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Former NFL player Will Compton did not make the guest list for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding on July 3. Photos: @_willcompton/Instagram, AP Photo
Taylor Swift

Who is Will Compton, the ex-NFL player snubbed by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce?

The former linebacker played for the Washington Commanders, the Tennessee Titans and the Las Vegas Raiders – now he co-hosts the Bussin’ with the Boys podcast.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie Xo – who he’s divorcing

Fame and celebrity

Meet country singer Parker McCollum, whose song ‘Pretty Heart’ went quadruple platinum

Fame and celebrity

Meet Jackson White’s mother, Katey Sagal, who’s also in Hulu’s Tell Me Lies

White – who stars in the Hulu show with Grace Van Patten – just opened up about his family life on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast.

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Jackson White and his mother, actress Katey Sagal, co-star in Tell Me Lies. Photos: @KateySagal/X, @jacksonwhite/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Meet Jessica Williams, who plays Gaby in Apple TV’s Shrinking

Starting off with improv in school, she joined Amy Poehler’s comedy group and broke through as the youngest correspondent on The Daily Show.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet podcaster Jake Shane, who’s friends with Kaia Gerber and Glen Powell

Currently No 37 on Forbes’ 2025’s Top Creators list, Shane made his TV debut on Hacks and has interviewed Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco and Katy Perry.

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The Diary of a CEO’s Steven Bartlett is hosting a speaking tour in Hong Kong

The British entrepreneur and podcast host is bringing his ‘Business & Life Speaking Tour’ to Hong Kong – here’s what you need to know.

British entrepreneur and podcast host Steven Bartlett. Photo: Getty Images
Amazon

Amazon to cut Wondery podcast staff, reorganise audio business

The moves are an acknowledgement that Amazon’s big push into podcasts has not worked out as planned.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie Xo, who hosts the Dumb Blonde podcast?

Bunnie Xo recently opened up about her IVF journey, comparing it to a ‘slot machine in Vegas’; she met Jelly Roll at a concert in 2015 and he proposed to her in 2016 at a Yelawolf and Deftones show.

US Politics

Meet Jason Whitlock, sports columnist turned controversial political pundit

Last year, Whitlock said the WNBA was ‘living off the charity of the NBA’ after Caitlin Clark’s season ended – he’s also made controversial comments about efforts to ‘emasculate men’.

Meet Jason Whitlock, the ex-ESPN pundit who became a right-wing commentator. Photo: Jason Whitlock/YouTube
Fame and celebrity

Meghan’s tears, confessions about Harry in first podcast interview

Meghan Markle discloses why she is done proving her worth, the early stages of dating Prince Harry and more to IT Cosmetics’ Jamie Kern Lima.

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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, in 2022. She talks about the early stages of dating him, and more, in her first podcast interview. Photo: dpa
Fame and celebrity

Meet Melissa McCarthy’s husband of 19 years, writer and actor Ben Falcone

First meeting as teenagers when McCarthy was ‘very, very goth’, the two connected properly during a writing class as adults, and they’ve since welcomed 2 children, Vivian and Georgette.

Celebrity Families

Meet Joe Rogan’s estranged half-sister Rosa, who’s publicly criticising him

Joe Rogan’s half-sister says the podcaster hasn’t attempted to contact her or her father, but admits his interview with Donald Trump before the US election was an ‘influential moment’.

Celebrity Families

Who is Macaulay Culkin’s ‘narcissistic’ estranged dad, Christopher ‘Kit’ Culkin?

Macaulay Culkin achieved Hollywood success beyond his wildest dreams, but he hasn’t spoken to his actor father in decades – and he ‘deserves it’, according to the Home Alone star.

Macaulay Culkin no longer talks to his father Christopher “Kit” Culkin. Photos: @culkamania/Instagram, UPPA
Fame and celebrity

Who is Abby De La Rosa, mum of 3 of Nick Cannon’s 12 children?

The couple share 3 children, from a total of 12 Cannon has fathered, but disc-spinner and radio presenter De La Rosa stands out for her open-minded view of their relationship.

TV personality Nick Cannon with Abby De La Rosa, mother of some of his children. Photo: @hiabbydelarosa/Instagram
Icons and Influencers

Who is OutKick founder Clay Travis, who’s friendly with Trump and Musk?

Formerly a writer for CBS Sports and blog Deadspin, Travis has been accused of pushing Covid-19 misinformation and downplaying police brutality against Black people.

Icons and Influencers

Meet House Speaker Mike Johnson’s teacher and pastor wife, Kelly Johnson

As a pastoral counsellor, Kelly started a company that equated homosexuality with bestiality and incest, and claimed being transgender was forbidden by the Bible – she is also a mother of 4 children.

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Celebrity Families

Meet Michelle Obama’s brother Craig Robinson, who she’s launching a podcast with

‘We’re living through some really complicated and confusing times,’ Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson note ahead of the launch of their new podcast.

Former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama and her older brother, the basketball coach Craig Robinson. Photo: @michelleobama/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Meet country singer Kelsea Ballerini’s Aussie ex-husband, Morgan Evans

Evans released ‘Over for You’ as a seeming take on Ballerini’s filing for divorce; he’s toured with American artists Brooks & Dunn and Gary Allan, and with Australians Shannon Noll and Adam Harvey.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Bowen Yang’s bestie and date for the Oscars, actor Matt Rogers?

Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers have interviewed everyone from Mariah Carey to Will Ferrell on their podcast, and Rogers has acted in over 50 films and TV shows, including Netflix’s No Good Deed.

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Icons and Influencers

Meet Dan Bongino, right-wing podcaster turned Trump’s deputy FBI director

The podcaster also claimed Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was rigged, called the FBI ‘corrupt’, and was permanently banned from YouTube for spreading misinformation during the pandemic.

Who is Dan Bongino, right-wing podcaster turned deputy FBI director for Trump? Photos: Reuters, Getty Images
Tourism

True-crime podcast fans will kill to go on this murder-themed cruise

Hosts of true-crime podcasts including John Walsh, Chris Stewart and Carl Miller to feature on cruise billed as immersive mystery experience.

The Norwegian Joy operated by Norwegian Cruise Line will host a four-night cruise from the US to the Bahamas in 2026 featuring true-crime podcasts hosts and billed as an immersive mystery experience. Photo: Shutterstock
Fame and celebrity

Who is Megan Rapinoe’s fellow Olympic gold medallist fiancée, Sue Bird?

Megan Rapinoe and President Donald Trump have taken potshots at each other over the years – luckily, today the football star seems to be tuning it out and living her best life with her partner

Fame and celebrity

Meet Theo Von, the comedian who fell into Logan Paul at Trump’s inauguration

Comedian Theo Von made a name for himself on MTV’s Road Rules and went viral earlier this week for falling into the lap of YouTuber Logan Paul at Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Liz Plank, who’s quit Justin Baldoni’s podcast amid his Blake Lively scandal

Plank has joined a growing band of allies distancing themselves from actor and director Baldoni after he became embroiled in controversy with his It Ends with Us co-star, Gossip Girl alum Lively.

Meet journalist Liz Plank, who quit Justin Baldoni’s podcast amid his Blake Lively sexual harassment controversy and who was once blocked by Donald Trump on Twitter. Photos: Getty Images/TNS; @feministabulous/Instagram
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Meet Ryen Russillo, the podcaster who called Meghan Markle ‘obtainable’

Former ESPN host Ryen Russillo tried to shoot his shot with Meghan Markle years before she married Prince Harry – but her response was apparently ‘ice cold’ after he sent her a DM.

Unbeknownst to Meghan Markle, podcaster Ryen Russillo was hoping for a date with her after they met at a charity football game. Photos: @ryenrussillo/Instagram, Getty Images
Fame and celebrity

Oprah Winfrey starts new YouTube podcast and shares book club pick

In partnership with Starbucks, The Oprah Podcast started with Winfrey’s latest book club pick, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.

Fame and celebrity

What did Taylor Strecker say about Taylor Swift’s friend Brittany Mahomes?

Podcaster Taylor Strecker thinks Brittany Mahomes is too ‘normal’ to be friends with Taylor Swift, adding that the NFL WAG should just ‘let the fabulous queens be fabulous’.

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