Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya is considering a run for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota, a move that would mark her most significant step from sports broadcasting into Republican politics. According to OutKick, Tafoya met last week with the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and other key figures in Washington to discuss a potential bid for the seat. Sources told the outlet that party leaders are eager for Tafoya to enter the race and that she is in “ongoing conversations” with NRSC Chairman Sen. Tim Scott about what a campaign could look like. Tafoya is expected to decide whether she will run in early 2026, OutKick reported. Tafoya spent more than 25 years as a sideline reporter covering the NFL, calling her final game for NBC in 2022. Since leaving broadcasting, she has increasingly leaned into conservative politics, including serving as co-chair of Kendall Qualls’ 2022 gubernatorial campaign in Minnesota and becoming a vocal political commentator. If she jumps in, a run for the seat would be an uphill one. Minnesota has not elected a Republican senator in more than a decade.

President Donald Trump has launched a major legal battle against the BBC, filing a federal lawsuit that seeks up to $10 billion over allegations the U.K. public broadcaster misrepresented a part of his speech delivered prior to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. His attorneys argue the segment deceptively stitched his remarks together to make it appear he encouraged violence. The BBC has previously apologized for the way the footage was cut, calling it an “error of judgment” but rejecting claims it defamed the president. Legal experts have said the suit appears futile, as the statute of limitations has already expired in the U.K. and the program on which the segment aired, Panorama, does not broadcast in the U.S. The controversy has led to the resignations of senior executives at the corporation and prompted fierce debate in both the U.K. and U.S. over editorial standards and press freedom. The case adds to a widening series of high-profile legal offensives Trump has launched against major media organizations both before and after returning to the presidency, including suing The Wall Street Journal over its reporting on his relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and a successful action against ABC News after one of the network’s anchors mischaracterized the ruling against Trump in a sexual assault case.

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Rob Reiner took his son, Nick Reiner, to Conan O’Brien’s Dec. 13 Christmas party to “keep an eye on him”—just a day before the elder Reiner and his wife were killed.

The film director and his wife, Michele, asked if they could bring him to the occasion out of concern for their son, sources told Rolling Stone. At the party, Nick, 32, exhibited “anti-social behavior,” including staring at people, according to the outlet. Reiner and his son got into a “very loud argument," according to TMZ.

The following day, Reiner, 78, and his wife, 68, were found dead in their Los Angeles home in what investigators have called “an apparent homicide.“ Nick Reiner remains in custody without bail.

One of the Reiners’ neighbors told the New York Post that “Nick has had demons for the longest. It is such a nightmare. The whole thing is a tragedy.”

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Nick Reiner struggled with drug addiction and mental health issues since he was about 14 years old.

His father had described the ordeal of Nick going to 18 rehabilitation facilities and being homeless in three states.

“When Nick would tell us that it wasn’t working for him, we wouldn’t listen,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “We were desperate, and because the people had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them when we should have been listening to our son.”

Reiner further explained to People Magazine in 2016: “You kind of throw yourself at the mercy of a lot of people who are supposed experts. They’ll all tell you these things, but they don’t take into account your child. And you should know your child better than they do anyway. That is something I learned as we went along.”

Fifteen people have been injured by the abrupt stop of a cable car, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. One of the iconic public transportation cars jolted to a halt, leaving more than a dozen people with injuries, and two were immediately taken to the hospital. The cars were first introduced in the 1870s and are a major tourism draw for the Bay Area city. They lack seatbelts and are often ridden by passengers who hang out the sides. The SFFD said in a statement, “There will be an ongoing investigation… We have minor to moderate injuries at this location.” It added that “15 patents were evaluated here on scene [and] two were transported immediately from their injuries. [Eleven] were transported for what we would consider minor aches and pains, and two [declined] to be transported to the hospital.” The car operator, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, said it was also investigating. “Safety for our passengers on all Muni vehicles continues to be our top priority,” it said in a statement. “We’ll be conducting a full review of incident details to ensure continued safety on the cable cars.”

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UFC star Geronimo Dos Santos has been found dead after he disappeared during a swim in the Amazon. Brazilian authorities say Dos Santos, 45, vanished Saturday while swimming in the Negro River near São Gabriel da Cachoeira, where he was visiting with his girlfriend. His body was recovered on Monday, found trapped under rocks, The Sun reported. Dos Santos—nicknamed “Mongdragon”—had fought internationally and was signed to UFC in 2012, but he never made his debut, pulling out of UFC 153 due to injury, before being released by the company. He amassed a 45-26-1 pro record. In April, he knocked out former UFC contender Aleksei Oleinik in just 109 seconds at a BKFC event. Dos Santos had been scheduled to face ex-UFC champ Andrei Arlovski this summer but withdrew. Local officials said: “May God grant [his loved ones] strength and comfort to overcome this great loss.”

Disney is sticking with its live-action remake playbook, but this time, the studio is flipping the script. According to Deadline, Disney is developing a live-action film centered on Gaston, the swaggering antagonist from the beloved 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast. The project will not be tied to Disney’s 2017 live-action Beauty and the Beast, nor will Luke Evans return to reprise the role. Instead, the studio appears to be carving out a standalone origin-style story for the character — a move reminiscent of Disney’s earlier villain-focused reimagining with its 2014 live-action Maleficent. According to the outlet, Disney previously discussed expanding the Beauty and the Beast universe with a Gaston-centric series starring Evans, which was brought up after the 2017 film’s box-office success but was ultimately shelved before production. For the new film, Deadline reports that Dave Callaham has been tapped to write the script, with Michelle Rejwan attached as producer. No director has been announced, and casting details remain under wraps.

Two activist groups have unfurled a massive photo of President Donald Trump and late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in Washington, D.C. Everyone Hates Elon and Glasgow Actions Team posted a video of themselves taking “the world’s largest Trump and Epstein photo” to Washington, placing it outside the National Mall in the hope of getting the attention of the president. The U.S. Department of Justice is required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act to release all the files related to Epstein on Dec. 19. “Hey @realdonaldtrump don’t look out the window, the world’s largest photo of you with Jeffrey Epstein just arrived on your doorstep. As much as you redact the files, we know the truth,” Everyone Hates Elon’s caption read. The video was captioned “Redact this, Donald.” Everyone Hates Elon has been trolling Trump all year. They drove a mobile billboard around Aberdeen with a photo of Trump and Epstein when Trump was there playing golf, with the caption “Welcome to Scotland, Donald.” They also unfurled their 400-square-meter Trump and Epstein photo on the lawn of Windsor Castle the day before Trump arrived for his state visit. A spokesperson for the group said at the time their goal was “to make sure Epstein haunts [Trump] everywhere he goes.”

James Cameron is officially raking in the big bucks, with Forbes reporting that the Avatar filmmaker has joined a very short list of filmmakers who’ve achieved billionaire status. The third of Cameron’s planned five Avatar installments, Avatar: Fire and Ash, is set to release in theaters this weekend—and the site reports that the film is likely to gross more than $2 billion and make Cameron at least $200 million more to add to his fortune. Cameron, 71, who has lived in New Zealand permanently since 2020, reached the milestone of $1.1 billion in net worth solely from proceeds from his previous blockbuster films, including The Terminator, Titanic, and the first two Avatar films. Forbes points out that the distinction sets Cameron apart from the short list of other billionaire filmmakers, including George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, and Tyler Perry, who had mega-deals from studios or revenue from outside of Hollywood. Cameron himself has shied away from discussing his personal fortune—telling Puck’s Matt Belloni last month, “I wish I was a billionaire... The billionaire thing assumes certain deals that didn’t exist, one, and, two, that I’ve never spent a dime in 30 years.”

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Anthony Geary, who won eight Daytime Emmys for his role as Luke Spencer on General Hospital, died at 78. He died on December 14 following complications from a scheduled operation he had three days prior, TV Insider reported. “It was a shock for me and our families and our friends,” Geary’s husband, Claudio Gama, told the outlet. “For more than 30 years, Tony has been my friend, my companion, my husband.” Before his death, Geary became a soap opera legend on General Hospital. Although his initial contract was only 13 weeks, he stayed for five years before leaving the show in 1983. He then returned to the show in 1991 full-time, playing both Luke Spencer and his lookalike cousin, Bill Eckert. Geary stayed with the show for 24 more years until its final episode in 2015. His character Luke and wife Laura (played by Genie Francis) were one of daytime’s original supercouples, even though Luke controversially raped Laura when they met. Their 1981 wedding was watched by 30 million viewers, making it the highest-rated hour in soap opera history. Geary told TV Line that General Hospital was “a huge part” of “over half” his life, but he didn’t want to die on set as it “wouldn’t be too poetic.” He added that “There was a point after my back surgery last year where it became clear to me that my time is not infinite.”

A Massachusetts jury has found the husband of missing 39-year-old Ana Walshe guilty of her murder. Brian Walshe was convicted on Monday of first-degree murder after a two-week trial in which his defense team did not call any witnesses. His conviction comes nearly three years after his wife vanished on New Year’s Day, with her body never having been found. Walshe’s sentencing is set for Wednesday, Dec. 17, where he now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. During the trial, prosecutors argued that he killed Ana and dismembered her body, while the defense claimed he had only dismembered his wife after she had a “sudden unexplained death.” Ana was last seen alive on New Year’s Day in 2023. That same month, Brian was charged with murder, misleading a police investigation, and improper conveyance of a body.