“Celebrity Jeopardy!” Announces “All Stars” Line-Up Including 3 Former Champions: Find Out Who Is Returning (Exclusive)

ABC is revealing its lineup for Celebrity Jeopardy! All Stars

NEED TO KNOW

• Crowned champions Ike Barinholtz, Lisa Ann Walter and W. Kamau Bell will have the opportunity to defend their title against 18 other celebrities

• The new season will premiere on Friday, March 13, on ABC

A new season ofCelebrity Jeopardy!is upon us. And this time, three champions have a lot to prove.

PEOPLE can exclusively announce theCelebrity Jeopardy! All Starslineup ahead of the tournament's premiere on Friday, March 13. In the competition show's forthcoming season, three reigning champions (all of whom won their respective seasons) will have the opportunity to defend their titles against some of the most competitive stars out there.

Previous winnersIke Barinholtz,Lisa Ann WalterandW. Kamau Bellwill compete alongside 18 other celebrities for theAll Starscrown.

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Mark Duplass,Rachel Dratch,Andy Richter,Macaulay Culkin,Cynthia Nixon,Margaret ChoandRay Romanowill also be featured in theAll Starsseason, along with podcaster Katie Nolan, NFL analyst Mina Kimes,Steven Weber,Gilmore GirlsactorSean Gunn, comedianRoy Wood Jr.,Patton Oswalt,Robin Thede, Mo Rocca andMira Sorvino.

Nobody Wants ThisstarsJackie Tohnand Tim Simons will also participate in the game show.

The three champions will be seeded directly into the tournament semifinals, per ABC.Celebrity Jeopardy!All Starswill air across 10 episodes and will have six quarterfinals, three semifinals and one finale.

In a teaser for the episode, hostKen Jenningsteased that the show's "brightest stars are all back."

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Barinholtz, who won the first season ofCelebrity Jeopardy!,returned to the game show for its Tournament of Champions. When hostKen Jenningsasked him about being the first celebrity champion to appear in the tournament, the comedian, 49, responded, "I feel like a guinea pig a little bit, but I like guinea pigs, they're adorable, like me. But yeah, it's an honor to be here."

Walter was crowned the winner of the show's second season, competing against Nolan and Rocca in the finale. All three finalists will now have a chance to go head-to-head once again. During her turn onJeopardy! Tournament of Champions, Walter said she would take her season 2 win to the grave.

"I'm going to be buried in [myJeopardy!trophy], it's my urn," shetold Jennings, perE! News. "I fought for it, I won it and it's going to go to good use. And I'm not kidding, it is now in my will."

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After his season 3 win, Bell noted it felt "awesome to win" when heannounced his victoryon the show's website. "During the first episode, my goal was not to embarrass myself," the comedian said. "However, as my wife is well aware, I do know a lot of random things. In any conversation that gets stuck over an unknown fact or figure, I'm the first to pull out my phone and look it up."

TheAll Starsseason will premiere on Friday, March 13, on ABC and can be streamed the next day on Hulu.

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Woody Shocks Fans With Bald Spot in “Toy Story 5” Trailer, Three-Plus Decades After Original Film's Release

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• Woody shocks fans with the debut of a bald spot in the new Toy Story 5 trailer released on Feb. 19

• The beloved cowboy, whose iconic voice is reprised by Tim Allen, removes his hat to unveil his hairless plastic patch in the teaser

• The fifth installment of the long-running franchise hits theaters on June 19

Cowboy hat coming in clutch.

Woody shocked fans when he debuted a bald spot in thenewly-released trailerofToy Story 5, which seesTim Allenreviving his beloved cowboy role more than three decades after franchise's first film premiered in 1995.

While Woody's age is never explicitly stated in the film, the fifth installment doesn't shy away from the obvious: the toys are getting old! Fittingly, the teaser features a scene that shines a light (literally) on the balding cowboy.

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At one point in the trailer, a poncho-wearing Woody removes his cowboy hat to unveil his hairless spot, which hilariously attracts the sunlight that ricochets off his plastic patch of baldness and into the eye of his now-blinded toys.

"Ooh! Ouch!" the toys say collectively as the light shines in their eyes. "Someone needs a brown marker," Trixie, the blue plastic Triceratops, quips about coloring in Woody's bald spot to match his hair.

Toy Story 5follows Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Mr. Potato Head and the rest of little girl Bonnie Anderson's toys in attempt to save her from Lilypad, a newly-introduced antagonist in the form of a tablet device (voiced byGreta Lee) that draws her attention away from her plastic friends.

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Later in the trailer, Lilypad takes a dig at Woody's age.

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"What are you, some sort of old man toy?" the talking tablet tells the cowboy in the clip before Forky chimes in, "She thinks you're old because you're bald, Woody."

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Tom Hanksrevives his role as Buzz andJoan Cusackreturns to voice Jessie alongside Allen's Woody.

Pixar debuted a full trailer for the fifthToy Storymovie on Thursday, Feb. 19, teasing a reunion between the beloved characters in the series' latest installment. It also debuted Lilypad, the high-tech, frog-shaped smart tablet.

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"The toys are back and this time, Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs are challenged when they come face-to-face with Lilypad, a brand-new tablet device that arrives with her own disruptive ideas about what is best for their kid, Bonnie," reads a synopsis.

"Will playtime ever be the same?" it teases.

Conan O'Brienalso joinsToy Story5's cast as a "toilet-training tech toy Smarty Pants," according to a press release, whileTony Halereturns as Forky, who was introduced in 2019'sToy Story 4.

New characters also include Craig Robinson's GPS hippo Atlas, Shelby Rabara as camera toy Snappy, Scarlett Spears as Bonnie, Mykal-Michelle Haris as Blaze, and Matty Matheson as Dr. Nutcase.

Toy Story 5hits theaters on June 19.

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NASCAR in court: Joe Gibbs Racing sues former competition director

Hanging over much of NASCAR's offseason was a nine-day trial that ended with the sanctioning body of stock car racingsettling with Michael Jordan's 23XI Racingand another team, Front Row Motorsports.

Now, the sport is seemingly headed back to court.

Joe Gibbs Racing filed a lawsuit in the Western District of North Carolina on Thursday against the team's former competition director, Chris Gabehart. Gibbs' team alleges that Gabehart "embarked on a brazen scheme to steal JGR's most sensitive information and use it for the benefit of a direct competitor in NASCAR — Spire Motorsports."

USA TODAY Sports obtained a copy of the lawsuit, where JGR seeks to recover damages of up to $8 million because Gabehart allegedly violated "his contractual obligations and wrongfully" used "JGR's confidential information and trade secrets."

JGR claims that Gabehart stole the team's trade secrets after his demands for additional authority with the organization were "rebuffed" and he became "dissatisfied" with his position at JGR.

The filing did not request an injunction preventing Gabehart from working for Spire, though it's unclear if he actually reached an employment agreement with the team. Gabehart is not listed on Spire's website in a leadership or crew chief position. Spire is also not named as a co-defendant in the lawsuit.

According to JGR's claims, Gabehart met with team owner Joe Gibbs on Nov. 6, 2025 and demanded authority that would give him "carte blanche" over all racing decisions. When Gibbs declined to give Gabehart that power, Gabehart informed Gibbs he preferred to leave JGR and the two parties began working towards what JGR believed was an "amicable" and "generous" separation agreement.

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However, JGR says it became "suspicious" of Gabehart's intentions when it learned he had already allegedly met with Jeff Dickerson, the owner of Spire. JGR says it then conducted a forensic investigation of Gabehart's JGR-owned laptop and found "shocking" results.

JGR claims that its forensic investigation revealed that Gabehart allegedly synced his personal Google Drive with his JGR laptop, repeatedly conducted online research about Spire while he was still employed by JGR, had a Google Drive folder titled "Spire," and captured "more than a dozen" photos the day after his meeting with Gibbs — Nov. 7 — that contained "images of JGR files containing Confidential Information and Trade Secrets."

Additionally, JGR alleges that the photos also contained "comprehensive post-race audit and analyses of team and driver performance" for the entire 2025 season, complete team payroll details and compensation plans, pit crew analytics for the 2024 NASCAR season, and "detailed analytics of racecar tires used to assess impact on race results."

JGR says it learned on Feb. 11 that Gabehart had taken the position as Spire's chief motorsports officer, a role in which he "would be responsible for all of Spire's racing strategy and operations," which JGR contends is similar to what he did for them as competition director. Previously, JGR claims, Gabehart told them in December that his position with Spire wouldn't be similar to the role he had with JGR.

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Considered to be one of the smartest minds around the NASCAR garage, the 44-year-old Gabehart began his career in NASCAR's Cup Series in 2012 as an engineer on Kyle Busch's car with JGR. He was then the crew chief for Erik Jones in the second-tier Xfinity Series, then became the crew chief for Denny Hamlin's No. 11 in 2019. With Gabehart leading his team, Hamlin won 22 races in a six-year stretch, including a pair of Daytona 500s. Hamlin also made the final championship four in three seasons.

The winner of three Super Bowls as the head coach of Washington, Joe Gibbs founded Joe Gibbs Racing in 1992. The team has won five Cup Series championships, most recently with Busch in 2019. Gibbs' grandson Ty — now a Cup Series driver — won the team's fourth Xfinity Series championship in 2022.

A member of both the Pro Football and NASCAR hall of fames, Gibbs now co-owns JGR with his daughter-in-law Heather. In addition to his grandson and Hamlin, the team also fields Cup Series cars driven by Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe.

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MLB's 1st female ump, Jen Pawol, works spring training but doesn't get a permanent staff opening

NEW YORK (AP) — Jen Pawol will umpire during spring training for the third straight year butthe major leagues' first female umpiredid not get one of the permanent staff openings.

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Tom Hanahan and Brian Walsh were promoted Friday to replace Mark Carlson and Phil Cuzzi, who are retiring. Carlson will become an umpire supervisor.

Jordan Baker, who worked the plate in Game 7 of last year's World Series, will replace Carlson as a crew chief.

Pawol, 49, became the first female major league umpire Aug. 9 and worked a total of five big league games last year. In 2024, she became the first woman to umpire big league spring training games since Ria Cortesio in 2007. Pawol has been a minor league ump since 2016 and has worked at Triple-A since 2023.

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Walsh, 41, has worked 339 major league games as a call-up umpire and Hanahan, who is 35, has worked 329. Both made their major league debuts in 2023.

The 56-year-old Carlson made his major league debut in 1999 and has been a crew chief since 2021. He worked the World Series in 2015, 2020 and 2024, and he was behind the plate fora no-hitter by the Los Angeles Angels' Jered Weaveron May 2, 2012.

Cuzzi, 70, worked his first major league game in 1991 and worked the World Series in 2017. He was the plate umpire for no-hitters by St. Louis' Bud Smith on Sept. 3, 2001, andby Philadelphia's Cole Hamelson July 25, 2015.

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MLB star Bryce Harper wants more fighting in baseball: 'If you want to go, you want to go'

Bryce Harperwas part of one of the better bench-clearing brawls in recent memory, and it seems like he wouldn't mind being in more.

Harper, of course,charged the moundto go fist for fist with relief pitcher Hunter Strickland in 2017, stemming from beef the two had years earlier.

The two-time MVP watched the film of the fight on a recent episode of "Bussin' With The Boys," and gave a wild opinion.

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"I think this should happen more often in baseball," Harper said. "I think it would eliminate guys throwing at each other. It'sjust like hockey. If you want to go, you want to go.

"This is just part of the game. Obviously, I don't want to fight anyone on the baseball field. But there comes a time where it's like, hey dude you get drilled, it is what it is at that point."

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Harper also said there is "no bad blood" between himself and Strickland anymore.

Harper was suspended for four games, while Strickland was out for six. Fighting in hockey is normally a five-minute major, but further punishment could occur.

Harper is going into his 15th MLB season — he's a lifetime .280 hitter with a .905 OPS.

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UCLA coach Mick Cronin apologizes after ejecting his own player in blowout loss to Michigan State

UCLA head coach Mick Cronin issued a long apology Friday, days after hethrew his own player out of a lossfor a hard foul and got into it with a reporter.

Cronin said he directly apologized to center Steven Jamerson II, and that he thought he had committed a dirty play late in East Lansing in the final moments of UCLA's 82-59 loss against Michigan State. Now, after seeing the tape and all of the pushback, Cronin realized that wasn't what had happened.

"It's the only reason I sent him to the locker room," Cronin said, via the SoCal News Group's Aaron Heisen. "I thought he literally made a dirty play and tried to wipe the guy out. … To me, that's a bad play. You can't be down 25 or getting your butt kicked, don't try to take somebody out, hurt somebody on the other team, which is what I thought."

Cronin threw Jamerson out of the game himselfafter Jamerson drilled Michigan State center Carson Cooper on a breakaway dunk late in the blowout loss Tuesday night. Jamerson was called for a foul in the moment, though Cronin wasn't having it.

He called Jamerson over to the bench, grabbed him by his jersey and started walking him off the floor. Jamerson left without much protest.

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"I guess he upgraded that to a Flagrant 2, huh? That's the first time I've [seen] a coach do that," Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo said. "That sounded like Mick, he'll get that straightened out."

Jamerson, a senior, finished with two points and two rebounds in eight minutes. He was hit with a technical foul on the play, as was Cooper for his reaction. Cooper split his free throws for the original foul, which put Michigan State up by 28 points at the time.

After the game, Cronin was still in a terrible mood. He got into it with a reporter who asked him about Michigan State's student section, and then Cronin asked if that reporter was raising his voice at him.

Cronin apologized for his behavior in general Friday, too, and said he needs to "dial back some of my humor" after the wave of criticism he received this week.

"In this climate, you have to be careful with what you say," he said. "Because, I'm a good fit here because I know I'm not bigger than the brand. The brand matters here, the school matters. The last thing I want to do is bring negative publicity to our school.

"Sometimes, because it's not about me, I don't care what people think about me, I need to do a better job knowing, 'Well I am the coach here.' I need to make sure I don't do anything to embarrass our school. For that, I apologize."

Cronin is in his sixth season at UCLA, which started the season No. 12 in the national rankings before falling out completely. Cronin holds a 155-73 record with the Bruins, whom he led to a Final Four in his second campaign with the school.

UCLA now sits at 17-9 this season after back-to-back blowout losses last week. The Bruins will host No. 10 Illinois on Saturday.

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Venus Williams earns a wild card return to Indian Wells for singles and doubles

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) —Venus Williamsis getting a wild card into the singles and doubles draws for the BNP Paribas Open next month in the Southern California desert.

The 45-year-old will be making her first appearance in the tournament since 2024, when she lost in the first round as a wild card. She's a three-time semifinalist, most recently in 2018. She boycotted the event between 2002 and 2016 after a controversial incident in 2001.

"It's an honor to award the first wild card of this year's event to Venus Williams," tournament director Tommy Haas said Friday. "Venus is a legend of the game, and one of the most accomplished players our sport has ever seen."

It will be Williams' 10th career appearance in the tournament, which runs March 4-15. A year ago, she was given a wild card, but didn't accept it.

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"I'm so excited to be heading back to Indian Wells and can't wait to return home to play in California," Williams said.

She most recentlycompeted in the Australian Open, losing in the first round in singles and doubles.

Williams is scheduled to compete in the ATX Open, a WTA 250 event in Austin, Texas, that starts Saturday and runs through March 1.

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