All eyes were on Colleen Hoover’s second film adaptation, Regretting You, amid the ongoing legal battle between It Ends With Us stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni — but the new stars weren’t bothered.
“It’s just a vastly different vibe and topics,” Mason Thames, who plays Miller Adams, told Entertainment Weekly in an interview published on Saturday, October 25, of the environment on set of the upcoming film.
Hoover, 45, published Regretting You in 2019, centered around teenager Clara (McKenna Grace) and her mother, Morgan (Allison Williams) as they navigate the death of Clara’s father (Scott Eastwood). Their loss and the immediate aftermath ultimately lead to the unraveling of even more family secrets. At the same time, Clara finds love with Miller (Thames).
Regretting You is Hoover’s second novel to be adapted for the big screen, following 2016’s It Ends With Us. The film version was released in August 2024, in which Lively, 38, and Baldoni, 41, played a couple in an abusive relationship. After filming wrapped, Lively named Baldoni in a lawsuit, accusing him of sexual harassment, fostering a hostile work environment and attempting to ruin her reputation.
McKenna Grace is ready to bring Colleen Hoover’s emotional book, Regretting You, to the big screen. “It’s a rough story,” Grace, 18, exclusively told Us Weekly at iHeartRadio 102.7 KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball on Friday, December 6. “It’s about grief and a girl who loses her father and then a mom who loses her husband. […]
Baldoni, who also directed It Ends With Us, vehemently denied the accusations before filing a $400 million defamation suit against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. The married couple denied Baldoni’s allegations before the case was dismissed in May. Lively’s suit, meanwhile, is still ongoing.
Grace, 19, Thames, 18, and the rest of the Regretting You cast began filming amid the legal back-and-forth.
“It’s a completely different film, different everything,” Grace stressed to EW. “I think that we just went into it making a film as we normally would, and trying to make the best film we could outside of any other [influences].”
Grace further revealed that she first bonded with Thames by hitting up a screening of It Ends With Us.
McKenna Grace, Dave Franco and Allison Williams in ‘Regretting You.’Jessica Miglio / Paramount Pictures / Courtesy of Everett Collection
“When Mason and I first met, we went and saw that film,” the Handmaid’s Tale alum told the outlet. “We wanted to go and prepare for this.”
In regards to tackling the role of Clara in director Josh Boone’s adaptation of Regretting You, Grace did turn to Hoover’s novel in itself.
“I didn’t know that it was a book when I first read the script, but then afterwards, I read the book like a hundred times over by the time all of this was said and done,” she recalled. “I very much had my entire book highlighted and noted to the seams months prior to shooting.”
In Grace’s preparation, she hopes audiences recognize her character’s authenticity.
Andy Cohen mentioned Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal battle while speaking with another star of a Colleen Hoover big-screen adaptation, Regretting You’s Allison Williams. “Did you read Regretting You, the book, before you shot the movie?” Cohen, 57, asked Williams, 37, during the Tuesday, October 21, broadcast of his Watch What Happens Live […]
“I was like, ‘I hope she’s not too unlikable with all the mistakes that she makes,’” Grace explained of her inner monologue during production. “But then I was watching it and I was like, honestly, she’s just a very human character. She’s very broken and kind of lost, and to me, it felt just very authentic and real, watching her make as many very big mistakes as she did.”
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Thames also found Grace’s copious notes to be helpful in his own acting process.
“Whenever I was with her, we just went over things and talked about stuff we wanted to bring from the book into the movie,” he told EW. “[We want to] do our characters justice for the fans — and for us, we love these characters.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in “Lassie” or up in the stratosphere in “Lost In Space,” has died. She was 100.
Lockhart died Thursday of natural causes at her home in Santa Monica, family spokesman Lyle Gregory, a friend of 40 years, said Saturday.
“She was very happy up until the very end, reading the New York Times and LA Times everyday,” he said. “It was very important to her to stay focused on the news of the day.”
The daughter of prolific character actor Gene Lockhart, Lockhart was cast frequently in ingenue roles as a young film actor. Television made her a star.
From 1958 to 1964, she portrayed Ruth Martin, who raised the orphaned Timmy (Jon Provost), in the popular CBS series “Lassie.” From 1965 to 1968, she traveled aboard the spaceship Jupiter II as mother to the Robinson family in the campy CBS adventure “Lost in Space.”
Her portrayals of warm, compassionate mothers endeared her to young viewers, and decades later baby boomers flocked to nostalgia conventions to meet Lockhart and buy her autographed photos.
Offscreen, Lockhart insisted, she was nothing like the women she portrayed.
“I must quote Dan Rather,” she said in a 1994 interview. “I can control my reputation, but not my image, because my image is how you see me.
“I love rock ‘n’ roll and going to the concerts. I have driven Army tanks and flown in hot air balloons. And I go plane-gliding — the ones with no motors. I do a lot of things that don’t go with my image.”
Early in her career, Lockhart appeared in numerous films. Among them: “All This and Heaven Too,” “Adam Had Four Sons,” “Sergeant York,” “Miss Annie Rooney,” “Forever and a Day” and “Meet Me in St. Louis.”
She also made “Son of Lassie,” the 1945 sequel to “Lassie, Come Home,” playing the grown-up version of the role created by Elizabeth Taylor.
When her movie career as an adult faltered, Lockhart shifted to television, appearing in live drama from New York and game and talk shows. She was the third actress to play the female lead in “Lassie” on TV, following Jan Clayton and Cloris Leachman. (Provost had replaced the show’s original child star, Tommy Rettig, in 1957.)
Lockhart spoke frankly about her canine co-star. In the first place, she said in 1989, Lassie was a laddie, because male collies “are bigger, the ruff is bigger, they’re more imposing looking.”
She added: “I worked with four Lassies. There was only one main Lassie at a time. Then there was a dog that did the running, a dog that did the fighting, and a dog that was a stand-in, because only humans can work 14 hours a day without needing a nap.
“Lassie was not especially friendly with anybody. Lassie was wholly concentrated on the trainers.”
After six years in the rural setting of “Lassie,” Lockhart moved to outer space, embarking on the role of Maureen Robinson, the wise, reassuring mother of a family that departs on a five-year flight to a faraway planet in “Lost in Space.”
After their mission is sabotaged by a fellow passenger, the nefarious Dr. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris), the party bounces from planet to planet, encountering weird creatures and near-disasters that required viewers to tune in the following week to learn of the escape. Throughout the three-year run, Mrs. Robinson offered consolation and a slice of her “space pie.”
As with “Lassie,” Lockhart enjoyed working on “Lost in Space”: “It was like going to work at Disneyland every day.”
In 1968, Lockhart joined the cast of “Petticoat Junction” for the rural comedy’s last two seasons, playing Dr. Janet Craig. The original star, Bea Benaderet, had been diagnosed with cancer and died, also in 1968.
A little bit of everything
Lockhart remained active long after “Lost in Space,” appearing often in episodic television as well as in recurring roles in the daytime soap opera “General Hospital” and nighttime soaps, “Knots Landing” and “The Colbys.” Her film credits included “The Remake” and the animated “Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm,” for which she provided the voice for Mindy the Owl.
She also used her own media pass to attend presidential news conferences, narrated beauty pageants and holiday parades, appeared in B pictures and toured in the plays “Steel Magnolias,” “Bedroom Farce” and “Once More with Feeling.”
“Her true passion was journalism,” Gregory said. “She loved going to the White House briefing rooms.”
Lockhart liked to tell the story of how her parents met, saying they were hired separately for a touring production sponsored by inventor Thomas A. Edison and decided on marriage during a stop at Lake Louise, Alberta.
Their daughter was born June 25, 1925, in New York City. The family moved to Hollywood 10 years later, and Gene Lockhart worked steadily as a character actor, usually in avuncular roles, sometimes as a villain. His wife, Kathleen, often appeared with him.
Young June made her stage debut at 8, dancing in a children’s ballet at the Metropolitan Opera House. Her first film appearance was a small role in the 1938 “A Christmas Carol,” playing the daughter of Bob Cratchit and his wife, who were played by her parents.
She was married and divorced twice: to John Maloney, a physician, father of her daughters Anne Kathleen and June Elizabeth; and architect John C. Lindsay.
Throughout her later career, Lockhart was connected in the public mind with “Lassie.”
Even though she sometimes mocked the show, she conceded: “How wonderful that in a career there is one role for which you are known. Many actors work all their lives and never have one part that is really theirs.”
Bob Thomas, a longtime Associated Press journalist who died in 2014, was the principal writer of this obituary.
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Thirty years after they first chanted their way into pop culture history, Will Ferrelland Cheri Oteri’s Spartan Cheerleaders remain one of Saturday Night Live’s most iconic – and delightfully unhinged — sketches.
Ferrell, 58, and Oteri, 63, were five weeks into their SNL careers when they burst onto a November 11, 1995, episode dressed as the relentlessly upbeat Spartans. As outsiders who didn’t make the official high school squad, Craig (Ferrell) and Arianna (Oteri) still wore the uniform as they cheered proudly at chess matches, bake sales, even at a theater showing Titanic — wherever spirit was in short supply.
Written and performed by Oteri and Ferrell (with writer Paula Pell joining later), the nearly 20 sketches ran through 1999, giving Us timeless chants like “Who’s that Spartan in my teepee?” (“It’s me! It’s me!”) and characters we still dress up for on Halloween, even today.
Ready? OK! Keep scrolling for Oteri and Pell’s look back at the unforgettable legacy of the Spartan Cheerleaders:
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Who Was Involved?
Oteri and Ferrell dreamed up the Spartans their first week on SNL while stomping on rehearsal floorboards. Oteri had been a high school cheerleader who admittedly had “no team spirit,” inspiring her to imagine kids who didn’t make the squad but “still cheered because it was in them, they were born to it.”
“I never cared about if we won or lost,” Oteri recalls exclusively to Us Weekly of her own lack of teenage pep. “It was just a way for me to perform and be loud and feel like I was good at something because I wasn’t a great athlete or student. I was across the board mediocre at everything. And [back then], you didn’t have to be a gymnast or a dancer, so I was like, ‘Oh, I can do these moves!’ You’re on stage in a way, you got a cute little uniform. And if our team would lose, I would just be like, ‘There’s still going to be a party, though, right?’”
Pell, however, instantly connected to the sketch for different reasons, telling Us that she “never” made her own high school squad despite auditioning every year.
“I was a person who tried out for cheerleading every single year. Every summer, I worked on my backhand spring every year,” she says. “But I was a little fat girl, so I never, ever, made cheerleading. Never once. I was the one that held the gum in the mints and the purses, and was up in the stands. Everyone in cheerleading were all my best friends, so I would sit, being like their mama up there, like a dance mom. I’d know every cheer. So when they asked me to [write for the Spartans], I just remember being like, ‘Oh, my God, you have no idea how [much] this is up my alley.’”
The Spartans were the ultimate lovable losers — sweet, sincere and bursting with misplaced confidence — putting a hilarious spin on the teenage experience.
“High school is all about drama and that’s what cracked me up,” Oteri explains. “It was like, ‘Oh my god, are you saying I split ends?!’ Everything was so dramatic and the problems are so big, you’re just gonna die if it doesn’t happen. I think everybody can relate to that.”
Key Details
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Every Spartans sketch had its signature elements: spirit fingers, Arianna clashing with her offscreen frenemy, Alexis, and the “perfect cheer.” Of course, Craig and Arianna’s sensibilities were a little… off, as with their tournament riff on “Proud Mary”: They sang “Bowling, bowling, bowling down the river” while he mock-choked her and then ended with a breathless plea to “Stop spousal abuse!”
Ferrell, Oteri and Pell were admittedly having a blast behind the scenes.
“We’d be in that little tiny office crying laughing,” Pell warmly recalls, confessing that sometimes, they’d stretch out the creating process to avoid moving on to a more stressful sketch. “You’re supposed to write a number of things that night, all of you. And we’d be in there laughing so hard and doing cheers … And then the other people that want to write with us, actors or writers, would, like, knock and say, ‘Are you almost done?’ And we’re like, ‘Oh my God, we’re getting there!’”
The hosts also loved to join in the fun, from Tom Hanks (as the angelic Spartan Spirit) and Jim Carrey (an exchange student cheerleader) to Pamela Anderson (in Baywatch mode) and Rosie O’Donnell (above). It was the type of sketch that came with a sense of security once it became a recurring series.
“We really wanted to milk the joy, because we just knew that if we had to go into the writing the unknown. It was always more nerve wracking,” Pell says. “And [Spartans] was just pure joy.”
The Aftermath
The Spartan Cheerleaders didn’t just land laughs — they became a phenomenon, boosting SNL after a handful of lackluster seasons.
Pell remembers things feeling fairly “maligned” when she, Oteri and Ferrell first joined the cast and writer’s room. “When I got hired, Kat Pettibone Lorne [Michaels] was saying, ‘The show has had to be a Phoenix many times, where it falls and then it comes back up. And this is one of those eras. That’s why we’ve gotten rid of so many people, and now we’re starting fresh.”
Adds Oteri, “Everybody was so excited, nervous, grateful. We were like kids. We were all like excited kids, and to get us to go anywhere all they had to do was feed us food. Because we were all just coming off, not being poor, but struggling.”
Pell admits that while the newbies initially had “no idea what we were doing,” they leaned into the character writing and pulling inspiration from their own lives – something that quickly paid off.
When Oteri and Ferrell made the cover of Rolling Stone in 1997 alongside Molly Shannon as Mary Katherine Gallagher and Chris Kattan as one of The Night at the Roxbury’s Butabi brothers, it was clear that their infectious spirit had spread beyond Studio 8H.
“It was just like, ‘Wow, SNL is back. We’re bringing it back!’” Pell exclaims.
Oteri, meanwhile, realized the success much later: “I remember going to a kids’ swim party. They were doing the whole ‘Taco, burrito, what’s coming out of your Speedo?’ cheer!” she says.
There was also an out-of-body experience at a Bed Bath & Beyond.
“I was in L.A. and I’m waiting in line, and they have those little round displays with magnets. And I look over and there was a magnet of me and Will as the cheerleaders! I wanted so bad to tell the people in line, like, ‘Listen to me: That’s me! That’s me!’”
The legacy of the Spartans continues on today. As recently as 2022, SNL host Miles Teller shared a childhood video of himself and his sister playing Spartan Cheerleaders.
“All those Halloweens that people dressed up as us,” Oteri comments, “it really is the sweetest tribute I could ever imagine.”
A New Perspective
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The trio got “a lot back” from their labors, Oteri says. “I’ve always loved playing people who don’t know how bad they have it.”
While Oteri officially departed SNL in 2000, the comedian says she would have “loved to stay longer” and continue to create characters.
“That was my dream job, and I always felt like it was the perfect fit for me and I had more to give,” she tells Us. She adds that looking back, she wishes she had known she wouldn’t be returning for another season so she could have had a proper farewell.
“It’s very important to say goodbye and but I was so shocked that I had made that decision [to exit the show], and I really wish I would have said a goodbye,” she tells Us. “Because there’s a difference between leaving and running away. And I think saying goodbye is leaving. That’s my regret.”
As for why she left, Oteri says it’s a “hard” thing to answer, “It can be a rough place. That’s no secret. And I felt like I had to take care of myself. I just felt like I had to do it,” she adds.
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Pell remained a writer on SNL until 2013. And while she, Oteri and Ferrell were all present at the show’s 50th Anniversary special earlier this year, a Spartan cheer was nowhere to be seen — or heard. Pell says it was a “hard” decision figuring out what past sketches would be honored as who was attending remained up in the air until the very end.
“I was involved in [SNL 50], because I wrote stuff, but I wasn’t really in the meetings of them discussing [what to do],” she says. “They didn’t know [who was coming] for a while, so it was all unsure. … It would have been fun if we did it.”
Where Are They Now?
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Since their SNL days, Ferrell has become one of Hollywood’s biggest comedy stars, appearing in hit blockbusters like Anchorman, Elf and January’s You’re Cordially Invited. Oteri popped up on And Just Like That and has Scary Movie 6 and a guest spot on season 2 of NBC’s Happy’s Place upcoming. Pell created and starred in Girls5eva and The Mapleworth Murders, and is set for a 2026 remake of The Burbs with Keke Palmer. “I play a military lesbian that helps solve the murders [in town],” she teases. Consider Us tuned in!
“I needed to do some growing. I had to get my (expletive) together.”
“We’re just seeing, I think, a big question mark of humanity being asked in real time every day,” Miguel said. “I needed to go away and recalibrate and just get in touch with my anger and figure out how best to move forward with that in a productive way … I’m really glad that I did because it’s what informed this album.”
“CAOS” is a sharp departure from the superstar’s vibey, sensual sound that made him a hit-making staple in R&B. The singer-songwriter’s fifth studio project, morphed from his 2023-scrapped “Viscera” LP, dropped Thursday, coinciding with his 40th birthday. He wrote on all 12 tracks and handled the bulk of production with Ray Brady. The lone feature belongs to the legendary George Clinton of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honorees Parliament-Funkadelic.
Led by the singles “RIP,” “New Martyrs (Ride 4 U),” “El Pleito,” and “Angel’s Song,” the album radiates his trendsetting fusion of alternative rock, R&B and electronic sounds, but in unfamiliar, darker tones. The music evokes feelings of urgency, protest and rebellion.
“ This album is the most angsty, angry album I’ve ever made. But I think underlying and underwriting the message and the themes is this core need to express discontentment in a healthy way that creates the feeling and the future that I want.”
Miguel also faced internal plights: divorce, family death and industry disillusionment.
“The value of my work became about outside appreciation as opposed to internal gratitude,” said the artist who’s earned four top 20 tracks on the Billboard 100. The admission comes from a Grammy winner who’s created new-day classics such as “Adorn,” and “Sure Thing” and fan favorite mood-setters like “All I Want is You” and “Skywalker.”
“When you see something in culture be really successful … you can start comparing … and it’s such a slippery slope,” said Miguel, who released bits of music during his hiatus, like the EPs “Te Lo Dije” and “Art Dealer Chic 4,” and songs “Don’t Forget My Love” with Diplo in 2022 and “Sweet Dreams” with BTS’s J-Hope earlier this year. “It’s about connecting more deeply and having a deeper conversation with my audience, as opposed to wanting to make the big song.”
During his hiatus, Miguel and Nazanin Mandi divorced. The singer began dating Mandi at 19 years old before marrying in 2018. They divorced four years later.
“It was a painful thing to go through” said Miguel, who wrote “Always Time” to address the breakup. “Some things you do have to let go, if you really, really love it, and I think that was a good indication that I needed to take some time for myself.”
Last month, in celebration of his son’s first birthday, Miguel publicly revealed he was a first-time father with filmmaker and former Vogue China editor Margaret Zhang. “Angel’s Song” is dedicated to his child.
“CAOS,” Spanish for chaos, also features another turn from the genre-bending artist: Spanish-language songs. While 2019’s “Te Lo Dije” featured Spanish recordings of previous songs, this project contains original tracks like “El Pleito” and “Perderme.”
“It was always floated as ‘You should lean into Latin as a marketing (tactic).’ … It just didn’t feel natural,” said Miguel, whose mother is African American and father is Mexican American. “Here I am now, and it’s more about my identity and who I am and who am proud to be.”
Miguel, serving as this year’s scholar-in-residence at NYU’s Steinhardt School, is also focusing on his S1C venture geared toward providing Black, Mexican and Latino creators with development and financial support. He also appreciates the futuristic-R&B sound that swelled during his absence, which he’s largely credited with helping to introduce.
“I love that I can hear my influence in some of the music today,” said Miguel, who gained younger fans in 2023 after “Sure Thing” went viral on TikTok and Instagram more than a decade after its release. “You’re like, OK, we were in the right place.”
Despite grappling with staying true to yourself and your music, not being captive to the charts, Miguel feels appreciated by his fans, and centers himself in gratitude.
“I’m so lucky to have found a core audience who really rides with me through all of my evolutions,” he said. “I do think that I’ve been appreciated. And I think that there’s opportunity for it to be more, and more importantly, deeper.”
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The Love Is Blindseason 9 reunion is sure to be explosive if the trailer is any indication.
“She had the audacity to tell me that we are eskimo sisters,” Madison Maidenberg, 28, told ex-fiancé Joe Ferrucci in a Friday, October 24, clip, referring to the slang term about two women who share a mutual ex and without naming her apparent source.
Joe, 29, quickly laughed before the trailer highlighted the other former pod couples — no one got married in season 9 in a franchise first — sharing glimpses of their post-breakup updates.
Joe called off his engagement to Madison ahead of their planned wedding day, citing that they simply weren’t a match after abruptly running out of his tux fitting. In the months since Love Is Blind wrapped, Madison claimed that Joe had flirted with costar Kacie McIntosh after the breakup.
During an appearance on the “Love to See It” podcast earlier this month, Madison claimed that she was told that friends saw Kacie, 34, out at a bar with Joe. (Kacie was engaged to Patrick Suzuki for only a few hours earlier this season, which didn’t make it out of the pod reveal tunnel.)
During the reunion teaser, Kacie was even asked whether she dated another member of the pod squad.
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“After meeting everyone, was there anyone else in the pod squad that you started dating?” cohost Vanessa Lachey asked Kacie, who attempted to dodge the question with a filler “um.”
While Kacie played coy about whether she dated Joe, his current girlfriend has confirmed their alleged past association.
Love Is Blind season 9 star Joe Ferrucci is speaking out following his shocking split from ex-fiancée Madison Maidenberg, filling in what you didn’t see on TV during an exclusive interview with Us Weekly. “My connection with Madison in the pods was great. There were a lot of butterflies. It was a very deep connection. […]
“When Joe and I started talking — I think it was our first date — we were at a bar and ran into this girl, and he’s like, ‘Oh you know I’ve gone on a couple dates with that girl,” Averee Madisonclaimed on the “Reality Receipts” podcast earlier this week, denying any relationship overlap. “I was like, ‘Who?’ and I look over and, of course, it’s Kacie. I was like, ‘Oh, OK.’”
According to Averee, Joe had been “fully transparent” about his brief post-pod romance with Kacie.
“I mean, I personally choose to surround myself with women that lift each other up and, like, follow girl code and that will never be Kacie,” Averee claimed, denying she’s on amicable terms with the hairstylist. “That’s not what I want in a room with me and I guess all I’ll say is, like, Joe getting a girlfriend did not stop her from continuously trying. It was just one of those [things] where she just wanted to know, I think, that she could have him or, like, get him still.”
Kacie also came face-to-face with ex-fiancé Patrick, 31, during the reunion, who asked in the clip (once again) whether she would return her show-provided engagement ring.
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“I have the ring with me,” Kacie said, referring to Patrick’s onscreen allegations that she wanted to keep the diamond despite ending her engagement.
The tell-all reunion also features former couples Anton Yarosh and Ali Lima, Edmond L. Harvey and Kalybriah Haskin, Nick Amato and Annie Lancaster, as well as Jordan Keltner and “Sparkle Megan” Walerius rehashing their own messy breakups. Megan, 35, will even share a “surprise” after viral fan photos of herself with a mystery man and a baby.
The Love Is Blind season 9 reunion airs Wednesday, October 29, at 9 p.m. ET.
NEW YORK (AP) — Decades into his career and the unthinkable happened. It was 2022, and Jon Bon Jovi began struggling through his songs. He saw a doctor who said one of his vocal cords was atrophying. He needed major surgery.
Bon Jovi had the procedure, and in the years since, has undergone extensive rehab, leading to the current moment: Next summer his band, Bon Jovi, will embark on their first tour in four years.
The “Forever Tour” kicks off with four nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden before the band heads to Edinburgh, Scotland; Dublin and London.
“There is a lot of joy in this announcement — joy that we can share these nights together with our amazing fans and joy that the band can be together,” Bon Jovi said in a statement. “I’ve spoken extensively on my gratitude but I will say it again, I’m deeply grateful that the fans and the brotherhood of this band have been patient and allowed me the time needed to get healthy and prepare for touring. I’m ready and excited!”
Bon Jovi’s last concert was held on April 30, 2022, in Nashville — as seen in the 2024 Hulu documentary, “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.”
An artist presale begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern. General sales launch Oct. 31, also at 10 a.m. Eastern, via bonjovi.com.
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The West Wing star Allison Janney recently opened up about a moment she shared with the legendary Matthew Perry, who even called her out for a habit, which she appreciated. The actress has also used Ketamine herself, the substance that ended up taking the life of the beloved Friends star.
Here’s what Alison Janney said about Matthew Perry in her new podcast appearance.
Allison Janney recalls Matthew Perry, shares her own ketamine experience
In her recent appearance on the Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky podcast on Tuesday, Allison Janney spoke about her encounter with Matthew Perry. She recounted one crucial thing he called out about her. The two shared the screen in works like Mr. Sunshine and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
She recalled a fond memory of the late Matthew Perry, revealing what he told her. “He said one of the funniest things to me because sometimes I tend to mumble if I’m talking and I sort of give up on my sentence halfway,” she recalled, “I was doing that with him because I was so sort of intimidated by him because he’s so f***ing funny. And I was saying something to him and I just thought maybe he had lost interest, so I [began mumbling] and he said, ‘Allison, did you even hear what you just said?’ [I replied] ‘Matthew, I get your point.’”
Either way, this was important for Janney, who lamented his death in the podcast appearance, too. She also revealed that Ketamine is her form of therapy, but so far, things have been great for her. She also revealed that the negative experience of Perry’s death from Ketamine made it very hard for her. This is especially as the substance was working very well for her.
Either way, it is clear that Matthew Perry remains in the memories of everyone he influenced in his career. Though Perry died from a Ketamine overdose, five people have been charged with his murder.
PARIS (AP) — The Louvre reopened Wednesday morning, three days after thieves forced open a window and stole French crown jewels in a daring, daylight raid on the musuem.
The Apollo Room where the theft occurred remained closed to visitors, while crowds — hundreds deep — waited outside the museum’s glass pyramid entrance.
The Louvre is normally closed on Tuesday and had been shut since the theft for investigation.
No arrests have been announced, and the stolen jewels remain missing.
The Paris prosecutor said Tuesday that the stolen crown jewels were worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million), not including their historical value to France.
About 100 investigators are involved in the police pursuit of the suspects and jewels after Sunday’s theft from the world’s most-visited museum.
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It may have been two years since Kathy Swarts and Susan Noles appeared on Gerry Turner’s season 1 of The Golden Bachelor, but they can’t help throwing shade at their ex — and comparing him to season 2 lead Mel Owens.
During a September episode of the “Almost Famous” podcast, Susan, 67, noted that Gerry, 74, and Mel, 66, are “night and day” different. Kathy, for her part, quipped that she wants to meet Mel and “sweep him away” from his “suitors.”
“It’s not too late to break them up,” Kathy, 72, continued, to which cohost Ashley Iaconetti asked, “Are you talking about Mel?”
“I’m certainly not talking about Gerry,” Kathy replied.
After Kathy’s candid remark, Ashley pointed out that she appreciated the twosome admitting that the season 1 lead, who hailed from Indiana, was “not the hottest commodity.”
“Let me just break this down Ashley really quick,” Kathy continued. “You can have a lawyer, a football player, a guy who can string together sentences, or you can go pick cotton in a corn maze in Indiana. I don’t know. What do you want to do?”
When Susan and Kathy were cast on the show, the pair claimed that they were not informed of Gerry being the lead until the “last minute.” After news broke that he was the Golden Bachelor, Susan shared that her phone was “blowing up” from loved ones.
“My friends were [asking], ‘Are you still going?’ I go, ‘That’s mean. Yes, I’m going,’” Susan recalled, while Kathy added, “You know what my daughter said? My daughter said, ‘Mom, I’ve known you my whole life. You really think you’re moving to Indiana? It’s never happening.’”
“I’ll eat corn on the cob,” Kathy continued. “That’s as close as I want to get to a cornfield. Thank you very much.”
Kathy and Susan also recalled their fellow contestants’ alleged reactions when learning that Gerry lived on a lake in Indiana, which they believed to be an embellishment.
“And then the girls in our room saying, ‘He called that a lake? It’s a pond,’” Susan said, while Kathy added, “He said he lives on a lake. It’s like a swan boat, paddle wheel thing.”
Despite the playful jabs, the duo noted that they are still on good terms with Gerry.
Golden Bachelor star Susan Noles put in her two cents about Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist’s shocking divorce announcement, saying ‘they have their reasons, I’m sure’ During a joint Instagram video on Friday, April 12, with fellow cast member Kathy Swarts, Noles, 67, told fans “don’t give up on the idea of meeting somebody on […]
“We love him. We’re good friends, but hey, it is what it is,’ Susan said, to which Kathy added, “I don’t love him anymore. No, he’s perfectly fine. He’s got a new girlfriend. Actually, I wish him all the best.”
While Kathy and Susan ultimately did not find The One in Gerry, he ended up engaged to Theresa Nist. The couple tied the knot in 2024 before calling it quits months later.
Gerry, who recently announced his engagement to Lana Sutton, is set to chronicle his time on The Golden Bachelor in new memoir The Golden Years(out November 4). In the book, Gerry claimed he told second runner-up Faith Martin that he felt “trapped” ahead of exchanging vows with Theresa — later telling Us Weekly that he “felt like [he] was doing the right thing” by continuing to go through with the marriage.
“I just didn’t feel overjoyed about it,” Turner explained in his Us digital cover story. “So much of the book is about how I felt at certain moments, and that’s only a momentary truth… I had second thoughts, but I don’t think [they] were exaggerated from anyone’s normal second thoughts.”
“It makes me very sad to think that he felt empty and trapped,” Theresa told Us in an exclusive statement. “I wish he had said something and just ended it. But at least now I understand why he was so hurtful to me so many times. And I will say this. Those in glass houses should not throw stones. I do wish him all the best.”
The Golden Bachelor airs on ABC Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
Brandy Norwood and Monica Arnold’s Saturday, October 18, The Boy Is Mine Tour concert came to a screeching halt.
The two singers were in the middle of performing one of their duets on Saturday when Brandy, 46, suddenly walked offstage, according to social media footage.
“Wait, what? We’re all in shock,” one fan wrote via X. “How come Brandy left the stage halfway through the #theboyisminetour? No one knows what happened, but Monica had to close the concert alone and they didn’t sing ‘The Boy is Mine.’ She was [also] having audio problems.”
Neither Brandy nor Monica, 44, have publicly addressed the situation. Us Weekly reached out to reps for both stars for comment.
Monica and Brandy are hitting the road together nearly three decades after dropping their iconic duet “The Boy Is Mine.” The singers announced in June that they were coheadlining their first tour together. The tour is named after the pair’s hit song, “The Boy Is Mine,” which was released in 1998 and went on to […]
Brandy and Monica, known for their hit 1998 duet “The Boy Is Mine,” kicked off their joint tour earlier this month.
“This Moment 🖤These Times 🖤Our Music,” Brandy and Monica captioned a joint Instagram post on Friday, October 17. “We are proud of us and pray each night you all are proud of us as well. #BiggerThanMusic.”
The dynamic duo announced their coheadlining tour in June, revealing via social media that they would be performing across 27 cities in the United States from October to December.
“Monica and I coming together again isn’t just about the music — it’s about honoring where we came from and how far we’ve both come,” Brandy said in a statement at the time. “‘The Boy Is Mine’ was a defining chapter in R&B, and to share the stage all these years later is bigger than a reunion — it’s a celebration of growth, sisterhood and the love our fans have given us from day one.”
Holy nostalgia! Brandy and Monica gifted fans something they never knew they needed. The R&B icons joined forces for a TikTok duet on Thursday, February 18, recreating the intro of their 1998 hit “The Boy is Mine.” The brief video featured the pair lip-synching their parts, beginning with Brandy asking, “Excuse me, can I please […]
Monica echoed her fellow performer’s sentiments in her own statement.
“This tour is a celebration of our history, our impact, and the fans who have grown with us,” she wrote in a press release. “Brandy and I have been on our own unique journeys, and coming back together in this way is a reminder of the power of respect, strength and real music. We’re giving the people what they’ve been asking for, and doing it with grace, love and purpose. God’s timing perfectly aligned us.”
Monica later told Essence earlier this month that the Boy Is Mine Tour was a work of “divine timing.”
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“Stepping into this tour feels like a full-circle moment,” Brandy added to the outlet. “It’s a chance to honor where we’ve come from, to celebrate the people who’ve supported us from the very beginning, and to share the stage in a way that feels fresh, powerful and deeply connected to who we are now. It’s emotional, it’s inspiring and it reminds me that music really is timeless.”
She continued, “When we’re together, it creates a sense of balance and support that allows me to be fully present. Sharing that bond with her goes beyond the music — it reflects a mutual respect and understanding that’s been built over years of experiences.”
The Boy Is Mine Tour will also feature special performances from guests Kelly Rowland, Muni Long and Jamal Roberts.
Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband Ojani Noa makes EXPLOSIVE claims, accuses her of…: ‘You begged me to…’
Jennifer Lopez’s husband recently exposed his relationship with ex-wife Jennifer Lopez, and accused her of cheating. The claims came after the singer and song writer made claims about not feeling loved in past relationships.
Jennifer Lopez is a star who needs no introduction. The American singer and songwriter has been making people fall in love with her songs for quite a while now. However, just as news about the singer’s music was making its way to the top, so were headlines about her personal life. Recently, she was in the news again after having a candid conversation on The Howard Stern Show. There, she made a confession about her struggles with love and relationships. The If You Had My Love singer made a confession about how she never felt loved in her past relationships. But it seems like her ex-husband, Ojnai Noa, did not appreciate that comment and reacted to it immediately.
Ojani Noa’s reaction to Jennifer Lopez’s comment goes viral
After Jennifer Lopez’s comment on The Howard Stern Show, the singer’s first ex-husband, Ojani Noa, immediately took to Instagram. On there, he accused Jennifer of not being honest during their short-lived marriage. In the statement, which was pretty strangely worded, he claimed that the problem did not lie within him or the rest of her ex-husbands, but within her, who cheated. According to him, in the 11-month-long marriage between the two, which lasted from February 1997 to January 1998, Jennifer Lopez was unfaithful. He said, “I was in love with you. I moved out of state to support, protect, and care for you. I’m an amazing, loving person, a great human being. Honest, faithful to you, never lied, never [misbehaved], never cheated on you. I was good to you. I’m too good a [man] for you.”
He continued, saying, “You decided to lie and to cheat on me, and even though I stayed. You begged me to keep the marriage intact to avoid bad press.”
Timeline of Jennifer Lopez and Ojnai Noa’s relationship
Jennifer and Ojnai met each other in the mid-1990s, back when he was working as a waiter in Miami. Their romance turned into marriage in 1997, when JLo’s fame was on the rise. However, their marriage quickly fell apart, and she filed for divorce in January 1998. Things got bad when Lopez took legal action in order to stop Ojani from releasing private footage from their honeymoon and stopped him from writing a book about their marriage. Moreover, she was also speculated to be in a relationship with Sean Diddy Combs, and Ojnai hinted that it might also be the reason for their relationship falling apart.
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After emails emerged this week showing that Prince Andrew remained in contact with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein longer than he previously admitted, the House of Windsor finally moved to insulate the monarchy from years of tawdry headlines about Andrew’s dodgy friends and suspicious business deals.
Buckingham Palace on Friday released a statement from Andrew saying that he had agreed to give up use of his last remaining royal titles so that continued allegations about him “don’t distract from the work of His Majesty.”
This week’s revelations demonstrated that Andrew had committed the unforgivable sin of misleading the British public, said Craig Prescott, an expert on the monarchy and constitutional law at Royal Holloway University of London.
“To say something which is proven not to be true, I think, is the straw that broke the camel’s back,’’ he said.
The move comes as Charles, who is 76 and undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer, works to ensure the long-term stability of the monarchy under his son and heir Prince William.
William recently gave an interview in which he set out his vision for the monarchy, saying that the institution needed to change to make sure that it is a force for good.
“In some ways, Prince Andrew has been the exact opposite of that,” Prescott said. “And there is no space for that in the modern monarchy.”
Andrew, 65, is the second son of the late Queen Elizabeth II. He spent more than 20 years as an officer in the Royal Navy before leaving to take up his royal duties in 2001.
Following Friday’s announcement, Andrew will no longer use his remaining royal titles, including the Duke of York, though he technically retains them. Formally stripping him of those titles would be a time-consuming process requiring an act of Parliament.
That was triggered by a disastrous interview Andrew gave to the BBC as he sought to counter media reports about his friendship with Epstein and deny allegations that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl, Virginia Giuffre, who was trafficked by Epstein in 2001. The prince was widely criticized for failing to show empathy for Epstein’s victims and for offering unbelievable explanations for his friendship with the disgraced financier.
The interview also sowed the seeds of this week’s upheaval, when Andrew told the BBC that he had cut off contact with Epstein in December 2010.
British newspapers on Sunday revealed that Andrew wrote an email to Epstein on Feb. 28, 2011. Andrew wrote the note after renewed reporting on the Epstein scandal, telling him they were “in this together” and would “have to rise above it.”
Andrew has recently faced another round of grimy stories as newspapers release excerpts of Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, which will be published on Tuesday. Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41.
Andrew in 2022 reached an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre after she filed a civil suit against him in New York. While he didn’t admit wrongdoing, Andrew did acknowledge Giuffre’s suffering as a victim of sex trafficking.
Front-page fodder for wrong reasons
The prince has been the subject of tabloid stories stretching back to at least 2007, when he sold his house near Windsor Castle for 20% over the 15 million pound asking price. The buyer was reported to be Timur Kulibayev, son-in-law of Nursultan Nazarbayev, then-president of Kazakhstan, raising concerns that the deal was an attempt to buy influence in Britain.
Last year, a court case revealed Andrew’s relationship with a businessman and suspected Chinese spy who was barred from the United Kingdom as a threat to national security. Authorities were concerned that the man could have misused his influence over Andrew, according to court documents.
While the palace said Andrew had decided to give up his royal titles, royal commentator Jennie Bond said the king and Prince William exerted “enormous pressure” on him.
“We could say he has fallen on his sword, but I think he’s been pushed onto it,” Bond told the BBC. “I don’t think this is a decision that Andrew, quite an arrogant man — very, very fond of his status — would have willingly made without a lot of pressure.”
Insulating the monarchy at a delicate time
While the cumulative weight of Andrew’s scandals demanded a response from the royal family, this week’s revelations came at a particularly sensitive moment for the king as he prepares for a state visit to the Vatican, where he is expected to pray beside Pope Leo XIV.
The visit is very important to Charles, who has made the bridging of faiths an important part of his “mantra,” said George Gross, an expert on theology and the monarchy at King’s College, London.
“I think this was the speediest, really the quickest way of lowering his status even more without having to go to Parliament,” Gross said. “Even if Parliament would have approved, it takes time.’’
Charles may also have been motivated by a desire to protect the work of Queen Camilla, who has made combating domestic violence one of her signature issues, and the Duchess of Edinburgh, who has sought to combat sexual violence in war zones such as Congo.
The king will hope that this move finally draws a line between Andrew and the rest of the royal family, Prescott said.
“If there are allegations, or further stuff comes out, it will all be on Prince Andrew,” he said. “They’ve severed the connection between Prince Andrew and the monarchy as an institution.”
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Sir David Attenborough broke Dick Van Dyke’s record for oldest Daytime Emmy winner on Friday, taking the trophy for daytime personality, non-daily as host of Netflix’s “Secret Lives of Orangutans.”
Attenborough, who is 99, wasn’t on hand. The Brit’s career as a writer, host and narrator spans eight decades.
Van Dyke was 98 when he won as guest performer in a daytime drama series for “Days of Our Lives” in 2024. He is the oldest actor to win a Daytime Emmy.
Jonathan Jackson of “General Hospital” and first-time nominee Susan Walters of “The Young and the Restless” won supporting acting honors.
Jackson accepted the trophy for playing Lucky Spencer, a role he originated in 1993 and has played on and off ever since.
The ABC show also claimed trophies for Alley Mills as guest performer in a daytime drama and its writing team.
It was Mills’ second career win for playing Heather Webber. The 74-year-old, who first won in 2023, is best known as the mom on “The Wonder Years.”
“We’re living in really dark times right now. Everything’s crazy,” Mills told the audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. “We just got to keep our spirits high.”
Walters plays Diane Jenkins on CBS’ “Y&R,” which she has appeared in during three different stints.
“I’m so happy that I won so I can thank my husband of 40 years,” she said, singling out Linden Ashby, who has appeared on the same show.
“The Young and the Restless” brought a leading 19 nominations into the 52nd annual show. It is just one of three shows nominated for best daytime drama, along with “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives.”
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Emily O’Brien earns another Emmy nomination for her role in Days of Our Lives; however, the actress doesn’t think she will win. The 40-year-old says she appreciates the recognition but sees the nomination as a celebration of her work rather than a sure win.
Emily O’Brien ‘wasn’t expecting to have a nomination’ at this year’s Emmy for her DoOL role
Emily O’Brien replaced Jen Lilley for the role of Theresa on Days of Our Lives. She revealed that it shocked her. Because she “wasn’t expecting to have a nomination as Theresa.” Explaining, she said it was tough to make the character her own and find her “footing.”
Through her Emmy-nominated role on Days of Our Lives, Emily O’Brien proves her range as a soap actress. She also has The Young and the Restless under her experience. She has also realized how important Theresa’s wig has become in her part. O’Brien joked that she might take it as a date to the Awards.
However, the actress feels that she might not win this year. Per Soap Opera Digest, she said, “I even thought about bringing the wig with me as a date! I’d have to mention the wig in there somewhere [if she were called to make an acceptance speech], but I’m not thinking that far ahead. I really don’t think it’s my year. I’m just happy to be on this ride again and alongside Linsey [Godfrey, Sarah, who was also nominated for Supporting Actress] for a second time. That part is just the most fun, and it’s enough for me just to have that fun right now!”
Even though Emily O’Brien thinks she will not win the Emmy for her role on Days of Our Lives, she says she will still get nervous. Despite that, she has her groundwork laid out. It is to manage the nerves, be present in the moment, and enjoy it.
Susan Stamberg, a “founding mother” of National Public Radio and the first female broadcaster to host a national news program, has died. She was 87.
Stamberg died Thursday, NPR reported. It did not provide a cause of death.
Stamberg joined NPR in the early 1970s when it was getting off the ground as a network of radio stations across the country. During her career, she interviewed thousands of people, from prominent politicians and artists to the less well-known like White House chefs and people who work behind the scenes in Hollywood.
She explained in an oral history interview with Oregon station KLCC in January that she didn’t have women in broadcast to model herself after when she became the host of “All Things Considered” in 1972.
“The only ones on were men, and the only thing I knew to do was imitate them,” she said.
She lowered her voice to sound authoritative. After a few days, Bill Siemering, the program manager, told her to be herself.
“And that was new too in its day, because everybody else, the women, were trained actors, and so they came with a very careful accents and very careful delivery. They weren’t relaxed and natural,” she said. “So we made a new sound with radio as well, with NPR.”
“All Things Considered” only had five reporters to draw on while they filled their 90-minute program, creating a daily challenge.
She told KLCC that she coined the term “founding mother” to refer to herself and three other women who helped launch the NPR: Cokie Roberts, Nina Totenberg and Linda Wertheimer.
“I got tired of hearing about Founding Fathers, and I knew we were not that, so we were obviously Founding Mothers, and I was going to put that on the map,” she said.
Stamberg hosted “All Things Considered” for 14 years. She went on to host “Weekend Edition Sunday,” where she started the Sunday puzzle feature with Will Shortz.
Shortz, who continues to serve as the program’s puzzle master and who is now the crossword editor of the New York Times, explained that Stamberg wanted the show to be the radio equivalent of a Sunday newspaper that provided news, culture, sports and a puzzle.
She later became a cultural correspondent for “Morning Edition” and “Weekend Edition Saturday.” She retired in September.
In 1979, she hosted a two-hour radio call-in program with then-President Jimmy Carter from the Oval Office. She managed the listeners who called in to speak with him. The questions were not screened beforehand. It was the second time Carter had a call-in program after the first with Walter Cronkite.
Stamberg was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame, which said she was known for her “conversational style, intelligence, and knack for finding an interesting story.” She interviewed Nancy Reagan, Annie Liebowitz, Rosa Parks and James Baldwin, among thousands of others.
She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020.
Stamberg was born Susan Levitt in Newark, New Jersey, in 1938 but grew up in Manhattan. She met her husband, Louis Stamberg, while working in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
She is survived by her son, Josh Stamberg, and her granddaughters, Vivian and Lena.
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Pankaj Dheer’s Death: Salman Khan among stars at Pankaj Dheer’s funeral, son Nikitin in tears
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Veteran actor Pankaj Dheer, who made a special mark for himself from television to films, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, after a long battle with cancer. He was 68 years old and the news of his demise has left the entire entertainment industry with deep grief.
The Final Rites Held in Vile Parle, Mumbai
Pankaj Dheer’s funeral took place in Mumbai’s Vile Parle, where several stars gathered together to pay their last respects and offer prayers. His son, Nikitin Dheer, was heartbroken and broke down in tears while bidding farewell to his father. The emotional moment brought tears to everyone’s eyes.
Celebrities Attend to Pay Tribute
From Salman Khan to Hema Malini, Mukesh Rishi, and Puneet Issar (who played Duryodhan in Mahabharat), many celebrities attended the funeral. Grief was evident on every face as the industry came together to say goodbye.
Actor Kushal Tandon was also seen alongside Nikitin Dheer, helping carry Pankaj Dheer’s mortal remains, a deeply moving moment that touched everyone present.
An End of an Era
The star was known to millions as ‘Karna’ from BR Chopra’s Mahabharat, Pankaj Dheer became a household name and left a lasting impact on both television and cinema. His passing marks the end of an era in Indian entertainment, one that will forever be remembered for years to come.
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James Cameron’s blockbuster movie Titanic quickly became one of the highest-grossing movies of all time at the worldwide box office. However, at one time, many believed that the film wouldn’t succeed financially. This belief was the result of delays and rumors of a troubled production. It has now been revealed in the posthumous memoir of late film producer Jon Landau how everything changed.
Jon Landeau confirms Titanic was expected to flop at the box office
In his memoir “The Bigger Picture,” Jon Landau recounted the time many thought James Cameron’s Titanic would become a box office bomb.
Landau stated in an excerpt shared by Variety that the first trailer was crucial in grabbing an audience. “You have two and a half minutes to convey the movie’s story and feel,” he added. “Those 150 seconds are everything, and like so many things on Titanic, they became the subject of a major battle.”
The Alita: Battle Angel producer explained that translating a three-hour and 14-minute film into a 90-second trailer proved difficult. He recalled the film’s crew creating a four-minute and two-second cut and sending it to Paramount and Fox.
Landau recounted the response of Rob Friedman — Paramount‘s marketing and distribution head — to the trailer. Friedman reportedly said, “I saw your trailer, and I’m throwing up all over my shoes.”
Landau shared that Paramount created a shorter cut, dubbed “the John Woo trailer.” He added that the trailer suggested the film was an action movie set on the Titanic. “It was not our movie,” he further stated.
The competing trailers caused a “back-and-forth” between the film’s crew and Paramount. “First reasoning, then screaming,” Landau recalled. The producer added that they convinced Paramount chairperson and CEO Sherry Lansing to test the longer trailer at ShoWest, the conference of the National Association of Theatre Owners in Las Vegas, to gauge reception.
“Our trailer was long,” Landau wrote. “To us, it seemed proportionate to the length of the movie. And necessary.” He added that the trailer was the first footage people outside the studio and production team saw.
Landau recalled the tense atmosphere, writing “the stakes were high.” He added that they spent five years making the film on a $200 million budget. Further, he shared how everyone was “rooting” for the film’s failure and how Time Magazine wrote a cover story about the film bombing.
Fortunately, Kurt Russell, who was in the audience, reacted positively to the trailer. The actor even remarked he would pay $10 to see it again. Landau shared that the studio got special permission from the Motion Picture Association to release the four-minute and two-second trailer to audiences. Further, he said that each negative article about the film ended with the belief that it would be good. “It was a real turning point,” he added.
With his unmistakable voice, deep-rooted musicianship and devotion to craft over commerce, he helped define the sound of modern R&B.
This playlist, a mix of his celebrated hits and lesser-known gems, serves as a career-spanning reflection from the smooth grooves of “Brown Sugar” to the urgency of his “Black Messiah” album.
1994: “U Will Know,” Black Men United (“Jason’s Lyric” soundtrack)
Before superstardom, D’Angelo united a generation of R&B voices for this empowering ballad from the “Jason’s Lyric” soundtrack.
The song that started it all. With its warm groove and smoky vocals, “Brown Sugar” introduced D’Angelo as the face of neo-soul, bridging hip-hop rhythms with Marvin Gaye sensuality and Donny Hathaway depth.
A smooth, confident follow-up that cemented D’Angelo’s sound: lush, live and unbothered by trends. “Lady” became one of his biggest radio hits and a hallmark of 1990s R&B sophistication.
His reimagining of the Smokey Robinson classic delivered pure soul nostalgia, proving early on that D’Angelo could honor tradition while making it unmistakably his own.
1995: “Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine”
A fan favorite that captured the youthful, romantic side of D’Angelo’s songwriting.
1996: “I Found My Smile Again”
This joyful anthem showcased D’Angelo’s optimism and musical looseness.
1998: “Nothing Even Matters,” featuring Lauryn Hill and D’Angelo
A duet for the ages. Paired with Lauryn Hill’s velvet tone, D’Angelo helped craft one of the most enduring love songs of the era.
1998: “Devil’s Pie”
The track revealed his darker, more cynical reflections on fame, greed and the industry’s moral trade-offs. A gritty gem of hip-hop soul.
1999: “Everyday,” featuring Angie Stone and D’Angelo
Their real-life chemistry translated perfectly in song. Written for Stone’s debut album “Black Diamond,” the track glows with church-born soul and unfiltered sincerity.
2000: “Untitled (How Does It Feel)”
The song — and video — that became legend. With its minimalist instrumentation and raw vocal power, “Untitled” made vulnerability sound and look revolutionary.
An understated masterpiece. Over soft horns and rhythm, D’Angelo channels faith and forgiveness, reaffirming his spiritual side amid the “Voodoo” era’s intensity.
2006: “Imagine,” featuring Snoop Dogg, D’Angelo and Dr. Dre
A rare, star-powered collaboration that reinterprets Lennon’s anthem through a West Coast lens, proving D’Angelo’s voice still carries spiritual weight in any setting.
2006: “So Far to Go,” featuring J Dilla, Common and D’Angelo
Soul meets spoken word. Over J Dilla’s hypnotic beat, D’Angelo and Common merge love and reflection.
2008: “Believe,” featuring Q-Tip and D’Angelo
Two creative minds in conversation. “Believe” blends D’Angelo’s smoky chords with Q-Tip’s reflective lyricism.
2014: “Really Love,” featuring D’Angelo and The Vanguard
Lush strings, Spanish guitar and slow-burn sensuality. “Really Love” became the centerpiece of “Black Messiah.” It’s romantic yet restless, earning him a Grammy and a late-career triumph.
2014: “Back to the Future,” Part I and II featuring D’Angelo and The Vanguard
D’Angelo wrestles with time, temptation and truth. A meditative track that feels like he’s talking to both his past and future self.
2014: “Prayer,” featuring D’Angelo and The Vanguard
A spiritual plea wrapped in funk and distortion. “Prayer” feels both haunted and redemptive. It was a confessional moment in his most mysterious era.
2014: “Another Life,” featuring D’Angelo and The Vanguard
A tender closer to “Black Messiah,” the song feels like a love letter from a man who’s lived, lost, and learned. Intimate, dreamy and devastatingly beautiful.
2024: “I Want You Forever,” featuring D’Angelo, Jay-Z and Jeymes Samuel (“The Book of Clarence” soundtrack)
A cinematic finale to a storied career. Blending gospel grandeur with modern swagger, it’s D’Angelo’s voice — warm, weary and wise — that anchors the message of devotion and destiny.
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“I remember hearing your music for the first time… I said to myself damn whoever this is they are anointed… Then when I finally got a chance to see you… Like everyone when they saw the most incredible music video of our time… I was blown away… I thought to myself I have to see this person in concert… I had my chance to see you at the house of blues… You came out and got right down to business… Your voice was silky and flawless… I was graciously envious of your style and your swag…
That’s why today real tears run down my face … to hear the news that God has taken one of his special creations home… I know God doesn’t make mistakes… But this one hurts like hell… rest up my friend… you will be missed forever… But your music and your impression will be felt for generations to come…. REST IN POWER AND BEAUTIFUL MUSIC….. You are one of one….” — on Instagram.
“because u were , we are all because.” — the Grammy-Award winning R&B singer said on Instagram.
“I told you a long time ago — You ain’t gon understand everything & everything ain’t meant 4 U, nor I, to understand. I never met D’Angelo but I love him, respect him, admire his gift. This loss HURTS!! Love to my family that are family to him. I’m so sorry. R.I.P. GENIUS.” — on X.
“One of my all time favorites whose records I went to again and again. Noone did anything funkier over the last 30 years. I never knew him but humbled myself before his music. What a rare and beautiful voice and an inimitable approach to songwriting. What a musician!!! He changed the course of popular music. Fly free with the angels D’angelo, we will listen to you forever and always be moved. I drop to my knees and pray.” — the co-founder and bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers said on Instagram.
“Danggit! Say it ain’t so, but we just lost a friend, a creator & legend, D’Angelo! Prayer’s going out to his family & friends! We all lolve u lil-brother. R.I.P…” — the bassist, singer, and songwriter known for his work with James Brown and as a member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, on X.
“Rest in peace D’angelo. My thoughts, love and prayers go out to his family and friends. A true voice of soul and inspiration to many brilliant artists of our generation and generations to come.” — the singer, rapper and pop performer, on X.
“Omg! This is so sad! I knew he was fighting for some time too. But man, this is so sad. At great artist-Gone too soon. My sympathies to his loved ones and family. #RIP D’Angelo” — the actor, on X.
“Such a sad loss to the passing of D’angelo. We have so many great times. Gonna miss you so much. Sleep Peacefully D’. Love You KING.” — the legendary DJ and hip-hop producer, on X.
“I can’t think of a musician other than Prince that I revere more. He is one of the great players and bandleaders. I was always inspired by the fact that he also struggled. And we all knew that. We don’t get artists like this often. He really touched my life, and I was sure one day I’d get to see him play. I can’t believe he died so young. I’m very sad. I love that he grew into something new from his past life. — the acclaimed indie musician said on Instagram.
“I am sitting in this airport, in tears. The greatest soul musician, of a generation. Is gone. Michael Archer, I love you, man…. Rest in Power to The Great. D’Angelo…. I am broken…..” — the record producer, on Instagram.
“We lost a GIANT today. The last time I shed tears for an artist when they transitioned was Prince… I shed some today. Rest In Eternal Power, Michael D’Angelo Archer.” — the R&B songwriter, on Instagram.
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EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Alec Baldwin and his younger brother Stephen escaped injury when their vehicle struck a tree in New York.
In a video posted to Instagram late Monday, Alec Baldwin said he was driving his wife’s Range Rover in East Hampton on Monday when he was cut off by a garbage truck “the size of a whale.” The 67-year-old actor and his 59-year-old brother and fellow actor were in the vehicle on their way back from attending the Hamptons International Film Festival, where Alec Baldwin serves as co-chair of the Executive Committee.
Alec Baldwin said that neither he nor his brother were injured, but the vehicle they were in had extensive damage. The elder Baldwin also thanked East Hampton police for their response to and handling of the crash. No other injuries were reported in the accident.
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