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The Real Housewives of Orange County is about to make history.
But it will be doing so without a familiar face.
According to multiple sources, Gretchen Rossi will NOT be included in any way on future episodes of this series, which is about to become the first-ever Real Housewives franchise to hit 20 seasons.
Rossi made her dramatic return to show in season 19, this time in a “friend” role… after five seasons as a full-time cast member from 2008 to 2013. She also appeared as a guest during Season 12 in 2017.
No one from Bravo or within Rossi’s camp has yet commented on this report.
Season 20 is scheduled to begin filming soon — with the rest of the Season 19 cast is expected to remain intact, minus Katie Ginella.
She posted on Instagram this month that she had been fired, writing simply:
“After two seasons as a cast member on RHOC, the network has decided to move forward with Season 20 without me. While disappointing, it’s not entirely surprising after seeing how season 19 played out.”
The first Asian American woman to be cast on The Real Housewives of Orange County, Ginella was caught in a multitude of lies during her run; and was also accused of spreading information about the show and the cast to Bravo content creators.
Aside from Katie and Gretchen, Variety writes that the rest of the season 19 cast is expected to return for the show’s landmark 20th season, including the following women:
Tamra Judge, Gina Kirschenheiter, Heather Dubrow, Shannon Storms Beador, Emily Simpson and Jennifer Pedranti.
Yes, Judge will return for Season 20… despite her behavior the previous season:
As Variety reports, she’s been saved because of the storyline potential that comes from reuniting the now-splintered “tres amigas,” which consisted of Judge, Beador and Vicki Gunvalson.
Also returning is OG Housewife Gunvalson, who was presented with an orange by executive producer Andy Cohen at BravoCon 2025 back in November.
“Vicki, would you join us as a Housewife for Season 20?” Andy asked her on stage at The Bravos.
Gunvalson is currently filming The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th, a celebration of 20 years of The Real Housewives franchise.
Other stars include The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Kyle Richards and The Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Teresa Giudice.
The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 20 Cast Update: Who’s Outta There?!? was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Lainey Wilson’s journey into country music is coming to one of the world’s biggest streaming platforms, giving fans a real look at the woman behind the songs and her rise to the top of the genre.
Deadline reports that Netflix has officially picked up Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool, a new documentary that takes an inside look at the chart-topping artist’s personal evolution and her impact on modern country music. The film, produced by Teton Ridge Entertainment, Sandbox Studios and MakeMake in association with Shark Pig Studios, is set to premiere on April 22.
Directed by Amy Scott, the documentary offers an up-close look at a defining period in Wilson’s career, following her as she navigates the challenges and milestones that come with rapid success. From life on the road to moments of self-reflection, the film highlights how Wilson has remained grounded while defining what it means to be a modern country star.
Wilson shared her excitement about the project reaching a worldwide audience, noting that the experience was deeply meaningful to her. She hopes viewers walk away believing that authenticity and staying true to yourself can open doors you never imagined possible.
“I couldn’t be more excited that this documentary is going to be on Netflix,” Wilson said. “This was such a special project to make, and I hope that folks who watch it see that no dream is too big and that staying true to who you are will always lead you exactly where you’re meant to be.”
Scott explains that the project evolved in an unexpected way. It started as just an ambitious idea and quickly became a close, personal look at one of country music’s brightest stars. Viewers will get to see Wilson’s inspiring and authentic journey through a whole new lens when it premieres on the streaming service this spring.
“What began as a fever dream project became an intimate journey with one of the most dynamic and fascinating artists of today,” Scott said. “Lainey’s story is deeply personal, wildly inspiring, and rooted in authenticity, and I can’t imagine a better platform to share it with the world.”
Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool was produced by Angus Wall, Terry Leonard, Kent Kubena, Thomas Tull, Jillian Share, Jason Owen, and Jen Gorton, with Mandelyn Monchick, Josh Miller, Katie Admire, Jillian Apfelbaum,and Nicolas Gordonserving as executive producers.
This documentary will arrive a few months after the “Somewhere Over Laredo” singer makes her feature film debut in Reminders of Him.
Fans can also catch her performing on stages across the globe on her extended headline run as well as on select dates of Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show.
The post Netflix to Spotlight Lainey Wilson’s Musical Journey In New ‘Keepin’ Country Cool’ Documentary appeared first on Country Now.
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If you were old enough to watch the news in the 1990s, then you probably remember the name JonBenet Ramsey.
The six-year-old pageant contestant was found murdered in her parents’ basement on Christmas Day of 1996, and the crime remains unsolved thirty years later.
Now, many social media users have become convinced that the notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein may have been involved in Ramsey’s death.
To be clear, there’s no good reason to believe that, but social media hoaxes have become much more sophisticated in recent years.
The rumor seems to have started with a TikTok user who claimed that a portrait hanging in Epstein’s home showed the deceased financier with JonBenet sitting on his shoulders.
“I mean, if you don’t see it, you don’t see it, but I’m sure you see it. Is that JonBenét?” asked the user.
“I don’t think it’s a stretch at all,” one person wrote in the comments.
“Yes. I believe it’s JonBenet,” a second agreed, adding:
“My mind is blown. So sad!”
Other users alleged that Epstein’s friend and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell was in attendance at JonBenet’s sixth birthday party.
While there’s no evidence to support that claim, there is a loose connection between Maxwell and JonBenet’s father, John Bennett Ramsey.
“Did you know that JonBenet Ramsey’s father, who was a lifelong conservative, also shares the same attorney with Ghislaine Maxwell?” one TikTok user asked.
That part is actually true. As Radar Online points out, John Bennett hired the Denver law firm of Haddon, Morgan, and Foreman following the murder of his daughter.
And Maxwell hired the same firm in 2015 for a civil lawsuit brought by Epstein trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre. She hired the firm a second time in 2021, when she was arrested on sex trafficking charges.
But the rest of these claims? As Ramsey tells TMZ, they appear to be completely fabricated.
“Absolutely no truth to it. I haven’t seen this, but with A.I., anything is possible,” Ramsey said this week.
“I figured one of these days I would be accused of being an Epstein pal. Hasn’t happened yet. Internet people can be very cruel.”
Epstein took his own life in a New York City jail cell in 2019. Many still believe he was murdered in order to protect the identities of his wealthy friends and clients.
The so-called “Epstein files” remain a source of controversy, with the Trump administration vowing to release reams of new information about the investigation, but thus far failing to do so.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
JonBenet Ramsey’s Father Addresses Rumor of Family’s Involvement With Jeffrey … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Neither Wade nor Faith gave any official reason for why they left the festival, but Maren Morris shared some insight on why a new artist might be booked for a festival even if it doesn’t align with their values. Continue reading…Country Music News – Taste of Country
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Democrats could face a gloomy Electoral College atmosphere next decade, according to new population estimates released Tuesday that show red-leaning states like Texas and Florida making major gains and California as a big loser.
By combining the census bureau’s new state population estimates for 2025 with previous years’ data, experts quickly projected the number of House seats — and Electoral College votes — states will gain or lose after the 2030 Census in the process known as reapportionment. And while those projections differ slightly, they all had bad news for Democrats: GOP-leaning states will gain electoral power and Democratic-leaning states will lose it if the trends continue.
While Joe Biden would still have won in 2020 under the estimates, two projected maps show Democrats would no longer be able to win the Electoral College by relying solely on the Rust Belt battleground states.
One of the estimates from Jonathan Cervas, a redistricting and apportionment expert at Carnegie Mellon University, shows seat changes across the map, with Florida and Texas gaining four seats each, while California, New York and Illinois collectively lose eight.
Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, Utah and Idaho would all pick up one more seat, while Oregon, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island lose one seat.
Another map from the GOP-aligned American Redistricting Project shows less seats shifting overall, with Texas gaining four seats, Florida gaining two, and Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, Utah and Idaho gaining one. Under that estimate, California loses four seats, and New York, Illinois, Oregon, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island all lose one seat.
In both models, the shifts — which are significant in both projections given the already razor-thin margins in the House — stand to alter the battlefield for the 2032 presidential campaign and the fight for the House down-ballot.
While the changes are “not going to lock in” GOP wins, the map is certainly shifting in their favor, said Adam Kincaid, president of the National Republican Redistricting Trust.
“The Rust Belt states and Sun Belt states will continue to be the battleground,” he said. “The difference is that Republicans will be able to win the White House without a single Rust Belt state, whereas Democrats would have to sweep the Rust Belt and win in the Sun Belt.”
The new maps are mostly in line with earlier estimates from Democrats, who at the time presented changes to Florida and Texas specifically as the “result of population growth specifically in diverse, metropolitan, Democratic-leaning urban centers.”
That is leaving the party with some tempered optimism about their fate in the Electoral College and the battle for House control.
“As these folks are moving, they’re bringing their politics with them,” said Marina Jenkins, executive director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. “And so I think it’s not necessarily safe to assume that those population shifts don’t or aren’t able to impact statewide results.”
But not everyone in the party saw good news between the lines. Plus, Democrats have long hoped population shifts in red states like Texas and Florida would lead to gains for the party, but so far that wish has not materialized.
David Hogg, the former DNC vice chair who has embarked on a mission to primary members of his party that he believes are not doing enough to stand up to President Donald Trump, said the estimates prove that the party must invest further in the South.
“If we don’t start building infrastructure in the South … we can kiss goodbye any chance of winning the white house in the 2030s,” Hogg said on X.
The shifts also amplify fears from Democrats that Republicans will try and gerrymander urban areas and lessen those voters’ impact in House races, something Jenkins said is designed to “dilute the voices of these communities.”
“We’re going to find in states like Texas is that as those communities grow, it’s going to become harder and harder for [Republicans] to gerrymander their way out of the fact that those people live there, and they’re real people,” she said.
Jenkins said it’s important to understand the projections “in the context of this effort to gerrymander the country into oblivion,” pointing to the White House-initiated mid-cycle redistricting effort that swept the country last year.
But both parties acknowledge there’s still plenty of time for populations to shift even more before the numbers are locked in during the 2030 Census.
Ahead of the 2020 Census, reapportionment projections were dire for Democratic-controlled states. But the shifts ended up being less dramatic than anticipated — in part due to an undercount of Black, Hispanic and Native American people, the Census Bureau acknowledged, that was partially triggered by the extraordinarily difficult task of counting every American during a pandemic.
“It’s basically halftime,” Kincaid said. “We’ve got 5 years to go. A lot can change.”
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