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Telgemeier has become a household name for parents whose kids love her graphic novels “Smile” and “Drama.” She’s been called “The Beatles for children.” But decades ago, she was the kid in grade school with an interest no one else liked. 

Her dad noticed her burgeoning talent for cartoons and gave her a copy of “Understanding Comics” by Scott McCloud, a 1993 history and how-to guide. Now, McCloud and Telgemeier have teamed up to publish a new how-to manual for younger kids. With “The Cartoonists Club” (Scholastic, ages 8-12, out now), kids don’t have to feel like Telgemeier did when she was young. 

“To be able to give kids something that gets them on that path a little sooner has always been the goal. And kids always ask me anyway. They want tips, they want advice, they want tricks,” Telgemeier tells USA TODAY. “Once I realized no one was going to do it if I didn’t, I thought who better to ask to collaborate with me than the creator of ‘Understanding Comics’ himself?”

The “Flip or Flop” star, who’s been the subject of three public splits, revealed that she “recently discovered” she has anxious attachment style in an Instagram post Tuesday.

“As someone who recently discovered I have anxious-attachment (not sure what took me so long 🤪) and for sure a history of co-dependency issues .. things can be challenging and by ‘things’ I mean ‘me,’” Haack captioned the post.

After announcing her split from contractor Josh Hall last year, Haack went public with her new boyfriend, Christopher Larocca, in February.

Christina Haack, Ant Anstead make up after her latest split, ex Tarek El Moussa reacts

“Meeting an unexpected good man who has his own amazing career, life & hobbies (who also happens to have zero jealousy) can at times feel strange for someone who has had the opposite,” Haack continued in the caption. “At 41 I’m finally learning about safe communication, independence during commitment and a relationship that is NOT 0-100.”

The debilitating effects of the medical trauma left him mostly unable to speak and walk.

But the country singer whose career thrived from the ‘80s to the ‘00s with No. 1 hits including “Diggin’ Up Bones,” “I Told You So” and “Forever and Ever, Amen,” made an unexpected return to the charts in 2024 through the use of artificial intelligence.

“Where That Came From” was created using software to recreate Travis’ distinctive twang and merge it with a 2011 recording of the song.

On Tuesday, Travis was hailed as the 2025 Creators Leadership Award honoree at the annual Grammys on the Hill event, which pairs the music industry with Congress to advocate for artists’ rights.

The topic of AI – which also took the spotlight at last year’s gathering – sparked conversation among musicians and producers including Pentatonix singer Scott Hoying, who hosted the event, singer/producer Kenyon Dixon and renowned producer/composer Giles Martin.

In a Tuesday appearance on “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” the “Pitt” star, 53, explained why he politely declined to dance down the program’s spirit tunnel. On Hudson’s show, guests are invited to boogie their way down a hallway backstage, dubbed the spirit tunnel, while staffers clap and chant for them. The result is a clip that frequently goes viral on social media.

But Wyle joked that if he were to do the same, “It would have triggered a bigger breakdown than I had on (‘The Pitt’) two weeks ago.”

The “ER” alum told Hudson he doesn’t like to dance in public, and he had a very specific story to explain why: The actor said he swore it off ever since he tried, and failed, to perform the worm at a classmate’s bar mitzvah in 1984.

Huston, 73, said in a new interview she was diagnosed after the release of her 2019 movie “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,” telling People magazine why she decided to keep her diagnosis private in a story published Wednesday.

“That was a very serious moment for me,” Huston said. “I managed to survive it, and I’m proud of myself.

“It’s not something that came lightly,” Huston continued. “It came as a big shock, but it made me conscious of what I shouldn’t do, of places I shouldn’t go. One of those places was taking life too seriously. So now when the opportunity arises, I laugh, and I try not to make a big deal out of things.”

The “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star will tackle the story of her late mother, actress Jayne Mansfield, in “My Mom Jayne,” a new documentary from HBO documentary.

The project marks Hargitay’s directorial debut and a departure from her well-worn role in the entertainment industry as a familiar face and hallmark of network television. It also represents the first public exploration of Mansfield’s death by one of her children.

“This movie is a labor of love and longing. It’s a search for the mother I never knew, an integration of a part of myself I’d never owned, and a reclaiming of my mother’s story and my own truth,” Hargitay said in a release Tuesday announcing the project. “I’ve always believed there is strength in vulnerability, and the process of making this film has confirmed that belief like never before.”