Maria Bartiromo Leaves Fox Business Effective Immediately
Maria Bartiromo’s Fox Business run is over. Fox Media confirmed on Sept. 3 that the longtime anchor had left the network, with the exit taking effect immediately. That makes this less of a gradual goodbye and more of a clean corporate cut: one day she was part of the lineup, and the next, she wasn’t.
E! News reported the departure, while Deadline separately described Bartiromo as having been “pink-slipped” after 12 years. The shared core of those reports is clear: Bartiromo is no longer with Fox, and the network did not announce a transition period or farewell broadcast in the supplied information.
The Fox branding matters here. The source headline frames the move as a Fox News departure, but the accompanying details identify Bartiromo as an anchor on Fox Business. Either way, this is a notable exit from the broader Fox television operation—not a minor schedule shuffle buried beneath a new timeslot.
What remains conspicuously absent is a reason. The supplied reports do not point to a replacement, a new employer, a contract dispute, or a personal explanation from Bartiromo. That leaves the most tempting questions unanswered, but it also means speculation would be doing the reporting’s job for it. For now, the solid takeaway is the suddenness and the length of the tenure: more than a dozen years at the network, ending without a publicly supplied runway.
For a familiar business-news face, an immediate departure is inherently newsworthy. But until Fox Media or Bartiromo provides more detail, the drama is in the timing—not in any confirmed backstory.
Sasha Farber Says DWTS Season 35 Absence Wasn’t His Choice
Sasha Farber says his Dancing With the Stars absence was not a decision he made. According to E! News, the 12-time professional dancer addressed why he was missing from the Season 35 lineup after the cast was announced on Sept. 2.
Farber was not among the pros paired with celebrity contestants for the new season, a noticeable omission for a familiar face on the show. The key distinction here is that this was reportedly not a voluntary step away from the ballroom. In other words: he didn’t quietly choose a season off and then let the speculation do the cha-cha.
Related coverage from Just Jared ties Farber’s explanation to a comment that was later deleted. That gives the story a source trail, but it also limits what can be independently checked from the material available. Neither the supplied reports nor the cast announcement details provided here establish who made the decision, why Farber was left out, or whether the absence is temporary.
That uncertainty is the real hook. Farber’s nonappearance is confirmed as part of the Season 35 cast reveal, while the circumstances behind it remain based on his reported remarks rather than a full public explanation from the show or the dancer. For a franchise where pro pairings are part of the weekly storyline, removing a recognizable veteran from the lineup naturally invites questions—but the current facts do not support turning those questions into a bigger backstage theory.
For now, the clean read is simple: Farber wanted viewers to know this was not his call, and his reported comment was enough to shift the narrative from “taking a break” to “not selected for this season.” The missing details matter, and until either Farber or the show says more, that’s where the gossip should stay.
Malkovich and Rockwell Find Trouble at Easter Island
John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell are sharing the kind of screen time that sounds dangerous on paper and irresistible in practice. In Wild Horse Nine, the pair play CIA operatives who travel to Easter Island while preparing for the Chilean military coup that would topple Salvador Allende’s government.
The film comes from Martin McDonagh, whose work tends to lace bleak circumstances with very dry, very sharp comedy. The early critical reaction suggests this movie leans into that contradiction: The Hollywood Reporter describes it as a poignant, blood-marked buddy comedy, while Variety and Deadline likewise highlight the melancholy and comic force of the central double act.
That consensus matters because the premise could easily become a stiff historical thriller. Instead, the reviews point to the relationship between Malkovich and Rockwell as the movie’s main event. Their pairing brings contrasting flavors of eccentricity and menace, giving the political backdrop a more intimate pressure point: two operatives trying to function while history gathers speed around them.
Steve Buscemi is also part of the cast, adding another distinctive presence to a lineup already built around performers who can make a pause feel like a provocation. The Easter Island setting gives the story an isolated stage, while the looming coup supplies the larger stakes. It is a compact recipe for mistrust, dark jokes and men who may be much less in control than they think.
BAD GOSS take: this is not celebrity news because someone misbehaved on a red carpet. It is celebrity news because three major screen personalities—and a director with a taste for beautifully damaged people—have assembled a movie where the chemistry is reportedly doing the heavy lifting. If the reviews are any guide, Wild Horse Nine is selling its history through its actors, with Malkovich and Rockwell making the partnership impossible to ignore.