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Jamie Lee Curtis has insisted her career was not "handed to [her] on a plate. " The 63-year-old actress is the daughter of late Hollywood legends Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh but has often felt "oppressed" by the notion that her own successful career in film is down to her family connections. She said: "The only thing I’ve ever found oppressive was people thinking that my career was all because of my family, all connected to having Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis as parents.

© GETTY Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot Curtis' marriage to Leigh lasted some 11 years after they wedded in 1951. Throughout his life, Curtis would be romantically linked with some of Hollywood's biggest names and by the time he died in 2010, he had been married six times. As well as Leigh, Curtis also wed Christine Kaufmann, Leslie Allen, Andrea Savio, Lisa Deutsch and Jill Vandenberg.

William Reynolds, who portrayed Special Agent Tom Colby for six seasons on the television series The F.B.I., died August 24 from non-Covid pneumonia complications, his son Eric Regnolds confirms. He was 90.

Two-time Oscar winner Brad Pitt is one of the six credited producers on Andrew Dominik's NC-17 Marilyn Monroe movie Blonde, and he defended the casting of Ana de Armas amid backlash over her Cuban accent.'She is phenomenal in it. That's a tough dress to fill,' the 58-year-old Plan B Entertainment co-founder told ET on Monday.'It was 10 years in the making.

Jamie Lee Curtis shared a heartfelt tribute on her Instagram account in honor of her late father, Tony Curtis, earlier today.The post was meant to celebrate what would have been her father's 97th birthday. Tony Curtis, one of Hollywood's top actors of all time, was born on June 3, 1925.He had a legacy in Hollywood as he worked with massive stars like Marilyn Monroe (on Some Like It Hot) and Natalie Wood (on The Great Race)and his career in the industry spanned for decades.

Jamie Lee Curtis shared a heartfelt tribute on her Instagram account in honor of her late father, Tony Curtis, earlier today.The post was meant to celebrate what would have been her father's 97th birthday. Tony Curtis, one of Hollywood's top actors of all time, was born on June 3, 1925.He had a legacy in Hollywood as he worked with massive stars like Marilyn Monroe (on Some Like It Hot) and Natalie Wood (on The Great Race)and his career in the industry spanned for decades.

Jamie Lee Curtis has shared a tribute to her late father Tony Curtis on what would have been his 97th birthday. The ‘Halloween’ actress, 63, posted in his memory on her Instagram feed by sharing a photo of the ‘Some Like It Hot’ icon with her ‘Psycho’ actress mother Janet Leigh, who died aged 77 in 2004, along with Jamie and her actress sister Kelly Curtis, 65. Jamie said: “Born this day.

Jamie Lee Curtis shared a heartfelt tribute on her Instagram account in honor of her late father, Tony Curtis, earlier today.The post was meant to celebrate what would have been her father's 97th birthday. Tony Curtis, one of Hollywood's top actors of all time, was born on June 3, 1925.He had a legacy in Hollywood as he worked with massive stars like Marilyn Monroe (on Some Like It Hot) and Natalie Wood (on The Great Race)and his career in the industry spanned for decades.

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kicking, banging and slamming kitchen cabinets, and yelling “motherf–ker” in the gothic kitchen of the house — a replica of a Bavarian castle in West Hollywood that looks more like the set of a horror movie, replete with turrets, towers and battlements.For Hollywood movie fans hoping to gawk at the quirky castle on Sweetzer Avenue, near the storied Sunset Strip, it’s virtually invisible to view — hidden on a cul-de-sac, behind lush foliage and trees planted for privacy. All that can be seen from street level is the front gate. Still, that doesn’t stop tour buses from hauling loads of fans up to gawk.“We were getting these vans with open tops and the people are talking, and cheering and yelling, and it’s been annoying,” said John Ryan, 63, who’s lived there on the street for 28 years, told The Post.As strange as it is seeing a gothic castle in the midst of LaLa Land palm trees, the history of the property is even odder.Depp purchased the castle in 1995 for $2.3 million from flamboyant lawyer-to-the stars — including pioneering the claim to “palimony”  in a landmark case against actor Lee Marvin by his live-in girlfriend — Marvin Mitchelson.

according to Deadline.The project is helmed by Broadway veteran Christian Borle, who was previously cast in New York City Center’s production of “Into the Woods,” but was replaced by Neil Patrick Harris.Borle will play Joe/Josephine, a role originated by Tony Curtis in the film, and will be joined by J. Harrison Ghee as Jerry/Daphne, which Jack Lemmon played in the movie.Adrianna Hicks has been cast as Sugar, a role made famous by Marilyn Monroe.

Nicolas Cage has expressed interest in starring in a musical following his new film The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent.The actor plays a fictionalised version of himself who is “creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin” in the action comedy, opposite Pedro Pascal and Tiffany Haddish.Speaking to Rolling Stone, Cage said he’s hoping to have more comedic roles in the future – mentioning that he’s particularly “curious” about musicals.“One of the stars that I really admire from the Golden Age [of Hollywood] is Tony Curtis,” Cage said. “I liked that he could do something like The Boston Strangler, but he could also do Some Like It Hot or Sweet Smell Of Success. He was this gifted talent that could do comedy and drama.“Right now, I’m excited that the comedy is back on the menu.

Jamie Lee Curtis looked slender in a curve-hugging black mesh dress when she hit the red carpet at the Academy Awards on Sunday afternoon at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.This is a stark contrast to the Instagram photos that she shared in early March where she showed off a large belly, insisting it was really hers. The photo went viral as fans asked if the post could be a stunt.The beauty must have some tricks - or Spanx - up her sleeve as her body morphs because she looked very slender at the Oscars.

Jamie Lee Curtis has made a name for herself in showbusiness, first with 1978’s famous John Carpenter horror flick Halloween and then going on to star in numerous movies. Her most recent role, in the 2019 mystery crime romp Knives Out, garnered her critical attention, staking her claim as one of Hollywood’s best known and perhaps most beloved actresses.

Emmy nominee Jamie Lee Curtis wished her adopted transgender daughter Ruby 'Greymane' Guest a happy 26th birthday on Sunday with a tribute blasting 'discriminatory, unjust' anti-trans legislature.'As a proud parent of my trans daughter I vow to use my freedom of speech and my right to vote to support my child and all children trying to live freely as who they are,' the 63-year-old daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis - who boasts 7.2M social media followers - wrote.'[I] am sending support to all of the trans families across the US who are being targeted in this moment by conservative legislatures. This country was founded on freedom.

Jamie Lee Curtis has revealed how she defiantly refused to use body prosthetics to play a downtrodden character in the upcoming film Everything All At Once.Shot just before the coronavirus lockdowns swept the country, the film features Jamie Lee as a stern-looking IRS auditor in a tight-fitting and unflattering polo neck that shows off the star's tummy.The 63-year-old actress, who declined to use a prosthetic for the character's midriff, uploaded an Instagram photo of herself in character with a candid caption about letting her belly out for the role after 'sucking in my stomach since I was 11.' Candid: Jamie Lee Curtis unveiled a first look this week of her character in the film Everything All At Once, which allowed her to let her belly out after 'sucking my stomach in since I was 11'Jamie Lee is pictured in character sitting in her cubicle wearing a distinctly unimpressed expression and holding a half-eaten cookie.'WELL.... here we GO!' she crowed in her Instagram caption.

Zack Sharf Jamie Lee Curtis recently told People magazine that she felt “embarrassed” going nude for “Trading Places” when she was 21 years old. Curtis starred as a call girl in the John Landis-directed 1983 comedy opposite Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. Curtis appears topless in the film.“I was 21 years old and the part required Ophelia to take off her dress,” Curtis said.

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began in January and wrapped this month. “I’ve made great friends and have collaborated with wonderful artists on these three movies and today my part in the film has been completed and with it the END for me of this trilogy.“It’s all because of the fans who have always supported me and more importantly, Laurie,” the “Knives Out” star added before giving a hat tip to production companies Blumhouse, Trancas, Miramax, Rough House Pictures and Universal Pictures.A post shared by Jamie Lee Curtis (@curtisleejamie)She also paid tribute to her “Strode Strong women” co-stars Judy Greer, “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” fixture Kyle Richards and Andi Matichak — and even shouted out her “nemesis,” James Jude Courtney, a k a the masked murderer Michael Myers himself.“I love this crew and cast and I will miss you all,” Curtis concluded.

moved on to dogs. Hef’s purported penchant for bestiality is just one of the explosive claims made in the forthcoming A&E documentary “Secrets of Playboy,” out Monday. The damning 10-part series unmasks the once-heralded late mogul — who, until now, has been revered as a god-like stud, slinking around his estate in silk pajamas and a smoking jacket — to reveal the ugly truth about the man who built his sex empire on the backs of vulnerable women.  “He was a predator,” Hefner’s ex-girlfriend Sondra Theodore, 65, told The Post. “I watched him, I watched his game. And I watched a lot of girls go through [the Playboy Mansion] gates looking farm-fresh, and leaving looking tired and haggard.”The former Sunday school teacher turned 1977 Playboy magazine centerfold model began dating Hefner after meeting him at a one of his many lascivious mansion parties.