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  • Tim Daly remembers falling in love with Téa Leoni moments after assembly her on “Madam Secretary ”set

    Tim Daly remembers falling in love with Téa Leoni moments after assembly her on “Madam Secretary ”set

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    Tim Daly instantly felt one thing for his Madam Secretary costar Téa Leoni, whom he married in July.

    "God, about 4 minutes after I met her on the workplace," he was in love, Daly informed Life Minute.

    Daly and Leoni performed married couple Henry and Elizabeth McCord on the CBS drama, which aired for six seasons, from 2014 to 2019. It depicted Leoni's character because the nation's secretary of state, grappling with each her high-stress job and life together with her household.

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    They didn't make their purple carpet debut till April 2015 — though their relationship had already been confirmed — however it was apparent even early on that that they had one thing.

    "Each time folks stated we had nice chemistry, I used to be like, 'Yeah, no s—!'" the Wings alum stated. "It was humorous as a result of our first season, we had been supposedly attempting to maintain it quiet, be on the down low. However the teamsters had been choosing us up at one another's home on a regular basis, and we had been taking a look at one another with goo-goo eyes."

    From costars to real-life lovers: 15 couples who met on the set of soap operas Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos attend the 97th annual Academy Awards on March 2, 2025; David Fumero and Melissa Fumero attend La Cena Los Angeles on Jan. 5, 2024; Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes attend the 'Days of Our Lives' 50th anniversary celebration in L.A. on Nov. 7, 2015 Tim Daly and Téa Leoni marry years after playing husband and wife on 'Madam Secretary' Tim Daly and Tea Leoni attends the "Accidentally Brave" New York screening at DGA Theater on April 16, 2024 in New York City

    In a short time, Daly determined that he needed to swap vows with the alum of films together with Dangerous Boys, Spanglish, and The Household Man.

    "Properly, I truly requested Téa to marry me, I believe, about 9 years in the past," Daly recalled. "And he or she stated, 'Sure, let's simply wait a minute.' Then 9 years later, she requested me, and I used to be like, 'Yeah, I already requested!' So anyway, we acquired it accomplished. I like being married to Téa."

    Téa Leoni and Tim Daly on 'Madam Secretary' in 2014
    Téa Leoni and Tim Daly on 'Madam Secretary' in 2014.

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    In December 2019, Madam Secretary creator Barbara Corridor informed Leisure Weekly that she was joyful to have performed a component within the love story.

    "They’re probably the most excellent couple," Corridor stated, "and it actually is a superb factor to have been a part of. I don't know if I take credit score for it, although!"

    Daly was beforehand married to Amy Von Nostrand for 26 years, however they cut up in 2010.

    Leoni was married to David Duchovny for 17 years earlier than they introduced plans to divorce in August 2014.

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  • Josh Hutcherson says he solely skilled ‘disappointment, failure, rejection’ after “The Starvation Video games ”movies

    Josh Hutcherson says he solely skilled ‘disappointment, failure, rejection’ after “The Starvation Video games ”movies

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    Josh Hutcherson in 'The Starvation Video games: Mockingjay – Half 1'. Credit score:

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    • Josh Hutcherson is opening up a few tough interval following the discharge of the ultimate movie in The Starvation Video games franchise.
    • "I didn't be taught rejection ever. I knew solely success, from the age 9 to, like, 24," he revealed on Tuesday's new episode of the Dinner's On Me podcast.
    • As soon as he was launched from his obligations because the courageous and compassionate Peeta Mellark, nevertheless, Hutcherson "tasted my first feeling of disappointment, failure, rejection" when attempting to land different roles.

    Josh Hutcherson thought Hollywood could be his oyster after The Hunger Games. He didn't count on it to usher in essentially the most difficult chapter in his profession.

    The I Love L.A. star spoke concerning the shock of coming off The Starvation Video games: Mockingjay – Half 2 into an limitless loop of unsuccessful auditions throughout Tuesday's new episode of the Dinner's On Me podcast hosted by Fashionable Household's Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

    "I didn't be taught rejection ever. I knew solely success, from the age 9 to, like, 24, then sort of submit Starvation Video games world. As a result of Starvation Video games set issues up," he defined. "The business is so goddamn difficult, as a result of they set you up on this approach the place they're like, 'You've arrived. You now are working with Jennifer Lawrence and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and also you're on this film that makes billions of {dollars}, you're the second lead of the movie.'"

    Hutcherson mirrored that he had been made to really feel that "the dominion is yours," when in actual fact, "it's under no circumstances."

    Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
    Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence in 'The Starvation Video games: Catching Hearth'.

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    "As shortly as they're excited to get you into that highlight, they wish to not provide you with anything in a approach," Hutcherson defined. "It's very difficult. So I tasted my first feeling of disappointment, failure, rejection, in all probability after I was 24 or so, 25."

    Ferguson, who has been candid about his personal struggles in Hollywood earlier than and after reserving his signature function of Mitchell Pritchett on the ABC sitcom Fashionable Household, pressed Hutcherson to explain what particularly prompted that upset, rejected feeling.

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    "It was identical to a string of nobody calling, not getting any provides, auditioning, however not getting forged. It's this entire factor of, 'Oh wow, I’ve my profession that I've had since I used to be 9 years previous. It's at all times labored. I at all times received forged.' After all, there are issues that you just don't get forged in, however I had solely recognized that the possibilities are, if I used to be auditioning, [I] was going to e-book it. That’s simply not the truth in any respect."

    How to watch the 'Hunger Games' movies in order (chronologically and by release date) The Hunger Games (2012); The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Josh Hutcherson responds to Quentin Tarantino saying 'Hunger Games' 'ripped off' another movie Josh Hutcherson in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2025; Quentin Tarantino in Los Angeles on Oct. 19, 2024

    Hutcherson was forged within the first Starvation Video games film in 2011, when he was solely 18. By that point, nevertheless, he had already appeared in a dozen and a half movies, like The Children Are Alright, Bridge to Terebithia, and the household comedy RV, which costarred Robin Williams as his character's father.

    The 33-year-old Kentucky native did work steadily after The Starvation Video games: Mockingjay – Half 2 concluded the franchise in 2015, however the place he made 5 movies in 2012 alone, he made 5 in complete between 2018 and 2023.

    The actor has just lately staged a serious comeback, nevertheless, showing within the hit HBO comedy I Love L.A., and starring on this previous weekend's field workplace topper 5 Nights at Freddy's 2.

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  • Octavia Spencer celebrates ‘iconic’ “Sinners”’ duo Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan for EW’s 2025 Entertainers of the Yr

    Octavia Spencer celebrates ‘iconic’ “Sinners”’ duo Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan for EW’s 2025 Entertainers of the Yr

    Entertainers of the Year tout with Octavia Spencer honoring Sinners director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan Entertainers of the Year tout with Octavia Spencer honoring Sinners director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan
    EW Entertainers of the Yr Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan, honored by Octavia Spencer. Credit score:

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    If 2024 was the yr of Brat, 2025 was undeniably the yr of Sinners. Whereas some joked that vampire motion pictures are a recession issue, Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan's fifth collaboration proved that with the precise particular person behind the lens, vampires rightfully reign supreme. The movie goes past a blood-soaked interval piece with a banging soundtrack; Sinners' genre-fluid thriller tackling 1932 Mississippi-era racism, xenophobia, spiritual doctrine, and multicultural communication blossoms right into a love letter to unique storytelling signed by Coogler and Jordan with blood-red ink.

    The scene by which Sammie (Miles Caton) performs in Smoke and Stack's (Jordan, enjoying the dual brothers) juke joint and awakens the spirits of shamans and African tribal dancers, modern-day DJs, an electrical guitarist, twerking clubgoers, a ballerina, and extra, is the stuff of cinephile moist desires alone! It's a end result of the connection between Coogler and Jordan — which incorporates Black Panther and all three Creed movies — that's been exhausting at work for over a decade and reveals no indicators of stopping.

    So, who higher than Oscar winner Octavia Spencer to have fun the duo after starring as Jordan's Ma in 2013's Fruitvale Station, the movie that introduced him and Coogler collectively? She honors the long-lasting partnership and their affect on popular culture in 2025, under.

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    Michael B. Jordan and writer-director Ryan Coogler on the set of 'Sinners'.

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    I met Ryan and Michael when Ryan forged me to play Michael’s mom in Fruitvale Station. What I keep in mind about Ryan – what spoke to me about who he was as a human being – was how various his set was. In my almost 20-year profession, I’d by no means witnessed an setting consisting of forged and crew consultant of all ethnicities – Black, Asian, white, Indigenous, Latin – and all ages, and with ladies in key positions. I used to be taken with how inclusive and familial it was and located it very refreshing. Ryans’s script had really resonated with me. So, once I noticed him work, I knew I used to be witnessing a burgeoning and impactful presence.

    Seeing Ryan and Michael work collectively, I liken it to Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford, or Spielberg and Tom Hanks – folks whose collaboration you treasure and by no means need to see finish. We use the phrase “iconic” so generally that it has change into a cliché, however it’s the most acceptable descriptor for his or her work.

    RELATED: Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler on the bloody chaos of Sinners — and that Tom Cruise Instagram shoutout

    Ryan is an auteur, a younger visionary shaping the way in which the following technology of filmmakers will method the artistic course of, compromising nothing and using his artistic voice to maintain inventive integrity within the panorama. The significance of being a artistic, a Black artistic, particularly in a time when artwork representing underserved communities is underneath assault, is critical.

    I additionally assume Michael’s voice as a director, actor, and producer has modified the cultural panorama. Collectively, they create tasks that we not simply need to see however must see. We clamor with such fervor to expertise their work, and that could be a hallmark of excellence.

    RELATED: For Ryan Coogler, that Sinners post-credits scene is the key to the entire movie

    It’s fascinating that at the present time, so many filmmakers accumulate tasks to take care of social relevance. That’s not how Michael or Ryan function. They discover the one story they’ve to inform, they usually grasp it.

    Not everybody can level to a résumé stuffed with high quality the way in which Michael and Ryan can, from Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther, and now Sinners. With their newest, Ryan and Michael have demonstrated that new materials will be crafted and, if executed correctly, profitable.

    —As instructed to Mekishana Pierre

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  • “Jeopardy” champ arrested on fees of felony secret peeping

    “Jeopardy” champ arrested on fees of felony secret peeping

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    A Jeopardy champion from North Carolina has been arrested on two fees of felony secret peeping, in response to courtroom paperwork reviewed by Leisure Weekly.

    Philip Joseph "Joey" DeSena, 42, received the present twice in November 2024, strolling away with $44,698, per TV Insider. He returned in January for the Champions Wildcard Match, the place he didn't transfer previous the semifinals.

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    The event engineer from Raleigh was arrested Dec. 1 , in response to the Currituck County Sheriff's Workplace in Maple, N.C.

    In keeping with the warrant, authorities accuse him of "unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously" secretly or surreptitiously putting in in a room "any machine that can be utilized to create photographic picture, specifically digital camera positioned within the lavatory, with the intent to seize the picture of one other with out their consent." They allege that he dedicated the crime Oct. 10.

    'Jeopardy' champion Joey DeSena's mugshot
    'Jeopardy' champion Joey DeSena's mugshot.

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    Courtroom information present {that a} $5,000 bond was posted Dec. 3.

    DeSena's first courtroom look is ready for Currituck County Courtroom on Wednesday.

    Jeopardy, which started its fashionable run in 1984, sees roughly 400 contestants every year.

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  • Seth Meyers mocks former ‘recreation present host’ Donald Trump’s ‘faux’ peace prize from FIFA

    Seth Meyers mocks former ‘recreation present host’ Donald Trump’s ‘faux’ peace prize from FIFA

    US President Donald Trump reacts as he receives the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup taking place in the US, Canada and Mexico, at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2025. US President Donald Trump reacts as he receives the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup taking place in the US, Canada and Mexico, at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2025.
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    Seth Meyers goes after Donald Trump for accepting a "faux" peace prize.

    "Donald Trump acquired a faux peace prize from FIFA and stated we must always change the title of American soccer as a result of soccer is the true soccer — one thing that will have made Donald Trump livid if anybody moreover Donald Trump had stated it," he joked on the outset of Monday's new episode of Late Night time with Seth Meyers.

    The SNL vet continued to tear the forty fifth and now forty seventh President, joking, "Donald Trump has been determined his total life for human connection — I'm simply kidding, for large outdated shiny awards."

    Meyers rolled clips from a number of events over the course of Trump's lengthy tenure in public life wherein the previous host of actuality competitors sequence The Apprentice eitherbemoaned the truth that he hadn't gained an award he was within the working for or boasted about profitable an award of doubtful provenance.

    "In his earlier life as a recreation present host, he was obsessive about the truth that he by no means gained an Emmy," Meyers famous, enjoying a section from season 14 of The Celeb Apprentice wherein Trump defined to contestants like Geraldo Rivera and Vivica A. Fox that he was so sure he would win an Emmy at one specific ceremony, he stood up and commenced strolling towards the stage earlier than the precise winner was even referred to as.

    "If I stood up and began strolling for an Emmy I didn’t win, I’d not cease strolling till I had submerged myself within the Pacific Ocean," Meyers cracked.

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    The Fédération Internationale des Associations de Soccer, also called the Worldwide Federation of Soccer Associations and easily known as FIFA, inaugurated the custom of awarding an annual "peace prize" this 12 months. President Gianni Infantino bestowed a gilded trophy and medal upon Trump final Friday on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, D.C. — an occasion watched by thousands and thousands of sports activities followers across the globe, as a result of it additionally noticed the official 2026 World Cup draw.

    Through the ceremony, Trump remarked that soccer followers in the US "appeared to by no means name" the game by its internationally acknowledged title, soccer, "as a result of we had somewhat little bit of a battle with one other factor that's referred to as soccer. However when you consider it, shouldn't it actually be referred to as, I imply, that is soccer, there's no query about it, we gotta provide you with one other title for it."

    Infantino cheered for Trump's suggestion, however Meyers referred to as it an indication that FIFA's "gambit labored precisely as deliberate," all as a result of "Trump was so simply swayed by the particular trophy."

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    Seth Meyers on 'Late Night time'.

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    Meyers wasn't the one one who ripped Trump for his FIFA prize.

    The women of The View tore Trump to items on Monday, with former federal prosecutor and authorized knowledgeable Sunny Hostin doubling Meyers' dubbing of the prize as a "faux award" for somebody nonetheless jealous that "President Obama acquired the Nobel Peace Prize," whereas Republican commentator Ana Navarro quippeda, "Should you present up with a tchotchke, ideally coated in gold, and provides that to the three-year-old within the Oval Workplace, he shall be entertained and he shall be joyful."

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  • Josh Radnor remembers auditioning for the a part of Jim in “The Workplace”

    Josh Radnor remembers auditioning for the a part of Jim in “The Workplace”

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    Josh Radnor on 'How I Met Your Mom,' and 'The Workplace' star John Krasinski. Credit score:

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    Actor Josh Radnor, who's greatest identified for starring on CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, may have been a part of one other hit sitcom of that period.

    Radnor, who performed the a part of important character Ted Mosby for 9 seasons on the CBS sitcom, famous that he'd "auditioned for every part," together with Arrested Growth, earlier than touchdown his large position. His checklist additionally included the a part of Jim within the American model of The Workplace, which premiered in 2005.

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    However there was an issue, which he may solely see in hindsight.

    HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
    'How I Met Your Mom' stars Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, and Neil Patrick Harris.

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    "I didn't fairly perceive if he was sensible or not sensible," Radnor instructed Jenna Fischer, who performed Jim's love Pam on The Workplace throughout a current episode of the behind-the-scenes How We Made Your Mom podcast. "I used to be somewhat confused about whether or not he was a part of the sensible gang or not sensible gang, and I keep in mind I had audition, however my improvs have been somewhat bit… I believe made him too dim was type of what I noticed."

    It wasn't a "horrible audition," but it surely wasn't fairly proper both, he realized later.

    "I simply assume I didn't fairly perceive the tone precisely," Radnor stated. "However I believe all of us landed in the appropriate place anyway."

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    The a part of Jim, after all, went to actor-director John Krasinski, who performed the character as humorous and even snarky, but additionally candy the place Fischer's character of Pam, whom he finally married, was concerned. Krasinski was a part of the present for all 9 seasons till the finale in 2013.

    Radnor, in the meantime, starred alongside Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel, and Cobie Smulders on the CBS sitcom a few dad telling his children the story of him and his buddies residing and loving in New York Metropolis earlier than they settled down.

    How I Met Your Mom additionally aired for 9 episodes, from 2005 to 2014.

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  • “Marjorie Prime” evaluate: June Squibb stars in a sci-fi household drama with extra questions than feelings

    “Marjorie Prime” evaluate: June Squibb stars in a sci-fi household drama with extra questions than feelings

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    Joan Marcus

    Are we extra than simply our recollections? It's an enormous query, but it solely accounts for one of many many concepts being kicked round in Jordan Harrison's Pulitzer Prize-nominated play.

    A decade after its L.A. premiere and some years faraway from its massive display adaptation, Marjorie Prime has lastly arrived on Broadway — and it has a lot extra haunting questions the place that got here from.

    Entering into the Hayes Theater, the science fiction of all of it could come as a shock. The present has all the trimmings of a typical household drama: an ailing mom, a tortured daughter, an impenetrable rift between them, a long time value of household ache, and a partner doing their very best to carry everybody collectively. However there's one particular component to intensify this household's troubles: the existence of Primes, AI holograms that start as a malleable clean slate and step by step tackle the identification of a deceased cherished one, to maintain their reminiscence alive.

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    June Squibb in 'Marjorie Prime'.

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    The Black Mirror-esque tech is supposed to assist folks grieve, and once we first meet Marjorie (the inimitable June Squibb), that's simple sufficient to know. She's sitting on a sofa, gently reminiscing with Walter (Christopher Lowell), who seems to be her husband, however is slowly revealed as a holographic model of him — Walter Prime. He coaxes her into consuming some protein, reminds her of a treasured reminiscence, and brings out her playful facet. It stands in stark distinction to later interactions along with her daughter, Tess (Cynthia Nixon). Pressure ripples between them: unstated historical past that finds Tess nonetheless stewing, at the same time as she takes care of her aged mom.

    Tess is helped by her husband Jon (Danny Burstein) and the love between them is palpable, although they’ve very totally different concepts of how greatest to maintain Marjorie comfy. When her reminiscence slips, ought to they let Walter Prime step in to remind her? Ought to they feed him recollections that she's already misplaced? Ought to that embody the worst particulars of her life — or does she should lastly escape her best heartbreaks? And the questions spiral on.

    June Squibb, Cynthia Nixon in MARJORIE PRIME
    June Squibb and Cynthia Nixon in 'Marjorie Prime'.

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    At one level, Marjorie proposes an edit to an present reminiscence: What if her husband proposed in a extra romantic venue, with a extra romantic backdrop? She tells Walter Prime to feed her a greater model of their engagement. It isn't what occurred, however as soon as she forgets the reality, what's so flawed about creating a brand new, higher actuality? "By the subsequent time we discuss, will probably be true," she tells her holographic husband.

    These chilling moments are Marjorie Prime at its greatest. Although it lasts a short 80 minutes, the play has loads of time to stoke uncomfortable ideas. It's a daunting thought experiment: a provocative play of concepts. The wheels are all the time turning, the subtext is layered with much more questions, and even the one-liners pack a weighty punch.

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    Christopher Lowell in 'Marjorie Prime'.

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    However there's an emotional coldness to all of it: and maybe that detachment is by design. In any case, the play's key character is a supercomputer, absorbing data and throwing it again in our faces. After which there's Marjorie's fading reminiscence, one other barrier distancing her from the world. Most of our time is spent with the characters sitting round, reminiscing and filling within the gaps of the historical past that makes them who they’re — to one another and themselves. And whereas these scenes could be fairly affecting, it's laborious to forge our personal connections with these characters when the majority of their story is so rooted up to now.

    That's to not say the story is devoid of emotion. Burstein particularly grounds the manufacturing, with a heart-on-his-sleeve portrayal of Jon. His jovial power fills the room, as does his annoyed anguish as life with the Prime grows impossibly complicated.

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    He's accompanied by loads of expertise. Squibb is notably making historical past along with her newest return to stage: at 96, she is the oldest performer to open a Broadway present, however her work is sharp as ever. She's sly with biting one-liners and alert to the massive flip that comes within the play's second half. Elsewhere, there's a coldness to Nixon's Tess, but it surely doesn't hold her from packing a painful punch when the second comes.

    Lowell, who made a formidable Broadway debut in final yr's Cult of Love, units an unsettling tone. His Prime is a reassuring presence for Marjorie, an apparent consolation to her of their quiet moments alone. You’ll be able to nearly overlook he's a newly-formed model of her husband, cobbled collectively by fragmented recollections. Virtually. As a result of there’s nonetheless that unnatural, inhuman component peeking just under the floor.

    Danny Burstein, Cynthia Nixon, June Squibb in MARJORIE PRIME
    Danny Burstein, Cynthia Nixon and June Squibb in 'Marjorie Prime'.

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    That feeling is complimented by the manufacturing, which fuses intelligent scenic design and lighting to create eerie transitions that talk the passage of time and wordlessly progress the story with visuals alone. It's no shock Marjorie Prime shares a lighting designer (Ben Stanton) with Maybe Happy Ending, the opposite sci-fi saga taking Broadway by story. Each embrace theatricality, guaranteeing that the script isn't doing all of the heavy lifting in terms of big emotional shifts.

    For all of the grief boiling over in Marjorie Prime, I walked away craving to be extra completely wounded. However Harrison's script is much less involved in piercing the guts than it’s the thoughts. It's a lot too busy prodding on the bounds of humanity. What makes us who we’re? How a lot can we depend on expertise? Can it soothe us, numb us, substitute us utterly? Marjorie Prime presents few clear-cut solutions, however does make one factor clear: There isn’t any alternative for the facility of human love and connection. And the absence of that’s what retains this present from actually leaving a mark on its crowd. Grade: B

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  • Pamela Anderson desires to alter her title — here is why

    Pamela Anderson desires to alter her title — here is why

    Pamela Anderson attends Pandora Celebrates Talisman Collection Launch on September 08, 2025 in New York City. Pamela Anderson attends Pandora Celebrates Talisman Collection Launch on September 08, 2025 in New York City.
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    Pamela Anderson is contemplating a reputation change.

    Throughout a current chat with Vogue Scandinavia, the Bare Gun star opened up about her rising need to embrace her Finnish historical past by taking up her household title.

    "Typically I don't wish to be Pamela Anderson. I wish to be Pamela Hyytiäinen," she advised Vogue in an interview revealed Dec. 2. "I wish to change my title, however they received’t let me."

    The change would imply sharing a reputation along with her Finnish grandfather Herman Hyytiäinen, a logger and a poet who shared her ardour for creativity. "He was the closest individual to me in my life," she shared.

    There's one other big enchantment to the thought: Anderson loves the considered one other evolution. "My creativeness has run wild with me through the years," Anderson stated. "I’ve been making an attempt completely different individuals on for measurement. You must peel all of it again, many instances, and begin time and again."

    Pamela Anderson attends SiriusXM's Town Hall with the cast of "The Naked Gun" hosted by Andy Cohen at SiriusXM Studios on July 30, 2025 in New York City.
    Pamela Anderson.

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    Anderson not too long ago underwent a profession resurgence, spurred on by her Netflix documentary Pamela, A Love Story and her critically acclaimed position in final 12 months's indie drama, The Final Showgirl. She adopted up the excitement by becoming a member of the hilarity of The Bare Gun, the fourth entry within the spoof franchise, which noticed her star reverse Liam Neeson. Whereas selling the movie, Anderson garnered much more consideration as followers speculated about her off-screen relationship with the comedy's main man.

    In fact, for Anderson, that stage of public scrutiny is nothing new. Final 12 months, the Baywatch alum told Entertainment Weekly that her sometimes "messy" life has served as an excellent supply of inspiration, particularly on this latest stage of her profession.

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    "Having a phenomenal, messy life is one thing unbelievable to attract from," Anderson advised EW forward of The Final Showgirl's premiere. "Typically I'll look again on my life and assume, 'I may have performed this in a different way,' however you want the life expertise to have the ability to look again and say these issues."

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    She added that the movie was a possibility to problem herself, almost 4 many years into her profession. "I knew I used to be able to greater than I'd performed up to now, and I sort of had given up and went residence and thought, oh effectively, it's too unhealthy. I screwed up," she stated. "I didn't work laborious sufficient or individuals simply see me a sure approach as a result of I fell into the trimmings. I wish to be outlined by what I do and never what has been performed to me."

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  • Brendan Fraser did not know who Dwayne Johnson was earlier than “The Mummy Returns”

    Brendan Fraser did not know who Dwayne Johnson was earlier than “The Mummy Returns”

    Brendan Fraser (R) poses with co-star WWF wrestler/actor The Rock (L) at the premiere of their new film "The Mummy Returns" at Universal City in Los Angeles, 29 April 2001 Brendan Fraser (R) poses with co-star WWF wrestler/actor The Rock (L) at the premiere of their new film "The Mummy Returns" at Universal City in Los Angeles, 29 April 2001
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    Brendan Fraser didn’t must know Dwayne Johnson personally to know he’d be an ideal slot in The Mummy Returns.

    The actor, who starred as fearless adventurer Rick O’Connell within the first three Mummy movies, revealed that the wrestling celebrity wasn’t on his radar till he was circling the function of the dreaded Scorpion King within the 2001 sequel. However as soon as he was, Fraser was totally on board.

    “After I was instructed that you simply have been a risk for it, forgive me, however I didn’t know you from the wrestling world,” Fraser instructed Johnson on a current installment of Selection’s Actors on Actors. “And once I was proven, I mentioned, ‘That’s impressed casting. We’d be fortunate to get the man.’”

    THE MUMMY RETURNS, Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock), 2001.
    Dwayne Johnson in 'The Mummy Returns'.

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    The Oscar-winning actor added that Johnson’s larger-than-life “stadium persona” from his wrestling profession was the important thing to making a “villain you like to hate” within the movie.

    “It’s going to take a number of confidence and perception,” Fraser continued. “Within the wrestling world, you have been portray with a 10-inch brush — it’s good to have large vitality. And your work are getting higher on a regular basis.”

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    The Mummy Returns was Johnson’s first leap from the ring to the silver display. He has spoken typically about his admiration for the movie and its forged — significantly Fraser — over the previous couple of years, however acquired an opportunity to inform it to his costar straight throughout their chat.

    “I’d love to start out off our dialog by supplying you with flowers. OK? I’m going to ship a number of flowers to the doorstep proper now,” he mentioned. “You and I first linked on The Mummy Returns. That was one of many largest franchises on this planet at the moment.”

    He continued, “I used to be able to make my transition into Hollywood. And there was a second the place you can have mentioned, ‘This man, Dwayne Johnson, he’s by no means acted earlier than; he’s in professional wrestling.’ The phrase I acquired again was, ‘Brendan loves the concept. He welcomed you with open arms.’”

    Johnson mentioned that Fraser’s confidence in him “meant one thing to me, since you took a danger on me, and years later, you and I are sitting right here,” including, “I need to thanks for actually altering my life.”

    Within the years since, Johnson has headlined a complete host of his personal action-adventure movies, together with Jungle Cruise and the Jumanji movies. He has additionally starred because the demigod Maui in Disney’s Moana movies, gotten behind the wheel within the Quick & Livid franchise, and have become a superhero in DC’s Black Adam.

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    Brendan Fraser in 'The Mummy Returns'.

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    Whereas they could have technically labored collectively on The Mummy Returns, Fraser beforehand revealed that he and Johnson didn’t truly meet till a reception after the movie was accomplished as a result of Johnson's arachnid villain required heavy CGI.

    “We hadn't met in particular person earlier than then, truly, though we have been preventing onscreen,” he instructed Variety in 2022. “However each time I labored with him, he was only a piece of tape on a stick. So it was good to go, 'Hey, man. How are ya? We lastly meet!’”

    And hey, with a fourth Mummy film in the works, perhaps there's an opportunity Fraser's Rick and Johnson's Scorpion King might cross paths as soon as once more.

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  • 2026 Golden Globes nominations full record revealed: “Depraved: For Good” shut out of prime class, “Sinners” slays

    2026 Golden Globes nominations full record revealed: “Depraved: For Good” shut out of prime class, “Sinners” slays

    Cynthia Erivo in 'Wicked: For Good' ; Golden Globes ; Michael B. Jordan in 'Sinners' Cynthia Erivo in 'Wicked: For Good' ; Golden Globes ; Michael B. Jordan in 'Sinners'
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    • Marlon Wayans and Skye P. Marshall oversaw the 2026 Golden Globes nominations announcement.
    • Sinners slayed, whereas Depraved: For Good was snubbed in a prime class.
    • The Golden Globes additionally launched a controversial new Finest Podcast class.

    The 2026 Golden Globes nominations have arrived in A-list type this awards season.

    With assist from celeb presenters Marlon Wayans and Skye P. Mitchell, the Golden Globes nominations helped usher in main contenders into the continued awards race — although they dealt a stunning blow to the Wicked: For Good marketing campaign, because the musical sequel was surprisingly shut out of the Finest Movement Image — Musical or Comedy class regardless of stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande incomes appearing nominations for the second yr in a row.

    However, Ryan Coogler's vampire blockbuster Sinners slayed the movie classes with main notices throughout the board, together with for Finest Movement Image — Drama in addition to for Coogler's path and Michael B. Jordan's main efficiency.

    Along with Erivo, Grande, and Sinners, different main potential Oscar gamers to indicate up among the many Globes nominations included One Battle After One other and its ensemble solid (Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn), Frankenstein stars Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, Sentimental Worth, Weapons' Amy Madigan, Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident, and Dwayne Johnson's status efficiency in The Smashing Machine.

    Nikki Glaser to return as 2026 Golden Globes host
    Nikki Glaser to return as 2026 Golden Globes host.

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    On the tv facet, The Pitt's Noah Wyle returned to the Golden Globes dialog for his work within the medical drama, whereas a number of solid members from Adolescence, Black Mirror, The White Lotus, Severance, The Bear, and the brand new restricted collection The Beast In Me additionally earned nominations.

    This yr's nominations got here amid a drastically altering identification for the Golden Globes, which beforehand dissolved its storied Hollywood International Press Affiliation voting physique, and applied new variety requirements and classes — together with this yr's controversial Finest Podcast bracket, for which Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Amy Poehler all certified, although essentially the most controversial commentators didn't seem among the many ultimate record of nominees (beneath).

    Earlier this yr, Emilia Pérez dominated the 2025 Golden Globes ceremony, racking up 4 wins — together with Finest Movement Image — Musical or Comedy, whereas star Zoe Saldaña gained Finest Supporting Actress forward of successful in the identical class on the Oscars.

    Director of 2026 Oscar hopeful sentenced to prison months before ceremony Oscars statuette; Jafar Panahi 2026 Oscar predictions: Who will be nominated at 98th Academy Awards? Cynthia Erivo in 'Wicked: For Good' and Leonardo DiCaprio in 'One Battle After Another'

    Nonetheless, neither Emilia Pérez nor the Globes' 2025 winner for Finest Movement Image — Drama (The Brutalist) repeated on the Oscars, with Sean Baker's Anora in the end successful Finest Image and star Mikey Madison besting presumed frontrunner (and Golden Globe winner) Demi Moore (The Substance) for Finest Actress.

    As beforehand introduced, two business superstars will obtain particular awards on the 2026 Golden Globes, together with Dame Helen Mirren, this yr's recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and Sarah Jessica Parker, the most recent Carol Burnett Award winner.

    Get your every day dose of leisure information, celeb updates, and what to observe with our EW Dispatch publication.

    Each stars will settle for their trophies at a brand new, individually televised primetime particular titled Golden Eve.

    The 83rd Golden Globes ceremony — hosted by returning emcee Nikki Glaser — airs Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on CBS and Paramount+. Learn on for the total record of 2026 Golden Globes nominations as we replace reside.

    Full list of 2026 Golden Globes nominations revealed in all categories
    Full record of 2026 Golden Globes nominations revealed in all classes.

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    2026 Golden Globes nominations — Movie classes

    Finest Movement Image — Drama

    Frankenstein
    Hamnet
    It Was Simply an Accident
    The Secret Agent
    Sentimental Worth
    Sinners

    Finest Movement Image — Musical or Comedy

    Blue Moon
    Bugonia
    Marty Supreme
    No Different Alternative
    Nouvelle Imprecise
    One Battle After One other

    Finest Movement Image — Non-English Language

    It Was Simply an Accident
    No Different Alternative
    The Secret Agent
    Sentimental Worth
    Sirat
    The Voice of Hind Rajab

    Finest Movement Image — Animated

    Arco
    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Citadel
    Elio
    KPop Demon Hunters
    Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
    Zootopia 2

    Cinematic and Field Workplace Achievement

    Avatar: Fireplace and Ash
    F1
    KPop Demon Hunters
    Mission: Unimaginable — The Last Reckoning
    Sinners
    Weapons
    Depraved: For Good
    Zootopia 2

    Finest Director — Movement Image

    Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After One other
    Ryan Coogler, Sinners
    Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein
    Jafar Panahi, It Was Simply an Accident
    Joachim Trier, Sentimental Worth
    Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

    Finest Screenplay — Movement Image

    One Battle After One other
    Marty Supreme
    Sinners
    It Was Simply an Accident
    Sentimental Worth
    Hamnet

    Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Movement Image — Drama

    Joel Edgerton, Prepare Desires
    Oscar Isaac, Frankenstein
    Dwayne Johnson, The Smashing Machine
    Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
    Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
    Jeremy Allen White, Springsteen: Ship Me From Nowhere

    Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Movement Image — Drama

    Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
    Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
    Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Worth
    Julia Roberts, After the Hunt
    Tessa Thompson, Hedda
    Eva Victor, Sorry, Child

    Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Movement Image — Musical or Comedy

    Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
    George Clooney, Jay Kelly
    Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After One other
    Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
    Lee Byung-Hun, No Different Alternative
    Jesse Plemons, Bugonia

    Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Movement Image — Musical or Comedy

    Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
    Cynthia Erivo, Depraved: For Good
    Kate Hudson, Tune Sung Blue
    Chase Infiniti, One Battle After One other
    Amanda Seyfried, The Testomony of Ann Lee
    Emma Stone, Bugonia

    Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Supporting Function in any Movement Image

    Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After One other
    Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
    Paul Mescal, Hamnet
    Sean Penn, One Battle After One other
    Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
    Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Worth

    Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Supporting Function in any Movement Image

    Emily Blunt, The Smashing Machine
    Elle Fanning, Sentimental Worth
    Ariana Grande, Depraved: For Good
    Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Worth
    Amy Madigan, Weapons
    Teyana Taylor, One Battle After One other

    Finest Authentic Rating — Movement Image

    Frankenstein
    Sinners
    One Battle After One other
    Sirat
    Hamnet
    F1

    Finest Authentic Tune — Movement Image

    Avatar: Fireplace and Ash
    KPop Demon Hunters
    Sinners
    Depraved: For Good
    Depraved: For Good
    Prepare Desires

    2026 Golden Globes nominations — TV classes

    Finest Tv Collection — Musical or Comedy

    Abbott Elementary
    The Bear
    Hacks
    No one Desires This
    Solely Murders within the Constructing
    The Studio

    Finest Tv Collection — Drama

    The Diplomat
    The Pitt
    Pluribus
    Severance
    Gradual Horses
    The White Lotus

    Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Tv Collection — Drama

    Sterling Ok. Brown, Paradise
    Diego Luna, Andor
    Gary Oldman, Gradual Horses
    Mark Ruffalo, Activity
    Adam Scott, Severance
    Noah Wyle, The Pitt

    Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Tv Collection — Drama

    Kathy Bates, Matlock
    Britt Decrease, Severance
    Helen Mirren, 1923
    Bella Ramsey, The Final of Us
    Keri Russell, The Diplomat
    Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus

    Finest Restricted Collection, Anthology Collection or Tv Movement Image:

    Adolescence
    All Her Fault
    The Beast In Me
    Black Mirror
    Dying for Intercourse
    The Girlfriend

    Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Tv Collection — Musical or Comedy

    Adam Brody, No one Desires This
    Steve Martin, Solely Murders within the Constructing
    Glen Powell, Chad Powers
    Seth Rogen, The Studio
    Martin Quick, Solely Murders within the Constructing
    Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

    Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Tv Collection — Musical or Comedy

    Kristen Bell, No one Desires This
    Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
    Selena Gomez, Solely Murders within the Constructing
    Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
    Jenna Ortega, Wednesday
    Jean Good, Hacks

    Finest Efficiency by a Supporting Actor in a Tv Collection

    Owen Cooper, Adolescence
    Billy Crudup, The Morning Present
    Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
    Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus
    Tramell Tillman, Severance
    Ashley Walters, Adolescence

    Finest Efficiency by a Supporting Actress in a Tv Collection

    Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
    Erin Doherty, Adolescence
    Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
    Catherine O'Hara, The Studio
    Parker Posey, The White Lotus
    Aimee Lou Wooden, The White Lotus

    Finest Efficiency by an Actor in a Restricted Collection or Movement Image Made for Tv

    Jacob Elordi, The Slender Street to the Deep North
    Paul Giamatti, Black Mirror
    Stephen Graham, Adolescence
    Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
    Jude Legislation, Black Rabbit
    Matthew Rhys, The Beast In Me

    Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Restricted Collection or Movement Image Made for Tv

    Claire Danes, The Beast In Me
    Rashida Jones, Black Mirror
    Amanda Seyfried, Lengthy Shiny River
    Sarah Snook, All Her Fault
    Michelle Williams, Dying for Intercourse
    Robing Wright, The Girlfriend

    Finest Stand-Up Comic on Tv

    Invoice Maher: Is Anybody Seeing This?
    Brett Goldstein: The Second Finest Night time of Your Life
    Kevin Hart: Appearing My Age
    Kumail Nanjiani: Night time Ideas
    Ricky Gervais: Mortality
    Sarah Silverman: Postmortem

    Particular Awards

    Finest Podcast

    Armchair Professional With Dax Shepard
    Name Her Daddy
    Good Dangle With Amy Poehler
    The Mel Robbins Podcast
    SmartLess
    Up First

    Cecil B. DeMille Award

    Helen Mirren

    Carol Burnett Award

    Sarah Jessica Parker

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