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Teresa Giudice on Joe Gorga, Melissa Gorga Reconciliation

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Teresa Guidice is all about family—including her brother Joe Gorga

After the Real Housewives of New Jersey star reconciled with her sibling and her sister-in-law Melissa Gorga following their longstanding feud, she shared how her 24-year-old daughter Gia Guidice inspired the decision.

“I reached out to him after I was on Special Forces,” Teresa told E! News’ Erin Lim Rhodes in an exclusive interview Nov. 15 at BravoCon 2025 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. “She wanted me to let go of the past with her dad. As a mom, we have to be good role models for our children and I’m always a mom first.”

For the reality star—who also shares daughters Gabriella Guidice, 21, Milania Guidice, 19, and Audriana Guidice, 16, with ex-husband Joe Giudice—her mind began to wander to other strained relationships in her life.

“When I thought about my husband and letting the past go, I thought about my brother,” she explained. “I want my brother back in my life. I came home and then I reached out to him. As soon as I reached out to him, he, of course, responded.”

College Football Playoff predictions: Who’s most likely to make the field

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The top five of the College Football Playoff standings were unchanged in the first two rankings releases. Things will be different after Week 12.

Saturday started with what looked like a massive upset of No. 3 Texas A&M. South Carolina led 30-3 at halftime, but then the Aggies woke up. After a 21-point third quarter, A&M didn’t take its first lead until the fourth quarter, when it went up 31-30. To pull off the largest comeback in school history, QB Marcel Reed threw for 439 yards and three touchdowns. The Aggies should keep their spot in the top four.

No. 4 Alabama entered Saturday alongside Texas A&M as the only undefeated teams in conference play. But Oklahoma came to Tuscaloosa, got the win and threw the SEC race into a mess. The Sooners had just 212 yards of offense, their fewest in a win since 2001, but forced three turnovers. OU scored 10 points off turnovers and became the first team to beat Bama in consecutive years since Ole Miss in 2014-15.

At the top of the Big Ten and CFP rankings, Ohio State and Indiana cruised in their respective Week 12 games. The top two teams in the rankings outscored their opponents by a combined 79-17. Both the Buckeyes and Hoosiers will have bye weeks in Week 13 before facing their traditional rivals to end the regular season.

Here are our experts’ top 12 College Football Playoff picks:


Andrea Adelson: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Texas Tech 5. Georgia 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 8. Oklahoma 9. Alabama 10. Notre Dame 11. Virginia 12. North Texas

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Georgia 5. Texas Tech 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 8. Oklahoma 9. Alabama 10. Notre Dame 11. Virginia 12. North Texas

Bill Connelly: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Texas Tech 5. Georgia 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Alabama 11. Georgia Tech 12. North Texas

David Hale: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Georgia 5. Texas Tech 6. Ole Miss 7. Oklahoma 8. Miami 9. Alabama 10. Notre Dame 11. Oregon 12. James Madison

Eli Lederman: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Georgia 5. Texas Tech 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 8. Oklahoma 9. Alabama 10. Notre Dame 11. Georgia Tech 12. North Texas

Max Olson: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Georgia 5. Texas Tech 6. Ole Miss 7. Oregon 8. Oklahoma 9. Alabama 10. Notre Dame 11. Georgia Tech 12. North Texas

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Georgia 5. Texas Tech 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 8. Oklahoma 9. Alabama 10. Notre Dame 11. Virginia 12. North Texas

Mark Schlabach: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Georgia 5. Texas Tech 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Alabama 11. Virginia 12. North Texas

Jake Trotter: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Georgia 5. Texas Tech 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Alabama 11. Georgia Tech 12. North Texas

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Georgia 5. Texas Tech 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Alabama 11. Virginia 12. James Madison

Dave Wilson: 1. Ohio State 2. Indiana 3. Texas A&M 4. Georgia 5. Texas Tech 6. Oregon 7. Ole Miss 8. Oklahoma 9. Notre Dame 10. Alabama 11. Georgia Tech 12. North Texas

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Fantasy playbook: NFL Week 11 Shadow Reports, lineup locks and projected scores

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Welcome to The Playbook for Week 11, which kicks off Thursday with the Jets at the Patriots.

This column features score projections, over/unders, win probabilities, and, of course, easily digestible fantasy advice for seasonlong leagues and DFS. This guide should help you with all sorts of decision-making, including sit/start, last-minute waiver adds and lineup choices.

Additionally, we have folded the Shadow Reports, previously a separate column, into the game-by-game breakdowns here. Using our play-by-play data, we’re able to identify defensive schemes and where each wide receiver and cornerback lines up on each play. By tracking these WR/CB matchups, including potential shadow situations, we can offer the best projections, rankings, sit/start advice and waiver wire suggestions each week.



All of this advice is centered on 12-team PPR leagues with relatively standard scoring and lineup settings (1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 flex, 1 K, 1 D/ST), although I’ll often mention “shallow” or “deep” leagues for some starters. The charts show all players who have been projected for at least 6.0 fantasy points this week, as well as all D/STs. “Matchup” is automatically determined using a proprietary metric that factors in raw and volume-adjusted fantasy points allowed to each position by the opposing defense this season.

(Editor’s note: Projections and rankings will align almost perfectly, but sometimes when a projection is close, a player might be ranked slightly higher or lower because of other factors, including upside or risk. This column is subject to updates during the weekend, although at the very minimum, rankings will be updated on the site and projections will always be updated inside the game leading up to kickoff.)


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LAC-JAX | SEA-LAR | SF-ARI | BAL-CLE | KC-DEN | DET-PHI | DAL-LV


Projected score: Patriots 31, Jets 19

Lineup locks: Drake Maye, Breece Hall, Stefon Diggs

Fantasy scoop: You’d be hard-pressed to bench Hall, but he has massive bust potential this week against perhaps the league’s best run defense. New England has allowed the fewest rushing yards and lowest yards per carry (3.3), as well as the second-fewest scrimmage yards and touchdowns (three) to RBs this season. No running back has reached 50 rushing yards against the Patriots in any game.

The potential saving grace here is the passing game, as New England has surrendered the most RB receptions, allowing 17-plus fantasy points efforts to Bijan Robinson and De’Von Achane. Hall, who ranks seventh among RBs in receiving yards, should be viewed as a midrange RB2 this week.

Over/under: 49.4 (8th highest)
Win probability: Patriots 87% (2nd highest)


Projected score: Dolphins 26, Commanders 24

Lineup locks: De’Von Achane, Jaylen Waddle, Deebo Samuel

Fantasy scoop: Chris Rodriguez Jr. left Sunday’s game in the third quarter due to a shoulder injury, but it’s worth noting that he had seemingly replaced Jacory Croskey-Merritt as the team’s lead back prior to his departure. Rodriguez started and played seven of nine snaps before Croskey-Merritt even saw the field. Rodriguez went on to play 17 of 25 first-half snaps, although Croskey-Merritt did play eight straight snaps to open the second half before Rodriguez saw the field. Rodriguez went down on his first snap of the second half, and Croskey-Merritt went on to play 10 snaps, compared to nine for Jeremy McNichols. The trio combined for 14.5 fantasy points and none cleared 30 yards.

The good news is that Week 11 presents a good matchup (Miami has allowed the fourth-most yards, eighth-most fantasy points and 4.9 yards per carry to RBs), but the bad news is that this is a three-headed committee in a struggling, Jayden Daniels-less offense. This is a situation best avoided, but if Rodriguez is sidelined, Croskey-Merritt (under 6.0 fantasy points in six straight) will have some deep-league flex appeal.

Shadow Report: Upgrade Miami’s receivers against a struggling and injury-riddled Washington secondary that includes Jonathan Jones and Noah Igbinoghene on the boundary and Mike Sainristil in the slot. Washington has surrendered the third-most fantasy points to receivers this season and has the worst EPA against the pass over the past four weeks. The Commanders sit top five in yards (1,779), touchdowns (13), yards per target (9.8) and catch rate (69%) allowed to receivers. Waddle is the main benefactor here, but Malik Washington has some sleeper flex appeal.

Over/under: 50.3 (3rd highest)
Win probability: Dolphins 59% (10th highest)


Projected score: Falcons 22, Panthers 19

YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the blackout that’s now over

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There are plenty of other options for customers – election news information is very widely available across other broadcast stations and news networks on YouTube TV, as well as on the main YouTube service, for free. In fact, on the last two U.S. election days, the vast majority of tuned in YouTube TV subscribers chose not to watch ABC.

Millie Bobby Brown Red Carpet Photographer Clap Back

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Millie Bobby Brown is turning her sass up to 11.

The actress had no problem shutting down a photographer who yelled at her to smile for the camera during the Nov. 13 premiere of Stranger Things season five in London.

As she made her way down the red carpet in a strapless black corset gown from Ashi Studio, Millie opted not to flash her pearly whites—instead striking a serious pose—leading to the quippy exchange.

“Smile?” she retorted. “You smile!”

To emphasize that she’s had enough, the 21-year-old turned around and sashayed away from the photographer.

And Millie is no stranger to a clapback. After facing unwarranted comments about her appearance earlier this year, she called out online critics accusing her of “aging so badly,”

“I want to take a moment to address something that I think is bigger than just me, something that affects every young woman who grows up under public scrutiny,” she began in a March Instagram post. “I started in this industry when I was 10 years old. I grew up in front of the world, and for some reason, people can’t seem to grow with me.”



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Pochettino: No USMNT player ‘safe’ as 2026 World Cup draws near

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CHESTER, Penn. — United States men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino reiterated his stance that “no one can feel safe” when it comes to making the World Cup roster and that the players on the current squad deserve to be there.

Pochettino said his stance applies to U.S. stars such as AC Milan attacker Christian Pulisic as well as Bournemouth midfielder Tyler Adams. Both are out injured and aren’t available for friendlies against Paraguay on Saturday and Uruguay three days later.

Pulisic has only recently recovered from the hamstring injury he sustained last month against Australia during a play that Pochettino called “a bad luck situation.” Also absent are JuventusWeston McKennie, Crystal Palace‘s Chris Richards and Bayer Leverkusen‘s Malik Tillman. But Pochettino expressed faith in the current 24-player roster.

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“For me these are the players that today, they deserve to be here and are the players that we want to see, are the players that are our choice, our selection,” he said. “And then no one can feel safe or no one can feel that it’s going to be [on the roster], even the names that you say: Pulisic or Tyler Adams. I think the federation is bigger than the names that [are in] the national team.”

Pochettino added: “It’s a great opportunity in the moment that we decide to pick another player to choose for another player. That player needs to show up and step up and say, ‘Yes we have also the opportunity to be part of the roster for the next World Cup.'”

As for Pulisic, Pochettino lamented the injury but said the most important aspect is for the player to be healthy when the roster is named in May.

“[Pulisic] was perfect when he played against Australia, but that happened and we see what happened,” he said. “The most important thing is that all the players arrive fit in a very good condition the day that we are going to start the World Cup, or maybe a little bit before because I need to prepare the roster.”

U.S. defender Tim Ream noted that final World Cup roster selection is coming up faster than it might appear. By his estimation, the U.S. team has just 10 training sessions before the roster is named for the World Cup. That puts the timeline in a different perspective.

“When you talk about length of time, number of days, probably not [close], but when you talk about number of games, number of training sessions, number of camps, [the World Cup] is knocking on our door.”

Ream added that he doesn’t believes the absences change much in terms of what the U.S. hopes to achieve in the upcoming friendlies as well as the practices leading up to them.

“Each player has their own goals in mind, but those goals have to fit in with what Mauricio wants and what the staff wants, and guys have opportunities to come in and impress and potentially help their case to be part of the team that goes to the World Cup,” he said. “And guys who are here or have been here, it’s the same situation.

“Everybody’s in the same boat. You have to continually earn your place and earn your spot and continue to take advantage of opportunities.”

Ream was asked if he sees desperation in the way the U.S. players are training. He said it is more a case of intense focus.

“There’s a little bit more bite in trainings. There’s intensity, there’s more aggressiveness,” he said. “Guys are doing everything they possibly can to be a part of the team, and I think as we’ve gotten closer and closer, you see that more and more, and that’s a good thing.

“Guys are desperate to be a part of the group and be a part of the team and be a part of a World Cup at home.”

WhatsApp is launching third-party chat integration in Europe

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Meta is on the cusp of launching third-party integration with WhatsApp in Europe — something that’s required by the Digital Markets Act (DMA). It’s rolling out “over the coming months” with WhatsApp’s level of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) maintained.

Meta says that BirdyChat and Haiket will be the first third-party services to implement messaging interoperability with WhatsApp. No, we haven’t heard of them either, but that’s what leveling the playing field looks like.

WhatsApp users in Europe will eventually see a notification in the settings tab that will explain how to opt-in to third party messaging. It will work in WhatsApp for iOS and Android, but not on desktops, web, or tablets.

Meta says that “third-party messaging apps must use the same level of E2EE as WhatsApp,” and Meta can’t see encrypted messages in transit. Content can include text, photos, videos, voice messages, and documents. It will also only work for users with a WhatsApp account registered to phone numbers in regions covered by the DMA, according to the FAQ.

In September, Meta previewed what third-party integration with WhatsApp and Messenger will look like. Notably, users will be presented with the choice of receiving third-party messages in a separate folder or combined inbox. Meta also said it would remind users “each time a new third-party messaging app becomes available.”

Meta warns that third-party apps “might handle your data differently” than it would — is that a bad thing?

England offer glimpse of attack without Kane vs. Serbia

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Maybe Thomas Tuchel is right: three into two doesn’t go. The England boss publicly declared that Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden couldn’t all play effectively in the same lineup, and Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia offered some justification of that view.

The final 25 minutes of this game were by some distance the most interesting. Tuchel seems wedded at present to a 4-2-3-1 system, so the formation remained unaltered. But when he made four substitutions with England leading 1-0 through Bukayo Saka‘s first-half volley, England fans saw something different.

Kane was withdrawn along with Morgan Rogers, who was selected to start at No. 10. In their place went Foden as a false nine with Bellingham in behind. Eberechi Eze replaced Marcus Rashford on the left flank while midfielder Jordan Henderson was introduced for Declan Rice, allowing Elliot Anderson to push on and affect the game more in the final third.

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The end result was England’s best football of the night. With three minutes left, Bellingham fed Foden, whose lovely flick found Eze. The Arsenal winger’s effort rebounded off the crossbar, but three minutes later, the trio would not be denied. Bellingham drove forward and found Foden who in turn played a perfectly-weighted pass in front of Eze. This time, his first-time effort curled unerringly into the top corner.

Serbia were tiring and chasing a goal that could have kept their qualification hopes alive. Nevertheless, the combination was exciting glimpse of a different dynamic.

Interestingly, Tuchel chose to name-check two players not in the squad — including Brighton’s Danny Welbeck, 34, last capped in September 2018 — when it was put to him Foden could be the “Plan B” to Kane. “It is absolutely an opportunity if Phil stays in this shape and in this form, I have no problem,” he said. “I have some other options in mind that I don’t want to discuss in public. Don’t forget we have [Aston Villa‘s] Ollie Watkins, we have Welbeck, maybe more No. 9s. Also very different from Harry.

“So I think we will have options and it will maybe come down to who’s in shape, what do we have already in the squad and how do we want to share the minutes, against which opponent do we play, what do we expect from the match? But it was very good today.”

Tuchel’s prematch assertion that Foden should not be shoehorned into the team as a winger — something his predecessor, Gareth Southgate, did at Euro 2024 — inevitably intensified the scrutiny around the combination he would go with.

For his part, Foden admitted back in January that “the position I was put in on the left was very difficult to influence the game” during the tournament. His use as a false nine for England is a potentially innovative development, something Southgate never pursued. But at club level, Foden has played there for Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola before, and on occasion after, striker Erling Haaland‘s arrival.

Tuchel, who managed Chelsea for 18 months across 2021 and 2022, had not forgotten. “I had the idea several months ago because I played against Phil in these kind of positions — I had the feeling in the Premier League some years ago, it was really, really tough with his little movements, counter-movements, little runs,” explained Tuchel. “City were so dominant. He had the positions in the pockets, the half-turns. He was shooting, he played a one-two then he did a little run off the ball and assisted. You couldn’t catch him.

“When we made the long list of 50 to 60 players, of course he has outstanding quality and I was hoping to nominate him for the first camp and he had a difficult spell at City. Then he came back. … I wanted to see him close to the opponent’s box, in the middle of the traffic surrounded by a lot of players. I think he did excellent. In matches where we need to unlock a deep opponent, he can always be a choice.”

Kane’s status in this team is unsurpassed. As the country’s record goal scorer, in peak form at Bayern Munich and the principal driver of standards off the field for England, there is no doubt he will start at next summer’s World Cup, barring injury. The role of Kane’s understudy has never been secured by anyone for very long. Rashford and Watkins have been used in that capacity although, in fairness, it is to some extent a joyless task given Kane’s quality and durability. Chances are limited.

But if England are to thrive in the U.S., Canada and Mexico next summer, a deep squad might be required. With Rogers and Kane seemingly first-choice for the moment and Bellingham and Foden supplementing them, there is an intriguing range of options. And that is before Cole Palmer returns for Chelsea.

Out wide, Rashford threatened but faltered in the final third. Eze was a more potent threat. On the opposite flank, Saka produced the game’s outstanding moment of quality until England’s late rally. The collective result was 12 different England players creating a chance against Serbia, the highest number in a single match since records began in 2013. England now travel to Albania with a perfect seven wins in qualifying, 20 goals and none conceded.

Tuchel’s management of this squad continues to be based on merit rather than reputation. The easy call would have been to restore Bellingham to the starting lineup after the furor around his omission from the squad last month, but Rogers has excelled in this qualification campaign to date.

“Morgan deserved to stay on the pitch because he had three fantastic performances with him, and second of all, we didn’t know what was coming if our plan was right with the high press, added Tuchel.

“It would be unfair for Jude to try figure everything out because we changed our way of pressing in the last two camps. Declan [Rice], Morgan [Rogers] and Harry [Kane] did it already in three, four matches together. I figured they could adapt a bit quicker. Once we see the formation, we can give clear instructions to Phil and Jude and bring them from the bench.”

Time will tell, but it is a versatility that could serve England well.