Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez confirmed their breakup on Thursday, April 15—but an Instagram Story Rodriguez posted the day before may have hinted at it. 

On April 14, Rodriguez shared a video to his IG of several photos he’s taken with Lopez. There’s also one of a heart in the sand with “Jennifer + Alex” written inside it. (This is, presumably, from their beachside engagement, but who’s to say for sure?) A sappy Coldplay song is playing in the background, and in the corner of the video is a heart with Lopez’s Instagram handle. At first glance, this is just a sweet tribute—but now knowing about the breakup, was this a farewell-to-the-relationship post? Was Rodriguez trying to warn us that something was coming? 

Check out the video for yourself, below. 

If anything, Rodriguez’s IG Story confirms what he and Lopez said in their breakup statement: They still care deeply for each other. “We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so,” the couple said in a joint message to Today. “We will continue to work together and support each other on our shared businesses and projects. We wish the best for each other and one another’s children. Out of respect for them, the only other comment we have to say is thank you to everyone who has sent kind words and support.” 

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez met in 2005, when she was still married to Marc Anthony. They started dating in 2017 and were engaged by March 2019. Wedding plans were put on pause because of the coronavirus, and in early 2021 rumors started circulating they had broken up. The couple denied this via a short statement to People on March 13, but a little over a month later announced they’re splitting for good. It’s the end of an era! A Coldplay-soundtracked Instagram Story feels appropriate.

The trouble with the 2011 Oscars, infamously hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco, started well before showtime.

The messy showcase has gone down in history as one of the worst Academy Awards ceremonies of all time. According to some of the writers involved, this came down to its polar opposite hosts. “It was like the world’s most uncomfortable blind date between the cool rocker stoner kid and the adorable theater camp cheerleader,” Writer David Wild told The Ringer in a new oral history of the event. 

While Hathaway originally turned down the position and was brought on board at Franco’s insistence, the writers agree that she gave the gig her all.  “Anne made herself readily available. I went to her house and worked on the script and she was on a bunch of conference calls and responding to emails and was a great collaborator,” Jordan Rubin, co-executive-producer of The Good Place, recalled. “[Franco] always seemed to be on a flight and it was very hard for me to get a hold of him.”

Ultimately, this led to an imbalanced dynamic that promptly kicked off those awkward years where it was popular to hate the Devil Wears Prada star. 

The writers really started noticing trouble when they began filming the ceremony’s opener. “She showed up ready to play and committed 110 percent,” Rubin continued. “And he was a great guy but often looked like he had just woken up from a nap. It’s almost like you’re showing up to a tennis court and one person decided that they were going to play in the U.S. Open, and the other wanted to play in jeans and just kind of hit a few balls.”

Although Rubin doesn’t recall any personal tension between the stars, Wild recalled a particular instance where Franco allegedly shut down an acting suggestion from Hathaway. “This is a memory, but [she] was like, ‘Maybe you should try that,’ and he was like ‘Don’t tell me how to be funny,'” Wild told the publication.

Rubin suggests Franco was hoping for a dynamic similar to “a buddy-cop movie with two opposite characters,” but both actors ended up being lambasted by critics and viewers. Hathaway was knocked for going way too big, while Franco got the opposite critique. 

“We got a lot of shit for it. I probably got more than she did, but she got a lot, Franco told New York Magazine in 2016. 

“He didn’t give me anything,” Anne Hathaway told People in 2019 about her co-hosting gig with James Franco. “When all the dust settled, I was just like, ‘You gotta be kidding me. Your first instinct is usually the right one.’ And all the reasons why I turned it down came true. All of them. It’s just a no-win situation.”

Perhaps it’s best the Oscars haven’t hired an official host in three years. 

Speaking of The Wonder Years, you were credited as Jack Corbett according to IMDb. Is that true?

It’s true. When I signed up for the Screen Actors Guild, there was already an actor named John Corbett. But actually, on my first SAG card, my name was Nate Corbett because my grandpa’s name was Nate and I couldn’t use John. I tried out Nate for a while and still have some old headshots with Nate Corbett on it, but no one ever called me Nate. My dad was also John, but his whole family called him Jack, so I tried out Jack. I didn’t want to be John J. Corbett because I didn’t like the sound of that. So I tried out Jack Corbett. It didn’t really fit even though I’m credited as Jack Corbett on The Wonder Years. When I got Northern Exposure two years later, they asked me what name I wanted to use on my credit. I just said John Corbett, and that was it! Nobody ever contested it. I wonder what happened to the other John Corbett, but I beat him to the punch. I think the time limit has run out on it.

I also read you have a big birthday coming up next month, right?

I can’t believe it. Yes, time goes by quick. I will be the number 60 next month.

Well, congrats! So what’s a great birthday for John Corbett? 

I love pizza, like a margherita pizza or maybe even a pepperoni pizza, with a couple beers. I like an ice-cream fudge cake after, and that’s it. [Laughs] My birthday falls on a Sunday this year, and I’ll have the day off from work, so I think those delicious things are in store. The last time I had a birthday part was when I was turning 13, and I just didn’t like it. I’m an only child and kind of a loner by heart, and I still only have about three super close friends. So even if I had a birthday party, I wouldn’t know most of the people there. [Laughs] I’ll hang out with Bo, and she makes a fantastic pizza. Then she’ll give me a birthday kiss, and that’s going to be as exciting as that would be.

Speaking of, you guys have been together now for almost 20 years. If you could go back and tell yourself anything right before you met her, what would it be?

Try not to say the “F” bomb so much. Oh my God! It’s just such a part of my vocabulary, and I’m really working hard not to use it in this interview. I even forget and use it around small children and Bo gives me the look and goes, “Hey!” And I’ll say, “What?!” [Laughs] So yeah, it probably would be to have better grammar and to read more because we play Jeopardy! every night. I have over 30 Jeopardy! episodes saved on our DVR, and quite a few of them are still Alex Trebek’s final Jeopardys. I’ve made my DVR keep them. We watch it every night if I’m not working. If there’s 20 questions, I get like two right and Bo gets all the rest. I wish I read more and was smarter. She knows everything about everything. 

What would she say is the most romantic thing you’ve ever done for her? 

Probably make her dinner since she usually makes dinner. I’m a pretty good cook, but I get lazy. On her birthday I get her gifts, but I’m not the flower-y guy with a dozen roses. I should do that more. For Valentine’s Day, we’ve been together so long that sometimes we think it’s a cheesy holiday. You can’t even get into a restaurant because they are so packed, so we’re not Valentine-y kind of people. It’s not that romantic, but it’s doing something nice like surprising her by making dinner.

Younger is the little show that could. The comedy, about a 40-year-old divorcee who lies about her age to get a job in publishing, premiered in 2015 on a smaller cable network (TV Land) just as streaming became the binge-able norm. But the series managed to find its audience and stay afloat for six successful seasons—in part thanks to the show’s universal appeal across age lines. Younger‘s depiction of motherhood, feminism, workplace politics, ageism, and love were always emotionally honest, painfully raw, and supremely empowering. 

Season six saw the show’s highest-rated premiere ever, a testament to viewers’ loyalty to Younger. But when season seven airs on April 15 on Paramount Plus, it will be the series’ last. It picks up with the steepest of cliffhangers: Following Charles’ (Peter Hermann) proposal, which path will Liza (Sutton Foster) choose?

Yes, six years and seven seasons in, Younger’s central love triangle—between Liza (a 40-something who, at first, pretended to be 26 to reinvent herself), Josh (the hunky, lovestruck tattoo artist played by Nico Tortorella), and Charles (top publisher at Liza’s company)—has kept fans invested in a way most shows cannot. For Star, that’s the heart of the show and speaks to its larger message. 

“Whether or not Liza’s with Charles or Josh romantically or the other, she still has an emotional bond to both,” Star tells Glamour. “I think that’s very much what the series is about: Not defining relationships, and not defining your life by a preconceived set of rules.” 

Now that her age-old (pun intended) secret is out, Liza is able to navigate her life in a truly authentic way. But, as fans have come to expect, love will not come easy: tumbling twists and turns are thrown into the final season almost immediately. Star confirms, however, that each storyline culminates with a very satisfying conclusion by the finale in June. “That, to me, is always the toughest part of how to end a series,” he adds. 

Star attributes much of the show’s success to Foster who, on screen and behind, has helped create a welcoming, thoughtful environment. “Sutton went above and beyond in terms of how she inhabited this role, and took it further than I could have ever hoped and dreamed,” Star says. “She makes everything look effortless.”