Sabrina Carpenter Appears to Subtly Shade Ex Barry Keoghan with New Year's Post

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NEED TO KNOW

• Sabrina Carpenter appeared to throw subtle shade at her ex, Barry Keoghan

• The singer recently reposted two videos from a popular TikTok trend involving users being relieved they "didn't get back with" their exes in 2025

• Carpenter, 26, and Keoghan, 33, parted ways in December 2024 after a year of dating

Sabrina Carpenterappeared to throw some subtle shade at her ex, actorBarry Keoghan, in several recent social media posts.

Carpenter, 26, reposted two videos from a popular TikTok trend in which users write, "It's been a tough year, but at least I didn't get back with my ex." The videos are set to her song "Manchild."

Representatives for Carpenter and Keoghan did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

The "Espresso" singer andSaltburnactorfirst sparked romance rumorsin December 2023 when they were spotted grabbing dinner together in Los Angeles.

They were seen out and about together in the ensuing months — including sharing some PDA — and Keoghan regularly left sweet comments on Carpenter's Instagram posts. However, Carpenter remained tight-lipped about the status of their relationship in a June 2025 interview withRolling Stone.

"How do I skirt around this question?" she said when asked if she called the Irish-born Keoghan her boyfriend.

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In August 2025, aninside source told PEOPLEthat the pair were "on and off."

Carpenter cast Keoghan in the music video for her song "Please Please Please" in June, later praising his talents while chatting withCBS Sunday Morning's Tracy Smith in October.

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"I was like, 'Who's the greatest actor that I can find for this music video?' And he was next to me in a chair," Carpenter said. "And he was so excited about it."

After announcing their split in December 2025, Keoghan publicly announced that he haddeactivated his Instagram accountin the wake of online harassment.

"I can only sit and take so much," he began in a message onX,noting that his name had been "dragged across the internet."

"I have to respond now because it's gettin to a place where too many lines are being crossed. I deactivated my [Instagram] account because I can no longer let this stuff distract from my family and my work," he wrote.

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TheDunkirkactor noted that "no person should ever have to read" the messages he has received, citing, "Absolute lies, hatred, disgusting commentary about my appearance, character, how I am as a parent and every other inhumane thing you can imagine."

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Mariah Carey Performs on “Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve” 9 Years After Now Famous Technical Difficulties

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• Mariah Carey returned to Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest on Dec. 31 to perform three songs after her now famous technical snafu in 2016

• This year, Carey sang "Obsessed" and "It's Like That," plus her recent release "In Your Feelings"

• Back in 2016, Carey had difficulty hearing the backing and audio tracks for her performances

Mariah Careyis ready for 2026.

The Grammy winner, 56, returned toDick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacreston Dec. 31 to perform three songs — nine years after dealing with a technical difficulty during a set of "Auld Lang Syne," "Emotions" and "We Belong Together" on the same show.

This time around, however, Carey successfully rang in the new year from Las Vegas with her hits "Obsessed" and "It's Like That," plus her recent release "In Your Feelings."

For the annual show's New York City celebration in Times Square,Diana Rosswas the headliner, performing a medley of some of her most iconic songs. Other artists who took the stage in the Big Apple includedMaren Morris,Little Big Town,Ciaraand Le Sserafim.

50 CentandDemi Lovatojoined Carey in the Las Vegas lineup of performers, whilePost MaloneandChappell Roancontributed songs from Nashville and Kansas City, respectively.Daddy Yankeealso helped ring in the New Year from Puerto Rico.

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Back in 2016, Carey's three-song performance was derailed by audio issues when she was unable to hear the backing track to her hit "Emotions."

"We didn't have a [sound] check for this song, so we'll just say it went to No. 1, and it is what it is," Carey said, trying to push through the performance.

Then, during her final song "We Belong Together," the audio track failed to line up with her singing. By the end, a frustrated Carey walked off stage.

After the live snafu, Careywrote in a post on X,"S--- happens. Have a happy and healthy new year everybody! Here's to making more headlines in 2017," alongside a GIF of herself.

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Days later, on Jan. 3, 2017, Carey toldEntertainment Weeklyshe was "mortified" over the technical failure.

"All I can say is Dick Clark was an incredible person, and I was lucky enough to work with him when I first started in the music business. I'm of the opinion that Dick Clark would not have let an artist go through that, and he would have been as mortified as I was in real time," she shared.

Just 11 months later, Carey was back on the big stage to redeem herself. She joined the New Year's Eve production once again, delivering a flawless medley of "Vision of Love" and "Hero."

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What we know about the 'Stranger Things' spinoff — plus the one cast member who guessed it correctly

For the Duffer brothers,Stranger Thingsmarks the end of an era… sort of. Though the hit Netflix series is coming to an end after nine years and five seasons, fans won't be saying goodbye to theStranger Thingsuniverse for good. In fact, Ross and Matt Duffer have practically said as much: There's aStranger Thingsspinoff in the works.

The Duffers have remained tight-lipped when it comes to sharing details about the spinoff, though they have sharedsomeinsight into what fans may be able to expect — and aStranger Thingsstar has even weighed in on the discourse.

Will the same cast be involved? And what exactly have the Duffer brothers said about it? Yahoo is rounding up everything we know about theStranger Thingsspinoff (so far), below.

Will theStranger Thingscast return for the spinoff?

Unfortunately,Stranger Thingsfans shouldn't expect to see any familiar faces in the spinoff series. Matt Duffertold Screenrantof the forthcoming project: "It relates in some ways, but it really is a completely different story and a completely different location with completely different actors and characters. So it's its own. It's really its own entity."

What else do we know about the spinoff?

While it won't follow the Hawkins gang we've come to know and love, theStranger Thingsspinoff, Matt Duffer previouslytold Variety, will still be part of the show's brand and style of storytelling, and will revolve around "kids, adventures, sci-fi/fantasy, rather than increasingly expand what could become an insanely convoluted mythology."

"You're starting with new characters — it's like clean slate," he told the outlet. "You're not tied up into any knots. There's something refreshing about it."

The Duffers will be involved in "helping shepherd it along," per Variety, but given theirnew Paramount deal, they won't serve as showrunners of the spinoff.

Has theStranger Thingscast said anything about it?

So far, Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler, is the only member of theStranger Thingscast to correctly guess what the spinoff may revolve around.

"Nobody — not Netflix, not any of the producers, not any of the directors, not any of the actors — nobody else has figured out what the spinoff is. Finn figured [it] out, which is pretty remarkable," Ross Duffertold Variety. "We've mind-melded with this kid a bit."

While chatting with Variety, Wolfhard speculated about what the forthcomingStranger Thingsspinoff could be about, and compared it to another beloved cult series.

"Like David Lynch'sTwin Peaks," he told the outlet. "Sort of an anthology and different tones but similar universe or same universe. I think set in different places and all tied together through this mythology of the Upside Down. Don't even talk about Hawkins. Don't have any mention of our characters. They were toying around with ideas in case Netflix wanted them. I'm sure they do, and I'm sure it will happen, but there's nothing official. I think the coolest way, the way that I would do it, there has to be labs everywhere. If there was one in Hawkins, there's one in Russia. Where else could they be?"

TheStranger Thingsspinoff was confirmed in November 2025 when Matt Duffertold Deadline, "We are moving forward with it. Netflix, they finally know what it is. We held it. They were so frustrated. We just would not tell them. Finn guessed what it was. So he was the only one who knew."

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Federal employees file complaint against Trump administration's ban on gender-affirming care

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is facing a new legal complaint from a group of government employees who are affected by a new policy going into effect Thursday that eliminates coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs.

The complaint, filed Thursday on the employees' behalf by the Human Rights Campaign, is in response to an August announcement from the Office of Personnel Management that it would no longer cover "chemical and surgical modification of an individual's sex traits through medical interventions" in health insurance programs for federal employees and U.S. Postal Service workers.

The complaint argues that denying coverage of gender-affirming care is sex-based discrimination and asks the personnel office to rescind the policy.

"This policy is not about cost or care — it is about driving transgender people and people with transgender spouses, children, and dependents out of the federal workforce," Human Rights Campaign Foundation President Kelley Robinson said in a statement announcing the move.

The complaint, filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, includes testimonies from four current federal workers at the State Department, Health and Human Services and the Postal Service who would be directly affected by the elimination of coverage.

For instance, the Postal Service employee has a daughter whose doctors recommended that she get puberty blockers and potentially hormone replacement therapy for her diagnosed gender dysphoria, which would not be covered under the new OPM policy, according to the complaint.

The complaint notes that the workers are making the claim on behalf of themselves and a "class of similarly situated federal employees."

The Trump administration has taken other steps to restrict care for transgender Americans, particularly minors. In December, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesreleased proposals that would block gender-affirming careto minors, including a policy that would bar Medicare and Medicaid dollars to hospitals that provide such care to children.

Senior Trump officials, such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., call gender-affirming care "malpractice" for minors. But such restrictions go against recommendations from major medical groups such as the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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Trump delays increased tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for a year

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a New Year's Eve proclamation delayingincreased tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for a year, citing ongoing trade talks.

Trump's order signed Wednesday keeps in place a 25% tariff he imposed in September on those goods, but delays for another year a 30% tariff on upholstered furniture and 50% tariff on kitchen cabinets and vanities.

The increases, which were set to take effect Jan. 1, come as the Republican president instituted a broad swath of taxes on imported goods to address trade imbalances and other issues.

The president has said the tariffs on furniture are needed to "bolster American industry and protect national security."

The delay is the latest in theroller coaster of Trump's tariffs warssince he returned to office last year, with the president announcing levies at times without warning and then delaying or pulling back from them just as abruptly.

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Here's what to know about a deadly fire at a Swiss Alpine bar's New Year celebration

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss investigators are probing what causeda fire in a bar at an Alpine ski resortthat left dozens of people presumed dead and another 100 injured during a New Year's celebration.

Most of the injured were seriously wounded when the blaze swept through the crowded bar less than two hours after midnight Thursdayin southwestern Switzerland.

The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue. Overnight, its crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of potentially one of Switzerland's worst tragedies.

Crans-Montana is less than 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Sierre, Switzerland,where 28 people,including many children, were killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel in 2012.

Here's what we know about the deadly fire:

A frantic attempt to escape

The blaze broke out around 1:30 a.m. Thursday inside the Le Constellation baramid the holiday celebration.

Two women told French broadcaster BFMTV that they were inside when they saw a barman carrying a barmaid on his shoulders. The barmaid was holding a lit candle in a bottle that set fire to the wooden ceiling. The flames quickly spread and collapsed the ceiling, they told the broadcaster.

People frantically tried to escape from the basement nightclub up a narrow flight of stairs and through a narrow door, causing a crowd surge, one of the women said.

A young man at the scene said people smashed windows to escape the fire, some gravely injured, reported BFMTV. He said he saw about 20 people scrambling to get out of the smoke and flames, likening what happened to a horror movie.

The injured were so numerous that the intensive care unit and operating theater at the regional hospital quickly hit full capacity, said Mathias Reynard, head of the regional government of the Valais Canton.

Officials rule out possible attack

While officials said Thursday it was too early to determine the fire's cause, investigators have already ruled out that it could have been an attack.

Experts have not yet been able to go inside the wreckage, said Beatrice Pilloud,Valais Cantonattorney general, at a news conference.

Work is underway to identify the victims and inform their families.

"Several tens of people" are feared dead, Gisler added.

The blaze triggered a flashover or backdraft

The Swiss officials called the blaze an "embrasement généralisé," a French firefighting term describing how a blaze can trigger the release of combustible gases that can then ignite violently and cause what English-speaking firefighters would call a flashover or a backdraft.

Victims suffered from serious burns and smoke inhalation. Some were flown to specialist hospitals across the country.

Authorities urged people to show caution in the coming days to avoid any accidents that could require the already overwhelmed medical resources.

A top venue for the world's best athletes

With high-altitude ski runs rising around 3,000 meters (nearly 9,850 feet) in the heart of the Valais region's snowy peaks and pine forests, Crans-Montana is one of the top venues on the World Cup circuit.

The resort will host the best men's and women's downhill racers, includingLindsey Vonn, for their final events before theMilan Cortina Olympics in February.

The town's Crans-sur-Sierre golf club, down the street from the bar,stages the European Masterseach August on a picturesque course.

Dazio reported from Berlin and Leicester reported from Paris. Geir Moulson in Berlin and Graham Dunbar in Geneva contributed to this report.

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Emma Thompson Doesn't Know How She Adapted Jane Austen's “Sense and Sensibility” into an Oscar-Winning Screenplay

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• Emma Thompson opened up about adapting Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility into the 1995 film of the same name

• The actress said she's not sure, looking back, how she did it and that at the time it felt like "plagiarism"

• The film turns 30 this December

Emma Thompson's 1995 adaptation ofSense and Sensibilityis now a classic — but her feelings when adapting Jane Austen's classic novel were more mixed.

Thompson appeared on the Dec. 16 episode of theBBCBookclubpodcastto talk aboutSense and Sensibilityin honor of Austen's 250th birthday. She also discussed how she adapted the movie, which was released 30 years ago this December and directed by Ang Lee. In addition to writing the script, which won the Oscar for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), she also starred in the movie as Elinor Dashwood.

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During the discussion,a fan asked, "When you were writing the screenplay, did you ever find yourself arguing with Jane Austen in your head about what she really meant? Or did you sort of apologize in advance and just get on with it?"

"I did a lot of apologizing," Thompson, 66, admitted. "I thought, 'God this is just plagiarism, plane and simple. I'm just taking something and making it into something else.' "

She continued, "You know, I felt quite diffident about it. I really did."

But she said now looking back at it, she's amazed by the choices she made. "I read it now and I think, 'I don't know how I did that, actually,' " she said. "I don't because an awful lot of the dialogue is not hers, because we had to invent so many things. Yes, one did feel very apologetic."

"But of course, all of this was pointed out to me in no uncertain terms by the Jane Austen Society in America, who disapproved hugely," she said of the many changes between book and screen. "They disapproved of so many things."

The person in the audience pointed out one scene that was cut that she thought they'd be angry about: a scene where Mr. Willoughby, Marianne's caddish suitor, comes to see her when she's ill.

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Thompson nodded asher husband Greg Wisejokingly yelled out, "That's my question!" Wise, 59, played Willoughby, and the pair met on the set of the film.

Thompson's screenplay win made her the first person to win Oscars for both acting (for 1992'sHoward's End) and writing; she remains the only person to have done so.

Sense and Sensibilityalso starred Kate Winslet as Marianne, Hugh Grant as Edward Ferrars, Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon, Imogen Stubbs as Lucy Steele, Gemma Jones as Mrs. Dashwood, Harriet Walter as Fanny Dashwood, James Fleet as John Dashwood, Hugh Laurie as Mr. Palmer and Imelda Staunton as Charlotte Palmer. The movie made $135 million at the box office and was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture and acting nods for Thompson and Winslet (who would star in Titanic two years later).

Sense and Sensibilitywas Austen's first published work, released in 1811. A new adaptation of the novel is in the works,starring Daisy Edgar-Jones.

Thompson also flexed her screenwriting skills on 2005'sPride and Prejudice, where she came in to punch up some of the dialogue, specifically anow-beloved scenewhere Charlotte Lucas, played by Claudie Blakley, makes a plea to Elizabeth Bennet, played by Keira Knightley, to not judge her for her engagement to Mr. Collins, played by Tom Hollander.

Director Joe Wright told PEOPLEin April, "She improvised that scene as I wrote down what she was improvising. She was playing both parts, and I remember when she turned and said, 'Don't judge me. Don't you dare judge me,' I almost wept."

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