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Adam Scott, who stars in the new horror movie “Hokum,” which opens in theaters on Friday, looks back with Variety at his time playing Ben Wyatt on NBC’s hit comedy “Parks and Recreation.” The small-town government sitcom, which ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2015, exuded a healthy innocence that seemed at odds with the Trump America that began in 2017. Asked if “parks and recreation” could happen today given the different energies of our country, he weighed in with a nuanced answer. “It reminds me of Parks and Rec and the hope and joy it brought to people,”…

NBC host Sarah Gore has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will be taking a break from hosting “Open House” and “New York Live” to undergo treatment. “I thought it was the right thing to tell myself. I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and I’m going to retire for treatment and surgery,” Gore, 49, said Thursday on “New York Live.” “I’d be lying if I didn’t say it was a little scary.” NBC host Sarah Gore, pictured above, announced her breast cancer diagnosis during an emotional episode of “New York Live” on Thursday. New York Live/Instagram Gore told viewers…

Goldie Hawn hasn’t appeared in a movie since 2020’s The Christmas Chronicles, but the Oscar winner hasn’t decided to retire on her own. “I really want to do some unusual acting,” Hawn told People magazine. The problem is that the scripts offered to her are not up to par, and Hawn is no longer interested in acting just for acting’s sake. “It’s all about the content,” Horn said. “It has to do with the content. Acting for acting’s sake, accepting things…I read a lot of dramas, I read a lot of scripts that I didn’t like or didn’t think were…

Full house, wallet empty. Jodie Sweetin revealed that she recently received a balance check for a whopping $0.01 for her eight seasons on the original sitcom “Full House.” The actress, who played the witty Stephanie Tanner from 1987 to 1995 and from 2016 to 2020, revealed her surprising survival on April 21 on the McBride Rewind podcast. Jodie Sweetin recently received a $0.01 balance check for her eight seasons on “Full House.” YouTube/TheMcBrideRewind Sweetin shared the surprising numbers on a recent episode of the “McBride Rewind” podcast. YouTube/TheMcBrideRewind “I got a check for 1 cent the other day,” Sweetin, 44,…

Jesse Armstrong, creator and executive producer of HBO’s “Succession,” has been added to the list of speakers at this year’s Banff World Media Festival. The writer, whose credits also include the HBO film “Mountain Head,” will give a keynote address at the fest, moderated by CBC Q’s Tom Power. “Jesse Armstrong doesn’t just capture the cultural conversation, he drives it. His addition to Banff, along with an incredible lineup of creators, executives and industry disruptors, says everything about the current state of the global media business: bold, unpredictable, and rapidly evolving,” said Jen Kuzmic, executive director of Banff. The 47th…

Britney Spears seemed unfazed when she was spotted out for the first time since leaving rehab. The pop star was snapped Thursday sitting in the passenger seat of a black Mercedes-Benz G Wagon with her feet up on the dashboard, according to photos obtained by Page Six. She wore sunglasses and let her blonde hair down as she drove through Westlake Village and Calabasas. A source close to Spears told Page Six that Spears is “doing much better” after leaving a rehab facility Wednesday night. Britney Spears was photographed riding a Mercedes G-Wagon on Thursday, marking her first public appearance…

Two years after Mark Eidelsteyn’s first English-language role helped him win the Palme d’Or in Anora, the rising Russian star’s next English-language project is back in Cannes and now on the market. Becoming Capa, from writer/director Charlotte Colbert (She Will) and first announced in Variety, has been acquired by Hanway Films for worldwide distribution and will make the footage available to buyers. The film, starring Esther McGregor (Babygirl, The Room Next Door) and Adelstein, is described as “a story of love, boldness and rebellion against the backdrop of a world in political turmoil.” Producers include Oscar winner Jeremy Thomas (The…

California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton, backed by President Trump, joined Thursday in a call for unlimited state aid for film and television production. Joined by Gloria Romero, who is running for lieutenant governor, Hilton unveiled his proposal outside the shuttered Cinerama Dome, a symbol of Hollywood decline. “This is an emergency,” Hilton said, noting that the industry has suffered “benign neglect” during California’s 16 years of Democratic rule. “We’re letting it disappear because other states in America and other countries are competing fiercely for the jobs and jobs that come with it.” San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and former Los…

Spandau Ballet singer Ross Davidson was spotted grinning while being arrested for sexually assaulting and raping several women in 2021. In newly released body camera footage, the frontman, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Thursday, smiles and shakes his head as a police officer reads out a list of charges. At the time, police cited three crimes that occurred in 2019, including rape, voyeurism, and recording of victims without their consent. Spandau Ballet singer Ross Davidson was seen grinning as he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and rape of multiple women in 2021. Instagram/@metpolice_uk Newly…

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, co-founded by George Lucas and his wife Melody Hobson and opening in Los Angeles on September 22nd, has announced its first exhibition. In total, more than 1,200 exhibits will be on display, spread across more than 30 galleries, and the installation will occupy approximately 100,000 square feet of the museum, which aims to “honor the universal tradition of storytelling through images.” Doug Chiang, Podrace Crush, Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace production art, 1995-99. Digital print. Lucas Museum of Nararat Art Drawn from the museum’s founding collection, the exhibits aim to trace…