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Alyson Stoner Jokes ‘Cheaper by the Dozen 2’ Costar Taylor Lautner ‘Almost’ Made Her Straight
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- Alyson Stoner joked that their Cheaper by the Dozen 2 costar Taylor Lautner once made them question their sexuality
- “Almost convinced me I was straight. đ€,” Stoner said in an Instagram comment, reacting to a romance scene opposite the actor in the 2005 film
- Stoner identifies as pansexual and queer and uses they/them pronouns
Alyson Stoner joked that they had conflicting thoughts about their sexuality while starring opposite Taylor Lautner in Cheaper by the Dozen 2.
In a July 2 Instagram post, Lautner, 33, shared a video of the 2005 film playing on an outdoor screen. The movie scene featured in the post saw the actor casually putting his arm around Stoner’s character while they were on a movie theater date, as their film dads â Steve Martin and Eugene Levy â watched on in horror.
Turning the camera on himself, Lautner mimicked the scene that was shown, placing his arm around his wife, Tay Lautner, as she sat on a lawn chair beside him.
Lautner referenced the scene in the caption of his social media post, writing, “The move still works 20 years later đ,” and Stoner, 31, popped in the comments herself and said, “đźâđš Got me good! Almost convinced me I was straight. đ€.”
In response, Lautner wrote back to Stoner â who identifies as pansexual and queer and uses they/them pronouns â “OMFG YOU WIN,” as his wife chimed in to add, “This is so goodđđ.”
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2 followed 2003’s Cheaper by the Dozen. The first film, a remake of the 1950 movie of the same name, centered on a large family as they adjusted to their new lives in a new town. The sequel followed the family as they took a vacation and went head-to-head with a rival family.
Martin, 79, starred as patriarch Tom Baker, while Bonnie Hunt played his wife, Kate Baker. Alongside Stoner, the other twelve Baker children were played by Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff, Kevin G. Schmidt, Jacob Smith, Forrest Landis, Liliana Mumy, Morgan York and Blake Woodruff, plus Brent and Shane Kinsman.
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Lautner starred in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 as Elliot Murtaugh, one of the members of the rival family the Bakers go up against in the film.
Other members of the Murtaugh family included dad Jimmy Murtaugh, played by Levy, 78, plus Carmen Electra, Shawn Roberts, Jaime King and Robbie Amell, among others
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Stoner opened up about their sexuality in a candid first-person essay published in Teen Vogue in 2018.
In it, they revealed that they’d fallen in love with a woman, before expanding on their overall sexuality.
âI, Alyson, am attracted to men, women, and people who identify in other ways. I can love people of every gender identity and expression,” they said. “It is the soul that captivates me. It is the love we can build and the goodness we can contribute to the world by supporting each otherâs best journeys.â
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Stoner revealed that by coming out, they lost out on job opportunities. “I did end up getting fired from a children’s show because they felt that I was unsafe, now that they knew I was queer, to be around kids,” they said on an episode of I’m Literally Screaming. “So there was definitely discrimination.”
Stoner is set to detail their life as a child actor in their soon-to-be-released memoir, Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything, out Aug. 12.
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Taylor Swift-approved singer scores invite to her wedding celebration with Travis Kelce: report

Sombr will remember the night.
The singer has scored an invite to pal Taylor Swift and Travis Kelceâs wedding celebration.
According to TMZ, sources shared that the artist is set to attend the coupleâs July 3Â party at New York Cityâs Madison Square Garden.
A rep for Sombr didnât immediately respond to Page Sixâs request for comment.
The artists have become close friends in recent months, even hanging out together after a New York Knicks game in The Big Apple.
Sombr also performed during Swiftâs induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame earlier this month.
At the ceremony, Sombr and Kelce shared a hug and chatted for a bit, per a TikTok video.
Karlie Kloss, Zoë Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, Suki Waterhouse, the Haim sisters, Gigi Hadid and Selena Gomez are among other A-listers who have reportedly received invites.
TMZ previously reported that Swift was calling friends to personally invite them to her special day and that she had an a ironclad non-disclosure agreement in place.
The outlet noted that guests who received a wedding invitation were required to sign an NDA before receiving anymore details about the event.
Sources added that when a guest confirmed their attendance, they were then sent the link to sign.
Guests are prohibited from sharing details about the wedding and will be penalized if violations occur.
Rumors originally swirled the Swift and Kelce, both 36, would tie the knot in Rhode Island, before it was revealed that the couple is saying âI doâ at MSG.
As the duoâs pre-wedding festivities amp up, Page Six revealed that Kelce partied with close friends at Bird Streets Club on Friday night.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, a small group of women wearing black, with one dressed in white, were spotted on one of the rooftop balconies of Swiftâs Rhode Island mansion.
One of the songwriterâs best friends Abigail Anderson Berard was later seen on the property carrying her toddler.
The Kansas City Chiefs player proposed to the Grammy winner after two years of dating in August 2025.
Swift and Kelce confirmed the news on Instagram at the time, writing alongside proposal shots, âYour English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.â
The tight end popped the question in the backyard of his Leeâs Summit, Missouri, mansion.
âHe got her out there, they were about to go out to dinner, and he said, âLetâs go out and have a glass of wine,â ⊠They got out there, and thatâs when he asked her, and it was beautiful,â Kelceâs dad, Ed, told ABC News 5 Cleveland at the time.
Ed gushed, âThey started FaceTiming me and their mother [Donna Kelce] and her folks [mom Andrea Swift and dad Scott Swift] to make sure everybody knew. So, to see them together is great.â
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Daveigh Chase’s mom breaks silence on actress’ death

Daveigh Chaseâs mother, Cathy Chase, revealed her stunned reaction to her daughterâs death in an emotional new interview.
âI was devastated. It felt like something inside of me squeezing all of the air out of me, and at the same time, It felt like I was exploding outwardly,â she told the Daily Mail in comments published on Friday.
She told the outlet that after hearing about her daughterâs death on Tuesday at age 35, she was in disbelief.
âI let out this guttural scream and I just was running,â she recalled. âAnd these weird sounds were coming out of me, these kind of, like, primeval sounds.â
âAnd I went out into the backyard, and I was screaming, âNo, no, no, no!â I am in so much pain but I hope her soul heard me,â she said.
Cathy told the outlet that on Tuesday evening â the day before news of the âLilo & Stitchâ starâs death emerged â sheâd been searching online forums for clues of where her âsunshineâ daughter might be, something sheâs done on a nightly basis.
âThe Ringâ actress and her mother had not seen each other since 2019. Cathy, who lives in Los Angeles, told the outlet that sheâd frequently check the LA County Medical Examinerâs system for her daughterâs name, as well.
âI would look at their list of unidentified bodies,â Cathy divulged. âIt was very difficult, but you do everything you can as a mother.â
When TMZ broke the news that the âSpirited Awayâ voice actress â who had reportedly been living near Los Angelesâ infamous Skid Row â had died after battling meningitis and a blood infection leading to sepsis, Cathy confessed she thought it was âfake news.â
âBut then all of a sudden, itâs all of these different legitimate sites had her name and I realized that it wasnât fake,â she shared.
The grieving mother identified her daughterâs body on Thursday at a Los Angeles hospital, and prayed with a chaplain while âtouching the glassâ because it was âas close as we could get.â
âIt was a beautiful experience, and, and I feel very blessed, too, have been able to share that with my daughter.â
Cathy told the outlet that her daughterâs problems began in 2016, when she was injured in a motorcycle accident and began taking painkillers.
After that, Cathy said the âBig Loveâ actress was âseeking drugs and was partying with the wrong people,â and said despite rumors, she ânever kicked [her] daughter out.â
âShe wanted freedom and these people got her hooked on some drugs,â Cathy claimed. âThat was the beginning.â
Cathy said sheâd last seen her daughter during a jail visit after she faced two counts of alleged burglary in 2019, describing Daveigh as âcompletely gone, like out of her mind.â
âI honestly thought there was something wrong with her,â she recalled. âMy daughter was never diagnosed with mental health other than PTSD. But the drugs took hold of her.â
Cathy claimed she had an agreement to pick up Daveigh when she was released from jail, but her daughter ânever waited. She went back to the streets and I couldnât find her,â she said.
The bereaved mom said it âupsetsâ. her that âpeople are saying I mustâve been a bad mother,â but insisted she ânever gave upâ on the âDonnie Darkoâ actress.
âAs a mother, you donât give up on your child. I was hoping she would still come home,â she said.
Just prior to her death â which was first reported by TMZ â Roy Hernandez, a man claiming to be Daveighâs boyfriend, set up a fundraiser for the actress.
But the actressâs former manager, John Ryan, cast doubt on the fundraiserâs legitimacy, telling The Post on Wednesday that âapparently, a man claiming to be her âboyfriendâ that none of us friends or her family has heard of has set up a GoFundMe on âher and her families behalfâ that he set her up as the organizer.â
He added, âI can confirm Daveigh has a trust account set up at SAG to cover all costs.â Hernandez, meanwhile, insisted to TMZ that anything gained from his fundraiser would go toward a âproper memorialâ for Daveigh.
Ryan â who also said heâd attempted to locate the troubled actress prior to her hospitalization for malnutrition and subsequent death â also claimed the actress left behind millions in residuals.
Ryan told the outlet that Daveigh was âtoo far goneâ on illicit drugs to claim the funds, despite his attempts to get in touch.
Almost ten years prior to her death, Daveigh shared her final Instagram post â a grainy photo of her standing next to a unicorn balloon in Los Angeles in 2017.
In 2009, she shared with Interview magazine that she hoped to âdo things that will change someoneâs life, not something theyâll forget about tomorrow.â
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Hit 90s movie franchise returns after 24 years, star confirms

A hit film from the 90s and noughties is about to get revived after 24 years.
Austin Powers, the comedy spy franchise that has given us three flicks, plenty of big belly laughs, and memorable characters, is finally getting a fourth installment.
The news was confirmed by star and creator Mike Myers (who plays the lead Austin Powers), who offered up the confirmation of another sequel, but with no further details.
While attending Trevor Noahâs World Cup Watch Party this week, the actor was asked the big question by a bold fan.
âAre we ever going to see an Austin Powers 4?â they quizzed.
Myers didnât need any time at all to respond, swiftly replying: âyesâ to the fan.
But thatâs all the details fans are getting for now, with the actor avoiding elaborating any more â including what the new flick will be about and which A-listers might be signing up as a cameo.
âAustin Powersâ is a much-loved spoof of classic spy movies centring on a highly-sexed, cryogenically frozen 1960s secret agent who wakes up in modern times.
We were first introduced to the franchise in 1997 with the release of âAustin Powers: International Man of Mystery.â Two years later, in 1999, Myers returned with âAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,â and in 2002, we were given âAustin Powers in Goldmember.â
In the trilogy, comedy mastermind Myers famously plays multiple roles, including the velvet-suited hero and his bald, pinky-biting nemesis, Dr. Evil. He also transforms into characters Goldmember and Fat Bastard.
The hilarious franchise boasts wild A-list cameos, including appearances by Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Britney Spears, and Beyoncé.
Over at the box office, the three films have raked in an impressive $US 676 million combined and have snagged over 20 awards, including an Oscar nomination for best make-up as well as a Grammy win for Madonnaâs title track for Beautiful Stranger â a song penned for the second film in the franchise.
The news of a fourth film comes 24 years after the third flick hit cinemas.
Since its release, Myers has been hinting that the secret agent may return.
Most recently, speaking to Entertainment Tonight at the 2024 AFI Life Achievement Award Gala, Myers dropped his biggest hint.
âI can neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence of such a project⊠Itâs likely to be from Dr. Evilâs point of view,â he teased.
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