Comedian Dana Carvey is speaking out about the death of his son Dex Carvey, who he says died this week of an accidental drug overdose.
The former Saturday Night Live star and his wife, Paula,shared a message on Instagram Thursday confirming that Dex, who was also a comedian and an actor, died Wednesday at the age of 32.
“Dex packed a lot into those 32 years. He was extremely talented at so many things — music, art, film making, comedy — and pursued all of them passionately,” the Carveys wrote. “It’s not an exaggeration to say that Dex loved life. And when you were with him, you loved life too. He made everything fun.”
In addition to his parents, Dex Carvey is survived by his brother Thomas Carvey and his girlfriend Kaylee, according to his parents’ post.
The Carveys described Dex as a “beautiful person,” writing, “His handmade birthday cards are a treasure. We will miss him forever.”
Tim Allen has played the Man with the Bag, Scott Calvin aka Santa Claus, since 1994’s family hit The Santa Clause, but after two theatrical sequels and now a second season of its Disney+ spinoff series, he’s humble about the title’s longevity.
“Someone mentioned to me the other day that it’s been 30 years and, you know, oh, gosh, this is … nuts,” he laughed to ABC Audio.
Allen adds, “I really got to stay out of it. Otherwise, I’ll get full of myself. I love the people that have created. I love the customers … I love the crew. And it’s, it just becomes a family. Got to stay there because I don’t want to get too important.”
That said, Allen admits, “Sometimes I get a little bit competitive when I see other Santa Clauses. So that’s when I get too full of myself … [W]hen I see other people do Santa Claus I go, ‘I don’t think I don’t like the beard there.’ And I don’t, I certainly don’t like killers masquerading as Santa Claus. I don’t like any of that stuff.”
Meanwhile, could Home Improvement go the way of Frasier and Full House?
Allen says the possibility of continuing his ’90s sitcom, which ran on ABC from 1991-1999, is on the (saw) table.
Allen, who played DIY show host Tim Taylor on the show, tells The Messenger of his former cast members, “It’s funny, one of the conversations we’ve had recently is how weird it would be if Home Improvement would be about the kids’ kids. Like if all of them had children, and I’m a grandparent. Home Re-Improvement or something like that. It’s come up.”
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what happened in the world of reality television this week.
The Kardashians (Hulu)
On the latest episode of the Hulu series, Khloe’s ex, Tristan Thompson, gave Kylie Jenner an “overdue” apology for cheating on Khloe with Kylie’s best friend Jordyn four years ago. He also opened up about why he repeatedly cheated on Khloe. “I was just cheating for an action, just cheating for a feeling, but also it really came down to not knowing how to love, because that’s the way I grew up,” he explained, revealing that he’s been in therapy for two years.
Selling Sunset (Netflix)
During the show’s season seven reunion special this week, Bre Tiesispilled the tea on her hookup with Michael B. Jordan. While attached to a lie detector, Bre was asked if the actor is good in bed. “I’m going to be in so much trouble. No,” she replied while shaking her head. The lie detector revealed she was telling the truth, much to the shock of her castmates. “I’m sorry babe,” Bre said. “S***. I crushed a lot of girls’ dreams today.”
90 Day Fiancé (TLC)
Surprise! On-again, off-again couple Darcey Silva and Georgi Rusev are married. TLC and Darcey’s official Instagram shared the news Thursday. “I’m thrilled to share that Georgi and I got married on our special day of November 11th,” Darcey wrote. “I’ve been on a long journey to find love, and in the end, love wins. I’m so blessed for you all to be a part of my journey in life, love, and happiness.”
As Vanna White gears up for another season of Wheel of Fortune, the legendary game show hostess is reflecting on the past 41 years with Pat Sajak, who is taking his final run on the iconic show.
White told Good Morning America, “I think of Pat as family and always will.”
“We called ourselves Ken and Barbie,” she added. “I mean, we’re not quite that today. But Ken and Barbie go together and always have. Peanut butter and jelly go together. Pat and Vanna go together.”
In June, Sajak announced that the 41st season of Wheel will be his last. He’s been the host of the game show since 1981.
Shortly after the news of his retirement, it was announced that Ryan Seacrest will replace him.
“When Pat told me he was going to retire, it’s like, ‘Oh my gosh. I’m not sure that I’m ready to retire,'” said White, who, since 1982, has been operating the board on the show and revealing letters as they are guessed by contestants. “So, when I thought about it … I just wasn’t ready to retire.”
When asked why this time wasn’t the right time for her to step away from the game show, White said, “I love my job. I love being here.”
She added that if she did step away, she would miss the show, which includes contestants like her all-time favorite, 92-year-old Liz Wright, who recently took home $65,000 with her son KC after solving the puzzle: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
White’s Wheel of Fortune contract was extended through the 2025-2026 season.
It’s time to return to Panem, and the world of The Hunger Games. The prequel film The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, out this weekend, is an origin story of sorts of the President Snow character, played in the films by Donald Sutherland.
The new film’s executive producer Nina Jacobson tells ABC Audio they wanted to make sure audiences could follow along even if they haven’t read the original books or watched the original films, explaining, “We have no business making a movie if this movie cannot stand on its own independent of the other movies and be perfectly complete and rewarding and legible to somebody who has never, ever dabbled in any of the books or movies.
“That said, as a diehard fan myself, who has stayed in touch over the years with many of my fellow diehard fans, it was also a great opportunity to share all of this incredible world building and origin detail that [Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins] provided that I didn’t know,” she continues. I learned a lot the first time I read the book.”
Director Francis Lawrence adds that while yes, this is a Hunger Games film, “It’s very different than a story about Katniss. We’re 64 years before all the other ones, so it’s almost a period piece to the other movies.”
“So like world creation was really different. Hair makeups, wardrobes, totally different. The games are entirely different. You know, technology’s much more rudimentary. So we kind of approached everything in a very, very different way.”
“A huge part of it that I think is really fun for the old fans is just the origins of not just Snow, but the origins of the games, the origins of the Hanging Tree song [and] seeing the Hanging Tree,” he explains.
Variety reports Yellowstone will resume production on its fifth and final season in the spring of 2024. The remaining episodes will air in November of the same year, as previously reported. Meanwhile, Taylor Sheridan is prepping two more spin-offs from the neo-Western series, 1944, and a contemporary one with the working title 2024…
Prime Video’s new Mr. & Mrs. Smith series has a premiere date: All eight episodes will debut February 2. The series stars Donald Glover and Maya Erskine as two strangers who join a spy agency and must lead their undercover life as a married couple. It’s a reimagining of the 2005 Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie movie of the same name.
Peacock has announced it is renewing its top-rated original reality series Love Island USA for two more seasons, Deadline reports. The fifth season of the show premiered on July 18, and the show also spun off a new series, Love Island Games…
It was down to the final two women on The Golden Bachelor, and this week, Gerry Turner headed to Costa Rica for the fantasy suites.
“I’m in love with both Leslie and Theresa,” Gerry said ahead of his dates. “It’s going to be an incredibly difficult decision to make. I hope that the clarity will come.”
For their date, Gerry took Leslie canyoning through the Costa Rican jungle. Leslie expressed her apprehension at first, but Gerry promised that he’d be there with her every step of the way as they rappelled alongside a waterfall.
“Gerry makes me feel safe,” Leslie said. “Whether it’s jumping off a cliff or sitting around having coffee on a Sunday morning. I’ve never felt somebody like that be there for me.”
During the dinner portion of their date, Gerry brought up an observation he made about the time he’d spent with Leslie, and told her that he’d noticed that she hadn’t asked him any hard questions. He began with a practical one, asking Leslie what she thinks life would look like together and where they would live.
Leslie, who is from Minneapolis, said that while she wouldn’t want to leave her home, she loved Gerry and wanted to be with him, telling him, “We can figure it out.” She also got emotional telling Gerry about her past two marriages and the loneliness she’s experienced over the years.
Dinner ended with a night in the fantasy suite and Gerry telling Leslie that she’s “the one.”
Next, Gerry had a date with Theresa, which included horseback riding through the jungle. Theresa noted that Gerry was being quiet. Gerry told her what was on his mind about not knowing how to navigate the dates that week.
Theresa replied by telling him she understood what he was going through and how much he meant to her.
During dinner, Gerry learned more about Theresa, including her career, her decision to embark on finding love on The Golden Bachelor and more, which helped Gerry see a new side of Theresa he didn’t think was possible.
The evening ended with Theresa saying yes to a night in the fantasy suite with Gerry.
During their evening together, he told Theresa that he loved her, leaving him at a crossroads in his relationships with both women.
“With each of them, I can see a life together,” Gerry said. “This is an impossible task at this moment. Someone is going to come out of this situation hurt beyond what I can’t imagine, and I’m running out of time.”
Despite the difficulties, Gerry said at the end of the episode that he believed he’d made his decision.
Who will Gerry choose? We’ll find out in two weeks when the women meet Gerry’s family and Gerry proposes to the woman he wants to start a new life with on the emotional season finale of The Golden Bachelor.
ABC has announced its 2024 midseason premiere dates, kicking off Monday, January 22, at 8 p.m. ET, when The Bachelor premieres, followed by an all-new eight-episode true-crime series of ABC News’ 20/20.
On Wednesday, February 7, The Conners and Not Dead Yet return, starting at 8 p.m. ET, followed by a special one-hour premiere of the Emmy Award-winning Abbott Elementary and the unscripted courtroom comedy series Judge Steve Harvey.
On Sunday, February 18, American Idol returns for its seventh season on ABC at 8 p.m. ET, followed by ABC News’ iconic hidden camera show What Would You Do? at 10 p.m.
Tuesday, February 20, will see the return of dramas Will Trent,The Rookie and The Good Doctor, while television’s No. 1 broadcast drama 9-1-1 premieres on ABC on Thursday, March 14, at 8 p.m., preceding fan favorites Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19.
Additional programming will be announced in the coming weeks.
The author, chef, and homemaking and lifestyle guru has hit a wall that many people have experienced after opening their doors for annual feast: She’s “all turkeyed out.”
Stewart revealed to Kelly Clarkson on the singer’s eponymous talk show on Thursday that she won’t be in the kitchen in a week.
“I gave up on Thanksgiving,” Martha said.
Stewart explained, “I canceled. Nine guests canceled because somebody got sick. So decided, I called up my chef friend and I said, ‘We’re not doing Thanksgiving.'”
Stewart added, “I’ve also cooked, like, 14 turkeys already for my TV show, and I still have to do one more turkey I think on the Today show.”
So “you’re a little turkeyed out,” Kelly offered, to which Martha agreed, “I am, I’m turkeyed out.”
Stewart said she’s visiting friends instead. “I’m going to about five different homes to taste different courses,” to which Kelly said, “Oh my God: Those friends must be so stressed out.”
On December 21, CBS will present an all-star tribute to the life and career of Dick Van Dyke with the two-hour special Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic.
The show, which will also air on Paramount+, will salute the Emmy, Tony and Grammy winner’s “incredible contributions to the arts and entertainment.” It “will travel back in time to the iconic set of The Dick Van Dyke Show and feature dazzling music and dance spectacles, heartfelt performances, special guests and a magical holiday number.”
In the announcement, the man himself declared, “I started with CBS under contract in 1955 with the CBS morning show, then The Dick Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis Murder. I’ve been with the CBS family for almost 70 years, and I couldn’t be prouder.”
He added, “I’m incredibly honored that CBS will be throwing a 98th birthday special for me. Can’t wait to be part of the show!”
