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'Cletus Hogg' Has Chased After His Last General Lee

Rick Hurst, who played slightly dopey deputy on Dukes of Hazzard , dies at 79

(Newser) - For a while during the era when Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were president, Rick Hurst was a household name, playing Deputy Cletus Hogg on the popular '80s action-comedy series Dukes of Hazzard, per ABC7 . He wasn't quite as well known in his later years, but the tributes...

Sam Rockwell: I Still Get Paid for 1989 Film I Was Never In

Actor talks about role with one line early in his career in Lean On Me , which he got 'let go' from

(Newser) - Easy work, if you can get it. Sam Rockwell, who garnered quite a bit of attention for his role as a sex addict in the last season of White Lotus, once had a much smaller role in a rather big movie—and he still gets paid for it, even though...

Disneyland Paris Stops Mock Wedding With 9-Year-Old

Sex offender who allegedly used false identity and hired actors for ceremony is arrested

(Newser) - A British sex offender has been arrested in France after allegedly organizing a mock wedding ceremony with a 9-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris. Authorities say the 39-year-old, identified in media reports as Jacky Jhaj, used a stolen Latvian identity and forged documents to book a private event before the...

Dermot Mulroney's 14-Year Marriage Is Over

Source tells TMZ that split from wife Prima Apollinaare is amicable

(Newser) - Dermot Mulroney and wife Prima Apollinaare are ending their marriage, and the 61-year-old My Best Friend's Wedding actor is making a "bold money move" on the way out, per TMZ . The outlet reports that Mulroney filed for divorce and says the divorce documents it viewed have him asking...

Actor Accuses Tyler Perry of Sexual Harassment, Assault

Derek Dixon's $260M lawsuit alleges actor used career promises to silence his accuser

(Newser) - Tyler Perry is facing a $260 million lawsuit over allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault by a former actor on one of his BET shows. In court documents filed last week in Los Angeles, actor and screenwriter Derek Dixon accuses Perry of making repeated unwanted advances, attempting to...

Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies Weeks After Release
Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies
Weeks After Release
OBITUARY
Jun 17, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

Lilo & Stitch Actor Dies Weeks After Release

David Hekili Kenui Bell, a native Hawaiian, was 46

(Newser) - A rising actor has tragically died while his most recent movie, the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, is still in theaters. David Hekili Kenui Bell, a member of SAG-AFTRA who also appeared in episodes of Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum PI, joined "the company of our Heavenly Father,"...

Eric Dane: I Blamed First ALS Symptom on Texting Too Much

Euphoria actor says first sign he had degenerative nerve disease was a weakened right hand

(Newser) - In April, Eric Dane announced to the world that he has ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and now he's revealing the very first symptom he noticed about a year and a half ago, though at the time he brushed it off, per Variety...

This Teen Deserves to Be an Emmy Rarity
This Teen Deserves
to Be an Emmy Rarity
OPINION
Jun 12, 2025 11:30 AM CDT

This Teen Deserves to Be an Emmy Rarity

Owen Cooper deserves to win for Adolescence , writes TV critic Glenn Whipp

(Newser) - This year's Emmy nominations come out next month, and the name of 15-year-old Owen Cooper is expected to be among them. At the Los Angeles Times , TV writer Glenn Whipp makes the case that the central character in the Netflix series Adolescence should be more than nominated—he should...

Kate Beckinsale's Lawsuit Is 'Quite Something'

Actor says producers behind Canary Black didn't provide safe working conditions, leaving her injured

(Newser) - Kate Beckinsale's action flick Canary Black debuted last year on Amazon Prime, but her involvement in it isn't quite done. Per Variety , the 51-year-old actor, who plays a CIA operative being chased by terrorists, is suing the movie's producers for unsafe working conditions while they were filming...

Halle Berry's 'Floating' Marriage Proposal Awaits

Actor says she's not quite there with boyfriend Van Hunt, who says his proposal is 'on hold'

(Newser) - For nearly five years, Halle Berry and musician Van Hunt have been an official item—but in terms of making it really official, the Catwoman actor is still hedging. The couple appeared Wednesday on Today, and they told the outlet that Hunt, 55, has actually popped the question to Berry....

Hundreds of Broadway Artists Call Out Patti LuPone

Open letter urges Tonys ban after remarks about Audra McDonald, Kecia Lewis

(Newser) - A group of more than 500 Broadway artists have signed an open letter criticizing theater veteran Patti LuPone for remarks she made about fellow performers Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis. The letter , circulated by Playbill on Friday and addressed to the American Theatre Wing, the Broadway League, and "...

Actor Who Played Child's Play Doll 'Chucky' Dead at 61

Ed Gale was also known for playing Howard the Duck

(Newser) - Ed Gale, the actor and stuntman known for such roles as possessed doll Chucky in Child's Play and Howard the Duck, has died at age 61. Gale, born with dwarfism, "hitched a ride to California when he was twenty years old, with $41 and a dream, and he...

Michael J. Fox Is Returning to Acting

Spin City star to have guest role on Apple TV+'s Shrinking with Harrison Ford, 5 years after retiring

(Newser) - Five years ago, Michael J. Fox stepped away from acting , noting that his memory was "shot" and announcing he'd be sticking to writing from there on in. The Family Ties and Back to the Future star seems to have since reassessed that plan: Entertainment Weekly reports that Fox...

Cannes Bars Actor Over Sex Assault Allegations

Theo Navarro-Mussy denied entrance to Case 137 amid legal wrangling with 3 ex-partners

(Newser) - The Cannes Film Festival barred French actor Theo Navarro-Mussy from attending the premiere of the competition entry Case 137, in what's believed to be a first for the festival in the #MeToo era. Festival chief Thierry Fremaux confirmed to the French magazine Telerama that Navarro-Mussy wouldn't be allowed...

Jamie Lee Curtis: I Had Plastic Surgery at 25

Actor says she regretted it 'immediately,' and that it led to a quiet painkiller addiction

(Newser) - Jamie Lee Curtis has had work done, and she doesn't recommend the experience. Speaking to 60 Minutes , the actor says that a cinematographer's offhand comment that "I'm not shooting her today [because] her eyes are baggy" on the set of 1985's Perfect led her to...

Robert De Niro on Trans Daughter: It's No Biggie

'I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter'

(Newser) - One of Robert De Niro's seven kids recently came out as trans, and the Goodfellas actor has made clear that he's 100% on board. "I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter," the 81-year-old said in...

Former Child Actor Was Pregnant When She Died at 24

Bella star Sophie Nyweide was found dead on riverbank in Vermont earlier this month; police are investigating

(Newser) - Authorities are still investigating the death of a former child actor whose body was found along a Vermont riverbank earlier this month, with a new detail emerging to add to the tragedy: According to the death certificate for Sophie Nyweide, who starred in such films as Bella and Mammoth, the...

Dick Van Dyke Talks Oscar Plans, Having Much Younger Wife

Mary Poppins actor, 99, says he'd still like to achieve EGOT status

(Newser) - Most people retire in their 60s, but 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke has other plans. The last few years have seen Van Dyke involved in a Malibu car crash and make Emmy history , and the Mary Poppins actor is now talking about his next possible move: vying for an Oscar. "...

Cate Blanchett Is 'Giving Up' (on Acting)
Cate Blanchett
Is 'Giving Up'
(on Acting)
CELEBRITY INTERVIEW
Apr 15, 2025 10:15 AM CDT

Cate Blanchett Is 'Giving Up' (on Acting)

So she says, though 55-year-old thespian says her family members 'roll their eyes' when she says that

(Newser) - Cate Blanchett has been making the rounds promoting her first major radio play, an adaptation of Wallace Shawn's The Fever airing on BBC Radio 4, though she surprised the UK's Radio Times during a recent interview in which she announced her future plans, reports the Guardian . "Cate...

Anjelica Huston Talks About Her Fight With Cancer

Actor reveals the 2019 diagnosis for the first time, says she's been in remission for 4 years

(Newser) - Anjelica Huston is healthy these days, she tells People , but that's nothing to be taken for granted after a bout of cancer that's now four years in the rearview mirror. "I'm at the four-year mark, and that means so much to me," the 73-year-old actor...

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