Travis Kelce needs an Advent calendar, ’cause he’s counting down the days to his first Christmas as a married man … and describing what his perfect day looks like!
Spoiler alert: it includes Mom Donna Kelce in the kitchen, baking up her blueberry muffins.
The 37-year-old Chiefs tight end laid it all out in a Tommy Hilfiger ad for their winter campaign, “The Perfect Holiday,” which dropped Thursday.
And this year’s a big one for the future Hall of Famer … ’cause Kelce says he’s “excited for my first holiday as a married man!”
So, what does the ideal day look like for him? Time with the family, and then a Christmas Day night game with the Chiefs … oh, and he wants a Tommy onesie!
Lucky for TK, his wife loves Christmas, too! Taylor Swift grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania. Back in 2013, she said that’s why she’s “obsessed with Christmas” and wishes it lasted all year, later turning the whole experience into a holiday song, “Christmas Tree Farm.”
Kelce became a global ambassador for Tommy Hilfiger in March. Knicks star Josh Hart, Jisoo, Arón Piper, Quenlin Blackwell and Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz, Dominik Szoboszlai and Jérémy Jacquet are also part of the holiday campaign.

Sinking ships, extra chapters, and unwarranted crossovers, oh my! Fans have been waiting more than five years for A Court of Splintered Harmony, the sixth installment of author Sarah J. Maas’ megahit romantasy series A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR, for short). At its start, the story followed a human teenage girl named Feyre Archeron who found herself embroiled in the affairs (both political and romantic) of the neighboring faerie realm, Prythian. Since the first novel of the series—which was published over a decade ago in 2015, before finding a resounding resurgence in popularity during the pandemic when the story (and its many scenes of fantasy smut) became a BookTok obsession—the story has sprawled: Feyre’s allegiances have changed, a war has been waged and won, and our ensemble of main characters has grown exponentially. Now, ACOTAR is nothing short of a phenomenon: This sixth novel, published on Oct. 27, sold over 1.7 million copies on release day alone. Chances are, if you know a woman between the ages of 18 and 35, they are reading up on the latest happenings in Prythian. Yet, despite Splintered Harmony’s economic success, the long-awaited sequel is flailing in one key category: reader satisfaction. The ratings for Splintered Harmony are the lowest of any of ACOTAR’s main novels on the book-review site Goodreads, and social media and Reddit threads are rife with complaints about everything from the story to the characters to the prose. There’s disarray in Maas’ kingdom—but this chaos is partially a mess of her own creation.
Readers’ trenchant criticisms of Splintered Harmony begin with something as fundamental as its structure. The sixth ACOTAR installment feels like merely part of a book because, essentially, it is: Splintered Harmony starts with the announcement that this arc of Prythian’s story will be split into four parts, dubbed “movements” by Maas, that will be told, confusingly, over three volumes. Still, even with the knowledge that this is the first part of many—the second and third movements will be detailed in the next book, A Court of Forgotten Melody, which is set to release a mere three months from now—Splintered Harmony feels annoyingly unfinished. I, a casual ACOTAR reader who doesn’t keep up with Maas’ publicity tours on podcasts like Call Her Daddy, had naively assumed that the series’ fifth volume, A Court of Silver Flames—which follows Feyre’s eldest sister Nesta, a newly turned fae who struggles to find her new normal after the devastation of their recently won war—would be the start of a few final books of resolution. I had also naively assumed that Maas would feel as I do about fantasy series: They should only involve one big war throughout the entire arc—that’s it.
In hindsight, Splintered Harmony reveals that Silver Flames was no resolution at all; instead, it was the quiet before yet another brewing storm (and another war!). This means that Splintered Harmony, despite touching on the stories of all of our main players, fails to deliver anything very concrete as far as plot goes. The book follows Feyre and her partner (or, to use ACOTAR parlance, “mate”) Rhysand’s turn as brand-new parents, the fallout of their close friend Azriel’s doomed attraction to Feyre’s second-eldest sister, Elain, and a bunch of chessboard-setting for the impending conflict. On paper, this might sound expected for a first part of four, but in reality, the reading experience felt like paying for a season of television and only getting a singular episode. It was irritating to engage in 350 pages’ or 13 hours of audiobook narration’s worth of seed-sowing when you expect, at the very least, a single sprout. That shouldn’t be too much to ask for from a full novel.
If the unfinished timbre of Splintered Harmony weren’t defeating enough, an even more frustrating aspect of reading this latest volume is how much of its vital context—particularly of the events that happened between Books 5 and 6 of the series—is wrapped up in the plot of an entirely different series. Maas began her third fantasy series, Crescent City, in 2020; it follows a half-fae, half-human girl named Bryce Quinlan who encounters mystery and political intrigue on her planet of Midgard. ACOTAR readers who aren’t interested in Crescent City might be surprised to find out just how important the events of the most recent Crescent City book, House of Flame and Shadow, are to Splintered Harmony. The events of House of Flame and Shadow, which was published in 2024, are integral to understanding why, despite saving many lives and endearing herself to the Inner Circle at the end of Silver Flames, Nesta starts off Splintered Harmony in a completely different state of being, distanced from our main cast of characters after we had just left her in a place of harmony in her book. Essentially, Maas has pulled a Marvel and begun the multiversification of her series. This, as you might expect, is just as bothersome to encounter in a book as it is in a movie or TV show.
Most of these grievances could fit under the umbrella of tactics designed to make publishers and authors more money. Splitting one story up into so many parts, releasing a book that is barely a book, referencing work outside the main series that readers will then have to catch up on; all of these amount to, to put it bluntly, tried-and-true cash grabs. As Vulture’s Kathryn VanArendonk noted, these tactics have worked and will work here, because “it’s a perfect book-based enactment of the sunk-cost fallacy. The only way to justify reading this one is to read the next one, too.” Often these gimmicks come at other costs, as well; Splintered Harmony also suffers from what feels like a dip in writing quality at times. And it doesn’t help that Maas has done similar things in the past, namely choosing to release special editions of a book that include bonus chapters—fairly important ones!—that are only available in copies sold by specific vendors, like Barnes and Noble. The end of Splintered Harmony, in case you’re wondering, includes three extra scenes that provide helpful context to the current relationships between many characters. They sure would’ve been nice to have had years ago without having to go hunting for special copies.
To be clear, fans aren’t only upset because of the industry-level strategizing around this book release. There’s also been discord over the romances in the story. In fact, many ACOTAR die-hards are so invested in these couples that they’re angry for an entirely different reason: ship wars. The main relationship explored, albeit briefly, in Splintered Harmony is that of Azriel and Elain (a pairing known as “Elriel”). The two fae have feelings for each other, but their attraction is condemned because Elain is the mate of Feyre’s friend and critical political ally, Lucien. In Maas’ world, a mating bond forms involuntarily, causing fae to become beholden to an animalistic attraction and connection to another fae at random, much like the cursed imprinting in the Twilight universe. Despite the reality we’ve been shown that Elain only likes Azriel (and feels deeply uncomfortable with Lucien, mating bond be damned), Splintered Harmony essentially obliterates that ship. This is bad news for Elriel shippers, and also a squick-y moment in Maas’ story that seems to strip Elain of much of her bodily agency (though it wouldn’t be romantasy if someone weren’t being emotionally tortured for little to no reason). Splintered Harmony could be setting up a path for Elain and Lucien (“Elucien”) to be endgame, after all, though it gives zero notion as to how the uneasy mates will get over the hump they’re left facing by the end of this installment. Azriel, meanwhile, may be getting set up with a new romantic interest, but Splintered Harmony stops short of delivering anything of real significance in that area. As it stands, the book ends with Azriel emotionally devastated and feeling outcast, as is Maas’ tendency; the author is known for breaking her characters down to their lowest points before they can find happiness or love. We’ll have to wait another book for any signs of resolution or character development, and in the meantime, the ship wars have waged fiercely online and even in Maas’ social media comments, inflaming some of the negative feelings surrounding this release.
Is Splintered Harmony’s mixed reception a sign of the franchise’s waning prowess as a romantasy mainstay? I doubt it; just look at Maas’ sales and the fact that we’re still talking about it all. Still, this release does make me worry about the quality of these future “movements,” especially on the heels of Silver Flames, which was one of Maas’ best entries in the ACOTAR series. The romantasy genre is, in many ways, predicated on making its readers feel, whether that’s good, bad, or horny—but the only thing I felt when reading Splintered Harmony was the sneaking suspicion that I might wind up wasting my time. At least two things we can be sure of going forward: 1) Maas is laughing all the way to the bank, and 2) things can’t get worse from here. (Right?)

Kimmarie Johnson, a model who made inroads into acting during the late 1990s and early 2000s with a small role in Dude, Where’s My Car? and an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210, died Wednesday, November 4, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles following a cardiac emergency the week before. She was 50.
Her death was announced by her niece Rhonda Scott. Johnson was determined to have suffered a heart aneurysm.
Born Kim Marie Johnson on April 8, 1976, in Pittsburgh, Johnson worked as a flight attendant after college, did some modeling and, in 1992, competed in and won the Miss Pennsylvania USA beauty pageant. The following year she finished in the top five at the Miss USA beauty pageant.
After moving to Los Angeles in the mid-1990s, Johnson continued modeling and in 1998 played the character Jane in an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. In the 2000 Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott comedy Dude, Where’s My Car?, she was cast in a memorable scene as one of five aliens disguised as sexy “jumpsuit chicks.”
Also in 2000 Johnson appeared in an episode of the Pamela Anderson TV series V.I.P.
Johnson cut back on her acting career after giving birth to son Cameron Nino, now an L.A.-based musician, in 2003, but made the occasional appearance in such projects as Wanda at Large, comedy Spanish Fly and in 2017 the series Tucker’s War, her final credit.
In addition to her show business career, Johnson was an entrepreneur who in 2011 launched a skin care brand called SkinGlow by Kimmarie.
Johnson is survived by her son and niece.

Travis Kelce is looking forward to creating new holiday traditions with his wife, Taylor Swift.
“I’m excited for this year to be my first Christmas as a married man,” the athlete gushed in Tommy Hilfiger’s new winter campaign.
“I love all the old traditions and can’t wait to start some new ones. I start celebrating as that tree goes up.”
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end also revealed his “perfect holiday” would be having a night game on Christmas Day with his “entire family” in attendance.
Last year, the pair spent Christmas together while they were engaged.
At the time, he also shared that the best gift he received was from the Grammy winner.
“The best gift that I got was from Taylor,” he told “New Heights” listeners. “But it gives away things that we’re trying to keep in house. So I’m not going to say it.”
“And I love you, Tay,” he sweetly added.
The lovebirds reportedly spent the holiday on a ski vacation following his Christmas Day game against the Denver Broncos.
“He’s looking forward to spending time in the mountains with Taylor, enjoying a real winter getaway complete with skiing, hot chocolate, cozy rooms, and chilling out while watching the snow fall,” a source told the Sun last year.
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The insider also claimed Kelce spent $140,000 on presents for Swift, including a $90,000 Rolex.
“He has been working on this for several weeks and picked out some beautiful items from her favorite brands, like Dior, to ensure she has the perfect outfits ready for their trip in the coming weeks,” the source said.
The year prior, Kelce and Swift, both 36, celebrated Christmas together with both of their families for the first time.
As Page Six previously reported, the couple got married at Madison Square Garden in July after three years together.
Two months after the star-studded nuptials, the athlete’s 14th NFL season began, and Swift has reportedly been keeping herself “super busy” amid her “hyper-focused” partner’s busy schedule.
Swift has also been a staple at Kelce’s home games this season, and they made their most recent joint appearance in October for a Manhattan dinner date.
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NBC has finally revealed when it’s going to reopen “The Rockford Files.”
The new reboot starring David Boreanaz will get a special early premiere on Saturday, January 2 at 8 p.m., immediately following that day’s NFL broadcast on NBC, TVLine has learned. The show will then debut in its regular time slot on Thursday, January 7 at 8 p.m.
Fans can also call a special “Rockford Files” hotline, inspired by the original series’ iconic answering machine, at (760) JIM-ROCK. Callers will be able to hear a message from Boreanaz and sign up for text message updates from the show.
Check out a promo for the hotline here:
NBC’s “Rockford Files” reboot is billed as “a contemporary update on the classic series of the same name” starring James Garner that aired on NBC from 1974 to 1980, according to the official description. “Newly paroled after doing time for a crime he didn’t commit, James Rockford returns to his life as a private investigator using his charm and wit to solve cases around Los Angeles. It doesn’t take long for his quest for legitimacy to land him squarely in the crosshairs of both local police and organized crime.”
Along with Boreanaz, the cast includes Michaela McManus (“Memory of a Killer”), Ilfenesh Hadera (“Will Trent”), and Jacki Weaver (“Clipped”). Mike Daniels (“Sons of Anarchy”) serves as writer and executive producer. The reboot earned a series order at NBC in May.