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12:00 PM ET, December 26, 2025

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Julia Moore / People:
Did Stranger Things' Nancy and Jonathan Just Get Engaged?  Show Creators Reveal the Couple's Fate (Exclusive)  —  Co-creators Ross and Matt Duffer break down that confusing, near-death confession for Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton)  —  Warning: This story contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 5, Volume 2.
Martin Scorsese / New York Times:
Rob Reiner Had Me in the Palm of His Hand  —  Rob Reiner was my friend, and so was Michele.  From now on, I'll have to use the past tense, and that fills me with such profound sadness.  But there's no other choice.  —  Rob and I got to know each other in Los Angeles in the early 1970s.
Miranda Siwak / Us Weekly:
Jamie Lynn Spears' Daughter Maddie Receives New ATV for Christmas 8 Years After Near-Fatal Accident  —  TAP HERE TO ADD US WEEKLY AS A TRUSTED SOURCE  —  Jamie Lynn Spears' 17-year-old daughter, Maddie, received a new ATV for Christmas almost nine years after her near-fatal accident.
Discussion: People
Riley Cardoza / Page Six:
Hoda Kotb celebrates Christmas with daughters, ex Joel Schiffman — matching pajamas and all  —  Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman crushed co-parenting this Christmas.  —  The former couple wore matching pajamas while celebrating the holiday on Thursday with daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 6.
Discussion: E! Online, TV Insider and People
Us Weekly:
Taylor Swift Attends Travis Kelce's Last Kansas City Chiefs Home Game of the Season on Christmas Day  —  TAP HERE TO ADD US WEEKLY AS A TRUSTED SOURCE  —  Taylor Swift spent Christmas Day supporting her fiancé, Travis Kelce, at his Kansas City Chiefs game against the Denver Broncos.
Monde Mwitumwa / Daily Star:
Coronation Street's Kym Marsh, 49, becomes grandmother again as daughter gives birth  —  Coronation Street star Kym Marsh has announced the arrival of her fourth grandchild as she praised her “warrior” daughter Emilie Cunliffe  —  Former Coronation Street star Kym Marsh was overflowing …
Discussion: Mirror and OK!
Margaret Hall / Playbill:
Former The Lion King Child Star Imani Dia Smith Has Died at 25 … Imani Dia Smith, a former child actor who starred in The Lion King on Broadway, has died.  —  Ms. Smith was killed by her boyfriend, Jordan D. Jackson-Small, who has been charged with murder, endangering the welfare of a child, and weapons offenses.
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Tommy McArdle / People:
Former The Lion King Child Actress Imani Dia Smith Dies at 25, Boyfriend Charged with Murder
Lizzie Hyman / People:
Nicole Kidman Spends First Christmas Since Keith Urban Split in Australia with Their Daughters: ‘All She Wanted’ (Exclusive)  —  Kidman and Urban separated in September after 19 years of marriage  — A source tells PEOPLE Nicole Kidman is “very excited” to celebrate Christmas …
Discussion: InStyle, Page Six, SheKnows and HOLA!
Eric Todisco / New York Post:
Pat Finn, ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Friends’ actor, dead at 60 after cancer battle  —  Pat Finn, who starred in “The Middle,” “Friends,” “Seinfeld” and more hit TV programs, has died after a cancer battle.  He was 60.  —  Finn passed away Monday at 10:30 p.m., a rep for the star confirmed to The Post.
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Gabrielle Rockson / People:
Kourtney Kardashian Wishes Stepdaughter Alabama Barker a Happy Birthday on Christmas Eve: ‘I Love You and Our Laughs’  — Kourtney Kardashian wished her stepdaughter Alabama Barker a happy birthday on Christmas Eve  — “May this next year be filled with love and peace and laughter,” Kardashian wrote
Discussion: E! Online and TMZ.com
Jolie Zenna / Page Six:
Katie Holmes' daughter, Suri Cruise, 19, resurfaces in NYC for holidays with mom  —  Katie Holmes' daughter, Suri Cruise, is back home for the holidays.  —  The mother-daughter duo were spotted doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in New York City on Wednesday.
Discussion: InStyle
 
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People:
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From Mediagazer:

Alex Ritman / Variety:
In Channel 4's 2025 Alternative Christmas Message, Jimmy Kimmel said “tyranny is booming” in the US and, on his ABC suspension, “We won, the president lost”

Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from detaining CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed, one of the Europeans the US barred on claims of promoting censorship

Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
Internal documents show Instagram's aggressive campaign to win back teens, including by boosting teen-friendly influencers, adjusting its algorithm, and more

 
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