Jennifer Garner, 50, sweetly hugged her 11-year-old son, Samuel, as she picked him up from school. The actress put her arm around her youngest son as they walked down a sidewalk and to her vehicle on Friday, March 24. Samuel, rocking a green golf shirt, blue pants and white sneakers, had his head down as he bonded during the one-on-one time with his mama. Specifically, he appeared to be wearing a pair of Nike Air Jordan’s, perhaps a nod to his dad Ben Affleck‘s upcoming flick Air.
Jennifer was casually dressed in a straight leg jean and loafers, along with a graphic t-shirt. She added an olive colored wool coat over top, that appeared to be the same one she wore out a day prior with her daughter Violet Affleck, 17. In those images, Violet — who is the spitting image of Jennifer — was also officially taller than her mother.
Jennifer Garner and Samuel are seen after school. (BACKGRID)
Ben Affleck and the 13 Going On 30 star announced their divorce in 2015, a day after their 10th wedding anniversary. Through their union, the exes welcomed three kids, including Samuel, Violet and middle child Seraphina, 14. Ben has since gone on to re-marry his former ex-fiancée Jennifer Lopez, blending their families between his three kids and her twins Max and Emme, 15, with ex-husband Marc Anthony.
Over the years, Jennifer Garner has touched on the topic of co-parenting with her ex-husband — sharing that although she once “lost the dream of dancing with (her) husband at (her) daughter’s wedding” — she knows that the two will join forces when it comes to those momentous occasions in their kids’ lives.
“When our kids get married, we’ll dance, I know that now,” Garner said to The Hollywood Reporter back in 2021. “We’ll boogaloo and have a great time. I don’t worry about that anymore,” the former Alias star added.
Since Ben’s rekindled romance and marriage with J.Lo, the three parents have also been seen out and about together — including for a trick-or-treating excursion with Samuel. Beyond that, J.Lo has also been spotted picking up the 11-year-old from school with Ben.
Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton‘s duet is inappropriate for elementary school kids to sing … at least according to a Wisconsin principal who’s banning “Rainbowland” from a spring concert.
Here’s the deal … first-grade students at Heyer Elementary in Waukesha started the week preparing for their upcoming concert, with “Rainbowland” as part of the initial setlist.
The song was played in the first-grade class Monday, but by Tuesday the principal sent an email to the music teacher informing her Miley and Dolly’s 2017 duet was no longer allowed.
Some parents say their children came home upset Wednesday after learning they couldn’t sing it … with the kids wondering why it was a big deal.
Superintendent Jim Sebert told multiple news outlets “Rainbowland” was dropped because it “could be perceived as controversial” according to recent school policies.
The song is from Miley’s album “Younger Now” … and she’s said it was inspired by the paint in her recording studio. Dolly says the track is about “hope and positivity in dark times.”
Some of the lyrics are, “Living in a Rainbowland/ The skies are blue and things are grand/ Wouldn’t it be nice to live in paradise/ Where we’re free to be exactly who we are.”
While both singers have openly supported the LGTBQ community, neither has said the song has any intentional connection to it.
The superintendent told local news outlets, “The main question was is the song appropriate for the age level and maturity of the students.”
Instead, the students will now sing Jim Henson‘s “Rainbow Connection” from the Muppets, plus “Here Comes the Sun” by the Beatles and “It’s a Wonderful World.”
We’ve reached the end of the romantic line for Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth.
On Friday, the Oscar-winning actress and her husband confirmed they are ending their marriage, revealing the unfortunate news in joint statement … mere days before their 12-year wedding anniversary.
“We have some personal news to share… It is with a great deal of care and consideration that we have made the difficult decision to divorce,” the estranged spouses said.
“We have enjoyed so many wonderful years together and are moving forward with deep love, kindness and mutual respect for everything we have created together.”
NEW YORK – APRIL 09: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Event hosts Jim Toth (L) and Reese Witherspoon attend Stand Up To Cancer’s New York Standing Room Only, presented by Entertainment Industry Foundation, with donors American Airlines and Merck, chaired by Jim Toth, Reese Witherspoon & MasterCard President/CEO Ajay Banga and his wife Ritu, honoring Katie Couric at Cipriani Wall Street on April 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for EIF)
Continued the now-former couple:
“Our biggest priority is our son and our entire family as we navigate this next chapter.
“These matters are never easy and are extremely personal. We truly appreciate everyone’s respect for our family’s privacy at this time.”
Witherspoon and Toth are the parents of 10-year-old son Tennessee.
(Witherspoon also shares 23-year-old daughter Ava and 19-year-old son Deacon with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe.)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – FEBRUARY 26: Actor Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
As for what brought about the conclusion of this union?
“There is no drama, no event or reason,” an E! News insider says.
“They are just two people who have made this decision with the utmost love and respect and love for their child. You will see them out there co-parenting together.”
SANTA MONICA, CA – JANUARY 11: Actor Reese Witherspoon (L) and Jim Toth attend the 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards on January 11, 2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for FIJI Water)
Witherspoon and Toth met at a gathering at a friend’s house in 2010.
“It happened out of the blue,” the star recalled in a 2012 interview with ELLE.
“This really drunk guy was hitting on me, making such an idiot of himself, yelling at me. He was like, [slurring, scowling, pointing finger in her face] ‘You don’t know me.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I know. I don’t know you!’
“Jim came over and said, ‘Please excuse my friend. He’s just broken up with someone.’”
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 19: Jim Toth (L) and Reese Witherspoon attend the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images)
She continued back then:
“Jim was a really good friend, pulling him out of that situation. That’s just kind of who he is, a really good person.”
Witherspoon was famously married to Phillippe from June 1999 to June 2008.
About a year ago at this time, all seemed very good between Witherspoon and Toth.
The former marked their 11th wedding anniversary last year on Instagram, writing at the time:
“Happy Anniversary JT!! 11 years of adventures, love & laughter. I feel so lucky to share this wonderful life with you.”
Alas, that was then. And things have changed now.
We wish both Witherspoon and Toth nothing but the best moving forward.
Does Kailyn have a secret baby? Did she and Elijah break up? Both? We don’t know, and she has not confirmed.
What’s truly no secret is that Kail has been grappling with mental health struggles. Specifically, depression.
In a new post, she is opening up about her severe depression and the ways in which she is prioritizing mental wellness.
Kailyn Lowry looks beautiful and very warm in this beach selfie during her Thailand trip. (Photo Credit: Instagram)
“Prioritize your mental health,” Kailyn Lowry captioned an Instagram Reel video.
“Because if it [weren’t] for @kcorreia23 & @natalie_a_k,” she grimly acknowledged, “I don’t know if I would be here.”
Kail added: “They saw the signs, they were there in my dark.” She also included the tag “Lexaprogirly.” Lexapro is, of course, a prescription antidepressant.
On Instagram, Kailyn Lowry posted this caption discussing her mental health and her trip to Thailand. (Image Credit: Instagram)
That seems to be a very clear reference to suicidal ideation. That is dangerous, and could have claimed Kail’s life.
Not all depression is immediately life-threatening. But suicidal depression can end people’s lives. Sometimes, without any external warning.
It is definitely a good thing that Kail’s friends spotted the red flags and helped Kail to help herself. Kailyn has friends, family, fans, and at least four children who all love and would miss her. And even without loved ones, life is worth living for oneself.
In Thailand, Kailyn Lowry enjoyed a lot of bright sunlight and gorgeous green water. (Photo Credit: Instagram)
As for the content of the Reel itself, it was mostly a montage of photos from the trip to Thailand.
It began with a simple message: “POV: your first flight and destination is Thailand after a year-long battle with severe depression.”
This was not actually a “POV” video, since Kailyn appears in the photos. However, the children on TikTok use “POV” to essentially state the premise of a video or scenario. We cannot explain why. Most of TikTok is just a baffling algorithmic nightmare.
Though it was not a true “POV” video except in the TikTok world, this is how Kailyn Lowry began her Reel video about her trip to Thailand. (Image Credit: Instagram)
We are so glad about two things about this Reel, caption, and overall revelation from the Teen Mom franchise alum.
First and foremost, it is a relief to know that Kailyn is alive and well.
We do not always agree with her choices. In fact, some of her decisions are deeply frustrating for fans — especially when those glaring mistakes impact others. That does not mean that we would not be deeply saddened if something happened to her.
Kailyn Lowry hosts several popular podcasts. (Photo via Instagram)
The second really important thing about this is that Kail isn’t pretending that she gained her footing in her depression battle just by going to the beach.
Believe it or not, there are still some hellclowns in this world that will try to suggest that “going for a walk” is a magical cure for depression. It isn’t. Neither is yoga or a trip to a park. They can help (sometimes), but sometimes these activities are expressions of mental health rather than causes of it.
Instead, Kailyn acknowledged that this is her trip after her depression battle. And she noted that she is, in fact, on antidepressants.
Mark Zuckerberg, 38, is one of the most influential and controversial billionaires, best-known as the founder of Facebook. While he’s been revolutionary in the way information is shared and people stay connected, he’s also been married for over 10 years. The tech giant married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan, 38, in 2012, and the pair are still together to this day with three children. Priscilla gave birth to the couple’s third daughter in March 2023. Amid their longtime romance, the pair have also worked together on a variety of projects and philanthropic efforts. Find out more about Priscilla and her relationship with Mark here!
Mark and Priscilla rehearsing for a 2016 speech. (Jeff Chiu/AP/Shutterstock)
How did Mark & Priscilla meet?
Like Mark, Priscilla was also a student at Harvard University. Unlike Mark, Priscilla graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology, while the Facebook founder left school after his sophomore year to work on the website. Priscilla was raised in Quincy, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb, by Chinese immigrant parents. She started at Harvard in 2003. Priscilla revealed that the two met while she was in line for the bathroom at a party held by Mark’s fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi in a 2010 interview with The New Yorker. “He was this nerdy guy who was just a little bit out there,” she said. “I remember he had these beer glasses that said ‘pound include beer dot H.’ It’s a tag for C++. It’s like college humor but with a nerdy, computer-science appeal.”
In his 2017, Harvard commencement address, Mark revealed that he asked her out amid scandal for his early website Facemash (which is documented in the Aaron Sorkin-penned screenplay for the film The Social Network), when he expected to be expelled from school. “Everyone thought I was going to get kicked out. My parents came to help me pack. My friends threw me a going away party,” he said, via Vox. “In what must be one of the all time romantic lines, I said: ‘I’m going to get kicked out in three days, so we need to go on a date quickly.’”
After Priscilla graduated from Harvard in 2007, she moved out to Palo Alto, California with Mark. While the pair mostly keep the details of their relationship private, Mark did reveal to The New Yorker that the pair binge-watched The West Wing (the TV series written by Aaron Sorkin) together, while vacationing together in Spain.
She co-founded the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative
Priscilla and Mark started the charitable organization together in 2015, and Priscilla serves as co-CEO. The organization focuses on fostering science, education, community, and justice and opportunity partners, according to its website. The organization combines the background of technology and science with philanthropic efforts. “We pair technology, with grantmaking, impact investing, and collaboration to help accelerate the pace of progress towards an equitable future,” the CZI’s website says.
She married Mark in 2012
Mark and Priscilla tied the knot on May 19, 2012. The pair’s wedding was the day after Facebook’s IPO went public. Priscilla wore a dress designed by Claire Pettibone, who revealed that the dress cost $4,700 in an interview to The New York Times. The wedding also featured a surprise performance by Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day.
Mark and Priscilla attended the breakthrough prize ceremony together in 2019. (Christopher Victorio/imageSPACE/Shutterstock)
Mark & Priscilla have 3 daughters together
Mark announced that Priscilla gave birth to the pair’s first daughterMaxima (nicknamed “Max“) in a November 2015 Facebook post. “We’re so happy to welcome our daughter Max into this world. Everyone is happy and healthy. Thank you for all your love and support through our pregnancy. There is so much joy in our little family,” he wrote.
Priscilla gave birth to the pair’s second daughter August, 4, in August 2017. August’s mom and dad wrote a letter to her in a Facebook post announcing her birth. The parent’s encouraged her to enjoy her childhood. “You only get to be a child once, so don’t spend it worrying too much about the future. You’ve got us for that, and we’ll do everything we possibly can to make sure the world is a better place for you and all children in your generation,” they wrote.
Priscilla and Mark’s third daughter, Aurelia Chan Zuckerberg, was born in March 2023. Mark shared the special news on Instagram with the first photos of their newborn daughter. “Welcome to the world, Aurelia Chan Zuckerberg! You’re such a little blessing,” Mark wrote in his caption.
She was a doctor
After graduating from Harvard, Priscilla went to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco from 2008 to 2012. In 2015, Mark celebrated her finishing her medical residency at San Francisco General Hospital on Facebook, viaCNN. “I’m so proud of you for all of the lives you’ve saved and families you’ve touched. You’re a gift to our community, and I’m looking forward to seeing you make an even bigger impact in education, health and all your work with the underserved in your next chapter,” he wrote. Her Facebook profile also listed that she was a resident physician at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss were dragged through the mud at the “Vanderpump Rules” reunion taping Thursday … and we’re told the show got so bad, Andy Cohen had to separate 2 other cast members to prevent an assault and battery.
Sources close to production tell TMZ … the taping became explosive within 2 minutes, and never let up for the entire 5 hours of shooting. NO ONE sided with Tom and Raquel. Quite the contrary … they were annihilated by everyone, including Lisa Vanderpump and Andy Cohen.
One source described it this way… “It was like a nuclear bomb went off in the studio.”
As for which cast members almost got in the fight … we know it was not Tom, Raquel or Ariana … we’re told the instigator “is not someone you’d guess.”
Andy asked Tom and Raquel how their affair started — they didn’t give a time frame but said they hooked up but didn’t immediately dive into a relationship … there was some period of time before they were all in with each other.
As for Ariana … it’s interesting. She was equally enraged with Tom and Raquel. We’re told she did not go over the top, even though she cried at times. One source said the way she was speaking and what she was saying sounded like she’s had some serious therapy.
We’re told Tom, in particular, was just destroyed … so much so, they all took a break to calm down, but when they came back it was just as intense.
And, there’s this … Andy asked Tom and Raquel if they’re still together, and the takeaway is that yes, they still are. But, a source close to production tells TMZ, “That relationship is like on an egg timer. It’s not gonna last.”
