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Arnold Schwarzenegger took to Instagram over the weekend to mark a meaningful milestone.

“On this day 40 years ago, I became an American citizen,” the Terminator icon wrote in the caption. “It is one of the proudest days of my life. I owe everything to America. Born in Austria, Made in America!”

Schwarzenegger’s post included photos from throughout his life prior to and after coming to America, including ones of him at his citizenship ceremony in 1983 and other patriotic snapshots.

The slideshow was set to audio of a speech he gave as the then-governor of California at the 2004 Republican National Convention.

“My fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for me. To think that a once-scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become governor of the state of California, that is an immigrant’s dream,” he says in the video.

“In school, when the teacher would talk about America, I would daydream about coming here. I would daydream about living here,” he continued. “As long as I live, I will never forget the date when I raised my right hand and I took the oath of citizenship. You know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with the American flag around my shoulder all day long.”

“Everything about America seemed so big to me. So open, so possible,” the former bodybuilder said. “I finally arrived here in 1968. What a special day it was. I remember I arrived here with empty pockets, but full of dreams, full of determination, full of desire.”

Schwarzenegger concluded, “To my fellow immigrants listening tonight, I want you to know how welcome you are. We encourage your dreams. We believe in your future. Everything I have — my career, my success, my family — I owe to America.”

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On Monday, September 18, the fourth season of GMA 3: What You Need to Know gets underway.

The one-hour program co-anchored by Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan, with Dr. Jennifer Ashton as chief health and medical correspondent, airs weekdays at 1 p.m. Eastern time and for its first week back, has booked some must-see talent.

Monday’s installment features Born This Way Foundation President and co-founder — and mother of Lady Gaga — Cynthia Germanotta. Eva Pilgrim has a segment on moms who do mushrooms — and not the cooking kind; health teacher and coach Keisha Edwards will also be aboard, as will social media and TV personalities Charli, Dixie, Marc and Heidi D’Amelio from The D’Amelio Show.

Tuesday’s show will see ABC News chief national correspondent and author Matt Gutman discussing his book No Time to Panic and Morgan spotlighting “Swimming while Black” with four experts. The Home Edit Stay Organized authors Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin will also appear, as will comedian and Misfit author Gary Gulman.

The episode on Wednesday, September 20, will feature actor Chris Hemsworth, musician Gavin Rossdale, Fearless Fund co-founder and CEO Arian Simone and attorney Ben Crump. Project sWish founder McKinley Nelson will also appear, and ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson will be back with her fan-favorite Deals and Steals.

Thursday’s show will feature rap legend and Law & Order: SVU star Ice-T, NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Jr. talking about his new book, Buster Gets Back on Track, and the Green Bay Packers’ first female athletic trainer, Erin Roberge.

Rounding out the first week back on Friday, September 22, will be “Faith Friday,” featuring The Light We Give author Dr. Simran Jeet Singh.

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On Monday, September 18, Paramount+ revealed that Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell will be back behind the grill for Good Burger 2 on November 22, more than 25 years since Paramount released the original.

The dynamic duo reunites in the present day at the fictional “fast-food restaurant Good Burger with a hilarious new group of employees,” according to a press release.

The cast includes Get Out‘s Lil Rel Howery and his Free Guy co-star Anabel Graetz, Murder Mystery 2‘s Jillian Bell, Blockbuster‘s Kamaia Fairburn, The Chi‘s Alex R. Hibbert and Perry Mason‘s Fabrizio Guido. The film “will also feature surprise celebrity cameos as well as original Good Burger cast members who are reprising their roles: Josh Server as Fizz, Lori Beth Denberg as Connie Muldoon and Carmen Electra as Roxanne,” the streamer says.

The Nickelodeon Studios movie will follow Thompson’s Dexter Reed and Mitchell’s Ed as they take on their old jobs at the restaurant. “Dexter Reed is down on his luck after another one of his inventions fails” and “devises a plan to get back on his feet, but unfortunately puts the fate of Good Burger at risk once again,” per the press release.

Good Burger is based on the sketch first aired in the ’90s sketch comedy show All That. The gang came to the big screen for the first time in 1997. In 2019, Mitchell reprised his role as Ed in the All That revival series.

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In a new ad for his Aviation American Gin, Ryan Reynolds is pushing back against the imminent annual addiction known as pumpkin spice season.

“It’s nearly fall, which means the entire universe will once again be losing its mind about pumpkin spice,” Ryan says before adding, “But not on my watch.”

Instead, Ryan prepares a Negroni. It’s the traditional recipe for the drink, with the addition of taking a “pumpkin spice cinnamon stick, and shoving it right up your a**.”

“While stirring, we’re going to take a moment to ponder why it is, for two or three months, we lose our f****** minds over pumpkin spice,” he says. “What the f*** are we doing, people?!”

After his meltdown, he returns to finish the real drink with a garnish, saying, “F*** you, pumpkin spice. It’s Negroni week.”

A defeated Ryan then shuffles back into frame, saying, “It comes to my attention that pumpkin spice has quite a lot of fans — and a powerful political lobby. So on behalf of Aviation American Gin, its parent company Diageo, we’d like to wholesale apologize for the previous commercial.”

Off camera, he then whispers, “Help me!”

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Both The Talk and The Jennifer Hudson Show have postponed their return dates amidst criticism during the writers’ strike. A spokesperson for CBS tells Variety, that The Talk‘s season premiere, initially set for September 18, is on hold, with plans for a new launch date under evaluation. Similarly, The Jennifer Hudson Show has pushed back its scheduled premiere and paused production due to backlash arising from the ongoing writers’ strike, according to Variety sources…

HBO has cancelled Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty after just two seasons, a revelation that came shortly after Sunday’s broadcast of the second-season finale, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Co-creator Max Borenstein expressed his sentiments on X, stating, “Not the ending that we had in mind. But nothing but gratitude and love.” Director Salli Richardson, in an Instagram post, reflected on the show’s journey, writing, “When you give it everything you’ve got, you can have no regrets. I hope you enjoy the last episode of @winningtimehbo I am sure I will do many more hours of TV and hopefully many features in my future, but I can say that at this moment in time I am most proud of the work we did on this masterful show. #winningtime.” The series, which premiered in March 2022, delved into the early 1980s ascent of the Los Angeles Lakers NBA team, with the first season chronicling Jerry Buss‘ inaugural year as owner and Magic Johnson‘s rookie season, followed by the second season covering the ensuing four years…

Billy Miller, the Emmy award-winning actor known for roles in ABC’s All My Children and General Hospital, has died. He was 43. Miller died on Friday in Austin, Texas, according to a statement from his manager. Details about his death were not available, but his manager said he had been struggling with manic depression. Miller’s acting career kicked off when he landed the role of Richie Novak on All My Children. He also acted on The Young and the Restless, and from 2013-2019, he played the roles of Jason Morgan and Drew Cain on General Hospital. He also owned several restaurants and bars in Los Angeles. He is survived by his mother, Patricia, sister Megan, brother-in-law Ronnie, as well as a niece and nephew…

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In a weekend marked by sluggish movie-going, two horror films, A Haunting in Venice and The Nun 2, battled it out for the top spot at the U.S. box office. The Nun 2 proved victorious, but only by a hair. 

The Nun 2, which is in its second week of release, collected an estimated $14.73 million from theaters nationwide. Right on its heels, A Haunting in Venice, featuring a star-studded cast including Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, and Tina Fey in an Agatha Christie-inspired narrative, garnered $14.5 million during its opening weekend.

While the films are nearly neck and neck, both failed to make significant earnings, making this the second worst weekend at the box office this year.

Denzel Washington‘s Equalizer 3 secured the third spot at the box office, pulling in $7.23 million and elevating its North American total to $73.68 million over three weeks. Globally, the film has amassed $132.4 million, with $58.7 million coming from overseas markets.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 claimed the fourth position, contributing $4.7 million in its second weekend. The romantic comedy has now accumulated $18.5 million in North America.

Greta Gerwig‘s blockbuster Barbie continued its impressive streak, rounding out the top five for an impressive nine consecutive weekends. The Warner Bros. production has surged to $625 million at the domestic box office, surpassing Marvel’s 2012 hit The Avengers at $623 million to become the 11th highest-grossing release in cinematic history.

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Drew Barrymore has decided to pause production of her show following backlash in the industry over her recent decision to move forward with the show amid the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

“I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show’s premiere until the strike is over,” Barrymore wrote on Instagram Sunday. “I have no words to express my deepest apologies to anyone I have hurt and, of course, to our incredible team who works on the show and has made it what it is today. We really tried to find our way forward. And I truly hope for a resolution for the entire industry very soon.”

Barrymore’s decision last week to return for the fourth season of her daytime talk show amid strikes sparked controversy in Hollywood.

In announcing the show’s return, Barrymore said her talk show would be “in compliance with not discussing or promoting film and television that is struck of any kind,” noting, “I own this choice.”

“We launched live in a global pandemic. Our show was built for sensitive times and has only functioned through what the real world is going through in real time,” Barrymore said last week. “I want to be there to provide what writers do so well, which is a way to bring us together or help us make sense of the human experience.’

Barrymore also explained why she made the decision for The Drew Barrymore Show to resume production.

“We aren’t gonna break rules, and we will be in compliance. I wanted to do this because, as I said, this is bigger than me, and there are other people’s jobs on the line,” she said.

Season 4 of The Drew Barrymore Show was set to premiere Sept. 18.

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Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and abuse by four women in a new report published by three U.K. outlets on Saturday.

According to The Sunday Times, The Times of London and Channel 4’s “Dispatches,” one of the women said she had been raped, while three others — including one who was 16 at the time — said they were sexually assaulted by Brand. One of the women also claimed Brand was physically and emotionally abusive towards her.

The abuse allegedly took place between 2006 and 2013. Brand was married to Katy Perry between 2010 and 2012.

Brand issued a denial on social media Friday, before the reports went live. While he admitted to being “promiscuous” during this time, he said his relationships were “absolutely, always consensual.”

If you are affected by abuse and needing support, or know someone who is, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). You can also chat online at thehotline.org or online.rainn.org, respectively.

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Ashton Kutcher is stepping down as chairman of the board of Thorn, a nonprofit organization aimed at fighting child sex abuse and human trafficking, ABC News has confirmed.

The decision comes after the actor and his wife, Mila Kunis, faced backlash for writing letters of support for their former That ‘70s Show co-star Danny Masterson, a convicted rapist.

“Victims of sexual abuse have been historically silenced and the character statement I submitted is yet another painful instance of questioning victims who are brave enough to share their experiences,” Kutcher wrote in a letter sent to Thorn’s board this week and obtained by ABC News.

“After my wife and I spent several days of listening, personal reflection, learning, and conversations with survivors and the employees and leadership at Thorn, I have determined the responsible thing for me to do is resign as Chairman of the Board, effectively immediately,” he continued. “I cannot allow my error in judgment to distract from our efforts and the children we serve.”

Kutcher co-founded Thorn in 2009 with his now-ex-wife, Demi Moore.

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After receiving backlash for her decision to resume her daytime talk show amid the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, Drew Barrymore posted an emotional video to social media Friday.

She took responsibility for the decision and said her intent was not to upset or hurt anymore. “I deeply apologize to writers, I deeply apologize to unions,” she said.

“My decision to go back to the show — I didn’t want to hide behind people,” she continued. “I won’t polish this with bells and whistles and publicists and corporate rhetoric. I’ll just stand out there and accept and be responsible.”

Barrymore also explained why she made the decision for The Drew Barrymore Show to resume production.

“I certainly couldn’t have expected this kind of attention,” she said. “We aren’t gonna break rules, and we will be in compliance. I wanted to do this because, as I said, this is bigger than me, and there are other people’s jobs on the line.”

The Drew Barrymore Show‘s fourth season is set to premiere September 18.

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