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Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover girl Lauren Chan’s meteoric rise

Brooklyn-based model and entrepreneur Lauren Chan is making waves, as well as being photographed in them.
In a forest green Cult Gaia bikini, hand on hip, knee-deep in Bermuda’s turquoise waters, the 34-year-old made history Tuesday as the first out lesbian to appear solo on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.
“I tried to bare my soul — be funny, truthful and vulnerable. I was very proud of that moment,” Chan told Page Six in an exclusive interview.
Chan took a plunge in 2023, announcing her divorce from her husband on Valentine’s Day. Later that year, she came out as gay in a casting tape for SI Swim.
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“I decided to write an essay about this whole process [of coming out] hoping people, perhaps, would see themselves in my story. I didn’t have many examples to reference when I was going through it,” Chan told Page Six, of reconciling with her own sexuality, and becoming more comfortable in her own skin.
Her honesty and relatability nabbed her the SI Rookie spot, for the 2023 issue, in which she posed in a yellow bikini on the beach in the Dominican Republic.
At the time, her career was thriving. She was a successful plus-size model and fashion editor at Glamour magazine, but admitted she was hiding from her true self.
“Stress and aimlessness drove me to start therapy, where I slowly uncovered my true self,” Chan wrote in her essay of untangling repressed feelings in her adulthood.
“I knew that staying closeted would only hurt me – and my husband – in the long run, so out I came,” she wrote.
In 2024, she graced SI Swim again in a shoot in Mexico. That year, she announced her relationship with film director Hayley Kosan – who adorably refers to herself as “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Husband of the Year 2025” in her Instagram bio. The pair got engaged earlier this year.
Now, Canada-born Chan has landed the coveted cover — and she’s celebrating every minute of it.
“I am more grounded in who I am and what I believe. The message I want to share is … I am trying to be more imperfect and more honest,” Chan told Page Six.
Her return to the the glossy wasn’t met with only applause. Chan told The Post she used her 2025 essay for the SI Swim issue to clap back at a hater who tried to belittle her achievement in a negative comment on social media.
“Who are they even doing this for anymore?? Women??” she recalled the nasty comment saying.
“The answer, I’m proud to report, is women,” she wrote in the essay, championing history-making women the issue has trumpeted, like Martha Stewart, who in 2023 became the oldest woman to ever appear on the cover of the magazine, at 81.
“This brand is to inspire women. To be anything and everything that it celebrates,” Chan told The Post.
Chan also gave a shout out to transgender singer Kim Petra’s 2023 SI cover along with NCAA gymnast Olivia Dunne, 22 – the top-earning female college athlete in the country – who also landed her own 2025 cover in an animal print bikini.
Chan broke into the fashion industry on a whim. She grew up playing elite level basketball, going on to play at the University of Western Ontario in Canada in 2008. During that time, her appendix ruptured, sidelining her time on the court.
“With all that spare time, I started fashion writing; from there, things snowballed. I started to intern in Toronto for a fashion magazine,” Chan recalled.
After graduating college, Chan moved to New York City, where she signed with Ford modeling agency to begin plus-size modeling.
“This was before the size-inclusivity movement. Eventually, I decided to start writing about plus-size modeling, which turned into writing about size inclusion and body positivity,” Chan, who has worked with designers like Vera Wang, Valentino and Christian Soriano among others.
“I started making a difference. I found my purpose,” Chan said, of making women who look like her feel seen.
In the age of Ozempic and similar medications being used as a quick fix for weight loss, Chan says it’s more important than ever that she fosters a safe space for body positivity.
“There’s certainly been a regression in size inclusion in the past few years,” she acknowledges.
“It’s important to focus on the outlets and the people and the brands that are standing by their ethos of inclusivity. We still exist – I’m a size 12 to 14 on this cover,” she told Page Six.
She also encouraged people not to fixate on what they see on social media, online and in advertisements and to concentrate on themselves firstly and mostly.
“Everyone’s journey with their body is extremely personal, and I am an advocate for mental health first. Every time I have a thought about not liking my body, I genuinely ask myself, whose idea that is.
“Most of the time, it’s not mine. It’s an idea that I absorbed through thousands of ads I see a day,” Chan said.
Photos: Tamara Beckwith/NY Post; Stylist: Margot Zamet; Hair: T. Cooper using ECRU New York; Makeup: Markphong Tram using Valentino Beauty; Stylist Assistant: Liz Wentworth; Location: World Spa, 1571 McDonald Ave, Brooklyn NY.
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Chris O’Donnell Marks 30 Years Since ‘Batman Forever’ Premiere with Val Kilmer

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- Chris O’Donnell made a rare Instagram post to celebrate 30 years since the premiere of Batman Forever on Wednesday, June 11
- “Time flies,” the 54-year-old actor wrote in part alongside a photo of himself with costars Val Kilmer, Nicole Kidman and Jim Carrey, as well as director Joel Schmacher
- O’Donnell will next appear in the lead role in the upcoming ABC television series 9-1-1: Nashville, as Capt. Don Sharpe
Chris O’Donnell is shining the Bat-Signal!
In a rare post to his Instagram grid on Wednesday, June 11, the 54-year-old actor shared a throwback snapshot from the premiere of 1995’s Batman Forever, in honor of the superhero movie’s milestone 30th anniversary.
Aside from O’Donnell, the photo also included late director Joel Schumacher, plus O’Donnell’s costars Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman and the Bruce Wayne/Batman to his Dick Grayson/Robin: the late Val Kilmer, who died in April at age 65.
“Cannot believe it’s been 30 years since premiere of Batman Forever, wow, time flies,” wrote O’Donnell in the caption.
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While O’Donnell later reprised his role as Batman’s trusty sidekick in 1997’s Batman & Robin, Kilmer did not return; instead, George Clooney suited up as the Caped Crusader in that film.
As for whom he might choose to play Robin in a future iteration, “I know it’s not going to be me,” O’Donnell told PEOPLE as Batman Forever turned 20 back in 2015.
And “it was fun to be a part of” the movies while it lasted, he added at the time.
“I put my time in, I had a great time doing it, I think the first go-round was fantastic,” said O’Donnell, who will next lead the upcoming ABC series 9-1-1: Nashville as Capt. Don Sharpe.
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Kilmer succeeded Michael Keaton as Batman for the third of Warner Bros.’ live-action movies about the DC superhero, which began with Tim Burton‘s 1989 entry Batman and 1992 follow-up Batman Returns. Director Schumacher, who died in 2020 at age 80, later took the reins for Batman Forever.
In addition to O’Donnell, Batman Forever also featured Carrey, 63, as the villain Edward Nygma/Riddler, Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, Kidman, 57, as Dr. Chase Meridian and Drew Barrymore and Debi Mazar as Dent’s assistants Sugar and Spice.
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Following Kilmer’s death earlier this year, Carrey said in a statement, “I’m remembering Val Kilmer today with great admiration for him as a man and as a generational talent who left us an enviable legacy of indelible acting performances.”
Added the actor, “His greatest artistic achievements were rivaled only by the grace and courage with which he endured his life’s most challenging moments. Wishing his family so much love.”
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Ava Phillippe cringes over comparisons between her boyfriend and dad Ryan

Ava Phillippe playfully reacted to a fan comparing her and her boyfriend, Dakota Brubaker, to her famous parents, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe.
The budding actress, 25, took to TikTok Wednesday to respond to a comment that read, “Close enough. Welcome back Reese and Ryan.”
A hilarious video showed Ava with her mouth wide open, repeatedly mouthing “no” and shaking her head in disgust as Brubaker came into view wearing a black turtleneck and glasses — similar to Ryan’s character, Sebastian Valmont, in the 1999 thriller “Cruel Intentions.”
“You guys,” Ava wrote in the caption. “whaaaaattt.”
However, she had fun with the comparison, pairing the video with The Verve’s 1997 track “Bittersweet Symphony,” which notably played at the end of the Roger Kumble-directed film starring her parents.
“Now I can’t unsee it,” one person commented.
“I thought the same,” another chimed in, as a third added, “I’m sorry but this is hilarious.”
Ava confirmed her romance with Brubaker with a sweet PDA photo shared via Instagram in December 2024.
The snap showed the couple cozied up in a photo booth as the musician kissed her on the cheek.
Meanwhile, now-exes Ryan, 50, and Witherspoon, 49, met in 1997 at the “Legally Blonde” star’s 21st birthday party before acting alongside each other in “Cruel Intentions.”
They tied the knot in June 1999, welcoming Ava in September 1999 and son Deacon Phillippe, now 21, in 2003.
The former couple called it quits in 2008.
The actors have seemingly maintained an amicable co-parenting relationship.
The “Morning Show” star is also the mother to 12-year-old son Tennessee, whom she shares with her second ex-husband, Jim Toth.
As for Ryan, he shares 13-year-old daughter Kai with Alexis Knapp.
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Kate Beckinsale Sues Canary Black Producers for Allegedly Exposing Her to ‘Dangerous and Unsafe Conditions’ on Set

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- Kate Beckinsale starred in the Amazon thriller, Canary Black, in October 2024, which began production in 2022
- The actress alleges in a new complaint that the film’s producers exposed her to “dangerous and unsafe conditions”
- Beckinsale initially filed a complaint as Jane Doe in December 2024, before amending the complaint and going public with her name in May 2025
Kate Beckinsale is suing the Canary Black producers after allegedly being exposed to “dangerous and unsafe conditions,” according to a complaint obtained by PEOPLE.
The 51-year-old actress starred in the crime film in 2024, which was released on Oct. 3. Over seven months later, the actress is accusing the film’s production company, Anton Entertainment Media Services, Inc., and its employees, including producer John Zois, of negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and battery. Puck was the first to report the news.
Beckinsale initially filed against the producers in December 2024 as “Jane Doe.” However, she issued an amended complaint on Wednesday, May 21, including communications with the defendants and more details of her on-set injury.
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Beckinsale first suffered a complex meniscus tear in her left knee while filming in December 2022. She then needed surgery, which subsequently paused the production for months.
Before she returned to set, she claims her orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Jason Snibbe, said she should not be asked to perform stunts that involved running, jumping, harness suspension, squatting or kicking, per the complaint. However, Dr. Snibbe’s requests were allegedly ignored.
Beckinsale’s complaint claims that she suffered further aggravation of the knee injury as her doctor’s orders were repeatedly ignored and she was allegedly coerced into performing “unsafe action sequences.”
In the newly amended complaint, Beckinsale allegedly suffered a “significant trauma” to her knee after she was exposed to “dangerous and unsafe conditions” on the Canary Black set.
“Ms. Beckinsale and her team repeatedly raised red flags regarding unsafe conditions on and off set to Defendants, including long, dangerous set days, often lasting fifteen hours, inadequate equipment and medical personnel to help manage the high physical workload and recover from the exertion off set, and failure to adequately inform Ms. Beckinsale of what stunts she was expected to perform until often the moment she had to perform it,” the complaint read.
The actress also alleges that although she raised her concerns repeatedly, the producers put her ” in harm’s way” after they “continued to recklessly and intentionally forge ahead with unsafe filming conditions, forgoing safety to maintain profit margins.”
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Along with several reach-outs from Beckinsale’s team about their concerns with the set, her agent, Shani Rosenzweig, allegedly emailed Zois, saying, “No one is actually taking real action to put a plan in place to fix this situation so it never happens again… [Ms. Beckinsale] keeps showing up to set for her call time and everyone around her has been made aware it’s going to be a 15 hour [or more] day except for her.”
Rosenzweig then demanded immediate action to address the unsafe conditions. “If you’re trying to kill a person, you’re doing a great job,” she wrote to Zois, after asking him to explain his plans to remedy the situation. The complaint alleges Zois responded and agreed to shorten the actress’ “unsustainable” work days, saying, “I don’t know what else to say other than you’re right.”
Despite Zois’ response, Beckinsale’s attorneys alleged she still worked 15-hour days, was tasked to “perform dangerous action sequences, without pre-clearing or pre-training,” and the “set conditions continued to be dangerous.”
As a result of the alleged negligence and “conscious and reckless decisions, Ms. Beckinsale suffered further injury, including aggravation and exacerbation of her existing injuries, which was entirely avoidable,” per the complaint.
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PEOPLE reached out to Beckinsale and Zois’ representatives for further information on Wednesday.
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