Dick Van Dyke: Last News

fleeing their Malibu, California, homes this week due to the Franklin Fire ripping through the upscale coastal neighborhood, destroying several properties in its way, the mansions of Van Dyke, 98, and Cher, 78, remain standing, The Post can confirm. The fiery disaster has burned more than 4,000 acres, sparking evacuation orders as well as road and school closures.

Palisades Fires ravaged the area in January.Van Dyke was pictured using a cane in the parking lot as he left the event.Van Dyke and his wife’s $8 million Malibu home was threatened by the deadly Palisades Fire, but the couple didn’t end up evacuating their house.Silver shared in an Instagram Live that while their home was okay, their guest house caught fire but only sustained minimal damage. She also said they were living on a gas generator as the wildfire continued to tear through the area.“Keeping Dick warm and entertained has been the two things that have been my top priority, so, you know, we don’t have power […] or regular electricity, so we don’t have Wi-Fi,” Silver said at the time, adding they had been relying on her camper to cook and charge their devices.Silver also shared that despite the Southern California fires, she and Van Dyke have no desire to relocate.“Dick is more comfortable here than anywhere else,” she said.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name” — and it includes several trips to the gym every week.“I’m almost 100. This is insane,” Van Dyke told Danson, 77.“Somebody said, ‘To what do you attribute your age and physical condition?’ I’ve always exercised three days a week,” he shared.

the LA fires continue to tear through Southern California, the legendary actor’s wife, Arlene Silver, revealed.In an Instagram Live on Jan. 12, Silver, 53, shared that the $8 million house she shares with the 99-year-old “Mary Poppins” star is still standing despite the deadly blazes, which destroyed other celebrity abodes in Malibu and adjacent areas.Sitting in her car, Van Dyke’s wife of almost 13 years said that the guest house on the Malibu property did catch fire but only sustained minimal damage.Still, with the Palisades Fire having destroyed most of the coastal Pacific Palisades community, the couple are without power and have been using a gas generator.

Jane Seymour made sure to grab the essentials. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, the British actress, who was presented with the British-American Business Council LA Icon Award in Los Angeles Friday, opened up about the moment she escaped the flames inching toward her home and the mementos she took with her. “This week has been unbelievable,” Seymour told Fox News Digital at the event, which supported the BABC’s Holiday Drive for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

his Malibu mansion that was hit by the wildfires raging through Southern California.“It was coming from the hill, you could see it,” the legendary actor, who turns 99 on Friday, said in an interview on “Today” on Thursday. “And oh my God, and we got out of here,” he continued.

Martin’s music video for “All My Love” with his son Barry, 73. Martin, 47, recalled watching Dick and Barry’s father-son relationship.

DailyMail.Van Dyke didn’t hear the question at first, but after Silver repeated it to him, he replied, “I hope you’re right!”The photographer followed up, asking, “Do you think Donald Trump is capable of making America great again?” The acting great gave a wry response.“Fortunately I won’t be around to experience the four years,” he said with a smile. Van Dyke subtly endorsed Trump’s opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, 60, in a video posted on his Instagram the day before this year’s election.In the video, he recited a speech written by Rod Serling, “the guy who wrote ‘Twilight Zone,’” as Van Dyke put it, that he first read on May 31, 1964 next to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

missing the Primetime Emmy Awards earlier this month.Fans have expressed concern about Van Dyke’s health since the legendary TV actor, 98, skipped the ceremony after being slated as a presenter. However, in the exclusive video obtained by The Post, the icon was all smiles as he left a pharmacy in Malibu on Monday morning and even joked about his next birthday. “I feel old,” Van Dyke said with a laugh and a giant grin when asked by a photographer how he’s feeling.As for whether the star has any big plans for his upcoming 99th birthday in December, Van Dyke added with his characteristic comedic timing, “Just praying that I make it.”Earlier on Monday, it was announced that Van Dyke would be skipping a three-day FanX event in Salt Lake City, Utah, from Sept.

skipped the 2024 Emmys on Sept. 15.

Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night, despite previously being announced as a presenter for the ceremony.The 98-year-old was confirmed to be participating in the event by the TV Academy and ABC on the Emmys website on Sept. 9.

Dick Van Dyke. The iconic actor opened up about his marriage to wife Arlene Silver, whom he met at the 2006 SAG Awards, in a new interview. “I never approached a strange woman in my life,” Van Dyke, 98, told Entertainment Tonight.

Awards Chatter” podcast, and was asked if he thinks the intense fame from his 1960s eponymous sitcom led to him becoming an alcoholic.“I don’t recall that it did, because I’ve known performers who had to have a slug the minute the show was over. But I never needed that,” Van Dyke said.“I don’t know what started it,” he added. “Hanging out with the wrong crowd I think.”THR reporter Scott Feinberg pointed out that sometimes genetics can be a cause for alcoholism.“I obviously am a natural,” Van Dyke admitted.

both still going strong in their ninth decade — reunited on the red carpet Thursday. In photos, they look like they’re in high spirits, hugging and sharing smiles. They were gathered to celebrate as Burnett left her hand and footprints in cement at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre – joining past Hollywood stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Sidney Poitier, and Van Dyke’s “Mary Poppins” co-star Julie Andrews.

Dick Van Dyke has won a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98.The actor was honored Friday night as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives,” making him the oldest Daytime Emmy winner.“I don’t believe this. I feel like a spy from nighttime television,” he said. “I’m 98 years old.

“Mary Poppins” movie due to “discriminatory language.”The Disney movie, which came out in 1964, stars Julie Andrews as magical governess Mary Poppins and Dick Van Dyke as her chimney-sweep sidekick, Bert.It snared 13 Oscar nominations — including one for Best Picture — and won five Academy Awards, including one for Andrews as Best Actress. It is being re-released in some movie theaters in the UK next month to celebrate its 60th anniversary.The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) changed the “Mary Poppins” rating from U — meaning that it contained “no material likely to offend or harm” and is suitable for audiences four years and older — to PG, which delineates “discriminatory language,” and that some scenes may be unsuitable for young children, though unaccompanied children of any age may watch, according to The Independent.The offending language in question is the use of the word “hottentots,” which is used in the movie by Admiral Boom (Reginald Owen), including one instance in which he refers to chimney sweeps (like Bert) whose faces are covered in soot.A BBFC spokesperson told Variety that the film “includes two uses of the discriminatory term ‘hottentots.’ While ‘Mary Poppins’ has historical context, the use of discriminatory language is not condemned, and ultimately exceeds our guidelines for acceptable language at U.“We therefore classified the film PG for discriminatory language.”The word is a racially insensitive term for the Khoekhoe, an indigenous group of nomadic herders in South Africa.The slur was adopted by Dutch settlers in South Africa, thought to imitate their language, but was later used to refer to all black people, according to The Independent.

spoonful of sugar when she was working with Dick Van Dyke during their “daunting” rehearsals for “Mary Poppins.”The iconic actress, 88, applauded the “Bye, Bye, Birdie” star, 98, in Thursday’s “Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic CBS” special.The “Princess Diaries” actress happily recalled meeting Van Dyke during the shooting of the 1964 Disney musical. She divulged during the two-hour show how it was a hot, September day that she encountered the actor at practice sessions.The crew had built a stage outside the studio where they were filming.

The Dick Van Dyke Show,” so ingrained into the fabric of early 1960s pop culture — and lovingly replicated to within inches of its original form.It joins a replica of the rooftops and chimneys from “Mary Poppins” and the flying car from “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” in recalling Van Dyke’s multi-faceted career in the CBS special, airing Dec. 21 at 9 p.m.“The star of the show is Dick Van Dyke himself, the legend, but the co-star is the set,” said Craig Plestis, co-executive producer of “Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic.”Plestis, who developed Fox’s hit series “The Masked Singer,” worked with Van Dyke when he appeared on that show last February (as the Gnome).

Dick Van Dyke may have hit the gym before his 98th birthday, but the iconic actor admits he’s a “pretty lazy” person by nature.“As a businessman, I’m not much good. I would do a movie or something and come home and just sit down and wait for the phone to ring. I wasn’t aggressive, so I was out of work a lot because I didn’t go out and look for it,” Dyke said in a new interview on “CBS Sunday Morning.”“I didn’t mind it.

98-year-old celebrated his birthday on Dec. 13, and he was spotted working out at the gym just one day prior.In photos obtained exclusively by The Post, the “Mary Poppins” star was seen on an exercise outing with his wife, Arlene Silver, 52, in Los Angeles on Tuesday.The legendary actor was happy to chat with onlookers and seemed to be in a cheery mood as he headed into the gymnasium.

“Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic.”The “Bye Bye Birdie” star, who turns 98 on Dec. 13, looked dapper in a charcoal grey suit jacket and slightly lighter dress pants while showing off his dance moves in a behind-the-scenes clip posted to Christina Karlin’s Instagram Story, who appears to be involved in the production of the special. A lively Van Dyke playfully performed a jazz square, using a cane for balance.