MEGHAN Markle’s friend has said she “grew very close to Prince Philip over the years” and her “relations with the family will now be smaller” following his death. Omid Scobie said the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral yesterday was “a sad day” for the Duchess of Sussex as she watched on from home in the US with Archie. ? Read our Meghan and Harry live blog for the latest updates

Such happy news! The Mentalist alum Owain Yeoman and his wife Gigi Yallouz welcomed their first child together on Friday, April 24, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.  The Welsh star, 36, is now the father to a baby daughter named Ever Belle. A rep for Yeoman tells Us, "Ever Belle Yeoman was born today weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces and 19 inches tall. Gigi and Owain are over the moon." The TURN: Washington's Spies actor married jewelry designer Yallouz in September 2013.

It's a good era to be a Swiftie. On top of a global tour that's smashing records and dominating headlines, a film version to match, AND a budding new viral romance with Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift is finally dropping her award-winning pop crossover album 1989, which has been christened 1989 (Taylor's Version).  While each successive re-recording has been cause for celebration (and massive record sales), it's now a much more fraught time for one of the folks who unwittingly inspired the entire Taylor's Version project: Scooter Braun, the music manager who mysteriously lost big-name clients Demi Lovato and Ariana Grande earlier this year.

The Joker is a massive box office hit. The Todd Phillips directed, Joaquin Phoenix starring origin story has grossed more than $1 billion worldwide and is well on its way towards becoming the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time. This is excellent news for Phillips and Phoenix, as both of them took back-end points on the project in exchange for smaller salaries when Warner Brothers started to get cold feet about making the film.

The Undertaker vs. Mankind from King of the Ring 1998 is, easily, one of the most underrated matches of all time. That statement is not meant as a knock against the match itself, nor is it an indictment of either of its participants, but merely an observation. From the moment Mick Foley was thrown to the top of the cell and through the announce table, the contest earned an unfair reputation as one of the best Hell in a Cell matches of all time.