Tatum O'Neal was recently spotted enjoying a day out with her family in Los Angeles.
The "Little Darlings" star was photographed at a fan convention with her family, wearing a black dress paired with a coat, glasses and layered necklaces. She styled her hair in an updo and walked outside the convention with the assistance of a cane.
O'Neal was accompanied by her daughter Emily McEnroe and son-in-law Tim Massarelli.
The sighting comes ahead of the actress' 63rd birthday on Nov. 5 and more than six years after she had a near-fatal stroke in May 2020 following an overdose on morphine, opiates and pain medication.
In a July 2023 interview with People, O'Neal and her son, Kevin McEnroe, opened up about the health scare, with her son telling the outlet there were moments when he and his siblings, Sean and Emily "didn't think she was going to survive."
McEnroe shared that in addition to the stroke, O'Neal had multiple seizures and went into cardiac arrest. She spent six weeks in a coma.
O'Neal has struggled with drug addiction for decades, with McEnroe saying she "had become very isolated" during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and had begun abusing medications, including some prescribed to her to treat neck and back pain and rheumatoid arthritis.
"She had become very isolated," he told People. "With the addition of morphine and heavier pharmaceuticals, it was getting scary. COVID, chronic pain, all these things led to a place of isolation. In that place, I don't think, for her, there was much hope."
O'Neal made her feature film debut in the 1973 movie, "Paper Moon," which she starred in alongside her famous father, Ryan O'Neal, at nine years old.
She went on to make history for her role in the film, as the youngest winner of a competitive Academy Award, when she took home the award for best supporting actress at the 46th Academy Awards in 1974, when she was 10 years old.
"All I really want to thank is my director Peter Bogdanovich and my father. Thank you," she said in her acceptance speech.
While she thanked her father in her speech, the two went on to have a turbulent relationship. In her 2004 autobiography, "A Paper Life," Tatum shared that their relationship first became rocky after making "Paper Moon," because he was jealous of her success.
In the book, she also alleged he physically and emotionally abused her, and said he was addicted to drugs.
Ryan O'Neal died in December 2023 at the age of 82 from congestive heart failure, and in a February 2025 interview with Variety, Tatum shared her reaction to being left out of his will, noting she only learned of the decision following his death.
"Keep it, motherf-----," she said. "The first book that I wrote was just a f---ing honest book. And that’s what got him."
Nicole Eggert admitted that finances are a neglected conversation when it comes to fighting cancer.
Eggert, 54, was diagnosed with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer in December 2023. Two years later, the actress revealed her cancer status was "NED," or no evidence of disease.
While the "Baywatch" star is a survivor of a club she "never wanted to be a part of," Eggert told Fox News Digital that the financial strains of her battle added an entirely different stressor to her life.
"I'm a 100% single parent," Eggert explained. "One of my daughters is an adult, so she is very self-independent, and she does great, but I do have a teenager still at home ... I have that responsibility, and then I have all the household and homemaker, head of household responsibilities and then the cost of what this diagnosis brings, which is a lot ... really you can't even wrap your head around it."
Eggert noted that the costs consistently "add up," so much so that she was afraid of being able to provide for her family.
"In my line of work, I couldn't commit to being on any kind of production because I'm gonna be in treatment and in and out of treatment ... three-to-five at least days a week," she said. "So, it's not like it's work from home kind of work."
She added, "I had to completely come to the realization that I wasn't gonna have income, and yet the bills don't stop, and the teenagers still need their things, and life needs their things and the car still needs the gas, and you know, all of it."
The "Charles in Charge" actress noted that when she took a step back and truly looked at the disease, "money seemed very trivial."
"It's sort of like, well, 'Ah, I'm alive.' Then, you know, if you have any kind of financial strain, it's like, 'Well, at least you're alive to deal with it,'" she said. "At least you are alive where you can go out and fix it."
She added, "So there's that part too, where suddenly you're like, 'Wow, whatever. It's just it's just money.' And that comes and goes. So, you know, it's ebb and flow of life."
In December 2023, after experiencing unexplained weight gain and pain in her left breast, Eggert was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer.
She underwent her first mastectomy soon after, and later explained that she'd wanted to do a double mastectomy at the time, but her doctor advised that if she just had one breast removed, she'd be able to get into treatment faster, and her immune system wouldn't take as big a hit, so she agreed.
WATCH: 'Baywatch' star Nicole Eggert details financial toll of cancer battle
Over a year later, in August 2025, she had her other breast removed, and surgeons performed a reconstruction.
Eggert admitted that one major component in her cancer journey was being able to rely on community.
"You really have to find your community, and you really have to be OK with asking for help or asking other people how they do it, and getting tips and tricks and just all the information you can get," she said. "That's why these conversations are just so, so important and so necessary. Because what else would you do?"
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Eggert partnered with Novartis and shared a little more insight into her cancer journey on the Voices of MORE podcast with Amy Robach and Dr. Helen Coons.
Eggert explained how helpful it can be for women to get together, share stories and find interwoven commonality in experiences.
"If we keep talking about these things, it becomes so much easier to talk about, and maybe we don't feel like we have to hide things anymore because in the past it's not ... it's kind of been a taboo topic," she said. "And now I think more and more women are becoming more comfortable to discuss what their journey looks like, what it feels like, how it's gone for them."
While the past has its place, Eggert is looking forward to the future and spending more time enjoying life to the fullest with her family.
"I also am really looking forward to stepping back into life not having to be in treatment or in the treatment facility with this newfound power and fearlessness that I have, and this new appreciation for life that I have, and It's like this second chance at life," she said.
"I know that that's so cliche, but it's to jump back in with all of these crazy changes that have happened in the past two years, three years. There's been very, very big changes inside myself."
She added, "So to be able to now go back into life and get back into the workforce and get back into doing things I enjoy with this new mindset, it's exciting. It's exciting!"
Tim McGraw was pushed to the brink while filming Taylor Sheridan's Western drama "1883."
The country music superstar revealed that the brutal production schedule left him questioning how much longer he could keep going. Between 14-hour shooting days, six-day workweeks and late-night flights for concert performances, McGraw said the grueling experience was unlike anything he and his wife, Faith Hill, had faced before.
"If it had gone on any longer, I probably wouldn't have survived, put it that way," McGraw told Esquire.
The "Live Like You Were Dying" singer described the demands of filming the "Yellowstone" prequel.
"I learned a lot, certainly because it was such a tough shoot," McGraw said. "I think we shot for right around six months. It was a long shoot. Five or six months. It was close to it. And we shot mostly six days a week, and like 14 hours a day."
But filming wasn't McGraw's only commitment.
The country star was also juggling concerts, sometimes going straight from the set to an airplane before returning home in the middle of the night and starting the cycle again just hours later.
"And during that time, I had a handful of shows that I had to do," he explained. "So there were times that I would finish up around six o'clock in the evening, jump on a plane, go do a show and then get home at 1:00 in the morning, then be in the gym at 3:00 and be in the makeup chair at 5:30, 6:00. So, I had a few of those."
Although "1883" followed the Duttons' journey from Texas to Montana, much of the series was filmed in Texas before production moved north. The cast also endured a rigorous cowboy camp, learning to ride, rope, work cattle and shoot guns before filming began.
"We all got to do it together, which was an incredible experience," "1883" co-star Eric Nelsen previously told Fox News Digital. "But it was a time for us to get comfortable on our horses, to learn how to cut cattle, how to rope, how to shoot guns – all the things we're going to have to do on the show."
The real test came on set. McGraw and Hill recalled filming a dangerous river crossing around 3 a.m. on their 25th wedding anniversary, with temperatures hovering around 36 or 37 degrees, according to Entertainment Weekly.
The grueling schedule left little room for sleep or recovery.
"I told Faith it was probably the hardest job we've ever had. I had some hard jobs growing up."
McGraw then revealed how close the demanding schedule had pushed him to his limit.
Despite the physical demands, McGraw said the experience was worth it, particularly because he got to work alongside Hill and Sheridan.
"It was tough, but it was worth it because we were getting to work together, and we were getting to work with Taylor, who was fantastic, and like I said, a brilliant writer."
McGraw also said he gained a greater appreciation for preparation, explaining that the demanding production taught him the importance of arriving on set ready to work.
Although McGraw had previously appeared in films, "1883" marked his first major role in a television series. The demanding shoot also required McGraw to contend with unpredictable conditions on set.
"The elements were always fighting us, and you were working with animals, and you were working with extras, and you were working with horses, which I grew up riding horses, so it was fun for me," McGraw said.
"But I think I learned more than anything is there's so much value in preparing. And the more you prepare and the more you're ready to do what you're going to do, it takes away a lot of the nervousness."
McGraw and Hill starred as James and Margaret Dutton in "1883," which follows the couple's perilous journey across the Great Plains in search of a new life in Montana.
"1883" traces the roots of the Dutton family's Montana ranching legacy, long before the events of "Yellowstone."
Sheridan initially tapped McGraw for a flashback appearance in the fourth season of "Yellowstone" before developing the standalone prequel, which debuted in December 2021.
At age 26, Allyn Rose made a life-changing decision after cancer had devastated her family.
The model, who competed in both the Miss America and Miss USA pageants, underwent a preventive double mastectomy, a decision she said even sparked "hate mail" from critics. Today, the mother of two is the founder of The Previvor, a nonprofit organization that educates women about breast cancer risk and prevention options. Oct. 31 marks the last day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
"I know a lot of people think that's a pretty radical choice for someone who hadn't been diagnosed with breast cancer yet," Rose, now 38, told Fox News Digital. "But I lost my mom when I was 16. And by the time I was 16, I had lost my grandmother, my great aunt, almost every woman in my family to this disease. And I said that legacy ends with me."
"I don't want that to be my story," she said. "I don't want to have to tell my 16-year-old daughter someday that she's going to have to spend the rest of her life without her mom. This sad family legacy was not going to take my life if I had anything to do with it."
Rose's mother, Judy Rose, was first diagnosed with breast cancer at 27 and had her right breast removed. The cancer later developed in her remaining breast, reaching stage 3, according to People magazine. Judy died at 51.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the U.S. after skin cancers, accounting for about 1 in 3 new cancer cases diagnosed in women each year, according to the American Cancer Society. About 1 in 8 U.S. women will develop breast cancer during their lives.
WATCH: ALLYN ROSE CHOSE DOUBLE MASTECTOMY AT 26 SO CANCER LEGACY 'ENDS WITH ME'
The organization estimates that 321,910 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among U.S. women in 2026 and that about 42,140 women will die from the disease.
Rose was considered at elevated risk of developing breast cancer because of her extensive family history. In 2012, she was crowned Miss District of Columbia, earning the opportunity to represent the district at the 2013 Miss America pageant. That same year, at 24, Rose announced her decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy. She had the surgery two years later, at 26.
For women with a strong family history of breast cancer, a bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy can lower the risk of developing the disease by up to 90%, according to the National Cancer Institute. The procedure does not eliminate the risk entirely because it is impossible to remove all breast tissue that could become cancerous.
"So much of my life and my identity was wrapped up in the way that I looked and how I presented myself to the world," Rose said. "I paid my bills and my rent with the way that I looked. I didn't think [my looks] were 100% of my identity, but I would be lying if I didn't consider the repercussions of having a surgery like this. It would very likely end my modeling career, my career in pageantry, my career really in the entertainment industry. There were so few women talking about having a procedure like this and coming out on the other side."
"I wasn't married," she said. "I didn't have any children. These were all conversations I was going to have with a future partner someday. And so, it was a really tough choice, and it's one that I'm glad that I made, but it's very difficult to make the decision to have a surgery to prevent a cancer that didn't exist yet."
With her father's support, Rose underwent a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer. She ended up having three surgeries, including reconstruction, and went through what she described as "very graphic periods of looking completely different, having no breasts, wondering who is ever going to be happy looking at me like this."
"[Losing my mother] drastically impacted my life, not only because it was my mother, but because I didn't know how to be a woman yet," she said. "[When I lost her] I hadn't even gotten my driver's license. I hadn't graduated from high school. I hadn't sent myself off to college yet. I spent a lot of those real pinnacle years of my life without a mentor, without someone to guide me through that. It was a very challenging time really, having to be my own cheerleader, experience all those crowning achievements in my life by myself."
"But I think I've come out stronger on the other side of it," Rose said.
Rose said she received hate mail over her decision, while her father also faced criticism after people learned he had encouraged his daughter to undergo the double mastectomy.
"To see a young person who walked on the Miss USA stage, who worked full-time as a model, who was really in this beauty industry — choosing to almost end my career to prolong my life seemed like a foreign concept," Rose said.
"And there were a lot of radical responses to my decision. I got hate mail. My father received hate mail. People just couldn't fathom that I would take this preventative step. But I didn't want cancer to be part of my story. I wanted it to end with me."
Rose made her decision before actress Angelina Jolie publicly revealed that she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy after genetic testing showed she carried a harmful BRCA1 gene variant.
In a May 2013 New York Times op-ed, Jolie explained that her mother had battled cancer for nearly a decade before dying at 56. Jolie said her doctors estimated she had an 87% risk of developing breast cancer and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer. She chose to have both breasts removed, which she said reduced her estimated breast cancer risk to less than 5%.
Jolie, who was 37 at the time, said she shared her experience so other women could better understand their own risks and options.
Rose said she thought her modeling career was over. But in 2019, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit featured her, making her the first woman who had undergone a double mastectomy to appear in the publication.
Today, Rose travels across the country to raise awareness about "the power in prevention."
"The thing I wish someone had told me when I was first navigating this was that there is a light at the end of the tunnel," Rose said. "Everything was a question. It was this fear of the unknown. But I said to myself, 'I'm going to still chase all of those dreams. I'm going to go accomplish all the things that I wanted to.'"
When she looks back on her journey, one person comes to mind: her mother, Judy.
"I do think about what my mom would think, and I know she would be incredibly proud of me," Rose said, fighting back tears. "One of the last things she said to me was, 'Don't let my life be in vain.' And I made a promise to her that I would make use of every day that she didn't have. And so, that has been my mission from the day that she passed to ensure that I could help as many women as possible not have to walk their lives without their mom. That's my goal."
"I have two children," Rose said. "They don't have the same gene mutation that I have. They no longer have an increased risk of cancer. And that legacy ended with me, and I know my mom would be very proud that I did that."
During an interview with Fox News Digital, the actor, who stars in the newly released movie "The Mongoose," discussed how he stays in such good shape at 74.
"No, I don't go to a gym at all, but it behooves me, any actor or actress playing a lead, it behooves you to have a level of fitness," Neeson said. "You don't have to spend two hours in the gym every day. I used to, many years ago, but I keep reasonably fit."
Neeson said that staying in shape year round allows him to jump back into action scenes for movies.
"If I read a script, or Mark [Vanselow, director of ‘The Mongoose’] sends me a script and there's physical action sequences, I like doing my own fights. I can still do them up to a point," he said. "If there's physical stuff like that then, I'll increase my physical workout activity a little bit."
The biggest change Neeson has made to his fitness routine as he's gotten older has been incorporating daily walks.
WATCH: Liam Neeson reveals how he stays in action-movie shape at 74 without a gym
"I think, just generally the importance of it. Should it just be a walk every day — you know what I mean? And you know, I'm so lucky. I'm 74 years of age, and I'm so lucky to occasionally still get offered this type of role," Neeson said, referring to his latest movie, "The Mongoose."
"The Mongoose" released in theaters on Oct. 30.
"The Mongoose" director, Mark Vanselow, joined Neeson during the interview and praised him for his "willingness to do what it takes to get it done."
WATCH: Liam Neeson, 74, reveals the fitness habit he prioritizes as he gets older
"As far as the amount of training it requires and the time you put in," Vanselow added. "And then being willing to be flexible in that and try to create something new all the time, which is, you, I think what we're both trying to do with some of this action, but in movies in general."
Paul Bettany's return to the Marvel universe came with an unexpected injury.
An over-the-top performance on the set of Marvel's "VisionQuest" left him with a gruesome eye injury that lasted two weeks.
"So, I was pretending to have a device on my head that is doing something to my brain, and I was just wildly overacting. And I blew out about 10 blood vessels in my eye," he explained during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
And despite playing a character known for his superhuman vision, Bettany admitted his own eyesight was far from perfect.
"I mean the irony is the actor playing Vision is kind of myopic, you know. I can't see a thing when I take my glasses off, which is great depending on the actor," he joked.
Bettany reprised his role as Vision for the Disney+ series – the final chapter of a television trilogy that began with "WandaVision" in 2021 and continued with "Agatha All Along" in 2024.
In "VisionQuest," Bettany portrays a rebuilt version of Vision who is struggling to understand his identity and recover a sense of purpose.
"So when we find vision, he has had his memories restored, but he is unable or perhaps unwilling to attach any feelings to them," Bettany told Kimmel. "And he is living a very quiet life in a pub in Scotland where he works."
"At night he goes and lives in the fridge freezer, and he goes inside his own head and in that head is a kind of what we call the mind space, and it's a mansion," he explained, comparing the concept to the movie "Inside Out."
"In that head, in that mansion are a bunch of different AIs who have differing personalities that help him sort of sift through the data of the day and understand humanity," he added.
Bettany got his start in the Marvel universe as J.A.R.V.I.S, Tony Stark's artificial intelligence assistant. His new character, Vision, was created when the Avengers uploaded J.A.R.V.I.S.'s AI into a synthetic body originally designed by Ultron, using the Mind Stone to bring him to life.
"Do AI companies try to get you to do J.A.R.V.I.S. for them?" Kimmel asked.
"Gosh, I wish," he said. "I would be hanging up my acting."
"Maybe that is a seed that has now been planted," Kimmel joked.
Thanks to the latest technology, Harry Houdini is making his return from the grave — just in time for the 100th anniversary of his death.
The new three-part Fox Nation series, "Houdini: Back from the Dead," uses artificial intelligence to revive the 20th-century entertainer and show audiences his life story and the death-defying stunts that defined a generation.
"Ladies and gentlemen, one minute and 20 seconds, that's all they can find of my real voice," an AI-generated version of the acclaimed escape artist said in the show's introduction. "A scratchy recording, barely audible — but it is enough."
The series conducted a mock interview with Houdini using advanced technology, asking him about his fears and the risk of accidents during his awe-inspiring tricks.
"Showmanship is the largest factor in any act," the AI conjuring of Houdini said. "But the truth is, I've faced death hundreds, even thousands of times. For example, take the upside down. I'll never be able to make anything as dangerous or difficult. For its debut performance, I had to burl in — the danger is very real. I'm loaded into stirrups by my ankles and lowered in. The cover is made to fit tightly onto the steel frame, and then padlocked."
The series brings not just the legendary illusionist back to life, but also those closest to him — including his wife, mother, brother and friends — allowing them to recount his career, personal relationships and most daring feats.
Red Rock Films, the production company behind the series, made Fox Nation history at the show's release as "Houdini: Back from the Dead" became the platform's first full-length, multi-episode production that relied entirely on AI-generated imagery.
To create historically accurate visuals, filmmakers drew on more than 400 historic photographs and archival footage. Actors provided the movements, mannerisms, and performances of the historical figures, while technology transformed their appearances.
"Fox Nation is breaking new creative ground by using emerging technology to bring one of history's most fascinating figures to life for a modern audience," Lauren Petterson, president of the platform, said in a press release.
Houdini died exactly 100 years ago on October 31, 1926. One century later, fans can now gain new access to the passionate performer's life and legacy by subscribing to Fox Nation.
Lauren Burns was dressed in a cheerleader costume for Halloween weekend in 1987 when she climbed into her father's car. But instead of taking her trick-or-treating, he drove the 7-year-old to the airport and flew her thousands of miles from her Dallas home.
Ali Bayan assured the little girl that the trip to his home country of Jordan was a "surprise" — and that her mother, Cathy Mahone, knew all about it. But as days turned into weeks and her father refused to let her speak to her mother, Burns began to realize she might never return home.
"I didn't think I would ever see my mother again," Burns recalled to Fox News Digital.
Burns recounts the abduction and the international rescue mission it sparked in her memoir, "Stolen." Her childhood friend, country music superstar Miranda Lambert — whose family played a crucial role in bringing Burns home — wrote the foreword.
Fox News Digital reached out to Lambert for comment.
WATCH: MIRANDA LAMBERT'S FRIEND RECALLS BEING KIDNAPPED BY FATHER AT AGE 7
"All I ever knew was that kind of upbringing. I went between two homes. My mother had full custody of me when I was six weeks old, but she did not want to keep me from my father. He was a good dad. He was loving and kind. I saw him almost every other weekend or maybe extra if she needed help. They had a good relationship despite the reasons that they had gotten divorced."
During the drive to the airport, Burns wondered why her stepmother and siblings weren't coming along.
"He'd never done anything to make me feel like I couldn't trust him," Burns said. "He was my dad, my provider. He was the one that loved me dearly. So, if he tells me something, I'm going to trust him. But it didn't quite add up."
Burns' parents met while Mahone, a Christian, was working as a waitress and Bayan, a Muslim, was studying engineering in Texas. Mahone had full custody, but Bayan, who owned a restaurant in Dallas, saw his daughter regularly. There were "no red flags," Burns said, until that Halloween weekend.
The Monday after Halloween weekend, Mahone went to Burns' elementary school to have lunch with her, as she typically did. She expected to hear about her daughter's weekend of trick-or-treating with her father. Instead, she discovered that Burns had never arrived at school. She soon learned that her ex-husband had abducted their daughter and taken her to Jordan.
A desperate Mahone rushed to a pay phone. She called the one man she believed could help her: Miranda Lambert's father, Rick Lambert. The former Dallas police officer ran a private detective agency with his wife, Beverly.
"Rick and Beverly were home," Burns said. "They got Miranda, they moved out of their house, and they were with my mom day and night trying to figure out a way to help my mom get me back. They were calling everyone they knew. Rick pulled some strings and got an appointment at the Dallas County Courthouse, so my mom could try to get a warrant out for my father's arrest."
The Lamberts had known Mahone for years, long before Burns and Miranda were born. Their friendship began when Mahone worked for Miranda's grandmother, Wanda, at an apartment complex.
Until then, Burns had traveled only to Florida to visit her grandmother. Now, the 7-year-old was in the Middle East, unable to speak Arabic and struggling to adjust to unfamiliar customs and a different way of life.
"I had to cover my hair," Burns said. "I could not wear shorts. We had to take our shoes off and wash our feet. There were no toilets. It was a hole in the ground with a chain above. I had never seen anything like that. Even the way we ate, it was a communal type of eating. You would sit on the floor with a big rug that was underneath and big plates of food, fresh food. You could smell all the different spices and the fresh hummus. We would all sit together, and you would eat with your hands."
But for Burns, the most painful change was in the father she had always trusted. Once in Jordan, the man she viewed as her protector became "distant."
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"I quickly realized that my father was not going to take care of me in Jordan, like he did in Texas," she said. "It was different roles that I didn't quite understand. I quickly got the sense that it was my grandmother and aunt's job to take care of me because it wasn't the man's job to take care of the child. But at a time in my life when there was so much confusion, I really needed my father. I really needed my mother, and I didn't have that either."
Back in Texas, Mahone learned that the lack of an extradition treaty with Jordan severely limited the U.S. government's ability to help her.
Determined to get her daughter back, Mahone turned to a North Carolina-based security firm staffed by former special operations personnel. She paid the team $80,000 and sold her jewelry to cover living expenses. There was no guarantee she would see her daughter again.
The team spent weeks searching for Burns before tracking her to Jerash, Jordan, where Bayan had enrolled her in school. Mahone accompanied the team to Jordan, disguising herself as they prepared to rescue her daughter.
Burns was sitting on a school bus when she spotted her mother.
"My mom had her hair covered," Burns said. "She came over and tapped the window. I looked straight into my mother's eyes and all I could think of was that it looks just like my mom, but how can it be? I thought I was dreaming. My mom started motioning me to come and get off the bus, but I froze. So, she had to push her way onto the bus."
As Mahone boarded the bus and grabbed her daughter, a school chaperone jumped on Mahone's back and tried to stop her. Mahone fought back, punching the woman in the nose before rushing Burns off the bus and into a waiting car.
The rescue team then drove Burns and Mahone toward the Israeli border, crossing the Allenby Bridge into Israel before making their way back to the United States.
"They put me on the floorboard of a car, they covered me up with blankets, and we sped off," Burns said.
Three months after her abduction, Burns finally returned to the United States, where family and friends — including a young Lambert — were waiting to welcome her home.
"The first person I saw when I was coming down that runway was Miranda," Burns said, fighting back tears.
"She was probably four or five years old, a little thing with this blonde hair. She was running and pushing past all the other people … And when we got home, my aunt had left every single Christmas tree up. She refused to take down the decorations because she said, 'Lauren will come home and we will celebrate Christmas.' So we celebrated Christmas and opened presents that year in January when I returned."
But returning home did not mean the ordeal was over. Fearing Bayan might abduct Burns again, Mahone kept her daughter in hiding, repeatedly moving to protect her. Burns said she had moved 14 times by the time she reached high school, leaving her struggling to find a sense of stability.
As a teenager, Burns grew increasingly angry. Beverly urged Mahone to let Burns stay at the Lamberts' farmhouse in Lindale, Texas — the same home Miranda Lambert later sang about in "The House That Built Me" — to help her through a difficult period.
Beverly quickly welcomed Burns into her church community and even "handpicked my friends," as Burns recalled, determined to surround the struggling teenager with positive influences. With the Lamberts by her side, Burns grew stronger in her Christian faith. She "hated Father's Day" for years, but always wrote a card to Rick Lambert, who became a father figure in her life.
The bond endured as Burns grew up alongside Lambert, whom she described as "like a little sister to me." Long before Lambert became a country music superstar, Burns knew her as the little girl whose family had welcomed her into their home.
Bayan was indicted while abroad and arrested in 1990 after returning to the United States, People magazine reported. He was sentenced to eight years' probation.
Burns was in high school when she finally confronted him, asking why he had abducted her.
"He wanted to raise me in his country, with his family," Burns said. "The only way he could do that was to take me. He wanted me to be raised in his beliefs and his culture. He said, 'I felt like I was doing the best thing for you.'"
While Burns forgave Bayan, they have not spoken since 2019, People magazine reported. Fox News Digital could not reach Bayan for comment.
"If my seven-year-old self could look at my life today," Burns said, "she would say, 'There is hope.' There is healing on the other side of forgiveness. There is freedom when you can let go. There is life, abundant life. And there is a way out."
Mystery cloaked the life and performances of escape artist Harry Houdini—and it followed him into his death, perplexing experts for the past century.
Houdini, a Hungarian born Erik Weisz, became one of the most famous magicians and vaudeville performers in history after immigrating with his family to the United States at 4.
He died 100 years ago on Oct. 31, 1926, at 52.
His official cause of death was listed as peritonitis, an infection caused by a ruptured appendix. But since the day he died, theories about alternative causes have lived on.
Some say a surprise punch to his stomach caused deadly appendicitis to the man who kept himself in peak physical condition.
Others insist he suffered from an intestinal blockage.
Some theorize that he was killed by people working as spirit mediums. He had been exposing them as frauds just before his death.
One of the most widespread myths was caused by a 1953 film in which Houdini was portrayed as unable to escape Water Torture Cell in time to save his own life.
"There’s plenty of room for speculation, for conspiracy theories, and so it continues," Houdini historian and biographer John Cox told Fox News Digital.
"It continues to this day."
Houdini's story returns in the new three-part Fox Nation series "Houdini: Back from the Dead," where artificial intelligence helps him appear to sit down for a modern-day interview to recount his struggles, relationships and legendary feats.
‘Poorly timed’ punch
A key event in the timeline of Houdini’s death is the now-famous series of punches to his stomach on Oct. 22, 1926.
Nine days before Houdini died, a university student named J. Gordon Whitehead visited the performer in his dressing room at a Montreal theater. Historians report that Houdini was reclining on a couch when Whitehead asked if he could test his ability to withstand a blow to the stomach.
Houdini obliged.
But before he could brace himself, Whitehead began punching.
It continued until another person in the room begged Whitehead to stop, said Roger Dreyer, President of Houdini Revealed, a museum in New York.
Many historians agree that because of the punches, Houdini ignored what actually were symptoms of appendicitis, Cox said.
Though some believed the blows caused the deadly inflammation, that was never proven.
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"He didn't get it treated in time," Cox said. "His appendix ruptured. This caused peritonitis, which was a massive infection. And back then, you died from that.
"Had he not been punched, this pain would have come out of nowhere, and he might have gone and sought medical attention sooner. So the punch was very likely just a very poorly timed accident that caused him to not pay attention to what was really happening to him medically."
Regardless, the punches brought a financial windfall to his family.
Houdini was thousands of dollars in debt at the time of his death. Because the punches were blamed for killing him, his life insurance policy paid out double.
"He had a life insurance [policy] of $25,000," Dreyer said.
The agreement was that "if he died from an accident, he received another $25,000. Twenty-five-thousand dollars back then was almost $500,000" in today’s value.
Spooky Halloween seances
Houdini had been fixated on the idea of death, because his daredevil behavior often brought him to the brink of it, Dreyer said.
But Houdini also worked to expose as frauds people who claimed to communicate with the dead. He believed their tactics were scams that targeted grieving people.
He faced defamation lawsuits for that, Dreyer said.
He and his wife, Bess Houdini, made an agreement that if one of them died, they would try to contact the other.
After his death, Bess Houdini held seances every Halloween for 10 years, attempting to make contact. When none of her attempts were successful, she gave up, concluding contact with the dead wasn’t possible.
One hundred years later, interest in Houdini lives on. That’s because he was more than just a performer, Dreyer said.
"It's not because of his death we're talking about him. It's because of the way Houdini lived and what he represented. That's why we're talking about Houdini."
He was the top "social influencer" of his time––a "pop icon," Dreyer said. Houdini still is a household name and is synonymous with escaping tricky situations, he noted.
As "chief wizard officer" of Fantasma Toys, Dreyer tries to carry on Houdini’s sense of surprise and making "the impossible possible" to inspire the next generation of magicians.
Selma Blair on Friday apologized following her arrest after an alleged altercation with flight attendants on a Delta flight earlier this month.
The 54-year-old actress said her lawyers advised her not to say anything because of the ongoing legal matter but added, "Not one day ever have I intended to hurt or frighten anyone a day in my life. And, so, to the people I disappointed, that I hurt, I frightened, alarmed, I am so sorry."
In the emotional Instagram video, taken in what appeared to be her home, she added that she would be taking care of her health and her son "and thinking of you all with gratitude and love."
Blair was arrested for assault and arraigned Oct. 12 on two counts of second-degree assault stemming from alleged attacks on a Port Authority police officer and a nurse following her arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport from Los Angeles. Police had responded to a call about a "physically abusive passenger" aboard Delta Flight 938.
Blair pleaded not guilty. The judge set bail at $20,000 cash, $60,000 bond or $60,000 partially secured bond. She's expected in court in January 2027.
"On Sunday, October 11, at approximately 11 p.m. at JFK Airport, PAPD responded to a call about a physically abusive passenger aboard Delta Airlines flight 938, which was parked at the gate after arrival from LAX," New York Port Authority officials confirmed to Fox News Digital.
"Suspect was identified as Selma Blair, a 54-year-old woman. She was taken into custody and transported to the hospital for evaluation."
According to court documents, Blair was restrained on a stretcher at the airport but freed her leg and allegedly kicked an officer in the face, neck and chest, causing substantial swelling. A nurse at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where Blair was taken, alleged that the actress kicked her in the chest while moving her.
Delta confirmed that law enforcement officials responded to an incident upon arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a flight that departed Los Angeles earlier in the day.
"Delta has zero tolerance for unruly or unlawful behavior, as the safety of our customers and crew always comes first," Delta said in a statement. Sources told TMZ that Blair punched one flight attendant and bit another in the middle of the flight.
Law enforcement officials confirmed Blair was also separately served with a summons by the FBI and is facing one charge of assault.
At the time, the New York Post reported that Blair's lawyer told the court that the actress "missed several doses of … a powerful medication that controls severe neurological symptoms."
Representatives for Blair later shared a lengthy statement with People, saying the actress "did not intend to harm anyone."
"Since Sunday night, the public account of what happened to Selma aboard a flight to New York has been built almost entirely on a police statement and a decade-old headline," the spokesperson said.
"A handful of journalists have taken the time to report on Selma as a human being rather than a headline, and we are grateful to them," the statement continued. "But fair reporting has been the exception, and in the space left by our silence, speculation has hardened into something being treated as fact.
"We can, however, correct the record on a few points already in public circulation. Selma Blair experienced a medical emergency on the flight. There was no attempt to open the door of the aircraft. Selma did not intend to harm anyone."
The statement also addressed rumors the actress does not in fact have multiple sclerosis, a diagnosis she went public with in 2018. The spokesperson called those rumors "outrageous," noting, "What Selma has been able to do physically in the years since is nothing short of a miracle.
"There is much more to this story than has been reported, and we ask to consider the entirety of the facts before rushing to judgment, whether in the courtroom or in the court of public opinion."
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