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Hugh Hefner’s son is speaking up in his dad’s defense.

Speaking his mind. Cooper Hefner defended his late father, Hugh Hefner, before the premiere of A&E’s docuseries Secrets of Playboy.

Cooper Hefner is defending his late father, Hugh Hefner, before the premiere of the new docuseries Secrets of Playboy.

“Some may not approve of the life my Dad chose, but my father was not a liar,” Cooper Hefner, the 30-year-old son of the late Hugh Hefner, tweeted on Sunday (Jan. 23), a day before the premiere of the A&E docuseries, Secrets of Playboy. The ten-part series aims to uncover the secrets and truths behind Playboy and the world built around the publication. While Cooper didn’t name the network or series, he did take a swipe at those who would tell “stories” about his father. “However unconventional, [Hugh] was sincere in his approach and lived honestly. He was generous in nature and cared deeply for people. These salacious stories are a case study of regret becoming revenge.”

Hugh Hefner’s son is defending his late father.

Sally Wainwright, Daisy May Cooper and the hosts of Top Gear, along with senior BBC execs, will address next month’s BBC Studios Showcase, as the commercial outfit unveils a packed lineup for the online-only event.

With a promising start with his first film Shithouse for which he starred, directed and wrote and won the Grand Jury Narrative Prize at SXSW, Cooper Raiff looms now also to be one of the breakouts of this year’s Sundance Film Festival where Cha Cha Real Smooth, his small but splendid second film for which he performs the same triple threat duties debuted Sunday as part of the Dramatic Competition lineup. I can only imagine if the festival had managed to be in person as originally planned rather than virtual in this Omicron-stricken year it would be met with a massive standing ovation. Raiff is bound to become an indie darling as if further proof was needed, but Cha Cha Real Smooth cements him as the real deal both in front of and behind the camera.

Alice Cooper has hailed Meat Loaf as "one of the greatest voices in rock n roll". The 73-year-old music star has paid a glowing tribute to the 'Bat Out of Hell' hitmaker, who passed away on Thursday (20. 01.

EXCLUSIVE: Cooper Raiff can’t seem to catch a break from Covid. A hyphenate who comes into Sundance with one of the buzziest acquisitions titles in Cha Cha Real Smooth, Raiff is coming off the debut Shithouse — it’s more thoughtful than it sounds — that won the Grand Jury Prize at 2020 SXSW. Unfortunately, it was also the first major festival forced to cancel in-person events by Austin when Covid exploded. Raiff has made another charming confused young man comes of age film that he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. And now has run smack into Covid Delta’s sequel, Omicron. Which means he’ll keep intact his festival streak of being unable to experience his film playing in a crowded theater, a disadvantage since he makes crowd-pleasing films. The film, which stars Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann, Brad Garrett, Vanessa Burghardt and Evan Assante, makes its virtual Sundance debut tomorrow. The hope is that by the time the film gets released, Raiff’s work can be discovered in a theater. “Cooper’s magic is that his vision remained consistent, only deeper because of his interactions with the actors,” said producer Erik Feig, whose Picturehouse co-financed the film with Endeavor Content. “Cooper is a true humanist fully of empathy that is infused in every frame of this film.”

Regina King is grieving the loss of son Ian Alexander Jr. after announcing his death at age 26.

Meat Loaf, who died on January 21, 2022 at the age of 74.In a statement posted on social media, Alice Cooper, who had worked with Meat Loaf both onstage and in Hollywood films, described the star as a "best friend to everyone" and "truly fun to be around".He said: "Meat Loaf was one of the greatest voices in Rock N Roll, and he was certainly one of my closest friends in the business. "He was really so much fun, truly fun to be around.

Alana Haim has revealed that before co-starring with Cooper Hoffman in Licorice Pizza, she was his babysitter.

Maane Khatchatourian News Editor, Variety.com“Actors on Actors” is back with another star-studded season.Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Andrew Garfield, Kristen Stewart, Jamie Dornan and Ariana DeBose are among the awards-season heavyweights featured on the 15th season of “Actors on Actors,” premiering Feb. 18 on PBS SoCal.Gaga will be paired with a mystery actor, who will be revealed when Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” issue hits newsstands on Wednesday, for the three-time Emmy-winning series.

Alana Haim is getting candid about her career and personal life.

Comedian and actress Kathy Griffin claimed CNN president Jeff Zucker slashed her pay after she had asked for a raise as co-host of the network's New Year's Eve special.  In a profile published Wednesday in The New York Times, Griffin recalled reaching out to Zucker ten days before the broadcast in 2016 and told him she felt she deserved more than her $80,000 contract since "she was carrying more of the prep work" than her co-host, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.  According to Griffin, Zucker "got very offended." "He started yelling at me and he literally said something like, ‘Who do you think you are calling here demanding a raise?’ And then something came over me. And I just lost it.

Changing the channel? After being fired from her New Year’s Eve hosting gig, Kathy Griffin revealed that she still “hate-watched” Anderson Cooper and her replacement, Andy Cohen, on the CNN special.

Jamie Lynn Spears doubled down on the claims that she tried to help Britney Spears out of her conservatorship. Jamie Lynn also named their mom, Lynne Spears, as the one who was pushing for the conservatorship to continue during an interview with Alex Cooper for the podcast "Call Her Daddy." Jamie Lynn told Cooper that she had given Britney advice on how to get out of the 13-year-long conservatorship multiple times and read a text message from herself to Britney dated November 2020.

Wolf Blitzer will anchor a nightly newscast for CNN+, the network’s upcoming subscription streaming service.

Max Cooper has announced that he will release his new album, ‘Unspoken Words’, in March, and has also shared new single ‘Everything’.“I’ve always struggled with words”, he says of the inspiration for the album. “Trying to communicate anything meaningful about my internal state, in any way which seems to do it justice, has always been beyond me.

Nightmare Alley got a mostly positive response from critics… but also made about zero dollars at the box office. (For some reason Disney, which now owns Searchlight Pictures, opened it up against their own Sony collaboration, Spider-Man: No Way Home.)

Cate Blanchett had some kind words to say about her co-star Bradley Cooper!