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The luxurious backdrop to more than 40 seasons of ABC’s “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” is getting a facelift, courtesy of some of the lovestruck hopefuls who have stayed in its bedazzled halls. Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of “Bachelor” producer Warner Bros. Unscripted Television and home renovation network HGTV, announced a new series on May 14: “Renovating the Bachelor Mansion” (working title).

The new unscripted show will see former “Bachelor” and “Bachelorette” contestants, who (hopefully) have skills in interior design and home renovation, returning to compete in design challenges on the property in hopes of winning a cash prize. The new series is set for 2026 on HGTV and the newly redubbed HBO Max.

The famed “Bachelor” mansion is located in Aurora Hills, CA, and is a sprawling, Mediterranean-style villa that has previously been rented out on Airbnb for $6000 a night. It has been the setting for catfights, first kisses, group dates, breakups and countless rose ceremonies since the reality dating franchise began in 2002. It might look a little different in future seasons after the former bachelors and bachelorettes get their hands, and sledgehammers, on it.

The new series was announced at WBD’s 2025 upfront presentation in New York, an annual event in which networks and streaming services show off upcoming content to advertisers in the hopes of selling commercial time. Other new series were announced at the event, including toe-tapping Shark Week addition “Dancing With Sharks” (working title) for Discovery Channel, “Guy’s Flavortown Games” on Food Network featuring Guy Fieri and a new “90 Day Fiancé” spinoff on TLC, “90 Day: Hunt For Love.”

Combs’ sex-crimes trial continued on May 14, kicking off with her second day of testimony. Professionally known as Cassie, the singer has laid bare the most significant incidents during their decadelong relationship, including her participation in alleged drug-fueled sex parties labeled “freak offs,” the physical and emotional abuse she said she faced just a few years into their relationship, and the violence she allegedly witnessed while with Combs.

Here are the biggest moments from her testimony so far.

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Ventura Fine told the court that Combs left his house amid one “freak off” in Los Angeles after being tipped off by a bodyguard that former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight was at a diner nearby. Knight is one of Combs’ longtime music industry rivals, with tensions dating back to the 1990s around the deaths of Knight’s labelmate and West Coast rapper Tupac Shakur and Combs’ rap protégé the Notorious B.I.G.

A clip of her performance in Huntington Beach shows Trainor swapping the lyrics from “Yeah, it’s pretty clear, I ain’t no size two,” to “Yeah it’s pretty clear, I got some new boobs.”

Dressed in a bedazzled hot pink two-piece set, the pop star made the lyric change on stage at KIIS-FM’s Wango Tango on May 10.

Released in 2014, “All About That Bass” is hailed as a body empowerment anthem with lyrics like, “‘Cause every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top” and “Yeah, my momma, she told me, ‘Don’t worry about your size.”

Sports Illustrated anunció el 13 de mayo que Hayek aparecerá en la portada de la emblemática edición Swimsuit Issue de la revista. Es una de las cuatro estrellas de portada junto a la gimnasta olímpica Jordan Chiles, la modelo y exgimnasta universitaria Olivia Dunne, y la modelo y empresaria Lauren Chan.

Fotografiada en su natal México, la portada muestra a la actriz semi-desnuda en algunas tomas y luciendo diversos bikinis en otras. Se le ve recostada en la playa, frente a cebras pastando y divirtiéndose en una piscina.

A sus 58 años, forma parte de una tendencia más reciente adoptada por la revista, que presenta modelos de mayor edad. En 2023, la Swimsuit Issue incluyó a Martha Stewart en un traje de una pieza blanco a los 81 años, y en 2022, a Maye Musk, modelo y madre de Elon Musk, con 74 años.

Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of the streaming service known for HBO content, all 10 seasons of “Friends” and winning Jean Smart Emmy awards, announced May 14 that the service is partying like it’s 2023 and reverting from the moniker “Max” back to its original name: HBO Max.

In a presentation to advertisers in New York, the company described the shift, happening this summer, as meeting consumer needs. WBD president and CEO of streaming JB Perrette said, “No consumer today is saying they want more content, but most consumers today say they want better content.” The name change represents the streamer’s newfound goal of curating quality content, presumably akin to HBO shows such as current hit “The Last of Us,” rather than being everything to everyone.

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said in a news release, “We are bringing back HBO, the brand that represents the highest quality in media.”

Jennifer Lopez, 55, sustained an injury to her face during rehearsals for the upcoming American Music Awards, she revealed May 13.

The “Jenny from the Block” singer, who will host the awards ceremony on CBS, took to her Instagram story to share a photo of herself holding an ice pack up to her eye, along with the caption, “So this happened.” The following photo showed that Lopez appeared to have bruising under her eye and a cut on her nose, and she noted that the injury occurred “during @amas rehearsals.”

Lopez also shared a photo showing her standing next to a plastic surgeon, Dr. Diamond. “Thank you for stitching me up Dr. Diamond,” the singer wrote. “A week later and a whole lotta ice, I’m good as new.”

USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Lopez and Dick Clark Productions, producer of the American Music Awards, for more information.

After the international film festival announced a new set of dress code rules this year, Halle Berry, who is serving on the competition jury, revealed she had to ditch a pre-planned outfit.

“I had an amazing dress by Gupta that I cannot wear tonight because it’s too big of a train,” she told Variety, referring to celebrity designer and couturier Gaurav Gupta.

The new rules, posted on the festival’s website, expressly prohibit “voluminous outfits,” particularly if they have “a large train,” arguing they “hinder the proper flow of traffic of guests and complicate seating in the theater.”

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The new rules also took aim at the scantily clad, prohibiting nudity on the carpet or in any area of the festival − a seeming check on the new trend of “nude dresses” that are a garment in name only, often figure-hugging and see-through.

Several members of the embattled rap mogul’s family, including his adult children, have turned out to the courthouse in New York this week as his criminal trial gets underway.

Combs, once among the most powerful figures in the music industry, faces charges of sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering. He has pleaded not guilty. In her opening argument, prosecutor Emily Johnson told jurors that Combs’ alleged victims will testify about “days they spent in hotel rooms, high on drugs, dressed in costumes to perform the defendant’s sexual fantasies.”

The trial has thus far included graphic and emotional testimony, with Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura Fine crying on the stand and describing the “scary” rapper’s alleged abuse.

Here’s a look at the members of Combs’ family that have been present for his criminal trial.