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John Aprea, known for portraying a young Salvatore “Sal” Tessio in “The Godfather Part II,” died earlier this month. He was 83.Aprea “died of natural causes” on Monday, Aug.

Alien: Romulus,” the latest installment in the 45-year-old franchise, opened in first place at the North American box office. The 20th Century Studios release earned an estimated $41.5 million in its first weekend, where it was playing in 3,885 locations in the U.S.

“Late Show” sketch in 2016, at the Democratic National Convention on Sunday.Photos from the DNC (which kicks off Monday) show Colbert, 60, dressed as the entertaining hot dog vendor. He wore a shaggy brown wig, fake goatee, sunglasses and hat.Colbert passed out hotdogs and drinks on the DNC floor to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others.

Sunday Times article published Saturday to mark Harry’s 40th birthday in September.The Duke of Cambridge, 42, reportedly let it be known that he wants his crowning — which will happen after his dad King Charles III, 75, dies — to “look and feel different,” with one difference possibly being Harry’s absence from the ceremony.William’s friends said that, as of now, William does not want Harry, 39, at the coronation.“They are estranged, which is dreadfully sad,” one of the brothers’ closest friends said.The friends also said William and Harry have not spoken in nearly two years.After quitting his job as a working royal and moving to California in 2020, Harry notoriously aired his family’s dirty laundry in his and wife Meghan Markle’s 2021 interview with Oprah, their “Harry & Meghan” Netflix docuseries, and his tell-all memoir, “Spare.” He’s estranged from his brother as well as their father, who became monarch after Queen Elizabeth II’s death in 2022. “The problem for the King and other members of the family is the worry that if they have a chat with Harry, it will appear in ‘Spare’ volume two,” said one of Charles’ friends.

Rachel Lindsay revealed that “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice “mistook” her for Rihanna when they met at BravoCon 2022 in New York.“Teresa thought I was Rihanna,” Lindsay, 39, said on Friday’s episode of “The Ringer Reality TV Podcast.”“Like actually screamed when she saw me,” Lindsay continued about Giudice, 52. “She mistook me for another black person. And I still liked her.”Lindsay explained that Giudice was being “very genuine” when she mixed up “The Bachelor” alum with Rihanna, 36.

behind-the-scenes photos from the set of “Wheel of Fortune” with his co-host Vanna White on Saturday. In the first photo, Seacrest and White, 67, smiled at each other as they sat on a couch in front of a “Wheel of Fortune” box with the letters RSTLNE, which are given to contestants in puzzle rounds on the show.The second photo showed the inside of the box which was a mini version of the show.Seacrest held the lid of the box which read, “Ryan Seacrest to Launch New Era.” The “American Idol” host wore a grey suit and tie and White wore a sparkly teal dress.“We’re so excited for this New Era of Wheel! #RSTLNE,” the caption of the post read.Seacrest was announced as the new host of “Wheel of Fortune” in June 2023 after Pat Sajak, 77, confirmed his retirement from the show.“I can say, along with the rest of America, that it’s been a privilege and pure joy to watch Pat and Vanna on our television screens for an unprecedented 40 years, making us smile every night and feel right at home with them,” Seacrest said in a statement.Viewers got their first look at Seacrest on the set in April when a 10-second clip aired, showing him walking near where the contestants stand, looking around in awe and saying, “Wow!”Last month, Seacrest documented his first day at his new job in behind-the-scenes videos, where he spun the iconic wheel and visited the Hall of Fame area in the studio.“My heart’s pounding I’m so excited,” Seacrest told producers on-set.After Seacrest was announced as the new host, there were rumors that he and White aren’t seeing eye to eye.“She just doesn’t jibe with Ryan like she did with Pat, and no one really ever expected her to,” a source claimed about White to the Daily Mail.

PARIS — Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, died at age 88, French media reported.With his handsome looks and tender manner, the prolific actor was able to combine toughness with an appealing, vulnerable quality that made him one of France’s memorable leading men.Delon was also a producer, appeared in plays and, in later years, in television movies.French president Emmanuel Macron paid tribute on X to “a French monument.”“Alain Delon has played legendary roles and made the world dream,” he wrote. “Melancholic, popular, secretive, he was more than a star.”Delon’s children announced the death on Sunday in a statement to French national news agency Agence France-Presse, a common practice in France.

the late actor and learning of his addiction during the show in an interview with The Times U.K. published Friday.“By the time we became aware of it, we were already a family on a lot of levels,” said Crane, 67.“There was a point where we said to him: ‘Do you want to stop [being in the show]?’ And he was adamantly like: ‘No, this is really important to me,’ ” Crane recalled.Perry played Chandler Bing on the beloved NBC sitcom, which aired from 1994 to 2004.In his 2022 memoir “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” Perry opened up about his addiction and how it affected his performance on “Friends.”“You can track the trajectory for my addiction if you gauge my weight from season to season,” Perry wrote in his book.“When I’m carrying weight, it’s alcohol; when I’m skinny, it’s pills.

Robert De Niro jumped off a yacht in a video from his daughter Drena De Niro’s Instagram post celebrating the actor on his 81st birthday.The post which was shared Saturday began with a photo of the “Raging Bull” star jumping into the water while wearing an orange and white bathing suit. The next slide was a video of De Niro landing in the blue sea after diving from the yacht.“Woah, he’s so crazy,” Drena, 56, could be heard saying.She then asked her famous dad “oh my god, are you alright?”“Yeah, I’m okay,” De Niro replied while swimming.Drena was then told by someone that De Niro jumped 36 feet from the ship to the water.“Wow,” she said in response.Drena’s Instagram tribute to her dad also featured photos of De Niro with Drena’s late son Leandro, who died at age 19 from an accidental overdose after taking pills that were laced with fentanyl last July.“Happy 81st Bday to my Dad and #1 ride or die ..

Singer Bebe Rexha claimed she was threatened and banned from her flight for allegedly speaking Albanian to an airport security agent, adding that she was the victim of a hate crime.The 34-year-old vocalist was traveling to the US when she was stopped from boarding her flight at Munich International Airport in Germany on Saturday.“The supervisor for this flight on Lufthansa is threatening me,” Rexha emotionally alleged in an Instagram story while wiping away tears.“Lufthansa, I’ve been threatened because I thought the security agent was Albanian,” she captioned the video. “I spoke to him in Albanian asking where to get my ticket and now he’s banning me from the flight.”Rexha, whose family is of North Macedonian and Albanian descent, said the man abused his power while failing to identify himself.“I believe this to be a hate crime because I am Albanian,” she said in a second post.