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has died at the age of 82. The British star, known for playing Albus Dumbledore in the magical film franchise, died at a hospital after suffering from pneumonia.Fellow actors and fans alike have taken to social media to express their condolences and to pay tribute to the star.“The Crown” actor Jared Harris — whose father Richard Harris was the original Dumbledore — penned on X: “Hilarious! A brilliant actor. I saw him on stage several times, and he lives unforgettably in my memory.” “He took over Dumbledore from my father, which was fitting as he over took [Marlon] Brando as my father’s favourite actor,” Harris added.Fan site Harry Potter Universe chimed in: “Sad to report that Michael Gambon, who played Albus Dumbledore in the last six Harry Potter films, has sadly passed away at the age of 82.

WTF” podcast recently and revealed “Community” wasn’t “funny enough” for him.When Maron, 59, mentioned the 2009 series, Chase replied: “Oh. I kinda forgot about that.”“They wanted me. So I said, ‘OK,’ ” Chase said about the show’s bigwigs.“I felt the show wasn’t funny enough for me, ultimately,” the comedian went on.

Michael Caine has most likely just wrapped the final film of his career. The English actor made the revelation during a recent interview with The Telegraph.“I sort of am retired now,” he said, although he previously said he would bow out but continued to return to the screen. “But I wasn’t 90 then.

died last year at the age of 96 and served on the British throne for seven decades. Now, one year after the Queen’s death, her longtime pal Gyles Brandreth divulged what job the sovereign would have wanted to do if she didn’t hold the crown.Brandreth, 74, revealed to Times Radio that the Queen would have liked to be a comic impressionist in a different life, according to express.co.uk.Her dream career was inspired by actor and comedian George Formby, who visited Windsor Castle during World War II.The “Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait” author hilariously claimed that she would often sing his tune “When I’m Cleaning Windows” and would impersonate him.

Daily Mail.In the documentary, Béart talks about her abuser, noting: “Since my father, my mother and my friends didn’t notice anything, you could do this again, and you did, over four years.” She added that her grandmother “saved” her from the pain.“Such a Resounding Silence” will also chronicle the stories of four other incest victims. The film will air on France’s M6 channel on Sept.

shared with fans in an Instagram video at the time. Stallone was posting during his final day of filming the action film.“This will be my last day, so I’m enjoying it, but it’s always bittersweet, you know, when something you’ve been so attached to, I guess it’s been about 12 years,” the “Rambo” star added.

her online obituary. A cause of death was not shared.Born on July 10, 1953, Frangione played Tara Martin on ABC’s “All My Children” from 1977-79.She also portrayed scheming villain Cecile DePoulignac on “Another World” from 1981-84, reprising the role a number of times.She won the Soap Opera Digest award for outstanding villainess in 1984.

Mamma mia! Charles Martinet, the voice actor behind Nintendo’s famous, animated plumber Super Mario, has officially announced his retirement from voicing the character in any upcoming projects. “Charles Martinet has been the original voice of Mario in Nintendo games for a long time, as far back as Super Mario 64,” announced Nintendo of America in a statement on X (formerly Twitter).

played teen Haley Dunphy on the hit sitcom “Modern Family” for 11 seasons, has some not-so-fun memories of her time on the show — thanks to a string of serious health issues. The 32-year-old recently revealed on co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s On Me” podcast that her battle with kidney dysplasia had a significant impact on her experience playing the eldest Dunphy daughter.“I was always focused on essentially just surviving and knowing my lines and being there 100% when they yelled ‘action,’ and then immediately collapsing when they yelled ‘cut,’ ” Hyland told Ferguson, 47.The “Vampire Academy” actress has received two kidney transplants over the years.Hyland recalled a particular episode that featured the cast pushing a car — the actress was not only on dialysis at the time, she was on crutches, too, while suffering from gout.“They put me in high heels.

died at the young age of 25 on Monday.Just days before his untimely death, he was photographed with friends at an event and appeared to be in good spirits, his pals said.On Friday, he was seen hanging out at an album launch party for the rap band MacArthur Maze, smiling with his friends and the group’s photographer, Josh Kennedy.Cloud’s pals told the Sun that he attended the party “for a few hours and did not show any sign of a personal struggle.”“We grew up together. It’s been tough today.

Hollywood Reporter. It took over the top spot from the supernatural series “Manifest,” which had 2.49 billion minutes of viewing.Before retiring from acting in 2018 to marry husband Prince Harry, Markle, 41, had her breakthrough performance in “Suits.”She starred as paralegal Rachel Zane for seven seasons, from 2011 until mid-2018.The series, which concluded in 2019, followed the lives of lawyers working together in the Big Apple and also featured Gabriel Macht, Patrick J.

“Oppenheimer.”The Nickelodeon alum, who starred in the 2004 Nick sitcom “Drake & Josh” alongside Miranda Cosgrove as his bratty but cunning little sister Megan, made a cameo in the drama as physicist Kenneth Bainbridge.However, eagle-eyed fans noticed that Peck, 36, made his famous “Megan” face in the film.The expression has since gone viral in the years after the show ended in 2007, with memes showing Peck scrunching his face and squinting his eyes while saying “Megan” after the youngster pulled a prank on him.Viewers raced to social media this week to remark on Peck’s signature facial expression in Nolan’s three-hour biographical flick about the man behind the atomic bomb — J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy).“At one point in ‘Oppenheimer’, josh peck makes this exact face and it almost took me out of the movie,” someone wrote alongside the iconic photo.I FOUND IT pic.twitter.com/OdPzQqsQL8“I FOUND IT,” another fan screamed next to a side-by-side shot of Peck in the show and in the movie.“Ok my only actual Oppenheimer take is that it’s so unbelievably funny to be watching an intense period piece and have to be like “is that… josh peck?” one guffawed.One joked that Megan was the one who helped build the bomb discussed in the movie.

“Oppenheimer” is director Christopher Nolan’s first R-rated film in over 20 years due to its sexual content, nudity and explicit language. And one scene featuring a topless Florence Pugh has offended religious and government officials alike in India and the Middle East, who have taken action to censor the shot since the film’s global release.Pugh, 27, plays Jean Tatlock, a brilliant psychiatrist and communist who falls for physicist J.

Cary Grant was a staple of Old Hollywood, known for his dashing good looks, romances and iconic transatlantic accent.The “Charade” star also allegedly had some dalliances with men, as claimed in the 2016 documentary, “Women He’s Undressed.”Now, Grant’s daughter, Jennifer, is shutting down allegations that her famous dad was really gay.Jennifer, 57, is producing the ITV series “Archie,” based on the early life of her famous pops. Ahead of the biopic’s upcoming release later this year, Jennifer told The Guardian that Grant was “not flirtatious with men.”“If you’re around your parents a lot, you see them in ways that almost no one else does.

BBC Radio 4’s “Desert Island Discs” show and said, “I am always very flattered when gay men come up to me and talk to me about ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ or they talk about ‘Supernova.’ ” He continued: “They say that, ‘It was just so beautiful,’ you know, ‘You did it the right way.’ Because often, it’s not done the right way.“An actor is an actor is an actor. You’re supposed to play different people.

HBO documentary, “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed,” and has alleged that Hudson made sexual passes at costar James Dean.Hudson — who died from an AIDS-related illness in 1985 — kept his homosexuality a secret among the social circles of Tinseltown.Griffin claimed in the special that Hudson was “privately hitting on Dean” during shooting the 1956 drama.“According to some accounts, James Dean was rather disdainful of Hudson,” he went on.“Dean considered it hypocritical that Rock was maintaining this hetero facade in public,” Griffin explained. “Some might consider that a case of the pot calling the kettle black.”“Giant” also starred Hudson’s friend Elizabeth Taylor, and was Dean’s last movie he shot before his 1955 death in a car crash.The “East of Eden” alum portrayed a ranch hand, who enters into a bitter feud with a wealthy Texas rancher (played by Hudson) for over a period of several years.Griffin also alleged in the documentary that Dean was involved with a gay media executive who was pals with Hudson’s agent, Henry Willson.“If you’re talking about shrouded sexuality, they weren’t all that different,” he noted.In an archived interview featuring Hudson from 1983, he stated that he despised his younger castmate.The “Dynasty” actor said that the only reason that “Giant” director George Stevens had cast Dean, was because he was “new and hot.”“As I said, I didn’t like the fella too much.

James Bond.The British actor, 50, has been a fan-favorite choice to play the super spy in recent years.However, due to the racial recoil he’s received about the possible role, Elba’s speculative casting has left a bad taste in his mouth.The “Luther” actor recently sat down with Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes for an episode of their “SmartLess” podcast, where he said he was “super complimented” by the Bond rumors.But the prejudiced backlash got to him.“I was like, ‘This is crazy!’ Because James Bond… We’re all actors and we understand that role. It’s one of those coveted [roles],” Elba explained.

AIDS diagnosis — himself included.The Hollywood heartthrob had made a guest appearance on the hit soap opera “Dynasty” in 1984, just months after he first found out he’d tested positive for HIV, the virus which causes AIDS.According to Stephen Kijak, director of the new documentary “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed,” Hudson was “terrified” of kissing co-star Linda Evans, as he was scared he would give her a “lethal injection” of his illness. The “Giant” star had concealed his disease from the public and even had used a medley of oral hygiene products like mouthwash in an attempt to protect Evans, 80.“Nobody knew,” Kijak told Fox News recently.

“All The President’s Men” and “All My Children” actor Nicolas Coster died on Monday at a Florida hospital.He was 89.His daughter Dinneen Coster shared the tragic news on Facebook, penning: “There is great sadness in my heart this evening, my father actor Nicolas Coster has passed on in Florida at 9:01 pm in the hospital.”“Please be inspired by his artistic achievements and know he was a real actor’s actor,” she went on. “I will always be inspired by him and know how lucky I am to have such a great father,” she wrote.The British-American screen star’s cause of death has yet to be released.Coster was born in London to a British mother and a father from New Zealand.

full-frontal nudity.The premise revolves around 32-year-old Maddie (Lawrence), who is hired by 19-year-old Percy’s (Andrew Barth Feldman) parents to date him. The stars of the flick clapped back at the recent backlash to the movie’s plot and rated-R raunchiness.Percy’s overprotective (and wealthy) parents are played by Laura Benanti and Matthew Broderick.“It’s a cautionary tale,” Benanti, 43, explained to the Hollywood Reporter about the hate.“If you are a helicopter parent who puts your child in such a bubble, they do not know how to exist outside of that bubble, you are going to make the exact opposite and insane choice, which is what they are doing here.“I feel like it is a very satirical look at what can happen if you do not give your children a longer leash to figure things out for themselves,” the “Nashville” star continued.

Variety and spoke about why the NSFW moments were easy to shoot.“Everyone in my life and my team is doing the right thing and going, ‘Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure?’” Lawrence explained. She joked: “I didn’t even have a second thought.