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Richard Chamberlain, Miniseries Star, Dies at 90
Richard
Chamberlain
Was 'King of
the Miniseries'
obituary
Mar 30, 2025 10:00 AM CDT

Richard Chamberlain Was 'King of the Miniseries'

Dr. Kildare star moved on to Shogun, Thorn Birds

(Newser) - Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series Dr. Kildare who found a second career as an award-winning "king of the miniseries," has died. He was 90 and died Saturday night in Waimanalo, Hawaii, of complications following a stroke, his publicist said, per the AP . Tall...

Actor Pays Down $1.3M of His Hometown's Debt
Actor Pays Down $1.3M
of His Hometown's Debt
in case you missed it
Mar 15, 2025 11:02 AM CDT

Actor Pays Down $1.3M of His Hometown's Debt

Welsh thespian Michael Sheen ponied up $130K of his own money, as detailed in a new Channel 4 doc

(Newser) - A Welsh actor has forked over six figures of his own cash to pay down the debt for hundreds of people from his hometown. Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway, a documentary designed to educate the masses on credit debt, debuted on Monday on the UK's Channel 4,...

Halle Berry Is Throwing a Menopause Party

Actor says women should be celebrating the next stage of life

(Newser) - Halle Berry will turn 59 in August, but she's celebrating another milestone on March 21—menopause. As Page Six reports, the Oscar winner is throwing herself a party she terms a "shiesta" to celebrate 12 months without a period and the next stage in life. "When a...

Steve Carell Is Taking 800 LA Kids to the Prom

Actor combines with a charity to pony up tickets for students affected by California wildfires

(Newser) - A 62-year-old man taking any sort of interest in a high school prom might seem a little sketchy, but here we have Steve Carell offering to pony up for prom tickets for some 800 kids affected by the Los Angeles wildfires. As NBC News reports, the actor, working with a...

Karla Sofia Gascon Speaks Out After Oscars

No best actress award for Emilia Perez , but she offers congrats to co-star, praises host O'Brien

(Newser) - Karla Sofia Gascon's Oscars "nightmare" wasn't as bad as it could've been—Emilia Perez, the film she starred in alongside Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez, took home two Academy Awards on Sunday, including best supporting actress for Saldana and best song for "El Mal."...

Bill Murray Calls Bob Woodward's Belushi Book 'Criminal'

Actor tells Joe Rogan that 1984 biography on the late SNL star was 'completely inaccurate'

(Newser) - Bob Woodward's biography of the late Saturday Night Live star John Belushi dropped more than 40 years ago, but one old Belushi friend is just now spilling how he feels about the job that the Watergate journalist did. It's not a complimentary take, reports Variety . "If he...

Michelle Trachtenberg's Cause of Death Will Remain a Mystery

With no autopsy, it is officially 'undetermined'

(Newser) - Michelle Trachtenberg's cause of death is "undetermined," and will remain so. The New York City Medical Examiner did not perform an autopsy at the request of the actor's family following law enforcement's conclusion that the death wasn't suspicious, CNN reports. Trachtenberg, 39, was found...

Hackman, Wife Found in Separate Rooms
Hackman's Daughter
Has a Theory
Feb 27, 2025 11:16 AM CST

Hackman's Daughter Has a Theory

Family reportedly suspects carbon monoxide in death of actor, wife, dog

(Newser) - A daughter of actor Gene Hackman, who was found dead in his Santa Fe home on Wednesday alongside his pianist wife, suspects they were exposed to toxic fumes such as carbon monoxide, reports TMZ . The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office said there were no signs of foul play or...

Gascon to Attend Oscars: 'I'm Grateful to Be Back'

Variety reports that Netflix has agreed to pay for Emilia Perez star's showing amid controversy

(Newser) - The distance between Netflix and Karla Sofia Gascon just got a bit smaller. Variety reports that best actress nominee Gascon, 52, will indeed attend the Academy Awards on Sunday at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre—and that the streaming service has agreed to pick up the tab, despite the "nightmare"...

Octavia Spencer Offers Special 'Bake Sale' for DOGE Workers

Actor puts up post about serving poop pie from The Help to staffers, fans of the cost-cutting group

(Newser) - Octavia Spencer wants to reward workers for the Trump administration's so-called Department of Government Efficiency organization with a bake sale—with her wares containing a very "special ingredient" that will be familiar to fans of her movie The Help. Per the Hollywood Reporter , the Oscar-winning actor posted her...

Tilda Swinton Stepping Away From a 'Merciless Mistress'

After scathing speech at Berlinale on world's issues, actor says she's taking a break from work

(Newser) - There are few actors who take on quirkier roles than Tilda Swinton, but apparently working that hard at being weird can take its toll. This week at the Berlinale international film fest in Berlin, the 64-year-old Oscar winner received the Golden Bear lifetime achievement honor, and she used her acceptance...

Gascon Faces Oscars 'Nightmare' in Wake of Tweets
Gascon Faces
Oscars 'Nightmare'
in Wake of
Tweets
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 5, 2025 1:20 PM CST

Gascon Faces Oscars 'Nightmare' in Wake of Tweets

Netflix is distancing itself from trans Emilia Perez actress after eyebrow-raising posts

(Newser) - The controversy surrounding the past tweets of Karla Sofia Gascon—the first transgender individual nominated for an acting Oscar, for her starring role in Emilia Perez—isn't going away. And it's apparently affecting the Oscar campaign that Netflix, the movie's distributor in the US and UK, is...

Jesse Eisenberg Wants to Cut His Link to Zuckerberg

Social Network actor played Meta CEO but doesn't want to be 'associated with somebody like that'

(Newser) - Jesse Eisenberg may have played Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg on the big screen in 2010's The Social Network, but any link beyond that isn't something Eisenberg is keen on. "I haven't been following [Zuckerberg's] life trajectory, partly because I don't want to think of...

French Director Guilty of Sexual Assault on Child

Adele Haenel said Christophe Ruggia abused her for years under guise of training

(Newser) - French film director Christophe Ruggia was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting actor Adèle Haenel when she was as young as 12. "You took advantage of the influence you had on the young actress," a judge told the director, per the New York Times . Ruggia was 36 when...

Emilia Perez's Gascon: I've Been 'Crucified' Over Tweets

Oscar-nominated trans actor says she's not bowing out of awards race over past social media posts

(Newser) - The most nominated film heading into the upcoming Academy Awards is at the center of a controversy , spurred by its lead, Karla Sofia Gascon—but Gascon, the first openly transgender actor up for a golden statue in an acting category, isn't taking herself out of the race. In a...

Barbie Hsu, Star of Taiwan's Meteor Garden , Dead at 48
Taiwanese Actor
Barbie Hsu Dead at 48
OBITUARY
Feb 3, 2025 8:00 AM CST

Taiwanese Actor Barbie Hsu Dead at 48

'Big S,' star of Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden , dies of flu-triggered pneumonia

(Newser) - "Big S passed away." CNN reports that was the top trending topic on Monday on China's Weibo social media platform, as news of the death of one of Taiwan's most famous actors circulated. In a statement cited by the nation's Central News Agency, Dee Hsu...

Former Days of Our Lives Actor Is Dead at 39
Former Days of Our Lives
Actor Is Dead at 39
obituary
Jan 21, 2025 2:44 PM CST

Former Days of Our Lives Actor Is Dead at 39

Francisco San Martin played the character of Dario Hernandez

(Newser) - An actor best known for his roles on big soap operas has died at age 39, reports NBC News . Francisco San Martin, who rose to fame for portraying the character of Dario Hernandez on Days of Our Lives more than a decade ago, took his own life in his Los...

Even Big Stars Get Fined at Film Premieres

Timothee Chalamet says he got $80 fine after riding bike to A Complete Unknown in London

(Newser) - Timothee Chalamet is at the center of Oscars buzz for playing Bob Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown, but the newest headline about the 29-year-old star involves the $80 fine he says he incurred for parking his bike at the film's London premiere. Per the Hollywood Reporter , Chalamet...

After the 'Unimaginable,' Hollywood Steps Up to Help

Halle Berry donates 'entire closet' to wildfire victims; Sharon Stone, other celebs also boosting efforts

(Newser) - As firefighters desperately work to contain the Palisades Fire and other blazes breaking out in Southern California, locals are trying to help, too —even stars like Halle Berry, who decided she was going to donate all the clothes she owns to help, reports USA Today . "I'm packing...

Aubrey Plaza Shuts Down Her Instagram

It's not clear if the Parks and Rec star will return to social media following death of husband Jeff Baena

(Newser) - Aubrey Plaza has addressed the "unimaginable tragedy" of her husband Jeff Baena's death , but it looks like she doesn't want to address much else in the near future. People reports that the 40-year-old Parks and Rec and White Lotus star has deleted her Instagram account for now;...

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