Disturbing video and a person questioned. Here are the key developments in the Nancy Guthrie case Danya Gainor, Chelsea Bailey, Karina Tsui, CNNFebruary 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM 1 The search for missing 84yearold Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, has stretched into a third, anguished week, with mounting pressure on investigators and a family grappling with uncertainty. Guthrie was last seen on January 31, before she was apparently kidnapped, disappearing from her secluded home in Arizona's Catalina Foothills without her phone or critical medications.

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The search for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, has stretched into a third, anguished week, with mounting pressure on investigators and a family grappling with uncertainty.

Guthrie was last seen on January 31, before she was apparently kidnapped, disappearing from her secluded home in Arizona's Catalina Foothills without her phone or critical medications.

The long days since she vanished have been marked by disturbing twists: purported ransom notes demanding millions of dollars, an intensive investigation, emotional video pleas from Guthrie's children begging for the return of their mother and officials releasing video of an armed, masked person tampering with the doorbell camera at Guthrie's home.

Here is a timeline of key events in the case:

January 31

Nancy Guthrie joins her family for dinner and game night Saturday evening, Ubering to her older daughter Annie's nearby home around 5:32 p.m. Hours later, her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, drove her home. Guthrie's garage door opens at approximately 9:48 p.m. and closes at 9:50 p.m.

"It is that time we assume that Nancy's home and probably going to bed," Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said at a news conference a few days after her disappearance.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos exits the press room past a missing persons poster after giving an update on the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, in Tucson, Arizona, on February 5. - Rebecca Noble/ReutersFebruary 1

Guthrie's doorbell camera is disconnected at 1:47 a.m. and about 25 minutes later, surveillance camera software detects movement. At 2:28 a.m., data from Guthrie's pacemaker app shows the device was disconnected from her phone.

More than nine hours later, at 11:56 a.m., the family realizes she's missing when checking on her at home. A person close to the family told CNN Guthrie typically spends her Sundays watching virtual church services with friends at a nearby home. When she did not arrive Sunday morning, her friends alerted the Guthrie family.

Relatives call 911 at 12:03 p.m. to report her missing, and Pima County Sheriff's Department patrols arrive by 12:15 p.m.

Investigators scour the scene, finding blood on the front porch which is later confirmed to be Guthrie's.

"There's still more items that have been submitted. We just haven't got them back yet," the sheriff would later say on February 5. "In the meantime, we're not just sitting on our haunches waiting. We do have a number of leads coming in."

February 3

On the third day of the search for Guthrie, several media outlets, including TMZ and CNN affiliates KGUN and KOLD, receive purported ransom letters demanding millions of dollars in bitcoin for her return. One note includes a first deadline of 5 p.m. Thursday, February 5, and a second deadline for Monday, February 9.

February 4

In an emotional video posted to Instagram on Wednesday evening, Savannah Guthrie – flanked by her siblings Annie and Camron – pleads for her mother to come home four days after her disappearance. "We without a doubt that she's alive and that you have her," Guthrie said in response to the reports of ransom notes. "We want to hear from you and we are ready to listen. Please reach out to us."

Law enforcement activity suddenly increases Wednesday early evening as detectives perform a "follow-up" at Guthrie's home, the sheriff's office says. Fresh crime scene tape wraps around the length of the house — and is taken down within a matter of hours.

February 5

Camron Guthrie issues another plea in a video posted on social media at 5 p.m. local time as the first deadline given in the purported ransom note passes.

"Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you," he says. "We haven't heard anything directly. We need you to reach out and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward."

The FBI, now jointly working the case with the Pima County Sheriff's Department, announces a $50,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of Guthrie "and or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance."

February 6

CNN affiliate KOLD receives a new purported ransom note on Day 6 of the search. The news station said it forwarded the message, along with the IP address from which the note originated, to law enforcement. The new note includes sensitive information but no deadline, according to an anchor at the news outlet.

Later that evening, gloved investigators are seen buzzing over Nancy Guthrie's property, placing evidence markers and climbing onto the flat, stark white roof of her home. Agents peer into bushes and scour the ground as a car which appeared to be Guthrie's is towed away.

February 7

On the one-week mark of Guthrie's disappearance, her three children say to her possible captor in a new social media video: "We will pay."

"We received your message, and we understand," Savannah Guthrie says in the new video. "We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay."

Guthrie's children plead for their mother's return in a video posted on social media on Saturday. - Savannah Guthrie/Instagram

Hours after the new video of the siblings, law enforcement officials are seen at Annie Guthrie's home. They leave shortly after 10:30 p.m. with a bag and one deputy sheriff is seen wearing blue latex gloves.

February 8

Just before 11 a.m., investigators return to Nancy Guthrie's home and are seen examining the septic tank near her property. Video shows investigators moving around a long stick in the tank, at times repeatedly jabbing it, and using a flashlight to peer inside.

"Detectives and agents continue to conduct follow-up at multiple locations," the Pima County Sheriff's Department said.

CNN affiliate KGUN, which received the first ransom note sent to some media stations, reports new details from the letter: The purported abductor demanded $6 million and threatened Guthrie's life if the 5 p.m. Monday, February 9, deadline isn't met.

February 9

Around 1:30 p.m., hours from the second deadline in the letter, Savannah Guthrie posts another video to social media, this time appealing to the public instead of her mom's alleged captor, asking for assistance.

"We are at an hour of desperation, and we need your help," the "Today" show host says, telling people to report anything "strange" to law enforcement.

The second deadline in the purported ransom note passes at 5 p.m.

February 10

The FBI has released new images from a camera at Nancy Guthrie's house, showing a person wearing a mask. - FBI

The FBI releases new images and video around 11 a.m. from a camera at Nancy Guthrie's house, showing a person wearing a mask.

The images show "an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door the morning of her disappearance," according to a post on FBI Director Kash Patel's X account.

"The video was recovered from residual data located in backend systems," Patel wrote in the post.

Shortly after the images and videos were released, Savannah Guthrie shares them to her social media accounts.

"Someone out there recognizes this person," she writes, "We believe she is still out there. Bring her home."

Later Tuesday, the Pima County Sheriff's Department announces it has detained a person for questioning in the case after pulling them over "during a traffic stop" in Rio Rico, Arizona, around 60 miles south of Tucson, near the US-Mexico border. Hours later, early Wednesday morning, the person was released, CNN affiliate KNXV reports.

The sheriff's department confirms authorities also searched a vehicle and a search warrant was executed at a home in Rio Rico.

The man detained by law enforcement later tells CNN his name is Carlos. He says investigators searched his home and car, and he was questioned from about 4 p.m. to midnight before being released.

Separately, Patel says the agency is looking at "persons of interest" in the case without saying who might be under suspicion.

February 11

The release of surveillance photos begins generating thousands of tips for investigators to pore over.

TMZ reports the media outlet received a "bizarre letter" from someone purporting to know Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper.

Harvey Levin, the outlet's founder, told Fox News that the person who sent the email demanded a single bitcoin in exchange for information about the kidnapper.

"They are not saying they are the kidnappers. They are saying they know who the kidnapper is and will give that information up for one bitcoin," Levin says.

"They said they want one bitcoin sent to a bitcoin address that we have confirmed is active, a real address. And as they put it, time is 'more than relevant,'" Levin added.

TMZ says it received the note just before 8 a.m. ET and that the sender claims to have tried to unsuccessfully reach Savannah Guthrie's brother and sister via text and email.

TMZ says it sent the new email over to the FBI. When asked by CNN about the new note, the FBI said, "Outside of our previously issued statements, we have no updates to share at this time."

CNN has not been able to independently verify the existence or authenticity of the note and has reached out to the Pima County Sheriff's Department for comment.

Meanwhile, CNN speaks to Carlos outside his home in Rio Rico, Arizona. He says investigators told his family he'd been stopped as a result of an anonymous tip that came after surveillance photos of the suspect were released Tuesday.

"They said that my eyes and my eyelashes looked the same," Carlos tells reporters.

A law enforcement official familiar with the case later tells CNN he was on investigators' radar before the images were released.

When asked what he wants after the interrogation, he responds, "To clear my name. That's all I want."

February 12

As the search for Nancy Guthrie enters its 12th day, neighbors are asked to review their security footage from two days in January as investigators work to piece together a potential "new timeline" in the case, according to a post shared on the Neighbors App by Ring.

Investigators are said to be looking for footage from:

Later in the day, investigators expand that request for surveillance footage to include video between January 1 and February 2, according to an alert the department shared on the Neighbors App by Ring.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department asks neighbors to submit video footage that includes cars, traffic, people or pedestrians — and anything they feel may be out of the ordinary or important for law enforcement to review.

Thursday afternoon, the FBI released a description of the person seen in footage captured by Nancy Guthrie's doorbell camera, and the agency also raised the reward for information up to $100,000.

The suspect is described as male, approximately 5'9" - 5'10" tall and having an average build. The backpack he was wearing in the video is identified as a black, 25-liter 'Ozark Trail Hiker Pack.'

Investigators are also said to be looking into evidence discovered at Guthrie's home, including gloves. It is unclear if the gloves are connected with the person in the doorbell camera footage. One glove was found two miles away from Guthrie's home, while another glove was found 10 miles away, Nanos told CNN.

Savannah Guthrie also shares a touching tribute to her mother on social media.

The video features a short clip of a young Guthrie and her sister Annie smiling at the camera while handing their mother flowers, as well as a photo of the three siblings and their mother.

"We will never give up on her," Guthrie captions the post.

February 13

As neighbors tie yellow ribbons around trees in Guthrie's neighborhood in solidarity and hope for her safe return, a local official tells CNN investigators have received more than 30,000 tips from the public so far.

Many of those tips have come after the release of doorbell camera footage from Guthrie's home, which Nanos says has given investigators the "biggest leads we've had."

"Someone out there knows who that man is," Nanos tells CNN's Ed Lavandera.

DNA evidence has been found in the course of the investigation, the sheriff says. He does not detail to CNN where it was discovered, but tells ABC in an interview that DNA has been found on several gloves and other pieces of evidence.

Meantime, conflicting reports emerge over how some evidence is being handled.

Nanos strongly denies reports from Reuters and Fox News that he blocked the FBI from accessing DNA collected in Guthrie's home, as well as from a glove, by insisting they be sent to a private lab in Florida for testing instead of the FBI headquarters in Virginia.

Investigators made a joint decision to have DNA evidence processed at the same location instead of sending it to two different labs, Nanos told CNN Friday.

Later Friday, authorities conduct an operation at a residence roughly two miles from Nancy Guthrie's home, the sheriff's department said. No arrests are made though one man is questioned but released, with law enforcement believing him not to be the kidnapper, a law enforcement official tells CNN. More than a dozen vehicles, including those from SWAT and forensics, are seen at the location.

For nearly four hours, investigators block off several roads near East Orange Grove Road & North First Avenue. The sheriff's department says a "written statement" will be forthcoming, then later says "no additional information would be available" at the FBI's request.

Local authorities and the FBI were also at a second location near where law enforcement activity was underway.

Authorities were seen at the site investigating a gray Range Rover in a parking lot of a restaurant.

February 15

A glove found near Guthrie's home appears to match those worn by the suspect captured in doorbell camera footage outside Guthrie's home the morning she disappeared, the FBI says in a statement.

The glove, which contained DNA, was one of "approximately" 16 that investigators found near Guthrie's home, most of which the FBI says belonged to searchers who discarded them while working in the area.

"The one with the DNA profile recovered is different and appears to match the gloves of the subject in the surveillance video," the statement reads.

The FBI is awaiting final test results from the glove, the agency says, noting the process typically takes 24 hours.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the timeframe that residents are being asked to share footage from on January 31. The alert did not specify whether it was morning or night.

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Hillary Clinton clashes with Czech leader over Trump policies at Munich security conference Anders HagstromFebruary 16, 2026 at 12:52 AM 0 Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton clashed with a Czech political leader at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday. Clinton was speaking during a panel on the state of the West where she heavily criticized President Donald Trump for his dealings with Europe. Petr Macinka, a Czech deputy prime minister, defended the Trump administration as Clinton repeatedly mocked his statements and tried to speak over him.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton clashed with a Czech political leader at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday.

Clinton was speaking during a panel on the state of the West where she heavily criticized President Donald Trump for his dealings with Europe. Petr Macinka, a Czech deputy prime minister, defended the Trump administration as Clinton repeatedly mocked his statements and tried to speak over him.

"First, I think you really don't like him," Macinka said as he began to respond to Clinton's Trump-bashing.

"You know, that is absolutely true," Clinton said. "But not only do I not like him, but I don't like what he's actually doing to the United States and the world, and I think you should take a hard look at it if you think there is something good that will come of it."

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"Well, what Trump is doing in America, I think that it is a reaction. Reaction for some policies that really went too far, too far from the regular people," Macinka said as Clinton interjected to ask for examples.

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Macinka referenced "woke" ideologies, gender theories and cancel culture that ran rampant throughout the U.S. in recent years.

Clinton then mocked him, suggesting he was opposed to "women getting their rights."

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Macinka then rebuffed her hostility, saying he can tell he was making her "nervous."

The exchange came during the same panel where Clinton discussed immigration in the U.S., admitting that it had gone "too far."

"It went too far, it's been disruptive and destabilizing, and it needs to be fixed in a humane way with secure borders that don't torture and kill people and how we're going to have a strong family structure because it is at the base of civilization," she added.

Clinton acknowledged that there are places where a physical barrier is appropriate but opposed large-scale expansion of a border wall during her 2016 presidential campaign.

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At the time, she supported then-President Barack Obama's executive actions that deferred immigration enforcement against millions of children and parents in the country illegally and wanted to end the practice of family detention.

Clinton also planned on continuing Obama's policy of deporting violent criminals, but wanted to scale back immigration raids, which she said at the time produced "unnecessary fear and disruption in communities," Fox News Digital previously reported.

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Mystery solved? 150yearold alcohol found in Utah may not be beer after all Andrea MargolisFebruary 16, 2026 at 12:55 AM 0 Researchers may have solved the mystery of the 150yearold alcohol bottle discovered in Utah — and there are some surprises. The artifact was found this summer at an archaeological site in Alta, Utah, a oncebooming mining town now known for its ski resorts. The bottle was brought to High West Distillery in Park City, the first legal distillery in Utah since the 1870s.

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Researchers may have solved the mystery of the 150-year-old alcohol bottle discovered in Utah — and there are some surprises.

The artifact was found this summer at an archaeological site in Alta, Utah, a once-booming mining town now known for its ski resorts.

The bottle was brought to High West Distillery in Park City, the first legal distillery in Utah since the 1870s.

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There, experts took a sip of the liquid within — and described the taste as unmistakably aged.

Tara Lindley, director of sensory and product development at High West, said the first scent she detected was an "oxidized fruit note," according to FOX 13.

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Isaac Winter, head of distilling at High West, said the liquid was "fruity."

"There's a little bit of leather," Winter said. "There's quite a bit of age on it."

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While the experts were originally stumped at what the bottle contained, they now believe it held apple cider.

Speaking to FOX 13 this week, Winter described the lab results as "really exciting."

"We saw a couple of esters [organic compounds] that would suggest the base was apples," he said.

Winter and Lindley said the results, however, are not conclusive.

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The team will send samples to third-party labs for further testing, including an attempt to confirm the alcohol by volume, which is expected to be low.

Additional sugar and acid tests are planned to confirm whether the liquid contains apple-specific compounds, like malic acid.

Winter even said the team would like to recreate the liquid as well, and that High West Distillery is "exploring different options to work with labs on plating this out."

Said Winter, "There's probably a whole mess of different microbes in there — bacteria, yeast."

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"We need it to, you know, be able to eat sugar and create alcohol and CO2. We also want it to taste good at the end of the day."

Fox News Digital reached out to High West Distillery for further details.

The discovery joins a long list of archaeological finds involving food and drink — and some discoveries are far older.

In Turkey, ancient barley grains dating back 5,000 years were found by excavators last year.

Italian officials announced in December that archaeologists had found preserved food remains in Pompeii, shedding light on ancient diets.

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FBI confirms DNA recovered from glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home By Herbert Villarraga and Steve GormanFebruary 16, 2026 at 2:49 AM 0 1 / 5Nancy Guthrie, the 84yearold mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie is missing from her home in Tucson, ArizonaThe FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department deputies process evidence from a latemodel, gray Range Rover as they investigate the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84yearold mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, at a Culver's in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. February 13, 2026.

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1 / 5Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie is missing from her home in Tucson, ArizonaThe FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department deputies process evidence from a late-model, gray Range Rover as they investigate the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, at a Culver's in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. February 13, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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TUCSON, Arizona, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Investigators have obtained a DNA sample from a discarded glove that was found near Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home and appears to match the pair worn by a masked prowler seen ‌in video footage caught by her doorbell camera before she was abducted two weeks ago, the FBI said on Sunday.

The preliminary ‌findings from a private crime laboratory in Florida were received by the FBI on Saturday and were awaiting "quality control and official confirmation" on Sunday before investigators run the results ​through a national database of known DNA profiles, the FBI said in a statement.

The process typically takes 24 hours from when the Federal Bureau of Investigation receives a DNA sample.

The glove was one roughly 16 collected by investigators in recent days in a search zone within two miles of the Tucson-area residence of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie.

Most of the gloves collected by investigators for examination turned out to ‌have been dropped on the ground by searchers in ⁠the vicinity, the FBI said.

But the one with a DNA profile recovered from it is "different and appears to match the gloves" worn by the man in a ski mask seen trying to disable Guthrie's door camera in ⁠the early morning hours shortly before she was abducted, according to the FBI statement.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said on Friday that he was certain that the man in the video, who was also wearing a gun in a holster and an over-stuffed backpack, was the primary suspect investigators were looking for ​to solve ​the high-profile case.

Nancy Guthrie was last seen on January 31 when family dropped ​her off at her home near Tucson after she ‌had dined with them, and relatives reported her missing the following day, authorities have said.

Nanos has said the elder Guthrie was extremely limited in her physical mobility and could not have left her home unassisted, leading investigators to conclude early on that she had been taken against her will.

At least two purported ransom notes have surfaced since she vanished, both of them delivered initially to news media outlets.

Traces of blood found on her front porch were confirmed by DNA tests to have come from Guthrie, officials said last week. Law enforcement and family members have described ‌her as being in frail health and in need of daily medication to survive. ​She also had a pacemaker.

The sheriff said on Friday that DNA from people other ​than Guthrie or those known to have been in close ​contact with her had also been collected from her property, but there has been no official word on any ‌further findings from those samples.

Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of the popular ​NBC News morning show "Today," has posted ​several video messages with her brother Camron Guthrie and sister Annie Guthrie pleading for their mother's return and appealing for the public's help in solving the case. In one video, they expressed a willingness to meet ransom demands.

Nanos told Reuters on Friday that ​no proof of life has surfaced since the abduction ‌but he was quick to add: "There's not been any proof of death either."

The presumed kidnapping has drawn intense media attention ​as well as expressions of sympathy and support from President Donald Trump.

(Reporting by Herbert Villarraga in Tucson, Arizona; Writing and ​additional reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Alistair Bell)

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Elizabeth Debicki appeared opposite Pitt in the big game trailer. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel drops surprise Super Bowl 2026 trailer with Brad Pitt's Cliff Booth return Elizabeth Debicki appeared opposite Pitt in the big game trailer. By Nick Romano :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/NicholasRomanoauthorphotoadc9b60763e34711935cbf7b3d768d24.jpg) Nick Romano is a senior editor at with 15 years of journalism experience covering entertainment. His work previously appeared in Vanity Fair, Vulture, IGN, and more. EW's editorial guidelines February 8, 2026 7:39 p.m.

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"I don't possess many talents, but I know better than to get in the way of a good story."

With those words, Brad Pitt returned as Cliff Booth, his Tinseltown stuntman from Quentin Tarantino's *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* — this time in the David Fincher-directed sequel film for Netflix, titled *The Adventures of Cliff Booth*. (Tarantino wrote the script.)

The follow-up dropped a surprise first-look trailer during Super Bowl 2026 on Sunday, revealing Pitt opposite Elizabeth Debicki (*The Crown*, *MaXXXine*).

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Debicki's character brings up the events of the first movie, wherein Cliff and Leonardo DiCaprio's Rick Dalton — the Hollywood actor Cliff doubled for on screen — tangoed with the Manson Family. She presses for more details, but as Cliff's playful response indicates, that story will be saved for the movie's release.

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Also spotted in the trailer — which isn't currently available to watch online in an official capacity, though copies continue to spread on social media — are Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Scott Caan, JB Tadena, and other costars.

The footage, which served more like a sizzle, featured a blitz of gunfire, chain-smoking, Cliff pulling off vehicular stunts, and a lots of censored material blurred by animation.

The Cliff role won Pitt his second Academy Award but first in an acting category at the 2020 Oscars ceremony.

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"I just wrapped on Fincher's *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* sequel, which was just such a dream to make," Debicki recently told PEOPLE at the Sundance Film Festival in January. "I absolutely loved it... We shot it for nearly six months in L.A., and I just adored, adored working with David, just love him to pieces. And I loved working with Brad. In his absolutely iconic role, yeah, it was a joy."

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A release date has not been set, but *The Adventures of Cliff Booth *will open later this year.

Other trailers to release during Super Bowl 2026 include spots for *Disclosure Day*, Steven Spielberg's UFO movie; *Scream 7*, featuring the return of Neve Campbell; and a *Mandalorian and Grogu* ad.**

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It's time to go nuts for Dunkin' and Ben Affleck at Super Bowl 2026.

After giving us the viral goods these past few years at the NFL's Big Game, the coffee and donut company turned their ad time into a team-up of 1980s and '90s sitcom all-stars for a reimagining of Affleck's 1997 film *Good Will Hunting*.

Affleck appeared in and co-wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for the original Gus Van Sant-directed movie with his buddy Matt Damon, who starred opposite the late Robin Williams. Affleck now takes over Damon's role of Will Hunting, a mathematics prodigy with a difficult life — only now it's set in a Dunkin' and takes on a sitcom feel.

An early teaser that dropped during the Grammys last week revealed *Friends* stars Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc, as well as *Seinfeld* alum Jason Alexander. But that was just the tip of the nostalgic iceberg as the commercial revealed actors from the beloved era of TV comedies.

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And if they all look as young as they appeared on TV decades ago, it's because they were digitally de-aged.

"Before the movie, a much better version of *Good Will Hunting* was made as a sitcom with a *real* genius in the lead — and some other actors," the narrator prefaces of *Good Will Dunkin'*.

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Jason Alexander in Dunkin' Donuts Super Bowl 2026 ad.

"Hey, Will! Did you arrange the Munchkins in the Fibonacci sequence?" Alexander, who famously played George Costanza on the nine-season-long *Seinfeld*, exclaims in the ad. "I got a genius workin' for me!"

The bit spoofs the premise of *Good Will Hunting*, which sees Damon's titular Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, discovered by faculty for solving a complex math problem.

"Being on set with Dunkin' didn't just feel like the '90s, it actually reminded me of the original sitcoms I grew up with," Alexander tells ** in a statement. "There's such a love for nostalgia right now, and Dunkin' is one of those everyday places that been part of people's lives for so long, it naturally brings that feeling to it."

Matt LeBlanc (Friends)

Matt LeBlanc in Dunkin' Donuts Super Bowl 2026 ad.

LeBlanc, funny enough, plays the Affleck-esque role as one of Will Hunting's friends, who riffs on his "genius" status. The commercial later offers a nod to the *Friends* star's memorable "How you doin'?" line as Joey Tribbiani from that sitcom when Affleck goes to hit on...

Jasmine Guy (A Different World)

Jasmine Guy in Dunkin' Donuts Super Bowl 2026 ad.

Jasmine Guy, known for her role of Whitley Marion Gilbert on *A Different World*, the *Cosby Show* spinoff, plays a woman who declares she'll marry the first man who can help her with the Fibonacci sequence.

Alfonso Ribeiro (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)

Alfonso Ribeiro in Dunkin' Donuts Super Bowl 2026 ad.

Alfonso Ribeiro, a.k.a. Carlton Banks (the man behind "the Carlton") from *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air*, plays one of Affleck's buddies trying to win over Guy. He whips out a photo of Will's girlfriend, played by Aniston, to remind him of his relationship.

"We're on a break!" Affleck's Will retorts as a wink to David Schwimmer's line as Ross Geller to Aniston's Rachel Green on *Friends*.

Ted Danson (Cheers)

Ted Danson in Dunkin' Donuts Super Bowl 2026 ad.

A visibly de-aged Ted Danson, who played bar owner Sam Malone on *Cheers* for 11 seasons, emerges from behind the Dunkin' Donuts cash register to share some sound advice. "Hey, kid. If you're still single, doing this Boston schtick, and workin' for Dunkin' when you're 50, I'm gonna be very disappointed," he says.

The dialogue reimagines Affleck's own tough-love speech from *Good Will Hunting*. However, as it happens, Affleck's relationship with Jennifer Lopez recently ended, so he is, as Danson says, single at 53 and working for Dunkin'.

Jaleel White (Family Matters)

Mr. "Did I Do That?" Steve Urkel himself, Jaleel White of *Family Matters*, is also present to direct Affleck's attention towards the window, where his girlfriend is there to deliver a snappy response.

Jennifer Aniston (Friends)

Jennifer Aniston and Tom Brady in Dunkin' Donuts Super Bowl 2026.

"You like donuts?" Aniston asks from the Dunkin' shop's window. "Well this is my new boyfriend. How yah like these nuts?" Of course, the ad offers the sitcom spoof here of Damon's Will giving the "How yah like them apples?" from *Good Will Hunting*.

Former football pro Tom Brady makes a brief appearance as Aniston's new beau. Brady has been involved in the past two Super Bowl commercials for Dunkin', which involved the DunKings music group concept.

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Dunkin' has been teasing the Big Game ad for some time. During an interview with journalist Kevin McCarthy back in January, McCarthy seemingly uncovered an IMDb page for *Good Will Hunting: The Sitcom*. Then followed a couple Grammy Awards teasers involving a mysterious VHS tape, and a '90s pop-up at MIT.

The company also signaled that L Street Tavern, the famous bar from *Good Will Hunting*, would serve as the site of Dunkin's Super Bowl Watch Party.

Watch the full Dunkin' Donuts Super Bowl 2026 commercial above.**

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- *Minions & Monsters* finds the Minions in search of monsters to cast in a Hollywood movie.

- It's the third *Minions* prequel and the seventh film in the *Despicable Me* franchise.

- The release date is currently set for July 1, 2026.

Gentleminions, assemble!

Since premiering in 2010, *Despicable Me* has ballooned into one of the most reliable modern franchises in Hollywood, spawning six follow-up films, numerous shorts and video games, and even a ride at Universal Studios. It's showing no signs of slowing, either — the last entry, 2024's *Despicable Me 4*, raked in nearly $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

"I think that the world of the characters lends itself to multiple stories because they're human, they're very relatable," said *Despicable Me 4* director Chris Renaud in a chat with **. "I think if you have animals or mystical creatures, it can be a bit more limiting because there's only a certain amount of things you can really dive into. And certain things, whether it's really breaking the format and saying, 'Hey, we're going to be 50 years in the future,' there's definitely still opportunities."

Read on for everything we know about *Minions & Monsters*, from its occult-inspired story to its release date.**

What is Minions & Monsters about?

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*Minions & Monsters*, the third prequel in the *Despicable Me* franchise, is described as the "rambunctious, ridiculous, and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created."

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The film is directed by Pierre Coffin, who in addition to being the primary voice of the Minions, previously co-directed four entries in the series. Brian Lynch, another franchise veteran, wrote the script.**

Is there a Minions & Monsters trailer?

The first trailer arrived during Super Bowl LX, and the clip delivers exactly what its title promises: Minions and monsters.

The story begins with the Minions infiltrating Hollywood and pitching their own monster movie. The problem? They'll need a truly impressive monster to get it made. They attempt to conjure a Cthulhu-like creature from the underworld, but end up with a cute, green guy who's not quite what they were looking for.

Thankfully, their new friend knows plenty of other fearsome (and photogenic) creatures, leading the Minions on a monster-collecting odyssey filled with octopus-like beasts, eyeball-filled blobs, gaseous bunny rabbits, and even a mummy.

"Hollywood has a monster problem," teases the film's tagline.**

Is there a Minions & Monsters release date?

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*Minions & Monsters* will waddle into theaters on July 1.

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