Sydney Sweeney stepped out in Venice on Friday in a delicate white lace dress, holding hands with boyfriend Scooter Braun as the pair enjoyed a water taxi ride, during which he appeared to steal a cheeky glance.

The 28-year-old actress and the 45-year-old businessman have been making the most of the city’s film festival buzz, having attended the Armani Beauty party together the previous evening.

By the next morning, the couple were back out and about, with Sweeney opting for a softer, more demure look in an intricately detailed lace dress featuring a structured, boxy neckline.

Her Vivienne Westwood outfit was styled with strappy dark brown heels that added height, while a pair of dark sunglasses gave the ensemble a polished finishing touch.

Braun kept his look relaxed for the outing, wearing a light green shirt with beige shorts as he walked hand in hand with Sweeney through Venice.

As they exited their water taxi Braun flashed a cheeky smile as he checked Sweeney out in her lace look. 

On Thursday Sweeney enjoyed a romantic gondola ride with Braun and the pair shared a very steamy kiss.

The Euphoria star wore a white summer dress with a yellow jumper draped over her shoulders as she kissed the mogul.

Talent manager and record executive Braun wore blue shorts, a white shirt and a backwards baseball cap. 

Prior to their trip to Venice, Sweeney was spotted in Los Angeles with Braun, whom she has been romantically linked with since last September. 

The couple were joined by Braun’s three children – Jagger Joseph, 11, Levi Magnus, nine, and Hart Violet, seven – whom he shares with his ex-wife Yael Cohen.

Braun tied the knot with Cohen in 2014 but in 2021 their marriage came crashing down when he filed for divorce, which was finalised in 2022.

Sweeney looked affectionate with Braun’s kids on Monday afternoon as they went for a stroll after school before stopping for smoothies.

It marked a major development in the couple’s romance, which began months after they met at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s Venice wedding in June of last year.

After ending her engagement to longtime partner Jonathan Davino at the beginning of last year, when she started seeing Braun, sources said: ‘Sydney and Scooter are still seeing each other and trying to be as low-key as possible, while still dating and having fun… They are just taking things slow and enjoying their time together.’

By December, it was revealed the couple were ‘serious’: ‘Scooter and Sydney are going strong and things between them are great. They’re in a committed relationship, and things are serious.’

In January this year, Sweeney was asked about speculation around her love life, to which she said: ‘Sometimes I’ll think that I can do a normal thing and have a date in a normal way, and then it gets perceived in a very non-normal way. It’s kind of sad.’

On going public with a romance, she said: ‘I understand that I’m a public person, but I’m still in my 20s. I’m still figuring out love, and it’s hard to do that with millions of people who have their own opinions of what that looks like…

‘At the same time, for all of my 20s, I put my head down and focused on work – and now I want to experience things. But it’s hard deciding that I want to experience love in the public eye. I’m just navigating it all.’

In May, Braun said: ‘I’ve met an extraordinary woman who is kind and generous and smart, and real and down to earth.’ 

Of all the odd moments surrounding Thursday’s so-called “rally” outside Paramount’s famed Melrose Avenue gates in Hollywood, the clearest message may have come from the sky: an airplane banner taking a swipe at CEO David Ellison.

The event had been billed as a show of support by Neighbors for Strong Communities, an opaque pro-merger organization that critics believe may be tied to the Ellison family. Instead, it splintered into two competing, lightly attended press events that generated more confusion than momentum.

In the days before the gathering, Neighbors for Strong Communities sent text messages to California residents urging Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle his antitrust lawsuit challenging the deal and clear the way for the merger. But when reporters arrived Thursday morning near Paramount, organizers abruptly shifted the event to a nearby BLT Studios soundstage, saying they wanted to avoid a planned counter-demonstration.

The relocated press conference took place inside a low-lit studio with only a modest turnout. Roughly a dozen people connected to the Hollywood industry — including actors and below-the-line workers — spoke about fears that Ellison could move operations out of California, potentially costing local entertainment jobs. One attendee, Dani Kelly, who operates a podcast studio in Chatsworth, previously told P6H, “I need people in the industry here… I will have no business.”

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Roger Neal, a publicist representing the little-known group, told Page Six Hollywood the location was changed after organizers learned a “Block the Merger”-aligned group planned to protest at the same Paramount entrance about an hour later. Neighbors for Strong Communities has faced accusations that it is a Paramount-backed “astroturf” effort, though the group has denied any connection to Paramount or the Ellisons.

That group, called Free Press, which has nothing to do with the Bari Weiss-founded media company and everything to do with the Jane Fonda-backed Committee for the First Amendment, held their own rally featuring about 15 workers and supporters of Bonta’s efforts to block the merger. Speakers included actress and comedian Alyssa Phillips, and Burbank city council members Nikki Perez and Konstantine Anthony. 

Free Press co-CEO Jessica Gonzalez told P6H that they planned their counter-event in response to hearing about the pro-merger group’s rally. 

If all that wasn’t enough, a plane was circling high above Paramount all morning, flying a banner visible across wide swaths of LA with the words: “Ellison is Trump’s Bitch.” It quickly became the talk of the town as photos of the plane were shared among group chats and on social media. 

If attendance at the events was any indication the takeaway was simple: fatigue in this whole thing may be setting in.

Maria Bartiromo was reportedly frozen out inside Fox Business before her departure, with staff members allegedly instructed not to speak with the veteran anchor in the weeks leading up to her firing.

Bartiromo, 58, a longtime fixture at the network, was abruptly dismissed from Fox News on Thursday. The company announced the move in a terse press release, saying it had “parted ways” with the anchor.

According to Status News, the breaking point was an allegation that Bartiromo shared a confidential internal memo with President Donald Trump concerning Fox News’ decision to scale back coverage of his claims that the 2020 election had been stolen from him.

However, sources told Mediaite that the alleged leak was “not the only reason” behind her firing. Inside Fox News, they said, the move did not come as a shock, with members of Bartiromo’s team reportedly “freaking out” for weeks over the future of her programs.

Network insiders told the outlet that Bartiromo’s relationship with Fox executives had deteriorated because of a “confluence of factors,” including repeated editorial disputes about the direction of her shows.

This reportedly included her role in Fox’s $787 million settlement to Dominion Voting Systems in 2023 over its peddling of Trump’s election claims, and several botched interviews on the air this year.

As Bartiromo’s relationship with Fox bosses reportedly fell apart, sources said her staff were barred from even speaking with her, while she laid low in the Hamptons and was ‘nowhere to be found.’

Bartiromo was reportedly so un-reachable that it was ‘like she was undercover’, with her future in limbo for weeks before she was ultimately fired this week.

Sources said that while Bartiromo’s alleged leak to Trump may have been the final straw, she had been clashing with executives for some time. 

Alongside her role in peddling Trump’s 2020 election fraud claims that led to the huge settlement with Dominion, another similar lawsuit from Smartmatic that is ‘still hanging out there’ had also been hurting her status at the network. 

At the time she sent the White House the guidance, Bartiromo was also reportedly seeking to pursue a new story related to China and the 2020 election and Trump’s claims of Chinese interference, according to Puck. 

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Amid the breakdown of Bartiromo’s relationship with Fox executives, her staff were then ordered not to even attempt to speak with her.

‘In order to talk to her, you had to go to management,’ the source said, adding that her staff had known for weeks that ‘something was up.’

‘People were freaking out,’ the source said.

As Bartiromo was booted from the network, her longtime producer Patrick Ignozzi was also ousted, Puck News reported. 

Amid reports that she leaked classified internal information to the Trump administration, the president quickly defended her on Thursday in a Truth Social post.

‘I can’t believe Maria Bartiromo is no longer going to have her great shows on Fox News/ Business,’ Trump wrote.

‘Three different shows, always number one. Maria is a total professional, and a true warrior.

‘Her fans, of which there are many, will not be happy. God bless you, Maria!’ 

Bartiromo was since reportedly hired attorney Bryan Freedman to guide her through her termination, after the high-powered lawyer previously represented other major ousted news personalities including Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon.

She was quickly removed from Fox News’ website, with her bio page and show content erased from online. 

Her shows, Mornings With Maria and Sunday Morning Futures, are now set to be hosted by a rotating cast of anchors and Fox personalities in the coming weeks. 

Nicole Kidman is said to be enjoying a relaxed new chapter in her love life, with reports linking her to private equity investor Michael Reinstein in what sources describe as a “casual” romance.

“Nicole is dating again after her divorce from Keith [Urban],” an insider told Us Weekly on Thursday, adding that the “Big Little Lies” star “has been seeing” Reinstein.

According to the source, Kidman and Reinstein — who were first seen together in Portofino, Italy, in July — were introduced through mutual friends.

The insider also noted that Kidman, 59, has not been limiting herself to one connection, saying she “has also been on several dates with other people” while friends continue trying to play matchmaker.

As for her relationship with ex-husband Keith Urban, 58, the source claimed the former couple are “in a much better place now,” with the “dust” having “really settled” after their 2025 split ended 19 years of marriage.

“There’s still a lot of respect between them despite everything they went through,” the source said of the exes, who share daughters Sunday, 18, and Faith, 15.

Kidman, according to the insider, got through the divorce with help from her pals Reese Witherspoon and Sandra Bullock, the latter of whom “gave [Kidman] this sense of familiarity and home” when they were filming “Practical Magic 2” together.

The source added that Kidman is “happy” and “doing really well now.”

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“It feels like she’s finally on the other side of everything,” the insider shared. “She is always very positive to be around and is super confident. She is a great role model to her girls and is optimistic about this next chapter.”

Page Six has reached out to reps for Kidman, Urban and Reinstein for comment.

Kidman made headlines in July for cozying up to Reinstein, 54, during an Italian getaway, though she still hasn’t confirmed the rumored romance.

However, the “Lioness” star gushed that she’s “embracing love” in an August interview with British Vogue.

She also admitted she “didn’t expect” her life to take the turn it has — “but this is what it is now.”

‘You make all these plans and you have all these ideas of what it’s all going to be like and then it’s … not. You have to adjust. You adapt,” she explained.

Kidman separated from Urban in Sept. 2025, with the former couple finalizing their divorce four months later.

Urban has faced his own romance rumors involving fellow country singer Karley Scott Collins and his guitarist Maggie Baugh.

Both women have denied being romantically involved with Urban.