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On his Instagram Tuesday, August 15, Matthew McConaughey appeared with his 15-year-old son, Levi, to plead for help for the people affected by the Maui wildfires.

“The fires over there have already put so many people out of home and taken so many lives,” the Oscar winner expressed. “These people need to stabilize to survive.”

Matthew explained it’s a family effort, with his wife and eldest son. “Camila, myself and Levi are working with this organization called Baby2Baby. They are working with partners who are on the ground in Maui, saying ‘This is what people need right now. This is what the most needy people need.’ That’s Aloha Diaper Bank, Maui Diaper Bank, Pacific Food Collective and Maui Rapid Response.”

Matthew continued, “…So if you’d like to help, check out Baby2Baby, see the work they’ve been doing, or any other way you can help…a lot of help is needed.”

Levi added, “Yeah, they’re gonna need it for the long term, so any way you guys can help, it’s appreciated.”

A caption below the video message read, “[The] McConaughey’s [sic] are funding an emergency aid plane with @Baby2Baby that is filled with hundreds of thousands more emergency supplies that will have an immediate impact on children and families on Maui.”

“Grateful we can help get these critical supplies to children and families who need it,” it continued, asking those who want to help to donate, listing a series of charitable organizations.

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With the popularity of resurgent shows like Suits on Netflix and Peacock, the percentage of Americans who actually watch broadcast TV has dropped to under 50% for the first time in history.

According to Nielsen data compiled by the Wall Street Journal, traditional TV has been taking a drubbing from its streaming competition more than ever, with streaming viewership reaching an all-time high in July.

Nielsen numbers from July show cable TV attracted 29.6% of the viewers in this country, compared to 20% for watchers of broadcast TV — your non-cable channels.

However, streaming scooped up 38.7% of Americans’ viewing time; 11.6% entertained themselves with DVD playback and gaming.

The data also shows people are “cutting the cord” more than ever, with around a quarter of cable subscribers switching over to streaming permanently for all their entertainment needs over the last decade.

And while networks are pilfering their own potential audiences for original programming on sister streaming destinations, it’s the older shows that are getting the eyeballs.

Suits, for example, became a streaming phenomenon in July, years after the USA Network show’s finale in 2019.

The legal drama that costarred Meghan Markle until she left in 2018 to marry Prince Harry dropped on Netflix in June, and 18 billion minutes’ worth were watched in July.

All that said, the streaming services have taken note of their popularity: The average cost of watching a major ad-free streaming service is rising up by nearly 25% in about a year, according to the publication.

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Just in time for Halloween — yes, it’s August, but we’re already going there — Walmart has exclusively dropped a must-have for any Stranger Things fan.

The retailer is selling life-sized — nearly 8 feet tall — Demogorgons, those toothy terrors from the hit Netflix show. They can be used to decorate your lawn for the spooky season or, well, anywhere else you decide to display seven-and-a-half-feet tall demons from the Upside Down.

The realistic models also move and emit spooky sounds taken from the show. They retail for $399 only at Walmart.com.

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Netflix has released a romantic teaser of its Bradley Cooper-directed, Steven Spielberg-produced film Maestro, based on the life and lifelong love of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein. 

Cooper plays the maestro himself opposite Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan in what the streamer is calling “a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.”

The teaser opens with a black-and-white scene of the pair in a park, sitting back-to-back, while Cooper as Bernstein playfully tries to guess the number Mulligan’s Felicia is picturing. 

“So how long do we have to do this for?” he asks with a smile. “Oh, we have to build up a strong connection,” she replies. 

As they banter, there’s a montage of their relationship through the years. 

Later on, the teaser calls back the opening scene, this time in color, with the actors portraying the characters in their golden years. “I’m thinking of a number,” he laughs. “It’s two. Like us. A pair. Two little ducks in a pond. 

Netflix calls the movie “A love letter to life and art” and “an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.”

The film opens in select theaters in November, before debuting December 20 on Netflix.

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Tracy Morgan recently opened up about his weight loss journey, which includes the controversial drug Ozempic.

While The 30 Rock alum’s routine also includes working out at the gym every morning, he admitted on the Monday, August 14 installment of The Today Show with Hoda and Jenna that the drug, originally prescribed to patients with Type-2 diabetes, is the biggest part of his regimen.

“That’s how this weight got lost,” he shared. “I went and got a prescription, and I got Ozempic … I ain’t letting it go!”

The 54-year-old comedian went on to say, “I take Ozempic every Thursday. It cuts my appetite in half. Now I only eat half a bag of Doritos.”

Morgan joins a growing list of celebrities — including Raven-Symoné, Amy Schumer and Chelsea Handler who have admitted to using the drug.

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Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell are addressing rumors that they’re involved in the swinger lifestyle.

During the August 14 episode of Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, the couple delved into the unusual headlines they’ve encountered.

“There was one that said we hosted orgies or swingers parties,” Shepard, 48, recalled.

Bell, 43, was quick to pinpoint the root of the speculation, attributing it to Shepard’s penchant for key party jokes.

“It’s because you frequently make key party jokes,” she explained. “We’ll have a dinner party or something, and as we’re sitting down, you’ll say, ‘Everybody leave your keys.’”

Shepard agreed, acknowledging that he had extended similar humor to some podcast guests, realizing afterward that not everyone shared his comedic wavelength.

“A lot of people don’t get jokes,” Bell said in agreement. “That’s actually something I have been thinking about lately, because it’s such a bummer that everything you say has to be taken so literally that there’s no room for fun in expression or language anymore when you’re telling a story, because you better have the facts right. It’s just such a lame way to communicate.”

The actress added that she feels bad for people who take everything so seriously.

“For the most part when those comments come in, I think, ‘What a bummer that you’re not playful,’” she shared.

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Ashley Olsen‘s house just got little fuller!

The 37-year-old fashion mogul, has entered motherhood alongside her 34-year-old husband, Louis Eisner, with the arrival of their son, Otto, according to People.

While linked since October 2017, Olsen and Eisner have maintained a discreet stance on their relationship, seldom sharing details publicly. Despite their privacy, glimpses of their connection have emerged, such as a candid 2018 photograph of them walking arm-in-arm in Los Angeles.

Rumors of engagement arose in July 2019 when Olsen was spotted wearing a noticeable dark band on her left ring finger during a movie and dinner date with Eisner. In 2021, Eisner offered a rare glimpse into their lives by sharing a photo of Olsen on his Instagram. The same year marked their red carpet debut as a couple, a moment that briefly brought their relationship into the spotlight.

Olsen and Eisner secretly exchanged vows in an intimate ceremony in December 2022, with just “50 people or so” sources told Page Six at the time.

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As Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem moves closer and closer to the $100 million mark at the global box office, sources tell Deadline that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brand is heading toward $1 billion+ in global retail sales. Since 2012 and not including 2023, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles global merchandise sales have amassed $8 billion, per industry sources…

The Masked Singer will return for its 10th season a little sooner than expected, according to Entertainment Weekly. A special kickoff premiere episode will air Sunday, September 10, immediately following the NFL Double Header. The episode will feature the return of some beloved all-star members of The Masked Singer family — including Michelle Williams and Rumer Willis, Joey Fatone and Bow Wow, and Victor Oladipo and Barry Zito — paired up to perform all-new duets, unmasked. The season 10 competition will officially begin in the previously announced premiere, airing on Wednesday, September 27. Season 10 will once again be hosted by Nick Cannon, alongside panelists Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke…

Reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced last year to a combined of 19 years in prison for crimes including tax evasion and wire fraud, and now, their kids, Chase, Savannah, Chloe and Grayson, and Todd Chrisley’s mother, “Nanny” Faye Chrisley are set to star in a new reality series from the producers of Queer Eye, according to Deadline. The docuseries is still in development and does not have a broadcaster attached…

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The Golden Bachelor star Gerry Turner made his franchise debut at the end of the Monday, August 14 episode of The Bachelorette: The Men Tell All and shared his hopes for the journey ahead. 

Referring to a fan’s social media post calling him “the Grandzaddyyyyy,” the 71-year-old retired restaurateur from Indiana told host Jesse Palmer the woman he’s looking for will “just have that look in their eye like, ‘Oh gosh, I found my own Grandzaddy.'”

In response to the big question of whether or not there will be a fantasy suites, Gerry said, “I would say yes, but what they would look like might be a little different.”

“That’s a long way down the journey,” he continued. “And I think there’s a lot of steps that I and a potential partner would have to go through to get to that to make it a comfortable situation.”

Turner married his high school sweetheart, Toni, in 1974 and lived a full and happy life with their two daughters, and later two granddaughters, for 43 years until Toni’s sudden death in 2017.

When Palmer asked him if it was possible to find a love like that twice in a lifetime, Gerry replied, “I don’t think that’s what I’m looking for.”

“What I look for at the age of 70 is different than what I looked for when I was in high school and college. So, I believe I’ll find … the new person that will make me whole again. And I think we’ll knit a wonderful relationship, but I don’t think it will look like the relationship I had with Toni. And I don’t think it would be right to do it that way,” he explained.

The Golden Bachelor premieres in September on ABC.

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After dating for four years, Property Brothers star Jonathan Scott is now engaged to New Girl star Zooey Deschanel.

People reports Scott popped the question during a family trip to Scotland and Zooey‘s two children from her previous marriage, 8-year-old daughter Elsie and 6-year-old son Charlie, “played a role in the special moment.”

The happy couple shared a photo on their Instagram accounts: It shows them smiling set against the backdrop of a Scottish castle, with Zooey showing off her sparkler, a ring set in a flower pattern of colorless, pink and purple stones.

“Forever starts now,” the caption reads.

The pair met in 2019, when they took part in an episode of James Corden‘s Carpool Karaoke: The Series. Jonathan and his twin brother, Drew Scott, harmonized with Zooey and her own famous sibling, Bones veteran Emily Deschanel.

Jonathan and Drew share Scottish heritage, and both sported kilts for Drew’s 2018 wedding to Linda Phan.

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