Jeff Bridges talks "The Big Lebowski" and his terrifying near-death experience

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Kathie Lee Gifford is choosing not to read Kelly Ripa’s new autobiographical book Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories, which includes a chapter on their former mutual co-host Regis Philbin. The TV personality prefers to cherish her own positive memories of the late broadcaster, as opposed to Ripa, who claims she had difficulties with Philbin.

John Cleese told fans he was "amused" after BBC Radio 4 seemingly cut his interview short as he claimed he'd be "cancelled" if he had a show on there again.The 82-year-old discussed his move to GB News with presenter Amol Rajan, who wrapped up their chat after five minutes.Speaking of joining GB News, the actor said: "The nice thing about talking to the GB News audience is they may not be used to hearing the sort of things I'll be saying."But the only thing is, the BBC haven't come to me and said, 'Would you like to have one of our shows?'"And if they did I would say, 'Not on your nelly' because I wouldn't get five minutes into the show before I'd be cancelled or censored."Amol chimed in, saying: "Well, we've given you five minutes today and I can promise you you haven't been censored yet."Madonna, 64, causes stir in TikTok clip coming out as gayQuickly wrapping up the chat, he added: "At that, I think we should leave it."Taking to his Twitter after, John seemingly implied the irony of the BBC cutting his interview short after he criticised them.He wrote: "I was amused that the moment I really criticised the BBC yesterday, the interview was brought to a rapid end."Before we had talked about the things we had planned to talk about ten minutes earlier."Express.co.uk has contacted a representative for BBC Radio 4 for comment.BBC listeners shared their thoughts on the situation on social media. T.C wrote: "Quite amusing that you had to go on the BBC to publicise your show on another channel, all the time knowing you intended to criticise the channel you were using for that publicity.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “A Strange Loop,” creator Michael R. Jackson’s meta comedy-drama, which won the Tony for best musical, is closing on Broadway in 2023. It will play its final performance on Jan. 15 at the Lyceum Theatre. “Bringing ‘A Strange Loop’ to Broadway has been extraordinary. Michael R. Jackson is one of the most important voices of this generation, and we’re thrilled that so many enthusiastic audience members have been able to experience his monumental musical,” said producer Barbara Whitman. “We look forward to having more theatre lovers come see the show in its final weeks.” “Though ‘ A Strange Loop’ is not autobiographical, it is my life’s work. As such, I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to share this raw, vulnerable, and personal story with the world and to have connected with so many enthusiastic, loving audiences,” said creator Michael R. Jackson, “I am also indebted to the many extraordinary collaborators and institutions past and present that made the telling of this unique story possible. You each will have a piece of my heart, soul, and my loop forever.”

left the group in 2015, but the band’s back together for a new song, album and a brand new tour.DeLonge, 46, will join bandmates Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus for a 2023 concert tour across North America, Europe, Australia and more.Their single “Edging” will debut on Friday, marking the first song released by the trio in 10 years.Their upcoming album is set to come out next year.“We’re coming. Tour’s coming. Album’s coming.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Ready to mingle with the Dunder Mifflin gang in virtual reality? Meta, looking to spark broader interest in VR, announced a partnership with NBCUniversal under which the companies will team to bring the media company’s Peacock streaming app and a range of properties to the Meta Quest VR headsets. Meta announced the NBCU pact at Meta Connect 2022, its annual developers conference, alongside other content partnerships and product news. The new VR content from NBCU, set to come to Quest headsets in 2023, will include virtual-reality experiences for hit sitcom “The Office,” Universal Monsters, DreamWorks Animation, Blumhouse and Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights.

death of Queen Elizabeth II last month.Royal expert and famed magazine editor Tina Brown has claimed the Duke of Sussex’s upcoming memoir may not ever be published and he’s “tortured” over the ordeal.The “Diana Chronicles” author noted at the Henley Literary Festival earlier this month that there will possibly be “no way back” for Harry, 38, to worm his way into the royal family again if he publishes his book, the Telegraph reported. Harry and his wife Meghan Markle left the Firm in 2020 and moved to California with their two kids, Lilibet and Archie.Brown said at the event, “They’re now in this bind, where they’ve taken all this money and Harry has made this book deal where he’s supposed to spill everything about his horrible life as a royal.”“But now he’s actually tortured about it because he understands there is no way back if he does it,” she continued.

“The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series,” when the news broke that Parsons would leave the show after 12 seasons, and it would not continue without him, “there was a lot of crying in the room,” especially from co-star Kaley Cuoco, 36.“The Big Bang Theory” aired on CBS from 2007 to 2019, with a total of 279 episodes. The plot followed a nerdy group of friends, including  physicists Sheldon Cooper (Parsons) and Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki), their aspiring actress neighbor Penny (Cuoco) and their pals: engineer Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg), astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar), and neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik).

criticism from the family members of Dahmer’s victims, with some arguing the platform should have reached out to them beforehand about the series. “No matter what, it isn’t a good feeling for the family members, but it wasn’t a documentary, it’s a work of fiction,” Glass said. “For example, this idea that neighbors called all the time, they didn’t.

told Vanity Fair in its November cover story.“I am not making music for white people. I am a Black woman, I am making music from my Black experience, for me to heal myself [from] the experience we call life.”Although Lizzo’s music is rooted in R&B, hip-hop and even gospel, she has scored pop hits with life-affirming anthems such as “Juice,” “Good As Hell” and, most recently, “About Damn Time.” But while she may have amassed legions of white fans since her Grammy-winning breakthrough, 2019’s “Cuz I Luv You,” Lizzo says that she’s speaking to black women first and foremost.“We need self-love and self-love anthems more than anybody,” she said.

Michele Amabile Angermiller New York City alternative rock station 92.3, which was once home to Howard Stern, will sign off on October 27 as Audacy flips the format to News radio 1010 WINS on the FM frequency. Alt 92.3 brand manager Mike Kaplan — who exited as program director of Los Angeles alt-rock station KROQ in March and as format vice president for Audacy’s portfolio of alternative stations (both positions are now held by Kevin Weatherly) — will remain through the transitional phase. Alt 92.3 will move to Audacy’s streaming platform, 92.3 HD2 and nationwide via the Audacy app and website. The station’s Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts will remain intact. 

looked unrecognizable with a clean-shaven face, was in town.The actor-slash-musician, 59, will appear alongside Jeff Beck at the Paramount in Huntington on both Friday and Saturday nights. Depp and Beck are partway through their North American tour and will also take to the stage together in Red Bank, New Jersey, on Tuesday night. Over the weekend, Depp was seen out in Port Chester, where he signed autographs and posed for selfies with fans.

Entertainment Tonight” that he has no plans to be on any of his former “Friends” co-stars’ new TV shows any time soon.“I’m taking some time off right now,” LeBlanc, 55, said when asked if he’d be appearing alongside his former castmates on any of the new shows.“I’m just enjoying not having to do anything — it’s been kinda nice. Sorry, I’ll let you know when I do.”The actor and his co-stars have all gone on to star in many different movies and TV shows since the iconic sitcom.

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck to Kim Kardashian, Alejandro Sanz, Gloria Estefan, and many more, all gathered to say goodbye to Miami socialite and Chairman and CEO of Market America and SHOP.COM, J.R Ridinger.The well-known and beloved businessman died suddenly in August after suffering a pulmonary embolism at 63. “While I am unable to speak and I am in shock, you should know I am broken.

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Jeff Bridges feels everything in life became "hyper-precious" amid his health struggles. The 72-year-old actor was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2020 and he was also hit hard by COVID-19 - but Jeff believes his two-year "health adventure" has actually helped him to look at life through a new lens. The actor - who revealed in 2021 that his tumour had shrunk - shared: "I got cancer and chemo and then COVID on top of that.

Hollywood icon Jeff Bridges left The One Show viewers feeling emotional tonight after opening up on his two-year battle with cancer.Jeff, famous for movie hits such as The Dude and The Big Lebowski, joined hosts Alex Jones and Jermain Jenas to promote his new show The Old Man, but viewers were far more taken with his “amazing” story of survival.When asked about his journey through chemotherapy, Jeff, 72, told viewers: “Right in the middle of shooting the old man, the pandemic broke out and we shut down and during that time I found I had a 9x12inch tumour in my body.READ NEXT: The One Show pulled off-air in schedule shake-up as Alex Jones addresses 'tricky' period“They found a great chemo cocktail for me and that worked beautiful for me but it stripped me of my immune system.“When covid hit, man, I had nothing to fight it so it put me in the hospital for a long time. I was down for two years.”He went on to say that being away for so long was like a “bizzarre dream” and he now knows “how wonderful it is to be alive.”But fans became even more taken by his story when he explained that he worked with a trainer to find the strength to walk his daughter down the aisle.“I had little goals, let’s see if I can turn over in bed without my oxygen,” he said.“As I progressed my most important goal was I wanted to walk my daughter Hayley down the aisle and I didn’t think I could do it.“I had my oxygen tank u my nose.

Jeff Bridges is sharing about his recent fight for life, where he battled both COVID-19 and cancer at the same time.And what made things extremely dire was that he had to undergo chemotherapy treatments while the coronavirus wreaked havoc on his immune system.'The chemo wipes out your immune system and when COVID hit me, I had nothing to fight it,' the Crazy Heart star, 72, revealed to E! News, before confessing, 'I was just really at death's door a couple of times there.'  Story of survival: Jeff Bridges, 72, is opening up about his recent health battles that the actor revealed had him on 'death's door' The Academy Award-winning actor revealed he had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in October 2020. While most people with NHL survive at least 5 years after a diagnosis, older people like Bridges are more likely to die from the condition, according to Medical News Today.Other factors that affect an individuals outlook include the stage and spread of the cancer.