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Alyssa Milano Pens Touching Tribute To Honor 'Charmed' Co-Star Eric Dane After His Passing
ALS progression is usually fast, with an average life expectancy of 2–5 years from symptom onset. It is often referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease after the New York Yankee's first baseman whose battle with ALS—depicted in the 1942 film The Pride of the Yankees starring Gary Cooper as Gehrig—captured the world's attention. Gehrig died at age 37 in 1941.
There is still no treatment or cure for ALS.
Dane's career began when he was 19 with an uncredited appearance on Saved By the Bell, but he wouldn't gain global fame until he was cast in Shonda Rhimes' long-running hospital drama Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Mark "McSteamy" Sloan opposite Patrick Dempsey as Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd as love interests for titular character Dr. Meredith Grey.
Dane appeared on Grey's Anatomy as a member of the main cast from 2006-2012 before returning for an appearance in 2021 as part of Dr. Grey's coma dream.
He went on to star as Capt. Tom Chandler in TNT's The Last Ship (2014–2018) and Cal Jacobs in HBO's Euphoria (2019–2026) with the final episodes he was featured in released this year. He was also a series regular throughout 2025 on the Amazon Prime series Countdown.
But before that level of fame, Dane spent two years, for 9 episodes in 2003–2004, on the Aaron Spelling series about the Halliwell witch sisters, Charmed. Dane played Alyssa Milano's character Phoebe Halliwell's love interest, Jason Dean.
After learning of Dane's death, Milano posted a tribute to her on-screen boyfriend on Instagram. She included two photos, one of Dane with his family and one of herself with Dane from the set of Charmed accompanied by the Beatles song "Black Bird."
Milano wrote:
"I can’t stop seeing that spark in Eric’s eye right before he’d say something that would either make you spit out your drink or rethink your entire perspective. He had a razor-sharp sense of humor. He loved the absurdity of things. He loved catching people off guard."
"And when it came to his daughters [Billie Beatrice, 15, and Georgia Geraldine, 14] and [wife] Rebecca [Gayheart], everything in him softened. He carried them with him even in rooms where they weren’t present. You could see it in the way his voice changed when he said their names. A breathtakingly beautiful family."
She continued:
"The spark. The mischief. The tenderness he kept guarded but never totally hidden."
"He convinced me to get my pixie cut and my nose piercing. He also was with me on the walk when we found Lucy, my beloved rescue chihuahua. He called me 'Milano,' as if it was the only part of my name that mattered."
"My heart is with the people who were lucky enough to be his home."
Dane's widow, actor Rebecca Gayheart replied in the comments:
"Thank you Alyssa— beautiful tribute. He adored you so 💔"
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Milano responded:
"[Rebecca] please reach out if I can be of service to you and the girls.❤️"
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People offered their condolences in the comments.
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Many noted Milano had previously lost Charmed castmates Julian McMahon, who played Milano's husband Cole Turner, and Shannon Doherty, who played Halliwell sister Prue.
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Doherty died in 2024 after a long battle with breast cancer and McMahon died in 2025 from metastatic head and neck cancer.
Others noted the importance of ALS awareness.
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Some sources have listed Gayheart as Dane's ex-wife, but the pair never divorced. Gayheart filed for divorce in 2018 and the pair separated for several years.
But in 2025, Gayheart rescinded her petition for divorce in light of Dane's health condition and for the sake of their daughters. The couple moved back into a single household for the remainder of Dane's life.
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Old Seth Meyers Joke Resurfaces After Trump Announces He'll Release Government Files About Aliens
The Justice Department recently released about 3 million new documents collected as part of its years' long investigation into Epstein; it includes more than 5,300 documents containing upwards of 38,000 mentions of Trump, his wife, his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, and related terms.
The DOJ said this release would be the final tranche of Epstein-related files required under the law, but the disclosures have instead sparked renewed outrage over the government’s failure to deliver transparency or accountability for Epstein’s many survivors.
Earlier this month, Trump, who admitted he had not read files containing thousands of photos of Epstein's properties, emails, flight logs, and tips submitted to the FBI through its National Threat Operations Center, was criticized for saying "it’s really time for the country to get on to something else."
That "something else" appears to be aliens, according to a Truth Social post in which Trump said he will order different agencies to "begin the process of identifying and releasing government files on aliens and extraterrestrial life":
"Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary off War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important matters."
"GOD BLESS AMERICA!"
You can see his post below.
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Medias Touch, via its official X account, reacted to this announcement by sharing a Guardian article from several months ago that mentioned Meyers joking that aliens would eventually be used as an Epstein files distraction tactic.
Meyers said the following after playing footage of Trump explicitly ordering Republicans to accuse former President Barack Obama of election fraud when asked about Epstein:
“It’s like watching a magic trick and it’s also a sh***y trick. But Trump seemed confident that this tactic would work.” ...
“Whatever is in those Epstein files must be really f**king bad. They must be finding so many mentions of Trump they’re going to have to change the name to the Trump files featuring Jeffrey Epstein."
"They’re so desperate to distract everyone, they’re claiming that Barack Obama is guilty of treasonous conspiracy and leading a coup against Trump. Barack Obama? The guy couldn’t even get away with smoking a cigarette in his own house.”
“I honestly think we’re just one Epstein story away from Trump announcing that UFOs are real."
You can hear what Meyers said in the video below.
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People agreed—this was incredibly spot on and we all see right through Trump.
It gets clearer and clear with each passing day that Trump is more desperate than ever.
Former 'Top Model' Contestant Shocks Fans By Revealing Contract Clause In Event She Was 'Killed' On The Show
When Utter heard about the docuseries, she decided to post on Instagram some of the "trinkets" she was left with from the show, including her cast pass, the advice to "never wear pink again," and a contract, which released the company of all responsibilitity if any of their modeling contestants were injured or... killed... during the show.
Utter captioned the Instagram post:
"I was on ['America's Next Top Model'], and I didn't [die], yay!"
"Apparently, Netflix is dropping a doc soon, so I just wanted to share some souvenirs."
"Did you know if we [die] on the show, they assume no responsibility? Cool, right?"
Section 44 of Utter's contract read:
"I understand that during the production of the Program, I may travel to various locations (including internationally)."
"Without in any way limiting the scope of this Participant Agreement, I acknowledge and agree that should I be killed, injured, or harmed during the transportation to or from any location in connection with the Program (including, without limitation, during the application process, selection process, the production process, the promotion of the Program, or otherwise), this Participant Agreement shall [guarantee] the Released Parties from any claim whatsoever in connection therewith, including, without limitation, any claim based upon Producers' failure to supervise, inspect, or investigate the means and methods of my transportation."
You can see that section zoomed in here:
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Fellow Instagrammers were shocked by the agreement.
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Most production companies will have agreements with their contestants, employees, and other members that release them from certain responsibilities, but this feels like Tyra Banks and the rest of the team behind ANTM were taking their protections a bit far.
With all that has come out about how they treated their modeling contestants, it's almost as if they were expecting something to happen along the way and didn't want to be held accountable. Cringe.