It was a perfect sunny day for lounging poolside at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The sky was a keen pale blue, with that piercing quality familiar in Southern California. The pool, where a man with straight black hair drifted on a pink and green striped raft, was a deeper, cerulean blue.
It looked a lot like a painting by David Hockney, the British-born L.A. transplant whose death on Thursday drew tributes from all corners of the world.
And Hockney had had a hand in this pool. In 1988, already famous, he spent a day here with a paint brush attached to the end of a broom, painting bright blue swooshes on the pool’s bottom. Now, even though many of the marks have faded, the remaining curves powerfully mimic and accentuate the flickering light on the water’s rippled surface.
The pool mural, which I visited on Friday, is one of the many gifts that Hockney has given us as residents of Los Angeles. In his five decades of living here, becoming as he would say an “English Angeleno,” he made his mark on the city in ways both dramatic and subtle, inflecting our image of the California lifestyle as well as influencing generations of artists. His influence is felt not just on the walls of museum, but everywhere.

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Rosie O’Donnell shared a heartfelt poem about visiting her daughter Chelsea O’Donnell in prison
The comedian reflected on “unconditional love,” motherhood, Chelsea’s sobriety, the duo’s tumultuous relationship and more in the emotional writing
Chelsea, 28, is serving prison time after her probation was revoked in October following multiple arrests in 2024
Rosie O’Donnell is reflecting after a visit to see her daughter Chelsea O’Donnell in prison.
The 64-year-old actress’ daughter had her probation revoked and was sentenced to jail in October after she was arrested three times in 2024, starting with a September arrest on multiple felony charges, including neglecting a child and possession of methamphetamine.
Rosie recently visited Chelsea in prison — which she said the 28-year-old requested — and she reflected on the experience through poetry she shared alongside a mother-daughter selfie on Instagram (and via Substack) on Friday, June 12. The photo, seemingly taken during the visit, shows Chelsea smiling as she wrapped her arms around her mother.
In a poem about the visit, Rosie said her heart skipped “a beat” the moment Chelsea walked through the door in the visitation room. “She looks good,” the actress wrote. “Healthy calm / Rested blue eyes / Clear skin / In her green uniform.”
The pair embraced, according to Rosie. She added that she held “on tight” to her daughter and stared “into her eyes.”
“We have been thru so much,” the A League of Their Own actress continued in the poem.
Reflecting on her daughter’s own children, Rosie said Chelsea’s four kids “have not visited” their mom in prison, “which pains her I know.”
The comedian then wrote that she tried “to stay present” during the prison visit. “I try to shake the sadness,” she said.
Of her daughter, Rosie wrote, “It’s hard enough for her / She turns 29 this summer / And all I see when I look at her / Is a blonde baby in diapers.”
The prison visit was “cut short” due to weather conditions, Rosie said in the poem. She noted that after a “quick hug,” she was back outside in her car.
“It storms all the way to the hotel / As I try to process / All that’s happened,” the actress wrote. “It was a big day for both of us.”
Rosie — who is a mom to five children total, four with her ex-wife, Kelli Carpenter, and her fifth with late ex-wife Michelle Rounds — said she slept “for hours” after the emotional visit, for which she was “proud of us both.”
“Unconditional love / Simply the only way / Thru motherhood,” she added. “Love and forgiveness a must / Even when it seems impossible / Especially then / We live we learn we grow / Even at 64.”
Rosie also shared some of her thoughts from “before” the visit on Substack. “She’s not fighting it anymore / This relationship we have / Her sobriety helps so much / Gives me hope,” she wrote of Chelsea.
In a later stanza, Rosie added of her child, “I told her I may cry when I see her / There in prison clothes.” She said her daughter responded, “Why mom — it’s not bad in here — I have friends now.”
Chelsea calls Rosie from prison “daily,” she said. Rosie added that the mother-daughter pair have “gotten closer / Thru these tense times / And I’m grateful for that.”
“That she’s alive,” she continued in the poem. “Looking forward to her release / Planning her post-prison / journey / Drug free / Getting back with her children / Making amends / Dreaming of peace / For the first time / As am I.”
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Chelsea appeared in court for sentencing on the three felony counts she pleaded guilty to in February: resisting or obstructing an officer, felony bail jumping and possession of methamphetamine.
In March, she was sentenced to six years probation — a two-year sentence for each of the three guilty counts. Chelsea was told she could face prison time should she violate any of the probation requirements, which included absolute sobriety, no possession of alcohol or another controlled substance without a valid prescription, no contact with any known drug users or sellers and no possession or ownership of any firearm.
Her probation was revoked, and she was sentenced to prison time on Oct. 22, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
In a statement shared with PEOPLE at the time, Rosie said, “I have compassion for those struggling with addiction – Chelsea was born into addiction and it has been a painful journey for her and her four young children. We continue to love and support her through these horrible times. Prayers welcomed.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.

BTS have some more surprises in store for this year’s BTS Festa, their annual anniversary celebration. In time with the occasion, the supergroup has announced an upcoming slate of book releases publishing in partnership with Hachette Book Group’s Running Press, CAKE Corp, and BigHit Music.
On Sept. 15, BTS will release the officially licensed title BTS Lyrics Inside, in which RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook will dissect the songwriting across their catalog. Songs from Proof and Most Beautiful Moments in Life will be broken down to explore their deeper meanings and underlying messages.
The collection will dive into everything from “Boy With Luv,” their 2019 collaboration with Halsey, as well as “Life Goes On, “Magic Shop, “Spring Day,” “Yet to Come,” “We Are Bulletproof : the Eternal,” and more. The lyrics will be presented in their original language alongside English translations for ARMY members hoping to study and analyze the records on a deeper level.
In tandem, BTS will release the BTS Recipe Book cookbook drawing inspiration from the group’s album eras to craft recipes of flavorful Korean dishes. The lineup includes scorched rice crackers, carp bread, sugar-filled griddlecakes, Korean fried chicken, simmered rice cakes, ginseng chicken soup, braised beef ribs, and more.
While these BTS projects will live on the page, they will also expand online. BTS Recipe Book, in particular, will include digital codes that will allow ARMY to access exclusive videos connected to the book, as well as tips for bringing the dishes to life and food commentary from the group members. Some may seem familiar from when they appeared on the menu for the series RUN BTS!, Bon Voyage, and In the Soop.
“BTS is a global force, and we couldn’t be more excited to partner with CAKE to bring these unique, thoughtful books to their dedicated and discerning fanbase,” said Shannon Fabricant, Vice President, Publisher of Running Press, in a statement. “Being able to deliver these inside perspectives on the band’s music, preferences, experiences, and more during what is already an extraordinary year for BTS is especially gratifying.”
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Seok Kyo Jeong, Vice President at CAKE, added, “Our mission at CAKE is to help fans deeply connect with their favorite artists by breaking down language and cultural boundaries. By combining our unique K-pop-based content — which continues the educational DNA of HYBE EDU — with Running Press’s exceptional publishing expertise, we are thrilled to offer ARMY a more immersive and meaningful way to experience BTS.”
There’s more to come. BTS’ publishing partnership will extend through 2027 with additional releases on the horizon.

Hugh Jackman appears ready to move beyond the drama with his ex-wife, Deborra-Lee Furness. In a June 2026 report from Globe, a source revealed that the Death of Robin Hood actor is setting his sights on working with someone Deb banned him from working with during their marriage: Angelina Jolie.
“It’s no secret in his world that he has wanted to team up with her on a major project for years and generally speaking, Hollywood has been welcome to the idea,” a source told the outlet. “There have been a few attempts to put them in the same film [but] it just never quite came together.”
Jackman and Jolie nearly co-starred in both the 2004 action horror movie Van Helsing and Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige, but things didn’t work out. “Angelina did consider joining that cast at one point before her schedule and her new relationship with Brad Pitt made it impossible,” the source explained, adding that Deb also played a role in the two not working together.
In a 2015 interview with Australia’s Today (per E! News), Deb spoke about her relationship with Jackman. When asked about the secret to their romance, Deb joked, “I’ve told his agent he’s not allowed to work with Angelina [Jolie].” She quickly added, “I’m sure she’s lovely.”
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Since he and Deb called it quits in 2023, Jackman has actively been looking for “something for him and Angie to do together” because, according to him, they are “so overdue for a significant team-up.”
Meanwhile, Jackman’s new girlfriend, actress Sutton Foster, is also hoping to work with him. An insider told Globe she’s “still patiently waiting for the chance to make a blockbuster movie,” but Jackman reportedly doubts a film starring the two of them would be both a critical success and a box office hit.
“As much as Hugh believes he and Angie would have incredibly physical chemistry in an action movie together, he’s also always keeping the box office at [the] top of mind,” the source explained. “And when it comes to selling tickets, a movie starring him and Sutton just isn’t going to fly.”
They continued, “You have to feel for Sutton in this situation.”

Russell Crowe has suggested Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II failed to ignite audiences in the same way as the original film because it lacked a “moral core”.
He recalled how he had pushed back against studio moves to give his Gladiator character Maximus sex scenes back in 2000, in his belief that it would not chime with a man grieving the death of his wife.
“I just kept pushing back,” he recounted. “I said, ‘This is a story about a man who’s avenging the death of his wife and his child. There cannot be a moment on that journey where he stops and has sex with somebody. It doesn’t make any sense… that destroys the journey’.”
“They fought me, they sent me letters about it and everything, and I just stuck to my guns. Luckily for me, Ridley, even though he would have loved to write a sex scene with me and Connie Nielsen, he agreed with me back then, and that that was the moral core of the film.”
“We were shooting for something really, really old fashioned and the studio kind of, at the time, didn’t quite understand why,” he continued.
Crowe said he had been vindicated by the fact that when the film came out there were more women in theatres than men.
“On the surface, Gladiator is a movie for men but if it was a movie for men, it would be about revenge. But it’s not about revenge. It’s a movie for women because it’s about vengeance and this is a subtle difference, but it is a difference.I needed the character to stay on that track,” he said.
“So for them, in a second movie to destroy that moral centre, it’s very interesting because the second movie barely took the same box office that the first movie took but that’s 20 years later, and when you apply how much of a change there’s been on the value of a dollar, they failed, and they failed because they didn’t understand why it was successful, because it had a moral core.”
Crowe was speaking at the Taormina Film Festival where he will receive an International Achievement Award on Saturday evening ahead of the world premiere of Derrick Borte’s action thriller Bear Country.
The film stars Crowe as an ageing club owner whose dreams of selling-up and retiring are scuppered when an masked robber cleans out the business. With cartel bosses breathing down his neck and a young upstart eager to purchase the club he needs to act fast.
Crowe previously worked with Borte on the 2020 road rage thriller Unhinged.
Co-stars Nina Dobrev and Aaron Paul have joined Crowe and Borte at the festival, with producers Mark Fasano and Jeffrey Greenstein also in town.
The open air screening for some 4,500 spectators will kick-off a summer preview tour across Italy for the film ahead of an August 26 release by 01 Distribution on behalf of Minerva Pictures with Rai Cinema.