Leslie Grossman and Sascha Penn Are Married! Inside Their Summer Elopement and Winter Wedding Party (Exclusive)

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NEED TO KNOW

• Leslie Grossman and Sascha Penn privately eloped in July 2025

• The couple later celebrated their marriage with an intimate New Year's Eve dinner, entirely planned by Ryan Murphy

• "It was like the bow on the whole thing that we didn't know we needed that ended up being so important," Grossman tells PEOPLE

Leslie Grossmanand Sascha Penn have tied the knot!

The actress, 54, and the film producer, 55, privately exchanged vows in July 2025 when they eloped on Martha's Vineyard, the same Massachusetts island they gotengagedat in August 2024. A few months later on New Year's Eve, the couple celebrated their marriage with an intimate dinner at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles thanks toRyan Murphy, 60, who planned the entire party.

"It really was the ultimate wedding gift that we didn't know that we needed," Grossman tells PEOPLE.

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Ahead of the celebration, the newlyweds opened up to Murphy about their "very special" elopement over dinner when the award-winning writer and producer suggested they have a party. Because the couple married later in life, they were focused on honoring the "miracle" of finding each other and hadn't considered having a traditional wedding.

"Ryan was like, 'Listen, your friends and your family want to celebrate you, and I'm giving you a party and that's that,' which was so sweet," Grossman remembers. "It was funny because my first instinct was, 'Oh, let's not make a big deal out of this,' and if you know Ryan Murphy, he's not someone that you say no to. And of course, because Ryan is always right, it ended up being truly one of the most special nights of our lives."

Murphy — who has been a "dear friend" of Grossman's for more than two decades and has worked with her on multiple projects, includingMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Storyand several seasons ofAmerican Horror Story— planned "the whole thing," leaving almost everything a surprise.

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"It was so beautiful and perfect and lovely," Grossman raves. "It was a really great way to welcome in the new year."

The celebration had "a winter wonderland vibe," and even though it rained, the unexpected weather made the gathering feel "even more dramatic and intimate."

Among the guests were actressesSarah Paulson, 51, and Holland Taylor, 83, who gave "the most lovely speech." Murphy's toast was "incredible" too, Grossman notes.

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Also at dinner were Penn's three adult children from a previous relationship, and Grossman's 19-year-old daughter Goldie, whom she shares with her ex-husband, Jon Bronson.

"My life is so much richer that I get to know these three people. They're the coolest people, and I'm so lucky that I get to know them," Grossman gushes. "And it's so great to see Goldie interact with Sascha because they have a really fun, lighthearted but meaningful connection. And it's just better than anything I could have imagined for myself."

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For the cocktail reception and dinner, Grossman selected a custom flocked dot tulle tea-length gown with Chantilly lace trim and a black velvet belt by Honor, jewelry by Forever Diamonds New York, and heels by Alena Ettea. To ring in the new year, she wore a black lace trim Zimmerman midi dress and Stuart Weitzman heels.

At midnight, everyone was dancing. In an "amazing, sweet moment of pure joy," Grossman and Goldie danced together toBeyoncé's "Love on Top."

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"Ryan was right, it's important to celebrate with the people who love you the most," Grossman says. "It was like the bow on the whole thing that we didn't know we needed that ended up being so important."

Afterward, Grossman and Penn headed back to their hotel room, where Penn, who is the creator and showrunner of the Starz crime drama seriesPower Book III: Raising Kanan, turned to his wife and said, "I think that was the best night of my life."

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"It was so special because it wasn't about the party, it was about just the people there," Grossman says.

Grossman is enjoying every aspect of married life so far with Penn, whom she met on a dating app in early 2022, and is prioritizing spending more time together.

"I feel like we waited a long time to find each other and it's about maximizing the time that we have to be together," Grossman shares. "What I'm most looking forward to is honestly all of the mundane little things about sharing a life with someone. My hopes are not big sweeping things, it's about all of the small little things that make sharing a life with someone so special."

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Grossman hopes her marriage reminds other women her age that it's never too late to find love, even after divorce.

"You can meet someone when you both come into it with full lives and stories and a little emotional mileage, and it can still be as good as you thought it was going to be when you were a very young person. In fact, it's even better," thePopularalum says.

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Grossman never expected to meet the love of her life at age 50.

"It sort of knocked my socks off," she shares, continuing, "[It] has added this whole huge new heart to my life that I didn't even know I needed or I wanted. And it's incredibly special when it's coming from this place of just addition. You're building on top of an already full life."

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Grossman emphasizes that marrying later in life is a completely different experience than tying the knot young because it's truly something a couple chooses out of love, not necessity.

"You're together because you want to be, because you're choosing it, not because you need it, you just want them in your life," she says. "It's just a reminder that it is never too late to start again and to begin again and to add a new chapter. It's never, ever, ever too late."

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2 Washington Post writers at the Olympics despite being laid off, say it was important to be there

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) —Washington PostcolumnistBarry Svrlugawas reporting from his first Winter Olympics whenLindsey Vonnleft her hospital bed after a crash and returned to compete days later at the 2006 Turin Games.

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He is back in Italy two decades later at theMilan Cortina Gamesand was there again to write about it when Vonn ended up back in the hospital following another crash. Even thoughhe's losing his job.

The Post announced two days before the Olympics opened last week that it was eliminating its sports section whilelaying off a third of its staff.Svrluga said the newspaper originally planned to send 14 staff members to these Games.

With air tickets and accommodation already paid for, Svrluga is one of four of the paper's journalists who decided to still come: He is in Cortina, Rick Maese is in Bormio, andLes Carpenterand national staffer Robert Samuels are in Milan.

"They can take away our section," Svrluga said, "but in a way, they can't take away our spirit."

Of the four, Svrluga and Carpenter are being laid off. They came to their final assignment anyway.

"I wanted to be occupied," said Svrluga, who is at his 12th Games. "I love covering the Olympics. … I had Lindsey injured in Sestriere and then had her gold (Vancouver, 2010) and I've had every one of her Olympic races, whether they were successes or not. Same with (Mikaela) Shiffrin."

The first Olympics that Svrluga worked at was the 2004 Athens Summer Games and he was immediately struck by the way colleagues at the paper collaborated at such a big event.

"It felt like a team sport for us and that benefited the section and the paper," Svrluga said. "What we're trying to do here is remind people — readers and decision makers — that these are a lot of committed people who were doing things for the right reasons."

Carpenter, the Post's Olympics writer, is at his eighth Games. He's been covering figure skating, speedskating and hockey.

"The Post sports department always had such a great connection with its readers. I felt I had to stay to tell the story of this Olympics for them," Carpenter said. "It's what I'd want as a reader. If this is the end for Post sports, let's give our most loyal readers our best."

Shiffrin trusted Svrluga with some personal news

Svrluga gave his readers — and the wider skiing community — reason for pause even before he got to Cortina.

An extensive pre-Games interview with Shiffrin and her mother and coach, Eileen, turned into much more than an Olympic preview story when they revealed to Svrluga why Eileen was absent at the start of this World Cup season: She had been diagnosed with cancer and faced six weeks of treatments.

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"This was a very personal situation," Svrluga said. "I'm thankful for them that they trusted me with the information. It's their story to tell."

Staff reductions are 'tragic for readers'

Changes across the industry have resulted in fewer American reporters attending events like the Olympics.

"That's tragic for readers," Svrluga said, noting how the extra space in the reporters' interview areas at the finish lines are "great for logistics and sad for the business."

Some of the people who Svrluga has reported on at the Olympics have reached out to him after word spread about the cuts at the Post. It's happened back in Washington, too, he said.

"People who have won World Series, people who own teams. I've been there 22 years, so you build relationships over time, even with people you battle with a little bit or you write something they don't like. It's still a human element to it," Svrluga said. "So I've heard from more people than I can count."

But, Svrluga added, "You don't want to be the story. You want to cover the story."

The Post's executive editor, Matt Murray, called the layoffs painful but necessary.

"You could argue maybe we're in this position because we didn't adapt or see what is coming next," Svrluga said. "It's obvious people get their news in different ways now. I'm 'old school' in one regard. … I hope that the people who are in their 20s and early 30s, like when I first went to the Olympics, are figuring out whatever's next. I would love for it to include written storytelling, because that's what I like to do."

A final story and 'the red wine will flow'

Eliminating the Post sports section was a sharp blow since the department has hosted many well-known bylines through the years, including the likes of John Feinstein, Michael Wilbon, Shirley Povich, Sally Jenkins and Tony Kornheiser.

Svrluga's final column from these Games will mark his final story for the Post. In the meantime, he's going to try and enjoy the Olympics — and being in Italy — more than he usually does while on assignment.

"The red wine," he said, "will flow."

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Who Has Jacob Elordi Dated? Inside the “Wuthering Heights” Star's Love Life

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NEED TO KNOW

• Jacob Elordi has been romantically linked to celebrities including Joey King, Zendaya and Kaia Gerber

• Most recently, Elordi has dated Olivia Jade Giannulli

• Though the couple broke up in August 2025, a source confirmed to PEOPLE that they had reconciled a month later

Jacob ElordiandOlivia Jade Giannulliare giving things another try.

After abrief breakupin August 2025, a source told PEOPLE that Elordi and Giannulli are "seeing each other again." The couple have been dating on and off since 2021.

In addition to Giannulli, Elordi has been linked to his fair share of celebrities, includingJoey KingandKaia Gerber. But the actor has been a romanticsince his very first kiss.

"Train station in East Malvern, in Melbourne, with a girl named Ruby," he recalled during an interview withW Magazinein February 2021. "We met at the station at, I think, 4:20 sharp. It was a date to meet and kiss. It's probably still one of the most romantic moments in my life."

Still, he insists he didn't always have luck in dating. "A party would happen, and everyone would be like, 'Oh, I hooked up with so-and-so,' or 'I got hooks with so-and-so,' and I just never had the hooks," he said of his early years looking for love.

Here's everything to know about Jacob Elordi's dating history.

Joey King

Elordi dated Joey King, hisKissing Boothcostar, for over a year before they split in 2018 — just as the movie debuted on Netflix. The exes worked together on twoKissing Boothsequels, which King said wasn't necessarily easy.

"It was crazy. It was a wild experience. But honestly, it was a really beautiful time, because I learned a lot about myself and I grew as an actor," she said of working with Elordiafter their split. "I grew as a person on this. It was fine. It was good."

She also revealed toHoward Sternthatshe "couldn't" date another actorafter Elordi, but doesn't regret their relationship at all.

"I think it's a good thing we dated in the first place. I learned the most I've ever learned in my life from him," she said. "I think that it's awesome to date someone in your field, who gets it, but doing the same exact thing as somebody is tough. It's really tough."

The exes appeared to be on friendly terms when they shared a funny moment together in August 2020. After Elordi claimed to have never seen their movie,The Kissing Booth 2, during an interview, Kingplayfully called him out on Twitter.

"Jacob watched it. He's capping," she wrote before quickly deleting the post.

Kingannounced her engagementto directorSteven Pietin March 2022, and the two wed in 2023.

Zendaya

King wasn't Elordi's onlyshowmance. Though their relationship was never officially confirmed, Elordi and his fellowEuphoriastar Zendaya were rumored to be a couple in August 2019 after cameras caught themvacationing together in Greece.

In December 2019, Elordi eluded talk of a romance with his costar during aninterview withGQ Australia. "She's like my sister. Zendaya is an amazing creative, you know?" he said. "She's super dope to work with. She's an incredible artist and a very caring person to all of us."

Despite their sibling-like bond, Elordi and Zendaya werespotted getting cozyat the American Australian Arts Awards dinner in January 2020, and days later, they werephotographed kissingin New York City's SoHo neighborhood.

Elordi and Zendaya were alsospotted cuddlingin the audience ofDear Evan Hansenon Broadway in February 2020. Still, the pair took great pains not to go public with their status, declining to take photos with just the two of them when they met the cast backstage. "They gushed about the musical and each other," a source said. "She did not intro him as her boyfriend, but it was very obvious that they were together. They were trying not to hold hands and stuff and give away that they were a couple since there were lots of people around."

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Zendaya and Elordi appear to have fizzled out after spring 2020, but remained friendly. TheDeep Wateractor congratulated Zendaya on herhistoric Emmy winin September 2020. "Congratulations Captain 🖤 @zendaya Bravo 💜," hewrote on his Instagram Story.

Zendaya is now engaged to herSpider-MancostarTom Holland.

Kaia Gerber

Elordi was first linked to Kaia Gerber in September 2020, when they werephotographed holding handsin N.Y.C. Theybecame Instagram official on Halloween 2020with the ultimate rock 'n' roll couple's costume:ElvisandPriscilla Presley.

In November 2020, a sourcetold PEOPLEthat Elordi and Gerber were "very sweet" together and that Gerber's famous parents, modelsCindy CrawfordandRande Gerber, approved of the pairing.

By the following summer, Elordi and Gerber appeared comfortable speaking about their relationship publicly. In theJune/July issue ofVogue, Gerber opened up about how happy she was with Elordi.

"Being able to be with someone I trust, where we don't want anything from each other, having a safe, steady relationship like that, has really opened my eyes to the possibilities of love and what it feels like to love without conditions," she said. "Lust is touching other people or wanting them, but love is really seeing someone."

In August,Elordi revealedonJimmy Kimmel Live!that Gerber had cut off his "quarantine mullet" within a week of dating. The next month, the couplemade their red carpet debutat theAcademy Museum of Motion Pictures' opening gala.

In November 2021, however, Elordi and Kaia split,sources told PEOPLE. Inan interview withMen's Health, conducted before the couple's breakup but released afterward, Elordi said of Gerber, "She handles herself wonderfully publicly. And I've learned so much from her about how to handle it, how to deal with it and just kind of bewhateverabout it, you know?"

Gerber began datingElvisactorAustin Butlerin December 2021, though theybroke upnear the end of 2024.

Olivia Jade Giannulli

In December 2021, just a month after Elordi and Gerber split, theEuphoriastar wasspotted grabbing coffeewithOlivia Jade Giannulli, daughter ofLori LoughlinandMossimo Giannulli.

An insidertold PEOPLEat the time that Giannulli and Elordi were "casually dating," though another source denied it. It's unclear how the pair met, but their time together — platonic or not — has been on-again, off-again.

Elordi and Giannulli reportedly called it quits in August 2022 because neither were pursuing anything serious. Nearly a year later, the couple were seenvacationing together in Italy.

"They are 100 percentgoing strong," a source told PEOPLE in July 2023. "[It's] getting serious."

In August 2025, a source confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple had recently broken up, but by the following month, they were back on.

"Even though they've been on and off, they still talk all the time and remained close friends," a source told PEOPLE in September 2025. "Her family really likes him and they have the same circle of friends."

In January 2026,Giannulli joined Elordiat a screening ofFrankensteinin New York City.

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Reports: RHP Zac Gallen returns to D-backs on 1-year deal

After testing the open market, right-handed starting pitcher Zac Gallen is re-signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks on a one-year contract, multiple media outlets reported Friday.

According to The Athletic, Gallen's deal is worth $22,025,000 -- the same value of Arizona's qualifying offer that Gallen rejected. The same report added that $14 million of the salary would be deferred.

Gallen, 30, was coming off his worst full season as a pro. He went 13-15 in 33 starts with a 4.83 ERA, 175 strikeouts and 66 walks. The losses, ERA and walks all marked career-worst numbers.

Gallen was an All-Star in 2023 and finished third in National League Cy Young Award voting after going 17-9 with a 3.47 ERA, a career-high 220 strikeouts and 47 walks in 34 starts (210 innings).

In 176 career major league appearances (all starts) for the Miami Marlins (2019) and Arizona (2019-25), Gallen is 66-52 with a 3.58 ERA. He finished ninth in NL Cy Young balloting in 2020 and fifth in 2022.

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Wisconsin slays another giant as Badgers roll to 92-71 victory over No. 10 Michigan State

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nick Boyd scored 29 points and shot 5 of 7 from 3-point range as Wisconsin trouncedNo. 10Michigan State 92-71 on Friday night, marking the second time in four nights that the Badgers have beaten a top-10 team.

Wisconsin (18-7, 10-4 Big Ten) is the first team to post three wins over top-10 squads this season. The Badgers won91-88at No. 2 Michigan on Jan. 10 and pulled out a92-90overtime victory at No. 8 Illinois on Tuesday.

The Badgers made their first five 3-point attempts in the opening 5 1/2 minutes and never looked back on their way to a surprisingly easy victory that ended with a court storming.

Wisconsin never trailed and led by as many as 24. The Badgers shot 15 of 35 from 3-point range, including 10 of 17 in the first half.

Boyd scored 20 of his 29 points in the first half, while John Blackwell had 19 of his 24 in the second half. Nolan Winter added 10 points and 11 rebounds for Wisconsin.

Coen Carr had 19 points to lead Michigan State (20-5, 10-4). Jeremy Fears Jr. had 14 points and 12 assists, but he shot just 3 of 12 from the floor.

Michigan State trailed 24-14 when Spartans center Carson Cooper landed awkwardly on a drive attempt and briefly left the game. The Badgers outscored Michigan State 8-0 while Cooper was out — completing a 15-0 spurt — and led 32-14 when he got back on the floor two minutes later.

The Spartans cut the margin to nine on a couple of occasions after Cooper returned, but Wisconsin built its lead back up and led 51-34 at the break. The margin never dipped below 15 in the second half.

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Michigan State hosts UCLA on Tuesday night.

Wisconsin visits Ohio State on Tuesday night.

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