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Emma Heming Willis is celebrating her 15th wedding anniversary with Bruce Willis.

On Thursday, Heming Willis shared a sweet photo of Willis giving her a kiss on the cheek and wrote about their crystal anniversary.

“Today, I can make a choice. I can wallow in sorrow or I can celebrate it,” Heming Willis began in the caption of her Instagram post. “I call this the ‘remarkable reframe.’ What I know is there is so much to celebrate.”

“Our union and connection is probably stronger than ever,” she continued. “We have two bright, fun and healthy daughters. We have a family unit that is built on mutual respect and admiration. And simply, I just love and adore the man I married.”

“I’m so proud of what we have and continue to create,” she added. “So, happy crystal anniversary to us!”

Heming Willis and Willis were married in 2009. They welcomed their first child together, daughter Mabel, in 2012, and their second daughter together, Evelyn, in 2014.

Willis also shares daughters Rumer, Scout LaRue and Tallulah Belle Willis with ex-wife Demi Moore, to whom he was married from 1987 to 2000.

Willis’ entire family has been by his side since he was diagnosed with the degenerative brain condition aphasia in 2022, then frontotemporal dementia in 2023.

Earlier this month, Heming Willis spoke out after a report claimed Willis had “no more joy” after being diagnosed.

“Stop scaring people to think that once they get a diagnosis of some kind of neurocognitive disease that that’s it, it’s over,” Heming Willis said, insisting, “it is the complete opposite of that, OK? 100%. There is grief and sadness … But you start a new chapter.”

“That chapter is filled … with love. It’s filled with connection. It’s filled with joy … happiness. That’s where we are,” she added.

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Pete Davidson has revealed that his semi-autobiographical Peacock comedy Bupkis will not return for a second season. “I’ve always seen Bupkis as a window into my life, since it is so personal and about my struggles and family,” Davidson said in a statement obtained by Variety on Thursday. “After nearly a decade of my personal life being in the media I wanted a chance to tell my story my way … I do also feel that this part of my life is finished. I’m very excited for this next chapter and for you guys to see the work. Thank you to all who support me for I am forever grateful.” Edie Falco played Davidson’s mom and Joe Pesci portrayed his grandfather in the series. Season 1 also featured guest appearances from Machine Gun Kelly, Steve Buscemi, Bobby Cannavale, Charlie Day and Ray Romano, among others …

NBC has renewed the dramas Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., as well as Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU. The status of Law & Order: Organized Crime is “still under discussion,” per the network. The Chicago shows are the top three Wednesday shows this season in total viewers, while the 25th season of Law & Order: SVU — the longest-running primetime drama in American TV history — is Thursday’s #1 entertainment show in the 18-49 demo …

Kyle Schmid has been tapped to play the younger version of special agent Michael “Mike” Franks in CBS’ upcoming prequel series NCIS: Origins, according to Entertainment Weekly. Set in 1991, the new show “follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs — played by Austin Stowell … as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office where he forges his place on a gritty, ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks,” as reported …

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Are you Team Alicent or Team Rhaenyra?

HBO’s House of the Dragon is asking fans to pick a side in the two new trailers it debuted to promote season 2 of the Game of Thrones prequel series on Thursday.

One trailer focuses on Queen Alicent’s team green: those who make their home at King’s Landing, including Alicent’s sons, King Aegon and Prince Aemond, her father, Otto, and the knight Ser Criston Cole.

“Only weeks ago, my Lord husband was alive, and the realm was at peace. On his deathbed, he knew the realm would never accept a queen,” Alicent, played by Olivia Cooke, says in the team green trailer.

The other trailer tells a different story. It follows Queen Rhaenyra’s team black – including her husband, Prince Daemon, and her remaining sons, who all reside at Dragonstone.

“My father chose me, his first-born child, to succeed him,” Rhaenyra, played by Emma D’Arcy, says in the team black trailer. “He held to his decision until death. And yet, Alicent’s son sits my throne. I mean to fight this war. And win it.”

The trailers debuted at the same time, but, at the time of writing, Rhaenyra’s team black has more support – that trailer has over 1 million views, while Alicent’s team green trailer has picked up just over 780,000.

Season 2 of House of the Dragon premieres June 16 on HBO and Max.

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Drake Bell‘s TV family members are rallying around the actor on social media, following the revelation in the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV that Bell had been sexually abused by former dialog coach Brian Peck when he was a young Nickelodeon star.

Josh Peck, no relation, who played Drake’s stepbrother on the hit Drake & Josh, broke his silence Thursday.

He said he needed “a few days to process” the Investigation Discovery series and that he’d “reached out privately” to Bell — something Drake previously told his own followers on TikTok.

That said, Peck expressed that he “wanted to give my support for the survivors who were brave enough to share their stories of emotional and physical abuse on Nickelodeon sets with the world.”

He continued, “Children should be protected. Reliving this publicly is incredibly difficult, but I hope it can bring healing for the victims and their families as well as necessary change to our industry.”

Nancy Sullivan, who played Bell’s mother, Audrey Parker-Nichols, on the show, also posted about the actor.

Sullivan said it “broke my heart into a million pieces to hear just how much Drake was holding inside while we were working together.” She added, “I was both devastated and proud seeing the man he’s grown into sit down on camera and bravely tell his truth.”

She continued, “Past abuse doesn’t define us, and it has no right to rule our lives, I know that putting this burden down will free him in so many ways. I hope memories of the joy he had on our shows will someday greatly overshadow the pain. Sending love to Drake for a deep healing and for a rich and beautiful life ahead.”

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Vanity Fair has a first look at the cast of the film adaptation of director Jon M. Chu‘s forthcoming Wicked musical movie, starring Ariana Grande; Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh; Emmy, Tony and Grammy winner Cynthia Erivo; and more.

Chu explains he was a fan of the original Tony-winning staged musical, having caught it back when it was in previews in San Fransisco. “I remember thinking, ‘Oh, wow. It feels like a movie already,'” he says.  

The filmmaker behind the hits Crazy Rich Asians and Now You See Me 2 said he didn’t want to rely on CG to bring the musical to life onscreen. “I was like, ‘I want to do it the way I dreamed about it as a kid when I watched Hook,'” the filmmaker says. 

“Behind the scenes, Steven Spielberg was on a dock with a giant pirate ship. I’m like, ‘If this is my one opportunity to do this, I want to do that,'” Chu enthuses.

To that end, there are realistic sets and full-sized props, like a train that travels to the Emerald City. 

For that matter, the urge to capture the magic in-camera extended to its talent, too. Chu says that while filming the movie, Ariana and Cynthia insisted on singing while on set, instead of miming to a prerecorded vocal.

“These are live vocals,” Chu says. “When we were shooting it, those girls were like, ‘F*** the pre-records. We’re going live.'” He recalls not knowing if they could do it and asking, “There’s going to be a lot of wind in your air pipes. Is that okay?” And they said, “Yeah. That’s what we do.”

The first installment of Wicked hits theaters November 27. Part two arrives in 2025.

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Cillian Murphy may now have an Oscar on his shelf, but he hasn’t forgotten where he came from. The actor is reportedly returning for a movie version of Peaky Blinders, one of his most memorable pre-Oppenheimer projects. 

The show’s creator Steven Knight tells Birmingham World that Murphy is “definitely is returning for it,” adding shooting starts in September.

Murphy played gangster Tommy Shelby in the beloved BBC series, which also featured Tom Hardy, Anya-Taylor Joy and Adrien Brody during its run from 2013-2022.

The drama exploded in popularity after Netflix started running it, and Murphy had previously said he’d be interested in revisiting Peaky if the material was right. 

In February, the Irish star told the Irish Star, “I have always said that if Knight delivers a script that I know he can deliver, because he is such a phenomenal writer, I’ll be there.”

The actor, who turns 48 in May, added cheekily, “If we want to watch 50-year-old Tommy Shelby, I will be there. Let’s do it.”

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On Thursday morning, Star Wars prequel star Hayden Christensen was on hand to kick off a Star Wars takeover of New York City’s famed Empire State Building.

Christensen, who recently appeared in the Disney+ series Star Wars: Ahsoka, was joined by his alter-ego, Darth Vader, and a squad of Stormtroopers for the launch of the building’s March to May the 4th campaign.

Hayden then flipped an oversized ceremonial switch to turn the top of the building’s lights Sith red and officially started the festivities.

Before he did, Christensen told the assembled media he was honored to represent the franchise, adding, “Star Wars has been a very important part of my life, so it’s a real pleasure to get to be here and see this amazing show they’re about to put on.”

The landmark will feature life-sized LEGO statues of Star Wars characters and immersive environments from George Lucas‘ saga as well as product launches and other events in the lead-up to May 4, which is Star Wars Day.

Thursday evening will feature a “villain-themed light show,” and on Friday evening, ESB will host ESB: That is, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back in fan speak.

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On Wednesday’s installment of their Fly on the Wall podcast, Saturday Night Live vets Dana Carvey and David Spade sat with Sharon Stone, who spilled some tea about her 1992 hosting gig.

“I came out to do the monologue live, which is super scary, and a bunch of people started storming the stage saying they were going to kill me during the opening monologue,” Stone revealed.

She explained she had just become a spokesperson for the AIDS charity amFAR, saying, “No one understood at the time … if amfAR could be trusted or if we were against gay people … Instead of waiting for an informative, intelligent, conversation they thought, ‘Oh let’s just kill her.'”

Of the scary incident, for which six men were later arrested, Stone said, “The security that was in there froze because they never had seen anything like that happen.”

She explained producer Lorne Michaels “started beating [the protestors] up and pulling them back from the stage,” noting he “personally saved my life.”

Stone said the show went on regardless. “So all these people were getting beat up and handcuffed in front of me as we went live,” she recalled.

Stone admitted she was “terrified” and “completely blacked out with terror” for most of the show.

Later, Carvey “personally apologized” for a sketch, in which he played an Indian airline security guard who wanted to watch Stone undress.

Stone said, “That was funny to me … I was fine being the butt of the joke.”

She added, “we’re in such a weird and precious time … everyone is so afraid … that people can’t be normal with each other anymore. It’s lost all sense of reason.”

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The Golden Ratio theory, the ancient mathematical formula for symmetry that some say can find the “perfect” face, has come to rank The Bachelors, and apparently, Brad Womack was determined to be the most attractive contestant ever.

The website NoDepositRewards has deployed the formula on the faces of all the guys who have looked for love on the hit ABC reality show, and while the veteran of seasons 11 and 15 came out on top, the current hopeful, Joey Graziadei, only managed #15. He was tied with season 9’s Lorenzo Borghese.

Coming in second on the attractiveness ranking was season 10’s Andy Baldwin. The guy who got on bended knee for Tessa Horst back in 2007 eventually split from her eight months after the show ended.

Sixth season lead Byron Velvick ranked third. He gave Mary Delgado a final rose and a ring but broke up in 2009, five years after the finale.

Notorious contestant Juan Pablo Galavis might have been the most controversial Bachelor ever, with Claire Crawley‘s departure from the show, but math confirms you can’t say he wasn’t good looking. According to this ranking, the season 18 contestant was fourth.

Rounding out the top five was former race car driver Arie Luyendyk Jr. The veteran of both The Bachelorette and The Bachelor famously proposed to Becca Kufrin in season 22 of the latter but later chose runner-up Lauren Burnham. They’ve been married since 2019 and have three kids together.

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After Drake Bell‘s revelation that he was sexually abused as a Nickelodeon child star, fans have been vocal online about when his Drake & Josh co-star Josh Peck was going to publicly support him.

Even Drake noticed, and he’s now assuring fans of the beloved show that they’ve been talking privately — and to “take it a little easy” on his former co-star, who recently appeared in the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer.

In a TikTok message posted Wednesday, Bell noted, “I just want to clear something up. I’ve noticed a lot of comments on some of Josh’s TikToks and some of his posts and I just want to let you guys know that … processing this and going through this is a really emotional time, and a lot of it’s very, very difficult. So not everything is put out to the public.”

Bell added, “I just want you guys to know that he has reached out to me, and it’s been very sensitive. He has reached out to talk with me and help me work through this, and has been really, really great.”

Bell emphasized, “So just wanted to let you guys know that and to take it a little easy on him.”

In the new documentary series Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Bell admitted he was abused by former Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck — no relation to Josh — and was the John Doe minor in Peck’s 2003 child sexual abuse case.

Peck was arrested in 2003 and charged with 11 counts, including lewd acts with a child and sexual abuse of a minor. He pleaded guilty to two of the counts, was sentenced to 16 months in prison and was ordered to register as a sex offender.

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