Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on August 28, 2026. Here are the key takeaways:
• Brittany Cartwright was granted a temporary protective order against estranged husband Jax Taylor in Los Angeles Superior Court on August 27. The Valley star accused Taylor of domestic violence, coercive control, financial abuse, gaslighting and physical violence spanning nearly a decade. A judge ordered him to stay 100 yards away, but denied her request for sole custody of their son, Cruz, until a court hearing. Jax has denied the claims.
• Oliver Hudson and Erinn Bartlett moved their eldest son, Wilder, into his college dorm, Bartlett shared on Instagram on August 24. The couple, who celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in June, helped Wilder and his roommate set up the room with matching gray duvets, fairy lights and a rug beneath their lofted beds — a milestone Bartlett said came with “lots of tears.”
• Nick Hogan said he and sister Brooke Hogan are in “a really good place” in a TV Insider interview published August 28. Nick praised Brooke’s interior decorating career and her recent stint on Rock the Block, striking a warmer tone than Brooke’s earlier remarks about feeling unsupported by him during her estrangement from their late father, Hulk Hogan, who died in July 2025.
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