The family of former NFL player Aldon Smith has hired a team of attorneys to investigate the circumstances surrounding his sudden death at the age of 36. In a statement released Tuesday, attorneys Harry Daniels, Bakari Sellers and Wayne Kendall revealed that the former San Francisco 49ers player’s brain has been sent to medical experts in Boston to test for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is a degenerative brain disease associated with repetitive head injuries, which can only be diagnosed after death. According to Smith’s friend Amir Shirazi, the former NFL player spent part of Saturday delivering pizzas to a homeless shelter. Shirazi told the San Francisco Chronicle that after briefly leaving Smith alone in a vehicle, he returned to find him unresponsive. Since leaving the NFL, Smith had focused on mentoring young athletes through his initiative, “I.M. Loading,” which offered guidance and recovery support. No official cause of death has been determined.

Former NHL player Kyle Calder, 47, has died, his daughter wrote in an Instagram post. “Never in a million years would I have thought his day would come,” the post by Calder’s daughter, Madison, reads. The former forward was drafted in the fifth round of the 1997 NHL draft and played in the league from 1999 to 2010, spending six of those seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks. In that time, he appeared in 359 games, scoring 85 goals and 210 points. In a statement released by the NHL Alumni Association, Calder was honored as “not only a respected former NHL player but a cherished teammate, friend, and member of our hockey brotherhood.” Calder’s athletic career extended beyond the NHL; he won a silver medal against Russia with the 1999 Canadian World Junior Team, won a gold medal with the Canadian National Team at the 2003 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship, and placed fourth with the Canadian National Team in 2006. “Thank you for being my biggest fan,” Madison said in her post. “I know you’re skating around in heaven, cheering all of us on from above.” The announcement of his death came with a statement from the Los Angeles Jr. Kings, the team Calder coached, that their coach was dealing with “a brief illness,” but his cause of death is currently unknown.

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Legendary tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams are set to compete together at Wimbledon for the first time in a decade. The Williams sisters have just secured wild card entries in the women’s doubles category for the tournament, which starts on July 3. The last time the two competed at Wimbledon, back in 2016, they clinched the Women’s Doubles trophy against the duo Tímea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova, marking their sixth career win at the tournament. “Guess everybody heard the news. I’ve got to change my number,” Serena quipped on Instagram earlier this month about her upcoming return to the sport. The last time Serena and Venus played together was during the 2022 U.S. Open, where they lost in the first round. Serena prepared for her return at a doubles tournament at Queen’s Club in London, where she won the first match before her partner suffered an injury that forced them to withdraw. Venus is also on her way to a comeback after a 16-month break from the sport, returning in July 2025. She lost at the U.S. Open in 2025, but believes better things are on the horizon. “I definitely had a bit of a slow start, but it’s not really a bad thing,” Venus said.

Oscar-winning actor Sally Field has admitted that she could barely comprehend what Hollywood icon Robert Mitchum was saying to her when the pair appeared in a movie together. In an interview on the Talking Pictures podcast, Field, 79, recounted that one of her first acting roles was in the 1967 Western The Way West. She said she liked to spend time between takes alone, but sometimes Mitchum—the star of classics such as The Night of the Hunter (1955) and the original Cape Fear—would come up to talk to her. “Mitchum would sit with me, and I never could understand a single word he said,” Field said. “I don’t know if he was stoned or what, but I couldn’t string two words together. And I would go, ‘yeah, yeah,’ and [I’d laugh] and pretend I understood what he said.” Despite the lack of clear communication, Field said Mitchum made her feel welcome on set when her film career was just starting out. “The only thing that I understood that he said to me—and then I thought, did I understand that right?—he said, ‘You know, you’re one of us.’ And I went, ‘Well, OK.’” Mitchum died in 1997 at 79.

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William Smithers, best known as the villainous Jeremy Wendell in the soap opera Dallas, has died at 98. Details about the date and cause of his death have not been disclosed. Smithers began his career on Broadway but quickly made his way to the big screen with roles in films such as 1956’s Attack, 1972’s Trouble Man, 1973’s Scorpio, and most famously, 1973’s Papillon, where he played Warden Barrot. The Virginia native had a lengthy career in television, starring as Peyton Mill owner David Schuster on ABC’s Peyton Place, the first primetime soap opera, in 1956. He played the dastardly oilman Jeremy Wendell on Dallas from 1981 to 1989, appearing in 50 episodes. Smithers also starred in the CBS drama Executive Suite in 1976, which resulted in a dramatic legal battle. He sued MGM after claiming the studio violated his contract, which stipulated that no more than three people could receive better billing or pay than he did. He alleged that a studio executive threatened to blacklist him if he followed through with the case. Smithers won, and the case is now part of the canon in entertainment law courses.

Uruguay’s arrival at the 2026 FIFA World Cup has sparked controversy after members of the national team were subjected to extreme safety protocols. Upon their arrival in Miami, the players underwent a roadside luggage inspection involving sniffer dogs. Video of the search quickly went viral and sparked criticism from fans across social media. Many argued that the players were treated more like criminal suspects than elite athletes preparing to compete on soccer’s biggest stage. The incident comes amid other reported travel issues involving World Cup participants. Iraq striker Aymen Hussein was reportedly detained for nearly seven hours at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. A photographer traveling with the Iraqi team was denied entry to the United States. Although heightened security measures are common at major international events, many fans questioned why national teams were being subjected to such intensive inspections. The backlash has extended to both FIFA and U.S. authorities, with critics arguing the treatment undermines the spirit of a tournament supposed to welcome nations from around the world. Uruguay, a two-time World Cup champion, is among the most successful teams in the competition’s history.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have booked a famous private event planner for their New York City wedding, sources tell Page Six. Mark Seed, the man behind the scenes of many celebrity weddings, including those of Jack Antonoff and Jennifer Lawrence, is planning the celebrity couple’s wedding. Seed is a creative event planner for Exposure NY, but is only available for bookings “by special request,” as reported on the company’s website. An insider told Page Six that Seed “can build something spectacular out of nothing” and “is renowned for never, ever talking about his clients.” The extremely private nature of their planner contrasts with Swift, 36, and Kelce’s, 36, highly anticipated and publicized wedding; TMZ reported that Madison Square Garden has charged the couple $3 million to host the ceremony. Luxury wedding planner Sonal Shah said in an interview with the New York Post that the entire three-day event may cost up to $20 million. The billionaire 14-time Grammy winner and her athlete husband have a guest list of more than 1,000 for their special day.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to be released from federal prison two months earlier than expected under a revised timeline. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the 56-year-old rapper is now scheduled to leave New Jersey’s FCI Fort Dix on Feb. 23, 2028. Combs is serving a 50-month sentence after a jury convicted him in July 2025 on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. The Bureau of Prisons declined to provide the reason for the latest change, citing privacy rules. The agency noted that release dates can be adjusted because of good-conduct credits, participation in approved prison programs, or time served before sentencing. The latest reduction continues a series of changes to Combs’ sentence. His projected release date was initially set for May 2028 and later moved to April 2028. Combs continues to challenge his conviction through an ongoing appeal.

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Country singer Brett Eldredge, 40, shocked fans by revealing he had secretly married a mystery woman. The country star posted a black-and-white photo of the two facing away from the camera, along with a caption sharing that they have been together and in love for the past few years. “Over the last several years, life and my perception of it have changed dramatically. I met an amazing woman who truly loves me for me, way beyond the fella with a microphone,” Eldredge wrote. “Along the way, we got married.” He did not reveal her name, where they got married, or how they met, instead choosing to share what he loves about her. “Someone who loves weird barefoot dance-offs in the living room, looking up at the night sky and wondering what lies beyond what we cannot see,” he wrote. “Someone I can have rolling belly laughs with, cry with, and go through life’s tilt-a-whirl of emotions with. Someone who inspires me with her big, beautiful heart.” He also explained why he kept their relationship private. “To me, some of the best things in life are the ones you plant and grow quietly in your sacred space, away from the noise. We value that deeply, and honestly, it soothes my soul,” the star said. Eldredge had previously hinted at having a partner in a December 2025 interview with People, where he said he had “an amazing person” in his life.

An extreme athlete famous for performing alongside Madonna during the Super Bowl halftime show in 2012 has died in a tandem jump in eastern Utah. Andy Lewis, 39, died Sunday during a BASE jump in a remote canyon outside Moab, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said. Also killed was Danny Joe Kregel, a 68-year-old grandfather from Arizona who was harnessed to Lewis. The athlete was a towering figure in the BASE jumping and slacklining world and had long acknowledged the dangers of his profession. “It’s weird to think about how many people are dead,” he said in a 2025 documentary interview. Lewis founded BASE Jump Moab in 2018, a guiding company that strapped paying novices to seasoned jumpers for tandem leaps off desert cliffs. He claimed four straight slacklining world titles from 2008 to 2011 and set a 2011 Guinness World Record for side-surfing a slackline. Lewis vaulted from niche athlete to household name at the 2012 Super Bowl, and in 2014 crossed a slackline strung between a pair of hot-air balloons more than 4,000 feet above Nevada’s desert.