00:00Ellen DeGeneres donated $5,000 to her late producer's family as they desperately fight to bring his body home.
00:06That story and more in today's Page Six Headlines.
00:09He was an amazing guy. He was funny.
00:15God, he made me laugh. He would surprise me with things that he did all the time.
00:21He was smart. He was kind.
00:25He was a part of our show that, I mean, everyone loved him. Everyone loved him.
00:33I loved him. And it's just shocking. It's shocking.
00:37Ellen DeGeneres gave a tearful tribute to her friend Matthew Wright following his sudden death on October 30th.
00:43He was 52.
00:44The former Ellen DeGeneres show executive producer's family quickly surpassed their GoFundMe goal of $50,000.
00:51Created to help fly Wright's body from Los Angeles to New York,
00:54The fundraiser noted that Wright and his husband, Justin, were both laid off this summer.
00:58DeGeneres received backlash for her $5,000 donation,
01:01with a slew of social media users raging against the amount as a slap in the face.
01:06However, others speculated the comedian may be privately helping Wright's surviving family cover funeral costs.
01:12Next, Justin Timberlake is reportedly working on a bombshell docuseries,
01:15addressing his major career scandals set to hit Apple TV in December.
01:19The four-part tell-all doc will discuss the infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime performance with Janet Jackson
01:26and his tumultuous relationship with ex-Britney Spears, according to a new Variety report.
01:32Sources told the outlet that Jackson will appear in the doc and talk about the wardrobe malfunction that sidelined her
01:37career.
01:38Timberlake will also reportedly discuss damning comments Spears made about him,
01:42including in her 2023 memoir, The Woman and Me.
01:45In 2021, Timberlake posted a public apology to both Jackson and Spears,
01:50stating he benefited from a system that condones misogyny and racism.
01:54And finally, Nicole Taylor of the country group Taylor Redd has died at 35,
01:59following a battle with breast cancer.
02:01Her triplet sisters Nika and Natalie Taylor revealed the heartbreaking news on social media
02:05and paid tribute to their big sister.
02:07She was our oldest sister by one minute, older than me, Natalie, by a minute,
02:11and older than Nika by two minutes.
02:13So she was our fearless leader.
02:15She was the first to lose her tooth.
02:17She was always the one who would speak on behalf of us.
02:20She was the first to give her life to Christ.
02:22She would always speak up for what's right and always have her back.
02:25And her favorite color was cheetah print.
02:27She's definitely the more rocker, chick edgy one of us three.
02:31Her favorite food was charcuterie.
02:33She loved going out to eat and traveling.
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