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After Olivia Rodrigo announced Friday that Daisy Chain Fields had raised $10 million for women-focused nonprofits, Melinda French Gates has doubled that number, totaling the donation to $20 million.

Before her headlining set Saturday night, the “drop dead” singer took the stage to thank all of the musicians who took part in the festival. She began, “The fact that they took the time out of their insanely busy schedules to come and do this festival for free is something I’m so grateful for. Because of that, and because of all of you who came to hang out today, I can stand on the stage and say we are donating $10 million to 10 incredible charities.”

“I really believe that giving women the tools to decide their own futures and live healthy lives free of violence and discrimination is the most effective tool we have at changing the world for the better,” she began, before introducing French Gates and her donation. “And I don’t know many people who represent that idea more than Melinda French Gates.”

“Melinda is one of the most inspiring women I’ve ever met. She’s devoted her life to empowering women and girls that might have otherwise been forgotten,” Rodrigo said. “She’s generous and brave and has done so much good in this world, and I’m totally floored because as well as being in attendance here tonight, she’s pledged to double every dollar that we made here today to a grand total of funds being donated to $20 million. I’m so grateful!”

The 10 beneficiary organizations, which will equally split the total funds raised, are Baby2Baby, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Center for Reproductive Rights, FreeFrom, Jhpiego, Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Institute for Reproductive Health, National Women’s Law Center and Planned Parenthood.

2026 marked the first year of Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields after being announced in June. At a Friday press conference ahead of the weekend, the singer announced that $10 million had been raised for its nonprofit partners.

“The organizations we’ve partnered with are doing incredibly important work every single day in the U.S. and globally,” Rodrigo said. “I’m so grateful to every person who bought a ticket, every artist who waived their fee, every sponsor for signing onto a brand new festival and every donation that helped get to $10 million dollars to support women and girls.”

Alongside Rodrigo, performers included Chappell Roan, Mitski, Doechii, Bikini Kill, the Breeders, Garbage, Eli, Quiet Light, Rachel Chinouriri, Devon Again and Not For Radio. Stevie Nicks, Karen O and Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan served as special guests. Katseye was originally announced as part of the performance lineup, but dropped out on Thursday due to an injury sustained by member Megan.

Nicole Fell contributed to this report.

Heidi Montag is remembering the kindness the late Dolly Parton showed her during one of the most heavily criticized periods of her life.

Following news of Parton’s death earlier this week, Montag took to X on Friday night to pay tribute to the country music legend, recalling how Parton defended her after she underwent plastic surgery.

“When I was at one of the hardest and most criticized moment of my life after my plastic surgery, Dolly was one of the only people in the industry who didn’t take the opportunity to drag me down,” Montag wrote.

According to Montag, she recalled that Parton said at the time, “I had probably done the same thing if I was her age and could afford it, if I thought I needed it.”

In 2009, Montag famously underwent 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day, including breast augmentation, a nose job revision and chin reduction. She faced intense scrutiny over the procedures, with the aftermath documented on The Hills, including a heartbreaking scene in which she revealed her new appearance to her mother.

Montag also remembered a much earlier encounter with Parton, recalling that the singer visited her small town when she was seven years old.

“Thank you Dolly. I remember when she came to my small town when I was seven years old, ate at my family restaurant, sang happy birthday to my Grammy, and it changed my life,” she wrote. “She has always been an inspiration to me. Such a blessing from afar. God bless you thank you Lord for this angel on earth.”

Parton died Tuesday from cancer at age 80. Throughout her decades in the spotlight, the “9 to 5” singer was candid about her decision to undergo plastic surgery and her opinion on cosmetic procedures.

“I have nips and tucks and trims and sucks, boobs and waist and butt and such, eyes and chin and back again, pills and peels and other frills, and I’ll never graduate from collagen,” she wrote in her autobiography Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business (via Us Weekly). “Whatever you are comfortable with and can afford, you should do. Having had plastic surgery is something I am not embarrassed about.”

Chris Hansen is speaking out again about the upcoming film Primetime, and this time, he’s giving Robert Pattinson some credit for his performance as him.

Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Hansen, the former host of Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator, shared his take on The Batman star’s portrayal based on what he’s seen in the trailer.

“Obviously he has practiced imitating me, and while I think it’s overly dramatic, I think there is a pretty good imitation there in the trailer,” Hansen said.

However, Hansen added that his family has been more receptive to Pattinson’s performance.

“It’s not so much what I think; it’s what other people think. And you know, my wife [and] my family seem to think it’s a pretty good imitation,” he said.

Still, Hansen pointed out that Pattinson’s character is not an exact portrayal of him.

“He’s saying things I never said and doing things I never did, and that’s not who I am. I’m a nice guy, except when it comes to criminals and predators,” Hansen continued. “I think people should remember that it is a work of fiction, only based on real-life events.”

The Hollywood Reporter reached out to Pattinson’s reps for comment but did not hear back by the time of publication.

Hansen has also been vocal about his lack of involvement in the film, which is inspired by his work investigating suspected child predators.

Last week, he told Fox News’ Jesse Watters that he did not attend a screening of Primetime because, he alleged, “The lawyers at A24 wanted me to sign away my rights to my name, image and brand, essentially, as well as any potential legal rights that would come out of the movie.”

“I couldn’t sign that, so they didn’t show me the film. I went all the way over there. … But who’s going to sign something like that?” he added.

Despite not being involved in the film, Hansen has found a way to capitalize on its release. As THR exclusively reported, he purchased preshow advertising on every screen showing Primetime, directing moviegoers to TruBlu, his streaming network focused on predator investigations.

Shailene Woodley is reflecting on the time her “dream” role as Mary Jane Watson was cut from The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Speaking with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Conversations recently, Woodley shared her reaction to learning that her scenes with Andrew Garfield, who starred as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, had been cut from the final film. The actress said she didn’t find out until about a year after she had finished filming the scenes for the Sony Pictures movie, which was released in theaters in May 2014.

“That was a fun phone call,” she joked.

“I was cast as Mary Jane for Spider-Man, which was my dream. Oh my god, Spider-Man’s my favorite superhero; Mary Jane was my favorite character growing up. So, when I got it, I was like, ‘This is so exciting!’”

The Big Little Lies star continued, “We filmed like three scenes together, me and Andrew Garfield. And then, like a year later, they were like, ‘So, you’re not in the movie anymore.’ And I was like, ‘What? What do you mean?’ And they’re like, ‘We’ve introduced a lot of new characters in this last one, and we’re going to wait for whatever happens between [Emma Stone] and Andrew [Garfield].’”

Woodley said she was told the filmmakers planned to introduce Mary Jane after Peter’s relationship with Gwen Stacy, played by Stone, came to an end.

“They were like, ‘Let’s wait for her to die, and then we’ll introduce Mary Jane.’ Which made sense, but then they didn’t make that film. So, there was no reintroduction,” Woodley said. “That’s what I was told, but again, who knows what the truth is? I could have been terrible, and they were like, ‘We can’t do this.’”

The Hollywood Reporter reported in 2013 that Woodley’s scenes had been cut from the film. At the time, director Marc Webb said the decision was made to streamline the story and focus on Peter and Gwen’s relationship.

“Shailene is an incredibly talented actress, and while we only shot a few scenes with Mary Jane, we all love working with her,” Webb said.

Mary Jane had previously been established as Peter Parker’s main love interest in Sam Raimi’s original Spider-Man trilogy, with Kirsten Dunst playing the character opposite Tobey Maguire. Garfield’s iteration of the franchise instead centered on Peter’s relationship with Gwen Stacy, played by Stone. Bryce Dallas Howard also appeared as Gwen in 2007’s Spider-Man 3.

Sony ultimately shelved plans for a third Amazing Spider-Man movie following the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which underperformed compared with expectations. Garfield, meanwhile, eventually returned as Spider-Man alongside Maguire in 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Garfield has previously described returning to the franchise as “really healing” and has teased that he would be open to reprising Spider-Man “if it was the right thing.”

Anne Hathaway has joined Tom Cruise for the Days of Thunder sequel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Paramount has set a June 2, 2028, release date for the follow-up to the 1990 movie, which will also be filmed for Imax and released in theaters in Dolby Cinema, 4DX and premium large formats.

Cruise will return as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle, while Hathaway will play a team owner and engineer. Further plot details are under wraps. The Top Gun star will also produce alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Tommy Harper.

A script will be penned by Will Staples, with Jonathan Levine set to direct, as THR exclusively reported in July. Staples has previously written video games including Call of Duty 3: Modern Warfare and co-wrote the Michael B. Jordan action movie Without Remorse.

Days of Thunder was a reunion for Cruise with his Top Gun director, Tony Scott, and is considered one of the actor’s most memorable roles. The film followed Cole as he was recruited by a retired racing legend, played by Robert Duvall, to a new NASCAR team. Additional castmembers included Nicole Kidman, Cary Elwes and Randy Quaid.

Cruise’s films, including Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick, Risky Business, Jerry Maguire, the Mission: Impossible series, have helped make him one of Hollywood’s biggest box office stars, with his films grossing more than $13 billion globally. Next up, he is set to star in Digger, directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, which will be released in theaters on Oct. 2.

Hathaway is coming off a packed release schedule, with films such as The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey and The End of Oak Street debuting this year. The Oscar winner’s next role is in Verity, based on Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, which is also set for release on Oct. 2.

Organizers of the Met Gala are reportedly considering changing the date of the 2027 event amid growing backlash over plans to honor John Galliano. 

In July, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that Galliano’s work would be spotlighted in the Met’s Costume Institute. This exhibition serves as the centerpiece for the annual Met Gala, an event attended by the most elite of the A-list, with one of the most coveted invites. This would make him the third living designer to receive a solo exhibition at the Met, following Yves Saint Laurent in 1983 and Rei Kawakubo in 2017.

At the time, it was announced that the exhibit would feature all the highs and lows, including his antisemitic rant. Galliano is credited with growing luxury-fashion brand Dior into a global giant. However, he was fired by the company in 2011 after video footage surfaced showing the designer, who was inebriated, making antisemitic remarks in a Paris café. Galliano retreated from public life for two years and was found guilty by a Paris court of public insults based on religion, race and ethnicity. He received a fine and was forced to pay damages and court fees. Galliano met with Jewish leaders and rabbis following the scandal and received blessings from groups like the Anti-Defamation League.

The exhibit is scheduled to kick off May 3 with the Met Gala, which is overseen by Anna Wintour, Vogue’s global editorial director who also serves as a Met trustee. However, a growing number of voices are criticizing the plan to honor Galliano. According to The New York Times, criticism has grown stronger.

“In recent days, opposition to the museum’s plan to honor Galliano has grown among Jewish leaders in New York and beyond,” The Times reported. “Donors have contacted Met executives and threatened to rescind gifts to the museum if the exhibition moves forward as planned.”

As a result, Met trustees and board members “have been scrambling to do damage control,” The Times reported. This includes possibly moving the date of the Met Gala, which is always held the first Monday in May, to the following week. The current date of May 3 also happens to be Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, The Times noted.

Last week, New York City Council speaker Julie Menin posted a letter to Wintour, Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton and Met director Max Hollein, saying the decision to honor Galliano was “a serious mistake.” While noting that his influence in the fashion world has been “enormous” and “unquestionable,” Menin added that she had “deep concern” about the decision to honor Galliano.

“Mr. Galliano’s long public record of antisemitism, racism and anti-Asian bigotry is deeply troubling,” Menin wrote. “His conduct was repeated and significant. He was criminally convicted in France for racist and antisemitic public insults. He was also captured on video praising Adolf Hitler and telling others that their ancestors would have been ‘gassed.’ That is not behavior that should be easily overlooked or normalized. Recently, there were reports of a similar antisemitic incident that allegedly occurred in 2019.

“At a time when our city is confronting a serious rise in antisemitism, anti-Asian hate, and other forms of hatred, I find the decision to so prominently honor someone who has engaged in this behavior to be wholly inappropriate. New York City is one of the most diverse cities in the world.”

Menin added that she was “deeply concerned about the process through which this decision was made. Mr. Galliano’s rhetoric and conduct, including the alleged 2019 incident, should have been more thoroughly investigated.” She urged organizers to “reconsider” their decision and suggested other ways Galliano could be honored, including a “contextual exhibit or educational program.”

“The Met is one of New York City’s most treasured and visible cultural institutions. Its choices carry enormous weight, both here and around the world,” she continued. “I believe this choice falls short of the standard New Yorkers should expect from it.”

During the Friday episode of Real Time, Bill Maher addressed Dolly Parton’s death that got some backlash on social media.

He began his monologue by discussing current events of the week, specifically the United States’ trade war with Canada. “All this is going on, and all America could really talk about this week was how sad it is we lost Dolly Parton,” Maher said.

“Everybody around the country, even around the world” was honoring the late singer, he said. “London, they’re doing things. The Santa Monica ferris wheel is lit up with hearts. The Empire State Building was put up in pink. The Sphere in Las Vegas added a nipple.”

The joke drew some criticism on social media. “Even Trump refused to be shitty about Dolly Parton in her passing it’s wild that Bill Maher would choose to be this much of a shit bag about a beloved person on both sides of politics,” wrote one person on X. Added another: “Imagine if this is the thing that finally gets him thrown off the air.” Posted another: “typically charmless and classless. Thinks he’s on some superior plane.”

Parton died Tuesday after a “brief battle with cancer,” a rep announced. Her death has sparked a plethora of tributes as people around the world have continued to honor her legacy. Among those who remembered Parton were Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter, Billy Ray Cyrus and many more.

Another tribute, like Maher’s, that drew negative attention was that of Ricky Schroder, who portrayed Parton’s father in two biopic movies based on her childhood. “I didn’t agree with her advocating for Transgender & Covid Vaccine support … but Loved her anyway. Thank you for choosing me Dolly to be your Movie Daddy,” he wrote online.

In a follow-up post after the backlash from his initial comments began, Schroder reportedly posted a clip on his Instagram Stories about the two-time Oscar nominee’s support of the COVID-19 vaccine, writing, “I warned Dolly to not support the Experiment. Wished she listened.”

Fox Sports South Florida co-host Josh Cohen, in response to Schroder’s post, wrote on X, “Congratulations to former child TV actor Ricky Schroder on becoming the first person to disrespect Dolly Parton in her passing. What an absolute douche.”

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Judge Jackie Glass, host of the syndicated legal television show Swift Justice, has died. She was 70.

Glass’ daughter Rachel Wolfson announced her death on Facebook. She died Friday in Las Vegas, according to TMZ.

“Rip my rock, I don’t know how I’ll do this life without you, I love you so much mommy Jackie Glass, I’ll see you again someday,” Wolfson wrote, while also sharing a follow-up post with a series of images alongside her mother.

Glass, a previous long-standing Clark County judge, took over hosting Swift Justice in 2011, serving as the successor to Nancy Grace, who first led the show. She went into the series with a prominent presence, having served as the judge who sentenced O.J. Simpson to 33 years in prison for armed-robbery at a Las Vegas hotel in 2008. He was later granted parole in 2017, and died in 2024 at age 76 after a battle with prostate cancer.

She led Swift Justice through its last season in 2012. At the time, when it was announced she was taking the reigns for Grace, executive producer John Terenzio said he was “excited to introduce viewers to another true original Judge Jackie Glass — we are confident our viewers will enthusiastically embrace her.”

Before she was elected to the judgeship in Clark County in 2003, she spent 18 years as a lawyer in private practice, including 12 years at Wolfson & Glass, a firm she founded with her husband Steve Wolfson. 

Glass is survived by her husband and two daughters.

On the eve of the Olivia Rodrigo‘s Daisy Chain Fields, the superstar singer turned up Friday afternoon in Santa Monica where she revealed that her inaugural female forward music festival would be donating $10 million to a variety of causes.

“Daisy Chain Fields was created to celebrate the power of what can happen when we come together to support one another,” she said while joined by executives from 10 nonprofits to pump the massive showing of support for their women-centric causes.

That support is expected to be spread across all corners at Great Park in Irvine, Calif. on Saturday — both in front of and behind the camera. The Hollywood Reporter hears that Rodrigo was passionate about lifting up as many women as possible throughout the event that it will largely feature female photographers capturing the stage and ancillary activations. (That includes trans, nonbinary or gender nonconforming individuals.) It is also known that while it was a goal of the event, Rodrigo and organizers mounted the entire affair with an inclusionary rather than exclusionary mission, so it’s not a hard-and-fast rule that every photographer be a woman. “Good vibes” were most important.

Still, it would be quite a feat to pull off. Back in 2018, a group of 82 women climbed the steps of the Palais during the Cannes Film Festival to shine a spotlight on the lack of female directors who have had a chance to screen their films at the iconic gathering. At the time, a female photographer pointed out what a powerful moment it was despite the fact that it was captured by hundreds of male photographers, and only a handful of women photographers.

Behind the scenes, photography and videography remains a field largely dominated by men. “It’s ironic women stood in solidarity and had a moment of silence while being shot by 500 male photographers objectifying the hell out of them,” the photographer explained at the time.

That won’t be the case Saturday. Daisy Chain Fields, presented by Rodrigo, will feature performances by the singer alongside Bikini Kill, Chappell Roan, Devon Again, Die Spitz, Doechii, Eli, Garbage, Mitski, Not For Radio, Quiet Light, Rachel Cinouriri, Santigold and The Breeders, with special guests Karen O, Sarah MacLachlan and Stevie Nicks.

They were able to raise $10 million through sponsors and the fact that the artists set to hit the stage are doing so for free. As THR reported today, the money will be dispersed to Baby2Baby, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Center for Reproductive Rights, FreeFrom, Jhpiego, John Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Institute for Reproductive Health, National Women’s Law Center and Planned Parenthood.