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Jamie Lee Curtis refuses to be silent. The Oscar winner spoke out against the Trump administration Thursday morning while helping nonprofit Project Angel Food unveil its new Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Kitchen & Campus in Hollywood. “Every day you think you’re not going to be shocked anymore, and then you are,” Curtis told me. “It’s just inhumane. The way this administration treats its citizens, voters, people in need is inhumane. What they’re doing is abhorrent. The situation at ICE is out of control. They’re just trying to keep us from paying attention to the Epstein file.” Mr. Curtis is the…
Jamie Lee Curtis refuses to be silent. The Oscar winner spoke out against the Trump administration Thursday morning while helping nonprofit Project Angel Food unveil its new Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Kitchen & Campus in Hollywood. “Every day you think you’re not going to be shocked anymore, and then you are,” Curtis told me. “It’s just inhumane. The way this administration treats its citizens, voters, people in need is inhumane. What they’re doing is abhorrent. The situation at ICE is out of control. They’re just trying to keep us from paying attention to the Epstein file.” Mr. Curtis is the…
The director lineup for Peacock’s new crime drama series “Superfakes” has been decided. Variety has exclusively learned that Jim McKay, Karena Evans, and Andrii Parekh are set to direct the show, which picks up on the NBCU streamer in January 2025. Evans will direct the pilot, and McKay will direct multiple episodes. Both will also serve as executive producers. Lucy Liu will lead the cast of “Superfake,” with additional cast members including Ken Leung, Bohan Phoenix, Michelle Lee Jones, and Keith Leung. The show’s logline reads, “A low-level Chinatown counterfeit dealer (Liu) ventures into the dangerous black market underworld to…
Rebecca Ferguson will react differently if she gets “yelled at” by her “Idiot” co-star again. The actress, who first made headlines in 2024 for her on-set experience with the mystery actor, reflected on the conflict in a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar UK. “It was very scary,” the “Dune” star recalled Wednesday. “At the time, I didn’t know how to say, ‘Can I talk to you privately?'” Rebecca Ferguson has opened up more about the “scary” experience of being yelled at by a mysterious male co-star. Harper’s Bazaar UK/Courtesy of Eric Madigan Heck The actress explained to Harper’s Bazaar UK…
Woody Allen was a famous Luddite during his decades-long reign in Hollywood, mocking modern technology at every opportunity (he even refused to digitally print his films). But that attitude did not extend to his family, as evidenced this week by a trove of private emails from his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, to Jeffrey Epstein. A number of Previn’s unearthed communications provide insight into the couple’s personal history and suggest close ties to the late convicted sex offender and human trafficker Epstein. According to U.S. Department of Justice documents, Ms. Previn wrote to both herself and her husband using their personal email…
Jeremy Strong has been cast as the lead in the series adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s novel “Crossroads,” currently in development at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. The package is brought to you by Media Res, and in addition to starring, Strong will serve as executive producer. Amy Herzog (“A Marriage,” “Savant”) will serve as screenwriter and executive producer. Media Res’ Michael Ellenberg and Lindsay Springer will also executive produce alongside Franzen. A representative for Netflix declined to comment. According to the series description, “A Midwestern pastor and his family see their lives disintegrated as a church scandal forces…
Over dinner recently, a top agent told us that the night before he had attended a party hosted by an A-list comedian’s company. There were two waiters at the entrance with mysterious little spritz bottles. After all, the spritz wasn’t a molecular gastronomy hors d’oeuvre or an artisanal binaka to freshen people’s breath. These were vehicles for microdosing LSD. Is it 1 spritz or 2 spritz? Hollywood has a long history with acids, which were invented in 1938 by a Swiss chemist named Albert Hoffmann. Some might point to the famous graveyard stumble scene in the groundbreaking counterculture film Easy…
Rebecca Ferguson isn’t interested in naming names. The actress, who is popular for her roles in “Dune” and “Mission: Impossible,” made headlines in 2024 for allegedly yelling at a male co-star on set. However, she did not reveal the actor’s name, leading to theories on social media about who the actor might be (ranging from Hugh Jackman to Tom Cruise). But in a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Ferguson said anyone trying to figure out who the male actor is is missing the point of her revelation. “It wasn’t that person’s problem. It was my problem,” Ferguson said. “I was…
Jason and Travis Kelsey opted for attention-grabbing looks for Thursday’s New Heights Super Bowl party. Getty Images of Wonderly Jason Kelce is kicking off Super Bowl weekend with a bang. The former Philadelphia Eagles player hosted a “New Heights” party in California ahead of the big game, wearing an eye-catching look in a tie-dyed velvet coat with nothing underneath, light-wash jeans and white New Balance sneakers. He also wore a baseball cap ($45) from his fashion brand, Underdog. Jason picked up the coveted coat at local Bay Area shop Love on Hate. The store is a Grateful Dead-loving shop that…
Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 5, “Series Accompaniment Mill,” now available on Paramount+. “Starfleet Academy” paid a heartfelt homage to “Deep Space Nine” in this week’s episode, which also included the return of Shirok Lofton as Jake Sisko. In this episode, SAM (Kerais Brooks) is tasked with explaining just about everything about “organic” by a Kaskian manufacturer. In the process of learning all she can, she encounters the mystery of Captain Benjamin Cisco (Avery Brooks). He disappeared in the series finale of Deep Space Nine when he was absorbed by a wormhole alien,…