Bowen Yang is setting the record straight. The Saturday Night Live castmember clapped back at comedian Michelle Best, who seemingly worked as a background actor at SNL, for accusing him of getting Shane Gillis fired in 2019. The stand-up comedian was quickly dropped from the NBC sketch comedy show after being hired for using racial and homophobic slurs on a …
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Publicist Got Fired When Tom Cruise Jumped on Oprah Winfrey’s Couch
So many things happened when Tom Cruise appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2005. The audience went wild before Cruise hit the stage, filling Harpo Studios in Chicago with deafening screams, applause and even some tears. When the world’s biggest movie star finally appeared on set to join Winfrey for an interview that altered pop culture forever, he delivered …
Read More »Harrison Ford Backs Out of Presenting at Oscars Due to Shingles
Harrison Ford is skipping out on this year’s Oscars. Ford was scheduled as one of the presenters at the 97th Oscars on Sunday night. However, the 82-year-old actor backed out of presenting Saturday morning following his recent shingles diagnosis, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The actor is reportedly doing OK and resting after receiving the diagnosis on Friday. Shingles is …
Read More »Jennifer Coolidge Reveals One Wish for Greg on White Lotus Season 3
[This story contains spoilers for The White Lotus seasons one, two and three.] Though the beloved Jennifer Coolidge isn’t in The White Lotus season three, she still wants her character avenged. While speaking with Forbes recently, the actress noted she’s keeping up with the new season that’s taking place in Thailand and she’s “envious as hell.” Coolidge played fan-favorite Tanya in …
Read More »Patrick Schwarzenegger Reveals He Auditioned for ‘Superman’
Patrick Schwarzenegger reveals he auditioned for James Gunn’s upcoming Superman movie. While appearing on a recent episode of Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, Schwarzenegger was asked, “Have you done more than your share of superhero auditions in your career?” The White Lotus star quickly replied, “No, I haven’t,” and said the three times he has auditioned for roles in …
Read More »How Robert Downey Jr. Led Dito Montiel to Riff Raff
Sept. 29, 2006 forever changed Dito Montiel and Robert Downey Jr.’s lives. It was not only the day that Downey was officially cast as Tony Stark in Jon Favreau’s Iron Man, but it was also the theatrical release date of Montiel’s debut indie drama A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, starring Downey as a semi-autobiographical version of Montiel. The day …
Read More »Brit Awards 2025 Winners Unveiled
All eyes and ears are on the Brit Awards 2025, Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, and many others in London this Saturday evening, as their 45th edition, presented by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), at the O2 Arena is honoring the best in British and international music. Hosting the ceremony is Jack Whitehall, who met Squid Game Soldiers, aka Triangles, in a video intro …
Read More »When Ingrid Bergman Won Her First Oscar: Flashback
Eighty years before Isabella Rossellini landed her first Academy Award nomination, her mother won her first Oscar. Ingrid Bergman was named best actress for her turn in Gaslight, George Cukor’s 1944 feature centering on a woman whose husband suggests that she is losing her sanity after they move into the London home where her aunt was murdered a decade earlier. …
Read More »Oscar Nominees’ Stylists Tackle Press Tours and Wildfires
The 2025 Oscar acting nominees are nearing the end of their press and promotional campaigns, and nobody is more relieved to see that finish line than Hollywood’s stylists. For the men and women who dress the stars, this red carpet catwalk has been an exhausting sprint. And it’s not just about the high-end couture worn at premieres; it also has …
Read More »How Those Best Pic Plaques Get Up So Fast
On the night of the Academy Awards, as the year’s best picture is revealed, attendees inside the Dolby Theatre sit through the thank-you speech, tears and applause. And every year, even as guests shuffle out of the venue, one of the art deco columns that they pass will already be adorned with a plaque noting that year’s winner. Displaying every …
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