Hilary Duff brings ex on stage, Variety Young Hollywood list drops

This is what dreams are made of! During her Madison Square Garden tour stop, Hilary Duff surprised the audience with a performance of “The Anthem” with ex Joel Madden and his band Good Charlotte. The show may have been sold out, but her biggest fans were cheering her on backstage. The “Lizzie McGuire” alum gave her three kids a shoutout during a speech, where she revealed that her 5-year-old daughter, Mae, was in the ER for stitches that morning. In this week’s Yap Session, we are reminiscing on the old while diving into the best of the 2026 Variety’s Young Hollywood Impact Report. Many of Hollywood’s most notable newbies made the cut, including Hudson Williams, Connor Storrie, Inde Navarrette and more. While Lauren Levy, Brianna Dunkers-Brown and Malik Cleveland gush over these rising stars, we also unpack the grandma who went viral for keeping a framed photo of Michael B. Jordan in her home.

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