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Jennifer Aniston turned 57 years old on February 11, and her boyfriend of nearly a year, Jim Curtis, paid tribute to the occasion on Instagram.

The Gist

• Curtis shared two new photos of the couple, including a PDA-packed black-and-white shot.

• Aniston and Curtis went Instagram official back in November when the actress celebrated Curtis's milestone 50th birthday.

Jennifer Anistonand her boyfriendJim Curtiswent Instagram official onhis50th birthday last November, so there was no question that Curtis would return the favor when Aniston rang in her 57th birthday on February 11.

And that he did in the form ofa sweet Instagram tributeshared on Wednesday, writing, "HBD MY ❤️" alongside two new photos of them. In one, the two laugh on a boat, and in another—a black-and-white shot—the two share a romantic kiss.

Curtis spoke about his relationship with Aniston recently onToday, telling host Craig Melvin on January 26 that they had been together for about a year and had been introduced by friends. "We found out that we had mutual friends, and we started to just chat," Curtis said.

"It took a long time," he added. "We chatted for a long time, and we became close."

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A source toldPeoplerecently that Aniston "feels really good about where things are with Jim," adding, "Jen's always been fine on her own and comfortable being single, but her relationship with Jim is just different. She's very happy and comfortable."

Adding that Curtis is "so sweet and supportive" of Aniston, the insider said, "He makes her everyday life better."

Curtis, a source told the outlet, is "very laid-back, but also focused and driven" and is someone who "does things in a very calm way."

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"He brings good energy, and this is something Jen loves," the insider said. "Jen can be very Type A and takes on a lot. He's very steady and grounded. He's not a stressed out, high-intensity guy, and that balance works well for her."

"There's no drama, no emotional games, or whiplash," the source continued. "In many ways, it's the most mature relationship she's ever been in."

Back in November, as Curtis celebrated his milestone 50th birthday, Aniston wrote in her own birthday tribute, "Happy birthday my love. Cherished❤️." Though Curtis pinpointed their relationship's beginnings as right around now one year ago, Aniston and Curtis first sparked rumors of a relationship over the summer, when they were spotted in Mallorca, Spain in July alongsideJason Bateman, his wife Amanda Anka, andAmy Schumer.

"She took her time getting to know him," a source toldPeople. "She already knew she liked so many things about him before it turned romantic. She was actually a bit hesitant, because she really appreciated him as a friend and wanted to keep him around. But life is short, and her friends encouraged her to date him."

"She feels so grateful to share her life with him," the insider said. "She's enjoying every moment. And at this stage, that's enough for her. She's happy with where things are. She isn't really making big plans for the future. She's not chasing anything. She's just incredibly happy, comfortable, and proud to be dating him. And they're truly adorable together."

Aniston herself called Curtis "extraordinary" in an interview withEllelast year, adding, "He's very special, very normal, and very kind, and wants to help people heal, move through their trauma and stagnation into clarity. It's a beautiful thing to commit your life to."

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• Justin Baldoni appeared in court for a separate lawsuit against former publicist Stephanie Jones

• Blake Lively is not involved in that case

• Baldoni and Lively failed to reach a settlement in her sexual harassment lawsuit against her It Ends With Us costar after a six-hour mediation session on Wednesday

Justin Baldoniis back in court — but not for the case involvingBlake Lively.

Baldoni, 42, appeared in New York federal court on Thursday alongside hiswife, Emily, for a court-mandatory settlement conference tied to his ongoing litigation against his former publicist, Stephanie Jones.

Lively, 38, is not a party to this lawsuit and did not attend the hearing.

Jones first sued Baldoni and his crisis communications team in December 2024,alleging breach of contract and other claims, marking the start of what has since grown into a wide-ranging legal dispute involving multiple parties.

Then, in March 2025, Baldoni and his publicist Jennifer Abel filed their own lawsuit against Jones, alleging she violated client confidentiality by sharing private communications.

According to the filing, those communications later became central evidence in a separate lawsuit brought by Lively.

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Baldoni's latest court appearance comes a day afterhe and Lively failed to reach a settlement in their own ongoing legal battle.

The former costars attended a mandated mediation session in federal court in connection with Lively's sexual harassment lawsuit against Baldoni.

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The conference lasted approximately six hours before Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave, but the parties did not reach a resolution, a source confirmed to PEOPLE.

Settlement conferences are a standard part of federal civil litigation and are designed to determine whether a case can be resolved without going to trial.

The judge presiding over the case, Lewis J. Liman, has not yet ruled onBaldoni's pending motion for summary judgment.

Baldoni's attorney,Bryan Freedman, confirmed that no deal had been reached. When asked whether he expects the case — Lively v. Wayfarer Studios et al. — to go to trial, he said, "I do. We're looking forward to it," according toVariety.

Lively and Baldoni's legal dispute began in December 2024,when Lively filed a suit against the actor-director, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. Baldoni has denied the allegations and later filed a $400 million countersuit, which has since been dismissed.Lively has alleged she lost $161 millionas a result of what she describes as a retaliatory smear campaign.

A trial is currently scheduled for May 18.

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Nicole Curtis'more than 15-year run on HGTV came to an abrupt end on Feb. 11 after the"Rehab Addict" hostallegedly made an"offensive racial comment,"according to the network.

HGTV said in a statement toThe Detroit Free Press,part of the USA TODAY Network, that it has removed Curtis and her show from the network after it learned of "an offensive racial comment made during the filming of Rehab Addict."

"Not only is language like this hurtful and disappointing to our viewers, partners, and employees — it does not align with the values of HGTV," the statement said.

Here's what to know about Curtis and her removal from the network.

Nicole Curtis apologizes for 'offensive racial comment'

A video released by Radar Online on Feb. 11 showed Curtis using a racial epithet, reportedly while filming "Rehab Addict" two years ago. HGTV did not specify whether this was the incident in question.

Curtis issued an apology on herInstagram storyon Feb. 11, writing that she is "grateful for the 15-year journey" on HGTV.

"My focus, at this moment is rightfully on my relationships, and my community — the people who truly know my character and where my heart is. I want to be clear: the word in question is wrong and not part of my vocabulary and never has been, and l apologize to everyone," she wrote in part.

The 49-year-old rose to fame with her show,"Rehab Addict,"which first aired on the DIY Network in 2010 before moving to HGTV. The show focused on Curtisrenovating historic homesfrom the 19th and 20th centuries across Minnesota and Michigan.

More:Nicole Curtis' 'Rehab Addict' removed from HGTV after 'racial comment'

Who is Nicole Curtis? A look at former 'Rehab Addict' host's career

Curtis is known for her HGTV show "Rehab Addict," which first premiered in October 2010. Itsninth season was set to returnon Feb. 11 after a hiatus last year, but will not return after being removed from the network.

The first four seasons of the show were filmed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before moving to Detroit, Michigan. Over the course of each season, Curtis and her team tackled the renovation of several historic homes.

According to herwebsite, Curtis was "working on old houses long before the show came calling."

When the show first premiered, Curtis says on her website, she "was hustling, as a young mother, burning both ends of the candle. Juggling, real estate, design, home restoration and selling garbage finds on Craigslist."

Curtis toldThe Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, in 2014 that before her home renovation career, she went to school in Georgia, Florida and Michigan and originally intended to study law before switching to education. Afterward, she started a cleaning business to help pay for college, she told the Republic.

Later, Curtis said she turned to renovating homes — which she earnestly calls "rehabbing" them — because she was poor.

"Nothing motivates you to learn how to do something like not having the money to pay to have it done. I've never bought anything turnkey and never will. I've never 'flipped' a house in my life. I really don't feel that I fit in that category. I rehab houses out of necessity," she told the Republic.

However, Curtis' decades of renovating homes have not been without woes.The Detroit Free Press reported in 2015that some of the homes renovated on Curtis' shows hit snags with city policies like home inspections and work permits.

Nicole Curtis family: Former HGTV host has two sons

Curtis has two sons, 28-year-old Ethan and 10-year-old Harper.

She gave birth toher son Ethanon Dec. 24, 1997, when she was 21. Her second son, Harper, was born in May 2015.

In 2015, Curtis and former partner Shane Maguire began a custody battle over their son Harper, per theFree Press.

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Last year,Curtis addressed the tumultin an interview with People,

"Our family went through a lot over the years, and so that's definitely something that I have done my best to keep my family out of the public eye and focus on the houses," she told People. "That's always where we wanted that focus to be."

She also told the outlet that she wasn't planning to show much of her family in the new episodes of "Rehab Addict," though her older son appeared on the show in its early days.

"I think there's one gift we can give our children, and I give them privacy. They're out in public with me a lot, and I shield them," she said. "But I won't do that again. My boys are my most precious, precious things in the entire world to me."

Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached atmelina.khan@usatoday.com.

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The sudden closure of El Paso's airspace Wednesday came sometime after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials used an anti-drone laser that was provided by the military to shoot down objects that were later identified as party balloons, four people familiar with the matter said.

The technology was used without coordinating with officials from the Federal Aviation Administration, the people said.

The testing of U.S. military-owned laser technology was taking place in the proximity of the airport. The FAA responded by issuing a "temporary flight restriction notice," which was to shut down the airspace for 10 days. It prevented flights, including helicopters used for medical transport, below 18,000 feet. The airport is a major hub for the region, with more than 50 flights scheduled every day.

The airspace was reopened several hours later Wednesday morning. The decision prompted confusion and finger-pointing inside the Trump administration over who was to blame.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, frustrated by the conflicting reports and a lack of information, requested a classified briefing with the FAA administrator over the closure.

"At this point, the details of what exactly occurred over El Paso are unclear," said Cruz, the head of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday evening for a scheduled closed-door meeting and refused to answer reporters' questions about the closure. He said he would respond to Cruz's request once he receives it.

One of the people familiar with the testing said the Defense Department has a working relationship with Homeland Security, where CBP is headquartered, that allows its personnel to use certain military equipment for its objectives, testing, evaluation and use along the southern border.

Recently, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized the use of the weapon for CBP, the people said. Spokespeople for CBP referred questions to the White House, which did not elaborate beyond initial statements.

Initially, a Trump administration official and some lawmakers said the airspace had been closed because the U.S. military had shot down a cartel drone. Administration officials maintain that was the case.

But the people familiar with the matter said that was not true, and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday there was no indication that any cartel drones were operating near the border.

It then appeared the airport groundingwas in response to the testing of the technology by the military. But it has now become clear, according to the people, that it was CBP using it.

Separately, the Defense Department is testing similar laser weaponry that military personnel will potentially use to counter drones used by drug cartels.

That weaponry requires coordination with the FAA, and a meeting is scheduled to take place Feb. 20 to discuss safety and regulatory issues. The people familiar with the matter said that the meeting could help to explain why the FAA responded with the 10-day airspace closure.

El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson said the temporary flight restriction was unnecessary and "should have never happened."

"This unnecessary decision has caused chaos and confusion in the El Paso community," he said at a news conference. "You cannot restrict airspace over a major city without coordinating with the city, the airport, the hospitals, the community leadership. That failure to communicate is unacceptable."

Johnson said medical evacuation flights had to be diverted to Las Cruces, about 45 miles away. All aviation operations, including emergency flights, were grounded, he said.

"This was a major and unnecessary disruption, one that has not occurred since 9/11," he said.

The FAA had said in a "notice to airmen" that no flights would be able to operate in the airspace over El Paso and the neighboring community of Santa Teresa, New Mexico, for 10 days, from Feb. 11 to Feb. 21.

The FAA, which is only responsible for U.S. airspace, did not elaborate on why the restrictions had been put in place for El Paso, which borders Mexico and the city of Ciudad Juárez.

The notice said the airspace was classified as national defense airspace.

Deadly force could be used on an aircraft if it is determined that it "poses an imminent security threat," it said. Pilots who violated the order "may be intercepted, detained and interviewed" by law enforcement and security personnel, according to the notice.

By Michael Martina

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Just weeks after a dramatic purge of China's top general, the CIA is moving to capitalize on any resulting discord with ‌a new public video targeting potential informants in the Chinese military.

The U.S. spy agency on ‌Thursday rolled out the video depicting a disillusioned mid-level Chinese military officer, in the latest U.S. step in a ​campaign to ramp up human intelligence gathering on Washington's strategic rival.

It follows a similar effort last May that focused on fictional figures within China's ruling Communist Party that provided detailed Chinese-language instructions on how to securely contact U.S. intelligence.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said in a statement that the agency's videos had reached ‌many Chinese citizens and that it ⁠would continue offering Chinese government officials an "opportunity to work toward a brighter future together."

Last month, China's defense ministry announced that Zhang Youxia, second-in-command under Xi ⁠as vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), was under investigation, the highest-profile removal of a senior Chinese military leader in decades.

The short CIA video posted to its YouTube channel appeared aimed at exploiting domestic political ​fallout ​from Beijing's years-long crackdown on military corruption that has hit ​the upper echelons of the People's Liberation ‌Army (PLA) beyond Zhang.

"Anyone with leadership qualities is bound to be subject to suspicion and ruthlessly eliminated," the fictional officer in the video says in Mandarin. "Their power is built on countless lies," he says, referring to superiors.

The CIA has said it is confident that the online campaign is penetrating China's "Great Firewall" internet restrictions and reaching the intended audience.

"Our past videos reached millions of people and inspired ‌new sources," a CIA official told Reuters on condition ​of anonymity, without providing details.

The CIA has been investing ​heavily into countering China and has tried ​to rebuild its spy network in the country after Beijing crippled its reach ‌by killing or imprisoning numerous U.S. sources ​between 2010-2012, according to ​reports.

American officials say China's spy agencies have worked tirelessly to recruit current and former U.S. employees, and in recent years Beijing has published accounts of what it says are U.S. ​spy rings it has uncovered ‌in China.

The high-stakes spy games are part of an escalating military and technological rivalry ​that many observers deem to be a new form of cold war.

(Reporting by Michael ​Martina; Editing by Don Durfee and Nick Zieminski)