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  • “Star Trek”’s Whoopi Goldberg defends present from ‘woke’ political accusations: ‘Do your job’

    “Star Trek”’s Whoopi Goldberg defends present from ‘woke’ political accusations: ‘Do your job’

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    • Whoopi Goldberg referred to as out Elon Musk and Stephen Miller for attacking Star Trek's new sequence.
    • "These persons are bitching a few TV present," the Subsequent Era star mentioned on The View.
    • Goldberg mentioned they shouldn't fear a few present being "woke" whereas "persons are being shot and killed."

    Whoopi Goldberg has beamed up a passionate protection for her beloved Star Trek sequence amid assaults from political figures like Elon Musk and Stephen Miller.

    The Oscar-winning actress — who portrayed Guinan on Star Trek: The Subsequent Era — referred to as Musk and Miller out on The View over "bitching a few TV present" following the boys's harsh criticism of the brand new franchise sequence Star Trek: Starfleet Academy amid chaotic social and political panorama in America.

    "They're complaining that the present has gone woke," Goldberg, 70, mentioned of the pair, after Musk, 54, wrote on X that the physique forms of the present's solid indicated, to him, that "they banned Ozempic and LASIK sooner or later." White Home Deputy Chief of Workers, 40-year-old Miller, later mentioned on the identical web site that "it’s not too late for @paramountplus to avoid wasting the franchise" and referred to as for the platform to present "whole inventive management" to former star William Shatner.

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    Denise Crosby and Whoopi Goldberg on 'Star Trek: The New Era'.

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    Goldberg, a longtime supporter of Star Trek who even hosted a 2023 series reunion on The View, regarded into the digital camera on Wednesday's episode ofthe speak showto inform each Musk and Miller, "When you've by no means been asleep, you may't be woke."

    "See, this was a present that was created with the concept folks from different planets would come and we’d all discover a method to exist collectively," Goldberg mentioned. "This was [creator Gene Roddenberry's] concept, this was his dream. While you watch Star Trek, that's what it exhibits you."

    She then requested, "Why are you concentrating on a tv present when persons are being shot and killed, when persons are going hungry, when farmers are dropping their farms, children can't get meals in school? Why are you being attentive to this?"

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    She estimated that it was a measure "to distract from all the things" that's happening in America.

    "Please, do your job, and we actors and folks from outer house, we'll do ours," Goldberg mentioned, earlier than throwing the present to a industrial break because the viewers applauded her phrases.

    Starfleet Academy star Gina Yashere, 51, additionally defended the present in current weeks, with the English performer saying in an interview on CNN's The Story Is With Elex Michaelson that"Star Trek has been woke from day one," and that "woke is an efficient phrase" that has "been given destructive connotations, however woke simply means you're awake and conscious of all the things that's happening on this planet round you."

    Whoopi Goldberg reprises her role as Guinan with Patrick Stewart on 'Star Trek: Picard'
    Whoopi Goldberg reprises her function as Guinan with Patrick Stewart on 'Star Trek: Picard'. Nicole Wilder/Paramount+

    Yashere added, "That's what Star Trek has all the time been about, so we're simply carrying on that legacy."

    After Miller named 94-year-old Shatner immediately, the actor mocked the determine's earlier message in a prolonged response of his personal on X.

    "I’m so on the identical web page with you @StephenM ! The truth that they haven’t treatment Hyperopia by the 32rd Century is an abysmal oversight on the writers! Additionally @paramountplus must up the finances as a result of I’m certain {that a} effectively oiled group like Starfleet within the distant future might afford a couple of pair of glasses for a minimum of this hyperopic bridge crew," Shatner wrote. "Do they move the glasses round whereas piloting the ship? Disgrace on the road producers! That’s what you meant, proper? I’m able to assume command of the sequence! Name me!"

    The View airs weekdays on ABC.

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  • Nicholas Galitzine is He-Man in “Masters of the Universe” first-look teaser

    Nicholas Galitzine is He-Man in “Masters of the Universe” first-look teaser

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    Nicholas Galitzine has the powerrrrrrrrr!

    After starring in a string of hits — together with Red, White & Royal Blue, Bottoms, Purple Hearts, and The Idea of You — the British actor is taking up his largest position but (effectively, when it comes to muscle tissues), enjoying the enduring He-Man within the upcoming Masters of the Universe.

    Directed by Travis Knight (Bumblebee, Kubo and the Two Strings), the Amazon MGM and Mattel Studios film, based mostly on the traditional Eighties toy model that spawned comedian books and a well-liked animated sequence, hits theaters on June 5.

    After Galitzine beforehand teased his transformation with a silhouetted on-set photograph, we now have our first official take a look at the flick with a brand new teaser trailer.

    In it, Galitzine stars as Prince Adam, son of King Randor and Queen Marlena, a former astronaut from Earth. All of them reside in Citadel Grayskull, which is guarded by the Sorceress, within the land of Eternia. However evil Skeletor desires to destroy Eternia and seize the highly effective Sword of Grayskull, which turns Adam into He-Man. Becoming a member of him in his quest to guard Eternia are Duncan/Man-At-Arms; Duncan's adoptive daughter, Teela; Duncan's brother Malcolm/Fisto; Roboto; and Ram-Man.

    Becoming a member of forces with Skeletor are Evil-Lyn, Entice Jaw, and Tri-Klops.

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    Masters of the Universe encompasses a star-studded forged that features Camila Mendes as Teela, Idris Elba as Man-At-Arms, Jared Leto as Skeletor, Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, James Purefoy as King Randor, Charlotte Riley as Queen Marlena, Morena Baccarin because the Sorceress, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Fisto, Kristen Wiig because the voice of Roboto, Jon Xue Zhang as Ram-Man, Kojo Attah as Tri-Klops, Sam C. Wilson as Entice Jaw, and Sasheer Zamata as Adam's greatest pal on Earth, Suzie.

    See the teaser trailer above — and anticipate extra to return very quickly.

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  • Blake Energetic’s unsealed texts to Taylor Swift name Justin Baldoni a ‘doofus’ who ‘thinks he is a author now’

    Blake Energetic’s unsealed texts to Taylor Swift name Justin Baldoni a ‘doofus’ who ‘thinks he is a author now’

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    • Newly unsealed excerpts of textual content messages present Blake Energetic's candid value determinations of her It Ends With Us director and costar Justin Baldoni that she despatched to pal Taylor Swift.
    • In among the messages to Swift, Energetic referred to Baldoni as a "clown" and a "doofus" who "thinks he's a author now."
    • Swift shouldn’t be named within the swimsuit Energetic introduced towards Baldoni in December 2024, however Baldoni's authorized workforce tried — and failed — to subpoena her in 2025.

    Blake Energetic has made comparatively few public feedback about her expertise with Justin Baldoni, her It Ends With Us director and costar, ever since their lives have been engulfed in an ongoing authorized battle that kicked off shortly after the movie's 2024 premiere. However in personal, Energetic was prolific in her criticisms of the filmmaker whereas they shot the romantic drama.

    A newly and solely partially unsealed doc obtained by PEOPLE contains a number of excerpts of messages Energetic allegedly despatched to her longtime good friend Taylor Swift whereas in manufacturing on It Ends With Us. Energetic referred to Baldoni as a "clown" and as "this doofus director of my film" who "thinks he's a author now."

    Baldoni's authorized workforce alleges that Energetic requested Swift to log out on a revised model of the It Ends With Us script "with out having learn it" as she was on her technique to Energetic's residence, the place Baldoni was current.

    "I'll do something for you !!" Swift allegedly replied. After the assembly, Energetic then texted Swift to inform her she was "so epically heroic as we speak" and that she "recapped each second" to husband Ryan Reynolds.

    Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively star in IT ENDS WITH US
    Justin Baldoni and Blake Energetic in 'It Ends With Us'.

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    "I stored remembering stuff- You making s— up about me and lenses. And referring to your self as my doll. This clown falling for all of it. But in addition resisting it," Energetic wrote to Swift in excerpts of the alleged messages. "You’re the worlds absolute best good friend ever."

    Leisure Weekly has reached out to representatives for Swift, Energetic, and Baldoni.

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    That is solely the newest salvo in a struggle Energetic launched in December 2024, when she filed a criticism with the California Civil Rights Division towards Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and of organizing a smear marketing campaign to spoil her public picture. She adopted that up with a lawsuit filed in New York federal courtroom towards Baldoni and his manufacturing firm, Wayfarer Studios.

    Baldoni has maintained his innocence and filed his personal $400 million lawsuit towards Energetic and Reynolds, claiming civil extortion, defamation, breach of contract, and invasion of privateness. That countersuit was dismissed in June.

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    Taylor Swift and Blake Energetic on the Tremendous Bowl in 2024.

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    Although Swift and Energetic's well-documented friendship dates again to 2015, the "Merciless Summer season" celebrity has vigorously maintained her distance from the It Ends With Us authorized battle.

    After considered one of Baldoni's attorneys despatched Swift a subpoena Final Could, requesting her testimony within the upcoming trial, a consultant for Swift hit again arduous, claiming in a press release shared with EW, "Taylor Swift by no means set foot on the set of this film, she was not concerned in any casting or artistic selections, she didn’t rating the movie, she by no means noticed an edit or made any notes on the movie, she didn’t even see It Ends With Us till weeks after its public launch, and was touring across the globe throughout 2023 and 2024 headlining the most important tour in historical past."

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  • Director Sam Raimi roasts Rachel McAdams’ early films, flubbing the title of Rob Schneider’s “The Sizzling Chick”

    Director Sam Raimi roasts Rachel McAdams’ early films, flubbing the title of Rob Schneider’s “The Sizzling Chick”

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    Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness director Sam Raimi couldn't resist roasting actress Rachel McAdams, who starred in Marvel's Physician Unusual and its sequel, at her Hollywood Stroll of Fame star ceremony.

    "In 2001, Rachel made her movie debut in Shotgun Love Dolls," Raimi mentioned of the Canadian actress, with whom he additionally collaborates on the upcoming movie Ship Assist. "The film opened to unlucky circumstances as all of the seats confronted the display screen. Then in 2002, Rachel got here to Hollywood, the place she starred within the prestigious Sizzling Chicks, thought-about by many because the Citizen Kane of Rob Schneider body-swap films."

    The director flubbed the title of Schneider's masterpiece, which is The Sizzling Chick.

    Within the 2002 comedy, McAdams performs a catty teen who's became, yep, Saturday Night time Stay alum Schneider, by way of a curse. (For what it's price, the critiques from critics at present stand at 21 % on Rotten Tomatoes.)

    Raimi started his speech by saying that the distinction for the star of later gems equivalent to The Pocket book, Imply Women, and Highlight was "a lot deserved," however he saved it humorous.

    "Again then, Hollywood was a tricky place to be for a younger actress. And for Rachel, it was no completely different," he mentioned. "Individuals had been imply. They'd stroll throughout her. However after 25 years of very good performances, she's risen to nice heights. And now, due to that star, folks will as soon as once more stroll throughout her."

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    He additionally made positive to poke enjoyable at himself.

    "Rachel's newest movie is a thriller known as Ship Assist, which can be what Rachel mentioned after she came upon I used to be directing. As her director, I can truthfully state that Rachel McAdams is without doubt one of the greatest actors within the film. There are solely two actors within the film."

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    Then he bought severe.

    "Congratulations, Rachel," Raimi mentioned. "You might be so variety and thoughtful. You're an excellent collaborator and a superb good friend and an actual film star, somebody to mild up this Hollywood Stroll of Fame. And you might be actually deserving of this honor. And all of us love you. Thanks, Rachel."

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    Dylan O'Brien, Sam Raimi, Rachel McAdams, and Domhnall Gleeson.

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    McAdams's newest film, Ship Assist, costars Dylan O'Brien, Bruce Campbell, and Dennis Haysbert, in a psychological thriller about two colleagues who’re the one survivors on a abandoned island after a aircraft crash.

    Ship Assist arrives in theaters Jan. 30.

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  • Djimon Hounsou’s ex and co-parent arrested after he alleges assault

    Djimon Hounsou’s ex and co-parent arrested after he alleges assault

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    Actor Djimon Hounsou says he's been the sufferer of home violence.

    The Atlanta Police Division arrested his ex, Riza Simpson, who shares two kids with him, on Jan. 16, the division confirmed to Leisure Weekly. She is charged with obstruction and easy assault – household violence, stemming from a Dec. 2 incident.

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    The actor, who's recognized for his Oscar-nominated performances in Blood Diamond and In America, in addition to roles in Amistad and Gladiator, informed police that "his ex-girlfriend, Riza Simpson, was given a discover to vacate the premises since he doesn’t need her to be on the residence," in response to the police report. "Mr. Hounsou acknowledged that Ms. Simpson has been residing there for about three to 4 years now and share two youngsters collectively."

    He described the alleged violent encounter.

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    Riza Simpson and Djimon Hounsou share two kids.

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    "Mr. Hounsou acknowledged that after telling Ms. Simpson to go away, Ms. Simpson was upset and stood by the driving force facet door of his car contained in the storage to retrieve a set of keys for the home when he was attempting to go away the placement," the report continued. "Mr. Hounsou acknowledged that Ms. Simpson then begins to strike his face with a closed fist inflicting his left eye to be crimson and barely swollen. Mr. Hounsou acknowledged that he just lately obtained surgical procedure on his eyes prior from him being hit to his left eye. Mr. Hounsou left the home to return to the Zone 2 precinct to doc this incident."

    The report listed the actor because the sufferer and famous that he had suffered "bruising and/or swelling."

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    Hounsou informed police that his youngsters had been upstairs and "didn’t see the incident however probably heard it," in response to the report.

    Police stated that Hounsou was instructed each on methods to acquire a short lived protecting order and the way the eviction course of works within the county.

    The obstruction cost towards Simpson comes from her "offering false data and refusing to adjust to lawful instructions," per the report.

    EW wasn't instantly in a position to acquire contact data for Simpson, however has reached out to reps for Hounsou.

    Us Weekly experiences {that a} court docket date is scheduled for Jan. 21.

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  • What sparked the Beckham household drama? Breaking down the years-long feud and the way it got here to a head this week

    What sparked the Beckham household drama? Breaking down the years-long feud and the way it got here to a head this week

    Brooklyn Beckham attends the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 21, 2024, in Paris; David and Victoria Beckham attend the world premiere of 'Victoria Beckham' at the Curzon Mayfair on October 8, 2025, in London Brooklyn Beckham attends the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 21, 2024, in Paris; David and Victoria Beckham attend the world premiere of 'Victoria Beckham' at the Curzon Mayfair on October 8, 2025, in London
    Brooklyn Beckham attends the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer season 2025 present as a part of Paris Vogue Week on June 21, 2024, in Paris; David and Victoria Beckham attend the world premiere of 'Victoria Beckham' on the Curzon Mayfair on October 8, 2025, in London. Credit score:

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    • On Jan. 19, Brooklyn Beckham accused his mother and father, David and Victoria Beckham, of making an attempt to smash his relationship together with his spouse, Nicola Peltz.
    • In a number of prolonged posts to his Instagram Tales, Brooklyn declared he has no need to "reconcile" together with his household.
    • David Beckham not directly addressed the submit throughout a CNBC interview on Jan. 20.

    The Beckham household feud has reached a boiling level.

    Rumors of a rising rift between Brooklyn Beckham and his mother and father, Spice Ladies singer Victoria Beckham and former soccer champ David Beckham, have been circulating since 2022, when the mannequin married actress Nicola Peltz.

    Many have speculated that Brooklyn's relationship with Peltz is the supply of the familial rigidity, and Brooklyn confirmed as a lot in a scathing collection of Instagram Tales shared on Monday, Jan. 19. "My mother and father have been making an attempt endlessly to smash my relationship since earlier than my wedding ceremony, and it hasn't stopped," he claimed, whereas declaring that he has no need to "reconcile" together with his household.

    Leisure Weekly has reached out to representatives for David and Victoria, in addition to their sons Cruz and Romeo James.

    So, what triggered the posts? And the way have Brooklyn's kin responded to his public airing of grievances? Under, we break down the Beckham household drama.

    Why is Brooklyn Beckham feuding together with his mother and father?

    Brooklyn Peltz Beckham and Nicola Peltz attend the Moncler Grenoble Fall/Winter 2025 show on March 15, 2025, in Courchevel, France
    Brooklyn Peltz Beckham and Nicola Peltz attend the Moncler Grenoble Fall/Winter 2025 present on March 15, 2025, in Courchevel, France.

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    As reported by PEOPLE, the feud allegedly started over a costume.

    Initially, it was rumored that Peltz declined to put on a marriage costume designed by Victoria, as an alternative strolling down the aisle in a customized Valentino costume. Peltz informed Variety in 2022 that there was no drama, and that the one motive she didn't put on a costume from Victoria was as a result of "her atelier couldn't do it."

    "She didn't say you’ll be able to't put on it; I didn't say I didn't wish to put on it," she asserted.

    Nonetheless, rumors persevered, and in Might 2025 a supply informed PEOPLE that Peltz had deliberate on carrying considered one of Victoria's clothes till Victoria modified her thoughts.

    Extra conflicting narratives in regards to the wedding ceremony quickly emerged, together with one about Victoria allegedly "hijacking" a dance together with her son on the reception. The music they danced to was mentioned to be meant for Brooklyn and Peltz.

    "Nicola felt like Victoria did this on function, when she knew it was a pre-planned romantic dance meant for Brooklyn and Nicola," a supply informed PEOPLE in Might 2025, noting that Peltz left the room in tears. "What she couldn't perceive was why."

    That very same month, eyebrows have been raised when Brooklyn and Peltz didn't attend David's star-studded fiftieth birthday celebration in London. PEOPLE reported that the pair obtained an invitation, however selected to not attend as a result of Brooklyn didn't wish to be in the identical room as Kim Turnbull, who was then courting his brother Romeo.

    All through the summer season and fall, sources whispered of "tensions between Brooklyn and Nicola and the household" as numerous members of the family shared cryptic posts to social media fueling the fireplace. In late December, it was reported that David, Victoria, Brooklyn, and Peltz had unfollowed one another on Instagram, although Brooklyn's brother Cruz claimed that he, David, and Victoria had been blocked by Brooklyn. A consultant for Victoria informed PEOPLE on the time that Cruz "was responding to tales that [his] mother and father had unfollowed their son, which isn’t true."

    What did Brooklyn Beckham say about his mother and father on Instagram?

    Brooklyn Beckham attends the Burberry Winter 2025 show during London Fashion Week on February 24, 2025
    Brooklyn Beckham attends the Burberry Winter 2025 present throughout London Vogue Week on February 24, 2025.

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    On Jan. 19, Brooklyn took to his Instagram Tales to say that David and Victoria "have been making an attempt endlessly to smash my relationship since earlier than my wedding ceremony, and it hasn't stopped."

    Talking in regards to the costume incident, Brooklyn alleged that Victoria had promised to make a marriage costume for Peltz, however cancelled "within the eleventh hour," forcing Peltz "to urgently discover a new costume."

    He additionally claimed that Victoria had "hijacked" a dance on the wedding ceremony, noting that it was to a "romantic love music" and had been deliberate weeks prior. "She danced very inappropriately on me in entrance of everybody. I’ve by no means felt extra uncomfortable or humiliated in my complete life," he wrote.

    Brooklyn additionally alleged that “the night time earlier than our wedding ceremony, members of my household informed me that Nicola was ‘not blood’ and ‘not household.’"

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    As for David's fiftieth birthday celebration, Brooklyn mentioned he and Peltz traveled to London for the occasion, however "have been rejected for per week as we waited in our lodge room making an attempt to plan high quality time with him." He went on to say that David "refused all of our makes an attempt, except it was at his huge birthday celebration with 100 friends and cameras at each nook."

    He continued, "When he lastly agreed to see me, it was below the situation that Nicola wasn’t invited. It was a slap within the face. Later, when my household travelled to LA, they refused to see me in any respect."

    This, Brooklyn claimed, was considered one of a number of examples of how the "household values public promotion and endorsements [coming] above all else." He even alleged that he was "repeatedly pressured" by his mother and father previous to his wedding ceremony to "[sign] away the rights to my title, which might have affected me, my spouse, and our future youngsters."

    That alleged need to manage him and "Model Beckham," he claimed, has led his mother and father to "place numerous lies within the media, largely on the expense of harmless folks, to protect their very own facade."

    He wrote, “I’ve been silent for years and made each effort to maintain these issues non-public. Sadly, my mother and father and their staff have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no alternative however to talk for myself and inform the reality about solely among the lies which have been printed."

    As Brooklyn put it, he's "standing up for myself the primary time in my life," and has no need to "reconcile" together with his household.

    How have the Beckhams responded to Brooklyn's claims?

    Victoria and David Beckham attend the Netflix 'Beckham' U.K. premiere at the Curzon Mayfair on October 3, 2023, in London
    Victoria and David Beckham attend the Netflix 'Beckham' U.Okay. premiere on the Curzon Mayfair on October 3, 2023, in London.

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    Throughout an look on CNBC's Squawk Field, David not directly addressed his son's Instagram submit. Although he didn't explicitly title Brooklyn, he mentioned throughout a dialogue of social media and psychological well being that his youngsters "make errors."

    "Youngsters are allowed to make errors," he added. "That's how they study. That's what I attempt to train my youngsters, however, you realize, you must typically allow them to make these errors as properly."

    A reporter from Sky Information tried to ask David about Brooklyn on the 2026 World Financial Discussion board, although David refused to reply.
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  • Russell Model granted bail following extra sexual assault prices

    Russell Model granted bail following extra sexual assault prices

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    Russell Model has been granted bail after being charged with two extra counts of sexual assault in December.

    The Get Him to the Greek actor, 50, made a video look in Westminster Magistrates' Court docket on Monday afternoon, the BBC studies. Model reportedly solely acknowledged his title and date of start within the six-minute-long listening to.

    In December, Model was charged with one depend of rape and one depend of sexual assault related to 2 separate alleged incidents involving two girls that occurred in 2009, the outlet reported, citing court docket paperwork. He’s subsequent scheduled to seem in Southwark Crown Court docket on Feb. 17.

    Model's lawyer, Oliver Schneider-Sikorsky, didn’t instantly reply to Leisure Weekly’s request for remark.

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    Russell Model arrives at Southwark Crown Court docket on Might 30, 2025 in London, England.

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    The most recent prices come eight months after Model pleaded not responsible to 2 counts of rape, one depend of indecent assault, and two counts of sexual assault associated to a number of alleged incidents involving 4 girls between 1995 and 2005. A trial for these prices is scheduled to start on June 16 at Southwark Crown Court docket.

    "The ladies who’ve made studies, together with these related to the 2 new prices, proceed to obtain help from specifically skilled officers," Metropolitan Police Service Detective Chief Inspector Tariq Farooqi mentioned in a December assertion. "The Met’s investigation stays ongoing, and detectives urge anybody affected by this case, or anybody with data, to come back ahead and converse with police."

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    Detectives first started investigating Model in September 2023 following a joint investigation by The U.Ok. Instances, The Sunday Instances, and U.Ok. community Channel 4's tv collection, Dispatches. Previous to the discharge of their report, Model revealed a YouTube video wherein he denied all the claims towards him.

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    "These allegations pertain to the time after I was working within the mainstream, after I was within the newspapers on a regular basis, after I was within the motion pictures. And as I've written about extensively in my books, I used to be very, very promiscuous," he mentioned on the time. "Now throughout that point of promiscuity, the relationships I had had been completely at all times consensual. I used to be at all times clear about that then — nearly too clear — and I'm being clear about it now as effectively."

    Model — who additionally starred in movies like Arthur and Forgetting Sarah Marshall — isn’t any stranger to courting controversy. Nevertheless, today, he’s finest identified for his YouTube channel, the place he has been accused of pushing varied conspiracy theories.

    Final December, he made an look at conservative youth group Turning Level USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix.

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  • Meet the solid of “Survivor 50”

    Meet the solid of “Survivor 50”

    Mike White, Chrissy Hofbeck, and Ozzy Lusth of 'Survivor 50' Mike White, Chrissy Hofbeck, and Ozzy Lusth of 'Survivor 50'
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    Survivor usually waits till a few month earlier than a season premieres to formally reveal its solid, however nothing is regular about what would be the landmark fiftieth installment of the truth competitors collection.

    Although Survivor 50 won’t hit TV screens till Feb. 25, 2026, and the complete solid for the season that aired earlier than it (Survivor 49) had but to be revealed exterior of a teaser video at that time, host and showrunner Jeff Probst introduced the Survivor 50 solid again on a Could episode of CBS Mornings.

    The supersized group of 24 individuals marks the largest batch of contestants but, and it options gamers going all the way in which again from season 1 of Survivor: Borneo (Jenna Lewis-Dougherty) as much as Survivor 49 (newly topped winner Savannah Louie and her accomplice in crime Rizo Velovic, who solely had round 10 days again residence in between filming on seasons.)

    Colby Donaldson, Stephenie LaGrossa and Benjamin “Coach” Wade on 'Survivor'
    Colby Donaldson, Stephenie LaGrossa, and Benjamin 'Coach' Wade on 'Survivor'.

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    The solid additionally options two legends competing for the fifth time, Cirie Fields and Ozzy Lusth. That may tie them with Boston Rob Mariano, who additionally performed the sport 5 instances (and appeared as a non-competing mentor on a sixth season).

    And non-Survivor followers will discover a really well-known face returning to the franchise: The White Lotus creator Mike White will compete alongside two of his David vs. Goliath castmates (Angelina Keeley and Christian Hubicki), each of whom he solid for season 2 of the hit HBO collection.

    Whereas the solid hails from all the way in which again to the present's starting, there may be positively an emphasis on the newest seasons. 5 of the gamers come from seasons 48 and 49, whereas 11 of the 24 Survivor 50 castaways are from the previous 5 seasons, together with the one three winners in Dee Valladares (Survivor 45) and Kyle Fraser (Survivor 48) and Savannah.

    Jeff Probst says last 'Survivor 50' cast cuts were 'brutal' Jeff Probst on "Survivor 48' Jeff Probst explains why no season 40 winners were asked back for 'Survivor 50' Jeff Probst on 'Survivor 49'

    There are additionally no contestants who competed for the very first time between seasons 19 and 31, with the complete solid first gracing our screens both earlier than or after Survivor's center period.

    Realizing the complete solid was going to leak anyway, CBS determined for the primary time since 2015's Survivor: Cambodia — Second Probability, which featured gamers voted in by followers, to announce the solid earlier than filming started. Though viewers couldn’t vote gamers in for season 50 like they did for Cambodia, they have been in a position to vote on a number of key parts of the sport all through the spring.

    However, for now, the eye is all on the contestants. So with out additional ado, let's meet the official solid of Survivor 50, introduced chronologically from their first look on the present. Try Probst's announcement video under, together with some very dramatic-looking photographs from CBS of all of the solid members.

    Jenna Lewis-Dougherty

     Jenna Lewis-Dougherty of 'Survivor 50'
    Jenna Lewis-Dougherty of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: Borneo (eighth place)
    Survivor: All-Stars (third place)

    Colby Donaldson

     Colby Donaldson of 'Survivor 50'
    Colby Donaldson of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: The Australian Outback (second place)
    Survivor: All-Stars (twelfth place)
    Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (fifth place)

    Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick

    Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick of 'Survivor 50'
    Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: Pulau (seventh place)
    Survivor: Guatemala (second place)
    Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (nineteenth place)

    Cirie Fields

    Cirie Fields of 'Survivor 50'
    Cirie Fields of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: Panama — Exile Island (fourth place)
    Survivor: Micronesia — Followers vs. Favorites (third place)
    Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (seventeenth place)
    Survivor: Sport Changers
    (sixth place)

    Ozzy Lusth

    Ozzy Lusth of 'Survivor 50'
    Ozzy Lusth of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: Prepare dinner Islands (second place)
    Survivor: Micronesia — Followers vs. Favorites (ninth place)
    Survivor: South Pacific (fourth place)
    Survivor: Sport Changers (twelfth place)

    Benjamin "Coach" Wade

    Benjamin "Coach" Wade of 'Survivor 50'
    Benjamin "Coach" Wade of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: Tocantins (fifth place)
    Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
    (twelfth place)
    Survivor: South Pacific
    (second place)

    Aubry Bracco

    Aubry Bracco of 'Survivor 50'
    Aubry Bracco of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: Kaoh Rong (second place)
    Survivor: Sport Changers (fifth place)
    Survivor: Fringe of Extinction (sixteenth place)

    Chrissy Hofbeck

    Chrissy Hofbeck of 'Survivor 50'
    Chrissy Hofbeck of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers (second place)

    Christian Hubicki

    Christian Hubicki of 'Survivor 50'
    Christian Hubicki of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: David vs. Goliath (seventh place)

    Angelina Keeley

    Angelina Keeley of 'Survivor 50'
    Angelina Keeley of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: David vs. Goliath (third place)

    Mike White

    Mike White of 'Survivor 50'
    Mike White of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: David vs. Goliath (second place)

    Rick Devens

    Rick Devens of 'Survivor 50'
    Rick Devens of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor: Fringe of Extinction (fourth place)

    Jonathan Younger

    Jonathan Young of 'Survivor 50'
    Jonathan Younger of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor 42 (fourth place)

    Emily Flippen

    Emily Flippen of 'Survivor 50'
    Emily Flippen of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor 45 (seventh place)

    Dee Valladares

    Dee Valladares on 'Survivor 45'
    Dee Valladares on 'Survivor 45'.

    Robert Voets/CBS

    Survivor 45 (winner)

    Quintavius "Q" Burdette

    Q Burdette of 'Survivor 46'
    Q Burdette of 'Survivor 46'.

    Robert Voets/CBS

    Survivor 46 (sixth place)

    Charlie Davis

    Charlie Davis of 'Survivor 46'
    Charlie Davis of 'Survivor 46'.

    Robert Voets/CBS

    Survivor 46 (second place)

    Tiffany Ervin

    Tiffany Nicole Ervin of 'Survivor 46'
    Tiffany Nicole Ervin of 'Survivor 46'.

    Robert Voets/CBS

    Survivor 46 (eighth place)

    Genevieve Mushaluk

    Genevieve Mushaluk of 'Survivor 50'
    Genevieve Mushaluk of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor 47 (fifth place)

    Kyle Fraser

    Kyle Fraser of 'Survivor 50'
    Kyle Fraser of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor 48 (winner)

    Joe Hunter

    Joe Hunter from 'Survivor 48'
    Joe Hunter from 'Survivor 48'.

    Robert Voets/CBS

    Survivor 48 (third place)

    Kamilla Karthigesu

    Kamilla Karthigesu of 'Survivor 50'
    Kamilla Karthigesu of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor 48 (fourth place)

    Savannah Louie

    SURVIVOR 50

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor 49 (winner)

    Rizo Velovic

    Rizo Velovic of 'Survivor 50'
    Rizo Velovic of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

    Survivor 49 (fourth place)

    The solid of Survivor 50

    The cast of 'Survivor 50'
    The solid of 'Survivor 50'.

    Scott Duncan/CBS

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  • Tom Hiddleston says Tim Burton’s “Batman” impressed him to play Loki

    Tom Hiddleston says Tim Burton’s “Batman” impressed him to play Loki

    Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in Marvel Studios' THOR: RAGNAROK, BATMAN, Jack Nicholson, 1989 Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in Marvel Studios' THOR: RAGNAROK, BATMAN, Jack Nicholson, 1989
    Tom Hiddleston as Loki in 'Thor Ragnarok;' Jack Nicholson as The Joker in 'Batman'. Credit score:

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    Tom Hiddleston has revealed it was really a DC supervillain who impressed his Marvel profession.

    The Golden Globe-winning actor, who has starred as Loki throughout a number of Marvel movies and tv reveals over the past 15 years, defined that he doubtless wouldn’t have performed everybody’s favourite God of Mischief had he not watched Tim Burton’s Batman.

    “Honestly, I don’t assume I’d’ve performed Loki with out that movie,” Hiddleston stated on a latest episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “I believe the way in which Jack Nicholson performed the Joker was so… on the time in my life after I noticed it, it made such an influence on my creativeness.”

    Tom Hiddleston as Loki
    Tom Hiddleston as Loki. Marvel Studios

    He continued, “I understood he was the villain, however he was having such a superb time — that might describe someone else I do know — and he was so charismatic and so ingenious and so free.”

    He went on to credit score Nicholson with being an enormous inspiration behind his tackle Loki when first entering into the function. “I believe, most likely, after I got here to play Loki for the primary movie, I consciously carried Jack Nicholson in thoughts,” he added.

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    Hiddleston beforehand praised Nicholson’s Joker in a 2013 interview with Leisure Weekly all in regards to the traditional villains who impressed his difficult character.

    “I’m standing on the shoulders of the villains I liked as a baby and take my hat off to,” he stated on the time. “Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman, and I bow even decrease for Alan Rickman in Die Exhausting and James Mason in North by Northwest. I imply, Alan Rickman, notably in that movie, was having such a superb time and was so likeable.”

    He added, “I suppose it’s in my make up as a fan, as somebody who liked films as a baby. I liked villains who loved themselves.”

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    Whereas talking on the Pleased Unhappy Confused podcast, Hiddleston defined that he and Thor director Kenneth Branagh would typically experiment on the set of the primary movie by taking pictures a number of variations of Loki’s scenes within the model of various actors like Nicholson.

    “We did the Peter O’Toole take, which wasn’t an impersonation of Peter O’Toole nevertheless it was a tribute to his sincerity and vulnerability in movies like The Lion in Winter,” he stated. “After which a Jack Nicholson take, the place I used to be having essentially the most enjoyable within the room. After which a Clint Eastwood take, the place no matter I used to be feeling could be hidden deep inside me and also you wouldn’t be capable of see it.”

    He defined the a number of variations gave Branagh “completely different flavors of issues within the edit” to correctly showcase Loki’s multi-faceted persona.

    Hiddleston is subsequent set to return to the MCU in Avengers: Doomsday. His character was final seen on the finish of Loki season 2, the place he turned the God of Time and is at present tasked with holding your complete multiverse collectively. No stress!

    Watch Hiddleston talk about Batman and Loki within the clip above.

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  • Eric Stonestreet names “Trendy Household ”costar whose relationship impressed him to seek out love: ‘That is what I would like’

    Eric Stonestreet names “Trendy Household ”costar whose relationship impressed him to seek out love: ‘That is what I would like’

    MODERN FAMILY - "Family Portrait" - SARAH HYLAND, SOFIA VERGARA, JULIE BOWEN, ERIC STONESTREET, ARIEL WINTER, JESSE TYLER FERGUSON, ED O'NEILL, NOLAN GOULD; (STANDING IN FRONT) TY BURRELL, RICO RODRIGUEZ MODERN FAMILY - "Family Portrait" - SARAH HYLAND, SOFIA VERGARA, JULIE BOWEN, ERIC STONESTREET, ARIEL WINTER, JESSE TYLER FERGUSON, ED O'NEILL, NOLAN GOULD; (STANDING IN FRONT) TY BURRELL, RICO RODRIGUEZ
    The solid of 'Trendy Household' in 2010. Credit score:

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    • Eric Stonestreet says that one in every of his Trendy Household costar's relationships impressed him to seek out real love.
    • The actor recalled the second to fellow costar Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the place he thought, "I wish to be these individuals."
    • Stonestreet ended up marrying his longtime companion Lindsay Schweitzer in a shock ceremony in September 2025.

    Trendy Household changedEric Stonestreet's life in additional methods than one.

    The sitcom made the Kansas Metropolis-born actor right into a star after he was solid to play the irreverent household man Cameron Tucker in 2009. He gained back-to-back Emmys for the efficiency the next two years, but it surely wasn't till the center of his decade-long Trendy Household run that one other change came across him.

    "I had this actually vivid second at a CAA Emmy get together," Stonestreet instructed his former on-screen husband, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, on a latest episode of his Dinner's On Me podcast. "Ty Burrell and [his wife Holly Burrell], Wealthy Sommer and his spouse had been over there sitting down. I'm bebopping across the room, speaking to individuals and assembly individuals and doing what you do. And I’ve this very distinct reminiscence of wanting over and being like, 'I wish to be these individuals.'"

    Ty Burrell and Holly Burrell.
    Ty Burrell and Holly Burrell in 2017.

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    "I do know you relate to this, which is I simply didn't need any person that needed to be on the get together greater than me," Stonestreet instructed Ferguson, who mentioned he understood the sentiment that as a public determine, you want somebody grounded as a counterweight. Ferguson added that he has at all times been "very grateful that I met [husband Justin Mikita] in the beginning of the Trendy Household journey," else he would have had much more dinners like the sort Stonestreet described.

    I simply keep in mind pondering, 'That's what I wish to do," Stonestreet continued. "I've instructed Ty, I instructed him that once I referred to as to inform him that we're getting married. I mentioned, you don't realize it, however you and Holly… are very distinguished in me getting on the course of what I needed to do."

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    The Burrells met within the Nineteen Nineties, after they had been each aspiring actors in Washington, D.C. They secretly married in 2000, and ultimately adopted daughters Frances and Greta.

    Ty instructed Redbook in 2010 that he knew he needed to marry Holly "on our first date. I used to be gradual on the uptake, so it took me a few years." That date? "It was the opening night time of a play we had been in. We had been understudying lovers in Twelfth Night time."

    Lindsay Schweitzer and Eric Stonestreet attend the Premiere Of Universal Pictures' "The Secret Life Of Pets 2" at Regency Village Theatre on June 2, 2019 in Westwood, California.
    Lindsay Schweitzer with Eric Stonestreet in 2019.

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    Stonestreet, in the meantime, met pediatric nurse Lindsay Schweitzer at a charity occasion of their hometown of Kansas Metropolis in 2016. Like Burrell, it was love at first sight.

    The couple had been engaged in 2020 and had been married in a shock ceremony in 2025.

    "After I came upon that you just had been getting married, you referred to as me the day earlier than, or perhaps two days earlier than," Ferguson recounted to Stonestreet, who defined, "I hate saying it, however we didn't invite anybody to our wedding ceremony apart from our household. So the equal to an invite to our wedding ceremony was a telephone name earlier than the marriage, which was like, 'Hey, that is your non-invitation, however it’s because we love you and we wish you to find out about it first.'"

    You’ll be able to hearken to Stonestreet and Ferguson's full dialog on Dinner's On Me above.

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