Jamie Lynn Spears Unveils the Truth Behind Her Selfies, Jokes About Wearing 'Tons of Makeup' and 'Pounds of Fake Hair'

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NEED TO KNOW

• Jamie Lynn Spears is getting real about the reality of selfies

• On Wednesday, Dec. 31, the actress and singer lifted the lid and shared that "good lighting, tons of makeup and pounds of fake hair" were the secrets to a perfect shot

• The star's revelations follow her family-focused Christmas at her Louisiana home

Jamie Lynn Spearsis getting real about what makes a great selfie.

The actress and singer lifted the lid on the reality behind creating a perfect shot via anInstagram carousel, which she shared with her 2.2 million followers on Wednesday, Dec. 31.

Jamie Lynn, 34, shared that "good lighting + tons of make-up + pounds of fake hair really make a difference" when trying to get that perfect picture. Alongside her advice, theZoey 101alum shared a carousel of images of herself in various poses, wearing a bright red sweater and gray jeans.

While one image showed her pouting, another had her flashing the peace sign, and a third showed off the long, wavy blonde extensions.

Jamie Lynn's revelation follow her offering an insight into her Christmas celebrations with asocial media poston Dec. 25. The Instagram carousel showed her daughters,Maddie, 17, and Ivey, 7, celebrating at her Louisiana home with her mom,Lynne, 70 and her nephew,Preston, 20, the son of Jamie Lynn's sister,Britney, 44.

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The festive images include the family posing by a huge Christmas tree, opening piles of gifts, and leaving out food for Santa's reindeer. The carousel also revealed that Jamie Lynn gifted her daughter Maddie an ATV, nearly 9 years after the teen fell into a coma following atraumatic ATV accident.

"Merry CHRISTMAS ✝️🤶🏻🎀🎄🎁," Jamie Lynn wrote in the carousel's caption.

However,one family member notably missing from the celebrations was Britney,who shared a pointedInstagrampost three days later that appeared to be a sarcastic acknowledgement of her family's holiday plans.

The "Gimme More" singer wrote, "Merry late Christmas to my beautiful family who have never disrespected me, harmed me, ever done anything completely unacceptable or caused unbelievable trauma, the kind you can't fix…," Britney wrote. "To my dear sweet innocent family … so so sorry I was busy this Christmas but I will definitely show up and surprise you soon … I can't wait."

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A source previously told PEOPLE that Britneyspent Christmas with her son Jayden, 19, whom she shares with ex-husbandKevin Federline.

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"Britney had a fun time celebrating Christmas with Jayden — it's been such a special holiday," the source said.

Britney wrote about her complicated relationship with Jamie Lynn in her 2023 memoirThe Woman in Me.

In the book, the singer said her"heart goes out" to Jamie Lynnfor growing up in her shadow and for being a child of divorce.

"She will always be my sister, and I love her and her beautiful family. I'm working to feel more compassion than anger toward her, and toward everyone who I feel has wronged me. It's not easy," Britney wrote in the book.

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Paul McCartney expertly ditched “SNL” star at anniversary party: 'He knows how to get rid of people'

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Key points

• Kevin Nealon said he had a pleasant encounter with Paul McCartney at the SNL 40th anniversary celebration.

• A decade later, Nealon had an uncomfortable chat with McCartney at SNL50 that "was like pulling teeth."

• Nealon said that McCartney deployed an ingenious maneuver to exit the conversation with him: "He knows how to get rid of people."

Kevin Nealonis recalling an awkward moment thatPaul McCartneybid him a quick hello, goodbye.

The comedian, who was part of theSaturday Night Livecast from 1986 to 1995, discussed two memorable interactions he had with the Beatles legend at the show's reunion specials.

OnBeck BennettandKyle Mooney's podcastWhat's Our Podcast?, Nealon first remembered a pleasant encounter he had with the "Yesterday" singer at the 40th anniversary special in 2015, which saw McCartney perform "Maybe I'm Amazed" and a snippet of "I've Just Seen a Face."

"Paul McCartney remembered me, and I remember he was about to go on, I'm with my wife, sitting in the front row, and I feel a tap on my head," Nealon said. "I look up, it's Paul McCartney. He goes, 'Hey, how you doing? Good to see you! Kevin, what's up?'"

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Nealon wanted to talk with McCartney again at theSNL50celebration in February 2025. "Ten years later, at the 50th one, I see him talking to Conan [O'Brien], and I did exactly what I hate that people do: I came in, kind of cock-blocked Conan, said, 'Hey, Paul, how you doing, man?'"

The comedian said that McCartney was significantly less enthusiastic about chatting with him this time around. "I'm telling you, it was like pulling teeth," Nealon said. "I knew he didn't wanna talk. I get it, man. The small talk from Paul McCartney was killing me."

At one point, Nealon said that he praised McCartney's song selection at the 50th bash, which included performances ofAbbey Road's "Golden Slumbers," "Carry That Weight," and "The End."

"I'm sweating, I say, 'Paul, how are you, man? I love that song "Golden Slumbers," I'm so glad you did it,'" he remembered. "[He said,] 'Well, you know, it was Lorne [Michaels'] choice.' And I go, 'Oh yeah, but you had other songs you could've fallen back on, right?'"

Nealon said that McCartney seemed to run out of patience, and evaded him with a clever move.

"This is how much he's been doing this. He knows how to get rid of people with the small talk," he explained. "All of a sudden, he goes, 'Oh, I want you to meet my niec—nephew!' 'Cause he looked over there [across the room]."

But McCartney's nephew (or niece) was nowhere to be found. "I go over with him, it's these four tall guys that don't look anything like him," Nealon recalled. "And he just puts me into that circle, and he slowly inches away and leaves."

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Mooney asked, "These were people not related to him?"

"No, he didn't know who they were," Nealon confirmed. "They might've been valet guys, I dunno. It's a great move."

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Representatives for McCartney did not immediately respond toEntertainment Weekly's request for comment.

Watch Nealon's full conversation with Bennett and Mooney onWhat's Our Podcast?above.

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Frank Sinatra, a fan of Trump? His daughter Nancy weighs in

His way was not necessarilyTrump's way.

Nancy Sinatra, daughter ofFrank Sinatra, has pushed back on those associating her late father with the presidency ofDonald Trump. The latest is Trump adviserStephen MillercitingSinatraandDean Martinas reasons for the administration's anti-immigration policy.

"Watched the Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas with my kids," posted Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy, on Friday, Dec. 26. "Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world."

Both Sinatra and Martin's parents were immigrants.

"Frank was a registered Democrat all of his life," postedNancy on Xthe morning of Monday, Dec. 29. "He did vote for a couple of Republicans over the decades: Nixon because of his stance on China and Reagan because they were very close friends."

The "Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra Family Christmas Show," which aired in 1967, included Nancy performing her rock classic, "These Boots Are Made for Walking."

Nancy, 85, has been active on social media in reclaiming the political legacy of her late father, who passed away in 1998 at the age of 82. Frank was a supporter of civil rights who would not play segregated venues and whose support of Dr. Marin Luther King included a benefit concert at Carnegie Hall for King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1961.

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In 1945, Sinatra starred in the Academy Award-winning short "The House I Live In," where Sinatra stops a pack of kids from picking on a Jewish boy with a message of religious, ethnic and racial tolerance.

"This is not America," said Nancy with a repost of news of a lawsuit against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for squalid conditions in ICE facilities.

Do some homework before you make a fool of yourself.My dad LOATHED trump.https://t.co/q4itQAO0fJ

— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra)December 6, 2025

She also supports taking Trump's name off the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

"YES, PLEASE. It's a sacrilege. 'A violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred,' " Nancy said in a Monday repost of U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J. post calling to take Trump's name off the memorial.

As for Frank and Trump personally, the two had an acrimonious relationship that resulted from the opening of Trump's Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City in 1990. Sinatra had a deal to open the casino with 12 shows but Trump came in at the last minute to try to renegotiate for a lower price and take Sinatra's two openers, Sammy Davis Jr. and Steve and Eydie, off the bill, according to Sinatra manager Eliot Weisman in his memoir, "The Way It Was."

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Sinatra told Weisman to tell Trump "Go (blank) yourself." The Chairman of the Board played the Sands in Las Vegas instead,

"Do some homework before you make a fool of yourself," posted Nancy on Dec. 6 to a post from a fan who said Frank would have loved Trump. "My dad LOATHED Trump."

In related news, the new Pentatonix and Sinatra posthumous collaboration on the Sinatra classic "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" hit the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for the week of Dec. 20.

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US federal workers challenge Trump policy on gender-affirming care

Jan 1 (Reuters) - A group of federal government employees on Thursday filed a class action complaint against President Donald ​Trump's administration over a new policy that will eliminate coverage ‌for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation made the ‌complaint against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on behalf of the federal employees as the new policy took effect with the start of the new year.

OPM in an August letter stated that in ⁠2026 "chemical and surgical modification ‌of an individual's sex traits through medical interventions" will no longer be covered under health insurance programs for ‍federal employees and U.S. postal workers.

OPM officials could not be reached for immediate comment.

The complaint argues that the policy is discriminatory on the basis of ​sex. It asks that the policy be rescinded and seeks payment ‌for economic damages and other relief.

If the issue is not resolved with the OPM, the foundation said that plaintiffs will pursue class claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and potentially pursue a class action lawsuit in federal court.

A group of Democratic state attorneys ⁠general last month sued the Trump administration ​to block proposed rules that would ​cut children's access to gender-affirming care, the latest court battle over Trump's efforts to eliminate legal protections for transgender ‍people.

U.S. Secretary of ⁠Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has proposed rules that would bar hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to children ⁠from Medicaid and Medicare and prohibit the Children's Health Insurance Program from paying ‌for it.

(Reporting by Karen Brettell in New York; editing ‌by Scott Malone and Nick Zieminski)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is facing a new legal complaint from a group of government employees who are affected by a new policy going into effect Thursday that eliminates coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs.

The complaint, filed Thursday on the employees' behalf by the Human Rights Campaign, is in response to an August announcement from the Office of Personnel Management that it would no longer cover "chemical and surgical modification of an individual's sex traits through medical interventions" in health insurance programs for federal employees and U.S. Postal Service workers.

The complaint argues that denying coverage of gender-affirming care is sex-based discrimination and asks the personnel office to rescind the policy.

"This policy is not about cost or care — it is about driving transgender people and people with transgender spouses, children, and dependents out of the federal workforce," Human Rights Campaign Foundation President Kelley Robinson said in a statement announcing the move.

The complaint, filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, includes testimonies from four current federal workers at the State Department, Health and Human Services and the Postal Service who would be directly affected by the elimination of coverage.

For instance, the Postal Service employee has a daughter whose doctors recommended that she get puberty blockers and potentially hormone replacement therapy for her diagnosed gender dysphoria, which would not be covered under the new OPM policy, according to the complaint.

The complaint notes that the workers are making the claim on behalf of themselves and a "class of similarly situated federal employees."

The Trump administration has taken other steps to restrict care for transgender Americans, particularly minors. In December, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesreleased proposals that would block gender-affirming careto minors, including a policy that would bar Medicare and Medicaid dollars to hospitals that provide such care to children.

Senior Trump officials, such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., call gender-affirming care "malpractice" for minors. But such restrictions go against recommendations from major medical groups such as the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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Musk says Neuralink to start 'high-volume' production of interface devices by 2026

BENGALURU, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Elon ​Musk's ‌brain implant company ‌Neuralink will start "high-volume production" of ⁠brain-computer ‌interface devices and ‍move to an entirely automated ​surgical procedure ‌in 2026, Musk said in a post ⁠on the ​social ​media platform X on ‍Wednesday.

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With little at stake, Packers and Vikings take aim at goals

A pair of division rivals have differing agendas as they prepare for their regular-season finale.

The Green Bay Packers want to get healthy heading into the playoffs, where they already have clinched a wild-card berth. This weekend's game will do nothing to change their No. 7 NFC playoff seed.

Meanwhile, the Minnesota Vikings want to put a final stamp on this season as they look toward 2026. They see the final game of this season as an opportunity for players to make a case for prominent roles next season.

So, in the big picture, Sunday's game between Green Bay (9-6-1) and Minnesota (8-8) in Minneapolis means little in the standings but could mean a lot for both teams and their futures, be it short term or long term.

"We're still in that wildly significant time where any and all reps and experience (matter)," said Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell, whose team is on a four-game winning streak. "It's another home game at U.S. Bank Stadium. All those things are important."

Nothing is more important than health for the Packers.

Green Bay has no shot at the NFC North division title after the Chicago Bears claimed that last week. The Packers know they will open the playoffs on the road next weekend, with the opponent and starting time to be determined.

Packers quarterback Jordan Love participated in practice to start the week but remained in the league's concussion protocol. Backup Malik Willis, who has started with Love out, was limited to start the week with a shoulder injury.

The dual injuries prompted Green Bay to sign quarterback Desmond Ridder to its practice squad on Wednesday. Ridder, 26, has not played this season but has appeared in 25 games with 18 starts across parts of three seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and Las Vegas Raiders.

Packers coach Matt LaFleur was tight-lipped when asked about his starting quarterback for Sunday.

"Here's what I told the team," LaFleur said. "We have 53 spots on our roster. You can have two call-ups. You have 48 dressed on game day. So there's going to be some starters that aren't going to play. Shoot, they may not suit up, they might suit up. And then you're going to have some starters that are going to play. So, basically, you guys will find out on Sunday who's playing."

There is far less mystery in Minnesota, where J.J. McCarthy is set to make his 10th start in his first season of NFL action. McCarthy missed all of last season because of a knee injury.

The 22-year-old has shown flashes of his ability this season, but he also has struggled with consistency. He has passed for 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in his first nine games, and the regular-season finale could help the Vikings determine how much competition they want to bring in to challenge for the starting role in 2026.

McCarthy's top target is Justin Jefferson, who needs 53 receiving yards to reach the 1,000-yard mark for the sixth straight season. Jefferson also is looking for his first touchdown since Nov. 2.

Packers running back Josh Jacobs is 71 rushing yards shy of a 1,000-yard campaign, but he has dealt with a knee injury in recent weeks and could be a candidate to rest. He was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday. Backup running back Emanuel Wilson has 452 rushing yards and three touchdowns on the season.

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