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Denzel Takes a Big Step in His 'Spiritual Journey'

Oscar-winning actor, 69, is baptized in NYC church, receives minister's license

(Newser) - Denzel Washington turns 70 later this week, but the Gladiator II star managed to squeeze in one more life milestone before the big day. On Saturday, the Oscar-winning actor was baptized at a New York City church in a ceremony that was livestreamed on Facebook . Dressed humbly in a gray...

Report: Foxx Brouhaha Began With a Phallic Laser Pointer

Actor's fight at Beverly Hills eatery was reportedly with crew from Jackass production firm

(Newser) - More details are emerging on the Friday night altercation in Beverly Hills that injured Jamie Foxx, with sources telling TMZ that the beef at Mr. Chow restaurant was between the actor/comedian and crew members of Dickhouse Productions—the production firm behind the Jackass movie franchise. According to witnesses, that crew...

'Forever Begins Now' for Selena Gomez

Actor-singer, 32, announces she's engaged to 36-year-old music producer Benny Blanco

(Newser) - Selena Gomez: singer, actor, soon-to-be spouse. Late Wednesday, the Only Murders in the Building star announced online that she's engaged to music producer Benny Blanco, her beau of more than a year, reports Page Six . "Forever begins now," the 32-year-old star wrote on Instagram , showing off her...

Jim Carrey's Retirement Plans Derailed: 'I Need the Money'

'I bought a lot of stuff,' he says of why he took on latest role, in Sonic the Hedgehog 3

(Newser) - More than two years ago, Jim Carrey apparently retired from acting , vowing that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 would likely be his last movie. "If the angels bring some sort of script that's written in gold ink that says to me that it's going to be really important...

Stage Actor Died 'Doing What He Loved Most'

Canadian Julien Arnold died during a production of A Christmas Carol in Edmonton

(Newser) - A beloved Canadian stage actor was performing in a play of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol on Sunday when he apparently died during the show. Julien Arnold, who had two roles in the play showing at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, including that of a ghost, suffered a medical emergency...

Convicted Marvel Actor Now Sued by Ex-Girlfriend
Ex of Convicted
Marvel Actor
Drops Suit
UPDATED
Nov 23, 2024 7:00 AM CST

Ex of Convicted Marvel Actor Drops Suit

Lawyer for Grace Jabbari said the case was 'favorably settled'

(Newser) - An assault and defamation lawsuit filed against Marvel actor Jonathan Majors by his ex has been ditched. The AP reports that the legal teams for both Majors and former girlfriend Grace Jabbari on Thursday gave the OK to dismiss the case with prejudice, per a joint filing in Manhattan federal...

Denzel on Booze: 'I've Done a Lot of Damage to the Body'

Oscar-winning actor reveals to Esquire how wine became his 'thing,' until he quit a decade ago

(Newser) - Toward the start of his new stream-of-consciousness essay in Esquire that details "the moments that mattered and the experiences that made him," Oscar-winner Denzel Washington notes he "wasn't big" on alcohol as a youth. That changed down the road. The 69-year-old Training Day and Gladiator II...

John Mulaney on His Life: It's 'Like a Tornado Picked Me Up'

Comedian talks with GQ about stormy past few years, from drugs to life with Olivia Munn, kids

(Newser) - "Once such a consummate urbanite that you half expected to see a pigeon on his head and his pockets stuffed with takeout menus, today he looks every inch a suburban dad, in his white lace-up Vans, olive jeans, long-sleeve shirt." That's how Brett Martin describes John Mulaney...

Dave Coulier Has 'Very Aggressive' Cancer

Full House star diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma is now undergoing chemo

(Newser) - Just weeks ago, Dave Coulier learned he has cancer—"very aggressive" cancer. Last month, the 65-year-old Full House star was experiencing an upper respiratory infection that caused his lymph nodes to swell, per People . Then, a lymph node in his groin suddenly grew to the size of a golf...

K-Drama Star Song Jae-lim Found Dead
K-Drama Star
Song Jae-lim
Found Dead
Nov 13, 2024 11:05 AM CST

K-Drama Star Song Jae-lim Found Dead

Seoul police say there was a note found in the 39-year-old's apartment

(Newser) - Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor and former model, was found dead in Seoul on Tuesday. The 39-year-old's body was discovered in his apartment by a friend who planned to have lunch with him, CNN reports. Police in the city's Seongdong district said there was no evidence of...

He Played One of the Scariest Characters on the Big Screen

Actor Tony Todd, known for playing title role in horror film Candyman , has died at 69

(Newser) - Tony Todd, the actor best known for his roles in Candyman, The Crow, and Final Destination, has died at the age of 69. Rep Jeff Goldberg tells TMZ that Todd, who had more than 240 movie and TV credits to his name over a 40-year career, died of natural causes...

Saoirse Ronan: That Viral Moment Is 'Really Telling'

Actor says in a new interview that the reaction has been 'wild,' but she wants viewers to give it context

(Newser) - On Friday, Saoirse Ronan made waves on The Graham Norton Show when she took issue with actor Paul Mescal's self-defense joke, saying, "That's what girls have to think about all the time. Am I right, ladies?" On Virgin Radio UK on Wednesday, Ronan addressed the moment that...

Looks Like Magic Mike Star Is Back on the Market

Channing Tatum's engagement to actor/director Zoe Kravitz is over, sources tell People

(Newser) - The Halloween season has had its ups and downs over the years for Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz. In 2021, that was when the two went "Instagram official" on their relationship, and late October of last year is when the Magic Mike star popped the question to his Batman...

Comic Actor Teri Garr Dies at 79
Comic Actor Teri Garr
Dies at 79
obituary
Oct 29, 2024 12:58 PM CDT

Comic Actor Teri Garr Dies at 79

One of her early big films was Young Frankenstein

(Newser) - Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as Young Frankenstein and Tootsie has died at age 79. Garr died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis "surrounded by family and friends," said publicist Heidi Schaeffer, per the AP...

Laurence Olivier's Nose Will Soon Be Up for Grabs

The prosthetic one he donned for 1955's Richard III is headed for the auction block

(Newser) - The prosthetic schnoz that Laurence Olivier donned to play the title role in 1955's Richard III is so famous that it's appeared on lists of "best/worst fake noses in cinema history." Now, the costume nose is headed for the auction block next month, part of a...

Cheers Stars Settle Decades-Old Dispute

Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer put the past behind them in podcast episode

(Newser) - Ted Danson and Kelsey Grammer starred together in the hit 1980s-'90s TV show Cheers, but it didn't exactly bond them. On Wednesday, the actors alluded to an argument during their time on the show that apparently led to decades of silence, or distance at least. "I feel...

Francesca Eastwood Arrested in Beverly Hills

Clint Eastwood's actor daughter, 31, was booked on felony domestic violence charges

(Newser) - Francesca Eastwood, daughter of famed actor/director Clint Eastwood and Titanic actor Frances Fisher, was arrested over the weekend, accused of domestic violence. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that the 31-year-old Fargo and Twin Peaks actor was driving with her boyfriend on Saturday night in Beverly Hills when things first got...

Guess Who's Not Retired Anymore?
Guess Who's
Not Retired
Anymore?
Oct 2, 2024 9:40 AM CDT

Guess Who's Not Retired Anymore?

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is back after 7-year hiatus to appear in Anemone , directed by son Ronan

(Newser) - If an actor claims they're retiring, do they actually really mean it? That's a nay for Daniel Day-Lewis, the Academy Award-winning thespian who announced seven years ago , at age 60, that he was leaving the biz. He's now apparently retracting that decision, with a new movie in...

UK's Weird Medieval Sheep Tradition Snags Billions Actor

Damian Lewis shepherds a bunch of sheep over the River Thames, because Britain is Britain

(Newser) - Actor Damian Lewis drove a flock of sheep across the River Thames on Sunday in homage to a centuries-old tradition, reports the AP . Lewis is among thousands of people granted the honorary title of Freeman of the City of London, which in medieval times came with the right to bring...

Potter 's McGonagall, Maggie Smith, Dead at 89
Actress Maggie Smith
Is Dead at 89
OBITUARY
Sep 27, 2024 8:44 AM CDT

Actress Maggie Smith Is Dead at 89

Dame considered the preeminent British actress of a generation

(Newser) - You may have known her as professor Minerva McGonagall or Dowager Countess Violet Grantham, but Dame Maggie Smith had many memorable roles throughout her decades-long career in film, stage, and television, which came to a close Friday with Smith's death at the age of 89. "She passed away...

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