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Actor Billy Baldwin recently dropped a bombshell about Donald Trump and Marla Maples while talking to Lisa Guerrero on the ‘Lisa Guerrero Unleashed’ podcast. 

Baldwin took us back to the 1980s, sharing a story about his first experiences with the then-future president. 

“I was in the same room with this guy 15 times a year for 15 years. I was the president of the Creative Coalition. I was on the board for 12 years, and I was the president for six years. We were doing a dozen events a year, and he would come to a lot of them. I would have parties, and he would come to them. Uninvited. I was throwing a party at the plaza for Chynna. Doorbell rang. He walks in with a bunch of guys, security guys. Crashed my party,” said Baldwin.

He continued, talking about his first acting coach, Alice Spivak, and the surprising partner she wanted to pair Baldwin up with…Marla Maples!

Donald Trump wih Marla Maples outside the Consulate; circa 1980; New York. (Photo by Art Zelin/Getty Images)

According to Baldwin, Spivak told him she wanted him to put him in a scene with Maples. But that’s not all. Baldwin alleges his acting coach knew about Maples’ and Trump’s affair and wanted to break them up: “I think she thought I was some kind of man-wh***. She wanted me to like do a scene with her. Marla, you know I love you. I never told you this before, but this is what was being said to me behind the scenes.” 

Baldwin continued, “So we do a scene, and I’m in her apartment. And she has, like, the Trump Castle ashtray, the Trump Taj Mahal jumpsuit, and she’s got a giant picture, as big as your bay window, of her standing in front of the Trump helicopter. And I’m supposed to play like I don’t know. We’re rehearsing day after day after day.”

Donald Trump attends an event with Marla Maples, 1990s. (Photo by Tom Gates/Getty Images)

The actor also detailed incidents (circa 1987) when Maples would get calls from Trump: “The phone would ring, and she’s, ‘I’m sorry. I got ot take it. It’s my boyfriend.’ And she didn’t know that I knew. Finally the cat’s out of the bag. She was saying to me after I knew her for a while, it’s Donald.”

And then Baldwin dropped this bombshell: “I knew a year and a half before Ivana and a year and a half before the New York Post. I was with her in her apartment preparing these scenes before anybody knew. I knew. And then it became, ‘He said he loves me, we’re going to have a family, and we’re going to spend our lives together, and we’re going to have a baby. But he keeps dragging his feet, and he won’t do it. And then I believe the chronology was she got pregnant with Tiffany. It ended with Ivana. He ran off with Marla, who was just a Georgia peach. She’s just such a doll.” 

Trump and Maples’ affair was the talk of the tabloids in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s. In 1990, the New York Daily News broke the story, putting Maples into the spotlight. The future president married the actress/model in 1993, two months after their daughter Tiffany was born and one year after divorcing his first wife. The pair separated in 1997 and eventually divorced in 1999. 

Neither Donald Trump nor Marla Maples has responded to Baldwin’s story or confirmed the actor’s recollection of the alleged events he describes.

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Prepping your home for fall doesn’t always mean buying new furniture or splurging on expensive storage pieces. Sometimes all you need is a small, quick fix to get the little things under control, and right now, the Martha Stewart 3-Pack Clear Storage Bin Set is just $13 at JCPenney, down from $22, with promo code LV2TEACH. It includes three clear bins and an engineered wood lid available in white and brown.

Each bin measures 3 inches wide, 3.75 inches deep, and 2 inches high, so they’re perfect for smaller everyday items. The clear plastic also makes it easy to see what’s inside, while the stackable design lets you use vertical space on a desk, vanity, bathroom counter, or shelf. The bins are made from BPA-free, crack-resistant plastic and can be wiped clean with a dry cloth.

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You can use this set all over the house, depending on what you need to organize. You could keep the bins in a closet for earrings, hair ties, or clips, put them on a desk for paper clips, pins, and sticky notes, or place them on a vanity for cotton pads and other small essentials.

One shopper called them “perfect for little things,” and another said the set “fits perfectly on my desk.” Reviewers have also used the bins for everything from earrings and travel-size skincare to paper clips, rubber bands, and bathroom essentials. Others praised the compact size, with one calling the set “small, compact, and portable” and another wrote, “It’s cute and holds a lot.”

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The wood-look lid also makes this easy to leave out instead of hiding it in a cabinet. It would look nice on an open bathroom counter, desk, or nightstand, especially if you already have lighter wood tones in the room. Just keep in mind the set includes one lid for the top of the stack, not a separate lid for each bin.

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Jameela Jamil is back with another Botox hot take—her third post on the subject this week.

The Good Place actress shared another lengthy Instagram message on Tuesday, September 8, and her latest message includes a prediction about what the normalization of Botox could eventually mean for actresses over 30.

“I predict the normalization of women in tv and cinema, over 30, having Botox… will lead to audience displeasure with the limited performances as the range of emotion is stunted,” Jamil wrote.

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She argued that this could result in Hollywood moving away from stories centered on older women and instead favoring younger actresses “who have full range of motion in their faces, because they don’t yet ‘need’ Botox.”

“This is how we help pave the way to the erasure of women,” she concluded.

Jamil expanded in the caption, placing much of the blame on the pressures women face in the entertainment industry. “Shame on the system that made women feel they had to do this to keep working but didn’t put that pressure on the men,” she wrote.

Her concerns now extend to artificial intelligence as well. “We are running out of time before AI replaces women,” she warned. “Filters were the beginning of the grooming process and a lot of us fell for it.”

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Fans were sure to chime in in the comments.

“Omg, are you still on about that?! Give it a break, woman! Let women do whatever they want with their faces,” one quipped.

“Why can’t a woman want Botox? Isn’t feminism about allowing us these choices without judgment ?” said another.

A third wrote, “Where do you say draw the line? All plastic surgery? Nail enhancement? Teeth straightening/veneers? Make up? Hair dye?”

Others agreed with the actress, though. One replied, “Love your view on this. 🥲 I was shamed into rhinoplasty because of online bullying.”

“HARD AGREE! How can we relate to anyone’s emotions if we can’t see facial expressions?” another said.

The post marks the latest in a string of messages from Jamil criticizing Botox and the beauty standards placed on women. She previously argued that she wants women to maintain their “full expression” rather than feeling pressure to freeze their faces, later clarifying that her concern specifically centers on “Facial emotion. Facial freedom.”

Her latest comments also come as Jamil takes some time away following health issues. She canceled her sold-out WRUNG TURNS live show last week after revealing she’d been “really sick” and dealing with hospital visits.

And Jamil knows she’s said plenty on the Botox subject already. “I have one substack to post about this and then I’m done,” she wrote. “I’ve made my point. But it’s only natural I triple down.”

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In 1989, millions of viewers tuned in to watch Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones saddle up for one of television’s most acclaimed Westerns. Now, 37 years later, the story behind “Lonesome Dove” is heading back to the small screen.

Netflix has ordered a new “Lonesome Dove” series based on Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, with Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart serving as co-showrunners, according to Deadline. The project comes from Netflix and Teton Ridge Entertainment, which acquired the film and television rights to the “Lonesome Dove” literary franchise earlier this year.

The new adaptation is envisioned as an ongoing series and will once again follow former Texas Rangers Augustus “Gus” McCrae and Woodrow Call. Facing an uncertain future, the longtime friends embark on a dangerous cattle drive from the Rio Grande to Montana, leading a sprawling group of characters through the American West.

Kazan and Stuart are already working together on another celebrated American novel for Netflix: John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden,” starring Florence Pugh.

“After our singular experience on East of Eden, we are thrilled to be teaming with Netflix again, along with Teton Ridge Entertainment, to bring Larry McMurtry’s western classic to life,” Kazan and Stuart said in a statement. “We come to this material with love and respect, and can’t wait to hit the trail with Gus and Call and the rest of these beloved characters. Yee-haw.”

McMurtry’s “Lonesome Dove” was published in 1985 and won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The epic Western centers on retired Texas Rangers Gus and Call and the people they encounter while driving a cattle herd from Texas to Montana.

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Four years after the book’s publication, CBS transformed it into a four-part miniseries starring Duvall as Gus and Jones as Call. The ensemble also included Danny Glover, Diane Lane and Anjelica Huston.

The production became a massive television event. An estimated 26 million homes tuned in, and Lonesome Dove earned 18 Emmy nominations and seven wins. It also won two Golden Globes, including Best Miniseries and Best Actor in a Miniseries for Duvall.

More than three decades later, the miniseries remains remarkably well regarded, with a 98% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.

McMurtry’s story was hardly a one-and-done phenomenon, either. “Lonesome Dove” became the first published installment in a larger series that eventually included the sequel “Streets of Laredo” and the prequels “Dead Man’s Walk” and “Comanche Moon,” all of which were also adapted for television.

Netflix has not yet announced casting for the new Lonesome Dove, meaning the question of who will inherit Duvall and Jones’ iconic roles as Gus and Call remains unanswered.

But the creative team knows the considerable boots they’re stepping into.

“‘Lonesome Dove’ is one of the great American stories, and there was no question we wanted to follow Zoe and Jeb wherever they went next. After East of Eden, we know exactly what they’re capable of — the depth of character, the sweep of place, the emotional precision. This material deserves that level of care. In their hands, it’s going to be something extraordinary. We’re excited to partner with Teton Ridge to bring this legendary story to life.” Netflix Head of Scripted Series, UCAN Jinny Howe said.

Teton Ridge Entertainment president Jillian Share added, “‘Lonesome Dove’ is the kind of story that only comes along once in a generation. Its characters, scope and deeply human portrait of the American West have made it an enduring classic, and we see an extraordinary opportunity to bring Larry McMurtry’s world to a new generation of audiences. We’re thrilled to partner with Netflix and for Zoe and Jeb to reimagine this landmark story while preserving the heart and spirit that have made Lonesome Dove so beloved.”

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As Donnie Darko celebrates 25 years, the film and its carefully curated music are back in the spotlight. A psychological sci-fi thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a troubled teenager caught in a surreal, time-bending mystery, Richard Kelly‘s film has become a cult classic over the years. As has its soundtrack.

After the post-9/11 climate hampered its October 2001 release, the film found a devoted audience on home video and eventually became a cult sensation. Kelly’s genre-defying narrative and Gyllenhaal’s performance as Donnie helped cement its reputation, while its thoughtful soundtrack helped turn the film’s pivotal scenes into iconic movie-music moments.

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Perhaps none is more haunting, though, than the film’s closing sequence, soundtracked to a stripped-down rendition of “Mad World,” the moody Tears for Fears ballad that had already been around for nearly two decades.

First released in September 1982, “Mad World” became Tears for Fears’ first major U.K. hit, peaking at No. 3 on the Official Singles Chart. Written by band co-founder and principal songwriter Roland Orzabal, the song grew out of his observations of everyday life and his fascination with a new-wave sound he’d heard on the radio.

“It’s a bizarre viewpoint to watch people go about their daily routine, having to work for a living, when you’re sitting in a flat, unemployed,” Orzabal told Top 2000 a gogo. “That’s where it came from.”

The song was also inspired by Duran Duran, whose breakthrough single, “Girls on Film,” had been released the previous year.

“I just thought: ‘I’m going to have a crack at something like that.’ I did and ended up with ‘Mad World,’” Orzabal said. “Eventually, we made the first demo of ‘Mad World‘ still with me singing. But I didn’t like it. So I said to Curt, ‘Look, you sing it.’ And suddenly it sounded fabulous.”

That Curt was Curt Smith, the band’s co-lead vocalist and bassist. Smith later said the song was easy for him to sing because he could relate to Orzabal’s lyrics and their shared experience growing up with single mothers and absent fathers.

“The song was the perfect platform,” he said via Songfacts.

Nineteen years later, Kelly used their music as a crucial part of Donnie Darko’s storytelling. But, as he recently explained to Wired, the soundtrack wasn’t the result of some grand theory; he chose songs he loved and imagined how they would interact with his visuals.

“I wasn’t thinking that deep,” Kelly said, speaking about the film’s music. “I was just like, ‘I love this song.’ Like, ‘Head Over Heels’ [by Tears for Fears] was written into the script because I knew that when Donnie and his friends jump out of the school bus, when Donnie’s feet hit the pavement, that first big piano note of ‘Head Over Heels’ starts.”

He continued, “When the camera flies through the window, and you see all the kids sitting down and Drew Barrymore gathering the class together … ‘Time flies.’ I had to get from the feet hitting the pavement to when they said, ‘Time flies,’ and I had to edit the song down. It was me doing a music video and loving that song and the vibe and the energy of it.”

“Mad World” received similar care, but ultimately served a different purpose, becoming the emotional release at the end of the movie.

“I have to give an enormous amount of credit to Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe, my music supervisors, who really expanded the canvas of the music in the movie to include Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen,” Kelly said. “It really did form a cohesive musical narrative. We were very fortunate, because no one was really trying to license a lot of that music in the year 2000.”

Fans of the film will note that the version of “Mad World” in Donnie Darko isn’t the original Tears for Fears recording. It’s a radically reimagined cover by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews, built around Andrews’ spare piano and Jules’ vocals.

The contrast is striking.

Where Tears for Fears wrapped Orzabal’s somber lyrics in polished synthesizers and propulsive rhythms, the Andrews/Jules version strips the arrangement down, bringing the song’s melancholy to the foreground. The result fit Donnie Darko’s final moments so perfectly that the cover eventually developed a legacy of its own, reaching No. 1 on the U.K.’s Christmas chart.

Even Smith and Orzabal were fans. According to Songfacts, Orzabal considered the cover one of his proudest moments.

In the end, “Mad World” didn’t simply appear in Donnie Darko. The movie helped give a 1982 song a second life and, in the process, turned it into a cross-generational hit.

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One of the biggest surprises at the box office at the end of August has been Coyote vs. ACME. It’s not the financials or the reviews that have surprised — it’s the fact that it’s even made it to the theaters at all!

This was a movie that was filmed, scrapped, and then shopped around. So, now that the Looney Tunes movie is out in theaters, parents want to know when they can watch it at home with their children. After all, movie theaters are wildly expensive! So, where will it stream and when?

Where Will ‘Coyote vs. ACME’ Stream?

Coyote vs. ACME isn’t likely to stream on Netflix, even though that’s where many people would love to watch it. While it was no longer a Warner Bros. Discovery movie due to the decision to scrap it for the tax break, most expect that the Warner Bros. streaming platform, HBO Max, will end up getting the streaming rights.

While Ketchup Entertainment ended up with the distribution rights for the John Cena live-action/animation hybrid, it’s still technically Warner Bros. property. They wouldn’t have given up everything, so the movie is likely to head to the exact same streaming platform it was originally going to go to after its theatrical release.

When Will ‘Coyote vs. ACME’ Head to Streaming?

So, how long do parents need to wait? Ketchup Entertainment has some experience with Looney Tunes properties. In March 2025, it released The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie in theaters. It took just a month for it to head to PVOD (where people buy the Digital release), and then it took around 105 days to head to the HBO Max streaming service.

So, with all that in mind, we’re looking at the movie being available to buy or rent digitally (via Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango, etc.) on Sept. 29, 2026. Streaming is going to take a little bit longer, but probably not that much. In fact, you’ll be able to watch with the family before the end of 2026.

With a 105-day window, it’s likely that Coyote vs. ACME will hit HBO Max around Dec. 11, 2026. HBO Max generally premieres new movies on Thursdays or Fridays. For example, Supergirl’s release date is set for Sept. 10. So, Dec. 10 or Dec. 11 makes the most sense for this Looney Tunes adventure.

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A denim jacket is the ideal piece to help you effortlessly transition into cooler weather. It’s a versatile layer that can easily be thrown over pretty much any outfit, including dresses, skirts, loungewear, and more. If you’ve been looking for a timeless jacket to carry you through fall, Walmart’s bestselling Eytino Denim Jacket has you covered.

The stylish jean jacket features a classic design that can be dressed up or down for a variety of occasions — and it’s currently available at a major discount. Originally priced at $68, it’s now on sale for just $35 in all five washes: dusk blue, white, dark gray, black, and Ashleigh blue. 

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Available in sizes small to 2XL, this denim jacket is a stylish pick for summer-to-fall weather, adding an extra layer of warmth or a cute finishing touch to any look. Constructed from a soft cotton blend, it’s made to provide all-day comfort while allowing for easy movement. It has a timeless design with a classic button-front closure and distinctive pocket detailing, offering convenient storage for small essentials. 

The lightweight feel and slouchy, relaxed fit makes it effortless to throw on during those in-between fall days when you need an extra layer that’s not too bulky or heavy. You can wear it over a tee and jeans for a casual daytime outfit, or don it over a dress or skirt for an effortlessly polished look. 

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The Eylino jacket has earned high praise from Walmart shoppers, who called it “stylish and comfy.” Multiple reviewers noted that it’s “perfect to layer,” with one adding that it’s “great over sweaters.” Another buyer said it has a “perfectly boxy fit for layering,” while a third noted that they “love the pockets” and that it offers “great quality, fit, and style.”

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Sixty-three years ago, country star Dave Dudley released “Six Days on the Road,” and despite never topping any Billboard charts, it has gone down in history as one of the defining hits of the country genre.

Released in May 1963 as a single, “Six Days on the Road” became a breakthrough success. Shortly after its arrival, the track climbed both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Singles charts, peaking at No. 32 and No. 2, respectively. It would eventually be part of his 1964 album, Songs About the Working Man.

Despite never leading either chart, the song experienced significant commercial triumph. Since its release, the track has moved over 1 million copies, earning a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). At the height of its 1963 popularity, it sold thousands of units daily.

Country singer Dave Dudley singing on stage circa 1984.

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Written by Earl Green and Carl Montgomery, “Six Days on the Road” tells the story of a hard-working truck driver racing home to see his family after a week on the highway. The track explores themes of life on the road and long-distance relationships, connecting deeply with working-class audiences.

In 2003, Dudley famously summarized his life and on-the-road anthem with this sentiment: “It’s not the years, so much; it’s the mileage that’ll kill ya.” Today, that quote holds up alongside the song, which is regularly ranked among country music’s most notable works.

In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked their picks for the 200 best country songs of all time, compiling a list of the greatest works in the genre. Ranked among classics like David Allan Coe’s 1975 hit “You Never Even Called Me by My Name” at No. 160 and The Mavericks’ 1995 song “All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down” at No. 159, Dudley’s single came in at No. 161—attesting to its lasting critical acclaim.

Over six decades after its release, “Six Days on the Road” has maintained a dedicated fan base, bridging the gap between generations in the digital era. On Spotify, the track has racked up over 32 million streams across its different renditions.

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With the coziest season of the year nearly upon us, it only feels right to start upgrading the places where you relax at home. Whether that’s a clever way to organize the living room, a bedroom accessory that limits visits to the kitchen or a dorm room essential that maximizes small spaces, there’s a world of ways to improve your favorite space.

If there’s one retailer who knows a thing or two about kicking back at home, it’s Costco. And right now, the popular warehouse giant is selling the perfect tool to help organize your zone, whether you’re kicking back for movie night or taking in the morning sunrise with a cup of joe: the Smart Design Acacia Couch Console.

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Spotted in-store by @costcofam4u and promptly shared online to spread the news, Costco’s Smart Design Acacia Couch Console adds a whole new level of convenience to couchside recreation. Serving as a stylish solution for keeping essentials neatly organized and easy to reach, it pairs a beautiful acacia wood tray with a cleverly designed plastic-and-silicone organizer to create a compact command center anyone can use.

At $18.99, this clever couch console punches far beyond its price tag, with a designer look and plenty of handy features to boot. The removable acacia tray features integrated carry handles for easy transportation from room to room, while the console inside offers two beverage holders, including one mug-friendly cutout, and a rotatable phone holder for hands-free viewing.

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Beyond its standard specs, this stylish console really shines in its high-end properties. Made of durable, high-quality silicone, the insert is both detachable and easy to clean when messes happen. Even better, it’s totally waterproof and dishwasher-safe, too. That means you can rely on it to hold up through intense game-day viewing parties, movie marathons, kids’ sleepovers and more. 

And with a price point that hardly feels like overspending, snagging something this affordable to keep things like remotes, phones, glasses and other everyday essentials neat, tidy and within reach is a total no-brainer. And its versatility doesn’t have to stop at the couch either; it comes in clutch at the beach, on a boat, in the back seat of your car or at a campsite.

Be on the lookout for it at your local Costco this week so you can snatch one up and get started elevating your space for the cozy season ahead. While you’re there, don’t miss out on Costco’s new Kirkland Signature loungewear and Canon Ivy 2 Mini Photo Printer either.

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Just two years following the debut of the late Michael Jackson‘s still-celebrated album, Thriller, his younger sister, Janet Jackson, released her second record, Dream Street, which garnered less acclaim. However, one of the songs from Janet’s 1984 record, “Don’t Stand Another Chance,” was recently spotlighted by Far Out magazine.

On September 8, the publication released a ranking titled “The 10 most underrated songs from the 1980s,” which highlighted less popular ’80s tunes like “The Whole of the Moon” by The Waterboys, “Bizarre Love Triangle” by New Order, and “Wild Wild Life” by Talking Heads. Far Out magazine put “Don’t Stand Another Chance,” penned by John Barnes and Janet’s brother, Marlon Jackson, at the ranking’s top spot, crowning the track “the most underrated song from the 1980s.”

Far Out reported that Marlon wasn’t the only Jackson sibling involved with recording Janet’s song. In a 1984 interview, Jackson said her brothers, Marlon, Michael, Tito Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, and Jackie Jackson “sang background” for “Don’t Stand Another Chance.”

During a 1984 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Janet suggested she faced some challenges being a member of such a famous family.

“There are times when I like to be just someone else. Especially with friends, it’s hard to choose friends. You don’t know if they’re being your friend because you’re Michael Jackson’s sister or Marlon Jackson’s sister and they want to get next to them,” explained the singer, now 60.

She clarified that she was “really proud” of Michael’s success.

“I think it’s great,” said Janet in the 1984 interview with Entertainment Tonight.

Janet Jackson Discussed Her Musical Influences in a 2018 Interview

Throughout her over four decades in the music industry, Janet released several albums, which were praised by fans and critics alike, including 1993’s Janet and Rhythm Nation 1814 from 1989. During a 2018 interview with SiriusXM, Janet gave insight into her musical influences. She said her family is a constant influence, as well as Brazilian music and jazz.

Janet then shared that she had a deep appreciation for jazz musician Miles Davis, who died in 1991 at the age of 65. She said she would often run into him at a clothing store they both shopped at.

“He was always so sweet to me and would come up and say hello and take the time out to talk with me,” said Janet in the interview.

She said, however, that “not once did [she] ever tell him how much [she] enjoyed his music and to thank him for it.”

“I was too shy, but I really appreciated him talking to me, and listening to him,” said the “Rhythm Nation” singer.

The Andy Griffith Show ended its eight-season run in 1968, but the beloved CBS sitcom remains one of television’s most highly regarded comedies.

The series, which starred Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, first aired on CBS on Oct. 3, 1960. It followed Andy, his young son Opie, and the colorful residents of the fictional Mayberry, North Carolina.

More than five decades after its final episode aired on April 1, 1968, the sitcom continues to attract viewers through reruns and remains part of conversations about the greatest television shows ever made.

Using the ending year as the reference point, 2026 marks 58 years since The Andy Griffith Show ended. Its long life after the original broadcast is a major part of its legacy.

‘The Andy Griffith Show’ episode “The Darling Fortune” on July 1, 1966.

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Rolling Stone placed the series at No. 14 on its 2021 list of the 100 Best Sitcoms of All Time. Rolling Stone praised Griffith’s Sheriff Andy Taylor as a wise, gentle and likable television character while also mentioning Don Knotts’ comic performance as Deputy Barney Fife.

‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Became a Classic CBS Sitcom

The story centered on Andy Taylor, a widowed sheriff raising his son Opie in the quiet town of Mayberry. Unlike many television comedies built around big conflicts, the series often found humor in ordinary problems involving neighbors, friends and family.

Andy was calm and practical, while Barney Fife was his enthusiastic but often bumbling deputy. Their friendship became one of the show’s biggest sources of comedy.

At home, Andy relied on his Aunt Bee, played by Frances Bavier, to help care for Opie. Ron Howard, then credited as Ronny Howard, played Andy’s son.

The town itself was just as important as its main characters. Mayberry was filled with familiar faces, including Gomer Pyle, Goober Pyle, Floyd the Barber and Otis Campbell.

The series began with an appearance by Griffith on The Danny Thomas Show. In the Feb. 15, 1960, episode “Danny Meets Andy Griffith,” Griffith played Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry. Bavier and Howard also appeared in the episode before the character and setting became part of the new CBS sitcom.

The Andy Griffith Show officially premiered later that year.

Over eight seasons, the series produced 249 half-hour episodes. The first five seasons were filmed in black and white, while the final three were filmed in color.

The show was never ranked lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings during its run and finished its final season at No. 1. Only I Love Lucy and Seinfeld had also ended their runs at the top of the ratings.

The show’s success was also recognized through awards. Don Knotts won five Emmy Awards for his supporting performance as Barney Fife, while Frances Bavier also won an Emmy for her work as Aunt Bee.

The show’s continued popularity is not only tied to its original ratings. It has spent decades in syndication, allowing new generations to discover Mayberry long after the original series ended.

In a 2025 interview with People, actress Margaret Kerry, who appeared in two episodes, described the atmosphere on the set and explained why she believes the show continues to connect with viewers.

“How does it still connect? I think once they glom onto it… they see something different. Something nice. They recognize someone they knew,” Kerry said. “Or they say, ‘Oh, look how that turned.’ It touches their hearts. And their minds. And they think, ‘I want to watch this again.’”

Kerry also remembered how guest actors were welcomed by the main cast. Rather than being treated as outsiders, she said they became part of the show’s environment.

Ron Howard has similarly looked back fondly on his years on the series. Howard was only six when The Andy Griffith Show began, and the experience became an important part of his childhood.

In 2025, Howard told People, “It does represent my childhood. . . . To think about that being 65 years now, it’s pretty mind-blowing.”

He also remembered Griffith as an important figure in his early life and career.

“Andy was like a wonderful uncle to me. He created an atmosphere of hard work and fun that I try to bring to my movies,” Howard said.

The young actor eventually became a successful director, working on films including Splash, Apollo 13, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and A Beautiful Mind.

The show’s influence also continued through its characters and spin-offs. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. began in 1964, turning Jim Nabors’ Gomer Pyle into the lead of another successful CBS comedy.

After Griffith left the original series, the story of Mayberry continued through Mayberry R.F.D., which ran for three seasons and ended in 1971.

The original cast also returned for Return to Mayberry in 1986. Griffith, Howard, Knotts and several other familiar faces reunited for the television movie, giving fans another visit to the fictional town.

The show’s legacy has also been recognized by TV Guide. In 2002, it ranked The Andy Griffith Show No. 9 on its list of the 50 Best Shows of All Time. In 2013, it placed the sitcom at No. 15 on its list of the 60 Greatest Shows of All Time.

Another sign of the show’s lasting impact came from the episode “Opie the Birdman,” which ranked No. 24 on TV Guide‘s 1997 list of the 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.

For a sitcom that ended in 1968, The Andy Griffith Show has maintained an unusually long television life. Its simple setting, familiar characters and stories about family and community have helped it remain recognizable to audiences decades after its CBS run ended.

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Cultivating a fulfilling social life is one of the best ways to keep your mind sharp and fend off loneliness as you progress throughout life. After all, it’s the relationships we form and the connections we maintain that help us navigate the more challenging seasons of life.

Younger adults often equate a packed calendar with a thriving social life, but you don’t have to overschedule yourself in order to feel connected. Learning that little nugget of knowledge comes with experience, and—over time—you realize that you can still have a rewarding social life on your own terms as you get older. In fact, we chatted with a psychiatrist who says people over 50 have one social advantage younger adults often don’t.

Here, Dr. Nikole Benders-Hadi, a board-certified psychiatrist and the Chief Medical Officer at Talkspace, reveals how your social life actually improves as you get older. She breaks down the four ways that emotional intelligence surges after 50 and also shares why younger adults sometimes struggle with social fatigue.

Since it’s never too late to create a new social circle at any stage of your life, Dr. Benders-Hadi also offers up some tips for cultivating high-quality friendships at any age.

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The #1 Social Advantage of People Over 50, According to Psychiatrist

With age comes wisdom, especially when it comes to friendships. Later in life, Dr. Benders-Hadi says people often begin to enjoy a social life that’s “less stressful, more authentic and tailored entirely to personal happiness.”

“Earlier in adulthood, friendships and social connections are often shaped by work, parenting, status, networking, proximity or expectations,” she tells Parade. “By 50+, many people have more clarity about who they actually enjoy being around, and much less interest in maintaining relationships simply because they are expected to.”

Stanford psychologist Laura Carstensen coined the term “Socioemotional Selectivity Theory (SST)” and expanded on it in a 2021 journal article titled, “Socioemotional Selectivity Theory: The Role of Perceived Endings in Human Motivation.”

Per Dr. Benders-Hadi, the theory explains how the perception of time “plays a fundamental role in the selection and pursuit of social goals.”

“When time feels infinite, typically during youth and young adulthood, goals are rooted in knowledge building, exploration of new experiences and expansion of social networks,” she explains. “But as people age and realize their time is limited, priorities shift from exploratory goals to more emotional ones. That limited time is selectively spent investing in enjoying experiences in the moment and deepening bonds.”

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4 Ways Emotional Intelligence Surges After 50

The more you experience throughout your life, the more you exercise your emotional intelligence. Here are four ways this important trait can increase after 50.

1. Emotional regulation

“Older adults generally become significantly better at regulating negative emotions like anger, frustration and anxiety compared to younger adults,” Dr. Benders-Hadi says.

2. Perspective shifts

“Rather than reacting defensively, individuals past 50 are often much better at seeing situations from multiple points of view and holding space for conflicting feelings,” Dr. Benders-Hadi tells Parade.

3. Conflict resolution

“Instead of avoiding conflict or escalating arguments, mature adults tend to excel at collaborative problem-solving and de-escalation,” Dr. Benders-Hadi notes.

4. Staying positive

“They exhibit a well-documented psychological trait known as the positivity effect: a natural neurological bias toward remembering, prioritizing and dwelling on positive social interactions over negative ones,” Dr. Benders-Hadi says.

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Why Younger Adults Struggle With Social Fatigue

As you’ve matured, you’ve likely noticed that you encounter social fatigue less often now than you did earlier in life. Dr. Benders-Hadi says there’s a relatable reason for that.

“Younger adults experience a fundamentally different psychological and neurological workload during social interactions that older adults no longer carry, making them far more prone to ‘social burnout,'” she explains. “While establishing their identities and building careers, younger people are trapped in a continuous cycle of impression management, such as monitoring how they are perceived, actively pursuing wide networks and navigating digital connectivity.”

At this stage in life, younger adults’ prefrontal emotional regulation systems are still maturing, which can influence the way they behave.

“They react more strongly to potential rejection or social awkwardness, which keeps their nervous systems on high alert,” she continues. “In contrast, adults over 50 have a more settled sense of self and a more curated inner circle to interact with authentically and without the burn of social anxiety.”

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How To Cultivate High-Quality Friendships at Any Age: 4 Tips

Our friendships may evolve as we get older, but there are a few universal tips for developing strong friendships, regardless of your age.

1. Practice active listening 

“Don’t just listen to respond. Focus on understanding the other person. Ask open-ended questions about their life and remember the small details they share,” Dr. Benders-Hadi suggests.

2. Make the effort to reach out

“Something [as] simple as sending a check-in text when someone crosses your mind or sharing an article you think they would find interesting can go a long way,” Dr. Benders-Hadi says.

3. Lead with vulnerability 

“Deep bonds form when you share authentic struggles, not just highlight reels,” Dr. Benders-Hadi explains. “Taking the risk to show up as your real, imperfect self invites others to let their guard down as well.”

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4. Show up

“Whether it’s helping a friend move or showing support during a crisis, true friendship is built on presence during all of life’s ups and downs,” Dr. Benders-Hadi says.

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Source:

• Dr. Nikole Benders-Hadi is a board-certified psychiatrist and the Chief Medical Officer at Talkspace.
• Socioemotional Selectivity Theory: The Role of Perceived Endings in Human Motivation. (27 October 2021). The Gerontologist. 

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Dolly Parton’s unmistakable style extended far beyond the stage. Her home collection brings the country icon’s signature sparkle and Southern charm to everything from dazzling drinkware and pretty platters to bakeware and kitchen utensils. And for fans who loved her warm, colorful aesthetic, these pieces offer a sweet way to bring a little bit of Dolly into everyday life.

One especially delightful find is the Dolly Parton Jeweled Mosaic Butterfly Design Stoneware Pie Dish, available at Amazon for $30. Made for baking and serving everything from classic apple and pecan pies to savory quiches, the decorative dish brings country charm to the table before dessert is even sliced. And with fall baking season right around the corner, the timing couldn’t be sweeter.

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This dish is almost too pretty to cover with crust! The center features a large butterfly in shades of pink, red, and purple, with tiny mosaic-like sections filling its wings for a stained-glass effect. Swirls of pale coral cover the creamy background, while geometric borders and more intricate patterns continue around the sides. 

There’s an extra-special inscription tucked around the inside rim: “Dreams are of no value if they’re not equipped with wings.” The Dolly Parton lyric wraps around the entire dish in purple lettering, tying right back to the butterfly in the center. Measuring 10 inches in diameter and 2.13 inches high, this baking dish offers plenty of room for apple pie, pumpkin pie, fruit cobbler, or savory recipes like quiche, casseroles, or shepherd’s pie. 

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The stoneware construction is oven- and microwave-safe, so you can bake in it, bring it straight to the table, and reheat leftovers without switching dishes. Better yet, it’s dishwasher-safe, so you won’t have a pile of hand-washing waiting after dessert. 

Dolly fans praised this “beautiful” pie dish in the reviews section, calling the design “lovely.” One shopper wrote that the stoneware piece has “got Dolly’s charm to it!”

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Baking season is calling, and this dish certainly knows how to dress for the occasion. Shop the Dolly Parton Jeweled Mosaic Butterfly Design Stoneware Pie Dish for $30 at Amazon.

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If you have ever cried in a dressing room while trying on jeans with your mom, please know that I relate and this is a safe place. Jeans can be tough. Finding the right size, length, fabric and style in one pair can sometimes feel like an impossible feat. Luckily, it’s no longer 2006. You have your money, and you have the Internet, which lets you read reviews before you buy, so you can narrow down the jeans you want to try on a little more easily. Well, if you’re looking for flattering, affordable high-waisted jeans with a relaxed fit that aren’t overly baggy, Costco has just the pair for you.

Hudson’s Women’s Barrel Leg Jeans are too cute to pass up. Featuring a flattering high-waist cut and a tapered barrel leg, these jeans are on-trend yet comfortable thanks to their relaxed fit. That said, these aren’t too baggy. The jeans come in either cream or light blue and are available in sizes 2 through 18.

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Hudson Women’s Barrel Leg Jean, $26.99 at Costco

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These jeans are made of heavyweight material, so they won’t feel cheap. Being 94 percent cotton also makes them super soft and comfy to wear.

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Costco shoppers love these barrel jeans, giving them an average rating of 4.4 stars on Costco.com. Reviewers say the jeans are comfortable, stylish and the perfect fit, and affordable to boot.

“Best jeans ever!” raved one fan in a five-star review on Costco.com. “I have a small waist, wide hips and large thighs. Thought these Hudson barrel leg jeans looked interesting and the reviews were promising, so I ordered a pair. To my delight, they’re perfect in all the right ways: fabric weight, fit, price and color. They’re even the right length. I’m 5′ 4″. I immediately ordered more. So happy that Costco offered such nice and affordable jeans. I would say they run a little large.”

“I absolutely love these jeans! They are true to size and fit perfectly. They have the trendy barrel-leg style without being overly baggy or oversized. The fit is flattering, comfortable and just right. If you’re looking for a barrel jean that’s stylish and easy to wear, I highly recommend these!” said another happy Costco shopper in a five-star review on Costco’s website.

You can find these on-trend barrel jeans on Costco.com or in select Costco warehouses. Each pair retails for $26.99.

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If you love treating your front porch as the opening act for Halloween decorating, then we could be friends. The porch is the first glimpse anyone gets, so why not use it to set the mood? But I’m not necessarily looking to get ghoulish. Give me something a little gothic, a little mysterious and just dramatic enough to make the neighbors wonder what’s going on inside. Think moody florals, dark colors, flickering lanterns and perhaps a few strategically placed pumpkins—but nothing that requires a fog machine or a cemetery’s worth of skeletons.

The beauty of this approach is that Halloween decor doesn’t have to be horror-filled to make an impression. Sometimes a touch of darkness is all you need. And I especially love pieces that feel more like they belong in a stylish, slightly spooky manor house than in a Halloween aisle.

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24″ Moon Wreath by Ashland, $35.99 (originally $59.99) at Michaels

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That’s exactly the vibe I get from Michaels’ 24-inch Moon Wreath by Ashland, which is shaped like a crescent moon. It has the celestial drama, the gothic flourish with those jewel-toned flowers and black foliage, plus enough Halloween spirit to make your front door look positively enchanted. And yes, I’m already picturing it surrounded by a few black lanterns and an unreasonable number of pumpkins.

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I’m definitely hanging this beauty on my front door, but you could also add it to a gallery wall.

For those who love that dark academia decor energy, plenty of Michaels shoppers are leaving this wreath up year-round.

“I bought two of the large crescent wreaths and the dark muted colors are so pretty,” writes a customer in their review. “This is definitely a year-round wreath. Nice and full and big! Not tacky or cheap. I may need to buy more just in case.”

Another person describes it as “witchy and wonderful.”

“I love the muted, dark color scheme as well as the size of this wreath,” they wrote. “It’s a nice, big piece and I’m happy to have it hanging in my home.”

Right now, you can get the wreath at a pretty nice 40 percent discount. While Michaels tends to run sales and promotions pretty frequently, you’ll definitely want to nab this one at the marked-down price.

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Chart-topping rock band Shinedown has made history once again with the release of their latest single.

The Florida quartet, featuring vocalist Brent Smith, drummer Barry Kerch, lead guitarist Zach Myers, and bassist Eric Bass, is celebrating another huge achievement after earning its 26th No. 1 single on the Mediabase Active Rock chart, extending the band’s all-time record for the most chart-topping songs in the format’s history.

“Young Again” is the latest single off the iHeartRadio Music Awards Rock Artist of the Year winners’ eighth studio album, EI8HT, which was released on May 29, 2026.

Earlier this year, Shinedown earned its first-ever No. 1 on  Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart with “Young Again,” marking another major achievement in the band’s 25-year-long career. Elsewhere on the charts, the band also holds the record for most No. 1 songs on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.

“When we wrote [‘Young Again,’] the entire embodiment of the song is about nostalgia,” Smith previously told iHeartRadio Canada in an interview. “That song is such a reflection of simpler times.”

The “Second Chance” hitmaker also discussed how pop culture influences the band’s songwriting, with The Goonies and Stranger Things serving as inspiration for “Young Again.”

Shinedown’s latest in a long list of historic achievements comes as the band continues their Dance, Kid, Dance Act II World Tour, bringing their high-octane live show to audiences around the globe. In May, during the North American leg of the tour, the band surprised fans by playing a deep cut for the first time in almost two decades.

During the May 16 show in Wisconsin, the band honored a fan’s request to play a track that they hadn’t previously performed in 18 years: “Junkies for Fame,” taken from 2008’s The Sound of Madness.

“Real quick, before you say anything. We don’t do this for anyone,” Smith said, addressing the fan named Anthony in the crowd. “Anthony, you are the number one tonight, my brother. You are the number one, my man.”

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Two years after Procol Harum released one of the most recognizable songs of the 1960s, the English rock band churned out yet another masterpiece.

Though this time, the world took a little longer to catch on.

Released in 1969, “A Salty Dog” was the title track from Procol Harum’s third studio album and a dramatic departure from the sound that had made the band famous with its monumental 1967 hit, “A Whiter Shade of Pale.”

Written by singer and pianist Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid, the epic song began while Brooker was on tour in Switzerland. By his own recollection, the music portion came quickly, taking him only about five minutes to compose, and Reid’s lyrics were written separately to accompany Brooker’s sweeping chords. The organic process was typical of the songwriting duo.

“Usually the best combinations do happen very naturally,” said Brooker of his writing partnership with Reid. “If we take something like ‘A Salty Dog’ that was a musical idea, it’s very much a type of chord progression with a certain rhythm. And I think soon after I got that idea, Keith sent me the words and they were already done, and they just seemed to fit with it very, very easily.”

The results were spellbinding.

Recorded in Studio 2 at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios, “A Salty Dog” begins with the cry of seagulls before Brooker’s haunting piano chords, B.J. Wilson’s innovative drumming, and a sweeping orchestra carry the listener out to sea. The effect is cinematic.

In fact, it was the band’s first time to use orchestration, according to Brooker.

“I wanted to have strings on the number and it was my first arrangement,” he said. “I loved doing it. I’d met a viola player when we were on tour with the Bee Gees in Germany who were using an orchestra. He was very supportive, almost like a music teacher. He actually put an orchestra together for us and members were all leaders of top London orchestras. We got a very warm chamber music sound on A Salty Dog.'”

The song’s lyrics were heavy on metaphor and reversed meanings of words, a device that Keith Reid used a lot. A good example is the captain’s phrase ‘All hands on deck – I think we’ve run afloat’ instead of ‘aground’.

Brooker’s aching vocal tells the story of sailors on a strange and treacherous voyage, following a “twisted path” toward an otherworldly destination. There is danger, death, beauty, and finally overwhelming joy, but exactly what any of it means has been debated by listeners for decades.

Some hear a story about sailors lost at sea. Others hear an allegory about death and the afterlife. The song has been compared to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. When asked, Reid didn’t have a concrete answer to appease the band’s long-curious listeners.

“Well, all I can tell you about it is, I saw some graffiti on a dressing room wall in Cleveland [at] the show we were doing, [and] there was something someone had written on the wall: “Great God skipper, we’ve run aground.” And I clearly remember that that was the inspiration for A Salty Dog,” said Reid in a 2009 Goldmine interview. “Now how that became A Salty Dog is sort of… sometimes you, as a writer, you don’t really understand how things happen. You just know they did, and that was the story of that one.”

Perhaps its mystery is part of what has kept fans hooked.

The recording itself was equally ambitious. Procol Harum made the album at Abbey Road as the band moved into eight-track recording, giving them considerably more freedom in the studio. Brooker later remembered having access to a cupboard filled with unusual instruments previously used by artists including the Beatles, helping give the album its musical depth and colorful sound.

“With Salty Dog, we started to experiment with strings and acoustic guitars and a lot of different instruments, and in a way, we sort of got away from what had been ’til that time the sound of Procol Harum, which was very easily identifiable,” recalled Reid. “And we stretched out a lot more on A Salty Dog, and we had more acoustic-based tunes, and it was just a totally different sort of feel.”

And the arrangement doesn’t just decorate Reid’s maritime narrative, it makes you experience it.

First of all, the music seems to move with the story itself. Built around a chord progression that continues to surprise, the song never settles into the comfortable predictability of a conventional rock ballad. Rather, Brooker’s piano establishes a stately, almost mournful foundation while his own string arrangement rises and recedes around it, giving the listener the sensation of a vessel being vaulted across an enormous sea.

Then there is B.J. Wilson’s masterfully intuitive drumming: rather than simply keeping time, his thunderous fills arrive like sudden waves, breaking through the elegance of the orchestra with dramatic foreboding.

Yet, despite its having risen to such innovative heights, “A Salty Dog” was hardly a smash.

Released as a single, it reached just No. 44 on the U.K. Singles Chart, although it fared better elsewhere, reaching No. 3 in the Netherlands. Its reputation, however, would far outgrow its original chart position.

Critics and fans have long singled out “A Salty Dog”‘s seamless combination of rock and classical instrumentation. Music critic John McFerrin called the track a Procol Harum classic and praised the marriage of Brooker’s vocal melody with its orchestral backing, while writer Phil Shaw described the song as possessing a “majestic sweep.” More than five decades later, it is that tension — between beauty and peril, grandeur and melancholy — that makes “A Salty Dog” sound less like a conventional rock song than a journey unfolding in real time.

The song became a cornerstone of Procol Harum’s live performances and was later included on the band’s acclaimed 1972 album Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Jimmy Page reportedly called “A Salty Dog” the band’s masterpiece, while generations of listeners have come to regard it as one of Procol Harum’s finest recordings.

Fifty-seven years later, it is easy to understand why.

From those first lonely cries of the gulls to Brooker’s soaring final vocal, “A Salty Dog” still feels like a voyage into another world.

And somehow, after all these years, we are still aboard.

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Like millions of teens in the 1990s, Nikki DeLoach fell head over heels for multiple synchronized-dancing boy band members. The difference between the longtime Hallmark Channel star and the rest of us, however, is that DeLoach actually married one.

On Saturday, September 7, DeLoach paid tribute to her husband, Ryan Goodell, in a sweet social media post for their anniversary, writing, “17 YEARS 💫 Still you. Only you. Always you. Happy Anniversary, my love.”

Boy band Take 5 (Tilky Jones, Tim Christofore, Ryan Christopher, Jeff Goodell and Ryan Goodell), in 1999.

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If Goodell’s name doesn’t ring a bell, it might be because he’s been out of the limelight for more than two decades, working an an entertainment lawyer in LA. But in the ’90s, Goodell was one-fifth of the boy band Take 5, created by the same since-disgraced band manager who launched *NSync and the Backstreet Boys, Lou Pearlman.

Take 5 didn’t have quite the same level of success as those two chart-topping juggernauts, but after the Orlando-based group formed in 1997, they performed around the world for two years before returning to the U.S., where their album Against All Odds debuted in the No. 26 spot on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart. The group broke up in 2001 amid contract disputes with Pearlman.

By then, DeLoach and Goodell had already been dating for a couple of years. After co-starring for several years on The All-New Mickey Mouse Club with fellow Mouseketeers like Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake (who remains a close friend), and JC Chasez (whom she dated before Goodell!), DeLoach was also managed by Pearlman in a girl group called Innosense.

Eventually, DeLoach and Goodell moved to Los Angeles, where he graduated from UCLA and earned his law degree at Loyola University. Meanwhile, DeLoach began studying sociology at UCLA, with them both barely scraping by as students. Things got a bit more stable for them when she began to land acting gigs like the 2005 series North Shore (where she became close friends with Kristoffer Polaha, who’s also become a huge Hallmark star and her co-star in 2025’s A Grand Ole Opry Christmas).

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DeLoach and Goodell dated for a decade before marrying in September 2009. She shared photos from their wedding in her 15th anniversary post, writing, “We’ve known better and worse. We’ve had years where we didn’t know how we would make rent, but together, we always figured it out. And we’ve always been rich in love, family, friends and community. We’ve faced sickness. And we’ve experienced the miracle of healing and good health. And through it all, I have loved you more with each passing year. Happy Anniversary, babe. I love you so much.”

The couple eventually welcomed two sons, Hudson in 2013 and Bennett in 2017. But Benny’s arrival came with some serious complications that required three heart surgeries while he was still an infant. He’s still monitored closely by cardiac experts at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, but is thriving.

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In 2019, DeLoach told Parade that her love for Goodell has grown with each year of their courtship and marriage, explaining, “I believe that love is something that grows, I do. I also, by the way, was never a person who enjoyed dating. For me, I was more of a let-me-get-to-know-you-a-little-bit person and then maybe let’s go get dinner. [I’m like,] ‘Let’s hang out a little bit. Let’s talk about each other’s lives. Let me hear about you and then when I feel comfortable, then maybe you and I can go to a movie or something like that.'”

Sounds like Goodell made all the right moves to steal DeLoach’s heart, from boy band choreography to stepping up as her perfect partner. When the actress shared her 17th anniversary post, fans flooded the comment section, swooning over their lasting love.

And a few swooned over her boy band hubby, too, including one who wrote, “SHUT UP! YOU ARE MARRIED to one of the members of take 5?! (I looked it up because I was curious) This made this older millennials day! N E Way Happy Anniversary!”

Jenna Johnson will be returning to the Dancing with the Stars stage on Sept. 15, partnered with Grey’s Anatomy and Glee star Harry Shum, Jr. But the Mirrorball champ had quite the eventful summer on the DWTS tour — including a wardrobe malfunction she revealed only to Parade!

During a recent Zoom chat while promoting her new partnership with Orgain Kids Protein Smoothie, we asked Jenna about any major costume incidents on the hit ABC reality show. The dancing queen said a crazy situation unfolded not on the series itself but the recent DWTS nationwide tour that concluded this May.   

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Jenna, 32, and her husband, fellow DWTS pro Val Chmerkovskiy, 40, delighted fans by performing together on the tour. But they didn’t know they could have seen much more of Jenna if not for a trusty wardrobe person!

She exclusively told Parade, “This actually just happened on the Dancing with the Stars tour, and it’s one of those moments of ‘the show must go on.’ I had to change I think that was one minute, a one-minute quick change where I had to change shoes [and] full dress, and I had this corset that zipped up, a heavy-duty corset and the number that I was changing into was a duet with myself and Val and it started, we have a live camera onstage with us, and it started as a close-up on my face and so I’m in the quick change, the zipper snaps, breaks in half. There’s no way of fixing it and I have like 30 seconds to figure out what’s going to happen and then I need to be on camera.”

She continued, “And our wardrobe [person] was like, ‘Let me just hook and eye it, and pray it stays’ and I’m like,” Jenna opened her mouth wide with praying hands to mimic her shock at the time. “So we do a hook and eye on top and it is fully wide open in the back and I ran and was in the wing and ready for my camera shot and I did the rest of my duet with Val hanging, literally, by a little clasp. But somehow it stayed on, and that’s that.”

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Jenna said communication with Val, whom she married in 2019, was important during the near-disaster. “The whole thing was this cinematic camera duet that we had camera with us onstage while we were dancing the whole time, very close-up and so I’m trying to be a ventriloquist and tell him [without lips moving], ‘My top is broken.’ He’s like, ‘Oh.’ And then he finally saw it and is like, ‘Okay, so maybe go gentler today.’”

Jenna Johnson and husband Val Chmerkovskiy perform on season 29 of DWTS (Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images)

Accomplished performer Jenna, who has won DWTS twice–with celebrity partners Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon in 2018 and The Bachelor star Joey Graziadei in 2024—opined that she’s learned to take wardrobe woes in stride, telling Parade, “It’s those fun moments where you’re like, can I do this full out? You want to give the audience a full show and this is a duet that I love and I’m going to dance it to my full potential so it’s just one of those things, you’re like, well, let’s see what happens. I always love those moments, they remind you that you’re human and they humble you a little bit and you’re like, o-kay. But they’re always fun stories.”

Jenna and three-time mirror ball champ Val have become DWTS’ golden couple with their adorable son Rome, 3.

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When asked about how they handle the family juggle when both compete on the show and appear on the tour, Jenna said, “This is just part of our life and we both agree we are both passionate about our work and our jobs and we’ve been able to do it with a lot of help—whether family or nannies or assistants or whatever it’s been we have a community that really helps take care of us. So I think that’s why prioritizing both our health and our household, what we feed each other, how we take care of each other, having everybody on the same wavelength, okay, this is how we’re going to approach raising Rome, just means the world to me. We couldn’t do it alone. It really does take a village for both of us to be able to do what we love to do and to do it at the highest level.”

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While Jenna hasn’t confirmed if she and Val are part of the upcoming DWTS season 35, fans can see the hotly-anticipated cast reveal on Wednesday, Sept. 2 on Good Morning America.

“It is bigger than ever and people are still engaged,” Jenna raved about the viewer response, particularly during the past two seasons.

DWTS returns on Tuesday, Sept. 15 on ABC and Disney+ and streams next day on Hulu.

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Charlie’s Angels turns 50 on September 22. Jaclyn Smith still gets photos from the show in the mail every single day. “Who would have dreamed the afterlife of Charlie’s Angels would be like this?” she asks. “We were just three girls hoping to find an audience, and boy did we find an audience.” That’s the story she tells first. Then she tells the rest. And the rest is something.

Here’s what nobody knew at the time. When the show debuted in 1976 alongside Farrah Fawcett and Kate Jackson, Smith was offered $3,000 per episode. Fawcett got $5,000. Jackson got $10,000. Jackson had previously worked on Aaron Spelling’s The Rookies.

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Smith looked at what Fawcett was making compared to her own track record — guest spots on Switch and Harry O — and decided the numbers didn’t add up. She told her agent to go back and match Fawcett’s pay, or she’d walk. She got the raise. “I was probably a little more aggressive about that than today,” she says with a laugh. “I don’t know where that business sense came from, but it was there, I guess from my daddy. He would always say, ‘Have a backup plan. Really think things out.'”

Good advice. Because things got complicated fast. After just one season, Fawcett left to pursue more dramatic roles. “Kate had a hard time with Farrah gone,” Smith says. “No one could replace her.” Cheryl Ladd came in as Kris Munroe, and the dynamic shifted again. “Kate was sharp and fought for everything, and Cheryl was pretty easygoing, so I felt sometimes caught between the two because they were so opposite.” Jackson left after season three in 1979. Shelley Hack replaced her. Then, Tanya Roberts replaced Hack.

Smith writes in her memoir that Roberts had an open marriage with her husband Barry Roberts and “wasn’t shy about it in the least or about propositioning people to ‘swing’ with them.” On a flight to Hawaii to shoot the show, Roberts asked Smith to join her and Barry for a threesome. Smith said no. She still found Roberts’ “honesty about her sexuality to be brave and self-aware.”

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By season five, cocaine had become a constant presence on set. Smith didn’t touch it. “The more drug use I saw, the more time I spent in my motor home,” she writes. “I was in there a lot by the end of the series.” She’s never used cocaine and says she never will. “I’ve watched that drug in particular turn people into the worst version of themselves.” She knew that season would be her last. And through all of it — every cast change, every difficult moment, everything nobody saw on TV — her friendships with her original co-stars held. “After the applause, the friendship is still there,” she says. “That sisterhood was strong.”

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The Only Angel Who Never Left

Here’s what fifty years looks like. The bronze sculpture Farrah Fawcett gave Smith still sits in her living room. The phone at the gate of her Los Angeles home still rings with the show’s theme song. The photos keep arriving. “People still send Charlie’s Angels pictures for me to sign every day,” she says. The show survived Fawcett leaving after season one. It survived Jackson leaving after season three. It survived two more cast changes after that. Smith was there for all of it. She was the constant.

The co-stars and friends who gave her those memories are gone now. Fawcett died in 2009. Tanya Roberts died in 2021. Barry Roberts died in 2006. But the show they made together isn’t gone. In April 2026, Smith reunited at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles with Jackson and Ladd to celebrate five decades of Charlie’s Angels. Three surviving Angels in one room. The sisterhood proving itself fifty years on.

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Her memoir “I Once Knew a Guy Named Charlie” is out now. Charlie’s Angels turns 50 on September 22. That’s fourteen days from today.

Jaclyn Smith fought for a raise and got it. She watched every other Angel leave or get replaced. She stayed in her motor home when drugs showed up. She said no to the threesome and stayed for all five seasons. Fifty years later, she’s still signing the photos all because she stayed when she could have easily left.

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