Sarah Michelle Gellar turned a Manhattan sidewalk into her own runway.

The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actress was photographed Feb. 16 wearing a lace bralette and coordinating sheer skirt layered beneath an oversized blazer in the same deep wine tone, with the look revealing high-waisted burgundy underwear underneath.

She finished the look with satin pumps and drop earrings that shimmered with diamonds and deep red stones. Her blonde hair fell loose as she smiled for cameras while striding down the sidewalk.

Gellar’s appearance comes as she promotes Netflix’s revived live competition series “Star Search,” where she serves as a judge alongside Chrissy Teigen and Jelly Roll. Anthony Anderson hosts the show.

Sarah Michelle Gellar opted for a skin-baring mono-chrome look for a talk show appearance.  (Raymond Hall/GC Images/Getty Images)

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The updated version of the iconic talent competition runs as a five-week live event, with contestants performing across categories including singing, dance, comedy and variety acts. Viewers cast votes in real time, helping determine which performers advance each week.

During her visit to “Live with Kelly and Mark,” Gellar opened up about her role on the judging panel.

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“Well, I was the mean judge like in the beginning, and it was like hard for me because I don’t think of myself as the mean judge, but then Chrissy finally gave a score lower than I did. So, I feel like it’s now a little bit more even,” she said.

Sarah Michelle Gellar is promoting Netflix’s revived live competition series “Star Search,” where she serves as a judge. (Raymond Hall/GC Images/Getty Images)

Gellar also revealed she once auditioned for the original “Star Search” and didn’t make it on.

“We um we both auditioned for Star Search and didn’t make it on,” she said, referring to John Legend. “That’s why I’m back now to fix the mistakes of the past.”

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Unlike the syndicated series that aired in the 1980s and 1990s, the Netflix revival incorporates live global voting directly through the streaming platform. Performances air Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET, with audience participation playing a central role in determining outcomes.

Sarah Michelle Gellar shares how “Star Search” has become a family affair while promoting the Netflix revival. (Daniele Venturelli /Getty Images)

“The coolest thing about this show is that it is live worldwide,” Gellar said. “So, if you have a remote, you can vote. So, no app to download, no phone number.”

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She added that the competition has become a family affair.

“Oh, not only are my kids watching, they’re there every week. They love it,” she said. “And they are quite vocal in their opinions about how they don’t agree with what I do.” “I’ll look over and I just see this face,” she said, recalling how her kids react when they disagree with her scores.

Sarah Michelle Gellar and her husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., share two children, Charlotte Grace Prinze and Rocky James Prinze. (Jerod Harris/Getty Images)

Gellar has also been reflecting on how her work life has shifted in recent years. On the “Shut Up Evan Podcast,” which aired Jan. 7, 2026, she spoke about stepping away from acting for a stretch while prioritizing home life.

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“Well, I mean, I think, you know, I took a lot of years off. You know, I took a lot of years off, and I think I feel like I’m first getting my sea legs back now and like ready to work now that my kids are older,” she said.

“I needed to take a break. And I’m so glad I did on so many levels. Like, first of all, I’ll never get that time back with my kids. I didn’t miss a show, a performance, a first step, a lost tooth. Like, there was every moment I was able to be there for, and that’s not something you can do as a working actor,” she added.

Gellar is also set to appear in the upcoming horror sequel “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,” which arrives in theaters this spring. The film brings back Samara Weaving’s character for another high-stakes chapter, with Gellar joining Kathryn Newton and Elijah Wood among the new additions to the franchise.

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More than 200 people have been arrested in the past four weeks as part of a phone theft crackdown in London – with drones and facial recognition used to catch those responsible.

The Metropolitan Police said officers had made 248 arrests for stealing mobiles and seized about 770 devices, with a further 122 people arrested for other offences as part of a wider effort.

Commander Andrew Featherstone revealed “cutting-edge” technology like drones, e-bikes, and live facial recognition had been used “to identify and arrest suspects quickly”.

“These tactics are delivering results,” he added.

Year-on-year, the force said the number of recorded phone thefts had fallen by almost 10,000 – going from 81,365 in 2024, to 71,391 last year. In hot spots like the West End, phone theft is down by 30%.

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said fewer Londoners were “facing the stress, cost, and disruption that comes with having their phone stolen” – but called on the courts to stop releasing repeat offenders.

Some phone thieves are being bailed “only to go out and offend again”, he warned, “undermining the hard work officers are doing to keep communities safe”.

He also urged tech giants to do more “to stop criminals being able to reset, reuse or resell stolen phones”.

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The commisisoner’s call was echoed by mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, who said “too many Londoners have been the victim of phone theft”.

Sir Sadiq added: “I’ll continue to prioritise neighbourhood policing and will continue to push the mobile phone industry to go much further in preventing stolen phones being used, sold and repurposed, building a safer London for everyone.”

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It comes after the Met Police announced last year that officers had arrested 46 people, suspected of being part of a criminal network smuggling up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China.

Commander Featherstone described the operation at the time as “the largest crackdown on mobile phone theft and robbery in the UK”.

Angie Harmon debuted a new love this Valentine’s Day.

The “Law & Order” star revealed she rekindled her relationship with model Tony Floyd. Harmon, who was previously married to NFL star Jason Sehorn, and Floyd shared their history in a joint post on Instagram.

The two first met in Italy at 18 and went their separate ways before finding their way back together.

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Angie Harmon revealed her new relationship with Tony Floyd. (Instagram: Angie Harmon)

“We met in Italy at eighteen – two kids scrambling for work, chasing modeling dreams, trying to build a life without starving along the way,” Floyd recalled. “There was a spark between us even then… but the timing wasn’t right. In our twenties, we found ourselves in LA, both chasing acting. You were always better than me. But we were together. And we were in love.”

In a lengthy tribute, Floyd detailed how their relationship came full circle after years apart.

“You found your passion on the screen,” he added. “I found mine shaping surfboards in Costa Mesa. Still, the timing wasn’t ours. And then, after twenty-seven years, our paths crossed again – by chance, or maybe by fate.”

“Now the timing is right. Now is our time, my love,” Floyd continued. “My strength. My everything. My Angie. I love you beyond anything words can hold. You are still the same kind, loving, breathtaking, passionate fighter I met thirty-five years ago on that subway platform in Italy. Only now, we know who we are. And we know what we have. Let’s roll, my Valentine.”

The two first met when they were 18 in Italy. (Instagram: Angie Harmon)

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Harmon was married to Sehorn for 13 years. The two met on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and the New York Giants cornerback later proposed to the actress on the show.

The two share three daughters – Finley, Avery and Emery.

Harmon has three daughters with her ex-husband, Jason Sehorn. (Matt Winkelmeyer)

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Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael, Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe. (Jessica Burstein / NBCU Photo Bank)

Sehorn and Harmon’s divorce was linked to the couple’s differing schedules.

“A large part of it is when you spend five or six months a year away from your spouse, it gets really tough,” a source told US Weekly at the time.

“In the beginning, they really missed each other,” the source added, “but then they got into a groove where one person took over the main responsibilities of parenting while the other was working.”

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A married Indiana high school secretary was beaten by her husband when he allegedly caught her in a tryst with one student, which led to an investigation in which it was discovered that she had sexual relations with another. 

The Union City Police Department was investigating the incident in which Alicia Hughes was battered over the weekend. 

Hughes’ husband found her with an 18-year-old student and confronted them, police said. He then beat her, police said. 

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High school secretary Alicia Hughes has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a student. (Union City Police Department)

During a probe into the incident, investigators discovered that Hughes, a secretary at the Randolph Eastern School Corporation school district, also had a sexual relationship with a separate student, age 17, police said. 

“Investigators determined that Hughes and the minor engaged in sexual intercourse on at least five occasions,” a police statement said. 

Hughes was arrested and charged with five counts of child seduction related to the sexual relationship with the minor student.

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A classroom pictured with desks.   (iStock)

She was taken to the Randolph County Jail and was being held on a $25,000 cash-only bond.

It was unclear if Hughes will be charged for her alleged relationship with the 18-year-old student or if her husband will face charges for the alleged battery. 

In a statement, school district Neal Adams said Hughes had been removed from all duties pending “the outcome of the legal process.”

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“RESC takes all allegations involving students extremely seriously. Upon becoming aware of concerns, the corporation fully cooperated with law enforcement and will continue to do so as the investigation proceeds,” he said. “We appreciate the professionalism and diligence of local authorities in handling this matter.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., received criticism even from moderate and liberal commentators for her Munich Security Conference gaffes over the weekend.

While attending the conference on Friday, Ocasio-Cortez made several statements that went viral because of showing the House “Squad” member struggling to answer foreign policy questions or leveling controversial accusations against other nations.

One example was Ocasio-Cortez claiming that Venezuela was “below the equator” while criticizing the Trump administration for arresting the nation’s dictator Nicolás Maduro.

“It is not a remark on who Maduro was as a leader. He canceled elections. He was an anti-democratic leader. That doesn’t mean that we can kidnap a head of state and engage in acts of war just because the nation is below the equator,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took part in the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (Sven Hoppe /dpa via AP)

AOC’s Venezuela comments were the latest in what more liberal critics claimed was an embarrassing outing for a potential 2028 presidential candidate.

“Venezuela is above the equator. Depending on your TL you got very different takes on AOC’s Germany talks but she had a number of clangers that I expect to see for three years in meme video comps,” Semafor writer David Weigel wrote on X.

“Whoever convinced AOC that she had successfully completed her tutoring and was now ready to give book reports about foreign policy in public really should look for another line of work. Unless the goal was to sabotage her. In which case: kudos for a job well done,” independent journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote.

Political analyst Mark Halperin spoke about Ocasio-Cortez’s comments on the 2Way podcast Monday, calling them “one of the bigger mistakes” she’s ever made.

“I think giving AOC a slot may go down in history as one of the bigger mistakes she’s ever made if she wants to be president,” Halperin said.

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He added, “It takes a major screwup for the New York Times to put in their story about AOC that she had, I think they said it was a ‘stumble’ or something. It had to be a really bad stumble.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was mocked for stumbling on a question over whether the U.S. should commit to sending troops to defend Taiwan. (Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Halperin was referring to an article from The New York Times on Friday which claimed that Ocasio-Cortez brought a “working-class vision” to the conference “with some stumbles.” Although the article largely complimented Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks, it added that she “struggled at times to formulate succinct answers,” particularly when it came to whether the U.S. should commit to defending Taiwan.

“Um, you know, I think that this is such a, you know, I think that this is a um — this is, of course, a, um, very long-standing, um, policy of the United States,” Ocasio-Cortez said before finally responding to the question.

The Washington Post editorial board was more critical of Ocasio-Cortez on Monday, writing that she “appeared out of depth as she tried to graft her class-warfare politics onto foreign policy.”

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“The message to her European audience was, in short: The West is very bad, but the U.S. and Europe should remain allies anyway. She said that the U.S. had enabled genocide in Gaza and that President Donald Trump was treating Latin America as America’s sandbox. She used conspiratorial language about corporations and oligarchs controlling governments and dictating global affairs to the detriment of the poor people around the world. It led her to sound more like a university faculty member than someone conducting foreign policy,” the editorial board wrote.

Several comments from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., also went viral over the weekend. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Former CNN journalist Chris Cillizza was among the earlier critics who called Ocasio-Cortez’s response “not great” on X Friday and doubled down when a comment pointed out that Ocasio-Cortez was not a secretary of defense or secretary of state.

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“Agree. But she DOES want to run for president. And she sounds like me when I didn’t do the reading for class and the professor calls on me,” Cillizza wrote on X.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Ocasio-Cortez’s office for comment.

FIRST ON FOX: As federal immigration operations continue across the country, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), continues to nab child sex predators residing in the country as illegal immigrants. 

Child grooming, sex and lewd acts with minors, including some under 14, possession of child pornography, domestic assault, assault with a deadly weapon, stalking and drug trafficking were among some of DHS’s “worst of the worst” arrests from Presidents Day weekend. 

“Over President’s Day weekend, the brave men and women of ICE arrested heinous criminal illegal aliens across the country convicted for sex crimes against children, rape, and drug trafficking,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “These violent criminals will never be allowed to harm children and innocent Americans again.”

Meanwhile, according to McLaughlin, “nearly 70%” of ICE arrests are of illegal immigrants either charged, or convicted, of a crime in the United States. “Nothing will stop ICE law enforcement from removing them from American communities,” the DHS assistant secretary concluded.

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Ten mugshots of criminal illegal aliens picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the Presidents Day weekend, which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has dubbed the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal immigrants picked up by federal officials over the Presidents Day weekend.  (Department of Homeland Security/Getty Images)

Over the weekend, several of those illegal alien criminals arrested by ICE had previous charges related to child sex abuse. Efren Guzman-Lopez, who is originally from Guatemala, was picked up in Texas following a conviction for indecency with child-sexual contact and child grooming. Another criminal illegal alien convicted of sex offenses with a child, specifically lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14, was picked up this weekend in California. The individual originally from Mexico, Javier Millan-Salgado, was also listed on the sex offender registry, according to DHS.

Multiple individuals in California were picked up this weekend for having “sex with a minor” as well, according to DHS, while a criminal illegal alien in Missouri, Pedro Jucub, was arrested for “sexual misconduct” with a child under the age of 15. These criminal illegal aliens were from Guatemala and Mexico. 

Others were arrested for acts of sexual abuse and sexual assault, including in New York and Salt Lake City.

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Drug trafficking, assault and domestic violence were the remaining trends among DHS’s “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens picked up over the Presidents Day weekend. 

Protesters, using whistles to alert neighborhoods to ICE activity, face off with Minneapolis police officers in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 24, 2026.  (Roberto Schmid/AFP via Getty Images)

Those on DHS’s list charged or convicted of drug trafficking included criminal illegal aliens from Honduras and Mexico. They were picked up in various states across the Midwest, Southwest and the East Coast.

Alfredo Vargas and Wilfrido Varelas-Rubio , both from Mexico, were each convicted of trafficking methamphetamine in Iowa and in Montana, respectively, before being picked up by ICE this weekend. A man from Honduras, Ever Rivera-Molina, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute crystal methamphetamine in Texas prior to his arrest by ICE.

On the East Coast, in Raleigh, North Carolina, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico arrested by ICE, Hermilio Salgado-Castro, was previously convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Saul Alonzo Portillo-Lopez, living in Texas when he was arrested over the weekend, had previously been convicted of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, according to DHS’s “worst of the worst” list from the weekend.

Felony assault, domestic violence, stalking and assault with a deadly weapon were also among the crimes committed by those on ICE’s list.

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Gerson Valverde, a criminal illegal alien from Nicaragua, was arrested following a conviction for felony assault, felony aggravated family offense, and misdemeanor stalking in Saratoga County, New York. Francisco Gamez-Martinez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested by ICE this weekend after being convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Lakeland, Florida.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday pushed for the passage of the SAVE America Act during a press conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., in an effort to ensure voter security at the polls.  (Caitlin O’Hara/AP Photo)

DHS has set up a website at WOW.DHS.Gov, where Americans can learn about the public safety threats being arrested in their communities.

“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is highlighting the worst of worst criminal aliens arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),” the website’s homepage reads. “Under Secretary Noem’s leadership, the hardworking men and women of DHS and ICE are fulfilling President Trump’s promise and carrying out mass deportations – starting with the worst of the worst – including the illegal aliens you see here.”