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Texas Family of 4 Reported Missing Following Boat Capsize in Alaska
A family of four from Texas remains missing after their boat capsized during their vacation in Alaska.
On Saturday, Aug. 3, David Maynard, 42, and his wife Mary, 37, from Troy, and their two sons, 11-year-old Colton and 7-year-old Brantley, were sailing near the city of Homer on a 28-foot aluminum boat when it started to take on water at around 7 p.m. local time, U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson Travis Magee said, per the Anchorage Daily News.
The family had been out with four other people at the time, a spokesperson said on Sunday, Aug. 4, per the outlet. All of these were rescued uninjured from a life raft, the report added.
The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Coast Alaska didn’t immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE.
Per the Associated Press, the search for the family was suspended on Sunday evening, and Magee told the outlet he didn’t have additional information on the four rescued passengers.
The U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson also said he didn’t have further details on the boat or what caused the vessel to sink, the AP reported.
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The Anchorage Daily News cited authorities as stating that waves had been around 2 feet tall and winds were less than 5 knots (6 mph) when the boat capsized. The area the Coast Guard has been searching is approximately 16 miles west of the Homer Spit, the publication added.
Per KCEN-TV, the water at the time was around 51 degrees Fahrenheit.
Christi Wells provided a statement on behalf of Mary Maynard’s parents, which revealed that Mary is a traveling nurse, while David has a lawn care business, the Anchorage Daily News stated. They were reportedly visiting family and friends in Alaska.
Wells said that the couple’s sons Colton and Brantley both like to play soccer and baseball.
The Coast Guard’s public affairs specialist Shannon Kearney told KCEN-TV, “Any time we make a decision to suspend a search and rescue case is a very difficult one to make.”
“Cases that are suspended, they’re only suspended pending the development of new information,” Kearney continued. “If anything comes to light, any new information that we get, we’re more than happy and willing to go out and continue our search.”
“Our hearts are definitely with the families right now as they grieve,” Kearney said.
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A GoFundMe page set up to help the family with unexpected expenses has so far reached around $9,500.
“By now, a lot of us have heard about the tragic news. For those who don’t know, this sweet family of four was lost at sea on their vacation to Alaska,” a description stated on the page. “Mary’s parents are still there hoping to bring them home. This family is going through a lot right now.”
“The Maynards left a huge imprint on many people, from the laughter they brought to us, the love and family-oriented connection they provided, It is indescribable the void that will be left behind but I know if we come together as a family and a community they would know how much they meant to everyone,” it added.
“This was approved by a member of the family,” the message confirmed.
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Christy Knowings’ ‘All That’ castmates ‘hit hard’ over her death at 46 as Kenan Thompson leads tributes

Kenan Thompson was “hit hard” by the death of his former “All That” co-star Christy Knowings, who died Tuesday at 46 following an asthma attack.
Thompson, who appeared on the Nickelodeon sketch show with Knowings from 1997 to 1999, paid an emotional tribute hours after news of her death broke Thursday.
“Man this one hit hard!!! Rest well Christy!!! Never could have imagined this day!! Sending so much love to her family!! She was a real one and one of the funniest people out here!!! Gonna miss you buddy!!!” the “Saturday Night Live” star wrote on Instagram.
Thompson’s “Kenan & Kel” co-star Kel Mitchell, 47, also remembered their former Nickelodeon castmate as “so naturally funny, incredibly talented, and fearless.”
“Christy was truly one of a kind. So naturally funny, incredibly talented, and fearless when it came to comedy. She had a gift for creating characters that were big, memorable, and completely her own,” he posted alongside clips of them starring together.
“I’ll always be grateful for the laughs, the memories, and the time we shared as part of the All That family,” he continued.
“Christy, thank you for sharing your incredible gift with all of us. Your talent, your characters, and the joy you brought to so many will never be forgotten.”
“Sending my love and deepest condolences to Christy’s family and loved ones. Rest in Heaven, @christyknowings,” he added.
Knowings was hospitalized Aug. 7 after suffering an asthma attack that left her with brain damage and was placed on life support, according to TMZ.
She remained on life support until Tuesday, when her family decided to take her off it.
The Bronx-born actress was a regular on Nickelodeon’s “All That” for three seasons from 1997 to 2000, appearing alongside Thompson, Mitchell, Amanda Bynes, Nick Cannon and others.
The sketch comedy series went on to spawn several spinoffs, including “Kenan & Kel,” “The Amanda Show” and “The Nick Cannon Show.”
Knowings once spoke fondly of working with Thompson in particular, saying they both brought cultural details to the sketches that the writers may not have otherwise captured.
“The diversity in the cast made a huge difference because there were things that the writers just couldn’t write in … little nuances that they were not aware of, especially from myself and Kenan,” she told Bustle in 2019. “We would bring cultural nuances and it was celebrated.”
“With ‘Inconvenience Store,’ there was a cultural aspect that people are more familiar with now, but back then they really weren’t,” she added. “But it’s cool that it was celebrated in that way, it was a lot of fun.”
Knowings also recalled that Thompson and Mitchell made her feel welcome when she joined the cast.
“Kenan, Kel, Lori Beth [Denberg], and all the producers and writers made me feel really welcome,” she told Complex in 2014.
One of Knowings’ best-known “All That” moments was also her recurring “Whatever” catchphrase with Bynes.
After “All That,” she appeared in the 2009 film “Mother and Child,” for which she also received a writing credit.
She later appeared as herself on “Sesame Street” in three episodes between 2008 and 2011 alongside her twin brother, Chris.
Knowings also released the 2020 song “To the World.”
She is the second “All That” cast member to die in the past year.
Kianna Underwood, who appeared on the Nickelodeon series as a child, died in January at 33 after being struck in a hit-and-run while walking in Brooklyn.
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Perez Hilton’s sister gives update on celeb blogger’s injuries, details his ‘long road’ of recovery

Warning: The content below contains graphic details.
Perez Hilton (real name: Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr.) remains hospitalized after his devastating suicide attempt on Aug. 4 — and his physical and mental road to recovery is expected to be a long one.
In an exclusive interview with Page Six, Hilton’s sister, Barbara Lavandeira, gave an emotional update on her beloved brother’s health following his alarming TikTok livestream.
“Mario remains hospitalized and continues to receive medical treatment for his injuries. His physical and mental recovery is going to take a lot of time, but we remain hopeful,” Barbara told Page Six Wednesday in her first and only interview since the heartbreaking incident. “He has no access to a cell phone, social media or the internet. Everyone’s focus is on helping him recover physically and making sure he receives the mental and emotional care and support he needs.”
While Barbara refrained from providing specific details on Hilton’s injuries or treatment — as they are “private medical matters” — she did give an update on the wounds he sustained from self-harming while live on TikTok.
“He did sustain cuts to his face and other areas, but it’s still far too early to know the extent of any lasting damage or scarring,” she shared. “What I can say is that he has a long road ahead of him, both physically and mentally.”
When asked if Hilton, 48, remembers the harrowing incident, Barbara said their “visits and conversations with him” have been “limited.”
“I don’t want to speak for Mario about what he does or doesn’t remember,” she said. “He’s with medical professionals, and right now the focus needs to remain on his treatment and recovery. There’ll be time for those conversations when his doctors believe he’s ready.”
As for when Hilton will be able to return home to his family?
“We honestly don’t know. His physical and mental recovery is going to take time, and we’re following the guidance of his doctors,” Barbara told Page Six. “I don’t want to offer a timeline or make promises about when he might come home. Right now, the most important thing is that he receives the treatment he needs and isn’t rushed through any part of his recovery.”
While the focus has been on helping Hilton recover, Barbara and their mother, Teresita Lavandeira, are also taking care of the blogger’s three children — Mario, 13, Mia, 11, and Mayte, 8 — who were at their father’s Miami home before the incident.
“Our main priority is making sure they are safe, supported, and surrounded by people who love them. They’re trying to process something no child should ever have to experience,” Barbara explained.
“They love their father, and the goal is for Mario to get well and be able to care for his children again when he is healthy and able to do so safely. In the meantime, our mother is caring for them, and our entire family is helping provide the love, stability, privacy and professional support they need.”
As Page Six exclusively reported, Teresita filed for temporary custody of the children on Aug. 7, with Hilton “voluntarily” consenting to the custody request.
“Mario’s children have never been taken away from him in the past. Neither my mother nor I are trying to take them away from him permanently now,” Barbara told Page Six, in response to the “false information circulating” regarding custody.
“We are seeking a temporary legal arrangement so our mother can make the necessary decisions for them while Mario receives treatment and recovers.”
During the interview, Barbara continued to address how Teresita has been navigating her son’s recovery and caring for her grandchildren.
“She’s experiencing the heartbreak of watching her son go through something no mother should ever have to witness, while also trying to remain strong and provide stability for his children. She loves Mario, and she loves her grandchildren,” she shared. “Right now, she’s doing everything she can to support all of them while processing her own pain and fear. We’re all trying to support her, too, but this has been incredibly difficult for her.”
As for Barbara herself, she is “still trying to process everything” from that devastating night.
“I keep going over that day in my head and wondering whether there were warning signs I missed or something more I could have done. I’m also trying to help my mother, my nephew and my nieces adjust to this new normal, if we can even call it that,” she explained. “We’ve been having open conversations, spending time together, praying and connecting with cousins and friends. We’re taking things one day at a time because that’s all we can do right now.”
“Something like this would ordinarily be an intensely private family crisis. It should have been a time for us to process what happened, focus on getting Mario the help he needs, support the children, and begin trying to heal,” she continued.
“Instead, we’re trying to do all of that while navigating the public attention and scrutiny surrounding one of the most painful experiences our family has ever been through.”
Hilton’s family has been updating caring fans on his condition through his blog, Perezhilton.com, and his social media accounts.
Barbara admits that while Hilton is focused on his recovery, he’s “left big shoes to fill” regarding his website.
“His absence will definitely affect how much news we’re able to publish, but we’re focused on continuing operations and covering as many of the biggest entertainment stories as we can while he’s unable to participate in creating content,” she told Page Six. “For now, we’ll continue sharing our content across the website’s social media accounts, including links to that content on Perez’s personal accounts.”
“Mario created his website alone and has dedicated much of his life to it,” she continued. “It’s his passion, so once he’s healthy and ready to return, any long-term decisions about the website, his social media platforms, and their future direction should come from him.”
Barbara is grateful to Hilton’s fans who have supported her brother during this difficult time.
“What I can say on behalf of our family is that we’re deeply grateful for every kind message, prayer, and expression of genuine concern. The support has meant more to us than I can properly express,” she said, adding, “When Mario is ready and his doctors believe it’s appropriate, anything he wants to say should come directly from him.”
Elsewhere in Barbara’s first interview since her brother’s suicide attempt, she detailed the gut-wrenching moment she discovered Hilton harming himself.
“August 4th will forever be one of the darkest days my family and I have ever experienced,” Barbara said of the evening Hilton livestreamed acts of self-harm on TikTok, resulting in his hospitalization for life-saving treatment.
“That afternoon, Mario was in his bedroom with the door closed and locked, which wasn’t like him. His door was almost always open,” Barbara explained. “When I knocked, he said he was fine, but I could barely hear him. After I knocked a few more times and asked him to open the door, he stopped responding. I tried calling his cell phone in case he couldn’t hear me, but he wouldn’t answer. Something just felt wrong.”
When Barbara managed to enter the bedroom, she discovered he was locked in the bathroom and unlocked the door, coming face-to-face with her injured brother.
“When I opened the door, my nightmare became a reality. Mario was standing in front of the shower, naked, cut up, covered in blood, with a box cutter in his hand,” Barbara courageously shared.
“What I can say with certainty is that I didn’t recognize my brother when I looked at him. I saw it in his eyes. They didn’t look the same. Then, a split second later, he smiled at me. It felt like I was staring at someone else.”
Barbara fled the home with Hilton’s three children and contacted authorities.
“Eventually, I was able to go back into the house while I waited for the ambulance and place towels over Mario to help stop the bleeding. He had already lost a significant amount of blood, yet he was somehow still able to speak, although his voice was very faint,” she recalled to Page Six. “The ambulance took him to the hospital, and I stayed behind to speak with the crisis team that arrived.”
Also in the interview, Barbara detailed the weeks leading up to Hilton’s suicide attempt — including his hospitalization for “severe depression.”
Two weeks before the self-harm incident at his Miami home, he approached his mother and sister, who was visiting from California, to discuss receiving help for his mental health issues.
“He told us that a few days earlier, he had felt empty, hopeless and like he was a burden on everyone,” she said. “He then admitted that one night, when he couldn’t sleep, he had taken the remaining painkillers from his surgery in March. He said he just wanted to sleep.”
Barbara was referring to when Hilton was hospitalized in March for taking flu medicine on an empty stomach. He developed an ulcer, perforation and sepsis. He spent three weeks in the hospital.
One month later, he underwent emergency surgery for a blood clot.
Barbara agreed to take him to the hospital that same day, as he “went voluntarily.” He was discharged after several days of evaluation and treatment.
“That weekend, Mario seemed so much better,” Barbara recalled. “He looked better, too. We spent time together as a family, and he started looking up coping mechanisms and grounding techniques he had learned during his short stay [in the hospital].”
Hilton “returned to his regular therapy sessions” on Aug. 3. The following day, the day of his suicide attempt, he “completed an intake call for an intensive outpatient program and was supposed to begin outpatient group therapy the following week.”
Sadly, their “lives changed forever” later that afternoon.
Barbara acknowledged “there could have been so many things involved, including severe depression, the lingering effects of his hospitalization and sepsis, not sleeping, possible medication reactions and the combination of prescription and over-the-counter medications he took that day.”
As for why Barbara spoke to Page Six, she explained, “Mario has always been an open book. He’s a public personality and someone who has shared so much of his life online.”
“I’m talking now for everyone who cares about him and has been sending their best wishes, but also because of all the rumors, false reporting, fake exclusives and made-up quotes going around,” she continued. “I can only share what I personally witnessed and experienced, but I want people to hear directly from someone who was actually there.”
For further updates about Perez Hilton from his family, please go to perezhilton.com.
This is the third article in a four-part series. Click here for part one and part two.
If you or someone you know needs help in the US, please call or text the confidential 24/7 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
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Kourtney Kardashian miscarriage and more

Travis Barker is opening up like never before.
The Blink-182 drummer stars in the new Hulu documentary, “Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear,” out now, detailing everything from his near-fatal plane crash in 2008 to a “terrifying” surgery, wife Kourtney Kardashian’s miscarriage, their IVF journey and so much more.
The documentary, which was filmed over nine years (from 2017 to 2026), also features a special posthumous cameo from late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who recalled what it was like meeting Barker when his pal was just a kid.
Keep reading as Page Six breaks down the biggest revelations from the emotional documentary.
Taylor Hawkins provided Barker with early encouragement
Before his death in March 2022, Hawkins reflected on meeting Barker during his “humble beginnings,” when the rocker was picking up garbage in Laguna Beach, California.
“He was a trash man, literally,” Hawkins remembered, “just trying to f–king make something happen.”
Barker was “just a kid” and playing drums for the punk rock band Feeble when he and Hawkins first met. According to the Foo Fighters drummer, those around Barker knew that he was destined for greatness.
“It was like, ‘Oh, you’re gonna get picked up by a band, eventually – and you will be the star attraction in that band,’” he recalled thinking about Barker at the time.
Over the years, Hawkins and Barker remained close pals — so much so that the Blink-182 drummer got a hawk tattoo in honor of his pal after his untimely death.
He also wrote about how Hawkins’ encouragement early in his career gave him “so much hope and determination” in a tribute post he penned via Instagram at the time.
Barker developed an opioid addiction, was taking ’20 to 30 pills a day‘
Barker always had a fear of flying — even before his near-fatal plane crash in 2008, his Blink-182 bandmate Tom DeLonge divulged in the documentary.
The fear led him to develop a years-long addiction to opioids. He has since become sober.
“My friends knew how much I dreaded being on planes, and one of them gave me a pill to help with my anxiety,” Barker explained, noting that he went from taking one or two painkillers, like OxyContin, before a flight to “having to be on them” or he “couldn’t even function.”
Barker said that at the height of his addiction, he was “doing so [many] drugs” that he “had a security guard watching him” 24 hours a day whose “only job was to make sure I was breathing.”
Shanna Moakler — who was married to Barker from 2004 to 2008 — chimed in and reflected on her own experience of dealing with the drummer’s addiction at the time.
“He told me, ‘I take about 20 to 30 pills a day sometimes,’” the model shared, adding that she remembered thinking, “How are you alive?”
During their marriage, Moakler and Barker welcomed two children: son Landon and daughter Alabama. He’s also stepfather to daughter Atiana, whom Moakler shares with ex Oscar De La Hoya.
Alabama eerily said ‘the roof is on fire’ before Barker’s plane crash
Back in September 2008, Barker was critically injured in a plane crash that killed two pilots, along with his personal assistant Chris Baker and security guard Charles “Che” Still. Among the six people who were on board, Barker and Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein were the only survivors.
At the time of the incident, Barker had just performed a gig in Columbia, South Carolina, and was heading to Van Nuys, California. The private plane crashed while departing the Columbia Metropolitan Airport and Barker was engulfed in flames as he made his escape.
“Before I left, my daughter, Alabama, was hysterically crying and saying, like, ‘The roof is on fire, and it’s gonna come off,’” Barker recalled onscreen, noting that her eerie words were “just the weirdest thing.”
He told cameras that his daughter continued to cry for like “two hours straight, after I left,” before the crash occurred.
Barker also addressed Alabama’s premonition on the Aug. 10 episode of the “On Purpose With Jay Shetty” podcast.
“I’d said to my manager, ‘Is it too late to just pull out? I don’t really need to do this,’” he remembered. “I was just so content with being home with the kiddos, and he’s like, ‘Bro, you can’t cancel this late.’ So, I ended up flying out there.”
Sixty-five percent of his body was burnt in the crash
Dr. Peter Grossman, medical director of Grossman Burn Center, was featured in the doc, revealing that Barker was “in really bad shape” with “extensive burns” when he came in after the plane crash.
“There was an absolute concern as to whether or not he would survive,” he said of the drummer.
Barker noted that he didn’t “really understand the severity of it all” at the time.
“There was talk of amputating my foot. Sixty-five percent of my body was burnt,” he recalled, noting that after spending over three months in the hospital and having “27 surgeries,” he “was suicidal.”
Barker had ‘survivor’s guilt’ and stayed with his kids ‘everywhere‘
In August 2009, one year after the plane crash, Goldstein died of a drug overdose. Barker said in the doc that “it was beyond difficult to relate to anybody” after his pal (the only other survivor in the crash) died.
“I felt like I was in ‘Final Destination,’ and I was next,” the musician remembered thinking at the time, admitting that he “definitely” felt survivor’s guilt.
Barker also recalled a conversation he had with Goldstein before his pal’s death. He remembered him saying, “I feel like I don’t have much to live for, and it’s really f–king with me. You’ve got kids, you’ve got a lot to live for.”
Those words stuck with Barker for a long time.
“I would sleep in Landon’s bed, and then Alabama’s bed. I would go back and forth,” he said of how he coped with the trauma.
“I was with them everywhere I went. [My kids] were the best thing for my recovery.”
Kourtney Kardashian was drawn to him after ‘watching him as a father‘
Elsewhere in the doc, Barker addressed how he struck up a romance with his now-wife, Kourtney Kardashian, in 2021.
The musician recalled how he and the reality TV star lived down the street from each other and spent holidays together with their families. Kardashian was already mom to three kids — Mason, Penelope and Reign — with ex Scott Disick.
“Halloween and Christmas, we thrived,” Kardashian said onscreen, adding that they carved pumpkins and made gingerbread houses together with their kids.
She also gushed that watching Barker as a father “always drew [her] to him,” as she “got to know his real values through his kids.”
They were ‘devastated’ by Kardashian’s miscarriage
Six months into their relationship, Kardashian got pregnant and the two were “so happy.”
“Then, we go to the doctor, and the doctor tells us the baby doesn’t have a heartbeat,” recalled Barker, who revealed that the baby was a girl, whom they named Tulip.
Kardashian chimed in, adding, “When we lost the baby, we were devastated. We just laid in bed and cried for days. All we wanted was to have a baby together.”
Kardashian said IVF ‘messed’ with her ‘mentally‘
Following the miscarriage, the couple tried again to have a baby. Kardashian, now 47, was 41 at the time.
“I remember my doctor saying, ‘You have to do IVF,’” she said, adding that it was “so hard on [her] body.”
Their efforts to get pregnant included five in vitro fertilization attempts over the span of eight months, which left Kardashian “so disappointed” each time it didn’t work.
“It messed with me, mentally,” she confessed. “I remember crying to Travis, ‘I can’t do this anymore.’”
In May 2023, she and Barker declared they were “officially done” with IVF and wanted to conceive naturally.
According to Kardashian, she told him, “If God has a baby in store for us, it will happen naturally.”
Kardashian had a ‘terrifying’ surgery’ during her second pregnancy
Kardashian got pregnant again in 2023, and announced her pregnancy that June, during the drummer’s Blink-182 concert in Los Angeles.
She noted that because of Barker’s “trauma,” he was “really worried the whole pregnancy.”
When Kardashian was seven months pregnant — and Barker was on tour in Europe — they found out the baby’s lungs were filling with fluid. Kardashian needed “urgent fetal surgery” to drain it.
“It was terrifying going in for the surgery,” she said, adding that Barker cancelled four shows “and came and laid with me in the hospital, and made sure that everything was OK.”
One month later, their son, Rocky, was born.
Kardashian had a ‘vision’ of Barker’s deceased mother
In another part of the doc, Kardashian spoke about encouraging Barker to fly again. She remembered seeing a “vision” of the musician’s mother, Gloria, who died in 1990 when Barker was 12.
When Kardashian booked a flight to Mexico in 2021 – marking Barker’s first flight since the traumatic 2008 plane crash – they did “breath work” together to calm down.
“This sounds crazy, but during my breath work, a vision of his mom came to me and said, ‘Thank you for taking care of my son,’” Kardashian recalled.
“Travis Barker: Louder than Fear” is now streaming on Hulu.
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