For a movie spawned from a doll line, Barbie is, in turn, spawning dolls from the billion dollar-plus grossing movie.
On Mattel’s website, you can not only scoop up more traditional looking dolls, like one based on Issa Rae‘s President Barbie, fans can now get their hands on Kate McKinnon‘s Weird Barbie.
According to the film, McKinnon’s character has been put through the ringer by an overaggressive owner with a badly chopped ‘do and magic marker lines on her face.
While the Barbie version is arguably more glamorous than McKinnon’s presentation onscreen, it still features the magic marker face tats, colorful clothes and her self-described “funky haircut.” It’s not known, however, if it “smells like basement,” like the SNL vet describes herself in the movie.
Matthew Broderick has appeared in dozens of plays and movies since playing grifter Ferris Bueller in the 1986 John Hughes movie that bears the character’s name, but the Tony winner can’t shake him.
Nowadays, he’s OK with that, he told The Guardian in an interview just before the SAG-AFTRA strike began. “What’s my legacy?” he asked himself, “Well, I’m Ferris Bueller, I suppose. I have to accept it. And I like it. I’ve made my peace with it.”
The actor explained, “I did have nice early success. But it’s not easy to maintain that first flush. It’s always a hard adjustment for child actors, young actors. People see the kid out of Leave It to Beaver grown up and they don’t buy it – they want to see little Beaver.”
Broderick added, “People associated me with younger roles, but I wanted them to come with me and get used to the fact that I’m wrinkly. And it was hard. The 90s were hard. Lots of ups and downs. But I always tried to keep at it, keep my heart in it. Hopefully that keeps you in the game.”
The actor also said, “I always wanted to have a long career. And it’s been 40 years, so I guess I must have done something right.”
To that end, Broderick is plotting a West End stage run alongside his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker, once again in Plaza Suite, the Neil Simon classic that brought the pair together last year on Broadway.
“I admire her so much,” Broderick said of his costar in the play and in life. “Never mind personally – loving her and all that – but I admire her acting, too…She’s as sharp as can be. She’s got real chops.”
The charity Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has announced the star-studded lineup for this year’s multi-network special, kicking off at 8 p.m. ET on August 19.
The organization’s effort titled “How It Started, How It’s Going” “will recognize SU2C’s impact and progress over the last 15 years.” As always, it will also be stocked with stars, this time including The Who, Kevin Hart, Matthew McConaughey, Elizabeth Banks, Jack Black, Julianne Moore, Maria Menounos, and Chadwick Boseman‘s widow, Simone Ledward Boseman.
The special will also feature comedy skits from past shows starring McConaughey, Hart, Black, Zach Galifianakis, Brad Garrett, Bill Hader, Jon Hamm, Ed Helms, Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone.
More than 50 media platforms will air the special, including four major broadcast networks; it will also be available on demand and streaming.
In the announcement, SU2C cofounder Katie Couric noted, “We started this movement in 2008 to save lives and it is remarkable to see that in 15 years our scientists have accomplished this goal through breakthrough research that intercepts and treats cancer in ways we never thought possible.”
Couric, who will also appear in the special added, “There is more work to do to cure cancer and every dollar counts; we will not stop until we make every cancer patient a long-term survivor.”
Bachelor Nation’s Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick are going their separate ways after four years together.
In a joint post shared to Instagram Sunday, August 6, the pair announced, “After sharing the news with family and close friends first, and taking the time to properly process it ourselves, we are saddened with heavy hearts to share that we have decided to end our engagement.”
“We are thankful for all of you who gave us the time and space to process this life altering decision as there are many emotions and changes to navigate,” they continued, adding that they will continue to take care of their dogs Ramen and Pinot together.
Bristowe, 38, and Tartick, 34, who first met during 2018 taping of her Off the Vine podcast, went on to state that maintaining a friendship is “incredibly important” to them.
“We feel grateful to be ending our engagement with love and respect for each other. It’s heartbreaking and sad to say goodbye, but our care and admiration for one another will never die,” the duo shared. “We are beyond thankful for the memories made together, and for your support of us and the boys throughout the years.”
“Moving forward we will always have that level of support for each other. We don’t know what the future holds so please try to hold space for us in your hearts,” they concluded.
Bristowe first appeared on Chris Soules‘ season of The Bachelor before becoming The Bachelorette where she got engaged to Shawn Booth. The two split in 2018 after three years of dating. Tartick appeared as a contestant on Becca Kufrin‘s season of The Bachelorette.
Bristowe and Tartick began dating in 2019 before getting engaged in May 2021.
Angus Cloud‘s mother is speaking out about the Euphoria star’s sudden death on July 31.
The family’s initial statement did not disclose the 25-year-old actor’s cause of death, it did acknowledge his struggle with mental health and the recent death of his father.
However, in a Facebook post on Friday, Lisa Cloud tried to dispel rumors circulating on social media that her son intentionally took his own life, insisting Angus, “was “joyful” despite the recent family tragedy.
She added that her son “spoke of his intent to help provide for his sisters at college” and help her through the tragedy “emotionally and financially.”
“He did not intend to end his life,” she wrote. “When we hugged goodnight we said how much we loved each other and he said he would see me in the morning. I don’t know if or what he may have put in his body after that. I only know that he put his head on the desk where he was working on art project’s [sic], fell asleep, and didn’t wake up.”
She went on to say that although “we may find out that he overdosed accidentally and tragically,” it remains “abundantly clear that he did not intend to check out of this world.”
“His struggles were real,” Lisa Cloud wrote. “He gave and received so much love and support to and from his tribe. His work in Euphoria became a lightning rod for his generation and opened up a conversation about compassion, loyalty, acceptance, and love.”
If you are in crisis or know someone in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1- 800-273-TALK (8255) or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741.
After 20 years at the helm, Albert Alarr is out as executive producer of NBC’s long-running daytime drama Days of Our Lives following a misconduct investigation, according to Variety. About 30-40 people — primarily women — were interviewed in the investigation, which probed accusations of inappropriate comments and physical contact, including groping and forceful kissing, and revealed a toxic environment on the show that allegedly had been fostered by Alarr for years. Janet Drucker, a veteran producer who has been with Days since 1984, has taken on his duties for leading the production of the soap, per the outlet…
Sharon Farrell, who starred as the mother of a murderous infant in It’s Alive as well as supporting roles opposite James Garner and Steve McQueen, respectively, in the 1969 films Marlowe and The Reivers, has died at 82 years old. Farrell died unexpectedly May 15 of natural causes at a hospital in Orange County, her son, Chance Boyer, told The Hollywood Reporter. Farrell also played a movie hairstylist in The Stunt Man, the ex-wife of Chuck Norris’ Texas Ranger in Lone Wolf McQuade and the mother of the cheerleader portrayed by Amanda Peterson in Can’t Buy Me Love. On TV, Farrell had a recurring on the final season of CBS’ Hawaii Five-O and played Florence Webster on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless from 1991-97…
The long-running Hallmark Channel series When Calls The Heart marked a major milestone on Sunday, August 6, airing its 100th episode. Of the show’s current 10th season, series star and executive producer Erin Krakow tells TV Insider, “We have no shortage of interesting storylines in season 10, which is a real testament to our writers, I’d say, because we’ve told a lot of stories over the years, but there’s still so much left to tell and they’ve done an incredible job crafting season 10.” When Calls the Heart, the network’s longest-running drama, was renewed for season 11 in February…
On Sunday, the Greta Gerwig-directed movie, Barbie, reached $1,031,481,000 at the worldwide box office, making her the first solo female director to cross the $1 billion plateau.
Three films co-directed by women have crossed the $1 billion mark, according to The Numbers, a film industry data website that tracks box office revenue — Frozen and Frozen II were co-directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, and Captain Marvel, was co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
Barbie continued to dominate the North American box office, delivering an estimated $53 million in its third week of release. That brings its domestic tally to $459 million.
Meg 2: The Trench opened in second place with an estimated $30 million at the domestic box office — a decent start, though well below the original 2018 film’s $45 million debut. The sequel added an estimated $112 million overseas for a global total of $142 million.
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer took third place with an estimated $28.7 million. It’s three-week North American total now stands at $228 million. The docudrama has grossed $552 million making it his Nolan’s sixth film to cross the $500 million mark.
The week’s second major release, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, opened in fourth place with an estimated $28 million at the North American box office between Friday and Sunday and $43 million over its first five days of release.
Disney’s Haunted Mansion rounded out the top five with an estimated $9 million domestic haul, bringing its two-week take to $42 million. Worldwide, the supernatural horror comedy has earned $59 million against $150 million production budget and tens of millions in promotion.
As the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes roll on, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass weighed in on Friday, August 4.
“Communication reopening between representatives of the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is an encouraging development, especially as this historic moment continues to have profoundly negative impacts on our economy and many of our community members,” she began.
Bass called it an “important inflection point for our city’s signature industry” that “has caused ripple effects throughout our economy as well as that of the state and the country … from the writers and actors on the picket line trying to make ends meet to keep a roof over their head and food on the table, to businesses who rely on the entertainment industry.”
In this day of streaming and artificial intelligence — among the main sticking points of the striking writers and actors — Bass added, “The economic conditions of the entertainment industry are changing — and we must react and evolve to this challenge.”
She called it “critical that this gets resolved immediately so that Los Angeles gets back on track,” adding, “I stand ready to personally engage with all the stakeholders in any way possible to help get this done.”
The “reckoning” over TV networks’ treatment of reality show stars that Real Housewives vet Bethenny Frankelwarned about weeks ago “has arrived,” according to A-list attorneys Mark Geragos and Bryan Freedman.
The pair, whose clients included Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey, sent a letter to NBC on behalf of their new clients, “current and former cast members and crew members on some of NBC’s most lucrative reality shows.”
The attorneys claim those they represent suffered “grotesque and depraved mistreatment” on shows that air on NBC, E!, CNBC and Bravo, according to the missive that was obtained Friday, August 4, by ABC Audio.
While not naming specific shows, the attorneys claim that “these individuals have been mentally, physically, and financially victimized” by show producers, which they accuse of orchestrating “deliberate attempts to manufacture mental instability” in their casts.
The network is accused of “plying cast members with alcohol while depriving them of food and sleep,” as well as “denying mental health treatment for those displaying obvious and alarming signs of mental deterioration,” according to the letter.
The shows are also accused of “exploiting minors” who aren’t compensated for appearing on the programs, and “distributing and/or condoning the distribution of non-consensual pornography,” the “distribution of revenge porn” and the “covering up of sexual violence,” according to the letter sent to NBC’s legal counsel.
The letter is calling on NBC and its affiliated networks to preserve evidence in the event of possible litigation.
The “sordid underbelly of NBC’s widely consumed reality TV universe has remained under wraps for too long. Please be advised that the day of reckoning has arrived,” the statement warned.
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what’s happened in the world of reality television this week.
Bachelorette (ABC)
– Former Bachelorette, Gabby Windey, announced she is in a committed relationship with a woman on ABC’s The View.When asked if she had any relationship updates on the August 2 episode, Windey said, “I’ve been keeping it kind of private because it is a bigger story and a bigger conversation because I’m dating a girl.” She later posted a picture of herself and her girlfriend, comedian Robby Hoffman, on Instagram saying, “Told you I’m a girls girl!!”
Vanderpump Rules (Bravo)
– Tom Sandoval has been accused of sneaking in endearing photos of him and Raquel/Rachel while filming Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. According to Nick Viall, who was also cast on the show, Tom allegedly brought in the photos and showed them to the cast.”He came across as a guy who cared about her, and I’m just saying that objectively,” Nick said on his The Viall Filespodcast. “There seemed to be some real reluctance about [if] the public would allow them to be together,” he said. “He came across as someone who had feelings and cared about Rachel, which is interesting because apparently he’s out there dating someone new.”
Too Hot To Handle(Netflix)
– Georgia Hassarati has called out her ex-boyfriend, Harry Jowsey, over cheating allegations. On July 31, Georgia took to TikTok to address the issue and share her side of the story, after Jowsey went on the Call Her Daddypodcast and said she “kinda” cheated. George denied the allegations and noted that she forgave Harry for cheating on her multiple times. Harry appeared in season one of the Netflix dating show in 2020, whereas Georgia starred in 2022’s season 3.
