'The Bachelorette' 's Katie Thurston Reveals Why She Didn't Think Blake Moynes Was Going to Propose

Don’t let the tight pants fool you. “I truly did not think he was going to propose and then when he actually got down on one knee and proposed, my reaction was actual shock,” she explained. Thurston said that while she was confident in Moynes' feelings for her, she wasn’t positive that he would get down on one knee — especially given his wardrobe choice for the occasion. For more on why Katie Thurston didn’t believe Blake Moynes was going to propose and other top stories, listen below toour daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Kimberly Espinoza

'The Bachelorette' 's Michelle Young Says Wedding Plans with Nayte Olukoya Are 'Picking Up Speed'

Now that theirBachelorettejourney is over,Michelle Youngand Nayte Olukoya, who gotengagedon theDec. 21 season finale, are more than ready for the next chapter.“We’re so excited to start our life together,” Young, 28, tells PEOPLE.“The show only lasts so long. Now it’s done and we’re just two people madly in love, going down the road,” Olukoya, 27, adds.And that road is leading to a wedding, soon.Neil Favila"The planning is picking up speed," says Young....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Gregory Garcia

'The Bachelorette' : Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey Announced as Leading Ladies for Season 19

The next season ofThe Bachelorettewill be double the fun — and double the drama. The two women will star in the same season together as they search to find love. Jesse Palmer will host the upcoming season. “I’m so happy for her, I truly am. It’s crazy, this is insane. I’m excited to do this journey with you. We did it once together and we’ve been through the most crazy experience together,” Recchia said on theAfter the Final Rosespecial....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · Douglas Lopez

'The Challenge' Champ and 'Big Brother' Alum Amber Borzotra Pregnant with First Baby: 'Call Me Mama'

Photo: Vincent Sandoval/Getty Images The formerChallengewinner andBig Brotheralumna, 35, announced on Instagram late Sunday thatshe is pregnant with her first child. Borzotra has previously opened up about their unexpected love story, and frequently shares on social media her perspective about their journey. “Recently we celebrated one whole year together and I couldn’t be more blessed to have this amazing human in my life 24/7,” she wrote in September. " I literally fell in love with someone that I had no intentions of falling for and it’s honestly the most beautiful kind of love....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Margaret Jones

'The Good Place' 's Manny Jacinto Engaged to Longtime Girlfriend Dianne Doan

Manny Jacintois engaged!On Saturday,The Good Placestar announced that he had popped the question to his longtime girlfriend, fellow actor Dianne Doan. While appearing on a panel for Vulture Festival 2019, Jacinto, who plays Jason Mendoza on the popular NBC comedy, revealed that it was his character on the show that inspired him to take the big step.“I was toying when to pop the question for a long time,” the 32-year-old actor explained, according toVulture....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 727 words · Ian Strickland

'The Hills' ' Audrina Patridge and Ryan Cabrera Split for the Second Time

Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage Audrina PatridgeandRyan Cabrerahave gone their separate ways. The Hillsstar, 33, and the singer, 36, split after about five months of dating, PEOPLE confirms. They were first linked in January 2010 anddated seriously, as documented onThe Hills, beforesplitting in Mayof that same year. In April, Patridge and Cabrerareconciledeight months after shefiled for divorcefrom estranged husband Corey Bohan, 36, whom shemarriedin Hawaii in November 2016. They share daughter Kirra Max....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 239 words · Drew Harrison

'The Magicians' ' Brittany Curran Gets Engaged to Boyfriend James Ingram in Paris

Photo: Courtesy Brittany CurranBrittany Curran is engaged!The Magiciansstar, 29, got engaged to her music producer boyfriend James Ingram in Paris over the weekend, PEOPLE can exclusively announce.“James popped the question at Chateau De Chambord, which is my favorite castle,” Curran tells PEOPLE, adding that she had first discovered the French chateau during a trip to Disney World in EPCOT France years ago.“When James and I first started dating, in like the first week, we both found out that each other loved castles, so I brought over my oversized castle coffee table book to his house so we could look at it together, and Chateau de Chambord is in that book!...

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1441 words · Ann Adams

'The Masked Singer' Unmasks the Deer — and It's Exactly Who You Thought It Was

The four-time Super Bowl M.V.P., NFL Hall of Famer and sportscaster was the man behind “the Deer Mask” on Wednesday’s episode ofThe Masked Singer, FOX’s hit singing competition featuring 12 celebrity contestants singing and dancing in head-to-toe costumes that completely obscure their identities. It wasn’t much a surprise for those who were watching (or for celebrity panelistJenny McCarthy, for that matter). Many had long pegged the 6-foot-3-inch Pittsburgh Steelers alum as “the Deer” due to his football-related clues, like how he was “fairly good at throwing,” had been “knocked down many times,” was “incredibly competitive” and loved horses....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Jacob Jones

'The Morning Show' Review: Jennifer Aniston Wakes Up with Jon Hamm, Who Channels Elon Musk in Best Season Yet

The Morning Showseason 3 is finally here. And you couldn’t get a timelier subject: Thebehind-the-scenes battles to shore up a foundering network, UBA, and squeeze every last drop of value out of its cash-cow morning program. But the series has never seemed as cutting-edge or smart as it ought to. Say you pried open an iPhone and found that the guts consisted of springs, screws and tiny ticking discs. That’sThe Morning Show....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 531 words · Todd Smith

'The Proposal' 's Mike Crowe and Monica Villalobos Split After Getting Engaged in Under an Hour

Photo: The Proposal/Twitter The first couple to get engaged on ABC’sThe Proposalhas split. Mike Crowe toldTMZthat his fiancée Monica Villalobos broke up with him while the couple was recently on a trip to Costa Rica for his 30th birthday. According to Crowe, they “were having a great time” until “about halfway through, when she told me that she didn’t have feelings for me anymore and wanted to break it off....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Timothy Wilson

'The Taliban Are at My Back Door': How a Dad of 5 Fled Afghanistan with His Wife and Kids

Photo: MARCUS YAM/getty As the Talibantightens its grip on Afghanistanand the deadline looms for American troops to leave, some of the tens of thousands of peoplewho have made it outare relating harrowing tales of escape even as they worry about family left behind. Naveed Mustafa, a 30-year-old former Afghan special forces fighter and father of five, was at home in the country’s capital on Aug. 16 when he texted a friend in the U....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 666 words · Tabitha Morrison

'The Voice' Alum Emily Ann Roberts Is Engaged! All the Details on Her Surprise Birthday Proposal

On the morning of her 21st birthday,Emily Ann Robertswoke up expecting that it would be a day she would never forget. But she never realized that Oct. 23 would be a day that would change the rest of her life.“My boyfriend and I had plans to go on a hike in Asheville, North Carolina,” the Season 9Voicerunner-up tells PEOPLE of the quiet morning she and Chris Sasser had arranged. “I was barely wearing any mascara, I didn’t have my nails done and I was just wearing workout clothes, but we were just supposed to be going on a hike, you know?...

March 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1612 words · Jennifer Foster MD

'The Voice' Contestant on Team Niall Admits She Used to Write One Direction Fan Fiction

Niall Horanjust made a Directioner’s dream come true.On Monday night’s episode ofThe Voice, contestantNini Iris captivated all four judgeswith her powerful pipes — and revealed just how much Horan’s former boy bandOne Directionimpacted her as a teenager.The 27-year-old singer, who’s originally from the Eastern European country Georgia and is now based in Brooklyn, performed Texas rock duo Everybody Loves an Outlaw’s “I See Red” and got judges Horan, 30,Gwen Stefani,John LegendandReba McEntireto turn around almost instantly....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1331 words · Abigail Roberts