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Good news! As you may recall, news broke in April that Christina Applegate had been hospitalized. But now, she’s back home! Related: Alabama Barker Plans To Take ‘The Highest Dose Of Ozempic’ Back at the time, it was unknown whether her hospitalization was related to her battle with multiple sclerosis. Not even her rep would comment on what was going on back then, only saying: “I have no comment whether she is in the hospital or what her medical treatments are. She’s had a long history of complicated medical conditions that she has been refreshingly open about, as evidenced in…
This year’s nominees for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series are an interesting bunch. There are the category favorites also vying for Outstanding Comedy Series, like Hacks, Widow’s Bay, The Bear, and Abbott Elementary. There’s also a nod for The Chair Company, HBO’s absurdist paranoid thriller in which Friendship director Andrew DeYoung marries the styles of I Think You Should Leave and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation. The sixth Comedy Directing slot, however, went to a series that doesn’t appear anywhere else on the ballot. In fact, through this series’ five seasons, it’s only ever been nominated three other times…
Fans’ social networks alerted them to Andrew’s romance with Dr. Kate Tomas after the two were seen on an apparent double date with Phoebe Bridgers and Bo Burnham in March 2024.“I am in a new relationship,” the spiritual mentor said on a June 2024 episode of her podcast The Friday Emails without naming names, per The Sunday Times, “and I’m in love and I’m really happy.”However, she didn’t love that the media mostly focused on her relationship with the Oscar nominee.”It’s frustrating that no matter how accomplished or impactful a woman is, it’s always going to be more interesting if they…
Now that the summer box office has officially kicked off its final month, it truly wouldn’t be off-base to categorize 2026 as “the year of Anne Hathaway.” With three films already released to various levels of success (Mother Mary, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey) and two more upcoming features scheduled to premiere before November (The End of Oak Street and Verity), movie-going audiences of all tastes are bound to encounter the performer at least once. Although this timing is a coincidence, it’s a welcome and well-deserved one that demonstrates the breadth of Hathaway’s skills — a quasi-comeback, even,…
The NFL preseason officially kicks off on Thursday, August 6, with the 2026 Hall of Fame Game. This year’s matchup features the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals as the NFL celebrates the careers of newly minted HOFers Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly, Drew Brees, Roger Craig, and Adam Vinatieri. If you’re looking for something to stream before the Hall of Fame Game, HBO’s beloved docuseries Hard Knocks is about to return with new episodes! This year’s installment will follow the Seattle Seahawks, which is the first time the show is documenting the defending Super Bowl champions since the series first launched…
The case of the missing Nicolas Cage movie just took another twist. The writer, producer and financier of the unreleased $45 million film that was stolen from Netflix’s Hollywood headquarters in June is now suing the streaming giant for defamation, too. Writer-producer Simon Afram filed an amended complaint in federal court on Tuesday, citing a statement made to the press by Netflix that accused the law firms representing the Swiss billionaire of extortion. Nicolas Cage stars in the unreleased film, “Fortitude.” Click News and Media / BACKGRID The film’s plot centers on the character of Dusko Popov, a real-life World…
Dougherty Dozen’s Alex Stands By Brother James After Public Lewdness Arrest Published August 4, 2026 2:45 PM PDT Alex Dougherty, the oldest son of the parents behind the wildly popular “Dougherty Dozen” social media channels, is standing by his younger brother, James Dougherty, after his arrest on a public lewdness charge. Alex addressed the controversy on social media, saying he supports James, is there for him and considers the discussion over. He also assured followers his brother is doing okay. Waiting for your permission to load TikTok Post. 19-year-old James was arrested July 29 at a mall in upstate New…
As generative AI tools became ubiquitous and the ease of creating songs full-cloth with a handful of prompts increased, it seemed like only a matter of time before one of the viral sounds broke containment and made its way into mainstream music. And that day may have already come. The ’80s-inspired “Rubberz” by Fenix Flexin and Purps on the Beat currently sits at No. 66 on Billboard’s Hot 100 — after peaking last week at No. 58 — and may be entirely AI-generated. Both artists (who actually do exist in real life, unlike those behind other slop hits) have denied…
Meredith Gaudreau mourned the loss of her beloved dog as the two-year anniversary of her husband Johnny Gaudreau’s death looms. “Through it all my boy 🖤. With John now,” Meredith wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, August 4. “So many good pics, some of my favorites of my favorites 😘. Love you forever my Kingy.” Meredith shared a carousel of photos from the dog’s life, most of which featured her late husband. Kingy was 10. NHL star Johnny, 31, and his brother, Matthew Gaudreau, were struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver while riding bicycles the night before their sister…
The San Sebastián Film Festival will dedicate a 20-feature retrospective to José Giovanni, the French director, screenwriter and novelist who became one of the defining figures of the country’s postwar crime cinema. Running during the festival’s 74th edition, the program will span films released between 1960 and 2001, presenting almost all of Giovanni’s work as a director alongside eight titles he wrote for filmmakers including Jacques Becker, Jean-Pierre Melville, Claude Sautet, Jacques Deray, Robert Enrico and Henri Verneuil. Born Joseph Antoine Roger Damiani in Paris in 1923, Giovanni helped shape the French crime genre known as polar, first through his…