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It has been just about six months since Nancy Guthrie’s violent kidnapping from her home.

As new pieces of information come out, Savannah Guthrie recently stepped away from The Today Show.

One new detail reveals, in almost its entirety, the first ransom note — unlike the forgery, this one may be from the actual kidnapper.

It paints a chilling picture, promising to kill Nancy if the payment does not arrive on time.

‘We will be holding her for a maximum of seven days’

Nancy Guthrie has been missing since January 31, 2026.

One week ahead of the six-month anniversary of her tragic kidnapping, the world is learning more details about the first ransom note that Savannah received.

On the Crime Junkie podcast, Briana Whitney joined Ashley Flowers to discuss the details of the kidnapper’s chilling demands.

“Hello, Savannah. We have your mother, Nancy,” Whitney read aloud. “She is safe but scared.”

The note warned: “She will be held for ransom, and once payment is received, she will be released unharmed. We will be holding her for a maximum of seven days.”

According to Whitney, the note proceeded to demand millions of dollars.

People previously heard from a source that the note demanded $4 million in bitcoin by Thursday, February 5.

If that demand were not met, the note detailed that the kidnapper would want $6 million by February 9.

“Once payment is received to the Bitcoin address below, she will be released within 12 hours of deposit to a safe drop off location back in Tucson,” the kidnapper alleged.

The ransom note warned: “If the payment is not received by the last deadline on Monday the 9th at 5 p.m., she will be killed.”

‘Her life is in your hands’

“Your mother is aware of this,” the ransom note informed Savannah, “and her life is in your hands.”

The note insisted: “It is in the best interest of everyone to have this completed as soon as possible.”

Whitney continued to read the chilling message, which warned: “You will not be able to contact me from here on out. There will be no negotiation.”

Sternly, it continued: “Do not play games. Law enforcement will not be able to help you.”

At the end of the note, it included little details about the interior and exterior of the home — things that would, presumably, wash away any doubts that Savannah might have had about whether this was the kidnapper or a sick copycat looking for a payday.

After reading the note, Whitney noted that the FBI is — six months later, just about — still unsure if the note is authentic.

Presumably, agents have been too busy helping Kash Patel plan luxury vacations and jet out to visit his girlfriend or party with hockey teams to make this determination.

However, unless the kidnapper’s claims within the note were false, presumably Savannah understood the message to be genuine.

That said … it is widely believed that Nancy, an octogenarian without her medication who had just been violently kidnapped, did not survive to even the first ransom deadline.

Our hearts continue to go out to Savannah and to the entire family. This heartbreaking situation continues, offering them no real closure.

Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note Revealed: ‘She Will Be Killed’ was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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It looks like Sean “Diddy” Combs won’t be getting an early release for good behavior.

According to a new report, the disgraced mogul is currently cooling his heels in solitary confinement after getting into a fight in prison.

Combs is serving a four-year sentence on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

Sources familiar with the incident told NBC News that the confrontation when a fellow inmate started hurling insults at Combs.

Prison staff intervened to break up the fight, and Combs was subsequently placed in administrative segregation, commonly referred to as solitary confinement, while officials investigated the incident.

The report states that Combs did not suffer serious injuries. According to TMZ, Diddy “held his own” during the fight.

The condition of the other inmate involved has not been publicly disclosed, and federal officials have not released additional details about what led to the altercation.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons declined to comment on the specifics of the reported incident, citing privacy, safety, and security policies regarding incarcerated individuals.

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Combs is set for release in 2028, and it does not look as though this disciplinary infraction will affect that date.

Though he was convicted of transportation to engage in prostitution, he beat several more serious charges, including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, which could have landed him behind bars for life.

The conviction followed a weeks-long federal trial in New York that featured testimony from multiple witnesses, including former romantic partners and former employees.

Following the verdict, the court imposed a custodial sentence that prosecutors said reflected the convictions returned by the jury.

Several other accusers have come forward since Diddy began his sentence, but thus far, no new criminal charges have been filed.

Diddy’s current home, FCI Fort Dix, houses more than 2,000 inmates and is one of the largest federal correctional institutions in the United States.

The facility has previously drawn criticism over concerns involving inmate safety and overcrowding, although prison officials have said they continue to implement measures designed to maintain security.

Neither Combs’ legal team nor the Bureau of Prisons has publicly commented on the reported fight beyond the information included in NBC’s reporting.

We will have further updates on this developing story as more information becomes available.

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Earlier this month, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry visited a very special spot in the UK.

Not only did they make a pilgrimage to Harry’s family’s ancestral estate, but they brought their children.

It has been almost 30 years since Princess Diana’s tragic death.

Meghan shared cozy photos of both kids exploring the estate where their grandmother grew up.

It looks like they had a great time

Recently, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Europe.

They took this family trip with both children: 7-year-old Prince Archie and 5-year-old Princess Lilibet.

On Thursday, July 23, Meghan shared cozy photos.

Among the array of Instagram snaps that she shared, we can see glimpses of Althorp.

If you are not familiar, Althorp is the ancestral family estate of Princess Diana. Harry did not grow up there, but his mother did.

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One photo showed little Lilibet wearing a dress as she made her way through a field of grass.

Another showed Archie walking barefoot on the property.

Charles Spencer owns the 15,000-acre Northamptonshire estate.

Harry and Meghan could not raise their children on this land — in the UK, they were attached to the royal family. Once they left their royal duties, they could not remain without facing harassment even worse than before.

Even so, their children get to experience the joys of extraordinary hereditary wealth in the UK. Truly like something out of a fairy tale.

The children will never know their paternal grandmother

The late Princess Diana is actually buried on the property.

Specifically she is buried on a secluded island.

Oval Lake at Althorp is not accessible to the public.

A limited access to estate grounds — not the beloved Princess of Wales’ burial site — is available to visitors during much of the summer.

However, online records show that access was closed when Harry, Meghan, Archie, and Lilibet visited on July 10 and July 11.

The Australia tour that transformed the lives of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, was overshadowed by excessive jealousy from the royal family.

To know them is to love them.

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Obviously, not everyone is enamored with the photos or with Meghan or Harry — or even their young children.

A certain crowd has viewed Meghan as some sort of interloper who “stole” Harry a decade ago, and they’ve never forgiven her.

Everything since then, from advocating for a better world to wanting to balance privacy with being a public figure to selling jam has only further condemned her in this crowd’s eyes.

But for anyone viewing this normally, two parents took their kids to visit a sprawling estate where their famous grandmother grew up before her entanglement with Charles.

It’s a glaring reminder of generational wealth in the UK and beyond. But it’s otherwise very sweet.

Meghan Markle Shares Cozy Photos of Kids Exploring Princess Diana’s Estate was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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In recent years, the GLP-1 fad has been nearly as hard to avoid — and nearly as pernicious — as the hard push for AI slop.

But Rosie O’Donnell doesn’t feel fatigued with it.

The actress and comedian credits the controversial weight loss drug with having “saved” her life.

In fact, she says that she wants to do ads for the product — and wishes that more people could afford it.

‘I really wish I could do commercials …’

Speaking to People in an interview published on Thursday, July 23, Rosie credited Mounjaro with having “saved” her life.

“When my mom died, all of us children gained weight,” she recalled.

Her mother passed away in 1973. Weight loss and weight gain, mild and in the extremes, are both common reactions to grief.

In her case, it also had to do with being a child who was suddenly entrusted with helping the family shop.

“Everyone got heavy,” Rosie described. “Everyone was in such grief and trauma.”

“And so Mounjaro saved my life,” Rosie claimed.

She shared that she has “lost a pound or two a month for three years.”

Rosie believes that the controversial GLP-1 product is not only good for her, but could be for others.

“I really wish I could do commercials for Mounjaro,” she expressed.

Rosie added: “And they would drop the price instead of paying me.”

‘I know the shame that we carry and the humiliation that is dealt to people who are overweight’

“Because when I see people struggling with obesity,” Rosie explained, “I want to say I know the shame that we carry and the humiliation that is dealt to people who are overweight.”

Unfortunately, it sounds like her proposed solution is not to end stigma, but simply to eradicate weight.

(As we know from multiple harrowing stories and also from common sense, not everyone can or should take GLP-1s.)

Rosie explained the trauma of having worked as an actress and comedian prior to this weight loss.

“When I would do late night, my biggest concern wasn’t my set, it was, did I look fat?” she recalled.

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“The first time I did a talk show, it was Pat Sajak,” Rosie shared. “And people were saying ‘You were so good.’”

She continued: “And I’d go, ‘How did I look in that blazer?’ I wasn’t even heavy then.”

Rosie said that she feels “much healthier and more powerful” in her “physicality” now that she has used this GLP-1.

Obviously, she is aware that not everyone — in fact, probably most people — could not afford GLP-1 medications even if they wanted them.

But Rosie didn’t delve into how medicalized starvation probably isn’t the best or safest route for most people, even if it happened to work for her.

Rosie O’Donnell Credits GLP-1 for Saving Her Life was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Actors Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck have suffered a loss in their family.

Their mother, Chris Anne Affleck, has passed away.

Her death followed a diagnosis of cancer. Doctors had only given her months to live.

Chris was 83.

She died early last month

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chris passed away on June 2.

This followed a diagnosis in December.

She had pancreatic cancer.

Doctors at the time told her that she had about six months to live.

Unfortunately, the prognosis was very accurate.

Born as Christopher Anne Boldt in 1942 in New York, Chris would go on to graduate from Harvard.

She spent 35 years as a teacher and remained a committed civil rights activist.

She married Timothy Affleck, divorcing in the ’80s. Together, they welcomed Ben in 1972 and then Casey in 1975.

Ben Affleck’s career has been successful for decades. He is also, pretty famously, a good person — even if he is the butt of some joke memes.

Casey is arguably better known for settling two sexual harassment lawsuits out of court than for his acting career.

Ben brought his mom to the Oscars almost 30 years ago

For much of the public, their first introduction to Chris was when her son was nominated for an Oscar.

In 1998, both Ben Affleck and Matt Damon received nominations for Good Will Hunting.

The actors attended the Oscars together, which could mean nothing, and both brought their mothers.

“We were sitting next to our moms and we won, and we kind of hugged our moms. I remember how everyone had made such a big thing out of it as if this was such a novelty,” Ben recalled to Vanity Fair in 2023.

“There was nobody else that was going to go,” he explained. “That was it. Of course, our moms were gonna go. That was really innocent and not faked.”

The pancreas is part of the endocrine system, and lies directly behind the stomach.

When cancerous cells begin to multiply out of control and potentially spread to other parts of the body, this is pancreatic cancer.

About 90% of all cancers of the pancreas are pancreatic adenocarcinoma, to the point where this is often synonymous with pancreatic cancer (even though this can take other forms, like neuroendocrine tumors).

In general, pancreatic cancer tends to have a very poor prognosis, as was the case with Chris. The cancer tends to be diagnosed at a later stage.

Our hearts go out to the Affleck family as they continue to mourn their dearly departed mother and grandmother.

Chris Affleck Cause of Death: Mother of Ben & Casey Was 83 was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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As we previously reported, Eminem’s ex-wife, Kim Mathers, was hospitalized following an alleged suicide attempt earlier this month.

Now, newly released police body camera footage has shed more light on the moments after first responders arrived at her residence.

In footage obtained by TMZ, Kim is seen screaming at police officers and paramedics as they remove her from her home.

Mathers can be heard yelling profanities as first responders worked to transport her to a local hospital.

According to the police report, officers were dispatched after a relative called 911 requesting help. Authorities said Mathers was eventually taken to McLaren Macomb Hospital for treatment.

During the response, police alleged that she became combative, leading to her arrest on suspicion of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest after an officer reported being bitten.

Officers also deployed a Taser during the incident, according to the report.

The newly released video largely captures the tense moments after first responders had secured the scene. As officers escorted Mathers to an ambulance, she repeatedly shouted expletives at those around her while several officers and paramedics attempted to de-escalate the situation.

The footage also includes an officer documenting an alleged bite injury following the encounter.

Kim has faced numerous legal issues in recent months.

In June, a warrant was issued for Mathers’ arrest after she failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing related to a DUI case. She had also been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence several weeks earlier.

Kim was married to Eminem — whose real name is Marshall Mathers — twice. The pair first married in 1999 before divorcing in 2001.

They reconciled and remarried briefly in 2006 before divorcing again later that year. They share daughter Hailie Jade, and their relationship has long been the subject of public attention and has inspired some of Eminem’s most infamous songs.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide or experiencing a mental health crisis, help is available. In the United States, you can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at any time.

Kim Mathers, Ex-Wife of Eminem, Hurled Expletives, Bit Cop Following Alleged Suicide … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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