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Livvy Dunne will make her acting role in an upcoming Baywatch reboot for Fox

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• The former LSU gymnast will have a recurring role as an enthusiastic junior lifeguard

• "It's something I've been passionate about for quite some time," Dunne previously said of acting in an interview with PEOPLE

Livvy Dunnehas a new playing field.

On Thursday, March 12,Fox TVandDeadlineannounced in ajoint Instagram postwith theBaywatchInstagram page that Dunne is joining the latest reboot of the franchise.

The former Louisiana State University (LSU) gymnast will play the recurring role of Grace, a "highly enthusiastic junior lifeguard,"Deadlinereports.

It's no surprise that the social media influencer will be making her professional acting debut on the show during the 2026-2027 season, as she recently told PEOPLE thatshe has enjoyed taking acting classessinceretiring from gymnastics in April 2025.

"It's something I've been passionate about for quite some time," she told PEOPLE earlier this month. "I was interested in doing that at LSU, but sports are your top priority when you're a student-athlete at school; school and sports, but really gymnastics was my main focus."

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"And now that I'm done with school, I have more time to lean into the acting stuff and the creative side of things," she continued.

It was nearly a year ago, while speaking with PEOPLE exclusively on theSports Illustrated Swimsuitlaunch party red carpet in May 2025, that Dunne said fans should"stay tuned" for more "on-screen" work from her.

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TheBaywatchreboot will also starBrooks Nader, whowill be playing series regular Selene, andStephen Amell, who will star as Hobie Buchannon.

Nader's official character description states that "Selene is the sharp-tongued Captain of the Zuma beach lifeguards."

"While she is excellent at her job, she and Baywatch Captain Hobie Buchannon have a very different approach to saving lives that is a constant source of friction," the description continues.

"Never on good terms, their relationship only goes downhill after Hobie brings his daughter Charlie [Jessica Belkin] onto his team… and it becomes clear that their rivalry goes much deeper than lifeguarding," it concludes.

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Other cast members includeNoah Beck, who is also joining as series regular Luke;Shay Mitchell as Trina;Hassie Harrisonas Nat; Thaddeus LaGrone as Brad; and David Chokachi, who isreprising his original role as Cody Madison.

TheBaywatchfranchise launched in 1989, with the first season airing on NBC before continuing as a syndicated series for 10 more seasons. Members of the original cast returned for a 2003 reunion special,Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, which aired on Fox. The franchise also includes the short-lived spinoffBaywatch Nightsand the 2017Baywatchmovie starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.

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Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker have settled their divorce following a custody battle, four months after going public with their split after 11 years of marriage

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• The former couple met while filming the fourth season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2011 and announced their engagement in January 2013, tying the knot in 2014

• Burruss and Tucker share son Ace, 9, and daughter Blaze, 6

Kandi Burrussand Todd Tucker have settled their divorce following a custody battle, four months after going public with their split after 11 years of marriage, PEOPLE can confirm.

The Real Housewives of Atlantaalum, 49, andTucker, 52, reached a settlement on Wednesday, March 11, according to documents filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Ga. reviewed by PEOPLE. Judge Alice Benton ordered the former couple to provide a "final judgment, parenting plan, child support addendum, child support worksheet, etc." for the court's review by Friday, March 20.

Burruss went public with the divorce proceedings on Nov. 21, 2025. "After deep thought and a lot of prayer, I've made the decision to move forward with a divorce. This is a difficult and emotional time, but my focus remains on protecting my peace, being the best mother I can be, and co-parenting with love and respect," Burruss told PEOPLE in an exclusive statement in November 2025.

"I'm stepping into a new chapter pouring into my work, my family, and my own growth," Burruss continued at the time. "I'm grateful to everyone who supported us throughout the years, and I ask for privacy, grace, and understanding as we navigate this transition with our family."

Burruss and Tucker, a producer, met while filming the fourth season ofThe Real Housewives of Atlantain 2011 andannounced their engagementin January 2013. Theytied the knotin April 2014. Since then, they welcomed two children: sonAce, 9, and daughterBlaze, 6. Both also have children from previous relationships: Burruss' daughter Riley, 23, and Tucker's daughter Kaela, 29.

During an appearance on the Feb. 22episode ofWatch What Happens Live,host Andy Cohen asked Burrus about herdecision to split from Tucker.

"It happened in July," Burruss revealed. "In July was when I was like, 'Oh, yeah. No, I can't do this no more.' "

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"Was there a specific moment or thing that happened?" Cohen, 57, pressed.

"Yeah, it was a specific situation that happened," the songwriter shared as she quipped: "I'm not talking about it onWatch What Happens."

She went on to open up about the current status of her relationship with Tucker, noting that, while "sometimes our conversations can get a little intense" amid discussing divorce matters, the two are generally amicable.

"For the most part, even if we argue, we still try to be nice to each other," she explained. "We're co-parenting. Last night, we went to my son's basketball game. So, we were there sitting right next to each other. I'm sure people was like, 'Uh…' "

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"But I feel like once we're done with this, I really feel that we will be able to be great co-parents," she continued, "because our ultimate goal is to make sure that all of our kids are happy and that they don't feel the brunt of our drama."

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AMC has finally givenInterview With the Vampireseason 3, renamedThe Vampire Lestat, a premiere date. Fans of late authorAnne Rice's Immortal Universe will finally get their long-awaited "immortal rockstar" on Sunday, June 7.

The network also released the opening credits for the new season, which features a new song from the upcoming season, "All Fall Down," by series composer Daniel Hart and performed star Sam Reid. The show previously dropped single "Long Face" on Feb. 13.

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The new season sees Reid's Lestat de Lioncourt living the rockstar life, as vampires have been outed by author Daniel Molloy (Eric Bobosian) in his book that interviews Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson). Lestat takes full advantage of his newfound freedom and embarks on a multi-city tour while being haunted by "muses" from his past.

"As his band's popularity and star power rises," says the show's official description, "so does Lestat's influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat's power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population."

In addition to Reid, Anderson, and Bogosian,The Vampire Lestatstars Assad Zaman, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle and is executive produced by Mark Johnson; creator, writer and showrunner Rolin Jones; Hannah Moscovitch; along with Christopher Rice and late author Anne Rice.

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WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Investigators worked Friday to determine the exact reason a man with a rifle crashed into a largeMichigan synagoguein what federal officials are saying was an attack carried out by a 41-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen born in Lebanon.

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Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was killed by security afterramming into Temple Israelin West Bloomfield Township near Detroit, Michigan, and driving down a hallway in a vehicle that then caught fire, according to authorities.

The FBI, which is leading the investigation, described the attack on one of the nation's largestReform synagoguesas an act of violence targeting the Jewish community.

The synagogue's staff, teachers and 140 children at its early childhood center were not injured, according to Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard.

Ghazali came to the U.S. in 2011 on an immediate relative visa as the spouse of a U.S. citizen and was granted U.S. citizenship in 2016, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

In the minutes after the attack, smoke billowed from the synagogue. One security officer was hit by the vehicle and knocked unconscious but did not suffer life-threatening injuries, Bouchard said. And 30 law enforcement officers were treated for smoke inhalation.

Cassi Cohen, director of strategic development at Temple Israel, was in the hallway where the crash happened. She described hearing a loud bang and said she grabbed a few staff members, ran into her office and locked the door.

"When I heard the crash, I knew it was bad," Cohen said.

She said the crash happened near a classroom and, in addition to the children, there were also more than 30 staff members in the synagogue.

Rabbi Arianna Gordon, from Temple Israel, thanked the security team, law enforcement and early childhood teachers for getting the children out safely and reunited with their parents.

About a dozen parents sprinted to get their children soon after authorities cleared the building. Other families were reunited at a nearby Jewish Community Center.

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Allison Jacobs, whose 18-month-old daughter is enrolled in Temple Israel's day care, said she got a message from a teacher saying the children were OK even before she knew what happened.

"There are no words. I was in complete and utter shock," she said.

Synagogues around the world have been on edge and ramping up security since the U.S. and Israel launched a war with Iran with missile strikes on Feb. 28.

The FBI has warned that Iranian operativesmay be planning drone attackson targets in California. Two menbrought explosivesto a far-right protest outside the New York mayoral mansion on Saturday. Investigators allege they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group.

And anassailant drove a carinto people outside an Orthodox synagogue in Manchester, England, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. He stabbed two people to death before officers shot and killed him.

President Donald Trump said he had been fully briefed on the attack, calling it a "terrible thing."

Steven Ingber, the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Detroit, said Thursday: "I'd love to say that I'm shocked, that I'm surprised, but I'm not."

The attack was the second at a house of worship in Michigan within the past year. Last September, a former Marine fatally shot four people ata church north of Detroitand set it ablaze. The FBI later said he was motivated by "anti-religious beliefs" against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Oakland County is Michigan's second-largest county with roughly 1.3 million people. The majority of Detroit-area Jewish residents live there. Temple Israel has 12,000 members, according to its website.

Durkin Richer reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press reporters Ed White in Detroit; Todd Richmond in Madison, Wisconsin; John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio; Eric Tucker in Washington, D.C., and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed.

Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.

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Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern Great Lakes states. And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill.

This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash already hit much of the East. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C. residents walked around in shorts in record-breaking 86 degrees Fahrenheit (about 30 Celsius). On Thursday, it snowed.

"All of the country, even if you're not necessarily seeing extremes, are going to see generally changing from cold to warm, or warm to cold to warm," said meteorologist Marc Chenard of the weather service's Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.

Former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue said he expects extreme weather in all 50 states.

Triple-digit heat persists in Southwest

A heat dome will form early next week and park over the Southwest, baking temperatures to triple digits that haven't been seen this early in the year, Maue and Chenard said.

Some forecasts see 98 (almost 37 Celsius) in Phoenix on Tuesday, followed by 103, 105 and two days of 107 (almost 42 C). In 137 years of record-keeping, Phoenix never hit 100 before March 26 and usually hit its first 100-degree day in early May, according to the weather service, which warned people: "Since we are not acclimated to this level of heat this early in the year, it will be more impactful than usual."

It has already started in Los Angeles withunusual 90-degree March weatherthat had people in shorts and tank tops seeking shade anywhere they could get it, even if it was as slender as a light post.

Shane Dixon, 40, usually runs about 5 miles near his home in Culver City without much effort, he said, his face glistening with sweat and his T-shirt tucked into his shorts. But Thursday was hard because of the heat, and he had to cut it short.

"The back of my neck was melting," he said. But he preferred it to the cold and snow that will hit elsewhere.

"I could go literally soak myself and walk out in the sun and I'll make it home fine. If it was freezing cold I could not do this," he said.

Single-digit cold invades North

Around the same time as the heat starts blasting Phoenix, the polar vortex — a system that usually keeps frigid air penned up near the North Pole — is forecast to send its chill deep into the Midwest and East, even bordering some of the Southeast, Maue said

Minneapolis will hover around zero for a low, and Chicago will be in the single digits Tuesday. The next day "temperatures in the teens and 20s in the northeast and 20s in the Mid-Atlantic," Maue said. Even Atlanta could drop to the 20s.

One-two snowstorm punch

Two storm systems in a row — one Friday, then another Sunday into Monday — will chug along the country's northern tier and Great Lakes and between them could dump 3 to 4 feet of snow in places, Maue said.

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That bigger second storm system will see its barometric pressure drop so quickly and sharply — meaning it is intensifying and winds are strengthening — that it will qualify as a bomb cyclone, which is quite unusual to develop over land. Normally bomb cyclones get their energy from warm ocean waters, but this one will draw power from the polar vortex.

Even Alaska and Hawaii aren't quite right

Maue said Hawaii is getting an atmospheric river that will have such persistent heavy rain that flooding will be a major issue. Oahu is under a flash flood warning.

And Alaska is normally frigid now, but it will be about 30 degrees colder than usual, he said.

It is "the time of year where we can see stuff like this," Chenard said. "But this does seem even anomalous from what you would typically see. I mean, some of these areas will be setting records. Record-high temperatures for March and maybe multiple times."

In the past week or so, tornadoes have killed at least eight people inOklahoma, Michiganand Indiana. The forecast for severe storms doesn't look as big or widespread for the next week, but dangerous thunderstorms could pop up "anywhere from the Mississippi Valley toward the East Coast" on Sunday or Monday, Chenard said.

The jet stream goes nuts

Underlying this is a jet stream gone wild, Maue and Chenard said.

The jet stream is the river of air that moves weather from west to east on a roller-coaster-like path. Usually the plunges are as mild as a kiddie roller coaster. But now that jet stream is going on near-vertical, scream-inducing drops following by straight-up ascents.

"Which means you get a lot of extremes next to each other," Maue said. Storm fronts coming from the Pacific hit that high pressure heat dome in the Southwest and are pushed north to climb that mountainous jet stream peak, "grab access to that cold air reservoir up there" and bring it back down south down the other side of the hill, he said.

Numerous studies have connectedunusual jet streamandpolar vortexactivity to shrinking Arctic sea ice andhuman-caused climate change.

But there is hope.

"The first day of spring is 20th (of March), and then after that we get recovery," Maue said.

Associated Press writer Dorany Pineda contributed from Los Angeles.

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