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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Amanda Bynes Flaunts New Tattoo And Major Hair Transformation After Joining OnlyFans
Amanda Bynes has re-emerged on social media with a new tattoo and hairstyle amid her OnlyFans move. Although the former actress's pals are said to be concerned about her joining the popular platform, Bynes has made it clear she solely aims to connect with fans rather than post explicit content. After stepping away from acting in 2010, Amanda Bynes is pursuing a career in visual art and recently hosted a pop-up exhibit. Bynes recently took to her social media page to debut her latest ink and hairstyle for her fans just weeks after launching her OnlyFans account. Celebrating a decade-long friendship, Bynes explained that she and her best friend Dylan decided to get matching tattoos to honor their bond. "My best friend Dylan and I have been best friends for 10 years," she shared, "and to mark our best friend's anniversary, we got matching Roman numeral 'Xs' for the number 10." She added, "I got it on my finger. Dylan got it on her rib cage." Before showing off her new tattoos, the "Big Fat Liar" actress also excitedly flaunted her grown-out bangs, saying, "I finally grew my bangs out. I'm so excited right now. Oh my god, I can't believe it." Last month, Bynes surprised her followers by announcing the launch of her own OnlyFans account. While the platform is widely associated with explicit content, the 39-year-old aims to connect with supporters. She explained: "I'm doing OnlyFans to chat with my fans through DMs. I won't be posting any sleazy content. Excited to join." According to reports, fans would have to cough up over $50 per month if they wish to have access to the former Nickelodeon child star. OnlyFans has gained notoriety as an adult content sharing platform, and stars like Cardi B, Denise Richards, Iggy Azalea, Bella Thorne, and Bhad Bhabie have joined it and are making "millions" in the process. Bynes stepped away from acting in 2010, after facing public struggles with mental health and substance use. She was placed under conservatorship by her parents in 2013—a legal arrangement that lasted nine years. During that period, she studied at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, earning her Associate of Arts degree in 2014. Her conservatorship officially ended in 2022. Over the years, Bynes has been gradually building momentum toward her new career in the arts. In December 2024, she hosted a pop-up art exhibit that drew attention, including an appearance by Noah Cyrus, Miley Cyrus' younger sister. According to a source close to the former child star, the event marked a "tremendous step" in her ongoing personal journey. "She will be going through her mental health struggles for the rest of her life but to be out and about and share with friends and fans and to be around her latest love, her art was exactly what she needed," the insider shared with the Daily Mail. Bynes has spoken candidly in the past about the personal struggles that contributed to her stepping away from the spotlight. In a revealing 2015 interview with Paper Magazine, she admitted to misusing Adderall, a prescription medication for ADHD, after developing unhealthy body image issues and a desire to stay thin. The former actress traced the start of her insecurities back to her role in "She's the Man," a modern take on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." The film required her to portray a teenage girl posing as her twin brother, complete with short hair and facial prosthetics. "When the movie came out and I saw it, I went into a deep depression for 4-6 months because I didn't like how I looked when I was a boy," she shared, recalling how the experience left her feeling disconnected and deeply self-conscious. She described it as "a super strange and out-of-body experience. It just really put me into a funk." Bynes also shared that she began experimenting with substances like ecstasy and cocaine, but it was Adderall that became a serious problem. "I definitely abused Adderall," she admitted, adding, after "reading an article in a magazine that [called Adderall] 'the new skinny pill' and they were talking about how women were taking it to stay thin. I was like, 'Well, I have to get my hands on that.'" On a recent appearance on the Fly on the Wall podcast, Taran Killam shared how Bynes played a pivotal role in kickstarting his acting career. Killam described Bynes as "one of the most talented people I've ever met," adding that his first real acting break came right after high school when he was cast on her hit Nickelodeon sketch series. "It was my first job," he said. "Literally, the last week of high school, I got cast on her show. We worked together for three weeks then. I went away to college, I didn't have an agent anymore, and I was focused on school. They called me back to do more, they helped me get an agent." He also recalled their time co-starring in "Big Fat Liar," saying, "She was the best. It was a very important relationship to me in my life. … She's truly one of the best."
American Military News
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- American Military News
Amanda Bynes just wants to chat with her fans. That will cost them $50 a month
Amanda Bynes just wants to talk with her fans — at least with the ones willing to pay. The former child actor has joined OnlyFans. 'I'm on onlyfans now!' Bynes wrote in an Instagram story Tuesday. 'Disclaimer: I'm doing onlyfans to chat with my fans through dm's. I won't be posting any sleazy content. Excited to join.' (Though it has created seven-figure income for some creators, OnlyFans does have a reputation for NSFW content.) She has set her subscription rate at $50 a month and has yet to post anything on her account. The 39-year-old, who did Nickelodeon's 'All That' sketch show from 1996 to 2002, has been trying to settle on a future path for a while now after announcing she was retiring from acting in June 2010 and then unannouncing it a week later. 'Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem,' said Bynes, then 24, in her retirement announcement. 'If I don't love something anymore, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.' Upon her return, she said simply, 'I'm unretired.' Soon after that, life began to spiral for the 'She's the Man' star. Bynes went under conservatorship late in fall 2013, while she was undergoing court-ordered psychiatric care after reportedly starting a small fire in July in the driveway of a Thousand Oaks home. Prior to that, Bynes had engaged in a range of erratic behavior — including incidents involving alleged hit-and-run and DUI— before she was possibly diagnosed with mental illness in 2014. Her parents said in mid-2013 that she was paranoid, using drugs and had spent $1.2 million in only a few months. Bynes' attorney denied that the former actor had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She accused her father of sexual and verbal abuse in October 2014, then recanted her allegations. At the time, mom Lynn Bynes told E! News through her attorney, 'It saddens me beyond belief that my husband's character could be slandered in such a way.' 'My clients are very concerned about their daughter,' Tamar Arminak, Lynn Bynes' attorney, told ABC News in a statement at the time. 'Despite what is being reported, they are doing everything they can to help Amanda.' Amanda Bynes was soon released from a psychiatric facility where she'd been on involuntary hold and a month later said in a series of tweets, 'I'm so mad at my parents. They are with holding my belongings and money from me so I don't have new clothes or enough money to rent an apartment. We aren't speaking. So until I get a different conservator ill look terrible because I don't have enough to get new clothes or anything I need.' A few weeks later, she apologized through her attorney for saying in leaked recordings that she wanted to kill her parents and burn down her mom's house. She has since gotten sober. In 2019, Bynes graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising with an associate's degree in product management. She got engaged in 2020 to Paul Michael, whom she met in the context of rehab, though they broke up about two years later. In 2022, she successfully removed herself from that conservatorship, which had control of her estate and her person — i.e. her money and her body — for almost nine years. 'In the last several years, I have been working hard to improve my health so that I can live and work independently,' Bynes said in a statement to People, 'and I will continue to prioritize my well-being in this next chapter.' She also thanked her attorney and her parents for their help. However, in 2023 she came into contact with authorities twice. The first time, she was found roaming naked near downtown L.A. and placed on a psychiatric hold. The second time, police responded to a call from a woman in distress who TMZ said was later determined to be Bynes. She was taken in for a mental health evaluation. Bynes launched a podcast with friend Paul Sieminski later that year, but that ground to a halt after only one episode. A promised reboot never manifested. Then in 2024 she told fans via social media that she had been struggling with depression. A few months later, in October, People reported that she had collaborated with a fashion designer, providing the original art that went on shirts and shorts. The capsule collection sold out. Now to see if Bynes' OnlyFans effort is as successful. ___ © 2025 Los Angeles Times. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
News.com.au
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Tragic downfall of your favourite childhood stars
Celebrities get blamed for a lot of things but did you know they can also ruin a hardworking writer's story? Here a certain someone was, ready to make a point about the various scrapes and scandals that a series of former child stars have just gotten themselves involved with and then comes another one. And another one. By the time you read this, I'm sure some former Disney poppet's mug shot will be a rotating story on CNN or one time 90s sitcom graduate will have managed to, pantsless, fall out of an In and Out Burger clutching armfuls of stolen ketchup packets right in front of TMZ. In just the last few weeks alone, a former Nickelodeon kids actress has joined Only Fans, a one time 11-year-old Oscar nominee has been forced to apologise after using a racial slur during a drug arrest, a singer who found stardom at 15-years-old has been sharing concerning social media posts that have people fretting about his mental health, a former teen Netflix actress set off a minor internet meltdown on the red carpet, and an early 2000s household name has admitted he's a 'new low' mentally and emotionally. If you ever wanted concrete evidence that ending up with an agent, voice coach and your own Bel Air nine-bedder with a bowling alley and swim-up bar by the time you're in year seven generally doesn't work out well, you've come to the right place. It's hard to quite know where to start. Last week former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes, who began acting seven years old, announced that she was set to join the list of celebrity Only Fans' creators, 15 years after her last significant role. In a post to Instagram revealing the move, the now 39-year-old made clear though that she would not be removing a single item of kit. 'Disclaimer: I'm doing onlyfans to chat with my fans through dm's,' Bynes wrote on Instagram. 'I won't be posting any sleazy content. Excited to join.' The bargain price: $77-a-month. As of late last week, according to the LA Times, Bynes had yet to actually share anything. Her decision to join the often controversial platform, best known for its nudey rudey, explicit content, is the latest plot twist in a complicated 13-year-long spiral involving a decade-long legal conservatorship. In 2023 she allegedly started a fire in a neighbour's driveway, with authorities subsequently placing her in a 72-hour psychiatric hold after reportedly finding her walking around LA naked and alone and getting her face tattooed. Then, only a day after Bynes revealed her new career, another child star was coming a cropper. Over the weekend The Sixth Sense star Hayley Joel Osment had to do some PR self-flagellating and grovelling apologising after a video obtained by the New York Post showed him using an anti-Semitic slur during his arrest earlier this month for public intoxication and cocaine possession. According to the Post, in the bodycam footage he shouted, 'I've been kidnapped by a f**king Nazi', claimed he was 'being attacked' and accused officers of 'torturing me.' Osment also 'appeared belligerent and unable to keep his pants up as he struggled with police'. Charming. Like Bynes, his trajectory has gone from youthful entertainment world darling to TMZ scandal semi-regular, and he has gone from earning an Academy Award nod while still in year five to being the poster boy for the wisdom of 'Just Say No'. Aged 18, Osment pleaded no contest to charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and for possessing marijuana. Then, in 2018, police were called twice over his behaviour at Las Vegas' airport after he got involved in whatever the hell a 'public verbal scuffle' is. The bodycam footage was filmed earlier this month when he was arrested in the California skiing resort town of Mammoth Lakes after police were called over his alleged 'unruly behaviour'. He has now been charged with cocaine possession and disorderly conduct. Also this week, Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz, who appeared in the title role from age 14, took to X to post, 'If I'm being 100% honest... Mentally/emotionally I may be at a new low. Just wanted to say it out loud'. Muniz, now a NASCAR driver, said recent tough races had taken their toll. So onto Justin Bieber, who has shared a series of social media posts saying things like 'I think I hate myself sometimes when I feel myself start to become inauthentic', 'I got anger issues, too,' and has expressed feeling 'unworthy' and like he's 'drowning and unsafe.' Perhaps The Hollywood Reporter put it best when they ran a recent piece asking, 'What in God's name is happening to the once-mighty pop icon?' 'Whatever he's going through, I pray for him and hope he's OK,' a former Bieber collaborator told the Reporter. 'Seeing him disintegrate like this …he's lost,' an ex-team member commented. Go as far back as last month and we get to have Millie Bobby Brown, who rocketed to global stardom delivering a devastatingly powerful performance as Eleven in Stranger Things. I'm pleased to say she has, by contrast, managed to keep control of things, but her transition into adulthood has proven fraught. March saw her doing the promo rounds for The Electric State, a $490 million action clunker, however it was not big budget bomb's dire reviews that hogged headlines but Brown's appearance while plugging the thing. In news that stunned the internet, the now 21-year- old turned up at various premieres looking like the adult woman she now was. Et voila, it was internet furore time! Critics and defenders then took their places on the discourse battlements to slog it out over the shocking fact that Brown had dared to actually dress her age. The noise about Brown's image drowned out anyone really talking about State, with things getting so heated that the actress herself called out the situation, decrying the cacophony about her changed appearance as 'bullying'. 'Disillusioned people can't handle seeing a girl become a woman on her terms, not theirs,' she posted on Instagram. I ask you - how many child stars have ever managed to make it to voting age and beyond unscathed? Why is it that despite generations of former child stars, including the majority of the Brady's, have rung and rung again the warning bells about the perils of child stardom, Hollywood's youngest stars are still suffering rotten adult fates? With Bynes, Osment and Brown, it's clear that making the leap from youthful fame and fortune to stable adult life is, for some reason, still seemingly impossible. We are ever closer to getting a human on Mars but we still can't get a former TV kid to their mid-20s without scrapes, troubles and the occasional set of police handcuffs. There's the obvious here, the mental health woes and the substance issues that have plagued wunderkinds since a eight-year-old Drew Barrymore started drinking, but it feels like there is something else going on too. In the case of Brown, there exists a certain unpalatable, emotional resistance on the world's part to letting child actors shrug off their famed characters because we have this intractable set-in-aspic image of them. To us they are frozen in amber, to some degree, forever cast in whatever role propelled them into being the only kid in their PE class with their own pool house. Letting them move on is not something audiences are necessarily very good at. But try we must, especially because Brown will be back out on the publicity trail when the final season of Stranger Things airs later this year. It's time to let Eleven move on - and it's time to let Brown wear hoop earrings without the internet collectively losing their minds.
IOL News
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- IOL News
From red carpets to OnlyFans: how former Hollywood stars are cashing in on fame and fortune
Amanda Bynes, the former Nickelodeon star who recently revealed her new venture on the platform. Image: Amanda Bynes/ Instagram It seems like Hollywood's former stars have discovered a new way to shine, just not on the big screen anymore. Instead, they're turning to OnlyFans, the subscriber-based platform that's become a goldmine for celebrities looking to connect with fans (and make serious bank). From ex-child stars to retired athletes, everyone seems to be hopping on the OnlyFans train, and the trend shows no signs of slowing down. If you've been scrolling social media lately, you've probably noticed a wave of former big names announcing their arrival on OnlyFans. One of the most recent notable examples is Amanda Bynes, the former Nickelodeon star who recently revealed her new venture on the platform. Best known for her roles in "She's the Man" and "The Amanda Show", Byne's career took a backseat after she struggled with mental health and addiction. But now, the 39-year-old actress is looking to reconnect with her fans in a new and unexpected way. Taking to Instagram stories on April 15, Bynes announced: 'I'm on OnlyFans now! Disclaimer: I'm doing OnlyFans to chat with my fans through DMs. I won't be posting any sleazy content. Excited to join.' Her page comes with a hefty subscription fee of $50 (R950) per month, but promises followers a chance to connect with her directly. While she's made it clear that her content will remain PG, her decision to join the platform is a reminder of how versatile OnlyFans has become. OnlyFans, often associated with NSFW photos and videos, has grown into a major revenue source for celebrities. The platform allows stars to monetise their fan base directly, cutting out the middleman and offering exclusive content to paying subscribers. And it's not just about risqué material; celebrities are finding all sorts of ways to use the platform. Take Australian basketball star Liz Cambage, for example. Reports suggest she made more money in her first week on OnlyFans than during her entire WNBA career. Similarly, stars like Denise Richards, Cardi B, and Kate Nash have joined the platform to share everything from behind-the-scenes moments to creative projects. Even "Harry Potter" alum Jessie Cave is on OnlyFans, offering content for fans with a unique interest in her hair. It's proof that the platform isn't just about adult content; it's about finding a niche and giving fans what they want. For Bynes, it represents a fresh start. From ex-child stars to retired athletes, everyone seems to be hopping on the OnlyFans train, and the trend shows no signs of slowing down. Image: Amanda Bynes Instagram story After stepping away from acting in 2012, she's been open about her battles with depression, body insecurities, and addiction. In recent years, Bynes has explored new creative outlets, including co-hosting an art show and pop-up clothing event in Los Angeles. Her move to OnlyFans is just the latest step in her journey of self-expression, but it's not without its challenges. With a high subscription price and a disclaimer about keeping things 'sleaze-free', her approach may not have universal appeal. However, for die-hard fans, the chance to chat with her directly is worth the price. While Bynes's OnlyFans debut has sparked plenty of buzz, she's far from the only star to join the platform. Over the last few years, OnlyFans has become a go-to for celebrities seeking to regain control over their careers (and their incomes). With traditional Hollywood roles becoming harder to come by, many former stars are embracing the freedom and financial opportunity OnlyFans provides. For fans, it's a chance to connect with celebrities on a more personal level. And for stars, it's a way to stay relevant and profitable in an ever-changing entertainment landscape.
Gulf Today
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Amanda Bynes joins OnlyFans just to chat with her fans
Amanda Bynes just wants to talk with her fans — at least with the ones willing to pay. The former child actor has joined OnlyFans. 'I'm on onlyfans now!' Bynes wrote in an Instagram story Tuesday. 'Disclaimer: I'm doing onlyfans to chat with my fans through dm's. I won't be posting any sleazy content. Excited to join.' (Though it has created seven-figure income for some creators, OnlyFans does have a reputation for NSFW content.) She has set her subscription rate at $50 a month and has yet to post anything on her account. The 39-year-old, who did Nickelodeon's 'All That' sketch show from 1996 to 2002, has been trying to settle on a future path for a while now after announcing she was retiring from acting in June 2010 and then unannouncing it a week later. 'Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem,' said Bynes, then 24, in her retirement announcement. 'If I don't love something anymore, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.' Upon her return, she said simply, 'I'm unretired.' Soon after that, life began to spiral for the 'She's the Man' star. Bynes went under conservatorship late in fall 2013, while she was undergoing court-ordered psychiatric care after reportedly starting a small fire in July in the driveway of a Thousand Oaks home. Prior to that, Bynes had engaged in a range of erratic behaviour — including incidents involving alleged hit-and-run and DUI— before she was possibly diagnosed with mental illness in 2014. Her parents said in mid-2013 that she was paranoid, using drugs and had spent $1.2 million in only a few months. Bynes' attorney denied that the former actor had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She accused her father of verbal abuse in October 2014, then recanted her allegations. At the time, mom Lynn Bynes told E! News through her attorney, 'It saddens me beyond belief that my husband's character could be slandered in such a way.' 'My clients are very concerned about their daughter,' Tamar Arminak, Lynn Bynes' attorney, told ABC News in a statement at the time. 'Despite what is being reported, they are doing everything they can to help Amanda.' Amanda Bynes was soon released from a psychiatric facility where she'd been on involuntary hold and a month later said in a series of tweets, 'I'm so mad at my parents. They are with holding my belongings and money from me so I don't have new clothes or enough money to rent an apartment. We aren't speaking. So until I get a different conservator ill look terrible because I don't have enough to get new clothes or anything I need.' A few weeks later, she apologized through her attorney for saying in leaked recordings that she wanted to kill her parents and burn down her mom's house. She has since gotten sober. In 2019, Bynes graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising with an associate's degree in product management. She got engaged in 2020 to Paul Michael, whom she met in the context of rehab, though they broke up about two years later. In 2022, she successfully removed herself from that conservatorship, which had control of her estate and her person — i.e. her money and her body — for almost nine years. 'In the last several years, I have been working hard to improve my health so that I can live and work independently,' Bynes said in a statement to People, 'and I will continue to prioritize my well-being in this next chapter.' She also thanked her attorney and her parents for their help. However, in 2023 she came into contact with authorities twice. The first time, she was found roaming naked near downtown L.A. and placed on a psychiatric hold. The second time, police responded to a call from a woman in distress who TMZ said was later determined to be Bynes. She was taken in for a mental health evaluation. Tribune News service
