports:https://apnews.com/hub/sports

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Pogačar crashes and Abrahamsen wins stage in Tour de France

Pogačar crashes and Abrahamsen wins stage in Tour de France TOULOUSE, France (AP) — Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen attacked from the start...

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Golf's major season ends too soon

Golf's major season ends too soon

There's nothing quite like the Open Championship — or the British Open, if you're America-centric — on the golf calendar. It's a weeklong exercise in coffee golf, awakening in the small hours of the morning (or staying up late, if you're on the West Coast) to watch the world's best fight through howling wind, sideways rain and brown British food while you sprawl out on the couch half-awake. It's glorious, and the only downside is that it marks the end of major-championship golf for almost nine full months. One hundred and one days. That's it. That's how long it will be from the moment that Jack Nicklaus hit his ceremonial tee shot to begin this year's Masters to the moment the final putt drops on Sunday to herald the end of the Open Championship. One hundred and one days. Fourteen weeks. Barely three months. Doesn't seem quite right, does it? Golf's major season is a flurry of some of the finest drama and narrative the sports world can conjure — the majesty of the Masters, the chaos of the PGA Championship, the brawn of the U.S. Open, the elegance of the Open Championship — that vanishes just as you've settled into its rhythms. In baseball, 101 days from Opening Day doesn't even get you to the All-Star break. In the NFL, the 101st day after this year's initial regular-season game falls the day before Week 15. It's not a perfect juxtaposition, since golf does have other events outside of the majors, of course. The Ryder Cup every two years, the Olympics every four years, the Players and FedEx Cup playoffs every year — each has its merits, each is memorable in its own way, but none of them quite match up to the majors on the scale of historic weight. Golf's most apples-to-apples comparison is with tennis, which — coincidentally enough — also has four majors: Wimbledon, plus the Australian, French and U.S. Opens. (The golf equivalents: Australian Open = PGA Championship, French Open = Open Championship, Wimbledon = The Masters, U.S. Open = U.S. Open.) However, unlike golf, tennis' Grand Slam events stretch over eight months, from mid-January to September. The majors' compact schedule means it's difficult to appreciate the historical resonance of a career-defining win. Players don't get a Super Bowl champion parade; they get on a plane and head to their next tournament. Days after he won the U.S. Open, J.J. Spaun played in the Travelers Championship. (He finished T14.) Rory McIlroy took a couple weeks off but still seems shellshocked in the wake of his seismic Masters win. In the months since his PGA win, Scottie Scheffler has … placed in the top seven of every tournament he's played, winning one. OK, bad example there. The point is, golf's calendar doesn't allow much of a slow build of anticipation. It's the sports equivalent of bingeing all episodes of a TV show at once … and then waiting through a long, cold winter for the next go-round. The tennis model would be nice, allowing for golf to extend its major season from winter all the way through late summer, from an American perspective. Nice, but also unrealistic. The problem is, there's not really much of an option to alter the golf calendar without doing something truly drastic — or, alternately, pushing around the PGA Championship. Granted, it's been done before; over the course of its 107 contests, the PGA has been played inninedifferent months — February, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. But thanks to football's massive footprint and block-out-the-sun shadow, those last four months are off the table. The Masters owns April. The U.S. and British Opens have claimed June and July. The PGA moved from August back in 2019 because May is far more hospitable for far more courses than August, and because the PGA got tired of relocating for the Olympics every few years. A move back to February, combined with something exotic — match play, perhaps? — is interesting to contemplate, but the longest of long shots to consider. Alternately, the PGA could move back to August and potentially go international … but again, that requires the PGA to shoulder the burden of extending golf's calendar while the other three majors sit comfortably ensconced in their long-claimed months. So the reality is, now and for the foreseeable future, we have just four days of major championship golf remaining in the season. Yes, the Ryder Cup and the playoffs await, but there's just one more chance this year for a player to claim, or cement, his legacy. Put the coffee on, you won't want to miss this one … because it's a long time until the azaleas bloom again.

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Golf's major season ends too soon

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Joaquin Phoenix Says ‘I’m So Sorry’ for ‘Horrible’ and ‘Uncomfortable’ Letterman Interview: ‘One of the Worst Nights of My Life’

Joaquin Phoenix Says 'I'm So Sorry' for 'Horrible' and 'Uncomfortable' Letterman Interview: 'One of the Worst Nights of My Life'

Joaquin Phoenix was the guest of honor on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" on Tuesday night, marking his first appearance on the late-night staple since his infamous 2009 interview with Dave Letterman and subsequent on-air apology the next year. The Oscar winner memorablyappeared on Letterman's "Late Show"in character (shaggy hair, untamed beard and all) from his mockumentary "I'm Still Here," which documented his life after the spoof announcement that he was retiring from acting to pursue a hip-hop career. The interview, some of which was used in the film, was incredibly awkward and led the public to believe Phoenix was having a mental breakdown. More from Variety Emma Stone on Working With Joaquin Phoenix in 'Eddington' and That Viral Bee Incident With Pedro Pascal and Austin Butler at Cannes 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman' Renewed for Seasons 6 and 7 at Netflix 'Eddington' Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Feud Through George Floyd Protests and Machine-Gun Fire in Ari Aster's COVID Western Sitting down with Colbert, Phoenix said it was his intention to get a big reaction out of not just Letterman, but the public at large. However, he said he did give the show a heads up. "When I came on this show with Dave, I originally did the pre-interview in character and I realized that it was just a little silly, so I called them back and I said, 'Listen, this is what I'm doing. I'm coming out here and I'm doing this whole thing. And I just want Dave to like, lacerate me. I just want it to be really dangerous,'" Phoenix said. "That was the kind of intention — I just always wanted to get this reaction and see how I would respond to that. So it was beneficial for no one to know, except when needed." But Phoenix admitted that the interview itself was "horrible," adding: "It was so uncomfortable. I regret it, I'll never do it again. I'm so sorry." After the two shared a laugh, Colbert told Phoenix, "I don't know if [Letterman's] watching." "He might be and I just need to say, I'm sorry," Phoenix responded. The actor, who stars in Ari Aster's new movie "Eddington," did apologize to the late-night host when he came back on "The Late Show" in 2010. "I hope I didn't offend you in any way," he said at the time. "You've interviewed many, many people and I assumed that you would know the difference between a character and a real person, but I apologize." Reflecting on the moment with Colbert, Phoenix concluded: "It was strange because in some ways, it was a success, and it was also just one of the worst nights of my life." Watch Phoenix's full interview with Colbert below. Best of Variety 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? Final Emmy Predictions: Talk Series and Scripted Variety - New Blood Looks to Tackle Late Night Staples Oscars 2026: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts, Wagner Moura and More Among Early Contenders to Watch Sign up forVariety's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram.

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Joaquin Phoenix Says ‘I’m So Sorry’ for ‘Horrible’ and ‘Uncomfortable’ Letterman Interview: ‘One of the Worst Nights of My Life’

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Taylor Swift's Dad Scott Recovering After Undergoing Heart Surgery

Taylor Swift's Dad Scott Recovering After Undergoing Heart Surgery

Rick Diamond/ACMA2013/Getty Taylor Swift's dad Scott is on the road to recovery after undergoing a heart procedure, PEOPLE confirms Scott had had quintuple bypass surgery just over a month ago The pop superstar, her brother Austin and their mom Andrea have all been by Scott's side throughout the surgery and recovery process Taylor Swift'sdad Scottis recovering after undergoing a heart procedure. Scott Swift, 73, had quintuple bypass surgery just over a month ago and is well on the road to recovery, PEOPLE has confirmed. The news was first published byTMZ. The pop superstar, 35, has been by her dad's side, along with herbrother Austin, 33, and theirmom Andrea, 67, throughout the entire surgery and recovery process. The procedure occurred after Scott went in for a check-up and his doctor noticed something that led to the operation. The procedure was not the result of a heart attack. According to theMayo Clinic, "Coronary artery bypass surgery creates a new path for blood to go around a blocked or partially blocked artery in the heart." "The surgery [often] involves taking a healthy blood vessel from the chest or leg area. The vessel is connected below the blocked heart artery. The new path improves blood flow to the heart muscle," the site adds. Maddie Meyer/Getty A representative for Swift did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. In a 2019 essay forElletitled '30 Things I Learned Before I Turned 30,' Taylor opened up about her parents' health and shared that "both of my parents have had cancer." "I've had to learn how to handle serious illness in my family ... It's taught me that there are real problems and then there's everything else," she wrote. The personal essay also saw Taylor share that hermom's cancer had returned, though she did not share any further details on her dad's health. Brooke Sutton/Getty Scott and Andrea Swift, who have been married for 37 years, have always been their daughter's biggest cheerleaders, nurturing her talent and passion from a young age. Long before she was aGrammy-winning singer, the "Fortnight" musician's parents were listening to her sing karaoke and driving her to local gigs close to where she was raised near Wyomissing, Penn. "She was always singing music when she was 3, 5, 6, 7, years old," Scott, toldUDaily, the newspaper of his alma mater, the University of Delaware, back in 2009. "It's Taylor doing what she likes to do." Taylor's parents were seen at multipleEras Tourshows before the record-shattering run of gigscame to a close in Vancouver, Canada, on Dec. 8, 2024. Scottmade several headlinesduring his appearances, including when a clip of himhanding out chicken tenders to fansat London's Wembley Stadium went viral in August 2024. "Scott handing out chicken during ["Style"] somehow makes sense,"TikTok user Stephanie Niemiecof New York City wrote overthe videoat the time, referring to Taylor's hit single from1989and1989 (Taylor's Version). 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. "Thank you for the chicken," she said to Scott in the clip before turning her phone around and adding, "The chicken is fresh." Niemiec, 22, tagged Taylor in her caption and wrote, "Tell your dad I said thank you, it was just what I needed." Read the original article onPeople

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Taylor Swift's Dad Scott Recovering After Undergoing Heart Surgery

Taylor Swift's Dad Scott Recovering After Undergoing Heart Surgery Rick Diamond/ACMA2013/Getty Taylor Swift's dad Scott is on the ro...

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